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https://ift.tt/2TKYcuD I don't mean the entrapment of promulgating the salacious Steele dossier both to the public and the FISA court as if it were the truth. That was more of a smear to justify a phony investigation. I mean something more subtle and LeCarré-like coming from the depths of our intelligence communities. It raises once more the question of the power of such agencies in a free society, a conundrum with no easy answers but of great significance to our lives. For all his New York rough-and-tumble, Trump was an innocent abroad when he arrived in Washington. Way back in January 2017, he was warned by old-timer Chuck Schumer that "intel officials have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you." The Senate minority leader--Deep Stater par excellence--knew whereof he spoke. But Trump somehow survived the storm, although sometimes it seemed as if he wouldn't. Now, some of the obvious parties --John K. Brennan and James Clapper with their apparatchik miens -- ha...

https://ift.tt/2uEa07X A United States Marshals Service employee was arrested Saturday morning for a felony drug charge. Reynaldo Chavera II, 31, faces a charge for possession of a controlled substance. Deputy U.S. Marshal Christopher Bozeman said Chavera is an employee of the U.S. Marshals Service, but he did not name his title with the agency. "We are aware of allegations of the arrest of a U.S. Marshals Service employee by the San Antonio Police Department in the early morning hours on Saturday," Bozeman said. "The U.S. Marshals Service takes seriously any allegation of misconduct by its employees which do not reflect our core values of justice, integrity and service. Any information on the alleged arrest will be provided by the arresting agency."

https://ift.tt/2HVZukc Security researchers have discovered a previously unknown feature in the Intel chipsets, which could allow an attacker to intercept data from the computer memory. The feature called Intel Visualization of Internal Signals Architecture (Intel VISA) is said to be a utility that is bundled by the chipmaker for testing on the manufacturing lines. Although Intel doesn't publicly disclose the existence of Intel VISA and is extremely secretive about it, the researchers were able to find several ways to enable the feature on the Intel chipsets and capture the data from the CPU. As a per presentation made by the researchers Mark Ermolov and Maxim Goryachy of Positive Technologies at the ongoing Blackhat Asia 2019 conference in Singapore, their exploits of the Intel chipsets don't require any hardware modifications or special equipment. One of the techniques shared by the researchers involved vulnerabilities detailed in Intel-SA-00086 advisory that give access to I...

https://ift.tt/2HZPeYc A 36-year-old man has been indicted after allegedly crossing state lines with two underage females with the intent to have sex with them. Cleveland Lee Crumsey was indicted on two counts by a grand jury, according to court documents filed March 29. The charges are specifically "coercion or enticement of minor female." Crumsey reportedly transported two teenagers — one born in 2002 and the other in 2001 — with the purpose of engaging in sexual activity in January from Greene County to an undisclosed location, court documents stated. This is a criminal offense, specifically under the laws of Missouri and Iowa, the documents say. Documents say Crumsey is currently in state custody, but he does not appear to be in the Greene County Jail. If convicted of the felonies, Crumsey could face at least 10 years in prison, up to life, and up to a $250,000 fine.

https://ift.tt/2uzWUbK U.S. Marine Corps officials are investigating after two pilots died in a helicopter crash during a training mission in southwestern Arizona. A statement from the Marine Corps Air Station says the crash of the AH-1Z Viper occurred at about 8:45 p.m. Saturday. A spokesman for the station says the crash occurred on the vast Marine Corps Air Station Yuma training grounds. Capt. Gabriel Adibe says no additional information is immediately available. The names of the pilots who were killed have not been released pending notification of their families. The station is located about 2 miles from Yuma and the 1,300 square mile training ground is one of the world's largest military installations. © Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

https://ift.tt/2uCyvCt Lawyers have called for an overhaul of the honours forfeiture system after it emerged that a sex abuser retained an honour bestowed for services to the Queen some three years after a court recognised him as a paedophile. The system is too slow to acknowledge an offender’s offences, say lawyers specialising in abuse claims, and, in the case of those who have died, cannot strip them of their honours, leaving victims feeling that they have been cheated of justice. Hubert Chesshyre, 78, an expert on heraldry and genealogy, held a number of senior positions within the royal household, rising to become secretary of the most noble order of the garter, the highest order in British chivalry. Among the many honours bestowed upon him over more than 40 years were the Queen’s Silver and Golden Jubilee Medals, and the commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) – the latter for distinguished personal service to the monarch. A fellow or member of several illustrious organisati...

https://ift.tt/2OEu3fx Duke University will pay $112 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit after federal prosecutors said a research technician's fake data landed millions of dollars in federal grants, the school and the government said Monday. The private university in Durham submitted claims for dozens of research grants that contained falsified or fabricated information that unjustly drained taxpayer money from the National Institutes of Health, the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies, the U.S. Justice Department said. The school said it is repaying grant money and related penalties. "Taxpayers expect and deserve that federal grant dollars will be used efficiently and honestly," local U.S. Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin said in a statement. "May this serve as a lesson that the use of false or fabricated data in grant applications or reports is completely unacceptable." The lawsuit was first filed in 2015 by whistleblower and former Du...

https://ift.tt/2tzDkvC San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, a renowned advocate for the accused and an outspoken watchdog on police misconduct, has died. He was 59. Mayor London Breed confirmed Friday night that Adachi had died, saying that San Francisco had “lost a dedicated public servant.” He was the only elected public defender in California. The exact circumstances and cause of Adachi’s death were not immediately known, but sources said he died of a heart attack. “As one of the few elected public defenders in our country, Jeff always stood up for those who didn’t have a voice, have been ignored and overlooked, and who needed a real champion,” Breed said in a statement. “He was committed not only to the fight for justice in the courtroom, but he was also a relentless advocate for criminal justice reform. “Jeff led the way on progressive policy reforms, including reducing recidivism, ending cash bail, and standing up for undocumented and unrepresented children.” Related Storie...

https://ift.tt/2YFIULd When did Robert Mueller know that President Trump did not collude with the Russians? Depending upon whom you ask, the answers range from immediately to December 2017, at the very latest. The Last Refuge’s Sundance offers one of the more interesting takes on the Russia collusion story. He discusses what he believes the FBI, Rod Rosenstein, Robert Mueller, his investigators and all the others were trying to accomplish. Although it is lengthy, and I’ll be summarizing it here, the entire article is fascinating and well worth the read. Sundance believes “all the characters knew there was no Russian collusion/conspiracy, ever. They knew the narrative was created; they participated in the creation; the Russian conspiracy narrative was a necessary element toward the goal of eliminating Trump.” He points to Peter Strzok’s text message to Lisa Page which has now become familiar to anyone who has followed this story. This message was sent on May 19, 2017 which was two days ...

https://ift.tt/2I1KktH The head priest of the Corpus Christi Parish in Fremont has been arrested on suspicion of 30 counts of child sex abuse, officials said Sunday. The Rev. Hector David Mendoza-Vela, 42, was arrested Thursday and booked into Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, where he is awaiting an arraignment in Alameda County Superior Court. His bail was set at $900,000. The abuse happened over an 18-month period in 2016 and 2017 and involved a child who was 14 and 15 at the time, according to Sgt. Ray Kelly, a spokesman for the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, which investigated the case. The victim’s family “met Father Vela through his work as their Catholic priest and became friends of his like a lot of people do with leaders in the community,” Kelly said. The abuse, described only as “lewd and lascivious acts,” happened at the victim’s Hayward home and in other locations, Kelly said. He did not provide further details on the victim or the acts. Related Stories LOCAL BY MEGAN CASSIDY O...

https://ift.tt/2V7r8yp "Full Measure" host Sharyl Attkisson interviews Carter Page, a central figure in the alleged Trump-Russia conspiracy, about how the government investigated him as a spy for Russia. Transcript via "Full Measure": SHARYL ATTKISSON: At the very beginning of the Trump-Russia story, there was Carter Page. During the 2016 presidential campaign, the US intelligence community portrayed him as a 'hot lead.’ A spy. The main link to collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. In the end, Special Counsel Robert Mueller didn’t charge Carter Page with anything. Today, Page speaks with us and reveals incredible details that may make you question much of what the American public was told over the past two years. A good beginning for the story of Carter Page is June 16, 2015. CARTER PAGE: I think President Trump, then-candidate Trump, from the moment he came down the escalator in the middle of 2015, had a great vision for the direction that the world ...

https://ift.tt/2Ox4ihg It’s been doing the same thing to student newspaper for years UCLA is required by state law to turn over “disclosable” public records within 10 days of request. In “unusual circumstances” it can tack on another two weeks, to the extent “reasonably necessary” to process requests. The taxpayer-funded government institution is more than a year late on its legal obligations in response to one request. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education sued UCLA in Los Angeles Superior Court Wednesday for giving itself five extensions over the 391 days since FIRE filed a public-records request. The education civil-liberties group is seeking records “related to a campus speaking appearance” by Steven Mnuchin, U.S. treasury secretary, which was marred by disruptive student-led protests. Some arrests were made, though none were students. Its interest was piqued after The Wall Street Journal reported that Mnuchin had “retracted his permission” from UCLA to share a video of...

https://ift.tt/2HMqq6E Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures to discuss the Mueller Report and upcoming senate investigations and hearings. Senator Graham said he was going to call in all of the officials who signed the controversial Carter Page FISA warrants. Former FBI Director James Comey, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, former Deputy Director of the FBI Andrew McCabe, and former Attorney General Sally Yates were all required to sign off on the FISC warrant application before it was reviewed and ultimately approved. Senator Graham said he is going to investigate how the DOJ could use a document to spy on Trump officials that has not been certified to this day. Senator Graham: I know Bill Barr and he’s pretty upset about how all of this was handled… I hope there is a special counsel appointed to look at DOJ corruption and political bias… I think it’s important to understand that politica...

https://ift.tt/2V4jQLH A longtime St. Catharine's parishioner said he was "shocked" when he learned one of the church's priests was removed abruptly after the Diocese of Trenton announced a "credible" allegation of child sex abuse against him on Saturday. "It's all coming out now," said John Revolinsky, of Holmdel, who was on his way to the 8 a.m. service at the church. "He was new, but he seemed alright." Buy Photo Rev. Msgr. Gregory D. Vaughan in this Asbury Park Press file photo from 2005. (Photo: Asbury Park Press file) The Rev. Gregory D. Vaughan, who has served as a priest in Holmdel since 2013, is accused of sexual abuse of a minor dating back to the late 1970s and early 1980s when he was a parochial vicar in St. Ann Parish in Keansburg, according to a statement from the Trenton diocese. MORE: How the crisis of Catholic priests sexually abusing minors mirrors society at large The diocese said it would not release further detail...

https://ift.tt/2U5OurM Officials say a California man set to stand trial for child sex-abuse charges killed himself before jury selection. The Press Democrat reports Mendocino County district attorney's office spokesman Mike Geniella says 51-year-old Aaron Douglas Burrows, who was facing a felony charge of criminal sexual penetration of a 9-year-old, killed himself Monday. Geniella says Burrows failed to show up in court Monday morning for the start of jury selection. Butte County law enforcement found Burrows and determined he took his own life sometime Sunday night or early Monday. Geniella says Burrows was charged with the crime for an incident that was reported following a camping trip to Fort Bragg, and a subsequent investigation uncovered a prior alleged victim of Burrows who was going to testify at the trial.

https://ift.tt/2K3uwsW Yeah, that’s not going to happen. The Biden apology tour isn’t about genuine remorse, needless to say, it’s about making left-wingers feel more comfortable voting for him. Insofar as admitting to a mistake serves that goal, he’s happy to do it. Sure, he shouldn’t have written the 1994 crime bill; right, he should have sided more aggressively with Anita Hill at Clarence Thomas’s confirmation hearing. Yes indeed, he should have supported the right to abortion up to the moment of crowning. He wasn’t as woke as he should have been but he is now — and really, which right-thinking progressive couldn’t say the same of their own past? Barack Obama got elected president opposing gay marriage, remember. SEE ALSO: Is Biden apologizing his way out of the nomination? Lefties (some lefties) who like Biden will roll with that, seeing it as his attempt to meet them halfway on points of contention. But Uncle Joe creeping on women, rubbing their shoulders and nuzzling their necks?...

https://ift.tt/2HVxWfR Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) offered an amendment on March 28, which, if approved, would reveal what role former President Barack Obama played in the investigation of the Trump campaign and the use of the debunked Steele dossier. Paul’s amendment would modify a resolution, which calls on the attorney general to release the full report by special counsel Robert Mueller to Congress and the public. The resolution passed the House by a vote of 420-0 on March 14 and is now before the Senate. “What we need to discover, and we do not yet know, was President Obama involved? Was this done for partisan purposes? Was this done to try to elect Hillary Clinton?” Paul asked on the Senate floor. According to a summary of Mueller’s final report released by Attorney General William Barr, the special counsel did not find any evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Mueller’s finding raises questions about the origins of the investigation of the Trump campaign and sug...

https://ift.tt/2FOg8kw Former Republican South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy predicted Sunday that the U.S. intelligence community might stop providing information to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff because he leaks “like a screen door on a submarine.” Gowdy was asked to weigh in on Republicans’ decision Thursday to call on Schiff to step down as chairman of the House panel. (RELATED: House Intel Republicans Call On Adam Schiff To Step Down As Chairman) “Never seen that before,” said Gowdy, who served on the intelligence panel before leaving Congress in January. “We never voted to remove or ask a chairperson to step down.” “Adam is a deeply partisan person. He did everything he could to make sure Hillary Clinton became president. And he’s done everything he could to keep a cloud over the Trump presidency,” Gowdy said of Schiff. WATCH: Gowdy suggested House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could potentially remove Schiff as chairman of the committee. He also said the CIA and other inte...

https://ift.tt/2I8vSA2 A non-consensual, Canadian civilian test subject reveals clandestine mind control R & D for over a decade by American intelligence, with Canadian paramilitary support. This first person, non-fiction report explains how many hate crimes, assassinations, and terror events are manufactured using non-consensual, Scopolamine drugged, mind-controlled slaves as actors and patsies. Lethal MK-ULTRA Monarch, torture-trauma, mind-control mechanisms are explained in detail, including summaries of experiments conducted in Toronto, Canada and a USA assassin test. The present day effects of the 1945 CIA Project Paperclip resettlement of thousands of Nazi Germany mind-control scientists are revealed. This report further confirms that after the 1975 US Senate Church Committee hearings into this activity, the program did not stop, it simply went covert.

https://ift.tt/2HQSciz Amazon Primed' is a short recap of the larger stories that dominated the headlines this week surrounding everyone's favourite cardboard abuser, Amazon. If you want the full, deep look at what Amazon is doing every week, subscribe to 'What Did Amazon Do This Week ' newsletter (called 'Obsessive...in the very best way."). Context is everything when it comes to Amazon or you can fall down a hole of thinking that the company simply controls everything. Amazon is powerful but the company still has plenty to do in different industries and competition is increasing every day. Bloomberg's data viz team have been hard at work this week to explain it all. With less than 10% of the entire US Retail market compared to eBay (6.8%), Walmart (4.0%) and Apple (3.8%). The same cannot be said in other areas, Amazon has a stranglehold in several industries including e-books (88.9%), e-readers (83.6%), physical books (42%). Amazon already has 7.5% of the...

https://ift.tt/2JVKjtV North Korea said Sunday it's watching closely rumors the FBI played a role in what it called a "grave terrorist attack" at its embassy in Madrid, according to the state-run KCNA news agency. Details: North Korea expects Spain to investigate last month's embassy incident, KCNA reports. A Spanish judge investigating what he called an armed break-in at the embassy said this week the U.S.-based alleged gang leader contacted the FBI days afterward to offer data stolen in the raid. Show less The other side: The U.S. denies any involvement in the incident. The dissident group claiming responsibility says it entered the embassy peacefully. The big picture: The Spanish judge has issued international warrants for the suspected gang leader, Mexico-born U.S. resident Adrian Hong Chang, and U.S. citizen Sam Ryu over the incident, which occurred just before President Trump’s second summit with North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi.

https://ift.tt/2WwT0MK U.S. President Donald Trump gave North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a list of demands that included a call for handing over nuclear weapons and bomb fuel to the U.S. in their talks in Hanoi last month, Reuters reported, citing the document. Donald Trump with Kim Jong Un in Hanoi on Feb. 27.Photographer: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Trump handed Kim the piece of paper stating the U.S. position at their meeting in Hanoi’s Metropole Hotel on Feb. 28, according to the news agency. This was the first time that Trump had explicitly defined directly to Kim what he meant by denuclearization, Reuters reported, citing an unidentified person familiar with the discussions. The document may help explain why the summit collapsed without a complete account, Reuters said. Trump abruptly ended his second summit with Kim after the president said the North Korean leader had asked for all U.S. sanctions to be lifted in exchange for the dismantling of the country’s main nuclear facili...

https://ift.tt/2FBTmuG Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx has garnered a bevy of headlines this past week over the decision of her office to drop the charges against Jussie Smollett, her recusal/non-recusal, the intentional/inadvertent sealing of the proceedings, etc. As my colleague, Bonchie, detailed yesterday, even the Illinois Prosecutors Bar Association is none too impressed with her actions surrounding this case. But just in case Chicago was feeling singled-out by all these shenanigans, St. Louis is stepping up in solidarity. No, this isn’t about how some St. Louisans choose to slice their bagels. (As a native St. Louisan — and even a regular customer of Panera – which started out here as St. Louis Bread Co. — I can honestly say I’d never encountered this practice before Thursday. I’m now told by some friends this is their preferred method of delivery. I remain skeptical and still maintain this isn’t actually “a thing”.) This is about the office of St. Louis Circuit Attorney, ...

https://ift.tt/2UeqjXz Listen to this and more in-depth storytelling by subscribing to The California Report Magazine podcast. The second-highest ranking officer in one of the largest police departments in the state went to federal prison last year, convicted of conspiring to deal heroin and marijuana. It’s one of the biggest police corruption scandals in modern California history, and one you probably didn’t hear about if you live outside the Central Valley. And it wasn’t an isolated incident. THE STORY OF POLICE CHIEF JERRY DYER The Chief: The Remarkable — Sometimes Shocking — Career of Fresno's Top Cop More than a dozen Fresno police officers have been arrested in recent years, including some high-profile corruption busts. All of this occurred under the command of one of the longest-serving and most powerful law enforcement figures in the state, Police Chief Jerry Dyer. This special edition of the California Report Magazine tells the story of Keith Foster, a local hero who rose ...

https://ift.tt/2TtTxRC Politics Tulsi Gabbard’s Financial Disclosures Leave Out Ties To Koch-Funded Think Tank 25 The Hawaii congresswoman, who’s running as a Democrat for president, sits on a foreign policy advisory council for the Catholic University of America. By Nick Grube / March 1, 2019 Reading time: 4 minutes. WASHINGTON — Here’s something you might not know about U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: She’s an advisor to a Charles Koch-funded foreign policy think tank based at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. One of the reasons that’s a surprise is because it’s nowhere to be found on her latest financial disclosure form. The revelation comes in a new report from Sludge, an investigative news site that tracks money in politics, that highlights the Koch connection to the university’s Center for the Study of Statesmanship. The center was founded in 2017 through a $2.35 million grant from the billionaire’s foundation. Gabbard, who’s running for president in the Democratic ...

https://ift.tt/2WBWgXf Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes a drink of water as he testifies before a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 11, 2018. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Some old Facebook posts by CEO Mark Zuckerberg have vanished, and the company says it "mistakenly deleted" them. The disappearances include posts about key moments in the company'shistory, like the acquisition of Instagram in 2012. "A few years ago some of Mark's posts were mistakenly deleted due to technical errors," a spokesperson said in a statement. Facebook won't restore the posts, saying the work to do so would be "extensive" and not guaranteed to work. Facebook has also made changes to the way it saves its archives of previous corporate announcements and blog posts that make it that much harder to parse the company's historical records. Old Facebook posts by Mark Zuckerberg have disappeared — obscuring details about core m...

https://ift.tt/2YyGvCl On Saturday, President Trump intervened on behalf of decorated US Navy SEAL, Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, who is awaiting trial for ‘premeditated murder’ of an ISIS terrorist. US Navy prosecutors accused Gallagher of premeditated murder over the stabbing of an injured 15-year-old ISIS terrorist in Mosul, Iraq in May of 2017. Even worse, Gallagher was arrested on ‘Patriot’s Day,’ September 11th, 2018 — he was shackled and thrown into solitary confinement while remaining shackled for 72 hours, and he’s being held at Miramar Brig in San Diego, California. The SEAL was also charged with aggravated assault for allegedly shooting Iraqi civilians. Gallagher has denied the charges and his lawyer is confident his client will be acquitted. President Trump intervened on Saturday. “In honor of his past service to our Country, Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher will soon be moved to less restrictive confinement while he awaits his day in court. Process should move quickl...

https://ift.tt/2UoUVp2 Algeria’s army chief repeated a proposal on Saturday to declare President Abdelaziz Bouteflika unfit for office under article 102 of the constitution and told opponents not to seek to undermine the military. Army Chief of Staff Ahmed Gaed Salah said in a statement issued by the Defense Ministry that most people supported the army’s plan but some were resisting.

https://ift.tt/2FOt8ql Pakistan: Islamic scholar rapes his 15-year-old sister at mosque, swears her to silence on the Qur’an MAR 30, 2019 3:00 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER 9 COMMENTS The book on which she swore silence says: “Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because Allah has guarded them. As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send them to beds apart and beat them.” — Qur’an 4:34 So what could the girl do but obey? It is good, however, that she didn’t acquiesce to this oppression, and reported this Muslim scholar when she could. Will she be safe now? “Muslim scholar and his two brothers ‘raped their child sister and told her to keep quiet in the name of the Koran’ in Pakistan,” by Ross Ibbetson, Mailonline, March 29, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): A Muslim scholar and his two brothers have been arreste...

https://ift.tt/2JUUAqf A Chinese court on March 26 jailed the former chief internet regulator, Lu Wei, for 14 years, having found the once influential official guilty of taking bribes worth almost $5 million. Lu, one of numerous senior officials caught up in Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s sweeping anti-graft campaign, had already been expelled from the ruling Communist Party, which tightly controls the courts. At the height of his influence, Lu, a colorful and often brash official by Chinese standards, was seen as emblematic of pervasive internet controls, although his downfall has not brought a reversal of those policies. The court, in the eastern city of Ningbo, said in a statement that Lu had accepted the verdict and would not appeal. Lu, 59, pleaded guilty in October after prosecutors had accused him of abusing his power in various government posts over 15 years, including as the head of the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC). Between 2002 and 2017, he received illicit assets fr...