{"id":86144,"date":"2024-02-02T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=86144"},"modified":"2024-02-02T15:19:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T23:19:42","slug":"surveillance-fbi-buying-your-texts-and-emails-and-precrime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/surveillance-fbi-buying-your-texts-and-emails-and-precrime\/","title":{"rendered":"Surveillance, FBI buying your texts and emails, and precrime?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-53551\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Minority_Report_Poster-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Minority_Report_Poster-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Minority_Report_Poster.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/cogwriter.htm\">COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the totalitarian Beast power that will arise will come from Europe, the USA has been taking totalitarian steps that Europe is also using to some degree.<\/p>\n<p>Consider the following from a county in Iowa:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>February 2, 2024<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"1\">Most gas stations and convenience stores in DeKalb still do not comply with the county\u2019s video surveillance requirements that went into effect last year, but they will now have more time to get right with a law meant to reduce crime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"2\">A total of 213 businesses are subject to the ordinance, which requires the stores to install and maintain high-quality video surveillance systems covering entrances and exits, cash registers, all gas pumps and any loading docks. Stores must also install cameras in parking lots. &#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-contentElements\" data-start-index=\"0\">\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"5\">As of Jan. 24, only 69 stores were in compliance, county spokesman Quinn Hudson said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-paygate_placeholder\">\n<div class=\"c-contentElements\" data-start-index=\"5\">\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"6\">In a letter to noncompliant businesses last month, the county extended the deadline to July 1. Those not in compliance by then will be subject to citation and license revocation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"16\">DeKalb County hired six additional code enforcement officers to enforce the new regulations. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p data-index=\"16\">Of the 213 stores, the county\u2019s records show 16 have closed. It\u2019s unclear if the closures were related to requirements. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/atlanta-news\/dekalb-gas-stations-get-more-time-to-comply-with-video-surveillance-law\/HF3LEYFETZDKTLZRRXQLZLACSU\/\">https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/atlanta-news\/dekalb-gas-stations-get-more-time-to-comply-with-video-surveillance-law\/HF3LEYFETZDKTLZRRXQLZLACSU\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Apparently, most of the business targeted by that ordinance do not think they need to have surveillance cameras&#8211;but the government intends to force them to anyway.<\/p>\n<div class=\"story-paygate_placeholder\">\n<div class=\"c-contentElements\" data-start-index=\"5\">\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"6\">Other cities across the USA (as well as in Europe, China, and many other lands) are installing more and more surveillance cameras.<\/p>\n<p data-index=\"6\">The government wants to monitor more than just your movement, they also want to monitor what you have said. Notice the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p data-index=\"6\"><span class=\"article-categories\">THE FOURTH AMENDMENT<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\">Now the feds are buying our emails!<\/h2>\n<h4>Latest NSA scheme &#8216;has truly reached a new unconstitutional low&#8217;<\/h4>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnd.com\/author\/anapolitano\/\" data-type=\"Internal link\" data-type-location=\"before-article-meta\">Andrew Napolitano<\/a><br \/>\nPublished February 1, 2024 at 7:27pm<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;The Framers &#8230; conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone \u2013 the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized men.&#8221;<\/i> \u2013 Justice Louis Brandeis (1856-1941)<\/p>\n<p>While we are all consumed with Joe Biden&#8217;s bumblings and Donald Trump&#8217;s trials, the federal government&#8217;s rapacious appetite for spying on the private behavior of Americans as to whom it has no suspicion of wrongdoing continues unabated. Last week, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., revealed that the National Security Agency has been buying huge caches of Americans&#8217; text messages and emails from Big Tech, and the FBI has been using this data to predict crime. Both of these undertakings are profoundly unconstitutional. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the Fourth Amendment was to prevent the government from utilizing general warrants by requiring instead judicially authorized search warrants issued under narrow circumstances, and to restrict government privacy invasions to prosecuting crimes that had already been committed. James Madison, who drafted the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, shared the hatred that the colonists-turned-Americans had for unrestrained government. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Madison&#8217;s language in the Fourth Amendment preserving privacy but permitting the government to invade it only upon a showing, under oath, of probable cause of crime, and then requiring the warrant to specify in writing the place to be searched or the person or thing to be seized. General warrants were used to predict crime and revolutionary behavior. The Fourth Amendment outlawed invasions of privacy for such governmental predictions.<\/p>\n<p>After 9\/11, in the collective spirit of fear, timidity and subservience to the presidency, and in utter disregard for its members&#8217; oaths to uphold the Constitution, Congress enacted the Patriot Act. It permits one federal agent to authorize another federal agent to search and seize whatever the latter wishes to look at and capture so long as it is in the possession of third-party financial institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, the definition of &#8220;financial institution&#8221; has been radically expanded by both legislation and presidential orders so as to include nearly every conceivable entity that has any records about any person in America \u2013 from banks to hospitals to lawyers to merchants to credit card issuers to telecoms and computer service providers and even the post office. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2024\/02\/now-feds-buying-emails\/\">https:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2024\/02\/now-feds-buying-emails\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Innocent until proven guilty or presumed guilty until proven innocent?<\/p>\n<p>Notice something else related to the fourth amendment to the US Constitution:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Amendment Four to the Constitution was ratified on December 15, 1791. It protects the American people from unreasonable searches and seizures. The official text is written as such:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cThe right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At the time of its creation, the Fourth Amendment was made in response to increasing infringements on privacy in both the colonies and in England. In England, \u201cgeneral warrants\u201d authorized royal officials to pursue and search the belongings of a person without any cause other than the perceived suspicion that they were political enemies. Meanwhile in the colonies, \u201cwrits of assistance\u201d authorized officials to track down and conduct warrantless searches for untaxed items. Both the \u201cgeneral warrants\u201d and \u201cwrits of assistance\u201d were challenged in court, but only the former was considered to be a violation of the law. A key element of the Fourth Amendment was that every search or seizure of an individual\u2019s home and property was to be authorized by a judge beforehand, and that the entire operation had to be on the grounds of \u201cprobable cause.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reaganlibrary.gov\/constitutional-amendments-amendment-4-right-privacyaccessed\">https:\/\/www.reaganlibrary.gov\/constitutional-amendments-amendment-4-right-privacyaccessed<\/a> 02\/02\/24<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes, the USA and others are looking at electronic communications in order to categorize and go after various ones who have political, religious, and other views various ones in government oppose.<\/p>\n<p>We have also seen various steps in Canada (see <a title=\"Permanent Link to NewsPunch: Canada Unveils Orwellian \u201cPre-Crime\u201d Hate Speech Bill \u2013 \u201cIf You Think It, We\u2019ll Arrest You\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/np-canada-unveils-orwellian-pre-crime-hate-speech-bill-if-you-think-it-well-arrest-you\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">NewsPunch: Canada Unveils Orwellian \u201cPre-Crime\u201d Hate Speech Bill \u2013 \u201cIf You Think It, We\u2019ll Arrest You\u201d<\/a>) and Europe (see\u00a0<a title=\"EU, USA, and WEF moving towards making thoughts a crime?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/eu-usa-and-wef-moving-towards-making-thoughts-a-crime\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">EU, USA, and WEF moving towards making thoughts a crime?<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Long ago, my wife and I saw the 2002 movie &#8216;Minority Report.&#8217; In it, government agents would arrest people for crimes that the government said they would commit in the future. Here is some information about it:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><b>Minority Report<\/b><\/i> is a 2002 American <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neo-noir\">neo-noir<\/a> <a title=\"Saturn Award for Best Actor\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Science_fiction_film\">science fiction<\/a> <a title=\"Action film\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Action_film\">action film<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Minority_Report_(film)#cite_note-5\">[5]<\/a><\/sup> directed by <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steven_Spielberg\">Steven Spielberg<\/a>, starring <a title=\"Tom Cruise\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tom_Cruise\">Tom Cruise<\/a>, and loosely based on the 1956 short story &#8220;<a title=\"The Minority Report\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Minority_Report\">The Minority Report<\/a>&#8221; by <a title=\"Philip K. Dick\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philip_K._Dick\">Philip K. Dick<\/a>. The picture is set primarily in <a title=\"Washington, D.C.\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington,_D.C.\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>, and Northern Virginia in the year 2054, where <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Precrime\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Precrime\">PreCrime<\/a>, a specialized police department, apprehends criminals based on <a class=\"extiw\" title=\"wikt:foreknowledge\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/foreknowledge\">foreknowledge<\/a> provided by psychics called &#8220;<a title=\"Determinism\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Precognition\">precogs<\/a>&#8220;. (Wikipedia, retrieved 05\/22\/21)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We are getting closer to that type of thing in many parts of the world&#8211;but instead of &#8216;precogs&#8221; being used, police profiles, internal espionage, electronic surveillance, use of &#8216;political&#8217; &amp; religious words, and &#8216;artificial intelligence &#8216; are getting involved.<\/p>\n<p>Now consider something else that the Bill of Rights in the US Constitution states:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"ILfuVd NA6bn\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">6th Amendment<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>These <b>rights<\/b> are given to all men or women under trial for any sort of wrongdoing. They establish the \u201c<b>innocent until proven guilty<\/b>\u201d mantra that is present in the United States legal system.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yet on this point, the USA has been changing. Federal agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security and the Internal Revenue Service long ago put the burden of proof of innocence on the accused&#8211;despite the 6th amendment.<\/p>\n<p>Notice the following from 2021 from John Whitehead:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Total Tyranny: We\u2019ll All Be Targeted Under the Government\u2019s New Precrime Program<\/h2>\n<p>May 19, 2021<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is now the capacity to make tyranny total in America.\u201d\u2015 James Bamford &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In the same week that the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously declared that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/05\/17\/997487541\/supreme-court-restricts-police-authority-to-enter-a-home-without-a-warrant\">police cannot carry out warrantless home invasions in order to seize guns<\/a> under the pretext of their \u201ccommunity caretaking\u201d duties, the Biden Administration announced its plans for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2021\/05\/11\/dhs-creates-new-center-prevention-programs-and-partnerships-and-additional-efforts\">\u201cprecrime\u201d crime prevention agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Talk about taking one step forward and two steps back.<\/p>\n<p>Precrime, straight out of the realm of dystopian science fiction movies such as <em>Minority Report<\/em>, aims to prevent crimes before they happen by combining widespread surveillance, behavior prediction technologies, data mining, precognitive technology, and neighborhood and family snitch programs to enable police to capture would-be criminals before they can do any damage.<\/p>\n<p>This particular precrime division will fall under the Department of Homeland Security, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The intent, of course, is for the government to be all-seeing, all-knowing and all-powerful in its preemptive efforts to combat domestic extremism. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In the blink of an eye, ordinary Americans will find themselves labeled domestic extremists for engaging in lawful behavior that triggers the government\u2019s precrime sensors.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it\u2019s an elaborate setup: we\u2019ll all be targets.<\/p>\n<p>In such a suspect society, the burden of proof is reversed so that guilt is assumed and innocence must be proven.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the American police state\u2019s take on the dystopian terrors foreshadowed by George Orwell, Aldous Huxley and Phillip K. Dick all rolled up into one oppressive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/civil-liberties\/whats-your-threat-score\">pre-crime<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/truthinmedia.com\/california-police-dept-determine-threat-score\/\">pre-thought<\/a> crime package.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, the technocrats who run the surveillance state don\u2019t even have to break a sweat while monitoring what you say, what you read, what you write, where you go, how much you spend, whom you support, and with whom you communicate.<\/p>\n<p>Computers now do the tedious work of trolling social media, the internet, text messages and phone calls for potentially anti-government remarks, all of which is carefully recorded, documented, and stored to be used against you someday at a time and place of the government\u2019s choosing.<\/p>\n<p>In this way, with the help of automated eyes and ears, a growing arsenal of high-tech software, hardware and techniques, government propaganda urging Americans to turn into spies and snitches, as well as social media and <a href=\"http:\/\/vator.tv\/news\/2013-04-13-google-picks-up-behavioral-sensing-company-behavio\">behavior sensing software<\/a>, government agents are spinning a sticky spider-web of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/public-safety\/the-new-way-police-are-surveilling-you-calculating-your-threat-score\/2016\/01\/10\/e42bccac-8e15-11e5-baf4-bdf37355da0c_story.html\">threat assessments<\/a>, behavioral sensing warnings, flagged \u201cwords,\u201d and \u201csuspicious\u201d activity reports aimed at snaring <em>potential<\/em> enemies of the state. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The following activities are guaranteed to get you censored, surveilled, eventually placed on a government watch list, possibly detained and potentially killed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Use harmless trigger words like cloud, pork and pirates<\/strong>: The Department of Homeland Security has an expansive list of keywords and phrases it uses to monitor social networking sites and online media for signs of terrorist or other threats. While you\u2019ll definitely send up an alert for using phrases such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2150281\/REVEALED-Hundreds-words-avoid-using-online-dont-want-government-spying-you.html\">dirty bomb, Jihad and Agro terror<\/a>, you\u2019re just as likely to get flagged for surveillance if you reference the terms <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2150281\/REVEALED-Hundreds-words-avoid-using-online-dont-want-government-spying-you.html\">SWAT, lockdown, police, cloud, food poisoning, pork, flu, Subway, smart, delays, cancelled<\/a>, la familia, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2150281\/REVEALED-Hundreds-words-avoid-using-online-dont-want-government-spying-you.html\">pirates, hurricane, forest fire, storm, flood, help, ice, snow<\/a>, worm, warning or social media.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Use a cell phone: <\/strong>Simply by using a cell phone, you make yourself an easy target for government agents\u2014&#8230; Mention any of the so-called \u201ctrigger\u201d words in a conversation or text message, and you\u2019ll get flagged for sure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Drive a car: <\/strong>Unless you\u2019ve got an old junkyard heap without any of the gadgets and gizmos that are so attractive to today\u2019s car buyers (GPS, satellite radio, electrical everything, smart systems, etc.), driving a car today is like wearing a homing device: you\u2019ll be tracked from the moment you open that car door <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/john-w-whitehead\/putting-big-brother-in-th_b_4761468.html\">thanks to black box recorders and vehicle-to-vehicle communications systems<\/a> &#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rutherford.org\/publications_resources\/john_whiteheads_commentary\/total_tyranny_well_all_be_targeted_under_the_governments_new_precrime_program\">https:\/\/www.rutherford.org\/publications_resources\/john_whiteheads_commentary\/total_tyranny_well_all_be_targeted_under_the_governments_new_precrime_program<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Biden-Harris Administration, other governments, and various courts have been pushing in that direction.<\/p>\n<p>Many various government officials and those in Big Tech hate aspects of biblical morality and want to stop it.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube uses terms like \u201ccommunity standards\u201d to try to cover up its biases and censorship.<\/p>\n<p>Many years ago, I warned that more censorship was coming.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"style4\">Consider that Jesus said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"style4\">4 \u2026 the night is coming when no one can work. (John 9:4, NKJV)<\/p>\n<p class=\"style4\">4\u2026 the night cometh, when no man can work (John 9:4 KJV)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"style4\">In an October 23, 1980 co-worker letter, Herbert Armstrong wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"style4\">The Bible warns us the time is just ahead when NO MAN CAN WORK\u2014in the Lord\u2019s Work.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"style4\" align=\"justify\">In a November 22, 1982 co-worker letter, Herbert Armstrong wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"style4\" align=\"justify\">\u2026 brethren and co-workers, the prophesied Great Tribulation (nuclear World War III) will start soon after the European unification. That means OUR WORK OF SPREADING THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD WILL BE FINISHED! We have not now much more time. Soon shall come a FAMINE of hearing the Word of the Lord (Amos 8:11). God says, work while it is day, for the night is coming when no man can work \u2013 in the Work of God! Nothing else is important in our lives, now, but this all-important Work of God. (http:\/\/cog-ff.com\/html\/pcomments_07_04_08.html, viewed 10\/03\/13)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"style4\">So, the Bible tells of a time that will come when the word of God will not be found. And that would seem to be because it will be taken off the internet as well as mass media such as radio. In the 21st century, the internet is accessed by people in every country, and thus some type of internet restriction\/suspension\/site removal is coming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Sanhedrin pushing animal sacrifices\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=gyjQV5HyOIbBuwKQ8Zv4Bw&amp;feature=c4-feed-u&amp;ved=CNsBEL8bIhMI0b_c8b_9zgIVhuBOCh2Q-AZ_KJsc\">We also put out the following:<\/p>\n<div class=\"feed-item-main-content\">\n<div class=\"yt-lockup clearfix yt-lockup-video yt-lockup-tile\" data-context-item-id=\"pBsBPeF4Mqc\" data-visibility-tracking=\"CKYBENwwIhMIxuzh_Zv61QIVApROCh0D3Q6xKJscQKfl4Ivep8CNpAE=\">\n<div class=\"yt-lockup-dismissable\">\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"yt-lockup-thumbnail\"><span class=\" spf-link ux-thumb-wrap contains-addto\"><a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pBsBPeF4Mqc\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=SzOkWYabNYKougKDuruICw&amp;feature=c4-feed-u&amp;ved=CL4BEKYeIhMIxuzh_Zv61QIVApROCh0D3Q6xKJsc\"> <span class=\"video-thumb yt-thumb yt-thumb-196\"> <span class=\"yt-thumb-default\"> <span class=\"yt-thumb-clip\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/pBsBPeF4Mqc\/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEWCMQBEG5IWvKriqkDCQgBFQAAiEIYAQ==&amp;rs=AOn4CLAR4c5zfPBQedJVbIBzl1uGY3W4gA\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" data-ytimg=\"1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" \/> <\/span> <\/span> <\/span> <\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"video-time\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span aria-label=\"16 minutes\">16:10<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"yt-lockup-content\">\n<h3 class=\"yt-lockup-title \"><a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink yt-uix-tile-link spf-link yt-ui-ellipsis yt-ui-ellipsis-2\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Orwell's 1984 by 2024?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pBsBPeF4Mqc\" aria-describedby=\"description-id-614831\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=SzOkWYabNYKougKDuruICw&amp;feature=c4-feed-u&amp;ved=CL4BEKYeIhMIxuzh_Zv61QIVApROCh0D3Q6xKJsc\">Orwell\u2019s 1984 by 2024?<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 1949, the late George Orwell wrote a disturbing book about a totalitarian government called \u201cnineteen-eighty four.\u201d Despite laws that are supposed to protect freedom of speech and religion, we are seeing governments taking steps consistent with those that Geroge Orwell warned against. We are also seeing this in the media, academia, and in private companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter. With the advent of technology, totalitarianism beyond what Orwell wrote is possible. Does the Bible teach the coming a totalitarian state similar to George Orwell\u2019s? What about the Antichrist and 666? Will things get worse? What is the solution? Dr. Thiel answers these questions and more. A written article of related interest is titled \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/totalitarian-controls-getting-closer-the-guardian-pushing-internet-censorship\/\">Totalitarian controls getting closer\u2013The Guardian pushing internet censorship<\/a>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Sanhedrin pushing animal sacrifices\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=gyjQV5HyOIbBuwKQ8Zv4Bw&amp;feature=c4-feed-u&amp;ved=CNsBEL8bIhMI0b_c8b_9zgIVhuBOCh2Q-AZ_KJsc\">Here is a link to our video: <a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink yt-uix-tile-link spf-link yt-ui-ellipsis yt-ui-ellipsis-2\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Orwell's 1984 by 2024?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pBsBPeF4Mqc\" aria-describedby=\"description-id-614831\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=SzOkWYabNYKougKDuruICw&amp;feature=c4-feed-u&amp;ved=CL4BEKYeIhMIxuzh_Zv61QIVApROCh0D3Q6xKJsc\">Orwell\u2019s 1984 by 2024?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Many big tech companies, governments, and world leaders are biased against the Bible and those who claim to teach what it teaches.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus repeatedly condemned religious leaders for hypocrisy (e.g. Matthew 15:7-9; Luke 11:43-44). The major media in the USA are no less guilty of hypocrisy. This will not end well for the USA (Isaiah 10:5-12).<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, 666 control and Orwellian suppression of the truth are coming. I have warned for over a decade that internet censorship looked to be a factor.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As far as control and loss of freedom to spread the truth goes, notice these scriptures:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>15 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.<\/p>\n<p>18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666. (Revelation 13:15-18)<\/p>\n<p>11 \u201cBehold, the days are coming,\u201d says the Lord God,<br \/>\n\u201cThat I will send a famine on the land,<br \/>\nNot a famine of bread,<br \/>\nNor a thirst for water,<br \/>\nBut of hearing the words of the Lord.<br \/>\n12 They shall wander from sea to sea,<br \/>\nAnd from north to east;<br \/>\nThey shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord,<br \/>\nBut shall not find it. (Amos 8:11-12)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A totalitarian system will be put in place. Internet companies are making it easier for this to occur.<\/p>\n<p>Shadow-banning and deplatforming of religious materials has been taking place.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, it will get even worse.<\/p>\n<p>However, Matthew 24:14 will be fulfilled BEFORE the full \u2018famine of the word\u2019 happens. That is part of the reason we have had our English language booklet, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/GospeloftheKingdomofGod.pdf\">Gospel of the Kingdom of God<\/a>, translated into over 1000 languages (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/languages.htm\">Preaching the Gospel in Over 1000 Languages<\/a>)&#8211;and we continue to receive about 3 additional translations every single day.<\/p>\n<p>Note the Bible shows that after the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/GospeloftheKingdomofGod.pdf\">Gospel of the Kingdom of God<\/a> has sufficiently reached the world, the end comes and the Beast will rise up (<span class=\"verse-22\">Matthew 24:14-22, Revelation 13) and more totalitarian controls will be put in place.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Censorship and government interference with religion are increasing.<\/p>\n<p>Notice the following from the Bible:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>1 Hear my voice, O God, in my meditation;<br \/>\nPreserve my life from fear of the enemy.<br \/>\n2 Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,<br \/>\nFrom the rebellion of the workers of iniquity,<br \/>\n3 Who sharpen their tongue like a sword,<br \/>\nAnd bend their bows to shoot their arrows \u2014 bitter words,<br \/>\n4 That they may shoot in secret at the blameless;<br \/>\nSuddenly they shoot at him and do not fear.<\/p>\n<p>5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter;<br \/>\nThey talk of laying snares secretly;<br \/>\nThey say, \u201cWho will see them?\u201d<br \/>\n6 They devise iniquities:<br \/>\n\u201cWe have perfected a shrewd scheme.\u201d<br \/>\nBoth the inward thought and the heart of man are deep. (Psalm 64:1-6)<\/p>\n<p>9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me,<br \/>\nAnd from the traps of the workers of iniquity.<br \/>\n10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,<br \/>\nWhile I escape safely. (Psalm 141:9-10)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You might think that if you have done nothing wrong you have nothing to fear from the snares of surveillance. Consider that unless you are a Philadelphian Christian or will not take the mark of the beast or the number of his name, you will be considered an enemy and will be subject to persecution from the Beast power. There is no other reliable \u2018escape\u2019\u2013even living off the grid is not going to be safe (cf. Amos 3:9-14; <span class=\"style41\">Lamentations 4:19<\/span>; see also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/ynow.htm\">Physical Preparation Scriptures for Christians<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Further consider that many in the governments of the West consider that those not supporting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/homosexuality.htm\">homosexual marriages<\/a>, transgender matters, etc. are extremist. If you accept that the Bible teaches that homosexuals can change (1 Corinthians 6:9-11), that is something certain so-called \u201cfact checkers\u201d disagree with. Let me add that I also saw someone once on a documentary that stated that people who believed in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/millenarianism.htm\">millennium<\/a> could not be trusted and should be considered as potential terrorists. The fact that we in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccog.org\"><em>Continuing<\/em> Church of God<\/a> would be considered <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/military.htm\">pacifists<\/a>, does not change the fact that, since we hold to millennial and other biblical views, we can be improperly classified as extremist by government employees with various agendas. Having biblical views are becoming more problematic in the world (see <a title=\"Permanent Link to ZH: Germany has killed freedom of speech and expects the rest of the EU to do the same\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/zh-germany-has-killed-freedom-of-speech-and-expects-the-rest-of-the-eu-to-do-the-same\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">ZH: Germany has killed freedom of speech and expects the rest of the EU to do the same<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>While the Europeans and North Americans decry internet and speech restrictions in various countries in Asia, Africa, and elsewhere, they are also implementing more surveillance and more restrictions themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The Bible says to:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div id=\"v-1\" class=\"verse font-helvetica\"><span class=\"verse-1\">1 Cry aloud, spare not; Lift up your voice like a trumpet; Tell My people their transgression, And the house of Jacob their sins. (Isaiah 58:1)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And that warning includes telling of sins and prophecies that discuss punishment. We have been doing that.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, the Bible also warns:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>13 Therefore the prudent keep silent at that time, For it is an evil time. (Amos 5:13)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>More speech restrictions, censorship, and persecutions are coming (cf. Revelation 13).<\/p>\n<p>It is sad that the West keeps taking steps in that direction.<\/p>\n<p>Technology, government desires for surveillance, and biblical prophecy are all pointing to a coming totalitarian state.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Yes, it really is in the process of happening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Some items of possibly related interest may include:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/persecutions.htm\">Persecutions by Church and State<\/a>\u00a0This article documents some that have occurred against those associated with the COGs and some prophesied to occur. Will those with the cross be the persecutors or the persecuted\u2013this article has the shocking answer. There are also three video sermons you can watch:\u00a0<a id=\"video-title263\" title=\"Cancel Culture and Christian Persecution\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZMaNyeeGvyA\" aria-label=\"Cancel Culture and Christian Persecution by ContinuingCoG 1 hour, 15 minutes 6 views\">Cancel Culture and Christian Persecution<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"The Coming Persecution of the Church\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Qsdtw-orm-M\" data-sessionlink=\"feature=plcp&amp;ei=3bBDUeunDtebhgG6i4Eo\">The Coming Persecution of the Chur<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/short-work.htm\">Preparing for the \u2018Short Work\u2019 and The Famine of the Word<\/a>\u00a0What is the \u2018short work\u2019 of Romans 9:28? Who is preparing for it? Will Philadelphian Christians instruct many in the end times? Here is a link to a related video sermon titled:\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"The Short Work\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M2KLJjzuISg\" data-sessionlink=\"ved=CBYQvxs&amp;feature=c4-overview-u&amp;ei=I55qVZSuEYuw-APzqoPgBw\">The Short Work<\/a>. Here is a link to another:\u00a0<a id=\"video-title225\" title=\"Behind the Work 2021: Preparing to Instruct Many\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pKfdA0TNS4U\" aria-label=\"Behind the Work 2021: Preparing to Instruct Many by ContinuingCoG 2 minutes ago 1 hour, 18 minutes No views\">Preparing to Instruct Many<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/final-phase-of-the-work.htm\">The Final Phase of the Work<\/a>\u00a0What is the final phase of the work? Who will lead it? Do you have the courage to support it? Here are two related YouTube videos titled\u00a0<a id=\"video-title255\" title=\"Final Phase of the Work: Need and Background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NUst9PebdRc\" aria-label=\"Final Phase of the Work: Need and Background by ContinuingCoG 1 hour, 10 minutes 11 views\">Final Phase of the Work: Need and Background<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"The Final Phase of the Work\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VuBeDQoWAsk\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=YgN_UeyWNNGRhgGslIGoDg&amp;feature=plcp\">The Final Phase of the Work.\u00a0<\/a>The written article has been translated into Spanish\u00a0<a title=\"La Fase Final de la Obra\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ccog.org\/la-fase-final-de-la-obra\/\">La Fase Final de la Obra<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/philadelphiachurch.htm\">The Philadelphia Church Era<\/a>\u00a0was predominant circa 1933 A.D. to 1986 A.D. The old Radio Church of God and old Worldwide Church of God, now the remnant of that era is basically the most faithful in the Church of God, like who hold to the beliefs and practices of the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccog.org\/\">Continuing<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccog.org\/\">\u00a0Church of God<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/GospeloftheKingdomofGod.pdf\">The Gospel of the Kingdom of God<\/a>\u00a0This free online pdf booklet has answers many questions people have about the Gospel of the Kingdom of God and explains why it is the solution to the issues the world is facing. It is available in hundreds of languages at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccog.org\/\">ccog.org<\/a>. Here are links to four kingdom-related sermons: \u00a0<a id=\"video-title236\" title=\"The Fantastic Gospel of the Kingdom of God\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p9VhRfF4YPM\" aria-label=\"The Fantastic Gospel of the Kingdom of God by ContinuingCoG 5 hours ago 56 minutes 35 views\">The Fantastic Gospel of the Kingdom of God!<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"The World's False Gospel\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=49-Ceoj6vxc\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=S_wEWLWDD8umc--SiugK&amp;feature=c4-overview&amp;ved=CCgQ0h4YACITCPXUzJWh4s8CFUvTHAodb4kCrSibHA\">The World\u2019s False Gospel<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"The Gospel of the Kingdom: From the New and Old Testaments\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HkR3WO-Gfxw\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=AGsGWPDAMoSictucsJgC&amp;feature=c4-overview&amp;ved=CC8Q0h4YACITCPDA9fH-5M8CFQSRHAodWw4MIyibHA\">The Gospel of the Kingdom: From the New and Old Testaments<\/a>, and\u00a0<a title=\"The Kingdom of God is the Solution\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ggfT_8W7oyU\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=FbUHWL2iG9GScvO9lNAB&amp;feature=c4-overview&amp;ved=CDkQ0h4YACITCP2A-ta5588CFVGJHAod8x4FGiibHA\">The Kingdom of God is the Solution<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/languages.htm\">Preaching the Gospel in Over 1000 Languages<\/a> Which languages are being used to fulfill Matthew 24:14? Are all languages significant?<br \/>\n<a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Internet Control, Famine of the Word, and 666\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9b7arHvCGik\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=9RUvWKa3Ac7AuALjhbjABg&amp;feature=c4-feed-u&amp;ved=CMgBEKYeIhMI5oWoxsey0AIVTiBOCh3jAg5oKJsc\">Internet Control, Famine of the Word, and 666<\/a>\u00a0On October 1, 2016, the USA officially relinquished control over the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), despite objections from certain political leaders and former military officials. Might this lead to more censorship, imposition on non-biblical \u2018community standards,\u2019 and loss of first amendment rights? Could this transfer of control have any prophetic ramifications? Will the internet be a factor in the \u2018short work\u2019 of Romans 9:28 and the coming \u2018famine of the word\u2019 that the Prophet Amos warned about? Will internet control be something that the 666 power will have? Dr. Thiel addresses these matters and more in this video.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/king-of-the-west.htm\">Who is the King of the West?<\/a>\u00a0Why is there no Final End-Time King of the West in Bible Prophecy? Is the United States the King of the West? Here is a version in the Spanish language:\u00a0<a title=\"Permanent Link to \u00bfQui\u00e9n es el Rey del Occidente? \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 no hay un Rey del Occidente en la profec\u00eda del tiempo del fin?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ccog.org\/quien-es-el-rey-del-occidente-por-que-no-hay-un-rey-del-occidente-en-la-profecia-del-tiempo-del-fin\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u00bfQui\u00e9n es el Rey del Occidente? \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 no hay un Rey del Occidente en la profec\u00eda del tiempo del fin?<\/a>\u00a0A related sermon is also available:\u00a0<a id=\"video-title93\" title=\"The Bible, the USA, and the King of the West\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EF5dNmHwZxg\" aria-label=\"The Bible, the USA, and the King of the West by ContinuingCoG 13 minutes ago 1 hour, 9 minutes 1 view\">The Bible, the USA, and the King of the West<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/kingofthenorth.htm\">Who is the King of the North?<\/a>\u00a0Is there one? Do biblical and Roman Catholic prophecies for the Great Monarch point to the same leader? Should he be followed? Who will be the King of the North discussed in Daniel 11? Is a nuclear attack prophesied to happen to the English-speaking peoples of<span class=\"style27\">\u00a0the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand<\/span>? When do the 1335 days, 1290 days, and 1260 days (the time, times, and half a time) of Daniel 12 begin? When does the Bible show that economic collapse will affect the United States? In the Spanish language check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdlidd.es\/quien-es-el-rey-del-norte\/\">\u00bfQui\u00e9n es el Rey del Norte?\u00a0<\/a>Here are links to three related videos:\u00a0<a id=\"video-title154\" title=\"The King of the North is Alive: What to Look Out For\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F0iHRSxy8xE\" aria-label=\"The King of the North is Alive: What to Look Out For by ContinuingCoG 7 hours ago 1 hour, 19 minutes 50 views\">The King of the North is Alive: What to Look Out For.\u00a0<\/a><a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"The Future King of the North\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lHmF6qZbiU0&amp;feature=c4-overview&amp;list=UUOuL5Q2Xi9HZqU6GivhxveQ\" data-sessionlink=\"ved=CCYQvxs&amp;feature=c4-overview-u&amp;ei=Pn0fUqHEENiMhgHk3IDAAw\">The Future King of the North<\/a>, and\u00a0<a id=\"video-title293\" title=\"Rise of the Prophesied King of the North\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=czuCiMMie44\" aria-label=\"Rise of the Prophesied King of the North by ContinuingCoG 1 hour, 18 minutes 4 views\">Rise of the Prophesied King of the North<\/a>.<br \/>\n<span class=\"style182\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/great-monarch.htm\">The Great Monarch: Biblical and Greco-Roman Catholic Prophecies<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Is the \u2018Great Monarch\u2019 of Greco-Roman Catholic prophecies endorsed or condemned by the Bible?\u00a0<span class=\"style182\">Two sermons of related interest are also available:\u00a0<a id=\"video-title51\" title=\"Great Monarch: Messiah or False Christ?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=psnUATTp9Do\">Great Monarch: Messiah or False Christ?<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<a id=\"video-title53\" title=\"Great Monarch in 50+ Beast Prophecies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z5pDCeLEHXk\" aria-label=\"Great Monarch in 50+ Beast Prophecies by ContinuingCoG 1 hour ago 1 hour, 17 minutes 13 views\">Great Monarch in 50+ Beast Prophecies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COGwriter While the totalitarian Beast power that will arise will come from Europe, the USA has been taking totalitarian steps that Europe is also using to some degree. 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