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13-02-07 PRESS RELEASE: FATCA, Stanley Fischer - DC attorney opines - it makes no sense at all!
Stanley Fischer, Governor of the Bank of Israel, permits Israeli banks to enact, adjudicate, and enforce the law under the color of FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act). Effectively, Fischer established Israel as a lawless US corporate province.

Stanley Fischer, Governor of Bank of Israel, showing off his newly acquired Israeli ID in 2005. Petition in the Israeli High Court of Justice alleged that Stanley Fischer exchanged his loyalty to the State of Israel and its laws with loyalty to another nation and its laws and/or loyalty to financial institutions and their interests. FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) is a US law, which fancies to subject any bank, worldwide, to the US government, force banks to report any financial transactions by any "US Person", and serve as the US government's tax collector under threat of serious sanctions.

Washington, DC, February 6 - Attorney James Jatras, of the law firm of Squire Sanders (US) LLP issued his opinion regarding conduct of Bank of Israel and its governor Stanley Fischer, relative to FATCA - (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) in the State of Israel. [1] The opinion in part says:
To put it bluntly, on its face, the BOI [Bank of Israel] letter makes no sense at all... To start with, the letter notes that that institution claims it is enforcing FATCA... But FATCA is an American, not Israeli law, and no legal basis for its enforcement in Israel is suggested whatsoever, other than the fear of reprisal by American authorities... I cannot conceive that enforcing a foreign law in place of Israeli law is legal... However, in freezing funds before the (purportedly final) FATCA regulations have gone into effect stated to begin in January 2014 it cannot be said that BOI is even implementing FATCA. Rather, it appears that they are enforcing, by anticipation, what they think FATCA will be if and when it goes into effect. I am unaware of any of the countries that have indicated their intention to comply with FATCA that have resorted to the kind of unwarranted, preemptive action taken against you... there is increasing reason to believe they may well not come into force at all.

Attorney Jatras's experience includes service with the U.S. Senate and with the U.S. Department of State. At present he specializes in matters related to FATCA, a law that he closely analyzed. Attorney Jatras's opinion was based on the January 27, 2013 response letter to Joseph Zernik, PhD, a Human Rights activist/computer science writer, of the People of the United States, on behalf of Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer, relative to the seizing of Dr Zernik's accounts by the Israeli Bank HaPoalim, BM, in Jerusalem. The January 27, 2013 letter on behalf of Stanley Fischer made it clear that Stanley Fischer patronized the conduct of the Israeli bank. [3] Harassment of Dr Zernik lasted for about half a year and ended only around January 31, 2013, after Dr Zernik sought protection by the German Consul in Tel Aviv.[2]

Prior to receipt of Bank of Israel's letter, three Consumer's Complaints were filed by Dr Zernik with Bank of Israel, alleging criminality by the Israeli Bank HaPoalim, BM, in Jerusalem under the color of FATCA. Receipt of none of the Complaints was ever confirmed in writing, and none was ever addressed by Bank of Israel. Instead, the Bank of Israel replied on a letter to Governor Stanley Fischer, dated October 14, 2012, which protested the failure to process the formal Consumer Complaints. Petition to compel Stanley Fischer to enforce the law of the State of Israel was filed by Dr Zernik with the Supreme Court of the State of Israel. [4] The Petition alleged that Stanley Fischer exchanged his loyalty to the State of Israel and its laws with loyalty to another nation and its laws, and/or loyalty to financial institutions and their interest. The Supreme Court refused to duly register the Petition. [5] Conduct of Stanley Fischer and Bank of Israel must raise concern regarding integrity of Stanley Fischer's conduct as Governor of Bank of Israel, moreover, regarding integrity and stability of the Israeli financial system in general.
LINKS: [1] 13-02-06 Attorney James Jatras opinion in re: Bank of Israel's Stanley Fischer's January 27, 2013 FATCA Response Letter http://www.scribd.com/doc/124247597/ [2] 13-01-23 Breaking Story: Request for protection by the German Ambassador to Israel of a human rights/computer sciencewriter in Jerusalem http://www.scribd.com/doc/121961448/ [3] 13-01-27 Stanley Fischer, Bank of Israel Response re: FATCA, Bank HaPoalim, BM http://www.scribd.com/doc/123951835/ [4]12-10-23 Joseph Zernik v Stanley Fischer (7650/12) Petition in the High Court of Justice of the State of Israel petition to compel the Governor of the Bank of Israel to perform his duties http://www.scribd.com/doc/110868553/ [5] 12-12-27 PRESS RELEASE FATCA, Stanley Fischer, and "Chief Clerk" Sarah Lifschitz in the High Court of Justice of the State of Israel http://www.scribd.com/doc/118152545/ _____________ Joseph Zernik, PhD < josephzernik@humanrightsalertngo.org> Sent from "1984", Iceland-based Internet Service Provider _____________ Human Rights Alert (NGO) * United States - the 2010 submission of Human Rights Alert to the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the United Nations was reviewed and incorporated in the official HRC Professional Staff Report with a note referring to corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California.
[1] 10-10-01 United Nations Human Rights Council Records for 2010 Review (UPR) of Human Rights in the United States, where Human Rights Alert (NGO) submission was incorporated with a note referring to "corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California." http://www.scribd.com/doc/38566837/

* State of Israel - the 2012 submission of Human Rights Alert to the HRC, titled, "Integrity, or lack thereof, of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israel', is scheduled for review in January 2013.
[1] 12-06-04 Human Right Alert's Submission; 2013 UPR of the State of Israel: Integrity, or lack thereof, of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israel http://www.scribd.com/doc/92826212/ [2] 12-05-10 Appendix I to Human Right Alert's Submission; 15th UPR - State of Israel: Integrity, or lack thereof, of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israe http://www.scribd.com/doc/108663259/ [3] 12-07-18 Human Right Alert's Appendix II to Submission; 2013 UPR of the State of Israel: Integrity, or lack thereof, in the electronic record systems in the courts of the State of Israel - Additional Responses by National Authorities/Experts, Re: ComSign, LTD - sole certifier and hacker of the digital signatures of the State of Israel http://www.scribd.com/doc/108662869/

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Occupy!
11-12-10 Where should Occupy go next? Civil Disobedience in the footsteps of Thoreau and Gandhi! http :// www.scribd.com/doc/75348301/ 12-06-08 Courts and Judges as racketeering enterprises under RICO (the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) - key element in the current financial crisis http://www.scribd.com/doc/96504009/

Secede! The US in its current form is simply unmanageable...

12-01-01 Secession - A Smart Business Move! http://www.scribd.com/doc/76877453/

Get Up, stand up, stand up for your rights!

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Take away justice, then, and what are governments but great bandit bands?
Saint Augustine, Civitas Dei (City of God,4.4) _____________________________
WHAT DID THE EXPERT SAY ABOUT THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CRISIS? * "I think it's difficult to find a fraud of this size on the U.S. court system in U.S. history," said Raymond Brescia, a visiting professor at Yale Law School who has written articles analyzing the role of courts in the financial crisis. "I can't think of one where you have literally tens of thousands of fraudulent documents filed in tens of thousands of cases." Reuters (Jan 22, 2012) http://www.scribd.com/doc/79572282/ * Foreclosure fraud: The homeowner nightmares continue CNN (April 7, 2011) * About 3 million homes have been repossessed since the housing boom ended in 2006 That number could balloon to about 6 million by 2013 Bloomberg (January 2011) * "...a system in which only the little people have to obey the law, while the rich, and bankers especially, can cheat and defraud without consequences." Prof Paul Krugman, MIT (2011) http://www.scribd.com/doc/50753639/ _____________________________ WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA? * "...judges tried and sentenced a staggering number of people for crimes they did not commit." Prof David Burcham, Dean, Loyola Law School, LA (2001) http://www.scribd.com/doc/29043589/ * "This is conduct associated with the most repressive dictators and police states... and judges must share responsibility when innocent people are convicted." Prof Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, Irvine Law School (2001) http://www.scribd.com/doc/27433920/ * "Innocent people remain in prison" * "...the LA Superior Court and the DA office, the two other parts of the justice system that the Blue Panel Report recommends must be investigated relative to the integrity of the system, have not produced any response that we know of..." LAPD Blue Ribbon Review Panel Report

(2006) http://www.scribd.com/doc/24902306 / _____________________________ WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA? * "...corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California." United Nations Human Rights Council Staff Report (2010) http://www.scribd.com/doc/38566837/ _____________________________ WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE STATE COURTS IN THE UNITED STATES? * "On July 26, 2010, Laurence Tribe, Senior Counsel for the United States Department of Justice, Access to Justice Initiative, delivered an important speech to the Conference of Chief Justices, challenging them to halt the disintegration of our state justice systems before they become indistinguishable from courts of third world nations." Prof Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law School (2010), per National Defender Leadership Institute (2010) http://www.nlada.net/library/article/national_dojspeechto%20chiefjustice07-262010_gideonalert _____________________________ WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE CONDITIONS IN THE PRISON IN MONROE COUNTY, TENESSEE? * "What goes on there is more like gulags of centuries ago." ACLU http://www.scribd.com/doc/72546279/ _____________________________ WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES? * "More than 100 law professors have signed on to a letter released today that proposes congressional hearings and legislation aimed at fashioning "mandatory and enforceable" ethics rules for Supreme Court justices for the first time. The effort, coordinated by the liberal Alliance for Justice, was triggered by "recent media reports," the letter said, apparently referring to stories of meetings and other potential conflicts of interest involving Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas among others." More than 100 law professors, as reported by the Blog of the Legal Times (February 2011) http://www.scribd.com/doc/49586436/ _____________________________ WHAT DID CHIEF JUDGE OF THE US COURT OF APPEALS, 5TH CIRCUIT, SAY ABOUT THE US JUSTICE SYSTEM? * "The American legal system has been corrupted almost beyond recognition..." Chief Judge, US Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, Edith Jones, speaking before the Federalist Society of Harvard Law School (February 2003) http://www.scribd.com/doc/50137887/ _____________________________ WHAT DID THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SAY ABOUT THE US JUSTICE SYSTEM? * In a speech in Georgetown University, Senator Leahy, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee called for a "Truth and Reconciliation Commission" on the US Department of Justice. Transcript of Senator Leahy speech (2009) http://www.scribd.com/doc/38472251/ ____________________________