Blowing the Lid off National Security:
It's about time to blow the lid off the so-called
National Security excuse. Here we go:
As with any word, especially when it is used
with a legal intention, you must ask for the definition of National Security in order to know what it means.
Sure you can presume what it means, but why
base your entire belief system on a presumption?
How about working with facts instead?
For example does National Security mean any of the following:
1. The security of the land mass known as
the United States of America (U.S.A.),
2. The security of all the humans living
in the U.S.A.,
3. The security of every American citizen,
4. The security of every Federal Building,
5. The security of every Federal Employee,
6. The security of the Government of the
U.S.A.,
7. The security of the Financial Institutions
in the U.S.A.,
8. The security of the members of Congress
and the Senate,
9. The security of the government's information,
files and records,
10. The security of military information
and intelligence,
11. The security of the President and his
close associates,
12. The protection of the Foreign Policy
of the U.S.A. and its international relationships,
13. The protection of government policies
and structure, including those who run the
government,
14. The protection of untoward government
activities,
15. You can add many more possibilities ...?
Most Americans would like to believe National Security means #3 above with each of their lives
and property being secured (or protected)
by some (as yet undefined) federal individual.
For this presumption to be effective we may
require one federal individual to guard and
protect every 10 citizens (pick your own
number). Is it really possible to protect
every American citizen? If not, then #3 cannot
apply because if any citizen is not protected,
then not every citizen is protected, therefore invalidating
#3.
I challenge each of you to find the legal definition for National Security and post the location at which you found
it. I have been searching for several years,
and written several letters to various Government
departments asking them where I may find
the definition. To date, nobody has replied,
most likely because the definition does not
exist.
You may find individual definitions for Nation
and Security, however the term National Security cannot be presumed to have the same meaning
as that obtained by simply trying to merge
the individual definitions. In law, terms
are defined to have their own individual
meaning separate from the words which make
up the term.
If a definition for National Security does not exist, how can it be used as an
excuse for any action? The answer is that
nobody can use a non-defined term to justify
any action. For example, if some government
official refuses to release surveillance
video tapes using the excuse of "Notional
Symbology" wouldn't you ask him what
he means by Notional Symbology? I sure would.
I would demand to know what the term means
and how it applies to the video tapes.
The closest I have been able to conclude
from my research is that National Security appears to be #13, protecting the government
and those in power. This would explain why
any information which may expose and jeopardize
some clandestine operation or action by the
highest-level government operatives, is confiscated
under the claim of National Security which loosely translates to "the security
of the government and his operatives".
In other words, protect the government's
conspiracies.
I would like somebody to demand to see the
legal definition for National Security next time somebody tries to used that term
as an excuse.
It is about time somebody asked the government
officials to justify their actions with a
legal definition of the term National Security. Nobody should not presume to know what
is meant by the term National Security withouf a definition for same.
The wool has been pulled over our eyes long
enough with the use of the National Security excuse. Now is the time to put a stop to
it.