{"id":194837,"date":"2019-09-15T07:15:25","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T07:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=194837"},"modified":"2019-09-18T06:59:49","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T06:59:49","slug":"ice-accidentally-reveals-fascist-hyper-realistic-urban-warfare-training-facility-at-army-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=194837","title":{"rendered":"ICE Accidentally Reveals Fascist \u201cHyper-Realistic\u201d Urban Warfare Training Facility At Army Base"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Aaron Kesel \u2013 Activist Post Sept 14, 2019<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ICE-urban-warfare-facility.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-194840\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ICE-urban-warfare-facility-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ICE-urban-warfare-facility-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ICE-urban-warfare-facility-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ICE-urban-warfare-facility-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ICE-urban-warfare-facility.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency accidentally revealed the location of a new \u201curban warfare\u201d training facility that is expected to include \u201chyper-realistic\u201d simulations of homes, hotels and commercial buildings in <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/chicago.curbed.com\/2019\/9\/12\/20863112\/ice-raids-chicago-replica-homes-combat-training\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Chicago<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/local\/phoenix\/2019\/09\/12\/ice-replicating-arizona-buildings-new-urban-warfare-training-facility\/2306449001\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Arizona<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, <em>Newsweek <\/em><a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/ice-fails-redact-document-reveals-location-urban-warfare-training-facility-1458732\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>reported<\/strong><\/span>.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The \u201chyper-realistic\u201d urban training ground will be housed in Fort Benning, Georgia the report details. The information was revealed after ICE failed to redact its acquisition form document that was posted online. After copying and pasting the document\u2019s contents into a separate document, <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/ice-fails-redact-document-reveals-location-urban-warfare-training-facility-1458732\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Newsweek <\/strong><\/span><\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>said it was able to establish<\/strong><\/span><\/a> that the facility will be built at the U.S. Army post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">This is significant since Fort Benning is the same location where ICE houses its Office of Training and Tactical Programs (OTTP) Firearms and Tactics Division according to a <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/news\/releases\/ice-ottp-operations-fort-benning-georgia-tactical-training-program-ready-hiring-surge\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>May 2017 news release published on ICE\u2019s website<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The agency states that hyper-realism is defined as \u201ca critical component to this acquisition as the details provide essential information that must be acknowledged, processed and acted upon to minimize risk to our Special Agents, Deportation Officers and SRT operators during high-risk search and arrest warrants, fugitive operations, undercover operations, hostage rescue, gang operations, etc.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cFor example, details like the number of dishes left on the table, toys in the yard, lighting, furniture, etc. all provide clues that allow our agents and officers to infer vital information that directly affects their safety and the potential resolution or outcome in the scenario,\u201d the document reads. \u201cLearning to process this information quickly to identify whether there are children present, or how many people are currently in the structure is a necessary skill developed in training.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The agency goes on to express in full detail how the Defense Science Board task force \u201cfound that the probability of being a casualty decreases significantly after the first few \u2018decisive combats\u2019.\u201d According to the agency, \u201cthese hyper-realistic devices will allow the teams to have those experiences in real-world conditions without the real-world casualties.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">ICE\u2019s fascist proposal calls for the construction of realistic \u201cresidential houses, apartments, hotels, government facilities and commercial buildings.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cICE is specifically interested in acquiring a \u2018Chicago\u2019 style replica, as well as an \u2018Arizona\u2019 style replica, with the agency expecting to dedicate a total estimated value of $961,347.75 to the effort,\u201d <em>Newsweek<\/em> reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i1526668\" class=\"mapping-embed lazysize imgPhoto full lazyloaded aligncenter\" title=\"ICE doc\" src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/1526668\/ice-doc.png?w=737&amp;f=c67cb0c72ac741e7eaae441e4ec9b502\" alt=\"ICE doc\" width=\"737\" data-src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/1526668\/ice-doc.png?w=737&amp;f=c67cb0c72ac741e7eaae441e4ec9b502\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">ICE removed the unredacted document from the FBO website. However, the following day, ICE<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fbo.gov\/index?s=opportunity&amp;mode=form&amp;id=db4f9be43cf2bee9914a3f55de0d38f1&amp;tab=core&amp;_cview=0\"> republished<\/a> the document with Fort Benning named as the site where the new training facility would be built, after the information seemingly went viral.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">ICE Division Chief Bert Medina stated to <em>Newsweek<\/em> that ICE trains \u201cexperienced law enforcement personnel in the use of force and existing weapons in application of force.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cIn addition, we provide law enforcement instructors [with] the skills and abilities to teach use of force and defensive techniques with and without weapons so they can prepare ICE officers on the front lines of federal law enforcement to perform their duties safely and in accordance with standards,\u201d Medina added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">This is not the first incident in which ICE failed to properly redact a document. Just last month, the agency accidentally revealed the value of a renewed contract with software company Palantir. That\u00a0agreement with Palantir and ICE could be worth an overwhelming $49 million in just three years, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2019\/08\/ice-palantir-contract-amount-revealed\/\">according<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to <em>Mother Jones<\/em> which noticed the screw-up by the agency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><em>Activist Post<\/em> previously <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/2019\/07\/palantirs-software-for-fusion-centers-exposed-in-california-foia.html\">reported<\/a><\/strong><\/span> Palantir\u2019s Gotham software was revealed to be used by Fusion Center police to track down anyone, including immigrants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Fusion Center police can now utilize the technology to track citizens beyond social media and online web accounts with people record searches, vehicle record searches, a Histogram tool, a Map tool, and an Object Explorer tool. This author further pointed out that Palantir\u2019s software mirrored the \u201cProsecutor\u2019s Management Information System (PROMIS) stolen software Main Core and may be the next evolution in that code, which allegedly\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2013\/07\/11\/prisms-controversial-forerunner\/\">predated<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0PRISM. In 2008, Salon.com\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2008\/07\/23\/new_churchcomm\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>published<\/strong><\/span><\/a> details about a top-secret government database that might have been at the heart of the Bush administration\u2019s domestic spying operations. The database known as \u201cMain Core\u201d reportedly collected and stored vast amounts of personal and financial data about millions of Americans in event of an emergency like Martial Law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">As this author also wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The only difference is, again, this technology is being allowed to be deployed by Fusion Center designated police and not just the National Security Agency. Therefore, this expands the power that Fusion Center police \u2014 consisting of local law enforcement, other local government employees, as well as Department of Homeland Security personnel \u2014 have over individual American citizens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">This is a huge leap from allowing NSA agents to access PRISM database search software or being paid by the government to\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/truth-out.org\/news\/item\/16943-outsourced-intelligence-how-the-fbi-and-cia-use-private-contractors-to-monitor-social-media\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>mine social media for \u201cterrorists.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">On a deeper level, when you combine the capabilities of Palantir\u2019s Gotham software, the<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/2019\/07\/fbi-ice-using-facial-recognition-to-scan-millions-of-drivers-license-photos.html\">abuse<\/a><\/strong><\/span> of the Department of Motor Vehicles<em>\u00a0(<\/em>DMV) database for Federal Bureau of Investigations\/Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and facial recognition technology, you have the formula for a nightmarish surveillance state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Facial recognition is even being pushed into entertainment of concert venues, as <em>Activist Post<\/em> <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/2019\/09\/musicians-team-up-with-fans-and-fight-for-the-future-to-ban-facial-recognition-technology-at-concerts.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>reported<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, which is downright grooming the public into submission and acceptance of facial tracking technology while further promoting a nanny state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">First its the immigrants, than its Antifa, and finally it is dissident Americans that the government considers to be \u201ctrouble makers\u201d for whatever reason. It\u2019s downright dangerous to allow training of ICE in realistic buildings and give the agency access to Palantir\u2019s Gotham or other more powerful software without any oversight from the American people and Congress. This type of activity should be halted immediately before it grows tentacles into an octopus paramilitary force that can\u2019t be stopped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">It\u2019s worth noting, in 2012, a year after then-President Obama <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/president-obama-signs-indefinite-detention-bill-law?redirect=national-security\/president-obama-signs-indefinite-detention-bill-law\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>signed<\/strong><\/span><\/a> NDAA 2011 allowing the indefinite detention of dissident Americans, the Pentagon <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/army-manual-camps-citizens-593\/\">created a plan<\/a><\/strong><\/span> for imprisoning activists at re-education camps. Then a U.S. Army manual that allegedly outlined the resettling of U.S. citizens was leaked online to Public Intelligence entitled: <em><a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/publicintelligence.net\/restricted-u-s-army-internment-and-resettlement-operations-manual\/\">\u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>FM 3-39.40 Internment and Resettlement Operations<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">With ICE as an agency under the DHS training in \u201chyper-realistic\u201d training grounds on an Army base, everyone should not only be extremely worried, but the paranoia should settle in knowing ICE has in its hands Palantir software based off Main Core as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jcfq-ZI1YZM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><em>Aaron Kesel writes for Activist Post. 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