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Killary's 'Oh S**t' Moment — secret email server was wiped AFTER receiving subpoena

Claire Bernish
Free Thought Project
Sun, 04 Sep 2016 15:34 UTC
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Hillary Clinton and her staff's utter bumbling of State Department emails has now been revealed to have included a transfer to Gmail and a lost laptop and thumb drive — meaning a good portion of national security secrets could very well still be floating around with nary a shred of security to protect them.

Following Clinton's resignation from the State Department in February 2013, as Zero Hedge reports, one of her closest aides, Monica Hanley, set about archiving emails which had resided on the personal server created by IT staffer Bryan Pagliano with assistance from Bill Clinton's aide, Justin Cooper.

Hanley — working "from her personal residence" — and Cooper managed to successfully transfer the email archive from that server to an Apple MacBook with a copy saved to a thumb drive, according to documents from the FBI investigation, which were released Friday.

From there, the already makeshift plan began to fall apart in perhaps the worst display of incompetence from State Department employees.

"The two copies of the Clinton e-mail archive (one on the Archive laptop and one on the thumb drive) were intended to be stored in Clinton's Chappaqua and Whitehaven residences; however Hanley explained this did not occur as Hanley forgot to provide the Archive laptop and the thumb drive to Clinton's staff following the creation of the archive," FBI documents state, with all emphasis added.
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The Truth Perspective: Introducing Political Ponerology, plus some odds and ends


Sott.net
Sun, 04 Sep 2016 16:00 UTC
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This week on the Truth Perspective we begin the first of a series of discussions on Dr. Andrew Lobaczewski's underground classic Political Ponerology. We'll be taking the book chapter by chapter over the coming months, distilling the most important points in the book and giving examples to help enrich readers' experience and understanding of the work. Ponerology really is one of the most important books ever written, so we hope our conversation will make clear some of what it has to offer. First up is the Introduction: what inspired the writing of the book, and what does it have to offer the world?

Following this discussion, covered some odds and ends: interesting books we've been reading, current events like the recent Eastern Economic Forum and upcoming G20 meeting in China, followed by a Police State Roundup with Brent.

Running Time: 02:07:12

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Turkey opens new front in northern Syria, sends tanks to al-Rai west of Jarablus


RT
Sat, 03 Sep 2016 15:27 UTC
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Turkish army tanks and military personal are stationed in Karkamis on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern Gaziantep province, Turkey, August 25, 2016.
Turkish tanks and other armored vehicles have entered Syria's northern province of Aleppo and shelled Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) positions in the area, opening up yet another battlefront within the last two weeks, various media outlets reported.

Turkey sent tanks into the town of al-Rai, located in Aleppo Province as part of its Euphrates Shield operation aimed at pushing both IS and Kurdish militants away from the border, Turkey's Hurriyet Daily News reported Saturday.

Turkish vehicles opened fire on IS installations located in the region, according to the country's Dogan news agency.

"The operations are to work from al-Rai towards the villages that were liberated west of Jarablus," Colonel Ahmed Osman of the Sultan Murad rebel group told Reuters, confirming that the operation is taking place in cooperation with Turkey.

Comment: On September 2, the Turkish General Staff say Turkish jets launched strikes on 3 buildings held by Daesh fighters near Jarablus. The same day, Erdogan expressed his disbelief in American statements that Kurdish YPG elements had truly crossed back to the east side of the Euphrates: "No, they [YPG] have not retreated [from areas bordering Turkey]. We base this on our own data. We do not believe the US claims that the terrorists have moved to the east of Euphrates."

The next day, in Hakkari, southeastern Turkey, the military claimed to have killed over 100 PKK militants, losing 7 soldiers and 21 wounded in the fighting. That same day in southeastern Van province, 8 Turkish soldiers and 11 PKK fighters were killed in clashes.

Meanwhile, according to a Russian diplomat, Ilya Rogachev, the head of the Department for New Challenges and Threats (DNCT) at the Russian Foreign Ministry, Turkey continues to facilitate reinforcements for al-Nusra in Syria:
"We see that the opposition in general and Jabhat Fatah Al-Sham in particular keep receiving enforcements through the Syrian-Turkish border... This and other issues create uncertainty in the relations with the Americans," Rogachev told RIA Novosti. He added that Jabhat Fatah Al-Sham, banned in Russia, is constantly maneuvering, takes in new opposition forces, makes new coalitions to blend in with the so-called moderate opposition.

Russia to Resume, Strengthen Counter-Terrorism Dialogue With Turkey

Russia will resume and strengthen its counter-terrorism dialogue with Turkey, the diplomat said. "The political decisions have been made and we, of course, should, and we definitely will relaunch and then develop and strengthen counter-terrorism dialogue that we had with Turkey some time ago," Rogachev told RIA Novosti. "Obviously, we have certain expectations and hopes related to the soon relaunch of this dialogue, we hope that the Turkish side feels the same," he added.
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Hillary Clinton: Political psychopath, career criminal, root of all corruption (VIDEOS)

Anonymous Official
YouTube
Sun, 17 Jul 2016 13:48 UTC
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Throughout her entire private and public career, Hillary Clinton has proven herself to be a perfect politician. In other words, she has shown herself to have no moral scruples, to be duplicitous, corrupt, arrogant, greedy, aggressive, self-serving. She is a pathological liar, an inveterate cheat, a war-loving political murderer, and an opportunistic shill who makes herself available to the highest bidder. These two videos from Anonymous's YouTube channel are devastating.


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Photos of Russia's new top-secret Phlox self-propelled gun go online


Sputnik
Sun, 04 Sep 2016 14:57 UTC
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Photos of the Phlox self-propelled truck-mounted gun have appeared on the Internet, posted by Uralvagonzavod Corp.'s deputy director Alexey Zharich, Rossiiskaya Gazeta reported.

The Phlox 120mm self-propelled howitzer is just one of about fifty advanced weapons systems that will have their world premiere during the Army-2016 military technology forum outside Moscow.

Most of the new system's features remain under wraps. What is known is that its 120mm cannon a long-range gun, a howitzer and a mortar all in one. Mounted on updated version of the Ural-4320 truck with an armored cabin, it has an effective firing range of up to 10,000 m and a minimum range of just 100 meters.

It has an initial ammunition supply of more than 80 complete rounds.

The Phlox fires in automatic mode and its gun is capable of rotating 360 degrees to lock on to a target. It features an remote-controlled 12.7 mm machinegun mounted on top of the truck and a Shtora-like electro-optical jammer that disrupts antitank guided missiles, laser rangefinders and target designators.
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Marine Le Pen promises Frexit and burkini ban if elected French president


RT
Sun, 04 Sep 2016 19:38 UTC
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Supporters of Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader and Member of the European Parliament, attend a FN political rally in Brachay, France, September 3, 2016
With less than a year to go to secure the hearts of the French people, Marine Le Pen, the leader of far-right party National Front, is offering something no other politician has on their agenda - the choice of leaving the EU. She also promised to defend 'French values' and ban the burkini.

Giving her annual speech to the nucleus of her political support in Brachay, northeastern France, where she managed to secure the greatest percentage vote in any village in the country in the 2012 presidential election, her nationalist-conservative constituents welcomed her vision.

After announcing her ambitions to join the presidential race earlier this year, Le Pen used the UK's June decision to leave the European Union to her advantage, promising to hold a similar 'Frexit' referendum if elected.

"The British had the courage to choose independence despite all the prophets of doom," she said.

"This referendum on France belonging to the European Union, I will do it. Yes it is possible to change things. Look at the Brits, they chose their destiny, they chose independence," Le Pen said. "We can again be a free, proud and independent people."
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Local drug mafia attempt to assassinate Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes


Sputnik
Sat, 03 Sep 2016 13:52 UTC
Paraguay President Horacio Cartes

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Paraguayan authorities issued an alert because of an assassination attempt on life of country's President Horacio Cartes on the part of local drug mafia, Paraguayan Interior Minister Francisco de Vargas said.

He added that country's security agencies had been checking information about involvement of druglord Jarvis Pavao Ximenes in the assassination attempt.

"We proceed from the assumption that it would be the worst scenario. Therefore we have strengthened security of the president and other authorities," Vargas said, as quoted by the Paraguayan Interior Ministry on Friday, speaking about the threat of attacks planned by drug mafia.
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US taxpayers funded Clinton's private email servers through 'Former Presidents Act'

Kenneth P. Vogel
POLITICO
Thu, 01 Sep 2016 13:27 UTC
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Bill Clinton's staff used a decades-old federal government program, originally created to keep former presidents out of the poorhouse, to subsidize his family's foundation and an associated business, and to support his wife's private email server, a POLITICO investigation has found.

Taxpayer cash was used to buy IT equipment — including servers — housed at the Clinton Foundation, and also to supplement the pay and benefits of several aides now at the center of the email and cash-for-access scandals dogging Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

This investigation, which is based on records obtained from the General Services Administration through the Freedom of Information Act, does not reveal anything illegal. But it does offer fresh evidence of how the Clintons blurred the line between their nonprofit foundation, Hillary Clinton's State Department, and the business dealings of Bill Clinton and the couple's aides.
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Enforcers of the Empire: Pentagon's not-so-secret commando army

Joseph Trevithick
War Is Boring
Wed, 31 Aug 2016 13:04 UTC
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U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan.
The U.S. military is mum on Special Operations bases around the world, but they're public knowledge

Thousands of elite U.S. troops operate around in the world and largely in secret. To help manage these soldiers and their missions, the Pentagon has established a network of small command posts around the world.

But despite the existence of these units being public knowledge — which reveal in part how America fights wars in the 21st century — the U.S. military's top commando headquarters would prefer not to talk about them.

In September 2014, War Is Boring submitted a Freedom of Information Act request for any orders related to so-called "Special Operations Command (Forward)" entities. In February, we finally received an answer.

"It has been determined that the fact of the existence or non-existence of records concerning the matters relating to those set forth in your request is classified," James Boisselle, the Deputy Chief of Staff for U.S. Special Operations Command, wrote back.

"USSOCOM neither confirms nor denies that such records may or may not exist."

We appealed this decision, pointing out that the command posts in question are regularly discussed in unclassified news items, and that it would be logical to assume the Pentagon would require formal orders for the creation of any new unit.

In August, Director of Oversight and Compliance Joo Chung sent a second letter saying that she had rejected our arguments and upheld SOCOM's original opinion.

But these headquarters are out in the open.

Historically and today, one of the main jobs of Special Operations soldiers is training, advising and otherwise working with foreign allies. The United States possesses the largest commando force in the world and makes active use of it.

Comment: The tentacles of Empire have spread around the world, subverting country after country, all in the name of "fighting" an enemy (Al Qaeda, or ISIS or whomever) that they themselves created. Psychopathy at its best.

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US Peace Council returns from Syria: Reports country fighting an 'invasion by the most powerful country in the world'

Alex Christoforou
The Duran
Sun, 04 Sep 2016 13:09 UTC
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The campaign to confuse the American people has been intense, but one thing is sure, Syria is fighting an invasion, not a civil war.

The truth about Syria and what is happening in Syria is all here, in the video below, outlined and documented during this press briefing by the US Peace Council (USPC).

We cannot be sure how long this video will be allowed to stay on Youtube, but we urge everyone to take 45:00 minutes of your time to see this video, share this video, and finally spread the word about the "vicious" war being waged on Syria.
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