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'Crooked Hillary' and 'Slippery Comey': Horowitz about to drop a bomb - analyst

Ekaterina Blinovar
Sputnik
Thu, 14 Jun 2018 20:45 UTC
hillary
© REUTERS / Carlos Barria
The Horowitz report may explain the motivation behind Hillary Clinton and her associates relying so heavily on secret private servers, Wall Street analyst Charles Ortel told Sputnik, adding that the report is likely to trigger US voters' interest in the upcoming 2018 mid-term elections and 2020 presidential race.

"The biggest question likely to come out of the forthcoming Horowitz report is how many people at senior levels likely knew of mishandling of classified information by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her associates yet elected to give them a pass from serious investigation and prosecution?" asks Charles Ortel, Wall Street analyst and investigative journalist, who has been conducting a private inquiry into the alleged fraud of the Clinton Foundation.

On June 14 Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz is releasing a much-anticipated report examining the former FBI Director James Comey's investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private server. It has taken more than a year for Horowitz to review the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) activities related to Clinton's mishandling of confidential information during her tenure as a secretary of state.
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Better Earth

How Singapore, Astana and St. Petersburg view a new world order

Pepe Escobar
Asia Times
Wed, 06 Jun 2018 05:11 UTC
Palace Astana
© iStockThe Kazakhstan Presidential Palace, Acorda, in the capital Astana.
Key economic forums in cities across Eurasia point the way to new power structures rising to challenge Western dominance

Ahead of the crucial Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Qingdao this coming weekend, three other recent events have offered clues on how the new world order is coming about.

The Astana Economic Forum in Kazakhstan centered on how mega-partnerships are changing world trade. Participants included the president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Jin Liqun; Andrew Belyaninov from the Eurasian Development Bank; former Italian Prime Minister and president of the EU Commission Romano Prodi; deputy director-general of the WTO Alan Wolff; and Glenn Diesen from the University of Western Sydney.

Diesen, a Norwegian who studied in Holland and teaches in Australia, is the author of a must-read book, Russia's Geoeconomic Strategy for a Greater Eurasia, in which he analyzes in excruciating detail how Moscow is planning
"to manage the continent from the heartland by enhancing collective autonomy and influence, and thus evict US hegemony directed from the periphery."
In parallel, as Diesen argues, Moscow aims
"to ensure the sustainability of an integrated Eurasia by establishing a balance of power or 'balance of dependence' to prevent the continent from being dominated by one power, with China being the most plausible candidate."
In a nutshell; this New Great Game installment revolves around "Russia's strategy to enhance its bargaining power with the West by pivoting to the East."

Comment: Multilayered international organizations that create security, equality and ultimately wealth are concepts the US has never quite managed to live by nor integrate. Flaw? Mentality? Self-interest ending in economic demise? Yesterday's Titan has become obsolete.

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Stop

Was Trump's vow to end US-South Korea drills a surprise to the Pentagon?

Tom Watkins
Liberty Headlines
Wed, 13 Jun 2018 00:00 UTC
US Carrier&planes
© The Hindu
Pentagon personnel spent the morning in meetings discussing what could amount to an epic shift in the US military's posture in South Korea...

Pentagon officials were surprised Tuesday after President Donald Trump vowed at his summit with the North's leader Kim Jong Un to cancel "provocative" joint military drills with South Korea.

Following the unprecedented meeting in Singapore, Trump stunned observers when he said continuing the exercises routinely held between the US and South Korea would be "inappropriate" while Washington fleshes out a comprehensive deal with Pyongyang.
"We will be stopping the war games, which will save us a tremendous amount of money, unless and until we see the future negotiation is not going along like it should," Trump said. "Plus, I think it's very provocative," he noted, adding that "at some point" he wanted to withdraw US troops from the South.
Hours after Trump's declaration, the Pentagon on Tuesday afternoon insisted that US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis had not been blindsided by Trump. "He was not surprised, he was consulted," Mattis's spokeswoman Dana White told reporters. "Conversations have been robust, there were no surprises."

In a statement, White later said the Pentagon "welcomes the positive news coming out of the summit and fully supports the ongoing, diplomatically led efforts with" North Korea.

Comment: Some were taken aback, others...no big deal.

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Document

Imminent release: Anticipation builds for DOJ report on FBI's Clinton probe

Katie Bo Williams
The Hill
Wed, 13 Jun 2018 06:00 UTC
Hillary Clinton
© MSNBCThe Probe-able 'Cause'
Conservatives on Capitol Hill are anxiously awaiting the imminent release of a report from the Department of Justice (DOJ) inspector general scrutinizing the law enforcement agency's handling of its investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server.

A spate of recent press reports suggesting that the document will be critical of top DOJ brass has raised expectations among some of President Trump's most ardent defenders that it will provide fuel for an ongoing broadside against the department.

Congress will likely not see the document until shortly before it is made public on Thursday, with its official conclusions remaining the subject of intense speculation until then.

Inspector General Michael Horowitz's probe has already exposed two incidents that Republican lawmakers say show malfeasance at the DOJ.

Comment: Anticipation! Will Horowitz mince around or come out swinging and recommend charges?

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Star of David

Delusional! Netanyahu claims Israeli airstrikes in Syria a boon for 'Security of the World'


Sputnik
Thu, 14 Jun 2018 15:40 UTC
Netanyahu
© AP/Debbie Hill/KJN
The Israeli Air Force has conducted several airstrikes against Syrian military bases over the course of this year under the pretext that they shelter Iranian troops. Tel Aviv has claimed that Tehran wants to attack Israel from the Arab republic's territory.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on June 14 that Iran had brought in around 80,000 Shiite fighters from Pakistan, Afghanistan and other countries to Syria in a bid to "convert" Sunni-dominated Syria. The PM also announced that the Israeli Air Force has conducted airstrikes against these fighters.

He justified Israel's attacks on Syrian territory by claiming that without these measures Tehran's actions would lead to a new civil war in the country and mass exodus of Sunnis to Europe.
"That [attempt to convert Syria to be Shiite] is a recipe for a re-inflammation of another civil war [...] and the sparks of that could be millions more that go into Europe and so on [...]That would cause endless upheaval and terrorism in many, many countries," Netanyahu said.
He promised to thwart Iran's plans and claimed that by bombing its alleged bases in Syria Israel is helping "the security of the world."

Comment: One of the worst 'threats to the world' is Israel. It has the potential of instigating a world war undeservedly fought by allies and proxies.

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Boat

France, Italy: Tensions spiral regarding rejected migrant ship

Lucy Adler
Yahoo
Wed, 13 Jun 2018 00:00 UTC
Transfer boat migrants
© MSFMigrants onboard an Italian coastguard ship following transfer from French NGO's ship Aquarius.
Italy postponed high-level talks with France on Wednesday after Paris branded Rome irresponsible for refusing to take in a migrant rescue ship.

Italy's new economy minister postponed a meeting with his French counterpart in Paris as their countries traded barbs over the treatment of more than 600 migrants rescued off the Libyan coast at the weekend.

The migrants were stranded on the Aquarius vessel until Spain said the ship could land at its port of Valencia. It is expected to arrive there later this week.

French President Emmanuel Macron accused Italy's new populist government of "cynicism and irresponsibility" for closing its ports to the 629 migrants. Rome called his comments "unacceptable" and summoned France's ambassador on Wednesday. "Such statements are undermining relations between Italy and France," Italy's foreign ministry said in a statement.

Macron later appealed for the two sides not to "give in to emotions that certain people are manipulating". In a speech in the western French town of Mouchamps, he insisted that France was "working hand in hand with Italy" to handle migration.

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Camera

'Before' and 'after' Hillary Clinton: Libya photos go viral

Alex Christoforou
The Duran
Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:29 UTC
Benghazi after
© AP/Mohamed SalamaBenghazi
A Libyan man who took photos of himself posing at various spots across Benghazi, Libya in 2000 and then revisited the locations 18 years later in 2018, to photograph himself at the same Benghazi places post Hillary Clinton-NATO "liberation." [See Video]

According to Zerohedge, the "before and after" pics showing the utter devastation of post-Gaddafi Libya have gone viral, garnering 50,000 retweets after they were posted to an account that features historical images of Libya under Gaddafi's rule between 1969 and 2011.

It appears people do still care about Libya even if the political elites in Paris, London, and Washington who destroyed the country have moved on. Though we should recall that British foreign secretary Boris Johnson was caught on tape in a private meeting last year saying Libya was ripe for UK investment, but only after Libyans "clear the dead bodies away."

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Bulb

Trump rightfully calls for Russia to be back in G7


RT
Thu, 14 Jun 2018 20:06 UTC
merkel macron
© Adam Scotti/Prime Minister's Office/Handout via / Reuters
The leaders of the G7 group spent a lot of their time during last week's summit discussing Moscow, and so having Russia itself at the negotiation table would have been an extremely logical move, US President Donald Trump has said.

"You know, we spend probably 25 percent of our time talking about Russia, and I said wouldn't it be better if they were here," Trump said, in an interview with Fox News' Bret Baier, adding that "I'm not for Russia. I'm for the United States."

President Trump made headlines last week after stating that Russia should be invited back to the gatherings of the Group of Seven industrialized nations. "They should let Russia come back in because we should have Russia at the negotiating table," he suggested, ahead of the 2018 G7 summit, held in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada.

Speaking to Fox, Trump explained his position, noting that Russia's presence in a group consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, would allow these countries, and especially the world's two biggest nuclear powers, to not just discuss but actually to address the pressing issues of the day.
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Mueller's 'made up' cases and indictments are falling apart - time to shut him down

Joe Hoft
Gateway Pundit
Wed, 13 Jun 2018 17:44 UTC
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Very few Americans who voted for President Trump would believe that today we have a special investigation into the President for collusion with Russia during the election and none into the many Clinton and Obama criminal activities unearthed over the past decade.

More than one year ago, on May 17, 2017, corrupt Assistant Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed a Special Counsel to look into the phony Trump - Russia collusion allegations, a total scam to remove Donald Trump from the Presidency that he won.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself of anything related to Russia during the 2016 Presidential campaign and the Robert Mueller Special Counsel team took over to investigate the alleged Trump crimes. Ironically over the past year, no crimes related to the President have been uncovered but numerous crimes have been uncovered related to the Deep State's corruption, abuse and brazen disregard for the rule of law through the Trump - Russia 'Witch Hunt'.


One of the most profound interviews that described the events over the past few years by the corrupt and criminal individuals in the Deep State that led to the Mueller investigation was reported by the Daily Caller in January. Legal expert Joe DiGenova explained the many criminal activities by the Deep State -


Corrupt and dirty cop Mueller started the 'witch hunt' and began looking into individuals with any relationship with President Trump. Mueller's team were not interested in crimes that President Trump committed. There are none. Instead, Mueller went after anyone with any relationship to the President. His entire team has serious conflicts of interest and his investigation is unconstitutional, but this has not deterred Mueller.

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Attention

MPs vote down House of Lords' amendment to EU Withdrawal Bill


RT
Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:30 UTC
MPs voting in House of Commons
MPs voting in House of Commons.
MPs have voted down the House of Lords amendment to the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, which, if it had passed, would have given parliament the final say over Brexit negotiations.

This is essentially a win for Brexiteers who feared the change could be used to halt Brexit entirely.

Earlier on Tuesday Brexit Minister David Davis issued a warning to parliament over the possibility of rejecting the government's compromise on the "meaningful vote" and backing the House of Lords amendment.

"What it actually amounts to is an unconstitutional shift which risks undermining our negotiation with the European Union," he said. "The government cannot demonstrate the flexibility necessary for a successful deal if its hands are tied midway through that process."

Comment: Tory Remainers take off the gloves with Theresa May over Brexit: 'If she f**ks us, she's f**ked'

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