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Question

Trump's next moves will tell us if he's really the President or a figurehead

Trump WH
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What can we conclude from the utter and total failure of the Russiagate "investigation" to find any evidence of "Russian collusion"?

We can conclude that it was a hoax cooked up by an utterly corrupt and immoral military/security complex determined to protect its $1,000 billion annual budget and the power that goes with it from the loss of its Russian enemy to normalized relations.

We can conclude that Hillary's DNC was partner to this crime and that scum like Jarrold Nadler and Adam Schiff have destroyed the reputation and credibility of the Democratic Party.

We can conclude that the US media is devoid of all integrity, morality, and truthfulness and has forever discredited itself as a source of objective and accurate information.

We can conclude that a corrupt military/security complex and Democratic Party were so determined to serve their own narrow self-interests that they were willing to subject the entirety of the world to a higher risk of nuclear war.

We can conclude that the fact that such filth as Mueller, Brennan, Comey, Rosenstein, and Clapper were at the top of US intelligence and criminal investigation is conclusive proof that the US government is a criminal organization.

Keep in mind, as Tucker Carlson reminds us, that Mueller's "investigation" was not a well-intentioned investigation conducted by open-minded people who turned out to be wrong. It was an organized witch-hunting event determined to destroy the President of the United States.

Laptop

Palantir wins bid over Raytheon to build Army intel system

Soldiers/Computer
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The Army has chosen Palantir Technologies to deploy a complex battlefield intelligence system for soldiers, according to Army documents - a significant boost for a company that has attracted a devoted following in national security circles but had struggled to win a major defense contract.

Industry experts said it marked the first time that the government had tapped a Silicon Valley software company, as opposed to a traditional military contractor, to lead a defense program of record, which has a dedicated line of funding from Congress. The contract is potentially worth more than $800 million.

The Army's decision to go with Palantir - which was co-founded by Peter Thiel, the billionaire investor and sometimes advisor to President Trump - ends the latest chapter in a fierce competition.

In March 2018, the Army chose Palantir and Raytheon to vie for the next phase of the Distributed Common Ground System, or DCGS-A, for Army, which lets users gather and analyze information about enemy movements, terrain and weather to create detailed maps and reports in real time. The system is designed to be used by soldiers fighting in remote, harsh environments.

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Question

Up for debate: Mueller's done, is it time to investigate the FBI?

Comey
© Reuters/Jonathan ErnstFormer FBI Director James Comey
With the Mueller report finished and President Trump cleared of colluding with Russia, the spotlight is now on the FBI leadership that opened the investigation. RT's Crosstalk guests think the agency has a lot to answer for.

After a two year media circus, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final report cleared President Trump of colluding with Russia to rig the 2016 election, a conclusion that Trump says brings him "complete and total exoneration."

However, constitutional lawyer Alan Dershowitz argued that Mueller should have never been appointed in the first place. "It was a mistake to appoint a special counsel because there was no evidence of a crime," Dershowitz said. Rather, he argued, Mueller's appointment by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was a knee-jerk reaction to the firing of former FBI Director James Comey.


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Book 2

Analyst: CIA-Ukraine collaboration against Russia is straight out of US puppet playbook

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CIA collaboration with the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) is part of the standard US playbook that calls for working with local client states to undermine and even spark conflicts with adversaries like Russia, analysts told Sputnik.

On Monday, a former SBU employee, Vasil Prozorov, told reporters in Moscow that CIA officers are in Kiev and often visit the SBU to plan operations.

Prozorov said at his press conference that UK and US experts had been training an SBU counterintelligence unit that was allegedly responsible for regular acts of terrorism and sabotage in eastern Ukraine.

Preparing for War with Russia

It has been part of the CIA playbook to use client states to do preliminary work in weakening the political systems of declared enemies, former US Army Major Todd Pierce, a lawyer and historian, told Sputnik on Tuesday. Pierce said:
"It is consistent practice and has been well documented over the years that the CIA is directly involved in subverting any country whom the US has begun to target as the 'enemy'. It would therefore be consistent with past practice to train Ukrainians both for their fighting skills, but also to be coordinated with US forces".
Russia has been designated as an enemy in the US national security strategy, Pierce observed, but the United States will try to blame Moscow for any conflict.

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Bug

Mueller report post mortem: Clinton needed scapegoats to explain 2016 loss says Wikileaks editor

Kristinn Hrafnsson
© Reuters/Pierre AlbouyWikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson
Wikileaks became the target of baseless conjecture as part of Hillary Clinton's attempt to explain her "humiliating" loss in 2016, the organization's editor-in-chief told RT, following the anti-climactic end of the Mueller probe.

In an interview with Going Underground host Afshin Rattansi, Kristinn Hrafnsson stated it was clear that Russia and Wikileaks had been scapegoated in an attempt to deflect blame for the Democrats' shocking defeat in the 2016 presidential election.

"Within twenty-four hours after the election in 2016 it was decided that all blame for the humiliating loss of Hillary Clinton should be placed on the Russians, and of course it was obviously necessary to put Wikileaks in the middle of it."


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Jet2

Rogue state: Israel launches airstrikes against Aleppo, Syrian air defenses activated once again

Israeli airstrike
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Syrian air defense forces have repelled an attack by Israel which rained down missiles on the area to the north-east of Aleppo, SANA said. There have been reports of a blackout in the city and a civilian airport being targeted.

A military source cited by the SANA news agency reported that the attack unfolded around 11pm local time (9pm GMT), forcing Damascus to activate its missile shield to shoot down a number of incoming rockets.

The Israeli missiles reportedly targeted the Sheikh Najjar industrial area to the northeast of Aleppo and the settlement of Jibrin, a local militia source told Sputnik. The source said that the rockets also targeted a civilian airport in the city, which has been under the Syrian government's control since December 2016.

According to multiple reports, Aleppo plunged into darkness in the wake of the raid due to a massive power outage.

Israel, having targeted what it claimed were Iranian positions within Syria in the past, has not commented on the goals of the latest alleged strikes.

Comment: More evidence of Israeli airstrikes in the Aleppo vicinity from Sputnik:



How many times can one country bomb another before the other country bombs it back?


Arrow Down

American firms are biggest losers due to US sales ban on composite materials to Russia

The MC-21
© United Aircraft CorporationThe MC-21
The US ban on composite materials to Russia has not stopped the production of its MC-21 passenger jet, but has deprived American businesses of up $200 million in revenues, according to the Russian trade minister.

Despite Washington's move putting the brakes on production for at least half a year, Russia has found a way to proceed with development of the Irkut MC-21-300 plane, according to Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov.

"We definitely won't return to those suppliers who previously had the opportunity to do it [provide composite materials for the jet]. Speaking about the costs, it's about $2 million for each plane," the minister said at the 2019 Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA) exhibition in Malaysia on Monday. Given the order of composite supplies could cover up to 100 aircraft, US firms lost a deal worth up to $200 million.

Comment: As new partnerships and work-arounds defy the impact of US sanctions, perhaps the only country that will truly suffer a longterm financial effect may be the one that issued them.

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Quenelle - Golden

Massive turnout for anti-war demonstrations in Yemen on fourth anniversary of US-UK-Saudi invasion

Demonstration Sanaa
© Krar Al-MoayedSabaeen Square in Sanaa where mass demonstrations were held on the fourth anniversary of the Saudi-led war on the Yemen, March 26, 2019.
Massive demonstrations took place across Yemen's major cities on Tuesday to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the Saudi-led war on the country. The war ostensibly began on March 26, 2015, when Saudi Arabia, backed by the U.S. and other regional allies, launched a large-scale attack on Yemen under the pretext of reinstating ousted former president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. The war's real purpose was to defeat the Houthi Ansar Allah movement, which gained popular support following the Arab Spring and has grown even more powerful since the Saudi war began.

Massive rallies throughout the country

In Yemen's capital city of Sana'a, where the largest demonstrations took place, hundreds of thousands of residents from the suburbs of Sana'a and its neighboring provinces gathered in the southern al Sabaeen district carrying Yemeni flags and holding banners emblazoned with messages of steadfastness, promises to challenge the Saudi-led Coalition, and pledges of resistance against foreign forces in Yemen.

Bad Guys

Regime change ramp-up? Guaido announces Venezuela-wide 'tactical action' against Maduro

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US-backed Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has announced "tactical actions" by his supporters will begin next week after a nationwide protest, part of his "Operation Freedom" designed to topple President Nicolas Maduro.

The ominously vague "tactical action" relies on the organization of so-called "Aid and Freedom Committees," according to a tweet from Guaido which scheduled the event for April 6. The committees, planned civilian "freedom cells" he set up across Venezuela with the help of opposition lawmakers in recent weeks, will supposedly rise up when he gives the signal, ultimately marching on the Miraflores presidential palace - where President Maduro has stubbornly remained despite Guaido's self-coronation in January.

Guaido officially announced "Operation Freedom" earlier this month, advertising it as a "full-fledged revolution in all states of Venezuela simultaneously." After the freedom and aid committees come "labor and sectoral committees" in the public and private sectors, to be followed by "constitutional forces" within the Venezuelan army - which with its continued loyalty to Maduro remains the primary thorn in Guaido's side. Impatient with the military's failure to join his coup, Guaido has hinted he is open to foreign military intervention. Meanwhile, for the US, "all options remain on the table."

Comment: What he's calling for is terrorism (which is already underway as we've seen with the black-outs). And the US is fully behind it.


Chess

US top brass warn against punishing unbending India for buying Russia's S-400 missiles

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US defense officials are trying to convince India to reject Russian S-400 missiles, but warn against slapping sanctions on the nation if it completes the deal. However, as with Turkey, efforts have so far failed.

India's decision to purchase the S-400 air defense system from Russia, as well as the fact that it leaves New Delhi exposed to American sanctions, was discussed during a House Armed Service committee hearing on Wednesday.

Assistant Defence Secretary Randall Schriver told the lawmakers he thought "it would be an unfortunate decision" if the Indians completed the S-400 deal. "We are very keen to see them make an alternative choice," he said, adding that "we're working with them to provide potential alternatives".

A similar line came from Admiral Philip Davidson, Commander of the Indo-Pacific Command. "I continue to make the point with them that our interoperability and compatibility going forward will be advantaged with the purchase of US systems," he said.

Comment: The US really has no play against countries that are powerful enough to ignore American imperial dictates.