Documents disclose 'shadow government'

Indicate U.S. far advanced in constructing
bureaucracy united with Mexico, Canada

Posted: September 26, 2006
1:00 p.m. Eastern

Government documents released by a Freedom of Information Act request reveal the Bush administration is running a "shadow government" with Mexico and Canada in which the U.S. is crafting a broad range of policy in conjunction with its neighbors to the north and south, asserts WND columnist and author Jerome R. Corsi.

The documents, a total of about 1,000 pages, are among the first to be released to Corsi through his FOIA request to the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, or SPP, which describes itself as an initiative "to increase security and to enhance prosperity among the three countries through greater cooperation."

"The documents clearly reveal that SPP, working within the U.S. Department of Commerce, is far advanced in putting together a new regional infrastructure, creating a 'shadow' trilateral bureaucracy with Mexico and Canada that is aggressively rewriting a wide range of U.S. administrative law, all without congressional oversight or public disclosure," Corsi said.

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Among the initial discoveries, said Corsi, is the existence of an internal Intranet website that never has been revealed to Congress or the public.

"This private internal website," he claims, "undoubtedly contains a wealth of documentation that the FOIA request has so far intentionally excluded."

Corsi told WND the documents reveal hundreds of internal meetings, memoranda of understanding and other referenced agreements that have not been disclosed.

"We have here the beginnings of a whitewash," he said, "in which SPP evidently thinks the public will be hoodwinked by a 'Myths vs. Facts' document posted for public relations purposes on their public website."

Among the documents is an organizational chart accompanied by a listing of trilateral Mexican, Canadian and U.S. administrative officers who report on multiple cabinet level "working groups."

The government watchdog Judicial Watch announced today it has received some of the same documents, including the organizational chart, which can be seen in this pdf file, on page seven.

"There is no specific authorization for this massive administrative-branch integration with Mexico and Canada other than what amounts to a press conference jointly issued by President Bush, Mexico's President Vicente Fox, and Canada's then-Prime Minister Paul Martin on March 23, 2005, at the end of their summit in Waco, Texas," Corsi said.

Corsi added that even the "Myth vs. Facts" blurb on the SPP.gov website admits the SPP is neither a treaty nor a law.

"The Bush administration is trying to create the infrastructure of a new regional North American government in stealth fashion, under the radar and out of public view," Corsi claims. "Where is Congress, asleep at the wheel?"

The SPP organizational chart Corsi obtained shows 13 working groups covering a wide range of public policy issues, including Manufactured Goods; Energy, Food & Agriculture; Rules of Origin' Health; E-Commerce; Transportation; Environment; Financial Services; Business Facilitation; External Threats to North America; Streamlined & Secured Shared Borders; and Prevention/Response within North America.

U.S. administrative-branch officers participating in these working groups are drawn from the U.S. departments of State, Homeland Security, Commerce, Treasury, Agriculture, Transportation, Energy, Health and Human Services, and the office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

The released documents affirm that counterparts from official governmental agencies in Mexico and Canada are combined with the U.S. administrative branch to form new trilateral "working groups" that actively rewrite U.S. administrative law to "harmonize" or "integrate" with administrative law in Mexico and Canada.

"What we have here amounts to an administrative coup d'etat," Corsi told WND. "Where does the Bush administration get the congressional authorization to invite two foreign nations to the table to rewrite U.S. law?"

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52164

Was talked about on CNN - Lou Dobbs tonight - will post transcript when it becomes available. MSM is picking up this story!!!

Another Link about this:

http://www.spp.gov/

Here's the CNN transcript:

Officer Rodney Johnson, a 12-year veteran of the Houston police force will be buried tomorrow morning. He leaves behind a wife, three daughters, and two sons.

Representatives from the Mexican government have quickly jumped to the defense of Juan Leonardo Quintaro. He is the suspect in the murder of Officer Johnson. The governor of Mexico says it will do all it can to offer Quintaro legal assistance, representatives from the Mexican consulate, in Houston, attended Quintaro's court hearing.

The Mexican counsel general says, quote, "We have been involved from day one. If the lawyers think there is grounds for appeal, which is almost always the case, then we assist further until the very end."

For the record, the Mexican consulate in Houston is just one of some 46 Mexican consulate facilities across the United States. Mexico has more consulates in the United States than any other foreign country; and to help defend and win key rights for Mexican illegal aliens.

There's new evidence tonight that the United States, Mexico and Canada are trying to move forward with the proposal that critics call the United States of North America. Public interest group, Judicial Watch, today released newly uncovered Commerce Department documents that prove the United States, Mexico and Canada are moving ahead with a, quote, "security and prosperity partnership of North America."

The goal of the partnership is to, quote, "harmonize" relations between all three countries -- or among all three countries, if you prefer. According to these documents, North American political leaders have heard recommendations from business leaders of the so- called North American Competitivist (sic) Council, and among their recommendations, integrating the Mexican and United States power grids, and allowing citizens from all North American countries to move freely across North America, even if they lack documentation. One presumes legal and lawful documentation.

The council says anyone showing up on the border without proper documentation should merely be, quote "educated bout their options and be allowed to pass", end quote.

Among the companies with representatives on this North American Competitivist (sic) Council, Wal-Mart, UPS, FedEx, Chevron, Lockheed and that's just naming a few of them.

By the way, Congress has not passed any initiative or law that would make such a combination or integration, even contemplated, let alone lawful.

Mexican President-elect Felipe Calderon is now slamming U.S. plans to build that 700-mile fence on the U.S./Mexican border. Calderon says the fence proposal, now under debate and with Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist calling for its passage, he says it won't solve the United States illegal immigration crisis.

Calderon said, quote, "We are worried about the actions that the United States is discussing concerning building a boarder wall and tightening restrictions on migrants." I repeat, migrants.

The president-elect isn't the only Mexican government official to meddle in this nation's border fence debate, or its illegal immigration debate. Mexico's current president, Vicente Fox, has called the border fence proposal, quote, "shameful."

That brings us to the subject of our poll tonight. We would really like to know what you think of the government of Mexico and the issue of border security and illegal immigration. The question is simple, is it time to tell the Mexican government, both President Fox and President-elect Calderon to quit trying to interfere in U.S. affairs and instead to focus on improving the quality of life for the citizens of Mexico? Yes or no cast your vote at LouDobbs.com. We'll have the results later in the broadcast. By the way, no one in the Bush administration, certainly not the president himself, has responded in any way to the comments by president-elect Calderon or Vicente Fox.

http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0609/26/ldt.01.html

This is getting WAY out of hand.... are we just supposed to sit by and watch our countries dissolve into one ugly nation? This is way to fucked up. I'm not happy one bit.

Not. Cool.

There's nothing here...

We're supposed to want to be able to cross the border freely & not need passports.

Standardization of power grids? The power grids are already linked.

So....he's....got....nothing.

I have heard about this for some time now, and have had quite a few people brush it off as nonsense. But it is getting worse and worse as time goes along. Something has got to happen to put an end to us losing our soviergnty.

I REFUSE to be pooled into an american goverment. I am CANADIAN and will remain that way the rest of my life. No matter what.

Americans are reacting to this news, worth a look (Their concerned and angry):

http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=213166

That's where I found the news articles.

Untill I get my "new world order hall monitor badge", I won't believe it.
This is sounding like another tri-lateral commission or another of the CT of the week.

I think the best comment I could make here is rather a veiw than a constructive comment ...I don't know how old some of you are but if you're under thirty its nice to see your generation sticking up for Canada and its sovereignty because mine won't even if they say they are or do .

There seem to be a lot of charges being flung around, as well as some denials, neither of which seem very provable, but I did come across this:

http://www.cfr.org/content/publications ... _final.pdf

This is the document on which the whole thing is supposed to be based. Not a very interesting read, but enlightening.