Internet Censorship In New Zealand: Major Truth-Providing Websites Blocked By Asia Netcom

Claire Swinney – Web of Evidence

Has Chinese-style internet censorship arrived in New Zealand this year?  The question is posed because two major news websites, Infowars.com and Prisonplanet.com, both of which are run by documentary maker and radio show host Alex Jones, who is renowned for exposing the truths the corporate-controlled mainstream media attempts to conceal,  were found to be have been selectively blocked on Friday evening and were still unavailable at the time of writing.

Thankfully, this seemingly draconian measure does not effect all internet users in New Zealand.  It appears to be confined to those whose internet server providers, (ISPs), use Asia Netcom for their international internet traffic.  Telstraclear, Vodafone and Worldxchange Communications users are not effected, while Woosh, Orcon, Slingshot and Telecom users are unable to access the two sites.

A fan of Infowars.com and a 9/11 truth activist, Jeff Mitchell, reported on Saturday that he contacted his ISP, Orcon to establish what was causing the block, and was advised by a computer technician who did a traceroute, that the break in traffic to the two websites was found to be occurring at  Asia Netcom’s router in Sydney.  This technician also advised that as Telstraclear used a different route, their customers were still able to access the two sites.

There have been calls for the Internet to be censored and controlled, and for an Internet 2, by proponents of a one world government, or “New World Order.”  This is because the internet as it is, is impeding the global elites’ ability to push their tyrannical, self-serving agendas through.

A clear indicator that the internet is regarded as a serious threat to global elite was evident when on March the 18th, 2009  Senator Jay Rockefeller of the Rockefeller dynasty, a family pivotal in the push for a one world government, [1,2]  went so far as to suggest that it might have been better if the internet had never been invented and we went back to using pencils and paper, [3].  While it may have seemed like a ridiculous statement to make at the time, it indicates that they want to make it increasingly difficult to get to the truth and they want to regain control of all media.

Consequently,  it is of no surprise that Infowars.com and Prisonplanet.com appear to have been selectively targeted, as these two sites present a huge threat to the global elites’ operation.  They provide access to credible information, from a wide range of contributors, which has been crippling the elites’ agendas.  They have been providing updates on what has been happening around the world, including access to the Alex Jones radio show, which is now the most popular radio show on the internet worldwide.  They expose that the underwear bomber,  9/11 and the bombings of 7/7 and Oklahoma City were inside jobs and that, in fact, many terror-related events are government-sponsored.  Plus, they have been pivotal in exposing that man-made global warming and the H1N1 pandemic were hoaxes, and that the Federal Reserve bank has been taking money from taxpayers and putting it into bankers’ pockets, and calling for it to be shut down.

Hopefully, this block is merely a temporary problem.  If not, action needs to be taken.  In the meantime,  you can still pick the radio show up at GCNLive.com by proxy,  use Ninjacloak.com to read the articles on Infowars.com and Prisonplanet.com articles, and access some of the articles on Alex Jones’ other sites which are still available, including Infowars.net, Propaganda Matrix and JonesReport.com.  Plus, Prisonplanet.tv is still accessible and you can still access the shop which sells his  documentaries via the link here: http://infowars-shop.stores.yahoo.net/faofreprofba.html.

Keep getting the truth out!

In Peace.

References:

[1] DAVID ROCKEFELLER THANKS THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA FOR ITS SILENCE
“… it would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subjected to the lights of publicity during those years. But, the world is now more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government …”

- David Rockefeller in Baden-Baden, Germany 1991, thanking major media for keeping secret for decades the movement of the prophetic one world government.

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No ETS but 150 staff on the job

BY MARKUS MANNHEIM
06 Feb, 2010 09:41 AM

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/no-ets-but-150-staff-on-the-job/1744141.aspx?storypage=0

The Rudd Government set up an authority to run its emissions trading system more than seven months ago, before Parliament had a chance to consider the scheme. More than 150 public servants now work in the growing organisation, whose role is to ”implement and administer” a scheme the Senate has twice rejected and which might never exist.

The Opposition said last night it was appalled the organisation had been created, warning it was a sign of the burgeoning climate change bureaucracy that Labor’s policy would create. Coalition environment spokesman Greg Hunt said taxpayers were paying for a ”phantom authority with money that could actually be used for direct action”.

”It would be reasonable to have five or 10 people, but to have 150 is just classic Rudd extravagance. It sits with the debacle of the green loans and pink batts programs.”

The Australian Climate Change Regulation Authority group was formed inside the Department of Climate Change in June last year, and given $81.9 million this financial year. Departmental papers said the authority must be ready to begin work ‘’should Parliament pass the relevant legislation later in 2009”.

The Coalition and Greens have twice blocked the bills designed to create the authority: in August and December last year. But the organisation has continued to recruit staff and aims to employ about 200 people by June, ”to administer the operations of the proposed” authority.

Mr Hunt said the Government needed to explain why it had created the authority against the Parliament’s will.

”It’s got even more staff than the Government sent to Copenhagen there’s an entire phantom authority.

”And this is an indication of the bureaucracy that Australia is about to face.

”Even at 200 staff, they’re just warming up.”

The authority’s chief, Geoff Leeper, declined an interview request. But the department said that, as the Government’s climate change policy remained unchanged, public servants would continue to work towards an emissions-trading system coming into effect on July 1, 2011.

In a statement, it said the authority’s budget had not be reduced as a result of the Senate’s decisions.

”Funding will be reviewed as part of the whole-of-government budget estimates process. Any changes will be announced through the normal May budget process,” the department said.

The Government is now negotiating with the Greens to create a temporary carbon-trading system, though the minor party argues Labor’s scheme will fail to prevent global warming. Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has dismissed Labor’s plan to price carbon as a ”great big tax” that will force up electricity prices without adequately compensating householders.

Both main parties have identified their opposing views on how to address climate change as a crucial campaign issue in the coming federal election.

Climate chief was told of false glacier claims before Copenhagen

Times Online

Ben Webster
Jan 30, 2010

The chairman of the leading climate change watchdog was informed that claims about melting Himalayan glaciers were false before the Copenhagen summit, The Times has learnt.

Rajendra Pachauri was told that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment that the glaciers would disappear by 2035 was wrong, but he waited two months to correct it. He failed to act despite learning that the claim had been refuted by several leading glaciologists.

The IPCC’s report underpinned the proposals at Copenhagen for drastic cuts in global emissions.

Dr Pachauri, who played a leading role at the summit, corrected the error last week after coming under media pressure. He told The Times on January 22 that he had only known about the error for a few days. He said: “I became aware of this when it was reported in the media about ten days ago. Before that, it was really not made known. Nobody brought it to my attention. There were statements, but we never looked at this 2035 number.”

Asked whether he had deliberately kept silent about the error to avoid embarrassment at Copenhagen, he said: “That’s ridiculous. It never came to my attention before the Copenhagen summit. It wasn’t in the public sphere.”

However, a prominent science journalist said that he had asked Dr Pachauri about the 2035 error last November. Pallava Bagla, who writes for Science journal, said he had asked Dr Pachauri about the error. He said that Dr Pachauri had replied: “I don’t have anything to add on glaciers.”

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Bligh knew about asset sales before election

7 News

An exclusive Seven News investigation has revealed the State Government was considering selling state assets six months before the state election, despite denials it was pre-planned.

Anna Bligh didn’t unveil plans to privatise $15 billion worth of publicly owned entities until after Queenslanders re-elected her. Since then, both the Premier and her senior ministers have steadfastly rejected suggestions they were planning the fire-sale before last March’s election.

An exclusive Seven News freedom of information investigation tested the Premier’s claim that she “didn’t have a secret plan” to sell off state-owned assets. That investigation revealed the Queensland government was warned six months before last year’s election that it might have to sell off public assets to deal with mounting debt levels.

On Monday night, Seven News revealed that a cabinet discussion paper, dated October 2008, warned senior ministers, including the Premier, that Queensland’s coffers were facing “high rising debt levels”, with “no capacity for repayment”.

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Queensland police tied to major drug trafficking

By Greg Stolz
http://www.news.com.au/national/queensland-police-tied-to-major-drug-trafficking/story-e6frfkvr-1225826149567
February 03, 2010

• More than 20 officers to give evidence
• Police links to crime, bikies, drugs and clubs
• ‘Biggest corruption scandal’

THE biggest corruption scandal since the Fitzgerald inquiry, with claims of police in major drug trafficking, is set to rock the force.

The allegations centre on the Gold Coast and are believed to concern some members of the Queensland Police Service, The Courier-Mail reports.

The Crime and Misconduct Commission is tipped to call a public inquiry into allegations Gold Coast police have been involved with organised crime gangs, including outlaw bikies, importing drugs and dealing them through some of the Glitter Strip’s nightclubs.

More than 20 officers are understood to have been hauled before secret CMC hearings to forcibly answer questions or give evidence against allegedly crooked colleagues. Phone taps, listening devices and covert surveillance are believed to have been used to gather evidence.

“This will be the biggest corruption scandal since Fitzgerald,” a senior police source said.

“It will unfortunately drag down the reputation of the police service once again.”

A multimillion-dollar cocaine bust on the Gold Coast last year is believed to have helped spark the CMC probe, which has been running for several months.

The CMC is investigating allegations cocaine went missing from a Gold Coast police station.

The Surfers Paradise police station was raided on Sunday, as well as another Coast station.

On Monday, in a separate incident, a Surfers Paradise constable was stood down on full pay pending an investigation after a drug bust in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley.

The scandal follows last year’s Operation Capri which resulted in the damning CMC report Dangerous Liaisons.

“This will make Capri look very small,” the police source said. “We’re talking about allegations of police involvement in importing drugs into Australia and distributing them through the Gold Coast nightclub scene.

“Police on the Coast, by nature, work pretty closely with the seedier side of the tourism industry and it would seem some may have fallen for temptation and dragged the rest of their colleagues down with them.”

Another source said drug dealers were blatantly plying their trade in nightclubs – with off-duty police present.

It is believed key players have not been questioned by the CMC, leading to speculation a public inquiry was imminent. Yesterday, the CMC said suggestions of a “major drug trafficking investigation” were “incorrect”.

But a spokeswoman said illegal drugs were part of an ongoing police misconduct probe, Operation Tesco, and would not rule out a public inquiry.

Australian passengers face full-body scans

January 31, 2010

http://www.news.com.au/travel/aussie-passengers-face-full-body-scan/story-e6frfq7r-1225825254299

* New security measures for passengers
* Part of $400 million announcement
* Includes body scans

AUSTRALIAN airline passengers face tougher security screening – including possible full-body scans on US flights – in a $400 million-plus strategy to tackle terrorism.

Religious rehabilitation programs to halt the spread of radical Islam in prisons will be unveiled and security at international gateways to Australia, particularly in Asia and the Middle East, will be strengthened.

According to the Herald Sun,domestic travellers can also expect more routine security screening, including swabs to detect explosives.

After lengthy delays and the rewriting of eight earlier drafts, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his senior ministers will today finalise a White Paper on Counter-Terrorism.

The document aims to ensure Australia is better able to cope with threats from home-grown terrorism and follows the arrest of Muslim terrorism suspects in Melbourne last August.

The Government has moved to tighten aviation security after the failed attempt by a Nigerian-born man to blow up a plane approaching Detroit in the US at Christmas.

It will also step up security for incoming cargo and reverse a decision to cut the number of air marshals.

The most controversial reform will be the likely introduction of full-body scans for passengers travelling internationally.

The roll-out of full-body scanners would take place at a small number of international airports – most likely Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane – and be used for flights to the US.

Senior ministers believe that Australia should embrace tougher US-style anti-terrorism laws, despite concerns over passenger privacy and questions about the cost-effectiveness of the technology.

Top security advisers to the Government say the aim is to maintain vigilance without resorting to stripping passengers naked before a flight.

The Government is also considering enhanced explosive screening and tests to detect chemicals other than nitrates. Technology now used at most domestic airports can detect only nitrate-based chemicals.

Among other reforms, the Government will announce a big investment in security screening for international flights into Australia.

This will include installing new equipment and beefing up the number of officers at airports in Asia and the Middle East.

The White Paper will also include “preventive” measures, including programs to try to de-program radical Muslims in prison.

Britain puts money towards a Muslim grassroots initiative called the Radical Middle Way, which pays for an interactive website to promote mainstream Islam.

Cabinet’s National Security Committee – which includes Mr Rudd, Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Treasurer Wayne Swan, Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith and Attorney-General Robert McClelland – will debate a range of options today.

The strategy’s architects are the PM’s National Security Adviser and former SAS commanding officer Duncan Lewis and his offsider Angus Campbell, another ex-SAS officer.

The new policy will also include a package of measures intended to streamline response times and the information flow between domestic security agencies such as ASIO, the overseas intelligence officers in the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, and the Australian Federal Police.

Obama Admin. Opposes 9/11 Health Funding

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dc/2010/01/obama-opposes-911-health-fun…

Obama Admin. Opposes 9/11 Health Funding

By Michael McAuliff

The Obama administration stunned New York’s delegation yesterday, dropping the bombshell news that it does not support funding the 9/11 health bill.

The state’s two senators and 14 House members met with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius just hours before President Obama implored in his speech to the nation for Congress to come together and deliver a government that delivers on its promises to the American people.

So the legislators were floored to learn the Democratic administration does not want to deliver for the tens of thousands of people who sacrificed after 9/11, and the untold numbers now getting sick.

“I was stunned — and very disappointed,” said Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who like most of the other legislators had expected more of a discussion on how to more forward.

“To say the least, I was flabbergasted,” said Staten Island Rep. Mike McMahon.

The 9/11 bill would spend about $11 billion over 30 years to care for the growing numbers of people getting sick from their service at Ground Zero, and to compensate families for their losses.

The legislators were shocked the idea was falling lower on the administration priority list than other parts of the war on terror and financial bailouts.

“She made it clear that the administration does not support any kind of funding mechanism that goes into the bill,” said Bronx Rep. Eliot Engel.

“I think it’s fiscal restraint… but you know what? They find money for everything else, they need to find money for this,” Engel said. “We were attacked because we’re a symbol of our country.”

McMahon was furious that caring for the heroes of Sept. 11 would take a back seat to anything but military funding.

“I thought there was a complete lack of understanding of the issue by the secretary and quite frankly, I did not expect that lack of compassion and failure to understand the urgency of the issue.”

Victims and advocates of 9/11 families are similarly stunned.

Lorie Van Auken, whose husband died on 9/11 and who supports the White House in its push to try the terrorists in New York, was crestfallen at the news.

“I thought that these people would be taken care of. I would have expected better from this administration,” Van Auken said, adding that she thought it sends the wrong message to all of America’s would-be heroes that the government won’t be there for them.

“These people put their lives on the line to help people who live here and who were in danger, and now the government doesn’t want to support them,” Van Auken said. “What happens in the future when something else happens? Are people going to say, ‘No, sorry, I’m not going to help?’”

The legislators did hold out hope, though. McMahon and others said they would appeal to the President to consider adding 9/11 money to the list of mandatory items, rather than discretionary measures subject to the White House planned budget freeze.

Health and Human Services officials and the White House did not have an immediate response.

A Haiti Disaster Relief Scenario Was Envisaged by the US Military One Day Before the Earthquake

A Haiti disaster relief scenario had been envisaged at the headquarters of US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) in Miami one day prior to the earthquake.

The holding of pre-disaster simulations pertained to the impacts of a hurricane in Haiti. They were held on January 11. (Bob Brewin,  Defense launches online system to coordinate Haiti relief efforts (1/15/10) — GovExec.com, complete text of article is contained in Annex)

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), which is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense (DoD), was involved in organizing these scenarios on behalf of US Southern Command.(SOUTHCOM).

Defined as a “Combat Support Agency”, DISA has a mandate to provide IT and telecommunications, systems, logistics services in support of the US military. (See DISA website: Defense Information Systems Agency).

On the day prior to the earthquake, “on Monday [January 11, 2010], Jean Demay, DISA’s technical manager for the agency’s Transnational Information Sharing Cooperation project, happened to be at the headquarters of the U.S. Southern Command in Miami preparing for a test of the system in a scenario that involved providing relief to Haiti in the wake of a hurricane.” (Bob Brewin, op cit, emphasis added)

The Transnational Information Sharing Cooperation project (TISC) is a communications-information tool which  “links non-government organizations with the United States [government and military] and other nations for tracking, coordinating and organizing relief efforts”.(Government IT Scrambles To Help Haiti, TECHWEB January 15, 2010).

The TISC is an essential component of the militarization of emergency relief. The US military through DISA oversees the information – communications system used by participating aid agencies. Essentially, it is a communications sharing system controlled by the US military, which is made available to approved non-governmental partner organizations. The Defense Information Systems Agency also “provides bandwidth to aid organizations involved in Haiti relief efforts.”

There are no details on the nature of the tests conducted on January 11 at SOUTHCOM headquarters.

DISA’s Jean Demay was in charge of coordinating the tests. There are no reports on the participants involved in the disaster relief scenarios.

One would expect, given DISA’s mandate, that the tests pertained to simulating communications. logistics and information systems in the case of a major emergency relief program in Haiti.

The fundamental concept underlying DISA’s Transnational Information Sharing Cooperation project (TISC) is  to “Achieve Interoperability With Warfighters, Coalition Partners And NGOs” (Defense Daily, December 19, 2008)

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Obama staffer wants ‘cognitive infiltration’ of 9/11 conspiracy groups

Raw Story

In a 2008 academic paper, President Barack Obama’s appointee to head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs advocated “cognitive infiltration” of groups that advocate “conspiracy theories” like the ones surrounding 9/11.

Cass Sunstein, a Harvard law professor, co-wrote an academic article entitled “Conspiracy Theories: Causes and Cures,” in which he argued that the government should stealthily infiltrate groups that pose alternative theories on historical events via “chat rooms, online social networks, or even real-space groups and attempt to undermine” those groups.

As head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Sunstein is in charge of “overseeing policies relating to privacy, information quality, and statistical programs,” according to the White House Web site.

Sunstein’s article, published in the Journal of Political Philosphy in 2008 and recently uncovered by blogger Marc Estrin, states that “our primary claim is that conspiracy theories typically stem not from irrationality or mental illness of any kind but from a ‘crippled epistemology,’ in the form of a sharply limited number of (relevant) informational sources.”

By “crippled epistemology” Sunstein means that people who believe in conspiracy theories have a limited number of sources of information that they trust. Therefore, Sunstein argued in the article, it would not work to simply refute the conspiracy theories in public — the very sources that conspiracy theorists believe would have to be infiltrated.

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Bisphenol A plastic chemical still used in baby bottles

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