Refusing to stop crimes against humanity connotes complicity in crimes against humanity

Jacob Appelbaum and his words

“I believe we are complicit in crimes against humanity when we know about them and when we don’t stop them. … It is quite clear that every single person in this room has in some way contributed to the war in Iraq and the war in Afghanistan

“…I wonder how you all feel about knowing that you were the ones, I am the one who has funded every bullet that has shot a child and every woman who has to come home to a family that has been decimated by troops…

“Where there is no justice

“Where people don’t have recourse of any kind whatsoever where the standard operating procedure is for someone to take a 50 caliber machine gun and shoot across the engine block and kill the driver.” 

“… When you are talking about how some information might be worth hiding and maybe there are some times when some secrets should be kept—

Remember, what you’re saying is that someone else is more qualified to make a decision than you are—

This is an extremely anti-democratic thought process and

You should reject it.” 

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io briefly

American independent journalist, computer security researcher, artist, and hacker, Jacob Appelbaum “has displayed his art in a number of institutions across the world and has collaborated with artists such as Laura Poitras, Trevor Paglen, and Ai Weiwei.”

He is “known for representing WikiLeaks”; has been “employed by the University of Washington”; “was a core member of the Tor project, a free software network designed to provide online anonymity”; and has had his “journalistic work published in many news sources including Der Spiegel, its online sibling “Spiegel Online, “known in German-speaking countries mostly for its investigative journalism.”

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alient events

2005: Appelbaum speaks “at the 22nd Chaos Communication Congress” on “Bringing Technology and New Media to Disaster Areas” and “Modern Disk Encryption Systems”

2010: Appelbaum represents “Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in a keynote address at the HOPE conference. FBI agents were planning to detain him after his talk, but organizers disguised him and slipped him out through an alternative exit.”

2012: Appelbaum is a contributor (with Andy Müller-Maguhn and Jérémie Zimmermann) to Julian Assange’s published work Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet

2013: Applebaum gives keynote speech on “Data Protection and Cyber-Security in India at ‘Consilience 2013’ organized by National Law School of India University, Bengaluru,” capital city of the Indian state of Karnataka.

2013: Appelbaum is among several people to gain access to former NSA contractor Edward Snowden’s top secret documents released in 2013”; and, as a journalist, Appelbaum “has contributed extensively to the publication of those documents.”

August 2013: Appelbaum delivers “Edward Snowden’s acceptance speech after he (Snowden) was awarded the biannual Whistleblower Prize by a group of NGOs at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.”

October 23, 2013: Appelbaum and other writers and editors at Der Spiegel report that “their investigations had led German Chancellor Angela Merkel to confront the U.S. government over evidence that it was monitoring her personal cell phone.” US President Barack Obama issues “an ambiguously worded denial and apology.”

December 28 2013: at the Chaos Communication Congress, Appelbaum presents documents showing that the NSA can turn iPhones into eavesdropping tools and (NSA) has developed devices to harvest electronic information from a computer even if the computer is not online.” A Der Spiegel investigative team, including Appelbaum, publishes simultaneously “findings (and) a descriptive list of the surveillance devices making up the NSA ANT catalog.”

[NSA ANT catalog: “a 50-page classified document listing technology available to the United States National Security Agency (NSA) Tailored Access Operations (TAO) by the Advanced Network Technology (ANT) Division to aid in cyber surveillance.”]

July 3, 2014: German broadcaster NDR/ARD carries disclosures by Appelbaum and others about the operation of NSA’s top-secret XKeyscore surveillance software, including source code proving that one of Appelbaum’s computers had been targeted.[

U.S. law enforcement agencies have repeatedly targeted Appelbaum.

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hange of Domicile

2012:  Appelbaum changes his residency and works under a freelance visa in Berlin, Germany, because he “does not feel safe” in the United States, preferring Germany’s “strong German privacy protections.”

September 2015: Appelbaum since this date reportedly has been studying in a doctoral program “under Tanja Lange and Daniel J. Bernstein at the Eindhoven University of Technology,” a technical university in the Netherlands, operating in English; regarded “a leading European university in engineering and technology and a world’s top university in terms of research cooperation with industry.”

Sources

Appelbaum 2010 speech excerpt aired in a segment of The KPFA Evening News (Weekend) The KPFA Evening News (Weekend) – April 27, 2019 https://kpfa.org/program/the-kpfa-evening-news-weekend/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Appelbaum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eindhoven_University_of_Technology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailored_Access_Operations#NSA_ANT_catalog

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Spiegel

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Update: POTUS 4 DISQUALIFIED their time having come and gone

Judged on track record, quality of international and domestic relations, professional ethics, personal character, entrenchment, alertness, critical thinking ability, ideas over personality 

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lphabetically (from entrenched parties of war and tyranny) Biden, Gravel, Sanders, Trump

Bow out gracefully

BIDEN, Joseph Robinette, Jr. (Joe): New Castle County Councilman Wilmington, Delaware (1970-1972), U.S. Senator U.S. Senator (1972-2008), U.S. Vice President (2008-2017)  (Legislative experience but Washington political entrenchment a negative aspect, credentials outdated, insufficient or no public office executive experience - DISQUALIFIED	SANDERS, Bernard “Bernie”: Burlington, Vermont Mayor (1981–1989), U.S. Representative (1991-2007), U.S. Senator (2007-present) (credentials outdated, part of entrenched corrupt Federal Washington establishment - DISQUALIFIED)
2.     GRAVEL, Maurice Robert “Mike”: former U.S. Senator (1969–1981) (credentials outdated, no public office executive experience - DISQUALIFIED)	TRUMP, Donald John: U.S. president (2017 present) (insufficient, unacceptable  and/or no public office experience (prior to or in 2 years’ in the presidency), no public office legislative or other pertinent experience, unsatisfactory professional and personal ethics, character) – UNQUALIFIED,

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mericans by and large seem politically intellectually disinterested, lazy or ignorant, deliberately ignorant; so much so that they latch on to superficialities instead of substantive criteria in making voting preferences — superficialities of

Gender or sex, race, creed, color, mere age, appearance, costume, style, personality; postured partisanship, propaganda, ideology, professed pro this/anti that, blame this/blame that.

This attitude and these criteria are anti-democratic, critically unacceptable for the citizenry — a responsible, studiously concerned citizenry that should be ever vigilant and continuously engaged in upholding, creating, recreating, repairing U.S. democratic access, processes and institutions.

 AU.S. president must, with new eyes and presence of mind, often against “conventional wisdom” and “elite establishment,” face serious, complex challenges, problems, unresolved conflicts of a multicultural, multilateral, multilayered country and world. The current criteria for the U.S. presidency are completely insufficient (even insulting) as qualifications in a person expected to handle the grave responsibilities required of a U.S. (or any) head of state.

    After the Current insufficient “qualifications” for the U.S. presidency —

(a)   Natural-born citizen of the United States

(b)  35 years old (at least)

(c)   Resident of the United States for at least 14 years.

Consider these

Proposed mandatory qualifications for anyone to even consider being a candidate or serving as U.S. president:

(a)   Evidence of good character and no criminal record or conflicts/seeming conflicts of interest

(b)  Demonstrated soundness of mind and mental stability (a candidate should be required to submit to independent psychological analysis and testing)

(c)   Demonstrated skills, professionalism, presence of mind for interpersonal communication, civility and cross-differences deliberation

(d)  Sound credentials (beyond partisanship) in social, economic, political and/or statecraft matters

(e)   Learned in the U.S. constitution, federal structure of governance, and balance of powers

(f)   Demonstrated skills, knowledge and experience in executive (and/or legislative) public service office

(g)  Demonstrated skills, knowledge and experience in international affairs including diplomacy, geopolitics, geo-economics, fair competition and international trade.

(h) Demonstrated respect for nations and peoples’ cultures, self-determination and sovereignty

(i) Demonstrated preference for working nonviolently with nations and peoples

Wikipedia and Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Gravel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000444

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POTUS 20 Unqualified/Disqualified Update

Judged on experience, job performance, professional ethics and/or character

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lphabetically Arth to Buttigieg, Moulton to Nwadike, Sanders to Trump, Williamson to Yang

1.     Arth, Michael E.: artist, builder, architectural and urban designer, and political scientist (unqualified no pertinent experience) Harry Braun, renewable energy consultant and researcher (unqualified no pertinent experience) EXPERIENCE criterion - ZERO	12. O’Rourke, Robert Francis “Beto”: U.S. Representative (2013–2019) (no public office executive experience, insufficient legislative experience - unqualified)
2.     Buttigieg, Peter Paul Montgomery: South Bend, Indiana Mayor (2012 - ), gofer political advising and consulting (insufficient public office executive experience, no legislative experience - unqualified)	13.  Ryan, Timothy “Tim” John: U.S. Representative (2003–present) (no public office executive experience, insufficient legislative experience - unqualified)
3.     Clinton, Hillary Rodham: U.S. Senator (2001 – 2009), Secretary of State 2009 – 2013 (unprepared, unlearned, unearned, inadequate legislative experience, insufficient and failed public office executive experience, questionable personal and professional ethics - unqualified	14. Sanders, Bernard “Bernie”: Burlington, Vermont Mayor (1981–1989), U.S. Representative (1991-2007), U.S. Senator (2007-present) (credentials outdated, part of entrenched corrupt Federal Washington establishment - disqualified))
4. Delaney, John Kevin: U.S. Representative (2013–2019) (no public office executive, insufficient legislative experience - unqualified)	15. Swalwell, Eric Michael Jr.: U.S. Representative (2013–present) (no public office executive experience, insufficient legislative experience - unqualified)
5.     Gabbard, Tulsi: U.S. Representative (2013–present) (no public office executive, insufficient legislative experience - unqualified)	16. Trump, Donald John: U.S. president (2017 present) (insufficient or no public office experience, no public office legislative or other pertinent experience – UNQUALIFIED, unsatisfactory professional and personal ethics, character)
6. Gillibrand, Kirsten Elizabeth:  U.S. Senator from New York (2009–present), U.S. Representative (2007–2009) (no public office executive experience, insufficient or questionable legislative (people) service - unqualified)	17. Warren, Elizabeth Ann: U.S. Senator (2013–present) (no public office executive experience, questionable ethics, insufficient legislative experience - unqualified)
7. Gravel, Maurice Robert “Mike”: former U.S. Senator (1969–1981) (credentials outdated, no public office executive experience - disqualified)	18. Wells, Robert “Robby” Carr Jr.: former college football coach (unqualified no pertinent experience) EXPERIENCE criterion - ZERO
8. Harris, Kamala Devi: U.S. Senator (2017–present), former California Attorney General (2011–2017) (no public office executive experience, insufficient legislative experience - unqualified)	19. Williamson, Marianne Deborah: Author, lecturer, activist (no public office executive or legislative experience - unqualified)
9. Messam, Wayne Martin: Miramar, Florida, Mayor (2015–present) (insufficient public office executive experience, no legislative service - unqualified)	20. Yang, Andrew: Entrepreneur (no public office executive or legislative experience - unqualified)
10. Moulton, Seth Wilbur: U.S. Representative (2015- ) + irrelevant railway management, investment partners in healthcare work (no public office executive experience, insufficient legislative experience – unqualified)
11. Nwadike, Kenneth “Ken” E. Jr.: documentary filmmaker, motivational speaker, and peace activist (unqualified no pertinent experience) EXPERIENCE criterion - ZERO

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mericans by and large seem politically intellectually disinterested, lazy or ignorant, deliberately ignorant; so much so that they latch on to superficialities instead of substantive criteria in making voting preferences — superficialities of

Gender or sex, race, creed, color, mere age, appearance, costume, style, personality; postured partisanship, propaganda, ideology, professed pro this/anti that, blame this/blame that.

This attitude and these criteria are anti-democratic, critically unacceptable for the citizenry — a responsible, studiously concerned citizenry that should be ever vigilant and continuously engaged in upholding, creating, recreating, repairing U.S. democratic access, processes and institutions.

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U.S. president must face serious, complex challenges, problems, unresolved conflicts of a multicultural country and world. And the current criteria in contemporary times are completely insufficient (even insulting) as qualifications to be expected to handle the grave responsibilities required of a U.S. (or any) head of state.

    AFTER THE Current insufficient “qualifications” for the U.S. presidency —

(a)   Natural-born citizen of the United States

(b)  35 years old (at least)

(c)   Resident of the United States for at least 14 years.

CONSIDER THESE

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roposed mandatory qualifications for anyone to even consider being a candidate or serving as U.S. president:

(a)   Evidence of good character and no criminal record or conflicts/seeming conflicts of interest

(b)  Demonstrated soundness of mind and mental stability (a candidate should be required to submit to independent psychological analysis and testing)

(c)   Demonstrated skills, professionalism, presence of mind for interpersonal communication, civility and cross-differences deliberation

(d)  Sound credentials (beyond partisanship) in social, economic, political and/or statecraft matters

(e)   Learned in the U.S. constitution, federal structure of governance, and balance of powers

(f)   Demonstrated skills, knowledge and experience in executive (and/or legislative) public service office

(g)  Demonstrated skills, knowledge and experience in international affairs including diplomacy, geopolitics, geo-economics, fair competition and international trade.

 

Sources

Wikipedia Candidates 2020, Individual profiles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries

http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Buttigieg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Moulton

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