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Torture in ICE private detention

ICE detainees are being tortured in the private detention centers where they are being detained. Before the second Trump administration, ICE detainees were primarily undocumented border crossers, undocumented immigrants, and asylum seekers. Now ICE is also detaining and holding in prisons owned and operated by half a dozen large private prison corporations, ordinary non-violent, undocumentedContinue reading “Torture in ICE private detention”

Election 2024: What to Expect Part III

What to Expect, Part III: Trump has already given us a dress rehearsal for four escalating levels of civil/political conflict in the lead up and aftermath of the 2024 election: Scenario 1) Right wing foreign authoritarians, corporations/US Intel contractors, FBI, Congress or SCOTUS attempts to interrupt, influence the election- high confidence, high likelihood. Scenario 2)Continue reading “Election 2024: What to Expect Part III”

Election 2024: What to Expect Part II

What to Expect, Part II: George Floyd Protests as Insurrection Rehearsal- the Past is Prologue: From the Lafayette Park Massacre: The police can be allies- it helps to befriend an officer ahead of any problem like November 2024, but just as easily turning to the police can be a peril- keep contact with the policeContinue reading “Election 2024: What to Expect Part II”

Election 2024: What to Expect Part I

What to expect (Part I): Based on 2020, and current events we can expect more Trump rallies, which increasingly call for violence, disruption, retribution. Normalizing, prefiguring authoritarianism, dictatorship. States taking up with counterinsurgency operations where Federal programs leave off like Texas, Kentucky- state governments rebel against Federal authority, escalating violence against powerless, social victims, scapegoatingContinue reading “Election 2024: What to Expect Part I”

Torture in Detention vs. Outside Detention

KUBARK Torture, Cruel and Inhuman treatment, State sponsored violence. Happening Inside and Outside of detention on a wide scale. Here is a list of the most common KUBARK torture methods used as a system of state sponsored violence, crimes against humanity for coercion, control, punishment (in detention): *Sleep deprivation, often accomplished via sensory overload, depredation,Continue reading “Torture in Detention vs. Outside Detention”

In Memorium James and Bonnie Richards

In Memoriam James McDowell Richards 1931- and Bonnie Gay Richards ne McClellan 1938- On the Occasion of the 10 Year Anniversary of their Deaths I am the oldest son of James and Bonnie, Michael (John) Richards, and I’m writing this memorial letter about them on the 10th Anniversary of their untimely deaths in the sameContinue reading “In Memorium James and Bonnie Richards”

Build Back Better: Reforming the Intelligence Community

Fifteen Steps to take to Reform U.S. Intelligence Agencies [This is a summary of WorldConsel’s White Paper on Reform of the Intelligence Community in post-Trump America. Please see the end of the summary for how to obtain the full 22 page report.] Just as the murder of George Floyd has triggered a larger social protestContinue reading “Build Back Better: Reforming the Intelligence Community”

Torture in US is Routine

The US routinely uses torture in all types of detention settings: prisons, immigration detention, police custody, juvenile detention. And also outside detention in Cointelpro-style severe harassment, cruel and inhumane treatment, “disruption”, corrosion, state-sponsored violence, human rights abuse. According to torture medical expert Dr. M. Besoglu, torture scientifically is four things: a) isolation and rupture ofContinue reading “Torture in US is Routine”