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Susan Rice accuses Trump of cover-op, but admits Obama put transcripts on top secret server too

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Sun, 29 Sep 2019 18:01 UTC

After President Trump was accused of a cover-up for moving details about his July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a separate, highly secured computer system, former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice admitted that Obama did the same thing.

The difference? Rice says that Trump's conversation didn't meet the threshold to justify that level of classification, according to The Federalist.

"We never moved them over unless they were legitimately, in the contents classified," Rice said at the Texas Tribune Festival when asked how often the Obama administration engaged in this practice - without explaining the methodology used to determine what qualified.

Comment: Susan Rice, Swamp creature and war harpy extraordinaire:

The "State of the World" address, translated

James Corbett
Corbett Report
Sun, 29 Sep 2019 18:02 UTC

Can you believe it's late September once again? That magical time of year when an old globalists' fancy turns to world domination and the world waits with baited breath for the United Nations Secretary-General to deliver his annual "State of the World" address to the UN General Assembly gathered in New York.

. . .Oh, you didn't know there was a "State of the World" address. Don't worry, neither does anyone else who actually has productive things to do with their life. But rest assured there is such a speech delivered at the "General Debate" which takes place at the opening of each session of the UN General Assembly in the last week of September. Formally known as "The Secretary-General's Address to the General Assembly," it is followed by no one and impacts nothing, exactly like most other speeches at the UN — except the ones where the POTUS is threatening to bomb somebody or the President of Israel is holding up cartoon bombs like some demented Wile E. Coyote.

You see, the problem is that these "State of the World" speeches are not delivered in English but in Globalese, that strange tongue spoken only by those equally strange creatures that refer to themselves as "world leaders" and parade around in motorcades. So I thought I would take key passages from this year's speech, delivered by current Secretary-General Somethingsomething Whatshisface, and translate it into ordinary English.

What follows is the text of the address as delivered, followed by the English translation in italics. Ready? Let's go.

Drain that swamp! Trump campaign ad hoists Bidens and Democrats high on their own petard

The Saker
Sat, 28 Sep 2019 00:00 UTC

While I realize a a minority of hardcore Hillarybots will accuse me of endorsing Trump, most will realize that one can recognize the high quality of a political message without necessarily endorsing anybody.

In this case, I just saw this ad and, wow, in just 30 seconds it says it all. And, sorry Dems, it is 100% factually correct.

Which makes me notice something else: the Dems center all their political efforts on lies, lies and more lies. Frankly, this time around, the Trump campaign uses a very powerful weapon: the truth!

I was awed when the Dems nominated Hillary. Awed by the utter stupidity of this action as Hillary was probably the only Dem candidate which could actually lose to Trump.

This time around, they pushed Biden. Amazing.... Although knowing how corrupt and cynical the Neocons are, they will now probably eventually ditch Biden too. Either that, or they will try to start a full-scale color revolution (again). After all, to the Neocons, any democratic election deserves to be "corrected" via a color revolution. You think I am exaggerating? Maybe I am, but when I think of the very real possibility Biden might go to jail, possibly with Schiff and a host of other deep-staters, I don't think I would put anything past the Neocons and the DNC.

Anyway, I leave you with this ad which, might be the best I have ever seen.

Comment: Trump's tweet about it was good too!

Intel Community (sic) fiddled whistleblower requirements to get fake intel on Trump-Ukraine nothing-burger

RT
Sun, 29 Sep 2019 13:16 UTC

US President Donald Trump has cried foul after reports suggested a whistleblower complaint form, which allows second-hand information to be submitted, is the result of a recent revision of intelligence community guidelines.

"WOW, they got caught. End the Witch Hunt now!" the US President wrote on Saturday evening, tweeting a link to the Federalist report.

The Friday bombshell alleges that the intelligence community "secretly gutted" the requirement for whistleblowers to be in possession of firsthand knowledge of whatever they want to report.

Comment: Trump also tweeted this message:

UK gov may declare "state of emergency" to push through no-deal Brexit, secretary plans to introduce new back stop

Sputnik
Sun, 29 Sep 2019 10:01 UTC

The so-called basic backstop plan entails keeping the entire United Kingdom in the EU Customs Union, with Northern Ireland complying with some EU Single Market rules, in the case of a no-deal scenario.

UK Brexit secretary Steve Barclay said that Brussels is facing a "moment of truth" over whether it wants a compromise, adding that he would unveil his new plan for the Irish border once the Conservative Party conference has concluded, The Daily Mail reported.

According to the UK-based media report, the conference is slated for next Wednesday.

Barclay suggested earlier, cited by The Daily Mail, that a Brexit deal can be done.

Comment: Brexit:

The dirt Trump wants on the Bidens, and why Zelensky doesn't want him to have it

Eric Zuesse
The Saker
Sat, 28 Sep 2019 12:00 UTC

In order to understand why Ukraine's President Voldomyr Zelensky doesn't want the dirt about Joe Biden to become public, one needs to know that Hunter Biden's boss and benefactor at Burisma Holdings was, at least partly, Zelensky's boss and benefactor until Zelensky became Ukraine's President, and that revealing this would open up a can of worms which could place that former boss and benefactor of both men into prison at lots of places.

First, the falsehoods in the press have to be documented here, since this article will go up against virtually all U.S.-and-allied reporting on these events. And, in order to do such a thing, the bona fides of my main sources need to be presented:

Naked Capitalism is, as the article about it at Wikipedia, says, the blog of Susan Webber, pen-named "Yves Smith," who "graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Business School. She had 20 years of experience in the financial services industry with Goldman Sachs, McKinsey & Co., and Sumitomo Bank.[3] She has written articles for the New York Times, Bloomberg, and the Roosevelt Institute.[4][5]" "The site has had over 60 million visitors since 2007, and was cited as among CNBC's 2012 top 25 'Best Alternative Financial Blogs', calling Smith 'a harsh critic of Wall Street who believes that fraud was at the center of the financial crisis'.[2]" "The New York Times financial reporter Gretchen Morgenson cited Naked Capitalism as one of the 'must-read financial blogs' she reads regularly.[9]"

Comment: See also:

DC court rules in favor of 'state secret privileges' in case brought by 'journalist' who believes US military has him on a 'kill list'

Tim Cushing
Tech Dirt
Thu, 26 Sep 2019 03:05 UTC

Bilal Abdul Kareem

The government can try to kill you without due process as long as it can successfully invoke state secret privileges. That's the just of the decision just released by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer of the DC District Court.

Journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem believes he has been placed on the US government's "kill list." Kareem, due to the nature of his reporting, spends a fair amount of time talking to militants involved with terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda. After a series of Syrian airstrikes that narrowly missed him, Kareem concluded the government must have decided he was a terrorist worth killing, even though he was only reporting on terrorist activity in Syria.

His case was allowed to proceed in 2018 by Judge Collyer (a former FISA judge), but now she is ending it. The state secret privilege invoked by the government is just too high to surmount, even for an American journalist who has expressed legitimate concern his own government is trying to kill him. At least Collyer has the honesty to deliver the crushing blow right up front.

What constitutional right is more essential than the right to due process before the government may take a life? While the answer may be none, federal courts possess limited authority to resolve questions presented in a lawsuit, even when they are alleged to involve constitutional rights. This is such a case. Despite the serious nature of Plaintiff's allegations, this Court must dismiss the action pursuant to the government's invocation of the state secrets privilege.

At least this part is blunt, concise, and mostly coherent. Going into greater detail (as Collyer's decision does) just puts the blinding glory of the government's Heller-esque powers on full display.

There is still a question as to whether the unavailability of the requested information is fatal to Mr. Kareem's complaint. A court must dismiss a case in which a privilege of state secrets is sustained when: (1) disclosure is necessary for the plaintiff to make its prima facie case; (2) disclosure is necessary for the defendant to defend itself; or (3) further litigation would present an unjustifiable risk of disclosure. See Mohamed, 614 F.3d at 1087. The United States focuses on Mr. Kareem's prima facie case, arguing that Mr. Kareem cannot establish his standing to sue without the information. The Court agrees and notes that all three reasons justify dismissal.

Comment: Ok, sounds bad on paper, but let's take a closer look at this 'journalist'...

Media darling 'Aleppo survivor' praises jihadi mercenaries training anti-Assad rebels

RT, 7 Aug 2018

Bilal Abdul Kareem, a self-identified journalist who found his fame with dramatic "under-fire" reports from Aleppo, Syria, is doing what he does best - mingling with militants and jihadist mercenaries.

In a report for 'On the Ground News,' which claims to bring "accurate, confirmed & up to date news" (as well as "document Assad/Putin war crimes"), Kareem is seen in a training camp with militants training to repel Syrian government forces in Idlib. Determined to "make sure that what happened [in Aleppo] isn't going to happen in Idlib," the fighters are training with machine guns under the guidance of a mercenary group. [...]

Using terms such as "automatic machine gun," Kareem extolls its virtues and the progress the militants are making in training to use it. He also laments how, despite the seven-year long war, the expertise is something the fighters are still lacking in. He then identifies the trainers: Malhama Tactical. [...]

A 10-member group of Uzbek militants, Malhama Tactical is the first ever private jihadist contractor. It has seen fighting and training alongside members of various groups in Syria, including internationally-recognized terrorists from Al-Nusra and Tahrir al-Sham, among others. [...]

Bilal Abdul Kareem, a New York-born former comedian turned anti-Assad journalist, is no stranger to controversy like this. In late 2016 he served as a useful tool for Western media condemnation of the Syrian and Russian operation to liberate Aleppo, posting goodbye messages together with other "civilian activists" as government forces were advancing. He was later seen alive and well, posing together with a suicide-belt-equipped militant.

No wonder he's a wanted man: he's spreading terrorist propaganda. For all we know, he moonlights as one. While his journalist colleagues were getting killed by terrorists for reporting from Syria, this guy got a free pass.

US demands release of prisoner before Iranian FM can visit cancer-stricken ambassador

RT
Sat, 28 Sep 2019 08:35 UTC

Washington won't allow the Iranian foreign minister to visit his country's envoy to the UN at a US hospital unless one of the American citizens detained by Iran is released first.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is currently in New York for the UN General Assembly. He was denied permission to visit Iran's representative to the United Nations, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, who is currently undergoing cancer treatment at a Manhattan hospital.

The medical facility is located just outside a small zone in which Zarif and other members of the Iranian delegation are permitted to travel. If an Iranian delegate wishes to venture outside the zone, they must notify the US State Department and seek permission, which was not granted in this case.

Comment: The US is resorting to some pretty low, bizarre, and revealing tactics in an effort to try to claw back a modicum of control: 'The masks are off': 'Occupier' US openly sided with terrorists with new sanctions - Moscow

Skulduggery? Former NSA staff chief suggests 'whistleblower' may have had Congress members' help drafting complaint

Janita Kan
The Epoch Times
Sat, 28 Sep 2019 20:19 UTC

A former National Security Agency chief of staff has suggested that that the whistleblower who accused President Donald Trump of improper conduct over a phone call with the Ukrainian president possibly had help from "congressional members or staff" in drafting the complaint.

Fred Fleitz, who is currently the President and CEO of the Center for Security Policy, said in an op-ed published in the New York Post on Thursday, Sept. 26 that he is "troubled" by the complaint and questioned how an intelligence officer could make such a complaint based on a conversation between the president and a foreign leader.

Fleitz said that based on his experience he felt that the document was "extremely polished" and "appears to be written by a law professor" due to its use of legal references and detailed footnotes. He also compared the complaint to a Twitter post written by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Aug. 28, saying that there were similarities.

Comment: The Democrats just can't help escalating the crazy, if they think it will help them take down Trump. This latest folly, as it turned out to involve a Democratic presidential front-runner (for the moment), will likely bite them in the end, in every sense of the phrase.

Kurt Volker included in whistleblower complaint - resigns as Ukraine envoy

Alex Pappas
Fox News
Sat, 28 Sep 2019 18:54 UTC

© Mikhail Palinchak, Presidential Press Service Pool Photo via AP
US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker, left, greets Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko in Odessa, Ukraine this past February.

Kurt Volker, the U.S. envoy for Ukraine, resigned Friday after his name was mentioned in the intelligence community whistleblower's complaint regarding President Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that included discussion about investigating the Biden family, a source with knowledge of the matter told Fox News.

Volker's resignation was first reported by The State Press, the student newspaper of Arizona State University, where Volker serves as executive director of the school's McCain Institute.

According to the complaint, Volker sought to "contain the damage" from Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani's outreach to Ukraine's government about the Biden family.

Comment: What sort of game is Volker playing at, encouraging a move that would undercut the Democrats? He has always been perceived as a Deep Stater. Perhaps he thought Giuliani really was going to try to get dirt on Hunter? But apparently he went at Ukraine's request to provide assistance to the Ukrainian AG in prosecuting internal corruption. Biden was pretty clearly taking advantage of it.

I see a new market for fake IDs, this time claiming age of 17.

Yupo

Slappy looks old...I guess selling your soul to the devil has consequences...

Bezel Bub

Walensky was born Rochelle Paula Bersoff in Peabody, Massachusetts, to Edward Bersoff and Carol Bersoff-Bernstein. Walensky is married to Loren D....

HashAttack2

I would call her a moron but then idiots and imbeciles may feel left out

Michael L

Whoa folks! I just was wondering who this lady was and I came across this. Who is Melle Stewart? Is She Dead or Alive? Actress Melle Stewart...

Rowan Cocoan

Puppet Masters

Susan Rice accuses Trump of cover-op, but admits Obama put transcripts on top secret server too

The "State of the World" address, translated

Drain that swamp! Trump campaign ad hoists Bidens and Democrats high on their own petard

Intel Community (sic) fiddled whistleblower requirements to get fake intel on Trump-Ukraine nothing-burger

UK gov may declare "state of emergency" to push through no-deal Brexit, secretary plans to introduce new back stop

The dirt Trump wants on the Bidens, and why Zelensky doesn't want him to have it

DC court rules in favor of 'state secret privileges' in case brought by 'journalist' who believes US military has him on a 'kill list'

US demands release of prisoner before Iranian FM can visit cancer-stricken ambassador

Skulduggery? Former NSA staff chief suggests 'whistleblower' may have had Congress members' help drafting complaint

Kurt Volker included in whistleblower complaint - resigns as Ukraine envoy

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