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The PACTS, International Newsletter

Friday, January 31, 2020

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COMMUNITY NEWS

TODAY'S NEWSLETTER RESENT WITH CORRECTED DATE

Just as I sent today's newsletter, I noticed the incorrect date.  I've been working on the newsletter all week, even sending a test email, however, not until I clicked 'send' did I notice the incorrect date. What's up with that?  Well, so to avoid confusion, I am resending it with the corrected date.  Please delete the prior newsletter.  Here's where a staff could come in handy to catch human error, however, apologies, this is a newsletter of one....

WEBSITE UPDATE!

We have updated our website to reflect the lighthouse theme on our pamphlets, business cards, membership cards, and the recent PACTS TV Promotional Trailer. Check out our new look here:  www.pactsntl.org

ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA TI MEETING - Date changed

The meeting in Orange County, California originally scheduled for this Sunday, January 26 has been rescheduled  to February 23 

ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA TI MEETING
Sunday, February 23 / Time: 3:00 PM
Denny's Restaurant
23515 El Toro Road
Lake Forest, CA
Contact: Tricia - joboffcc@yahoo.com

OUR SEMI-ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DRIVE WINDS UP

Thanks to all who have become and are becoming members of PACTS, International this month!

PACTS, INTERNATIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Here is how you may become a member of PACTS, International:  

Membership is $25/year or recurring monthly donations of whatever amount you choose.  There are actually some who have chosen this option. 

You may join via:
PAYPAL: Click the blue tab below or at our website -www.pactsntl.org - and follow the prompts.  

You may also make a Paypal donation at the following link:  paypal.me/pactsntl

or:

You may send a check or money order made payable to 'People Against Covert Torture and Surveillance, International' or 'PACTS, International' and mail to:

PACTS, International
PO Box 1925
Twentynine Palms, CA 92277

Once membership dues are received, we then mail a packet of materials for members consisting of: 

  • A pamphlet
  • Membership card
  • Wristband or TI Awareness Ribbon for renewals
  • For $100 or more you receive all of the above plus a refrigerator magnet and the latest issue of our magazine!
Click here to become a member of PACTS, International

URGENT APPEAL FOR SAMIR MAKSOUD!

Samir is in search of a room to rent from someone in the community.  He is being made to leave the place where he is staying and currently has nowhere to go.  Those that may be able to help may contact  him at: 

Samir Maksoud - 816-698-6669.

SALES PROFESSIONALS EXPERIENCED AT SOLICITING DONATIONS!

PACTS International is recruiting professional sales people, and people with experience in soliciting donations, paid by commission and looking for grantwriters to apply for grants, also paid by commission.  

PACTS is a non-profit, tax exempt, 501(c)3 human rights organization. These positions are paid by commission. To apply, or for more information, contact Tim Cassella Board member and CFO of PACTS International.

Tim Cassella
725-221-7271
outlawyoda@gmail.com

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

We are a very active organization and excited about all the projects currently helping the community and those to come.  We therefore, could use a few good volunteers to help us with our mission to you.  If you are looking for some way to help, the following areas could use volunteer support: 

  • PSA project: Tim Cassella - 725-221-7271
  • Phone lines  -  1-888-639-5559
  • Help with our PACTS magazine:  Gloria Sterling - 314-395-780

PACTS, INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY NIGHT PODCAST

Time: 9 pm Eastern/ 8 pm Central/ 7 pm Mountain/ 6 pm Pacific/5 pm Alaska/3 pm Hawaii
Call-In Number: 1-319-527-2701
Access Code: 248671#

Follow this Link to join the chatroom:
https://www.freeconferencecall.com/wall/derrickcrobinson

-- then, click 'Online Meeting' at the top of the page

-- click 'join meeting' in the dropdown box

-- enter meeting ID - derrickrobinson 

-- click 'Submit.'

PODCAST ARCHIVES;
http://pactsntl.org/podcast-archives.html

GUEST SUGGESTIONS?  Call 1-888-639-5559

THE FALL, 2019 EDITION OF 'THE DISCUSSION,' PACTS, INTERNATIONAL'S MAGAZINE IS NOW ON SALE AND HERE'S A SAMPLE OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:  

"Received the glossy color magazine yesterday and wow.  very nice... It is better than any brochure for telling people about this." 

$4.20 PER COPY AT THE LINK BELOW!  

Click here to order the FALL, 2019 Issue of 'THE DISCUSSION'

PACTS, INTERNATIONAL ON FACEBOOK

PACTS International Facebook page:  

https://www.facebook.com/pactsntl.org/

 

PACTS, International FB Support Groups link:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2054582564844276/

 

News and Views

NEWS

VIDEOS

MOVIE REVIEW

HEALTH

 

Featured Video

Surveillance Capitalism

Documentary with Shoshana Zuboff

Professor, Harvard Business School

Quotes

#PsychologicalTorture is not torture "light". It targets your innermost self, wrecks your identity, ravages your dignity & shocks your system into total exhaustion, irreversible neurological damage & cardiovascular collapse! Thanks @hello_bennett for @EminentMonsters: a MUST SEE!

Nils Melzer, on Twitter
United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture

Community Bulletin Board

The views expressed in this section are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of PACTS, International.  

RAISING DONATIONS

Hi friends.

The child molesters running the Butner, NC Bureau of Prisons keep reading my corrlinks [emails] and even picking and choosing which ones they let get sent through. but jails get sued all the time and lose for that; for example a Virginia jail just got sued for refusing to deliver Prison Legal News (PLN) material to prisoners, and had to pay compensation to PLN for violating PLN`s first amendment and due process right to communicate with the prisoners.  Butner cannot read or reject a civil commits messages because civil commits are entitled to more considerate treatment than prisoners, which generally means jailers cannot play games with their mail like they try on prisoners.

In my case the jail is refusing to let me send through a message to raise donations asking my followers to send money through to my paypal account, case@oregonstatehospital.net, with the purpose to try to cut me off from having any money to cover the in jail costs.

I sent two messages asking my followers to help me raise $200 dollars, or $10 donation from 20 followers.  The jail intercepted both and refused to deliver either. No explanation was provided but they`re targeting any fundraising or donation campaigns we do.

Todd Giffen
405 W Centennial BLVD
Springfield OR 97477
5039675202
case@oregonstatehospital.net
obamasweapon.com
drrobertduncan.com

SUBJECT: USA FREEDOM / PATRIOT ACT REAUTHORIZATION 

The following is a sample letter forwarded to us by one of our activists to send to your congressional representatives in opposition to the PATRIOT ACT. 

Dear Chairman Graham and Ranking Member Feinstein:

 We are writing to you today to ask that you “OPPOSE” the reauthorization of the USA Freedom/PATRIOT Act provisions and deny the Administration’s request to make it permanent.  Today, our Constitution’s Fourth Amendment, which protects American citizens’right to privacy from government and unlawful search and seizure, is hanging on little more than a thread.

We are aware of the November 2019 Senate Judiciary Hearing on the reauthorization of the USA Freedom/PATRIOT Act.  The panel made up of FBI and NSA representatives was unable to answer many questions posed by Senators. The FBI claimed the answers were considered classified. Will a US citizen have no recourse if they feel they have been wrongfully or fraudulently placed on the watchlist?

  Since our federal government’s domestic surveillance programs were exposed in the summer of 2013, we’ve seen story after story concerning surveillance abuses, including:

- REFUSING to say whether or not they spied on members of Congress, which would

effectively destroy any ability of our government’s Legislative Branch to police this rogue

government agencies and unlawful intrusions and abuses of privacy; 

 - Effectively GUTTING attorney-client privilege by holding confidential records.

 - NSA employees spying on ex-lovers and spouses—a practice so common, the intelligence committee has come up with their own jargon, “LOVEINT,” to describe it.

-Violations of FISA warrants and evidence that the FISA applications process is deeply flawed. 

 We and thousands other US citizens have been fraudulently placed on a watchlist due to open-ended parameters of this act used by the FBI, NSA, local law enforcement and the private sector. There is no oversight that evaluates how people are placed on a watchlist at the local level, and no checks and balances. The door is wide open for abuse by anyone with access to databases, which can include hundreds if not thousands of private contractors who have been designated security clearance. This can become a virtual life sentence for victims who have no hope of due process.

 In some cases, individuals placed on watchlists come to have their lives destroyed through the use of unwarranted national security letters, harassment (SPECIFY WHAT KIND OF HARASSMENT YOU WANT TO DISCUSS), degrading and inhumane treatment, asset stripping by state or federal agencies, flags on background checks, false psychiatric diagnoses, electronic/microwave by direct energy weapons and psychological torture, and the unauthorized implanation of micro-chip implants by third parties.   Numerous reports by individuals indicate this law (SPECIFY WHICH LAW IN PARTICULAR YOU ARE REFERRING TO) is abused and used as a tool for retaliation against whistleblowers, or for some personal remunerative gain.  

 These tools appear to include 24/7 directed energy surveillance and weapons technologies (no touch torture), microwave radio frequencies and intrusive community policing tactics that create a VIRTUAL PRISON.  (Geoslavery https://msu.edu/~kg/874/geoslavery.pdf). While the use of energy weapons may be difficult for you or your staff to fathom, documentation bears out that companies are engaged in the production of such weapons. For example, directed energy companies in 2018 organized educational outreach to in the Rayburn Building and on the premises of the Pentagon. (Please see https://protected.networkshosting.com/depsor/DEPSpages/graphics/DE2DC18_Brochure.pdf  ) An upcoming event on directed energy will probe the “physics of high energy lasers. (Please see https://protected.networkshosting.com/depsor/DEPSpages/DEsymp20.html)

 We want due process restored as it has been guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution. We respectfully request that a Congressional Committee initiate a formal inquiry to address the abuse and provide restitution and restoration for the victims. 

 We want accountability, transparency and oversight of local law enforcement, public/private partnerships, contractors, grantees and research firms involved in the development and the use of surveillance, directed energy and monitoring technologies.

 Your constituents and all Americans respectfully request that you vote NO to the reauthorization of the USA Freedom/PATRIOT Act and any other legislative spying mechanisms that violate the rights of Americans under the U.S. Constitution.  

Sincerely,

January Activities Calendar

SEATTLE WASHINGTON SUPPORT GROUP MEETING
Sunday, January 26 / Time: 12 noon
The Orient Express Restaurant
2963 4th Ave. South
Seattle, WA 98134
Contact: Curtis Kimble - 817-901-8720

PORTLAND, OREGON TARGETED INDIVIDUAL MEETING
Saturday, February 1, 2020 / 3:30 - 5:30 PM
Hollywood District Public Library
4040 NE Tillamook St.
Portland, Oregon
*Your family and friends are always welcome. Optional dinner follows at the Laughing Planet Cafe, located within walking distance.
Contact: Amy - 971-207-3401
Email: amedale@mail.com

PHOENIX T.I.GET TOGETHER
Saturday February 8th / Time: 1:00 PM
Cortez Park
3434 West Dunlap Avenue
Phoenix Arizona
The organizer for this event is Dr. James Roe! His email contact is: DrJamesRoe@protonmail.com
The group will be meeting in the park area that has covered picnic tables. Bring a dish and something to grill, if you wish. There are public restrooms at the park. In addition.... the park will likely be busy, so please bring a chair or towel for yourself and your guest(s).
This event is also posted on twitter at: Twitter.com/ArizonaTargeted
Friends and family welcome! Please join us!

ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA TI MEETING
Sunday, February 23 / Time: 3:00 PM
Denny's Restaurant
23515 El Toro Road
Lake Forest, CA
Contact: Tricia - joboffcc@yahoo.com

FRESNO, CALIFORNIA
***New Group Forming
The Organizer, Patrick, is an activist & maintains the Twitter account,
"Extremely Targeted" https://twitter.com/OccupyCentralCA
Patrick can be reached at: MrFunch@Protonmail.com

ORGANIZING FOR A DENVER, COLORADO PROTEST
Laura Ann is holding a Monday night conference call for Denver, Colorado TI's who want to plan a protest.
Laura Ann Email: omni.ti@outook.com Cell: 208-244-4977

PHOENIX TARGETED INDIVIDUAL GATHERINGS
Every Saturday: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Central and Washington, across from Urban Outfitters
We have flyers, microphone, gazebo tent with table.
Please come join us to promote public awareness.
Contact:  Lewis -  602-461-1852

NEW YORK T.I. CONFERENCE CALL
SATURDAYS -  8 PM Eastern Standard Time / 5 PM PST
605-313-5569, Code# 516586
Janey is the Moderator

JANUARY BIRTHDAYS!!!

**Congratulations*** to the following TI's who have recent or upcoming birthdays!  The source of these listings is mostly my Facebook page, however, if you have a birthday in JANUARY an upcoming month, and would like to be featured on the birthday list, send us an email to: info@pactsntl.org

Ann-Marie Anderson - January 2
Doug Everman - January 2
Guy Maxwell Ule, Jr. - January 2
Mela Santander - January 5
Kantiano Harthuro Unamuniano Gharhcés - Jan. 6
Susan Michaels - January 7
Resa Del Mar - January 8
Gerard Horn - January 9
Kristine Swanson – January 9.
Mark Mendoza - January 9
Liz McCabe - January 10
Mashhour N. Hammodeh - January 10
Joseph Durmond - January 11
Kristy Foskett - January 12
Allison Ireland - January 13
Brrok Griffin - January 13
James Le - January 13
Jahsun Handy - January 13
Christine Evans - January 14
Phyliss Halewood - January 15

Marcelle J. Lewis-Carter – Jan. 16
Barry Michael - January 18
Daivd Lauw - January 18
Roidrigue Dehedrin - January 19
Milton Taylor - January 20
Conrad Nolan Klug - January 21
Monica Stoces - January 21
Kelly Breedlove - January 22
Patty Soos - January 22
Alonso Pacheco - January 23
Bonnie O'Neill - January 23
Christopher Earl Strunk - Jan. 23
Monica Rey - January 24
Gina Risner - January 25
Mary Wyrembelski - January 27
Matteo Tenni - Janaury 27
Chris Weeg - January 28
Daniel Lebowitz - Januray 28
Dion Zessin - January 29
Heather Flores - January 29
Mukazo Vunda - January 30
Leila Gutowski - January 30

PACTS, International

PO Box 1925

Twentynine Palms, CA 92277

Contact #  1-888-639-5559

Email:  info@pactsntl.org

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