The Rise of City-States and Military/Police Power

[Ed Jewett]

I seem to recall some article in the not-too-distant past that spoke to the rise of city-states amidst the degradation of national sovereignty now well underway; perhaps it was Peter Dale Scott, perhaps not. A quick Google search for "the rise of city-states in the 21st century" turns up the following links in the first few pages:

http://urbanhonking.com/ideasfordozens/2...sentation/

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/20...?page=full (alas, subscribers only)

http://www.futureagenda.org/pg/cx/view#422

http://www.futureagenda.org/?p=1009

http://www.forbes.com/2007/06/11/future-..._land.html

http://www.ihp.edu/page/cities/


Well, you get the point and can do further searching. It comes to mind as a result of this news item:



NYPD chief: Police could take down plane if needed

September 25, 2011 by legitgov

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NYPD chief: Police could take down plane if needed[/URL] 25 Sep 2011 The chief of the New York Police Department says city police could take down a plane if needed. Commissioner Ray Kelly tells CBS' "60 Minutes" that after the Sept. 11 attacks, he decided the city couldn't rely on the federal government alone. He set about creating the NYPD's own counter-terrorism unit. He says the department is prepared for multiple scenarios and could even take down a plane. Other measures include sending NYPD officers abroad, using radiation detectors and creating a network of surveillance cameras in Manhattan.

[Ed Jewett]

NYPD Has Anti-Aircraft Capability

September 26th, 2011Via: New York Daily News:
Ten years after the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the NYPD now has the capability to take down a plane if necessary.
In a "60 Minutes" interview that airs on CBS Sunday night, Kelly said the department's counterterrorism unit is prepared to thwart an oncoming plane if it's deemed a threat.
"Well, it's something that's on our radar screen," Kelly told Scott Pelley of the news show. "I mean in an extreme situation, you would have some means to take down a plane."
He did not elaborate on what methods the NYPD would use but a police source said, "NYPD Aviation has weapons that caould be deployed with that capability."
Kelly discussed the precautions made before the General Assembly meeting at the United Nations this week, just days after a threat was made to attack the city on the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
Related: New York Police Department Runs Intelligence Operations Outside Its Jurisdiction with Help and Personnel from CIA
Posted in Police State, War

[Ed Jewett]

The Feds Have the Real Firepower in Manhattan Stinger Missiles

September 28, 2011 6:52am | By Murray Weiss, DNAinfo Columnist


Read: [URL="http://www.dnainfo.com/20110928/manhattan/feds-have-real-firepower-manhattan-stinger-missiles#ixzz1ZOPcKIR9"]http://www.dnainfo.com/20110928/manhattan/feds-have-real-firepower-manhattan-stinger-missiles#ixzz1ZOPcKIR9

Forget about Police Commissioner Ray Kelly's claims that the NYPD has a high-powered gun that might take down a plane. The real power is in the hands of the feds.
The feds keep shoulder-launched Stinger missiles, capable of bringing down a hijacked jet, in the city.
That's right: Heat-seeking firepower with the ability to strike a jet traveling in excess of 400 mph and up to 11,000 feet in the air is stashed right here in Manhattan.
It is a weapon of choice of our military and, tragically, of Al Qaeda and terrorists around the globe who take shots at our troops.
Weighing less than 35 pounds, the Stinger uses infrared to lock on to the jet's engine exhaust heat. It is a lightweight, portable, shoulder-launched weapon that takes one person to fire.
The Secret Service brings its Stinger missiles along whenever the president is in town. In fact, the Secret Service kept one in an office in the World Trade Center before it was destroyed on 9/11.
How would I know that?
In a book I wrote called "The Man Who Warned America," I reported that after the Towers fell, several law enforcement agencies that kept clandestine offices there showed up to help in the rescue efforts, but also searched for their secret stashes of documents and weapons.
"The Drug Enforcement Administration wanted to find the records of cases they had built against drug dealers, while CIA operatives came to the crumbled towers to get into secure safes that had held stacks of classified information and documents in a phony office they had set up," I wrote.
"The most closely guarded secret in the towers was kept by The Secret Service, which was concerned about a Stinger missile, which was used to protect the president in the event of an attack when he visited New York."
Police Commissioner Kelly, speaking on "60-Minutes," claimed the department now has 50-caliber rifle firepower to take down aircraft. It created a firestorm of publicity. And the NYPD has subsequently clarified that he was referring to a small single engine plane, at best.
Experts question whether the NYPD's weapons have the ability to take down even a small plane. And they are dubious of the NYPD's authority to even take that action.
Besides, if a terrorist-controlled jet is again bearing down on the city, the response would come from the U.S. military and their F-16s, not a cop in a helicopter.
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[Bernice Moore]

http://geeks.thedailywh.at/2011/09/30/se...f-the-day/

SECRET SERVICE STINGER MISSILES OF THE DAY, IN N.Y..