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Tucker Carlson's FOIA request to NSA

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A newly released document reveals a wide-ranging Freedom of Information Act request from a producer for Fox News's Tucker Carlson, seeking all documents regarding alleged surveillance of the prime-time anchor by the National Security Agency and filed on June 28, the same day Carlson first made the allegations on TV.

According to a document obtained by a separate FOIA inquiry published by BuzzFeed News on Wednesday, Carlson's producer, Alexander Pfeiffer, filed the June request seeking
"any call records, texts, or emails the NSA has obtained from journalist Tucker Carlson's cell phone or email, ... any memos or documents related to surveilling journalist Tucker Carlson, ... [and] any communication between NSA officials regarding journalist Tucker Carlson."
The request was filed at 10:08 a.m., just hours before Carlson accused the NSA of "spying" on his electronic communications and "planning to leak them in an attempt to take [his] show off the air." The request asked for the release of all relevant files between Jan. 1, 2019, and June 28, 2021.

Comment: To view the scribd document, go here.

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Tucker Carlson was seeking an interview with Putin at time of NSA spying claim


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Ice Age Farmer: UK media warns of 'rolling food shortages', imminent 'meat tax', and 'food riots'

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The UK is now experiencing "rolling brownouts of food supply," as advisors warn there may be "food riots" in the weeks ahead as food prices escalate to unaffordable levels and shelves are emptied. This is coming soon to the USA and Europe. In the "new normal" of the Great Reset, you will take whatever lab-grown meat is made available to you -- or will you start growing your own food now?


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MIB

FBI was surveilling militia-style group for weeks after Capitol riot

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Peaceful scene outside Capitol Hill
A Virginia man charged with joining the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol told an undercover FBI agent that he belonged to a militia-style group and coordinated "surveillance efforts" on the same building more than a month after the riot, according to a court filing unsealed on Tuesday.

The filing, which accompanied a criminal complaint against Fi Duong, doesn't specify why he and an associate wanted to surveil the Capitol for weeks after the Jan. 6 insurrection. But it says an undercover agent attended meetings of Duong's group and that investigators intercepted encrypted communications about post-riot surveillance work.

Comment: A thorough rundown on the FBI's shenanigans:

The Fed's protection of "Oath Keepers" kingpin Stewart Rhodes breaks the entire Capitol "Insurrection" lie wide open


MIB

Trump: Hunter Biden is worse than Al Capone, more 'crimes on his laptop' than the mobster ever committed

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President Donald Trump brought up the 'laptop from hell' and said there was 'more criminal activity' on Hunter Biden's laptop than Al Capone – if he had had a laptop
Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday there was more 'criminal activity' on Hunter Biden's infamous laptop than mobster Al Capone ever carried out.

Trump commented on what he termed the 'laptop from hell' as he announced his lawsuit against Facebook and big tech.

He used language that suggested he may have seen the laptop, although he didn't specify if he was referring to media reports on its contents.

'The laptop from hell,' Trump termed it.

'You look at that thing, there's more criminal activity on that laptop than Al Capone had if he ever had a laptop,' the former president said.

Comment: Tucker Carlson detailed the crackdown on the Post's reporting at the time:




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Tucker Carlson was seeking an interview with Putin at time of NSA spying claim

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Tucker Carlson has been trying to get an interview with Vladimir Putin for his show.
Tucker Carlson was talking to U.S.-based Kremlin intermediaries about setting up an interview with Vladimir Putin shortly before the Fox News host accused the National Security Agency of spying on him, sources familiar with the conversations tell Axios.

Why it matters: Those sources said U.S. government officials learned about Carlson's efforts to secure the Putin interview. Carlson learned that the government was aware of his outreach — and that's the basis of his extraordinary accusation, followed by a rare public denial by the NSA that he had been targeted.

Comment: The Federalist's Haley Strack weighs in:
Fox News's Tucker Carlson accused the National Security Agency (NSA) Wednesday night of releasing the contents of his private emails and releasing his identity to at least one journalist, following his accusations of illegal spying by the agency. Last week, Carlson claimed a whistleblower had leaked internal intelligence revealing an NSA operation to spy on and collect his electronic communications.

"Yesterday, we learned that sources in the so-called 'intelligence community' told at least one reporter in Washington what was in those emails — my emails," Carlson said.

"No one in Washington appeared to be shocked in the slightest," Carlson added. "The usual shills right after our segment had a ready explanation for it: Either it never happened at all, they said, just a cable news show lying for ratings, or there must have been a good reason it happened." As Carlson noted, dozens of blue checkmarks on Twitter discarded and mocked his claims.


The contents of the emails, Carlson explained, were communications between the primetime host and sources he thought could "help [the show] get an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin." Carlson said he told nobody but his executive producer Justin Wells about the email communication (since publicity could make the interview fall through), but that the contents of the messages were released anyway.

"The NSA planned to link the contents of those emails to media outlets. Why would they do that?" Carlson asked rhetorically. "The point, of course, was to paint me as a disloyal American; a Russian operative; a stooge of the Kremlin; a traitor doing the bidding of a foreign adversary."

To do so, according to Carlson, President Joe Biden's NSA illegally unmasked the host and was planning to give the information to news organizations.

"By law, the NSA is required to keep secret the identities of American citizens who have been caught up in its vast domestic spying operations. So, by law, I should have been identified internally merely as a U.S. journalist, or American journalist. That's the law," Carlson said. "But that's not how I was identified, I was identified by name. I was unmasked."

He went on to criticize the politicization of the intelligence community. "We cannot have intelligence agencies used as instruments of political control. Both parties used to agree on that. Democrats were especially adamant on the point — but not anymore," he said. "We need to find out how this happened. Who allowed it?"

The "highly political" director of the NSA, Gen. Paul Nakasone would know the answer, Carlson said. According to Carlson, Nakasone would have been required to personally allow his unmasking. Avril Haines, the Director of National Intelligence, may have personally approved such an operation as well, Carlson said.

"[Haines] would certainly know who asked for [the information] and when approved it. That's her job to know. She should release that information immediately — tonight," Carlson said. "And if Haines does not release that information, she should be forced to release that information."



Take 2

Foolish US orders amphibious assault ship into Black Sea after Moscow warns tensions escalating dangerously in waters off coast of Russia

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Sea Breeze-2021
American sailors at the helm of a naval landing vessel have charted course for the Black Sea to take part in wargames alongside other NATO forces, the US Sixth Fleet has announced on Thursday, amid fears of conflict in the region.

According to commanders, the US Naval Ship Yuma, a Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport craft, "began its northbound transit into the Black Sea to operate with our NATO allies and partners." The twin-hulled catamaran is able to transit a whole company of US Marines and is equipped with both a flight deck and a ramp to allow armored vehicles to rapidly roll into battle.

The Yuma will take part in the colossal 'Sea Breeze' exercises along with personnel from 32 separate nations, including Ukraine, the UK, France, Poland, Georgia, Senegal, South Korea, Pakistan, Japan and Morocco, among others.

Moscow has said the drill poses a real risk for potential escalations in military tensions. Last month, its diplomats called on the US to refrain from participating, saying that "the scale and aggressive nature of the 'Sea Breeze' exercises in no way helps with the real challenges of ensuring security in the Black Sea region."

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Washington's choice to withdraw troops from Afghanistan is admission that America's mission FAILED, says Russian Foreign Minister

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By withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan, the US has admitted that its operation in the country failed. That's according to Russia's foreign minister, who also accused Washington of further complicating the situation in Kabul.

Speaking on Thursday to the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok, Sergey Lavrov said that the removal of American soldiers means that Washington has admitted defeat.

"The US is not just withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan," the foreign minister said. "They are withdrawing them having de facto recognized the failure of their mission."

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Western powers want to weaken Russia & could try to 'undermine' upcoming parliamentary elections, says Foreign Minister Lavrov

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Russia's most senior diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, has said that Moscow sees attempts to interfere in its domestic policy from abroad almost every day, warning that things could get worse as the country heads to the polls this year.

Speaking as part of a lecture on Thursday at the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok, the foreign minister claimed that "our Western colleagues do not hide the fact that many of them would prefer to deal with a weak Russia, devoid of landmarks, a Russia ready for any concessions. We see efforts - nearly daily - to influence our domestic and foreign policy."

According to him, there are a wide "range of tools" used to exert pressure from overseas. "There are military provocations," Lavrov said, "as was recently the case around Crimea with NATO ships, and they are sent here to the South China Sea too, so the scope of their ambitions knows no boundaries." In addition, he argued that economic sanctions, large-scale information attacks and even the kidnapping of citizens are being used against Russia.

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Russia, Iran, and Turkey blast Israel for violating international law with Syria airstrikes

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Israeli F-16 fighter jet
In a joint statement, Russia, Iran, and Turkey have condemned Israel for its "military attacks in Syria, which violate international law," as the nations resume discussions at the 16th round of Astana Process talks.

In a statement released on Thursday, the trio condemned Israel for continuing to carry out airstrikes in Syria, despite the actions endangering stability and security within the region.
We condemn Israel's continuous military attacks in Syria, which violate international law, international humanitarian law, the sovereignty of Syria, and neighboring countries.

Pistol

Haiti president Jovenel Moïse assassinated - UPDATE

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Haiti’s president Jovenel Moïse assassinated
The president of Haiti, Jovenel Moïse, has been assassinated in his home by a group of armed men who also seriously injured his wife, according to a statement and comments made by the country's interim prime minister.

Speaking on a local radio station, Claude Joseph confirmed that Moïse, 53, had been killed, saying the attack was carried out by an "armed commando group" that included foreigners.

In a televised national address later on Wednesday, Joseph declared a state of emergency across the country, and made a call for calm. "The situation is under control," he said.

Comment: The assassinated president's wife has been rescued:

UPDATE 7/7/2021: Shot multiple times, First Lady of Haiti Martine Moïse arrives in Florida for treatment
The nation of Haiti has the world's attention following a horrible tragedy.

The wife of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, Martine Moïse, was shot multiple times in the incident and was flown to Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, arriving at approximately 3:30 p.m.

Arrangements were made for her to be taken to Miami for treatment at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Officials said her vitals are stable but critical.

She was flown to South Florida by Trinity Air Ambulance.

Local 10 News' Janine Stanwood learned Moïse was suffering from gunshot wounds to her arms and thigh along with a severe injury to her hand and her abdomen.

She was surrounded by law enforcement as she was taken off the air ambulance and loaded into a private ambulance.

Haiti Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said in a statement that the president's assassination was a "highly coordinated attack by a highly trained and heavily armed group." He vowed to bring those responsible to justice.

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