March 23, 2017
“Sir, we now
have that break-through we’ve been working on”, said Director Bryan Omar. Omar had
just entered the Oval Office at President Zane Ayman’s request.
“So, tell me
how it will help us make the changes we’ve worked so long for?”, asked
President Ayman.
“The Comprehensive
National Security Agency (the newly expanded NSA) can now pull any name in
America, even those in most industrialized nations, and we can see every piece
of data ever typed onto a keypad of any kind. And with that, we can retrieve
any voice communication, along with whomever that person spoke to. We can do the same with every email, text,
social network, and any digital form of communication. And with the new system
sir, that data is automatically cross checked.”
“We still
have the problem with snail mail, even if it is nearly extinct?”, asked President
Ayman.
“Not really.
We’ve made headway there too sir. We are
now documenting every piece of mail with the new see-thru scanners, and each
piece is coded from each drop-off point, so any piece of mail can be traced
back to the sender, as well as automated cross referencing the sender and receiver
with the Master Data Bank. Sir, it gets even better. With the new digital postal
system tied in with the CNSA, we are tied into each and every public
thoroughfare surveillance camera and we can see who drops that mail off! You
need anything, on anyone, we can get everything you’d ever want to know about
them, and every contact they ever have. Bottom line, there is no more privacy
or unauthorized communications. Sir, we OWN all communication in the country!”
“So all I
need, is to give you a name, and you can get everything Id ever want to know
about that person?”, asked President Ayman.
(Smiling) “Exactly
Sir. Tell me who you want about, and we can pull everything you’d ever need to
know on that person. Every secret they’ve ever said or put into words, we’d
have it for you.”
“Well Mr.
Omar, I think we’re ready to commence Phase I of Operation Round-Up. I will
issue the Executive Order today, and have all my agency heads to begin tomorrow.
It’s time to roundup the dissenters and I WANT those Tea Party leaders locked
up. Oh…and I want that NRA disbanded! Have the ‘list’ ready for each department, and the teams can
get started.”
“Yes sir,
Mr. President. … It’s time sir.”
“Oh thanks Omar, your prayer rug is still here too. Please join me my Brother Omar, and let’s kneel toward Meca.”
March 26, 2017
“Mr.
President…I have an update for you”, said FBI Director Lilly Gafar.
“Okay Ms.
Rachel, that’ll be all”, says the President as his personal secretary leaves
the room. “Go ahead Ms. Gafar.”
“Sir, we
have successfully obtained persuasive background information on those targets
you wanted, and they have all been contacted personally by my Special Agents.
We now have their full cooperation. They’re in a real bind Mr. President, so
they’ll give you no problem. Even a couple of the Supreme Court Justices had
some things they didn’t want out, so they’ll side with the other Justices on
anything you want.”
“I love it.
GW had no idea how that Patriot Act could be fine-tuned to do more than he ever
dared to dream of. Then, with Barry moving that up, and CNSA completing the
system to a full-fledged domestic spying system, we now can find out anything
on anyone”, Ayman went on.
“Yes Sir,
and those Congressmen that gave you so much trouble during your campaign …
well, they have their hands full now putting out their own little fires, so
they’ll be hard pressed to do anything against you.”
“Splendid, Ms.
Gafar”, the President replied. “I called Barry too. He was elated that we have
been able to continue his project. Let’s move forward now with those signed
warrants, and begin Phase II of Operation Round-Up.”
April 19, 1017
“Mr.
President, can we have a word?”, asked Ms. Gafar, standing in the hallway with
CIA Director Alan Rayan. All three enter
the Oval Office.
“Sir, we
have begun executing those arrest warrants on all key people on your newest list”,
said Gafar.
“Any
problems? Anything that could hit the Underground News Corp”, asked President Ayman?
Rayan
stepped in closer, “Not really sir. Most were arrested quietly and without
incident. We did have a few, like that asshole National Rifle Association
president. We had to use a stun gun on him twice. But when he arrived at Bureau
Area 6, Dr. Xavier ordered an injection for him. We’ll not hear anything from
him anytime soon!”
“How have
the black-outs gone?”, asked President Ayman.
“Great sir.
Our people have rolled into a neighborhood, commenced Operation Black Out, and
we’re in and out of the target location before people know we’ve been there”,
said Gafar. “With the build-up of the Department
of Homeland Security, Marco’s people have
simply overwhelmed any attempt of any radicals to form militias. ….(laughingly)….
Sir, it’s been pathetic really. Much of the remaining Tea Party members ran out
of ammo days ago. Some are still holding up in remote areas of the country, but
they’re completely shut off, and surrounded by DHS.”
“What about
the Military?”
“Mr.
President”, responded Saad, “the command structure you put in place, is keeping
all military off-shore and out of the way. And all civilian communications with
them, has been blocked. They are mostly in the dark about what going on, and
the Command and Control will keep them from attempting any interference.”
“Yes sir”,
Rayan chimed in, “The civilians are powerless too. The gun buy-backs of 2013
& 2014, coupled with the confiscation of all personal firearms in 2016, the
civilian population can only stand by and watch if they do see us roll into a neighborhood.”
As the two
were leaving the Oval Office, CIA Dir. Rayan stopped and turned to the
President. “Sir, that situation with Senator Benyamin has been taken care of. Our
office was able to Photoshop some of his family webpage photos, and they’re being
released this afternoon. You can expect a recall election!”
June 20, 2017
WHNA (White
House News Agency) opened their daily all-channel newscast. “My fellow
Americans, it is a great day”, as President Ayman (shown on the screen, with
the former President along his side) announced today, “as America is finally
free of any religious intrusion in any public place. With the exception of
government sponsored sects, all religious signage, symbols, on-air messages,
and so on, are out-lawed, and no American will again be offended by such unwanted
Christian or Jewish messaging and influence. Special thanks to the ACLU for
helping us pin the ears back on some of the stubborn communities.
We are also announcing
the appointment of my dear friend, Salim Hasad, to fill the vacated Senatorial
seat of Senator Benyamin. We are sorry for the sudden loss of Senator Benyamin
in his bout with cancer, and we wish his family well.
My
administration is also announcing today, that certain elements of anti-government
organizations and those outspoken against the many good things we have been
doing, have been effectively dealt with, and the people of America can enjoy
the many benefits we have to offer without the descent that has stalled our
efforts in the past. And with that, we are a safer nation. While many have
complained about the rise in taxes, those taxes have paved the way for a better,
safer America, where more citizens can share in the wealth of the many.
Thank you,
and good day my American friends.”
While complaints go largely unchecked, many
families are upset with federal agents entering their homes with no cause, just
to search for possible contraband. The courts have sided with President Ayman’s
administration, in that warrantless entries are legal under Patriot Act IV, so
long as no arrests result from the search. Federal Law Enforcement continues to
seize property in what used to be “Red States”, and political opposition has
been all but squashed, except for the Rebel State of Texas, who has all but seceded
from the nation. The Rebel State of Texas is the one border area President
Ayman has tried to secure, and DHS is patrolling the borders of New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. DHS has been unable to patrol the Gulf of
Mexico area, as the Rebel State of Texas has developed its own Navy, and has
sunk many DHS patrol boats.
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While the
above is an obvious piece of fiction, at what point could the gradual giving up
of freedoms and the rule of law, could we see drastic changes to our Constitutional
liberties? Obama said during his first campaign, “We are five days away from
fundamentally transforming the United States of America.” From where I sit, it
looks like he is getting down that road pretty far, and we are losing our grasp
of the freedoms that we’ve known for over 200 years.
How much
more will we accept from a government, that is taking liberties with OUR freedoms? Like
the frog in the pan, are we need to be asking ourselves, “Are WE the frog?”