Yesterday Judicial Watch, a watchdog organization founded to promote “transparency, accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law”, revealed very interesting documents received through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

Possibly the most interesting document is an “implementation memo” for the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) from Michael Chertoff, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The SPP is the official government agreement with Canada and Mexico that is considered the blueprint for the “North American Union (NAU)”.

The memo details the cooperation of Canada, Mexico and the US in a variety of security initiatives, and enumerates remaining security tasks assigned to various agencies within the DHS. It is stated that the SPP is now the “single agenda” for working groups jointly operated with Canada and Mexico.

From the documents obtained by Judicial Watch, it is clear that the Bush administration is deeply involved in this effort, announced by President Bush and his “Mexican and Canadian counterparts” on March 23, 2005.

To avoid redundancy, lengthy quotations will not be included in this post. The links that have been carefully included will lead the interested reader to the documentation of the above statements. Be sure to follow the links to PDF files of the actual memo and other documents. Additional information can be obtained at Council on Foreign Relations, Eagle Forum, the Center for Media and Democracy, Accuracy in Media, ViveLeCanada, (a Canadian group opposed to the SPP/NAU which includes a time line), Eco (includes a video presentation by Henry Lamb), the John Birch Society, and StopSPP.

Also check out previous posts and associated links: The North American Union: Is Lou Dobbs a Right Wing COnspiratorialist?, North American Union: The Idaho House in Opposition, Crapo and Simpson: The North American Union Comes Home to Idaho, Update: North American Union Plans Denied in Argument Over Semantics, Congress Waking Up to “North American Union”?, The North American Union: Coming to a Country Near You.

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