I just confronted the Secret Police
Just about an hour ago I confronted an operative for the local police who spies on it's customers without cause, warrant or notification.
While delivering a gift to a business associate I noticed a Bright House Networks service van. I waited for the technician to walk out so I could inquire about "Operation Bright Eyes" a program that merges the state with the Bright House Cable Corporation.
"Fascism should be called corporatism. As fascism is merely the merger of the state with corporations." - Benito Moussolini
After a bit of small talk about the fine weather we are having today. Done on my part to relax the Bright House Network spy. I asked him what he could tell me about Operation Bright Eyes. He was clearly caught off guard by the question. But recovered quickly as I maintained an open inviting smile and friendly posture. He told me with great pride that he had reported four customers in 2010 already.
I then let my true feelings known by telling him what he was doing was wrong and un-American. He immediately retorted that he was a veteran and American Patriot. This backfired on him as I am a veteran and let him have it for violating his sworn oath to The Constitution. (Fourth Amendment violations) His bravado began to fade as I told him he was violating his oath.
He then immediately went into the defense that he must report it if someone is abusing children and how making the community safe he was doing something good. This of course is always the excuse of tyrants. After some questioning he admitted he was turning people in for what he called "animal abuse" and domestic violence. When I inquired the the definition of "domestic violence" he said and argument between husband and wife would qualify.
For those of us old enough to remember the Soviet Union they always bragged about their low crime rate and how Moscow was safer than Washington D. C.
This is were I told him he was on the wrong side of history and how what he is involved in was done in East Germany, by the Communist and the Fascist. I told him to read history. He was not happy with me.
He walked back inside the building,I waited for him to come back out. When he walked through the door and saw me he said with much less bravado, "I am just doing my job. I did not start the program." I explained to him that this defense was attempted by the NAZI's at Nuremberg and was not successful.
As he walked back to his van he seemed very sheepish and much less confident in his spying activities saying to me, "You have given me something to think about.
He does not know it but he got off easy. Because to me he was literally the embodiment of an evil, tyrannical anti-American system.
Updated: Thursday night 10:49
I first learned about OPERATION BRIGHT EYES when I read an article about Bright House cable technicians attending "training" from the Brownsburg, Indiana Police Department.This was about two years ago.
These technicians are encouraged to report customers and are praised when they do and admonished if they do not. They are told it is an American Value to spy on their neighbors and customers. Always telling them they are there to make America safer. Using the excuse of "Safety" to justify their nefarious activities.
"Only a totalitarian society would even claim absolute safety as a worthy ideal, because it would require total state control over its citizens’ lives." ~ Ron Paul
Exactly when have you every read a story about a cable guy installing cable and preventing/stopping a major felony in progress? AKA The "keeping us safe theory" of spying. I Googled "cable guy stops crime" "0" responses under "web" and "news." By the way most state laws allow any citizen to intervene and make a citizens arrest when confronted with a felony IN ACTION. This is NOT what these technicians are trained to do they are trained to create civil and criminal cases against PAID CUSTOMERS.
These Constitutional violators are coming into your home and without your consent are SEARCHING IT. They then will become CI's or Confidential Informants in any criminal or civil case against you. Yes civil as well as criminal.
By using a CI the prosecutor can obtain a search warrant on their testimony. The CI may be known to you in court and testify or his/her identity may never be revealed. Remember they are a "Confidential' Informant. Truly SECRET POLICE.
Anyone who reads history and has an understanding of when, where, and how this type of citizen spying on citizen know it for the evil it is.
I have read JOCEAN's comments they are largely false and designed to obfuscate the truth. Her intention here are not sincere.





















nice job blackops!
ron would be proud of you. it sounds to me like you handled that just right!
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I have worked inside hundreds of homes
and would intervene if there were violence, but I have never witnessed any.
I have seen roach clips, bongs, hash pipes, even marijuana plants, as well as used condoms in young teens' bedrooms. Those things point to victimless or consensual crimes and are no proper business of mine or the government's.
But say I discovered plastic bags filled with human body parts, I would arm myself first since the perp would have additional motive to quickly add me to his grisly collection. Then I would summon the police.
If I worked for a company that was involved in a "Bright Eyes" program, I would go ahead and take the training so that I could discover the extent of what they were trying to do. Then I would participate no more or less than what I have described above.
One thing I am curious about is whether this cable company is involved with placing and monitoring audio-visual devices in people's homes for spying on people. It would be easy to do. I seem to recall hearing something about VCR's and DVD players (or maybe it was cable boxes) containing cameras for studying home audience reaction. Is this apocryphal or was it ever true? Are we being monitored now?
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One more reason to drop cable
and the topic reminds me of this tv commercial- http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=82210837463&topic=8356
Great job
confronting that man. Hopefully he went home and did some soul searching...maybe he even googled the Constitution! :-)
I had no idea this sort of thing was going on. Saddens me to learn, but further motivates me to act.
We need to formulate some
We need to formulate some State statutes and get them passed forbidding this behavior. I'm think Class A Felony level for the technician and massive fines for any company participating.
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You probably already have them on the books.
You need a PI license for certain things, and they might be running afoul of those laws.
This is an issue with "safe speed vans" in some cities.
Try that avenue first. You might be able to shut them down that way.
I applaud you, sir. You are a
I applaud you, sir. You are a patriot, and thank you for informing him of his oath to uphold the Constitution which he clearly is not.
Busted !
""he said and argument between husband and wife would qualify. ""
That would cover an estimated 99.9% of all husband and wife teams in the country, in my opinion.
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Beesting
FYI - I specifically questioned the Bright House cable tech about the "level" and "definition" of the crimes he was encouraged to report. I did this because he tried to justify his activities with a wild and far fetched statement that he had to stop murderers. As if that was really what he just informed on four people about this year.
When I inquired to what he informed on he said they were "animal abuse" cases and he was very passionate about it as if animals are more important than humans. (Which in our sick society they are. Over 35,000 Americans have been brutally wounded and disabled another 4379 killed in the Middle East but when a Marine threw and killed a puppy America had a fing fit.)
He also reported one case of "Domestic Violence" based on some bruising as he called it. When I inquired to what level domestic abuse he was trained to report he said "a husband and wife arguing."
And that is why they will
And that is why they will fail - because of people like you.
They are pushing. They are sneaky. They will ultimately reveal themselves and that will be the end of it.
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Infratech reminds me of a
Infratech reminds me of a group in the u.k. They work to destabilize county , town governments police depts etc. Sorry i cant remember the name some one help me out. The most prominent people become members.
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Common Purpose?
I think that's the group you are thinking of.
What he said!
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Infra Gard~corporate spying on citizens
*re-posting from below..please google/search 'Infra Gard'
I've made some posts about this last year will try to find them. Please google/investigate educate yourselves about the Infra Gard.
here is a quick reference:
More than 23,000 representatives of private industry are working quietly with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The members of this rapidly growing group, called InfraGard, receive secret warnings of terrorist threats before the public does — and, at least on one occasion, before elected officials. In return, they provide information to the government, which alarms the ACLU. But there may be more to it than that. One business executive, who showed me his InfraGard card, told me they have permission to “shoot to kill” in the event of martial law. InfraGard is “a child of the FBI,” says Michael Hershman, the chairman of the advisory board of the InfraGard National Members Alliance and CEO of the Fairfax Group, an international consulting firm.
http://whitewraithe.wordpress.com/infragard-private-sector-s...
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Don't blame them when your house gets broken into then.
Nothing wrong a cable company volunteering to do neighborhood watch, for free, for the community as it's out and about doing its business. That's libertarian society at its finest. Why you would prefer tax-funded neighborhood police defense over private (and free at that) is beyond me. Maybe I'm just more libertarian than you.
And your claim that it's unconstitutional is ludicrous.
Operation Bright Eyes: http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/money/072209operation_bright...
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I believe you are confused
From the Libertarian Party Website..
Preamble
As Libertarians, we seek a world of liberty; a world in which all individuals are sovereign over their own lives and no one is forced to sacrifice his or her values for the benefit of others.
We believe that respect for individual rights is the essential precondition for a free and prosperous world, that force and fraud must be banished from human relationships, and that only through freedom can peace and prosperity be realized.
Consequently, we defend each person's right to engage in any activity that is peaceful and honest, and welcome the diversity that freedom brings. The world we seek to build is one where individuals are free to follow their own dreams in their own ways, without interference from government or any authoritarian power.
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It is unconstitutional
It is unconstitutional because these people are being trained by and used by the local police in order to circumvent their requirements to obtain lawful warrants for the searches that they conduct. Essentially, they are acting as agents of the government.
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hahaha "don't blame them when your house gets broken into"
Cause normally people blame the cable company when their house gets broken into. You know what, deal. I won't blame the cable company when my house gets broken into if they promise not to spy on me.
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So how often do the police
So how often do the police actually stop a break in or any crime for that matter? Usually they just mop up after the fact and often times treat the victim like a criminal. And of course were not talking about security here were talking about spying on clients without their knowledge how you equate that to security is beyond me however you seem to have no bounds when it comes to stretching the imagination.
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That's my point.
The police are insufficient at stopping crime. That's why Neighborhood Watch programs like this exist. Neighborhood watch is not "spying."
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Since when did "the neighborhood"...
include anything behind your front door?
Assert Your Authority
That is why we have...
...the second amendment. Ultimately your security is your personal responsibility. You cannot have freedom without responsibility.
Anyone who exerts more than
Anyone who exerts more than normal effort in an attempt to discover my activities without my consent is spying on me. I don't care if they are Neighborhood Watch or the FBI. You are mincing words.
"The casualty of partisanship is objectivity."
What evidence do you have that
they are exerting more than normal effort? Apparently, they're just keeping their eyes open as they drive around installing cable.
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I call a van parked in front
I call a van parked in front of my house for a long period of time more than normal. I call it suspicious, actually.
"The casualty of partisanship is objectivity."
When it says "BRIGHT HOUSE CABLE CORPORATION"
on the van, that makes you suspicious?
Funny, I would think it's just someone installing cable TV.
Maybe if it was a plain white fan and I had paranoid schizophrenia, then I might get suspicious and confront the person.
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Now that people know that
Now that people know that cable installers are apparently spying on them, then the installers most certainly will be treated suspiciously. How would anyone know whether or not the cable guy is looking through your windows with some sort of spyglass from that van? What if the cable guy was sitting out in his van while spying into your daughter's bedroom? Would knowing that some strange guy from the cable company might be spying on your kids through the windows make you feel happy in some way?
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Yup, especially when the sign
Yup, especially when the sign on the van is used to obfuscate the true purpose of its presence.
"The casualty of partisanship is objectivity."
The purpose of the presence is to install cable.
There is no indication that they're going into neighborhood and observing, where they don't have any cable work to do.
Besides, if they did, that would be great. I would welcome it. Nothing wrong with neighborhood watch, even in unmarked vehicles. You have a right to drive around your neighborhood in an unmarked vehicle and to neighborhood watch with no one else knowing about it.
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So if there purpose is to
So if there purpose is to install cable, why are they turning people in and why is there a clever name like Operation Bright Eyes? You're being ridiculous.
"The casualty of partisanship is objectivity."
I'M being ridiculous?
YOU'RE being ridiculous. You have a problem with the NAME of the neighborhood watch program??
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