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Congressional investigators are 'trying to get to the bottom' of Brennan's role in the Russia investigation

Chuck Ross
The Daily Caller
Wed, 04 Apr 2018 11:00 UTC

A book published in March offered a startling but little-noticed revelation about former CIA Director John Brennan. According to Russian Roulette, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid believed Brennan was using him as a conduit to publicize possible links between Trump campaign associates and the Russian government.

Brennan's contacts with Reid - and other activities during the 2016 presidential campaign - are of "significant" interest to congressional investigators trying to figure out the ex-spy's early role in the Russia investigation, The Daily Caller News Foundation is told.

"By his own account, Brennan played a prominent role in starting the investigation of Trump's team," a congressional source with direct knowledge of the House of Representatives' Russia investigations tells TheDCNF. "Investigators in Congress suspect there are important details about his role that he hasn't revealed, and we're trying to get to the bottom of it."

According to Russian Roulette, by Yahoo! News chief investigative correspondent Michael Isikoff and David Corn, the Washington bureau chief of the left-wing Mother Jones magazine, Brennan contacted Reid on Aug. 25, 2016, to brief him on the state of Russia's interference in the presidential campaign. Brennan briefed other members of the so-called Gang of Eight, but Reid is the only one who took direct action.

Comment: Besides asking how accurate are the facts and speculations in Russian Roulette, the dots have to be connected and timelines have to pinpoint and back up the narrative. Spurred by Brennan, Reid was 'used' by the FBI to write a letter to Comey to legitimize the formal investigation of Carter Page.

For more on Reid's involvement, see also:

Mueller may already be subpoenaed in a re-impaneled Uranium One investigation

Normal Ball
MintPress News
Wed, 04 Apr 2018 00:00 UTC

© AP/Alex Brandon
Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas as he questions Jeff Sessions during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, 2017.

Prepare to expect the unexpected as the collusion boomerang enters its return arc. The Pasture of the Brazen Blue Donkey lies dead in its sights.

As the time seems ripe, we revisit here Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert's (R) much ridiculed Uranium One chart presented at The House Judiciary Committee Committee Oversight hearing on November 14, 2017.

Just prior to this hearing at a November 7th press conference, Gohmert had argued for Independent Counsel Robert Mueller's dismissal on the grounds that he was, "engaged in the cover-up of the initial Russian investigation that revealed Russia was trying to corner the market on uranium."

Demands for Mueller's dismissal have come from a variety of sources. In a November 9th Fox News interview, Congressman Jim Jordan echoed his Texas colleague, saying, "Robert Mueller, I think, in light of what we've also recently learned, relative to the Uranium One Deal, surely seems a bit compromised to me."

As for the chart, even Stephen Colbert took a satiric swing. Colbert, by the way, is the same guy who ridiculed President Trump for tweeting he'd been wiretapped by his predecessor at Trump Tower. Guffaw, guffaw. ("This is a serious allegation. This may be the most serious allegation any President has ever made against a previous President"; see 2:23 here).

Comment: The questionable patterns, practices and collusion of the FBI, culminating in the Russiaphobia nonsense, is systemic -- especially under-looked and over-looked by the Obama administration. If there is an ongoing, secret investigation of Uranium One and the Clintons, it might be the only process able to obtain a relatively uncorrupted source of information from which to formulate a just verdict.

Boris Johnson facing calls for resignation after claiming Libya's Sirte could be the next Dubai once it 'clears the dead bodies away'

The National
Wed, 04 Oct 2017 05:35 UTC

© Phil Noble/ Reuters
Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson claimed Sirte, where Muammar Gadaffi was killed, could be the next Dubai, once the bodies of dead people had been cleared away.

Britain's Boris Johnson is facing calls to leave from his position as foreign secretary after he claimed that a city in Libya, which was liberated from ISIL last year, could be the next Dubai once the dead bodies had been cleared away.

Mr Johnson, who was speaking at the Conservative party conference on Tuesday, made the comment about Sirte's potential as a tourism hub, the city where Muammar Gaddafi died, in response to a question about his visits to Libya.

"There's a group of UK business people, wonderful guys who want to invest in Sirte, on the coast, near where Gaddafi was actually captured and executed as some of you may have seen," he said.

"And they literally have a brilliant vision to turn Sirte, with the help of the municipality of Sirte, to turn it into the next Dubai.

"The only thing they've got to do is clear the dead bodies away and then they'll be there."

Comment: Calling Boris 'an embarrassment' is the height of understatement:

Netanyahu had a 'tough' call with Trump regarding recent Middle East developments

Sputnik
Fri, 06 Apr 2018 20:19 UTC

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly had a "tense" phone call with US President Donald Trump, according to two White House officials familiar with the situation.

The conversation basically centered around Netanyahu's concerns that the US military will leave Syria, thus making it possible for Israel's enemies, Iran and its affiliates, to gain more heft in the area, Haaretz cited the officials as saying.

The official statement released by the US government said that Netanyahu and Trump discussed "recent developments in the Middle East," with the president "reiterating the commitment of the United States to Israel's security and the two leaders agreeing to continue their close coordination on countering Iran's malign influence and destabilizing activities."

Netanyahu has since praised Trump for his "commitment to Israel's security." Along with the Israeli prime minister, the Saudi crown prince also expressed opposition to the US pulling out its troops.

Last week, when speaking at a rally, Trump famously exclaimed that "we're knocking the hell out of ISIS," adding that the US, which has about 2,000 personnel deployed in Syria, is pulling out of the country "very soon."

Comment: "But Donald, the reason you're in Syria in the first place was for us!" Makes you want to reach for a sick bag. Israel creates its own enemies. Take away the US and Israel has to face reality, stop being a bully and adjust accordingly within its neighborhood or suffer the consequences of its pathology and paranoia.

Ex-aide Moftah Missouri: 'Gaddafi told me he donated €20mn to Sarkozy's campaign'

RT
Fri, 06 Apr 2018 11:15 UTC

Speaking to RT, a trusted adviser to Muammar Gaddafi shed light on how the late Libyan leader allegedly funneled €20 million to support the election campaign of his "friend" Nicolas Sarkozy, who became French president in 2007.

Moftah Missouri, a former interpreter and trusted aide to Gaddafi, exclusively told RT the Libyan strongman had once confessed to him that he had donated €20 million (US$24 million) to fund Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential bid. Sarkozy reportedly first told Gaddafi of his ambitions of entering the Elysee Palace while on a visit to Libya in 2005, and the colonel welcomed the news, Missouri said.

"At the end of his visit, he met the leader of the Libyan revolution [Gaddafi]... the meeting lasted about 45 minutes," the former Gaddafi adviser added. When Sarkozy said he was intending to run for the presidency, the Libyan leader replied by saying that it was good news, noting "it would be good if a friend of Libya and a friend of him [Gaddafi] becomes president of France," Missouri added.

The late leader promised to render "all kind of support and assistance" to the French politician, and it came shortly after he announced his candidacy, the former aide claimed. His campaign officials met with Libyan counterparts, and the two sides reportedly came up with a document - named after Bashir Saleh, one of Libya's negotiators - that requested €50 million ($61 million) as a donation to support Sarkozy's bid.

Comment: See also:

Building bridges: Austrian Chancellor tells why he refused to join anti-Russian hysteria over Skripal case

RT
Thu, 05 Apr 2018 21:13 UTC

Austria seeks to maintain its neutrality and be a mediator for other nations, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said, explaining the decision not to join the 'diplomat expulsion' brigade, triggered by the UK's accusations against Russia.

Vienna did not join the trend to expel Russian diplomats, as the country wants to remain the "bridge building" platform where "hundreds of diplomats hold talks" on a daily basis, Kurz said. The Chancellor has also noted that Austria was among the one third of EU countries which did not take hostile actions against Moscow over the Skripal case allegations.

"We have good relations with Russia now. We are a neutral country and home to the headquarters of many international organizations such as the UN and OSCE; hundreds of diplomats come here to have talks on neutral ground. That's why we can develop the role of a bridge between nations," Kurz told the Plus 4 broadcaster on Wednesday, in an interview marking his first 100 days in office.

Comment: See also: Russian Ambassador to UK urges OPCW probe results to be made public

Moscow: US sanctions violate international law, WTO norms, won't be left unanswered

RT
Fri, 06 Apr 2018 16:18 UTC

The new sanctions imposed by the US violate the principles of the free trade and will prompt an "asymmetric" response from Moscow, Russian lawmakers say. They also said the restrictions are a "dead end."

"The Americans are going on the offensive against Russia," First Deputy Head of the Russian Senate's International Affairs Committee Vladimir Dzhabarov told RIA Novosti while commenting on the new sanctions list issued by the US Treasury earlier on Friday.

In total, 24 Russians and 14 entities were put on the list, including in particular Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, as well as the head of the Russian Federation Council's International Affairs Committee, Konstantin Kosachev. The sanctions also targeted Russian billionaires such as Oleg Deripaska and Alexey Miller.

Dzhabarov called the US move "outrageous" and said that it is a manifestation of Washington's "powerlessness" and "psychosis," fueled by the fact that many of the US' recent political projects, including its operation in Syria and attempts to find evidence of Russia's interference in the 2016 US election, have failed. The senator pointed out that these actions undertaken by the US can only lead to a further escalation of tensions between Moscow and Washington, and possibly even a deadlock.

Comment: The US has five consistent power plays: False flag operations, regime changes, military occupation, intelligence manipulation and sanctions.

Zakharova urges UK to provide official statement on Viktoria Skripal's visa

TASS
Sat, 07 Apr 2018 17:38 UTC

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has called on London to provide official explanations about the situation around an entry visa to former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal's niece Viktoria, at least out of humanitarian considerations.

"We urge the United Kingdom to make an official statement to explain the situation around an entry visa to Viktoria Skripal. We thinks that British officials, at least out of humanitarian considerations, must summon their strength to provide an official statement at least on this aspect," she said in an interview with the Rossiya-24 television channel.

Trump says we're leaving Syria, but the Deep State says 'Not so fast!'

Frank Sellers
The Duran
Fri, 06 Apr 2018 17:22 UTC

The fight against terrorism isn't real issue with all of this, but merely the premise used to justify American empire building

The US and its coalition, numbering the in dozens, have been involved in numerous military operations, including thousands of military personnel, in Syria on the premise of eradicating ISIS from the Middle Eastern country, albeit without the consent of the Syrian government of Bashar Assad or the UN Security Council.

Last week, US President Donald Trump proposed pulling out of the conflict on the basis that the US has dumped a massive amount of resources into these and other operations in the Middle East, with costs exceeding $7 trillion, with no recognizable benefit to the US or its citizens, let alone to those of the country that the US military is conducting these active operations in, who have only witnessed massive death and destruction.

President Trump's proposal, however was short lived as the new US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford, together with special envoy to the US-led coalition Brett McGurk, Defense Secretary James Mattis, and director of the US Joint Staff, Director Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie on Tuesday quickly and vehemently advised against an immediate withdrawal of forces on the ground in Syria, on the basis that such a move would be contrary to America's national interests.

Comment: It cannot be said often enough: The 'President' is merely a figurehead.

Italy's leading political parties condemn government's expulsion of Russian diplomats, advocate for better relationship with Russia

Frank Sellers
The Duran
Fri, 06 Apr 2018 10:33 UTC

It's not often that something occurs in the west to help restore my faith in humanity, but today, something has

The coalition of center-right and right-wing parties, who won the majority in the new Italian government, lambasted the decision of the outbound Cabinet to expel Russian diplomats.

Leading Italian political parties have each issued statements in condemnation of Italy's present government in its decision to follow Britain in expelling Russian diplomats as a countermeasure over allegations of Russia's use of banned chemical weapons in assassination attempt on ex double spy Sergey Skripal and his daughter.

Given that the accusations were made before an investigation had even been conducted, and which ongoing investigations have been recently turning up a lack of evidence tracing back to Russia, it's needless to say that such accusations were premature and inappropriate, let alone the countermeasures taken by the British government and the massive amount of anti-Russian media coverage in recent weeks.

The Northern League, Forza Italia, and Brothers of Italy, none of which were able to secure enough of a majority in the March Italian primaries to secure the election, as they continue to battle the Democratic Party for control of the Italian government, have each issued declarations that the Democrats have made a "stupid decision" in choosing to cast out Russian diplomats and play along with sanctions against Russia as both a ridiculous political blunder and a damaging economic move, as the Italian economy suffers from their implementation. Sputnik reports:

Comment: Russia's UK embassy: 160 countries not in Western bloc want proof in Skripal case

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Buffalo_Ken

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Buffalo_Ken

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HashAttack2

Thanks, SOTT. Good read.

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Puppet Masters

Congressional investigators are 'trying to get to the bottom' of Brennan's role in the Russia investigation

Mueller may already be subpoenaed in a re-impaneled Uranium One investigation

Boris Johnson facing calls for resignation after claiming Libya's Sirte could be the next Dubai once it 'clears the dead bodies away'

Netanyahu had a 'tough' call with Trump regarding recent Middle East developments

Ex-aide Moftah Missouri: 'Gaddafi told me he donated €20mn to Sarkozy's campaign'

Building bridges: Austrian Chancellor tells why he refused to join anti-Russian hysteria over Skripal case

Moscow: US sanctions violate international law, WTO norms, won't be left unanswered

Zakharova urges UK to provide official statement on Viktoria Skripal's visa

Trump says we're leaving Syria, but the Deep State says 'Not so fast!'

Italy's leading political parties condemn government's expulsion of Russian diplomats, advocate for better relationship with Russia

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