Talk:Kenneth O'Keefe

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Initial autobiography from O'Keefe

This was initially submitted to Wikipedia by Ken O'Keefe, on my advice, when I first came across Wikipedia. It's autobiographical nature simply reflects a misunderstanding on O'Keefe's part as to what he thought Wikipedia was. Christiaan 9:25, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

From the article:

My desperate need to escape the heartbreak led me to depart for Hawaii where my dear friend Dave happened to have moved. I was a pathetic little self pitying guest but he did so well to tolerate me in this time. I wanted Ruth back no matter what and within one month I returned to San Diego to collect her, definitely one of the happiest moments of my life. Our relationship did improve in many ways after this and our chapter of life in Hawaii was mostly wonderful. But there were still hard times and in particular was a miscarriage after 10 weeks of pregnancy that Ruth had by me, which she recalls as one of three total. This was devastating all around but especially for Ruth. Ruth has had two children not by me and she always reckoned that my Gulf War exposure to DU and or experimental drugs by the U.S. Military was the cause of the miscarriages. The more I have learned of these issues the more inclined I am to agree with her. We finally were married in 1999 after six years together, in a simply beautiful traditional Hawaiian wedding on a gorgeous sunny beach. It was at this time I decided to legally take her family name and alter my legal name; hence I now Kenneth Nichols O’Keefe. Ruth will always remain my first true romantic love and it is fair to say that I grew into manhood with her. But we finally separated for good however not long after the marriage, after nearly seven years together.

My love of the ocean and idyllic home in Hawaii lead me to become a SCUBA instructor and eventually I earned technical ratings as a deep diver and cave diver. Later I obtained a U.S. Coast Guard Captains License

I volunteered to crew with the legendary Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Paul is one of the founding fathers of Greenpeace and modern conservation direct action in general. And this commitment to action is what compelled him to leave Greenpeace when it strayed from its direct action roots and became the self-promotional resource consuming giant that it remains today. Paul is a highly controversial marine conservationist who has directly and organizationally been responsible for sinking nine commercial whaling ships and ramming four drift netters (illegal ships that set up to 50 mile long nets which catch everything that crosses their path). In ramming the drift netters he has ripped the power blocks off the sides of these ships forcing them to abandoned their illegal fishing and return to port for expensive repairs.

During this time I became a trusted friend of Paul’s, later I crewed with him again and became the Regional Director for the Sea Shepherds in Hawaii. He is a man that I have absolute respect for and his influence can be seen in virtually all that I do with regard to direct action. It has truly been an honor to know him, learn from him and ultimately to earn his respect.

Paul says what many do not want to hear and could care less about popularity, he cares about results, and so do I. He is reviled by some of the most ruthless of people; he is continually maligned by so-called “friends” of conservation. He has been called everything from a capitalist to a cultural imperialist to a terrorist. And yet, with all of these ludicrous accusations and aggressive actions his top priority of non-injury to life has been maintained 100%, nobody has been seriously hurt or killed by Paul’s actions. Popularity is completely and utterly unimportant to Paul and in this we are one.

While in Hawaii I sought to earn the understanding and respect of the Hawaiian people (kanaka maoli). So I immersed myself in Hawaiian history and learned of the massive injustice that was done to them, at the hands of the U.S no less. Knowledge converted into action lead to me becoming intimately involved in the Hawaiian independence movement. So much so that I dropped out of my dive business for 8 solid months and worked on my full-length documentary and first Universal Kinship Society production. It documents the historical facts with regard to Hawaii and is entitled ‘The United States of Hypocrisy – Hawaii, the Tibet of the Pacific’. In the film I formally charge and literally prove the U.S. government guilty of committing past and present fraud and genocide against the Hawaiian People through the use of ‘blood quantum’. During this exact time I became the target of U.S. agents, specifically traffic police and the highly corrupt traffic courts. In one incident I was handcuffed and nearly taken to jail for “not having an approved dive float”. The customers I had with me at the time (who were coincidentally aware of my political activities) were shocked. One was a doctor from Canada and the other an NGO founder from New York; both wrote statements of what I have just described.

More ominous was the action of U.S. Judge William Fong; he issued an $11,000 ‘Bench Warrant’ for my arrest in November 2000 of which I can prove I was absolutely innocent by virtue of official court transcripts. Only those of incredible stupidity or complicity would deny that I have been directly targeted for my political activities and all proof of this has been officially and legally recorded. I was forced to fight U.S. judges and I did so with court transcripts to prove it. The entire dialogue of my courtroom exchange with the dishonorable Judge Fong being so short that I will write it as appears on the official court transcript word for word, italics mine;

MISS TOM (COURT CLERK): 17 through 21 Kenneth Nichols.

THE DEFENDANT (ME): Yes here.

MISS TOM: He’s present. Please step forward, Mr. Nichols.

THE DEFENDANT: I am here as a courtesy of the court and I am also here to exercise my constitutional and common law rights.

THE COURT (JUDGE FONG): Kenneth Nichols. Kenneth Nichols. Issue an absolute no recall bench warrant. Set bail at 11,000 dollars.

THE DEFENDANT: Bench warrant, is that correct?

THE COURT: Call the next case.

THE DEFENDANT: I would like it to be noted by the court that I have—(cut off)

THE COURT: Call the next case, please. Remove him from the courtroom.

THE DEFENDANT: That would be a violation of my rights of constitutional amendment--(cut off)

THE COURT: Remove him from the courtroom. (Court Bailiff removes me)

Now that’s the American justice I know. To give some perspective, an 11,000 dollar bench warrant would generally be issued for someone charged with a violent crime such as assault with a deadly weapon. I was (falsely) charged with expired vehicle safety tags and registration!

Eventually I even took a hidden camera into a U.S. court that was violating several ‘inalienable’ and constitutionally ‘protected’ rights including the right of a ‘Free Press’ (Article I – Bill of Rights).

What I reluctantly but inevitably realized was that I was affectively being neutralized by having to constantly defend myself in their corrupt and rigged system. Regardless of this I loved my life in Hawaii and my extended Hawaiian family and I had no intention of leaving. But in 1999 I publicly renounced U.S. citizenship at U.S. Federal Hearings on ‘Reconciliation’ with the Hawaiian people and swore under oath my allegiance to the Hawaiian Nation, that allegiance remains intact to this day. In accordance with International Public Law I am in fact a legitimate and lawful Hawaiian national/citizen. On March 1, 2001 I traveled to a foreign consulate as required by U.S. law in order to legally renounce my U.S. citizenship. I did so in Vancouver, Canada. On that day I swore under oath my lawful intent to formally renounce and handed over my U.S. passport. Along with signing the required documents I also included a ‘Declaration of Expatriation’ in which I detail the undisputed historic facts with regard to Hawaii and my inherent right to expatriation. Although this ‘right to self determination’ (expatriation, renunciation) is backed by international law, human rights law and even U.S. law I was to receive my passport and a letter from the United States Department of State claiming that I did not truly ‘intend to renounce U.S. citizenship’ and therefore my ‘request is denied’. This process was to be continued shortly.

A Resolution - To Proclaim To The Nations Of The World The Lawful Hawaiian Governments Formal Policy Of Non-Violence (Author Ken O'Keefe)

In early 2001 I wrote the ‘Non-violence Resolution’ above that was later ratified by the de jure (lawful) Hawaiian Government Legislature into Hawaiian Kingdom Law. I initiated and wrote this resolution because it was, and still is my belief that the U.S. will ‘create’ an ‘incident’ in Hawaii, such as a terrorist action, and use this to destroy the peaceful, lawful and noble independence movement of Hawaii. I cite the 1989 invasion of Panama as an excellent example of my rational concern in this regard… then came 9/11.

Life became unbearable in the fever pitch of blind patriotism and vengeance in the wake of 9/11. I lived on a military outpost (Hawaii) with Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines with 3000 plus nuclear weapons; arguably the most important strategic site for the U.S. Global Domination purposes. I was already legally guilty of ‘seditious conspiracy’ for having sworn an oath to an opposing government and nation. I was responsible for exposing U.S. terrorism and oppression n Hawaii and laying out in documentary form the process of legal remedy for the kanaka maoli in order to ‘reinstate’ the government and nation, the same nation that the U.S. had admitted to stealing in U.S. Public Law 103-150. I was also guilty of the purposely vague charge of ‘sedition’ and all tolled I was in the same category as Puerto Rican nationals who fought for their independence and ended up spending nearly two decades in a U.S. prison for seditious conspiracy charges. One of whom I had met personally, Alicia Rodriguez. In addition, since I was/am not violent or morally wrong in any way with my activities I was genuinely concerned about potential FBI framing for things I would never do, but could easily be framed for; such a proven and easy way to eliminate legitimate dissent in the ‘Land of the Free’. Planting ‘evidence’ such as a large stash of drugs or perhaps explosives and following through on the already existing bench warrant would not be difficult at all. The dwindling numbers of those ignorant and or prosperous enough to still buy into the due process of law illusion and “freedom” crap of America will doubt what I say here, but those with their eyes open will certainly understand. Those who are true activists or revolutionaries will most definitely understand.

During this time and to this day the unlawful $11,000 bench warrant remains active. At any point for me, should I enter America, U.S. federal or state agents can ‘legally’ bust down my door arrest me, thereby eliminating me and my activities at least temporarily. With post 9-11 legislation such as the so-called ‘Patriot Act’, I could literally be taken by federal agents and held without access to an attorney, no contact with family, held indefinitely in a secret location and even beaten; all in accordance with America’s new laws. I shit you not, this is America today. Of course I would have to be linked to ‘terrorists’ in some way, which is really not an issue of truth as much as it is a matter of how badly you are pissing off the dictatorship of America. In light of these realities, I faced a major decision; should I stay or should I go? Based on intelligent reflection, strategic analysis, concern for my human rights, and most importantly my ability to continue the fight against ecological destruction, oppression, war and potential World War III, I chose to leave. In November 2001, just after the passage of the traitorous ‘Patriot Act’, under ongoing threat of imprisonment, after considerable research into international, asylum and human rights law, I left my paradise home of Hawaii, my family, my business and a life that most would kill for in order to officially seek political asylum in Holland.

I survived the initial asylum phase even after Dutch immigration officials committed fraud in an attempt to have critical documents supporting my asylum request removed from my comprehensive file. They did this because the first phase of the procedure was their best chance to get rid of me, but this backfired big time as I am all too aware of how corrupt government systems are. All of this is now officially on record with the Dutch Minister of Justice. They reluctantly approved my application to the second phase of the procedure and I was sent to a refugee camp in the Northern most region of the country, Stadskanaal.

It is there that I lived for two months in a small four bedroom flat with six refugees from African nations. All of whom would rather be in Africa were it not for war and lack of economic opportunity our Western raping and pillaging colonialist legacy has insured. Along with some of them I am still officially a refugee. One of the most despicable realities of refugee life is the fact that even as a legal refugee you are essentially not permitted to obtain legal work in Holland. Well not quite, refugees can work at the refugee centers, for 50 Euro cents an hour! I knew several who took this bullshit wage because it was all they had. I lived with a doctor from Ethiopia who was also licensed in Russia who descended into truly destructive alcoholism while in this welfare dependency. Contrary to what most antagonists of refugees think, not only would refugees not even for a second come to our cold northern countries if they had their way, the vast majority would work longer and harder for less just to have the same standard of life most of us complain about. Holland; a 21st century model state for tolerance and human rights.

My ability to deal with this system was much easier because of my familiarity with it, and with the help of a wonderful Dutch volunteer named Jan I was blessed to obtain pro bono services of Holland’s best asylum attorney, Pieter Bogaers. He has represented me ever since. This man has spent dozens of hours with me and countless others from all over the world who would otherwise be among the countless victims of the modern refugee system. He knows my story as good as anyone with substantial documents in support of my asylum claim and he serves as a credible source of confirmation of all that I have said. As it stands I am awaiting a court date in which my case will be presented. This procedure could be next month or next year.

After having been in the asylum procedure for seven months I had still not heard back from the U.S. State Department regarding my renunciation so I demanded to get a response from them with my July1, 2002 ‘International Notice’ which was posted on my web site (www.uksociety.org) from that day forward. On that same day U.S. Consulate officials returned my passport to me for the second time explaining that the State Department had once again ‘denied’ my ‘request’ for renunciation. I informed the official that if he returned the passport to me that I would burn it before international media who were waiting for me outside the consulate. This dialogue was additionally witnessed from a cameraman from Al Jazeera who was there to cover the story. The U.S. official then informed me that burning the U.S. passport is a violation of U.S. federal law; I replied by saying, “ok”. I then exited the building and restated the inherent right to self determination and my lawful status as a stateless ‘World Citizen’ with allegiance to my entire human family and my home, Planet Earth. Reaffirming my total lack of allegiance to the U.S. Government… and then I burned the passport. Seventeen days later I received a new letter from the State Department; amazingly the U.S claimed yet again that I remain a U.S. citizen! Essentially they argue that nation/state governments determine who I/we are as human beings; we do not have this right. This time they claimed that absent ‘citizenship’ with another nation I could not renounce. The hypocrisy of this is incredible since the State Departments own forms, the same forms that I had signed and sworn by twice, the same forms I have in my possession today, their official renunciation forms state the following, word for word;

RENUNCIATION OF UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP - STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING CONCERNING THE CONSEQUENCES AND RAMIFICATIONS OF RENUNCIATION

1. I _____Kenneth Roy Nichols _____ have the right to renounce U.S. citizenship.

Hawiian nation

Sources in this article which include direct references to 'The Law of Nations' and 'UNITED STATES PUBLIC LAW 103-150' clearly show that the 'Hawaiian Kingdom', 'Kingdom of Hawaii' and 'Hawaiian nation' are all lawfully established names for the nation of Hawaii which was overthrown in 1893 with the direct participation of the US government.

Extracts from 'UNITED STATES PUBLIC LAW 103-150'; Whereas, from 1826 until 1893, the United States recognized the independence of the Kingdom of Hawaii, extended full and complete diplomatic recognition to the Hawaiian Government, and entered into treaties and conventions with the Hawaiian monarchs to govern commerce and navigation...

Whereas, on January 14, 1893... the United States Minister assigned to the sovereign and independent Kingdom of Hawaii conspired with a small group of non-Hawaiian residents of the Kingdom of Hawaii, including citizens of the United States, to overthrow the indigenous and lawful Government of Hawaii;

Whereas, the indigenous Hawaiian people never directly relinquished their claims to their inherent sovereignty as a people or over their national lands to the United States, either through their monarchy or through a plebiscite or referendum.

In light of these admissions in the form of a resolution that was passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by then President Bill Clinton, the notion that Hawaii does not have citizens, a government or indeed a de jure status as a nation is counter to the facts. Furthermore, the Hawaiian had treaties with dozens of sovereign nations including Japan, Britain and the United State, among many others. These treaties were never rescinded, accordingly they are in themselves proof of the existence of a Hawaiian nation. According to international law on many counts the nation of Hawaii cannot be extinguished unless the completion of a genocide has taken place. Although claims of genocide are being made, the completion of a genocide is not. To the contrary, there are Hawaiian nationals, there are many legal claims in US courts intending to recover admittedly stolen land by the United States and their is a functioning Hawaiian government, acting on the mandate of its 'Amended Constitution of 2000'. To reject this is to reject the right of self-determination and the sourced information in this article. Barring a verified exposure of false information in the sourced information, the claim that Hawaii is not a nation and does not have citizens is simply false.

Furthermore, if would be editors feel compelled to argue that Hawaii is not, never was, a nation, and therefore cannot have citizens/nationals, then they should conduct the needed research and look to the article about Hawaii first and foremost.

Meanwhile it is required to undo this malicious revision that rejects Hawaiian historical facts as the unregistered editor (69.181.249.92) has reinserted his agenda; another possible vandalism. Mmcitizen101 (talk) 10:41, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

Oh, I don't deny that Hawai'i used to be a distinct entity and apart from the USA. I simply reject your claim that it is today and can award citizenship that is separate and disctinct from American citizenship. You are doing the mathematical equivalent say claiming 2+2=5 when you cite some apology and extrapolate that into modern sovereignty. You also ignore the fact that Queen Liliuokalani did indeed "yield my authority until such time as the Government of the United States shall, upon facts being presented to it, undo the action of its representatives and reinstate me in the authority which I claim as the Constitutional Sovereign of the Hawaiian Islands." That hasn't happened. So no, Hawai'i isn't a sovereign nation and all such claims are without basis. 69.181.249.92 (talk) 10:55, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

What you are doing is rejecting the rights of the injured party, the right of self-determination, in favour of the admitted criminal. You cannot even seem to acknowledge Hawaii as a nation, instead referring to it as a 'distinct entity'. PUBLIC LAW 103-150 acknowledges Hawaii as a nation that has never been extinguished. This alone trumps your entire position. In addition, conspiring to overthrow a sovereign nation is an international crime. The US admitted to this crime in the form of a law. Once again, in that law the nation is both acknowledged to have existed and to never having been relinquished. That is the United States government. In truth you are arguing with the US government, not the editors who simply state the facts regarding O'Keefe's publicly verifiable citizenship, of which there are several sources. To support your position you cite Queen Liliuokalani's 'Protest letter', written in 1893 under protest and under duress, with the stated intention of saving life, this in no way negates the fact that the US PUBLIC LAW 103-150 states that Hawaii (thus Hawaii's Queen) 'never directly relinquished their claims to their inherent sovereignty as a people or over their national lands to the United States, either through their monarchy or through a plebiscite or referendum.' With that your assertion is completely baseless, one more time, the US themselves admit the claim to Hawaii as a nation has never been relinquished, it even makes direct reference to the 'monarchy', (the Queen). You then try to go one step further and deny that any Hawaiian nationals exist today. You defy the US's own admission, then try to further the crime by using this article as a platform to reject the very existence of the nation and its citizens. Dangerous grounds indeed; surely that is not the purpose of Wikipedia.

We have gone from Kenneth O'Keefe having naturalized as a Hawaiian citizen to a debate about whether the Hawaiian nation can or does exist. We can do this till the end of time but that is not the subject to which this article is about. The subject is Kenneth O'Keefe and whether you agree or not, the man has verifiably served within the Hawaiian government, he has authored laws for that government, and he has naturalized as a Hawaiian citizen, facts remaining true no matter what your view of Hawaiian history. What is happening here is this article is becoming a platform for political agendas that are counter to the facts. Mmcitizen101 (talk) 12:00, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

I'm just going to point you to the relevant bits of the article on Hawai'i:

• Hawaii#Overthrow of 1893 — the Republic of Hawaii (1894–1898)
• Hawaii#Annexation — the Territory of Hawaii (1898–1959)
• Hawaii#Political Changes of 1954 — the State of Hawaii (1959–present)

and finally,

• Hawaiian sovereignty movement#Responses to the sovereignty movement

- 69.181.249.92 (talk) 12:26, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

sources

Kenneth Nichols O'Keefe (born Kenneth Roy Nichols July 21, 1969) is a naturalised Irish, Palestinian and Hawaiian citizen and activist, he is also an ex-U.S. Marine who served in the 1991 Gulf War and subsequently spoke out about the use of depleted uranium as a crime against humanity and the US military using soldiers as "human guinea pigs" with experimental drugs that were directly linked to Gulf War syndrome.[1][2][3][4] He is an American born citizen who renounced his US citizenship on March 1, 2001. He is also a social entrepreneur utilizing direct action marine conservation,[4][5] but he is more widely known for leading the human shield action to Iraq and as a passenger of the MV Mavi Marmara in which he participated in defending the ship and disarming two Israeli Commandos during the Gaza flotilla raid.[6][7][8][9][10][11]

On January 7, 2004, O'Keefe burned his US passport in protest of American Imperialism and called for US troops to immediately withdrawal from Iraq. He replaced his US passport with a World Passport, subsequently proclaiming himself a "Citizen of the World" with “ultimate allegiance to my entire human family and to planet Earth." [12]

Contents [show] 1 Marine conservation in Hawaii2 Involvement in Hawaiian independence3 Seeking political asylum in The Netherlands4 Human Shield Action to Iraq5 P10K and international observers in Palestine6 Free Gaza Movement7 Aloha Palestine8 Gaza Flotilla involvement9 References10 External links Marine conservation in HawaiiIn 1995 O'Keefe earned a scuba diving instructor certification and in 1996 he created a social enterprise 'to protect and defend the marine environment we operate within". To date his scuba diving operation has conducted 13 ghost net recoveries and over 55 rescues of endangered Green Sea Turtle wrapped in monofilament fishing line. O'Keefe pioneered these rescues with over 40 such rescues personally, he also taught others his methods and led a campaign to create a marine sanctuary (Pupukea MLCD) on the North Shore of Oahu.[13][14][15][16] In 1998 and 2000 he crewed with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) in anti-whaling and sealing campaigns in which he was mentored by Captain Paul Watson. In 2000 he became the regional director for SSCS in Hawaii, earned a US Coast Guard captain's license and was branded the 'ecopreneur' by Skin Diver Magazine, the worlds largest selling scuba diving magazine.[17]

Involvement in Hawaiian independenceIn 1999 O'Keefe became an active supporter of the Hawaiian Independence Movement and began the process of formally renouncing his US citizenship.[18] In November 2000 he naturalized as a Hawaiian citizen, served as the election commissioner for the Hawaiian Kingdom elections and professed his allegiance to the Kingdom of Hawaii and a "reinstated Hawaiian government". On November 30, 2000 O'Keefe (at the time known as Kenneth Nichols) was issued with a bench warrant for his arrest in the amount of $11,000. O'Keefe claims that this warrant was unlawfully issued and that this was proof of US government persecution. He officially entered this claim into his asylum request in The Netherlands.[19][20][21][22][23] In January 2001 he produced 'The United States of Hypocrisy',[24] an attack on American imperialism that charges current administrations of the United States with continuing fraud by ongoing theft of Hawaiian national lands. He also charged the US Government with carrying out an unstated policy of genocide in Hawaii by the measuring of "blood quantum." In his film former president of the American Indian Movement, Russell Means, claims that only two other nations have used blood quantum, "Nazi Germany to measure Jews and Gypsies" and the "Apartheid regime to identify blacks in South Africa." O'Keefe's charge in the film is that the US measuring of blood is intended to eliminate Hawaiian nationals by making citizenship status contingent upon a 50% blood quantum. He says that, over time, the Hawaiian people (kanaka maoli) will have diminished blood quantum below 50% and the policy of genocide will be complete, allowing the US to take adverse possession of Hawaiian national lands.[25]

In 2006 he returned to Hawaii and was elected as a representative of District 6 in Oahu, serving one year in the Hawaiian Legislature. During that time he wrote resolutions calling for the ratification of international human rights treaties in Hawaii, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. He also wrote and lobbied for a resolution that would outlaw weapons of mass destruction in Hawaii; that resolution was subsequently approved in June 2007.[26][27][28][29]

Seeking political asylum in The NetherlandsIn the aftermath of 9-11, in November 2001, O'Keefe left his family and business in Hawaii to seek political asylum in the Netherlands, claiming increasing persecution from US agents over his political activities.[30] O'Keefe's claim was determined to require a long procedure that typically takes several years for a final decision. While in the asylum procedure he lived in a refugee camp in the north of The Netherlands, in Stadskanaal. Initially he represented himself, but later he secured pro bono services of Dutch asylum attorney, Pieter Bogaers. Understanding that the process would take years and seeing the upcoming invasion of Iraq he removed himself from the asylum process and initiated the human shield action to Iraq in December 2002.[22][30][31][32][33]

Human Shield Action to IraqThe human shield action to Iraq intended to exploit the greater value put on western life[clarification needed] and render the 2003 invasion of Iraq politically untenable by placing the western civilians as "shields" at locations that are legally protected by the Fourth Geneva Convention.[1][34][35] Critics of the human shields argued that their mission would only protect Saddam Hussein; O'Keefe argued that the "people of Iraq" would suffer the most and publicly acknowledged Hussein as a "violent dictator" and "mass-murderer"; he was not greeted positively by the dictator when he later arrived in Iraq. At its height about 500 human shields were in Baghdad, but due to challenges internally, with the Iraqi dictatorship and O'Keefe's deportation by order of Saddam, the numbers dwindled to approximately 100 at the beginning of 'Operation Shock and Awe'.[34][36] Failing to achieve the primary objective of preventing the invasion, volunteers attempted to protect seven sites (Al Daura Electrical Plant, Baghdad South Electrical Plant, 7 April Water Treatment Plant, Al Daura Water Treatment Plant, Tejio Food Silo, Al Daura Oil Refinery and Al Mamun Telecommunications Facility). The communications site was destroyed the day after the volunteers pulled out.[37][38]

P10K and international observers in PalestineIn 2004 O'Keefe founded P10K and attempted to organize a group known as the "P10K Force," a group of 10,000 Westerners intended to act as international observers in the occupied Palestinian territories and help bring peace with Israel.[39] P10K secured endorsements from Noam Chomsky, former Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, Tanya Reinhart along with Israelis who refuse to serve in the IDF[specify].[40] O’Keefe sought meetings with leaders within the main resisting factions of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades in order to obtain an ‘Agreement in Principle’ that would effect a ceasefire in return for the arrival of the 10,000 international observers within the ‘P10K Force.’ He was arrested for attempting to enter Gaza.[41][42][43] The IDF offered to release him if he signed an agreement stating that he would not attempt to re-enter Gaza; O'Keefe refused and spent twenty days in jail before being deported as a security threat. While in Israeli custody he initiated a hunger strike, alleging he was being beaten and denied access to an attorney and use of a phone to call his family.[44]

Free Gaza MovementIn 2007 O'Keefe joined the Free Gaza Movement and in July 2008 he arrived in Greece to serve as a captain and first mate in the transport of two boats to Gaza via Cyprus. The Free Gaza mission was an open challenge to the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Ultimately he was one of 46 [45] who succeeded in reaching Gaza by sea despite Israeli threats all the way up to departure from Cyprus. The boats arrived in Gaza on August 23, 2008, the first boats to sail into Gaza for 41 years, tens of thousands of Palestinians greeted them as they arrived.[citation needed] O'Keefe piloted one of the two boats, the 'Free Gaza,' into the Port of Gaza.[citation needed]

Aloha PalestineO'Keefe and Lauren Booth co-founded Aloha Palestine, a social enterprise to conduct 'safe trade' with Palestinians in Gaza. Aloha Palestine is supported by Noam Chomsky, Tony Benn, UK MP Jeremy Corbyn, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet and John Pilger.

Safe trade 'The commercial exchange of non-hazardous items that pose no danger to society. Trade conducted transparently and fairly that develops prosperity while fostering stability and building security in the region where it is conducted.'[46][47][48] Gaza Flotilla involvementIn June 2010, O'Keefe was on board the MV Mavi Marmara as the Managing Director of Aloha Palestine CIC, a social enterprise intending to conduct SafeTrade with Palestinians in Gaza. In the ensuing Gaza flotilla raid, O'Keefe was among the defenders of the ship and the mission to deliver aid to Gaza. In the course of defending the ship O'Keefe was involved in providing initial first aid to a seriously wounded passenger and disarming two Israeli Commandos. He helped to disarm one commando of his assault rifle gun and and aided in subduing another, O'Keefe personally taking possession of a 9mm pistol from the second commando. He removed the "real bullets" or live ammunition from the pistol, giving the bullets to others while hiding the weapon. It was his hope that the weapon could be used as evidence in any subsequent trial. O'Keefe said of the experience that it was like "combat but without combat weapons" and that "We had in our full possession, three completely disarmed and helpless commandos" who were "surrounded by at least 100 men"; "we could have done anything with them." He said that "woman provided basic first aid, and ultimately they were released, battered and bruised for sure, but alive. Able to live another day."[29][49][50][50][51][52] O'Keefe was among those arrested and detained in Israel.

According to fellow activist Fintan Lane, O'Keefe was severely beaten by Israeli security officials in Tel Aviv, and had to be hospitalized before his deportation on 3 June.[53] A video showing his bloodied face was released upon his arrival in Istanbul. [54] O'Keefe's own testimony is that "One policeman hit me on the head with a truncheon and blood started to run down my face" and "one of them started to choke me and the others kicked me in the ribs. There were four or five of them on me. I couldn't breathe. Just as I started to black out, they got off." He said he spent two more days in a "detention facility in the airport" after resisting deportation. The Irish consul general tried to convince him to agree to leave and asked him to wash his face but he refused saying that "This is the way I was treated and I will keep the blood on my face. That's how I will stay, or that's how I will leave.'" [55] Ultimately he was released, battered and bruised for sure, but alive.

On 6 June, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) charged that O'Keefe is an "anti-Israel extremist" and "operative of the Hamas Terror organization". According to the IDF he was entering the Gaza Strip in order to "form and train a commando unit for the Palestinian terror organization."[56] O'Keefe said "If they had a supposed terrorist in their possession, why the hell did they let me go?" He confirmed that he had held meetings with Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and other senior Hamas officials, to "broker a relationship between the Palestinian government and the Hawaiian Government".[29] O'Keefe says the designation of Hamas as a terrorist organization by Israel is like the designation the African National Congress and Nelson Mandela by the South African apartheid regime. He compares his situation with that of Nelson Mandela, who Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, likewise considered a terrorist.[57]

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2.^ "Ken O'Keefe Press TV - January 4, 2009 (Part 1)". Press TV. 2009-01-04. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsbkovJ1iVU. Retrieved 2010-06-14.

3.^ "Biography". Ken O'Keefe's official website. http://worldcitizen.uk.net/biography.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-04.

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11.^ "HARDtalk - Kenneth O'Keefe - Gaza flotilla activist". BBC HARDtalk. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00sz5sj/HARDtalk_Kenneth_OKeefe_Gaza_flotilla_activist/. Retrieved 2010-07-03.

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15.^ "Ken Nichols O'Keefe BBC's 'Tiger Tiger' - Turtle Rescues". BBC. 2000. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XZIOo-P1b4. Retrieved 2010-06-14.

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20.^ "Unlawful Bench Warrants for Ken O'Keefe Page 2". uksociety.org. http://web.archive.org/web/20060823062718/www.uksociety.org/Ken%27s+Pics/CT+11-30-02/pages/b-CT-11-30-02_jpg.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-04.

21.^ "Unlawful Bench Warrants for Ken O'Keefe Page 3". uksociety.org. http://web.archive.org/web/20060823062636/www.uksociety.org/Ken%27s+Pics/CT+11-30-02/pages/c-CT-11-30-00_jpg.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-04.

22.^ a b "Politieke strijd van Amerikaan gaat door". de Gelderlander. 2002-11-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20060822220344/www.uksociety.org/d_de_gelderlander.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-04.

23.^ "Ken Nichols O'Keefe Speaks Against US Navy LFAS (Low Frequency Active Sonar) July 2001". Groninger Dagblad. 2002-01-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20060822215931/www.uksociety.org/d_groninger.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-04.

24.^ "The United States of Hypocrisy". Universal Kinship Society. 2001-01. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbRXF64YotE. Retrieved 2010-06-04.

25.^ "The United States of Hypocrisy". 2001-01. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbRXF64YotE. Retrieved 2010-06-04.

26.^ "Hawaiian Independence Equals American Imperial Withdrawal". 2008-06-18. http://kenokeefe.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/hawaiian-independence-equals-american-imperial-withdrawal/. Retrieved 2010-06-04.

27.^ "Hawaiian Independence Equals American Imperial Withdrawal". http://hawaii-gov.net/contact/. Retrieved 2010-06-04.

28.^ "Manifestations of Authority". http://hawaii-gov.net/information/media-kit/manifestation-of-authority/. Retrieved 2010-06-04.

29.^ a b c "Al Jazeera talks to US activist named by Israel as a 'terrorist'". Al Jazeera. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx03ZTt7Zuk. Retrieved 2010-07-01.

30.^ a b "Ken Nichols O'Keefe Speaks Against US Navy LFAS (Low Frequency Active Sonar) July 2001". Groninger Dagblad. 2002-01-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20060822215931/www.uksociety.org/d_groninger.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-04.

31.^ "Vluchteling Kenneth Nichols uit de VS: 'Amerikanen verkrachten de planeet". Niewwsblad van het Noorden. 2002-01-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20060822220312/www.uksociety.org/d_nieuwsblad.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-04.

32.^ "'In Irak zag ik hoe Amerika de wereld onderdrukt'". de Volkskrant. 2002-11-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20060822220055/www.uksociety.org/d_de_volks_1.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-04.

33.^ "Asiel voor een Amerikaanse activist". Vrij Nedeland. 2001-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20060822220208/www.uksociety.org/d_vrij_2001.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-04.

34.^ a b "The Human Shield Movement". Z Magazine. 2003-11. http://www.zcommunications.org/the-human-shield-movement-by-stefan-simanowitz. Retrieved 2010-06-14.

35.^ "Ken O’Keefe HardTALK". BBC. 2003-02. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ac3hhxEql4. Retrieved 2010-06-14.

36.^ "'Human Shields' Booted After Criticizing Iraq's Instructions". Fox News. 2003-03-13. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,80955,00.html. Retrieved 2010-06-20.

37.^ "Human Shields Put Bush on Notice". Human Shield Action to Iraq official website. Archived from the original on December 23, 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20031223121428/http://www.humanshields.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=16. Retrieved 30 January 2005.

38.^ "HumanShields.org". HumanShields.org. http://www.humanshields.org/. Retrieved 2010-06-21.

39.^ "P10K website". http://web.archive.org/web/20070826150045/http://www.p10k.net/. Retrieved 2010-06-14.

40.^ "P10K website". http://web.archive.org/web/20070626172859/www.p10k.net/endorsements.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-14.

41.^ "Activist on Hunger Strike in Israeli Jail". Centre for media alternatives. 2004-06-14. http://www.cmaq.net/en/node/17199. Retrieved 2010-06-14.

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56.^ http://idfspokesperson.com/2010/06/06/intel-specific-flotilla-passangers-linked-to-al-qaeda-hamas-and-other-terror-organizations-6-june-2010/

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External links

Personal section of Ken O'Keefe's website, UK Society

Human shield action to Iraq - official website

Ken Nichols O'Keefe in the Media

World Citizen Ken O'Keefe's official website

http://www.AlohaPalestine.com Aloha Palestine official website

http://kenokeefe.wordpress.com/ Ken O'Keefe's official web blog

http://www.facebook.com/1worldcitizen Ken O'Keefe's Facebook profile

http://twitter.com/1worldcitizen Ken O'Keefe's Twitter page

Please note that there are 57 solid references and 8 external links. Then, little by little NMMNG started to remove the references and when that was done he wanted to have sections removed because of lack of references! By doing so he lost all credibillity and should be completely ignored. It is shown here for all to see and to prove the allegations.

Any additional comments would appear superfluous but unfortunately it deserves mentioning in order to understand this; It is a well known fact that the state of Israel is involved in a "cyber war" and that they have many "cyber soldiers" on their payroll as well as many volounteers all over the world. NMMNG seems to be one of them.

It is O'Keefes involvement with Palestine that is the real cause for these repeated attacks but NMMNG tries to hide this by going after O'Keefes involvement with protecting turtles and his work within the legal Hawaiian government. This is only a smoke screen and if NMMNG is allowed to continue is vandalizing it is only a matter of time before he gears up for the real attack which will focus on Palestine. What has happened so far has only been an exercise before the real battle. PeterStorm1 (talk) 17:25, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Removing sections that do not have any reliable sources

I removed the following sections from the article since they are not supported by any WP:RS, thus failing WP:V. If anyone wants to reinsert them, I suggest opening a new section here on the talk page and including the relevant reliable sources.

• Involvement in Hawaiian independence

In 1999 O'Keefe became an active supporter of the Hawaiian Independence Movement. He also began the process of formally renouncing his US citizenship.Template:cn In November 2000 he naturalized as a Hawaiian citizen, served as the election commissioner for the Hawaiian Kingdom elections and professed his allegiance to the Kingdom of Hawaii and a "reinstated Hawaiian government". On November 30, 2000 O'Keefe (at the time known as Kenneth Nichols) was issued with a bench warrant for his arrest in the amount of $11,000. O'Keefe claims that this warrant was unlawfully issued and that this was proof of US government persecution. He officially entered this claim into his asylum request in The Netherlands. In January 2001 he produced 'The United States of Hypocrisy', an attack on American imperialism that charges current administrations of the United States with continuing fraud by ongoing theft of Hawaiian national lands. He also charged the US Government with carrying out an unstated policy of genocide in Hawaii by the measuring of "blood quantum." In his film former president of the American Indian Movement, Russell Means, claims that only two other nations have used blood quantum, "Nazi Germany to measure Jews and Gypsies" and the "Apartheid regime to identify blacks in South Africa." O'Keefe's charge in the film is that the US measuring of blood is intended to eliminate Hawaiian nationals by making citizenship status contingent upon a 50% blood quantum. He says that, over time, the Hawaiian people (kanaka maoli) will have diminished blood quantum below 50% and the policy of genocide will be complete, allowing the US to take adverse possession of Hawaiian national lands.

In 2006 he returned to Hawaii and was elected as a representative of District 6 in Oahu, serving one year in the Hawaiian Legislature. During that time he wrote resolutions calling for the ratification of international human rights treaties in Hawaii, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. He also wrote and lobbied for a resolution that would outlaw weapons of mass destruction in Hawaii; that resolution was subsequently approved in June 2007.

• Seeking political asylum in The Netherlands (this one has sources, but they're in Dutch. I asked for a translation a few months ago but nobody bothered)

In the aftermath of 9-11, in November 2001, O'Keefe left his family and business in Hawaii to seek political asylum in the Netherlands, claiming increasing persecution from US agents over his political activities. O'Keefe's claim was determined to require a long procedure that typically takes several years for a final decision. While in the asylum procedure he lived in a refugee camp in the north of The Netherlands, in Stadskanaal. Initially he represented himself, but later he secured pro bono services of Dutch asylum attorney, Pieter Bogaers. Understanding that the process would take years and seeing the upcoming invasion of Iraq he removed himself from the asylum process and initiated the human shield action to Iraq in December 2002.

• P10K and international observers in Palestine

In 2004 O'Keefe founded P10K and attempted to organize a group known as the "P10K Force", a group of 10,000 Westerners intended to act as international observers in the occupied Palestinian territories and help bring peace with Israel. P10K secured endorsements from Noam Chomsky, former Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, Tanya Reinhart along with Israelis who refuse to serve in the IDFTemplate:Specify. O’Keefe sought meetings with leaders within the main resisting factions of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades in order to obtain an ‘Agreement in Principle’ that would effect a ceasefire in return for the arrival of the 10,000 international observers within the ‘P10K Force.’ He was arrested for attempting to enter Gaza. The IDF offered to release him if he signed an agreement stating that he would not attempt to re-enter Gaza; O'Keefe refused and spent twenty days in jail before being deported as a security threat. While in Israeli custody he initiated a hunger strike, alleging he was being beaten and denied access to an attorney and use of a phone to call his family.

• Free Gaza Movement

In 2007 O'Keefe joined the Free Gaza Movement and in July 2008 he arrived in Greece to serve as a captain and first mate in the transport of two boats to Gaza via Cyprus. The Free Gaza mission was an open challenge to the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Ultimately he was one of 46 who succeeded in reaching Gaza by sea despite Israeli threats all the way up to departure from Cyprus. The boats arrived in Gaza on August 23, 2008, the first boats to sail into Gaza for 41 years, tens of thousands of Palestinians greeted them as they arrived. O'Keefe piloted one of the two boats, the 'Free Gaza,' into the Port of Gaza.

• Aloha Palestine

O'Keefe and Lauren Booth co-founded Aloha Palestine, a social enterprise to conduct 'safe trade' with Palestinians in Gaza. Aloha Palestine is supported by Noam Chomsky, Tony Benn, UK MP Jeremy Corbyn, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet and John Pilger.

Safe trade

the above was me No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 18:36, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

• And I removed the following:

Marine conservation in Hawaii

In 1996 O'Keefe created a social enterprise 'to protect and defend the marine environment we operate within". To date his scuba diving operation has conducted 13 ghost net recoveries and over 55 rescues of endangered Green Sea Turtle wrapped in monofilament fishing line. O'Keefe pioneered these rescues with over 40 such rescues personally, he also taught others his methods and led a campaign to create a marine sanctuary (Pupukea MLCD) on the North Shore of Oahu. In 1998 and 2000 he crewed with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) in anti-whaling and sealing campaigns in which he was mentored by Captain Paul Watson. In 2000 he became the regional director for SSCS in Hawaii, earned a US Coast Guard captain's license and was branded the 'ecopreneur' by Skin Diver Magazine, the worlds largest selling scuba diving magazine.

above posted by Cptnono

• Iraq War and related activism (sourced only to an interview and an article O'Keefe wrote)

O'Keefe is an ex-U.S. Marine who served in the 1991 Gulf War and subsequently spoke about the use of depleted uranium as a crime against humanity and the US military allegedly using soldiers as "human guinea pigs" with experimental drugs that were directly linked to Gulf War syndrome. On January 7, 2004, O'Keefe burned his US passport in protest of American Imperialism and called for US troops to immediately withdrawal from Iraq. He replaced his US passport with a World Passport, subsequently proclaiming himself a "Citizen of the World" with "ultimate allegiance to my entire human family and to planet Earth."Template:Citation needed

No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 18:36, 29 December 2010 (UTC)