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Foreign Ministry calls 'fake news': NYT claims nasty Russians harassed sick American diplomat


RT
Sun, 03 Nov 2019 21:13 UTC
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The New York Times has spun a tale of Russian treachery based on its usual anonymous sources. Though the Russian Foreign Ministry stepped in to correct the record, the paper didn't let facts get in the way of a good story.

According to the Times, the debacle kicked off in August, when Russian officials delayed a sick American envoy from leaving Moscow for treatment, part of a Cold War-style "harassment campaign" against US diplomats.

The man in question, a military attache at the American embassy in Moscow, fell ill and needed evacuation to Germany for hospital treatment. According to the NYT, his plane was delayed "for hours for no apparent reason," despite protests from embassy officials and the State Department in Washington.

Comment: The NYT is just doing its job as one of the media mouthpieces for the CIA. As the article says, it never lets facts get in the way of a good propaganda piece.

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Bad Guys

Ukraine whistleblower wants to testify in writing instead of appearing before Intel committee - UPDATE: Whistleblower ready to reply to Republicans

Alex Pappas
Fox News
Sun, 13 Oct 2019 21:12 UTC
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The Ukraine whistleblower at the center of the House Democratic impeachment inquiry wants to testify to Congress in writing instead of appearing in person, Fox News has confirmed.

The Wall Street Journal first reported that lawyers for the anonymous CIA officer have asked lawmakers if the whistleblower could submit testimony in writing, but the House and Senate Intelligence Committees have not yet responded.

The request comes amid Democrats' desire to protect the identity of the whistleblower, along with worries over safety and media scrutiny. President Trump and Republicans believe the president should have a right to confront his accuser, and have also cited new reports indicating the whistleblower could have partisan motives. His attorneys have acknowledged he is a registered Democrat who has worked with at least one 2020 candidate. On Thursday, reports surfaced that the candidate was Joe Biden.

Comment: Gateway Pundit adds:
A CIA snitch filed a whistleblower complaint on August 12 over President Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky where the two discussed ferreting out corruption which included the Biden crime family.
  • The so-called "whistleblower" is a Democrat who had a "professional" tie to a 2020 Democrat.
  • The "whistleblower" coordinated and took guidance from Adam Schiff's staff and Schiff lied about it.
  • Schiff's staff recommended attorneys for the so called "whistleblower."
  • The "whistleblower's" attorneys worked for James Clapper, Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, and donated to Joe Biden.
  • It was reported this week that one of the attorneys for the "whistleblower's" is a member of the #Resistance.
  • And earlier today we reported that the 'whistleblower' worked with Joe Biden in the executive branch when he was Vice President.
Now this...

Three current and former national security officials tell One America News that the CIA whistleblower likely accompanied Biden on one or more of his trips to Ukraine while Vice President.

UPDATE 03/11/19: RFE/RL reports:
The U.S. intelligence official whose whistle-blower complaint led to a House impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump has agreed to answer written questions from Republicans.

The whistle-blower has offered Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the opportunity to submit questions, the intelligence official's lawyer Mark Zaid said in a tweet on November 3.


The official will answer the questions "under oath and penalty of perjury," Zaid said. However, the whistle-blower will not answer questions that seek to expose their identity, the lawyer tweeted, saying it could jeopardize the individual's safety as well as that of their family.


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Sheriff

FBI only cares about 'maintaining current power structure': Lee Camp roasts feds for targeting left-wing groups that threaten status quo


RT
Sun, 03 Nov 2019 20:51 UTC
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A new report has accused the FBI of disproportionately targeting left-wing activists, even though right-wing extremism poses a far greater threat to national security. Par for the course, according to Lee Camp.

Defending Rights & Dissent, a civil liberties group, cataloged known instances of First Amendment abuses and political surveillance by the FBI since 2010. The organization found that the feds devoted disproportionate resources to spy on peaceful left-leaning civil society groups, including Occupy Wall Street, Abolish ICE, and various anti-war movements.

The bureau seemed less interested in right-wingers, even though the far-right has been responsible for countless acts of violence and terrorism in the country. None of this should surprise us, the host of Redacted Tonight said.


"The FBI is not in the job of protecting you. They're in the job of protecting the ruling class system. So they don't focus on things that really harm us. They don't care about us. They care about maintaining the current power structure."
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Snakes in Suits

Macron is either naive or a US accomplice: Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei blasts French president ridiculous mediation efforts


RT
Sun, 03 Nov 2019 18:08 UTC
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© Reuters / Charles PlatiauFrench President, Emmanuel Macron
Talking to the Americans is pointless as their demands are "endless," and it's strange that French President Emmanuel Macron doesn't understand this, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said.

Macron made a vain attempt to mediate talks between Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Donald Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in September. As part of this effort, the French leader wanted to persuade Tehran that "a single meeting with the US president will solve all the problems," Khamenei told students in Tehran, with the comments later reposted on his Twitter page.

One wonders if he is really so naive, or just an accomplice and working with the US.

Comment: Let's take a look at what other world leaders, as well as Macron's own citizens, had to say about him:

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Quenelle - Golden

Murderous Mickey Mouse & a bald eagle clutching syringes: Iran unveils new murals at former US embassy


RT
Sat, 02 Nov 2019 21:18 UTC
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Ahead of the 40th anniversary of the US embassy in Tehran hostage crisis, Iran has presented a whole set of new anti-American murals, 'decorating' the long-closed diplomatic facility.

The murals were unveiled on Saturday by the chief commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Major General Hossein Salami, who arrived at the opening ceremony with other officials walking in on a large US flag.

The official said the US has been stuck in a "downward spiral" for years, while anti-American resistance is thriving and growing all across the world. Apart from that General Salami accused Washington of playing "either directly or indirectly" the main role in all major wars in Muslim countries over the past four decades.


Comment: The General makes some very valid points.


Comment: The US is responsible for untold suffering in Iran and so one can much more readily understand their animosity towards the US than the other way around: Starvation sanctions are worse than overt warfare

See also:

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Bullseye

More than just meddling in journalism, Google pays media to fulfill its radical liberal agenda

Robert Bridge
RT
Fri, 01 Nov 2019 15:45 UTC
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The world's most powerful company claims political bias plays no role in its day-to-day operations. Yet how do we explain its funding of left-leaning media amid elections and calls to regulate the Silicon Valley monolith?

Google has announced it will be funding 34 media organizations in North America - 29 in the US, four in Canada, and one that has remained undisclosed. The project is being undertaken by the so-called Google News Initiative (GNI), a three-year, $300 million effort designed to "help journalism thrive in the digital age."

But is it really Google's job to meddle in journalism?

The fact that Google is financing media organizations, regardless of their political ideology, is in itself very problematic. After all, from the time of its founding, the search engine giant was expected to remain a neutral platform from which clients could freely access a variety of news and information; the more popular selections among users would automatically rise - in pure democratic fashion - to the top of the searches. However, in our post-Russiagate, fake news media hell-scape, Google has taken it upon itself to manually steer the algorithms, which in effect gives audiences a distorted perception of reality. Let's call it the 'Google reality'.



Comment: See what else invasive Google is up to:

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Arrow Up

Best of the Web: Middle East: The new post-regime change future

Matthew Ehret
Strategic Culture
Fri, 01 Nov 2019 00:00 UTC
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With the transformation of the rules of the "Great Game" in the Middle East emerging out of President Trump's recent Syrian surprise pullout and Putin's brilliant manoeuvres since 2015, a sweeping set of development/reconstruction programs led by China now have a chance to become hegemonic across the formerly hopeless, terrorist-infested region.

The fact that the Arab states of the Middle East were targeted for destruction by western geopoliticians over the last 40 years is not un-connected to the region's historic role as "cross-roads of civilizations" which were once the bridge between East and West along the ancient Silk Road (c. 250 BC). Today's New Silk Road has brought 150 countries into a multipolar model of cooperation and civilization-building which necessitates a stabilized Middle East in order to function.

When asking "how could a reconstruction of the Middle East be possible after so many years of hell" I was pleasantly surprised to discover that both great projects once derailed have been given new life with the new prospects for peace and also new projects never before dreamed possible have been created as part of the New Silk Road (Aka: One Belt One Road).
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Pirates

Assad doubts ISIS leader's death: 'Americans will respawn al-Baghdadi' like Bin Laden


RT
Thu, 31 Oct 2019 21:26 UTC
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© Sputnik/Mikhail Voskresenskiy/Global Look PressSyrian President Bashar Assad
Take any words from US politicians with a grain of salt, Syria's Bashar Assad has urged, as he cast doubt on the story of the Islamic State leader being killed in US a raid, and compared it to the shady killing of Osama Bin Laden.

The widely publicized US special forces raid that allegedly killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) terrorist group, left more questions than answers and it should not be taken at the face value, the Syrian President cautioned, during a lengthy interview with state media on Thursday.

Damascus did not participate in the raid by any means, Assad stated, adding that he'd learned about the claim only through media reports. Adding imaginary participants into the operation is likely supposed to give it credibility, he added, while countries on such a list would likely be flattered to be a "part of a 'great' operation."
"We do not need such credit. We are the ones fighting terrorism. We have no relations and have had no contact with any American institutions."

Comment: Sputnik, 1/11/2019: Trump 'best US president' for his blunt approach
"[Trump] is the best not because of good policies, but because he is the most transparent, he talks straight 'we need oil,' 'we want to get rid of someone,' 'we want to exchange favours for money.' Such is the United States policy. What can be better than an honest enemy?" Assad said. He went on to call all US presidents "criminals," who, nevertheless, occasionally receive the Nobel Peace Prize while in reality serving interests of lobbying groups.
The Saker: 31/10/2019: Assad's interview given to al-Sourya, al-Ikhbarya TVs
Journalist: Mr President, if Baghdadi has actually been killed, does it mean the end of his organization, or is it as usual that there will be new leaders and new organizations which are being prepared for the moment when the cards of their predecessors have been burned out?.

President Assad: First, Baghdadi represents ISIS, and ISIS represents a type of doctrine, which is the extremist Wahhabi doctrine. This type of thought is more than two centuries old. As long as this thought is alive and has not receded, this means that the death of Baghdadi, or even the death of ISIS as a whole, will have no effect on this extremist thought.

Regarding Baghdadi as an individual, it is well-known that he was in American prisons in Iraq, and that they let him out in order to play this role. So, he is someone who could be replaced at any moment. Was he really killed? Was he killed but through a different method, in a very ordinary way? Was he kidnapped? Was he hidden? Or was he removed and given a facelift? God only knows. American politics are no different from Hollywood; it relies on the imagination. Not even science fiction, just mere imagination.

For the whole interview, go here. [A variety of topics, worth the look.]


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Attention

Nunes: Adam Schiff coached Alexander Vindman throughout his testimony


saraacarter.com
Wed, 30 Oct 2019 00:00 UTC
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© CNN/GettyHouse Intel Chairman Adam Schiff • Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman
"I have never in my life seen anything like what happened today, during the testimony of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman," said Rep. Devin Nunes, (R-CA) on Fox News' Hannity.

"It was unprecedented," continued Nunes. "I mean, they've been bad at most of these depositions, but to interrupt us continually to coach the witness, to decide... what we're going to be able to ask the witness. And, to see someone coach a witness, this isn't the first time that Schiff — Schiff is very good at coaching witnesses."

Nunes called the entire impeachment inquiry process under Schiff and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., "unprecedented."

Rep. Jim Jordan also supported Nunes statement, and provided more detailed of what went through inside the hearing. "When we asked [Vindman] who he spoke to after important events in July — Adam Schiff says, 'no, no, no, we're not going to let him answer that question," Jordan said.


Comment: See also:



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Alex Vindman's impeachment testimony: Personal opinions without facts

John Lucas
The Federalist
Fri, 01 Nov 2019 00:00 UTC
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© Getty Images/Alex WongArmy Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman
A lot of rhetoric is being thrown around, both in print media and on TV, about Lt. Col. Alex Vindman's testimony before the House Intelligence Committee about President Trump's phone call with the president of Ukraine. He has been lauded by Democrats and the press (excuse the redundancy), and most of the commentary and reporting ignores any analysis of his allegations about the call.

In Vindman's testimony, I see more appeals to emotion than to analysis and reason. For example, he talks about how he served in combat as an infantryman, holds a Purple Heart for wounds, and was an immigrant as a child. I therefore venture this analysis of his prepared statement and whether Vindman "has done nothing more or less than his duty," as some have suggested, as well as the significance of his highly touted "personal knowledge" of that call.

Because committee Chairman Adam Schiff has kept Vindman's oral testimony secret, I focus on Vindman's prepared statement, which is public. I will also address only his testimony about the July 25 call between President Trump and Ukraine President Zelensky.
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