Puppet Masters
The US surveillance planes conducted several flights near the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on Saturday, according to Mil Radar, a military plane-spotter's Twitter account, which monitors US Air Force and Navy operations around the world.
Obama nominated Michael Horowitz in July of 2011 to fill a vacancy left open by the resignation of Glenn Fine in February. Mr. Horowitz was confirmed in March the following year, and sworn in on April 16th, 2012. [1]
It was a nomination Obama would come to regret. Obama's Most Dangerous 'Enemies' are Being Targeted
There is a pattern emerging in the Obama Presidency. He is at war with reality; his greatest enemies are facts. And he has been targeting for years a small group of people whose duty is to expose the truth. Their loyalty runs to the citizenry and not to Barack Obama. They are not Republicans and they are certainly not journalists. And Obama has been trying to muzzle them. One man stands in the way.
Inspectors General (IG) are government employees who are responsible for ferreting out mismanagement, fraud and corruption in the federal government. The Barack Obama presidency has provided them with a target-rich environment. They are responsible for uncovering a wide range of Obama failures. [2]
Horowitz inherited a position that was effectively neutered in 2011 by Eric Holder's interpretation of § 6 of The Inspector General Act of 1978. (Authority of Inspector General)
Here, then, is from an interview that Ray McGovern did on Talk Nation Radio, on April 24th:

CIA director nominee Gina Haspel (R) waits to greet U.S. President Donald Trump after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's ceremonial swearing-in at the State Department in Washington, U.S. May 2, 2018
"My highly respected nominee for CIA Director, Gina Haspel, has come under fire because she was too tough on Terrorists," Trump tweeted. "Think of that, in these very dangerous times, we have the most qualified person, a woman, who Democrats want OUT because she is too tough on terror. Win Gina!"
Comment: Bolton, Pompeo, Haspel... Trump's recent appointee choices have all been nothing less than abhorrent lately. Is it the talent pool that is abysmal, or Trump's inability to choose and be supported by decent competent people?

The House Intelligence Committee released new unredacted portions of its final report on Russia on Friday, catching James Comey square in a lie on Michael Flynn.
What are the details?
According to Fox News, the documents show Comey told lawmakers the FBI did not believe Flynn intentionally lied about his contacts with Russian diplomats.
"Director Comey testified to the Committee that 'the agents...discerned no physical indications of deception. They didn't see any change in posture, in tone, in inflection, in eye contact. They saw nothing that indicated to them that he knew he was lying to them,'" the report states.
Comment: James Comey's lies and true intentions are becoming ever more apparent:
- Former Asst FBI Director: Comey has 'lost his mind ... who are crooked Clapper and Brennan to threaten POTUS?'
- Bret Baier's grilling makes Comey look like an idiot
- Trey Gowdy rips into James Comey for his denial that he leaked confidential information
- Republican House Rep Mark Meadows claims he has evidence fmr AG Lynch coordinated with Comey to end Clinton investigation
- Comey being crushed by the 'weasel moves' he once disavowed
- Expert lawyer DiGenova on memos: 'Comey is a total scumbag and should go to prison'
- Comey's memos indicate dossier briefing of Trump was a setup
When taking oath, Vladimir Putin has revealed the key tasks for the government in the next six years.
Comment: Putin Shows Off His New Russian-Made Limousine For The Presidential Inauguration Ceremony
Russian Commander-in-Chief Reviews His Regiment On Cathedral Square To Mark His Inauguration
"It is of the utmost importance that your review be as fulsome, complete and unimpeded as possible," Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., the chairman of the committee, wrote in a recent letter to Horowitz obtained by Fox News.
Horowitz was scheduled to appear before the committee on May 8. But Gowdy told Horowitz he wants to reschedule his testimony "as close to the day the report is finalized as is practicable."
Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz has alleged that Israel was willing to "eliminate" Syrian President Bashar Assad if the latter continued to "allow Iran to operate" from his country.
Comment: Israeli politicians are ramping up the talk of war, yet again. Accusing Iran of what the Israeli's are planning to do. See also:
- Israel, not Iran, has an illegal nuclear arms program - here are the details
- Israel's war on Iran has begun - What will Russia do about it?
- Israel is inventing reasons to support sanctions against Iran in the hopes that it will lead to regime change
If the results were translated into a General Election result, Jeremy Corbyn would have become the UK's new prime minister. But that's not what the British media is telling Her Majesty's Subjects. Instead, the message across all mainstream media - right and left - is that Corbyn's party failed dismally.
Bashing Corbyn non-stop, since he was first elected leader of the Labour Party in 2015 - as 'unelectable', as 'anti-Semitic', as 'pro-Russian', as a 'Communist Czech agent' - the media now lambasts him for not delivering a comprehensive victory - evidence, again, that he should resign!
The last time the Labour Party won local elections by such a wide margin over the Conservative Party was in 1994. Three years later in the UK General Election, it was a landslide victory for Labour. The big difference between now and then is that this time there's no 'third-way', no Tory-lite leader like Tony Blair leading the party - there's Jeremy Corbyn, the British Security Services' "number 1 national security threat."
On this lovely morning here on the coast of the Mediterranean there is not a cloud in the sky. In less than twenty-four hours voting will begin. However, on this day before the election, a howling wind is blowing from the south making the thousands of posters, banners and building-sized placards that feature the faces of the scores of potential Lebanese parliamentarians dance and sway wildly above the throngs of tomorrows voters.
But this wind, one that just yesterday seemed to bring the promise of a new future for Lebanon, will it be an ill wind that instead dashes this attempt at populist democratic reform, one cast from nine years of progress, onto the rocks of US-backed history?
Judging from the past twelve hours on the streets of Beirut, there is suddenly strong pause for concern. Someone is buying votes!
And just about everyone knows it.












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