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Memo, commissioned by WH, attempts to raise doubts about Russian bounties reports

Siladitya Ray
Forbes
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 11:09 UTC

An intelligence memo commissioned by the Trump administration has attempted to raise doubts regarding CIA intelligence that claimed Russia offered bounties to kill U.S. and coalition troops in Afghanistan, the New York Times reported, citing three officials.

The memo, produced by the National Intelligence Council, reportedly contains no new information but emphasizes uncertainties and gaps in evidence present in the original report.

The memo reportedly states that the CIA and the National Counterterrorism Center had assessed with "medium confidence" — i.e. short of near certainty — that Russian intelligence offered the bounties.

The new memo is dated July 1, and as noted by the Times, appears to have been commissioned after its June 26 report that the White House had not authorized action against Russia despite being briefed on the intelligence findings back in March.

Former national security officials believe that politics may have influenced the production of the memo with the intent to bolster the Trump administration's attempts to justify its inaction.

Comment: Unnamed, therefore not to be taken as fact. Bolton perhaps?

Comment: National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien confirmed the intel was determined unreliable and Trump, therefore, was not updated.

"Do people still not understand that this is all a made up Fake News Media Hoax started to slander me & the Republican Party. I was never briefed because any info that they may have had did not rise to that level," Trump said.

Who is putting US troops in harms way? The US Congress. It is determined to not let 'the war' end.

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Learn from the past: History offers clues into Israel's West Bank annexation

Miko Peled
MintPress News
Tue, 30 Jun 2020 00:00 UTC

© Jacqueline Arzt/AP
Two Israeli soldiers drag a Palestinian to the ground as he protests the bulldozing of his land near the Jewish settlement of Efrat in the West Bank.

Palestine has been annexed, occupied, stolen, and Palestinians have been dispossessed, exiled, caged, detained, subjected to an apartheid regime, and killed by the state of Israel for over seven decades. Every few years the world wakes up to protest some aspect of Israeli apartheid, occupation, or a massacre, and then it returns safely to its deep slumber.

Every so often, Israel manages to awaken the angst of the European Union and other international organizations with some announcement or another, a murderous attack on Palestinians, a declaration of annexation or "sovereignty," and then, as if under the influence of a spell, the angst disappears just as fast as it arose. What usually follows is a long procession of world leaders coming to visit Israel or inviting the Israeli prime minister to their capital to bestow their love and respect for him and the so-called Jewish State.

Comment: Myth, magic, mesmerization, PR stunts or mass indoctrination? Something diabolical is at work here!

Comment: "Since 1948, Israel has annexed, occupied, taken, destroyed, built, and renamed everything from individual homes and property to public spaces, to historic monuments. And it has no intention, or reason, to stop." -Miko Peled

Peled also says: "Only isolation, boycotts sanctions, and divestment have the ability to stop it and to save Palestine." Well, how's that going? What have these actions produced but a speed bump in the road to total domination of Israel's perceived domain!

High Court ignores justice as it upholds Bank of England's 'Venezuelan theft' decision

Tommy Sheridan
Sputnik
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 19:12 UTC

"Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank".

The wise words of socialist poet and playwright Bertold Brecht should be copied, promoted and shouted across the world in the light of yesterday's shocking decision of Supreme Court Judge Nigel Teare in London to uphold the obscene and deadly decision of the Bank of England to rob the nation of Venezuela of its £820 million of gold assets.

In a decision bereft of democratic accountability Britain's High Court has demonstrated clearly that law is not a question of justice but merely politics by another means. Venezuela is already struggling with the consequences of a cruel and illegal programme of economic sanctions imposed by the United States which has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of men, women and children for want of essential medicines and necessary foodstuffs; but now in the midst of the Covid-19 Pandemic, they are being prevented from access to their own gold reserves to pay for vital medical supplies and equipment to fight the virus.

Vatican summoned US and Israeli ambassadors to discuss Netanyahu's annexation plans for West Bank

The Palestine Chronicle
Thu, 02 Jul 2020 00:00 UTC

In an unusual move, the Vatican summoned both American and Israeli envoys to express the Holy See's concern about Israel's plans to extend its sovereignty to large swathes of the occupied Palestinian West Bank.

In a statement issued Wednesday, the Vatican said that meetings between the Vatican's secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, US Ambassador Callista Gingrich, and Israeli Ambassador Oren David took place Tuesday.

Reuters news agency reported, citing senior diplomatic sources in the Vatican, that Parolin met the two diplomats separately.

Desperation move? Dershowitz defends Ghislaine Maxwell by citing friendship with Clintons, but Twitter scoffs

RT
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 18:05 UTC

© REUTERS/Joshua Roberts; Chris Ison/PA via AP (File photo from 2000)
Attorney Alan Dershowitz (left) has defended Ghislaine Maxwell (right)

Alan Dershowitz has penned a staunch defence of Ghislaine Maxwell following her arrest by the FBI. But his touting of her friendship with the Clintons as evidence of her character has left many incredulously scoffing.

The famous lawyer penned an op-ed for The Spectator in which he sought to set out his own relationship with Jeffrey Epstein's alleged madam and argue that she must be presumed innocent.

Dershowitz, who has himself faced accusations of involvement in Epstein's sex ring, explains that he was first introduced to the British socialite by a member of the Rothschild family and when he subsequently met her, on "several occasions", she was in the presence of esteemed people such as Nobel Prize winners, university presidents and even Bill and Hillary Clinton.

The irony of citing the Clintons as character references for a person accused of misconduct relating to sex didn't go unnoticed and many took to Twitter to point this out.

Comment: Dershowitz has a long and allegedly sordid history with Epstein and Maxwell

Finally! Dutch court to consider report from Russian missile producer that points to Ukraine as culprit in MH17 trial

RT
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 16:56 UTC

© Reuters / Antonio Bronic
Workers transport a piece of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 wreckage at the site of the plane crash.

A Dutch court investigating the downing of MH17 has agreed to hear from Almaz-Antey, a Russian arms manufacturer, which argues that the prevailing Western narrative - that rebels in eastern Ukraine shot down the plane - is false.

The hearing in Badhoevedorp, Netherlands says it will explore alternative scenarios in the high-profile trial, in which four anti-Kiev fighters stand accused of using a Russian anti-aircraft missile to destroy the civilian plane, killing 283 passengers - mostly Dutch - and 15 crew on board.

Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was downed over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014. It was crossing airspace which had not been closed despite the Ukrainian civil war raging below.

Comment: Isn't it strange, all the focus is still being kept on a possibly ficticious BUK, when there are plenty of local witnesses attesting to Ukrainian fighter jets tailing the aircraft just before it crashed. Where are they? And any sensible person would look at the cockpit wreckage and conclude it had been strafed by machine-gun fire. Yet Russia is compelled to play along with the farce.

Bullet holes in outer skin

Regarding Bellingcr*p "investigations", one may be best off disregarding anything from that quarter:

Mask tyranny: Iran's president says wear masks, or be denied public services

RFE/RL
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 17:17 UTC

Iranian President Hassan Rohani says Iranians who do not wear masks will be denied public services and workplaces that fail to comply with health protocols will be shut for a week.

Rohani made the comments on July 4 as he announced new steps to try to curb the coronavirus pandemic that was first confirmed in Iran in February.

"Not wearing a mask is a de facto violation of other people's rights," the Iranian president said, according to the presidential website.

The death toll from the outbreak in the country stood at 11,408, while the total number of infections reached 237,878, according to official figures released by the Health Ministry on July 4. The actual number of cases is believed to be significantly higher.

Wearing masks becomes mandatory from July 5 in covered public places, Rohani announced, after tougher curbs were imposed in cities and towns in five provinces where the number of infections are rising after a gradual easing of lockdowns from mid-April.

Aguila Saleh on Libyan crisis: Cairo Declaration is 'the only solution'

Sputnik
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 16:58 UTC

Aguila Saleh, the president of the eastern-based Libyan Parliament, arrived in Moscow on Thursday to meet with Russian officials to discuss several issues, at the top of which was the initiative on a ceasefire, the return to the political process, and the Cairo Declaration on Libya, as well as the output of the Berlin Conference.

The President of the eastern-based Libyan Parliament, Aguila Saleh, said on Friday that the Cairo Declaration is the only solution to the crisis in Libya, pointing out that there is consensus among Libyans.

"In the Cairo Declaration, of course, as I mentioned [...] we believe that it is the only solution to the crisis in Libya because there is no marginalization or exclusion for anyone, and therefore, we even see that there is consensus among the Libyans on this declaration," Saleh said on Friday. "We came [to Moscow], actually, to confirm this declaration and urge our Russian friends to move forward in this direction".

The President said that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is in favor of the Cairo Declaration, adding that he would be visiting Geneva within two days to meet with Acting Special Representative of the UN, Secretary-General for Libya Stephanie Williams and urge her to "come to Libya to work on the implementation of this declaration, which we believe is the only way out of the crisis in Libya".

Saleh also said that he is intending to visit Rome, Algeria and other countries with the same purpose.

Epstein's lawyers told federal prosecutors in 2007 he helped conceive Clinton Global Initiative

Andrew Kerr
Daily Caller
Mon, 08 Jul 2019 16:06 UTC

Billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein forged a close relationship with former President Bill Clinton and helped conceive an arm of the Clinton Foundation, his lawyers said in a 2007 letter to federal prosecutors.

"Mr. Epstein was part of the original group that conceived the Clinton Global Initiative, which is described as a project 'bringing together a community of global leaders to devise and implement innovative solutions to some of the world's most pressing challenges," lawyers Alan Dershowitz and Gerald Lefcourt wrote in the letter, according to Fox News, which first reported the matter in 2016.

The letter was written to boost Epstein's public image during plea negotiations that ultimately led to a highly criticized sweetheart deal in 2008 where the financier served only 13 months in prison and home detention after allegedly soliciting an underage girl.

The Philippines' Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020: Five things to know

Asian Review
Wed, 10 Jun 2020 17:28 UTC

Days after being marked "urgent" by President Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippines' House of Representatives last week approved the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, adopting the Senate's version, which was passed in February.

The bill has triggered online and street protests even as community quarantine restrictions are in place due to the coronavirus outbreak. A multisectoral backlash has also ensued, but supporters of the bill are pressing on.

Here are five things to know about the legislation that has polarized the Southeast Asian nation as it grapples with the pandemic's economic fallout.

Comment: Its outline doesn't sound much different to the anti-terror laws in the West, and the Philiphines has had significant problems battling terrorism, in the end how it is implemented will be more revealing:

Oh, and I thought he was f**king rhesus monkeys ... :O

codis

But now she is almost safe from Ze Virus ... Soon to be totally safe

codis

Every person I know fully supports the False-Flag narrative. Like everything else about our federal government deep state, they lie. It is all...

L. Wood

Wonder who created those vaccines and funded the research.

Searcher109

You can tell this is an MSM article, and on reading it, I could actually hear in my head the phony concern in the voice of a tv announcer, how...

ReRan

Puppet Masters

Memo, commissioned by WH, attempts to raise doubts about Russian bounties reports

Learn from the past: History offers clues into Israel's West Bank annexation

High Court ignores justice as it upholds Bank of England's 'Venezuelan theft' decision

Vatican summoned US and Israeli ambassadors to discuss Netanyahu's annexation plans for West Bank

Desperation move? Dershowitz defends Ghislaine Maxwell by citing friendship with Clintons, but Twitter scoffs

Finally! Dutch court to consider report from Russian missile producer that points to Ukraine as culprit in MH17 trial

Mask tyranny: Iran's president says wear masks, or be denied public services

Aguila Saleh on Libyan crisis: Cairo Declaration is 'the only solution'

Epstein's lawyers told federal prosecutors in 2007 he helped conceive Clinton Global Initiative

The Philippines' Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020: Five things to know

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