Obama gives up U.S. Sovereignty – gives INTERPOL exemption from compliance with the Freedom of Information Act – Jake Tapper ignored by White House when questioned

Not much has been discussed about this executive order that Obama signed before popping off to Hawaii, but it needs to be discussed. Both Red State and World Net Daily mentioned that this executive order now gives foreign cops new police
powers in the United States by exempting them from compliance with the Freedom of Information Act. WND says this is raising alarm among commentators who say INTERPOL already had most of the same privileges as diplomats. Red State goes more indepth as to why this New World Order type policy is dangerous:

American law enforcement agencies at the local, state, and federal level are bound by open records act laws. At the federal level, the Freedom of Information Act applies.

Knowing that an intrepid reporter can, after establishing credible sources, file a judicially enforcible FOIA request to obtain information from a law enforcement agency is one of the chief deterrents to law enforcement agencies from abusing discretionary power.

Additionally, Interpol is a foreign power, but operates out of the U.S. Department of Justice inside the United States. While Interpol has some limited immunities given by Ronald Reagan in the early 1980’s, it does not — or at least did not until last week — have immunity from the 4th Amendment. Consequently, this international agency could, should it abuse its powers, have the federal government seize its assets, etc.

In other words, the international police organization Interpol was treated like every other law enforcement agency in America — it was subject to FOIA requests and could, like any arm of a municipal, county, state, or federal government agency, have its property taken by the federal government if it crossed the boundaries of criminal law protection for the accused.

For no discernible reason whatsoever, last Wednesday when no one was looking, Barack Obama signed an executive order giving all immunities of foreign powers to Interpol.

In other words, Interpol is now in a better position than any American law enforcement institution that operates on American soil. It cannot have its records searched or seized and it is not subject to the restraints of sunshine and transparency that FOIA requests can bring.

At a time when Obama is worried about ensuring the rights of terrorists against the abuses of the American government, he has no problem surrendering American rights to an arm of the United Nations.

Even ABC’s liberal Jake Tapper on his twitter page claims he has tried to get some answers out of the White House about this, and they have ignored him, TWICE!
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December 29, 2009 · Filed Under General Politics


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  • Dan

    The answer to why this happened google Greg Canton Alpha Omega Labs.