By Adele Weiss
Republic Broadcasting Network

The U.S. Government’s latest attempts at silencing whistleblowers should serve as a wake-up call to many Americans.

Presidential candidate Obama promised that he would create paths for whistleblowers to safely release information about government abuses without fear of reprisal. Like so many of his campaign promises, the opposite is now the reality. Does Guantanamo Bay ring in your memory of his past promises being fulfilled?

Last month, Edward Snowden sounded the alarm that the National Security Agency has implemented an extensive spying matrix on every American and feeding information into a computer algorythm for its own purposes.

Yet instead of garnering support, Snowden has been threatened with imprisonment and/or being “eliminated” by a government which is violating the 4th Amendment at every turn.

On June 23, U.S. government employees said that Snowden’s U.S. passport had been revoked.

Now the former NSA contractor must live life abroad without the ability to move about. He is a stateless individual, because he was not pro-active in securing dual citizenship and passport.

All these extreme methods have been undertaken without Snowden being convicted of a single crime.

As egregious as the spying abuses have been, there is also another growing concern about governmental over-steps. Can a government simply revoke someone’s passport without a criminal conviction?

Yes, if there is a felony warrant out for a person’s arrest, it is not unheard of to revoke a passport in order to stop a suspect from fleeing capture. But that doesn’t apply to someone who is already on foreign soil.

This was clearly at attempt at: a) retribution for Snowden’s leak, and b) a tacit threat to any other person who may be thinking of leaking similar information to the media.

Leaks are a part of the information process, not just of the whistleblowing variety. Press secretaries and other information gatekeepers routinely “leak” information to the press on data the Federal Government wishes to make public without officially releasing it.

These spin-meisters team with “insider” reporters to get just the right tone of the story. So leaks are a part of everyday politics, at least the leaks that cast a positive light on the government.

This is obviously a different scenario, with millions of Americans now rightfully furious over a government recording every phone call and email, not to mention that the government’s spying on Americans has been underway for quite some time now.

There was also talk in 2012 that the government may revoke an American’s passport if he/she is deemed by the IRS as having an unpaid tax bill. No judge, no jury, no determination whether they were even made liable or how they became liable. Just their declaration.

Well, apparently, this is reality in the new United States of AmeriKa.

When citizens allow its government to act freely under the premise of safety, we can quickly see the negative ramafications of this. Now, the government can limit/eliminate a person’s travel options with merely an accusation.

Informed consumers always look at trends and take the most successful take appropriate action – before the need arises.

These revelations add emphasis to the advantages for Americans to seek a second citizenship/passport.

Just this year, the Mexican government has made it fairly simple for non-Mexicans to qualify/apply/receive Mexican citizenship and passport without a residency requirement.

Known as an economic citizenship, there are only a handful of countries that offer such, and the price tag is at least $100,000 USD. Other countries, like Austria, don’t overtly advertise it, but citizenship can be acquired for 1 million Euros.

The deal the Mexican government has offered puts a price tag at under $20,000 USD – a huge difference, making citizenship possible for millions of Americans who project into the future a control grid run by a government trying to keep their “subjects” under their thumb.

Weiss+Associates has fielded hundreds of inquiries regarding the Mexican opportunity, and the results have been welcomed by those who completed the process.

“The passport process in Mexico is quite unique to others like Dominica and St. Kitts,” said Patrick Vermeister, passport specialist at the Paris-based Weiss firm. “There are over 50 Mexican consulates in the U.S. alone and over 130 worldwide. Mexico is a major country, which adds value to the prospective citizen.

“It also affords its citizens the ability to bank internationally without threats similar to those being made by the U.S. Government toward Americans.”

Vermeister adds: “The affordability aspect makes this attractive to many more people that would otherwise be left out in the other countries. This is beyond an insurance policy, it’s an investment that’s VERY likely to bring a handsome return.”