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DOJ starts recovery of missing Strzok-Page texts

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:59 UTC

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is in the process of recovering five months worth of missing text messages between two FBI employees accused of bias in their investigations of both Hillary Clinton and President Trump, according to Fox News.

On Tuesday, President Trump tweeted "Where are the 50,000 important text messages between FBI lovers Lisa Page and Peter Strzok? Blaming Samsung!" in reference to the fact that the DOJ blamed the five-month missing text gap on technical difficulties.

The missing texts - which span the period of December 14, 2016 to May 17, 2017, were reported to Congressional investigators last Friday in a cover letter accompanying a 384-page document delivery, igniting a firestorm of speculation that the contents of the communications between the two Trump-hating FBI investigators was particularly damning. The two agents had previously discussed an "insurance policy" before the election in the event of a Trump win.

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Is Chelsea Manning subject to prosecution for running for office? Former military lawyers say yes

Jonah Bennett
The Daily Caller
Sun, 21 Jan 2018 17:26 UTC

© Thos Robinson/Getty Images/The New Yorker.
Chelsea Manning Talks With The New Yorker's Larissa MacFarquhar on September 8, 2017

Chelsea Manning has filed to run for Senate as a Democratic candidate in Maryland, but such a run subjects Manning to prosecution for violating Pentagon regulations on political activities, according to former military lawyers.

Manning, the transgender soldier who spent seven years in prison for leaking more than 700,000 sensitive documents to WikiLeaks, recently filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission and is seeking the Democratic Party's nomination for the Senate seat in Maryland currently occupied by Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin, a two-term senator.

In a Thursday tweet, Manning posted a certificate of candidacy obtained from the Maryland State Board of Elections, an important and required step in the process of running for Senate. One of the lines of the certificate states: "I am a registered voter and a citizen of Maryland and meet all other requirements for the above listed office."

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Russian FM: Washington's senseless sanctions campaign only punishes US corporations

RT
Sat, 27 Jan 2018 00:03 UTC

By slapping Russia with new sanctions and restrictions, Washington only punishes US companies, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said. Any attempt to browbeat Moscow into a policy change will be in vain, it stressed.

Twenty-one individuals, all of them Russian or Ukrainian nationals, and nine companies were added to the ever-expanding blacklist of sanctioned persons by the US Treasury Department on Friday. Most of the companies operate in the power and energy sector, such as Gaz-Alyans and Kaliningradnefteproduct. Commenting on the new batch of restrictive measures, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Russia will not cave into pressure and reserves the right to retaliate.

"Washington still cannot get rid of an illusion that we can be intimidated by US visa denials or trade restrictions, that we can be coerced into abandoning an independent stance on the international arena, defending our national interests," the ministry said in a statement on Friday.

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Heavily-redacted docs on death of Russian media tycoon Lesin in DC finally released by FBI

RT
Sat, 27 Jan 2018 17:41 UTC

The FBI has commented on the mysterious 2015 death of Russian media tycoon Mikhail Lesin in Washington, DC. The Bureau has chosen to release documents pertaining to the incident in heavily redacted form.

The investigation's reports - dated between November 2015, when the 57-year-old Lesin died, and October 2016, when the case was officially closed - were released on Saturday. Many of the pages are partly or fully redacted.

Lesin, a former press minister and ex-head of Gazprom-Media, Russia's largest media holding, was found dead in DC's Dupont Hotel on November 4, 2015. Initial reports claimed that the mass media expert, credited with inspiring the creation of Russia Today (now RT), died of a heart attack.

Later in 2016 the District of Colombia's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) and Metropolitan Police Department said that "blunt force injuries of the neck, torso, upper extremities and lower extremities" contributed to Lesin's death. "The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) has released the cause and manner of death for Mikhail Lesin... Cause of Death: blunt force injuries of the head," the statement said.

Comment: Perhaps Lesin's role in the founding of RT had something to do with his mysterious demise?

Turkish FM Mevlut Cavusoglu says US troops must leave Syria's Manbij

RT
Sat, 27 Jan 2018 18:36 UTC

A member of Turkish police special forces stands guard in Azaz

The US must withdraw its troops from Syria's northern Manbij region and put an end to its support for Kurdish militia in the area, Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu demanded Saturday.

Cavusoglu told reporters on Saturday that the US needs to immediately withdraw from the region near the city of Manbij, adding that Washington providing guns to the YPG must also stop. The foreign minister said Turkey wants to see proactive steps from the US, not simply promises.

Turkish forces are conducting an offensive, codenamed 'Olive Branch', targeting Kurdish fighters linked to the People's Protection Units (YPG) militia in and around Afrin, Syria. Russia has expressed concern over the developments, urging all parties to respect Syria's borders.

Japan deploys first of 10 US-made F-35A stealth fighter jets

RT
Sat, 27 Jan 2018 16:06 UTC

Japan has commissioned the first of its new F-35A stealth fighter jets at a military base in the north of the country amid ongoing regional tension over North Korea's missile testing.

The Air Self Defence Force (ASDF) plans to add another nine of the radar-evading planes to its fleet from April, according to the Japan Times. "The deployment of the high-performance F-35 aircraft is significant for Japan's security at a time when neighboring countries have been quickly building up their air force capabilities in recent years," said Itsunori Onodera, Japanese Minister of Defense.

The move to deploy the jet to the Misawa Air Base in the Aurora Prefecture comes amid increased tensions in the region following North Korea's latest series of nuclear and ballistic missile tests. Japan hopes to increase its overall number of F-35As to 42 in the coming years as the country seeks to replace its fleet of outdated F-4 models. Each unit costs around $95million, according to the manufacturer Lockheed Martin.

Unmasking PropOrNot: Who They Are And Why They Were Activated Against Independent Media

George Eliason
Washington's Blog
Sat, 27 Jan 2018 17:12 UTC

A little over a year ago, the deep-state graced the world with Propornot. Thanks to them, 2017 became the year of fake news. Every news website and opinion column now had the potential to be linked to the Steele dossier and Trump collusion with Russia. Every journalist was either with us or against us. Every one that was against us became Russia's trolls.

Fortunately for the free world, the anonymous group known as Propornot that tried to "out" every website as a potential Russian colluder, in the end only implicated themselves.

Turnabout is fair play and that's always the fun part, isn't it? With that in mind, I know the dogs are going to howl this evening over this one.

The damage Propornot did to scores of news and opinions websites in late 2016-2017 provides the basis of a massive civil suit. I mean huge, as in the potential is there for a tobacco company sized class-action sized lawsuit. I can say that because I know a lot about a number of entities that are involved and the enormous amount of money behind them.

Is that a threat? Trump 'will disappear in 2020 or even sooner' says Soros

Ryan Saavedra
The Daily Wire
Thu, 25 Jan 2018 15:57 UTC

On Thursday, far-left billionaire George Soros, who is the financial backbone of the Democratic Party, attacked President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Soros, who spent millions backing failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, claimed that Trump was leading the world to nuclear war and that he is trying to establish a dictatorship in the United States, CNBC reported.

"Indeed, the United States is set on a course towards nuclear war by refusing to accept that [North] Korea has become a nuclear power," Soros said. "This creates a strong incentive for North Korea to develop its nuclear capacity with all possible speed, which in turn may induce the United States to use its nuclear superiority pre-emptively, in effect to start a nuclear war to prevent a nuclear war, obviously a self-contradictory strategy."

Comment: That's rich coming from someone like Soros, well known for sowing discord and mayhem around the world through his dirty billions.

Beyond bias: FBI lovebirds Strzok And Page worried about being too tough on Hillary Clinton

Matt Vespa
Townhall
Fri, 26 Jan 2018 14:00 UTC

While the media speculates that the text from FBI lawyer Lisa Page about a "secret society" was made in jest, it still doesn't absolve her or FBI agent Peter Strzok for their unprofessional and unethical behavior. Both were involved in high-level investigations, Page and Strzok were part of the DOJ's Russia probe headed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Strzok was also involved in the Hillary Clinton email investigation. He also signed off on the FBI's counterintelligence investigation into whether there was collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians during the 2016 election; the investigation now helmed by Mueller. Strzok was also having an extramarital affair with Page, which added to the unprofessionalism.

These investigations were supposed to have been conducted without a scintilla of bias or impropriety. Instead, what we got was a recipe for blackmail; Strzok was a top counterintelligence agent before Mueller found out about these texts, which were riddled with anti-Trump swipes; Mueller then booted Strzok from the Russia investigation. He was reassigned to human resources.

Comment: Yes, another special counsel to investigate the FBI/DOJ would be nice. It's not like we needed any more evidence of bias, mind you, but this really takes the cake. See also:

Buchanan: In a Trump hunt, beware the perjury trap

Patrick Buchanan
Buchanan
Sat, 27 Jan 2018 15:50 UTC

Asked if he would agree to be interviewed by Robert Mueller's team, President Donald Trump told the White House press corps, "I would love to do it ... as soon as possible. ... under oath, absolutely."

On hearing this, the special counsel's office must have looked like the Eagles' locker room after the 38-7 rout of the Vikings put them in the Super Bowl.

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At least the WHO, stopped their concert immediately, when that tragedy happened in Cincinnati. This, on the other hand is reprehensible.

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What an evil person. Pure lies, sticking to the script so she doesn't incur the wrath of her minders. It is time for the human race to stand up.

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Puppet Masters

DOJ starts recovery of missing Strzok-Page texts

Is Chelsea Manning subject to prosecution for running for office? Former military lawyers say yes

Russian FM: Washington's senseless sanctions campaign only punishes US corporations

Heavily-redacted docs on death of Russian media tycoon Lesin in DC finally released by FBI

Turkish FM Mevlut Cavusoglu says US troops must leave Syria's Manbij

Japan deploys first of 10 US-made F-35A stealth fighter jets

Unmasking PropOrNot: Who They Are And Why They Were Activated Against Independent Media

Is that a threat? Trump 'will disappear in 2020 or even sooner' says Soros

Beyond bias: FBI lovebirds Strzok And Page worried about being too tough on Hillary Clinton

Buchanan: In a Trump hunt, beware the perjury trap

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