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WikiLeaks says James Clapper 'gets literally everything wrong' about DNC hack timeline

Luke Rosiak
The Daily Caller
Sun, 17 Jun 2018 22:23 UTC
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Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper seemed to lack a grasp of basic details of the hack that led to WikiLeaks publishing the Democratic National Committee's emails, and WikiLeaks said Friday that "Clapper gets literally everything wrong."

"In April, Russia used a third party 'cut-out' to send more than 19,000 DNC emails and more than 8,000 documents to WikiLeaks and Julian Assange, attempting to cover its tracks and to give WikiLeaks some degree of deniability in knowing the source of the leaks," Clapper wrote in his new book "Facts and Fears: Hard Truths From a Life in Intelligence."

Wikileaks shot back on Friday:

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The real reason Mueller rejailed Paul Manafort

Alex Christoforou
Then Duran
Sun, 17 Jun 2018 13:59 UTC
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There is more to Manafort's stiff sentence that meets the eye, including much untold information about Manafort's Ukraine lobbying efforts which were done in coordination with Obama's Ukraine strategy to wedge Russia's neighbor into the EU and NATO at all costs, including a violent government coup.

The Duran's Alex Christoforou speaks with Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris, who tells the untold story of Paul Manafort, and breaks down what awaits him when his trial gets underway in September.

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort will await his trial for violating the FARA act (foreign lobbying charges) from a jail cell.

Two weeks after special counsel Robert Mueller's prosecutors dropped new accusations of witness tampering on Manafort, Obama appointed US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson on Friday revoked Manafort's bail.

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Inspector General Horowitz confirms he is reviewing whether Strzok's anti-Trump bias factored in the launch of 'Russiagate' probe

Brooke Singman
Fox News
Tue, 19 Jun 2018 13:41 UTC
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© Aaron P. Bernstein / ReutersInspector General Michael Horowitz
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz confirmed Tuesday that he is investigating whether FBI official Peter Strzok's anti-Trump bias factored into the launch of the bureau's Russia probe.

During a joint hearing before the House Oversight and Judiciary committees, Horowitz testified that his office was reviewing Strzok's anti-Trump text messages as part of a separate probe related to the Russia investigation.

"It clearly shows a biased state of mind," Horowitz said, referring to text messages written as the FBI probe of Hillary Clinton's private email use was wrapping up and the Russia probe was getting underway.

The most infamous text, revealed in last week's IG report on the Clinton email case, showed Strzok responding "We'll stop it" when his colleague and lover Lisa Page sought assurances that Trump would not become president.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., questioned Horowitz on whether that apparent bias influenced the initiation of the investigation into Russia interference in the 2016 campaign and potential collusion with Trump's team.

"That's a matter we've got under review and are looking at right now," Horowitz said.

Comment: Of course Strzok's bias had an impact on the 'Russiagate' nonsensical probe:

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Not Quite Human: US quits UN Human Rights Council


RT
Wed, 20 Jun 2018 09:09 UTC
Activists from the Border Network for Human Rights protest US immigration policies in El Paso
© Mike Blake / ReutersActivists from the Border Network for Human Rights protest US immigration policies in El Paso, Texas, June 19, 2018
Washington has decided to walk out of the UN Human Rights Council, accusing the body of hypocrisy. The US has long cited concerns about the body's "anti-Israel bias."

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley announced the decision at a press conference Tuesday afternoon.

"The US is officially withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council," Haley said, calling it a "hypocritical and self-serving organization that makes a mockery of human rights."

"American participation is the last shred of credibility the council has," Haley argued. "That is precisely why we must leave."


Comment: US has been losing credibility for its relentless human rights abuses. That is precisely why US is leaving!


Comment: US and Israel should be accused for war atrocities against humanity as soon as possible!

Funny that this Fox News reporter accurately summarized the reasons for the withdrawal: "Because [of] Israel". When news are so blatant that they sound like a joke, you would be forgiven for thinking it is satire!



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Ron Paul: Russia and Assad defeated ISIS, not US


Sputnik
Tue, 19 Jun 2018 14:32 UTC
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© Internet
The multisided conflict in Syria has drawn in numerous foreign powers, with some deploying forces to fight terrorism, while others have attempted to prop up local proxies to serve their interests.

Discussing the US' military role in Syria on Monday, American ex-Congressman Ron Paul identified which parties had played the largest role in defeating terrorist groups throughout the Arab Republic, and said the US should withdraw its troops.

"The real hypocrisy comes in our justification: We're there to fight for our constitution, our liberties, and get rid of al-Qaeda* (and Daesh*), because al-Qaeda is the threat. But there's no evidence that we ever did anything - al-Qaeda is losing but it was in spite of us. There's no evidence we ever did much - it was the Russians and Assad who bought it to the point where we're just about ready to get rid of al-Qaeda," he said.


Comment: Actually, evidence shows that the US did do something - it created ISIS.


Comment: Once you realise ISIS is the US proxy-army in the Middle East, its actions in Syria which only ever result in the terrorists gaining more ground begin to make a lot more sense: Also check out SOTT radio's:

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Not surprised: DC found to have highest concentration of psychopaths in the United States

Timothy Meads
Townhall
Sun, 17 Jun 2018 18:21 UTC
Capitol Hill
© AFP 2016/ Jewel Samad
It is often said that Washington, DC is filled with a bunch of nerds dominated by psychopaths. Others say that politics is simply Hollywood for ugly people. These are usually said in a joking manner and often uttered after coming back from a young professional happy hour here in the swamp. Perhaps the most soulless congregation of folks ever assembled can be found at those kind of events.

But it turns out that a recent study showing the population density of psychopaths could confirm anecdotal suspicions that these two areas of American life have more in common than either would like to admit.

A report conducted by Ryan Murphy at Southern Methodist University found that Connecticut contained the most psychopaths per capita followed quickly by California. New Jersey and New York followed next. But our nation's capital by far had the highest level of psychopathic behavior than anywhere in the country.

As Newsmax notes, "Added in the study was Washington, D.C., which 'had a psychopathy level far higher' than any state, according to the report - albeit because it is a small, entirely urban area and not as geographically diverse as a state. "The presence of psychopaths in District of Columbia is consistent with the conjecture found in Murphy [2016] that psychopaths are likely to be effective in the political sphere," Murphy concluded in his study. (emphasis added)

Comment: When something like this comes as no surprise - it's that bad. To really understand the impact this has on society, see here. It's well worth the read. As for these psychopaths occupying positions of power, this has only one inevitable outcome: the destruction of everything you hold dear.

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Amnesty's investigation into the siege of Raqqa shows that the US, UK and France committed war crimes in Syria - a 'War of Annihilation'

Dr. Leon Tressell & Rosa Tressell
South Front
Sun, 10 Jun 2018 00:00 UTC
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Members of US-backed forces in Raqqa
"If you stayed you died and if you tried to escape you died ... [I escaped by] walking over the blood of those who were blown up as they tried to flee ahead of us''. Munira Hashish, air strike and mines survivor - Source: Amnesty International Report
"We are the good guys and the innocent people on the battlefield know the difference."
James Mattis, US Defence Secretary - Source: Amnesty International Report
During 2017 the Isis Caliphate was finally overthrown in Syria and Iraq. Its capital in Raqqa, Syria was captured by Kurdish led SDF forces strongly supported by massive air and artillery strikes provided by America and its French/British allies. During the siege of Raqqa (July-October 2017), while SDF troops slowly captured district after district from Isis forces, the international community ignored warnings from Amnesty International and other human rights groups about the large number of civilian casualties being caused by the massive and indiscriminate air and artillery strikes by Coalition forces.

It was only after the city was fully recaptured by SDF troops in mid October 2017 that the full horror of the American led war of annihilation came to light. This article will draw very heavily from the research provided by Amnesty investigators who went to Raqqa and interviewed hundreds of survivors. Their investigation has produced a very harrowing report entitled - "War of Annihilation - Devastating Toll On Civilians, Raqqa - Syria''
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The legacy of Bernard Lewis: The false prophet of the big lie

Martin Sieff
Strategic Culture Foundation
Tue, 19 Jun 2018 00:00 UTC
Bernard Lewis
© Unknown
The death of Professor Bernard Lewis, former Professor of History at Princeton on May 19 at the amazing age of almost 102 was reported throughout the US media with reverence and appreciation. According to the New York Times, which set the tone, "Few outsiders and no academics had more influence with the (George W) Bush administration on Middle East affairs. The president carried a marked up copy of one of his articles in his briefing papers and met with him before and after the invasion of Iraq in 2003."

(The imagination fails at the thought of George W. Bush ever actually reading a book)


Comment: To be fair to George, he did read, according to The New Yorker, 'The Pet Goat' which was an "exercise in a workbook called "Reading Mastery 2."'


Not only was none of this ludicrously excessive outpouring of praise and acclaim justified, but no countervailing voices were allowed in the ranks of the Orwellian MSM, or MainStream Media in the United States.

Comment: Bush, Blair Found Guilty of War Crimes by Tribunal

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Is a Putin-Trump summit finally on the way to becoming a reality?

Alexander Mercouris
The Duran
Sat, 16 Jun 2018 21:51 UTC
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© SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017.
Moscow hints that a summit in Vienna is under discussion as rumours of a July summit persist

In the aftermath of the successful Kim-Trump summit in Singapore there is again speculation about the prospects of a possible summit meeting between the US and Russian Presidents, with Vienna the likely host city.

The clearest discussion of these rumours and of what such a summit might look like and what it might achieve has been provided by Dr. Gilbert Doctorow.

On the indications that a summit is in the air Dr. Doctorow has this to say
I say that a summit in the near future look likely, in part because that is suggested in several articles appearing recently in the Washington Post, in The Wall Street Journal, in The New Yorker making reference to unidentified contacts in the administration. In part, I base it on less obvious clues that speak to the vestigial Kremlinologist in me. One is the repeat broadcast this morning on Vesti/Rossiya-1 of an interview with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz that took place just before Vladimir Putin's state visit on 6 June. Vienna has been mentioned as a possible venue for any such summit, and the interview makes plain why the country would be so very suitable as the site of a summit - namely Kurz's populist and Euro-skeptic policies that are so highly appreciated by both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

Comment: The real question is: What will the US Deep State allow Trump to do with Russia that would be lasting and meaningful; there are very powerful and pathological forces at work in the Pentagon, intelligence agencies and elsewhere that see Russia in absolutely negative terms and are fully committed to bringing it to its knees economically, politically and even socially - using whatever means necessary.

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The US war economy lays waste to its own interests

Finian Cunningham
Sputnik
Tue, 19 Jun 2018 20:35 UTC
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© AP Photo/ Richard Drew
It is an epic paradox that President Donald Trump, like previous US presidents, boasts of America's military supremacy and its vital role as defender of the nation.

The Trump administration in its first year in office boosted the annual military budget to $700 billion, up from an already gargantuan average figure of some $600 billion a year. Trump said the colossal military spend was a vital necessity to maintain America's national security and global leadership.

The paradox is that this monstrous misallocation of economic resources on an institution supposedly keeping the nation safe from foreign threats is actually posing the biggest national security threat to America.

Comment: Another facet of this discussion is in the how the United States' war economy is intertwined with its welfare state. See:

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