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ABC & CBS News facing firestorm of criticsim over response to Epstein leak video

Joseph A. Wulfsohn
Fox News
Sun, 10 Nov 2019 17:35 UTC
Ashley Bianco, Any Robach, Epstein leak video
ABC News and CBS News are both facing a firestorm of criticism over their response to a leaked video featuring ABC anchor Amy Robach complaining that the network had spiked an interview with a prominent accuser of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Earlier this week, reports circulated that ABC had identified the employee suspected of leaking the Robach video to controversial watchdog group Project Veritas. According to the reports, ABC executives informed their counterparts at CBS, where the staffer had recently been hired, of their suspicions and the employee soon lost her job.

However, on Friday, ousted CBS staffer Ashley Bianco publicly denied that she was the leaker. At almost the exact same moment, Project Veritas published a note from the alleged "ABC insider" it claimed was behind the leak.

Bianco, a former producer on ABC's "Good Morning America" who joined "CBS This Morning" last month, said she was fired by CBS after the network received a call from ABC informing her new boss that she once had access to the leaked video.

Comment: MSM execs part of 'network of people' that covered for Epstein - Project Veritas founder to RT
"They're fine airing the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, or [President Donald] Trump, or anybody else, but when it comes to Bill Clinton and some of these folks who are mentioned by Amy in this hot mic tape, they say they just didn't have enough corroboration," O'Keefe said, recalling that Robach had specifically mentioned that "we had [Bill] Clinton. I'm not sure how ABC News defines corroboration when it comes to credible witnesses talking about sexual assault."


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Low-intensity fighting continues as Ukrainian military & Donbass representatives begin new disengagement attempt


RT
Sun, 10 Nov 2019 17:38 UTC
Donbass Ukraine soldiers OSCE
© Reuters / Oleksandr Klymenko
Members of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission watch Ukrainian servicemen in Donetsk Region, Ukraine on November 9, 2019.
Ukrainian troops and militias in the eastern breakaway republics have begun a new round of disengagement, yet sporadic clashes continue. If the process succeeds, a Normandy Four meeting to settle the conflict will take place.

The militaries of Ukraine and the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) have been withdrawing from their positions around the village of Petrovskoye since Saturday. The process is being observed by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), as well as the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) on ceasefire and stabilization of the demarcation line.

The DPR representatives said their troops left their positions around the village on Saturday. Their Ukrainian adversaries have promised that the withdrawal will take around three days.

Comment: There's not much hope that an agreement will be reached so long as the neonazi Ukro-crazies still hold so much sway over the government. So long has the Right Sektor and other violent groups are receiving overt and covert aid from the U.S., President Zelensky doesn't have much say in the matter.

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Jewish Democratic congressman Andy Levin visits West Bank and blasts treatment of Palestinians


Times of Israel
Thu, 07 Nov 2019 06:59 UTC
Andy Levin says he was enraged at sight of water supply to illegal Jewish outpost, as Palestinian villagers remain without access
Andy Levin
© AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
Rep.-elect Andy Levin, D-Mich, arrives for member-elect briefings on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018
A Democratic congressman from Michigan has criticized Israel for its treatment of Palestinians following a tour of the West Bank earlier this week.

Rep. Andy Levin said Wednesday he was enraged by the situation in Susya, where Palestinian villagers are denied water access, while Jewish settlers nearby are granted government-supplied amenities.

"Yesterday, I traveled to the southern West Bank, including the Palestinian village of Susya, which the Israeli government has destroyed twice and currently denies access to water," he wrote. "Yet we watched the government utility, right before our eyes, lay in pipes right across the village's land to deliver tap water to an illegal Israeli outpost nearby." He did not name the outpost.

Comment: We don't know whether Mr Levin changed his mind about Israel after his recent visit, but the country's practices against the native Palestinians are definitely apartheidist. See,

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Russia to deploy advanced weapons 'no other country has', US says it "must address" this

Tom O'Connor
Newsweek
Wed, 06 Nov 2019 13:19 UTC
russia jet
Russian President Vladimir Putin praised his country's recent military achievements, including the development of state-of-the-art weapons that the U.S. military told Newsweek it now must match.

Addressing a promotion and award ceremony on Wednesday for officers and prosecutors at the Grand Kremlin Palace, Putin offered his congratulations for those being recognized for accomplishments "critical to the state." Of the utmost important tasks, he explained, are "to reliably protect Russia and our fellow citizens from external and domestic threats, to clearly anticipate potential risks and challenges and to improve their performance gradually and consistently."

"Your key priority is the development of the Russian Armed Forces," Putin said. "Our army and navy have proved their high readiness, yet we intend to build up our defense capability and to deploy hypersonic, laser and other cutting-edge weapons which no other country has."

"However, this is not a reason for threatening anyone," he added. "On the contrary, we are ready to do our best to promote the disarmament process with the help of these novel weapons, which have been created exclusively to guarantee our security in the face of growing threats to our country."

Comment: Both strategically and technologically, the US and its lackeys are lagging way behind, which is why they're having to resort to playing dirty:

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The tussle over publishing 'The Assassination of Robert Maxwell: Israel's Super Spy'

Martin Dillon & Gordon Thomas
Internet Archive
Thu, 12 Dec 2002 21:25 UTC
Robert Maxwell
© BBC
Media mogul, 'left' MP, and spy Robert Maxwell
Public Statement by Martin Dillon & Gordon Thomas on December 6, 2002:

The Assassination of Robert Maxwell: Israel's Super Spy (Robson Books UK)

Two best-selling authors have bitterly accused their American publisher of "sabotaging" their book on Robert Maxwell he is to publish. The book, supported by FBI documents, and files from intelligence agencies across the globe, details the tycoon's until now unsuspected links to organised crime families in the Balkans - and how Maxwell penetrated America's nuclear arsenal at Los Alamos on behalf of Mossad. The book reveals the tycoon worked for the Israeli intelligence. But unknown to the authors, their US publisher, Carroll-Graf, secretly delivered an uncorrected proof copy of their manuscript weeks ago to Maxwell's daughter, Isabel.

She admits she took the book to Israel and consulted with, among others, "a family friend" David Kimche, a former deputy director of Mossad. Last week, in the Jewish Chronicle, Isabel Maxwell launched a ferocious attack on authors Gordon Thomas and Martin Dillon over The Assassination of Robert Maxwell: Israel's Super Spy (Robson Books UK). She accused them of not even getting the names of her siblings correctly-spelled (common in uncorrected manuscripts).

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Obama administration's attempt to partner with Hunter Biden's gas firm blocked over corruption concerns

John Solomon
John Solomon Reports
Thu, 07 Nov 2019 00:00 UTC
George Kent
© Andrew Harnik/AP
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent arrives on Capitol Hill on Oct. 15. His testimony from that deposition was released on Thursday.
State Department official who served in the U.S. embassy in Kiev told Congress that the Obama administration tried in 2016 to partner with the Ukrainian gas firm that employed Hunter Biden but the project was blocked over corruption concerns.

George Kent, the former charge d'affair at the Kiev embassy, said in testimony released Thursday that the State Department's main foreign aid agency, known as USAID, planned to co-sponsor a clean energy project with Burisma Holdings, the Ukrainian gas firm that employed Hunter Biden as a board member.

At the time of the proposed project, Burisma was under investigation in Ukraine for alleged corruption. Those cases were settled in late 2016 and early 2017. Burisma contested allegations of corruption but paid a penalty for tax issues.

Kent testified he personally intervened in mid-2016 to stop USAID's joint project with Burisma because American officials believed the corruption allegations against the gas firm raised concern. When asked why he intervened, he answered:
"There apparently was an effort for Burisma to help cosponsor, I guess, a contest that USAID was sponsoring related to clean energy. And when I heard about it I asked USAID to stop that sponsorship.

"Burisma had a poor reputation in the business, and I didn't think it was appropriate for the U.S. Government to be co-sponsoring something with a company that had a bad reputation."

Comment: See also:
Debunking Ukraine scandal myths regarding Biden and election interference

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The Vindman transcript reveals Schiff's efforts to block GOP whistleblower questions

Susan Ferrechio
Washington Examiner
Fri, 08 Nov 2019 05:36 UTC
Schiff/Vindman
© CNN/Getty Images
House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff • Lt. Col. Alex Vindman
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff took steps to block Republicans from questioning Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman about leaks damaging to President Trump during his closed-door testimony.

The California Democrat blocked GOP lawmakers from questioning Vindman about his conversations with other members of the intelligence community following a July 10 meeting with Ukraine government officials and after Vindman listened in on a July 25 call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

At the July 10 meeting, Vindman reported, the Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, told the Ukrainians they must first pledge to investigate actions by former Vice President Joe Biden to protect the Burisma gas company and also allegations that Democrats interfered in the 2016 elections with the help of Ukraine.

Rep. Jim Jordan asked Vindman if, following the meeting, he "related the Sondland comments ... with any other individual." Republicans are interested in determining who provided the information to the whistleblower, who did not listen to the July 25 call. [Schiff], agreeing with an objection from Vindman's lawyer, blocked Jordan's question. "The witness may refrain from identifying any employee, detailee, or contractor of the Intelligence Community," Schiff said, according to newly released transcripts of Vindland's deposition.

Comment: See also:

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Morales slams 'coup attempt' as intense post-election protests continue in Bolivia


RT
Sat, 09 Nov 2019 07:14 UTC
Morales/Mesa
© radiosplendid.bo/KJN
Bolivian President Evo Morales • Presidential rival Carlos Mesa
Bolivian socialist leader Evo Morales said that rioters pose a threat to peace and democracy as protests over allegations of vote rigging continue to rage across the country.

"Our democracy faces the risk of a coup d'etat the violent groups try to launch in order to undermine the constitutional order," Morales tweeted on Saturday, denouncing his unlawful attempt in front of the international community." He called on Bolivians to respect democracy and the nation's constitution for the sake of "preserving peace and life as supreme values above political interest."

The protests have been raging in the landlocked South American country since mid-October, when Morales won his fourth consecutive term in office. Opposition politicians accused the president of vote rigging and called for a new election after he narrowly secured a 10-point lead against his rival, Carlos Mesa, which allowed him to avoid a runoff vote.

Morales denied manipulating the tallies and invited the chief regional bloc, the Organization of American States (OAS), which criticized the election, to audit the vote-counting process. He also accused Mesa of attempting to "steal" the election.


Comment: See also:

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Rep. Jackie Speier: Impeachment witness transcripts to be released soon

Zachary Stieber
The Epoch Times
Mon, 04 Nov 2019 15:15 UTC
Jackie Speier
© Erin Scott/Getty Images
Rep Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) in Washington on Oct. 24, 2019.
Transcripts from former and current Trump administration officials testifying in the impeachment inquiry will be released soon, a Democratic congresswoman said over the weekend. So far, all witnesses have testified behind closed doors and none of their testimony has been released, though their opening statements have been leaked.

During an appearance on CBS's Face the Nation, Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, predicted the transcripts will be released soon, saying:
"I think you're going to see all of the transcripts that are going to be released probably within the next five days. I don't know if they're all going to be released on the same day, but they're going to be very telling to the American people.

"There is no question now whether there was a quid pro quo, and now the question the Republicans are trying to throw out is, 'Well, was there corrupt intent?'"
Both parties have claimed the release of the transcript will favor them, but Speier insisted the testimonies will show the public that there "is growing evidence of grounds for impeachment."

Speier also said that public hearings will likely start after one more week of closed-door testimonies.
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Neti's surprise: He illegally appoints his long-term foe Naftali Bennett as Defense Minister

Yossi Gurvitz
Mondoweiss
Fri, 08 Nov 2019 00:00 UTC
Naftali Bennett
© Mondoweiss
New Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett
Benjamin Netanyahu surprised an exhausted and apathetic nation by announcing that, come Sunday, he will appoint his longtime foe, Naftali Bennett of (some amoebic rightwing party, they keep changing names), as Defense Minister. Bennett won't enjoy the office, currently held by Netanyahu, for long: The deal says he will only hold it until a new government is formed. As an aside, Bennett's (some amoebic rightwing party), with three seats, will be absorbed within Likud until the next elections.

Next elections are likely to be announced within four weeks.

And legal scholars already mentioned that, for arcane reasons, the appointment is likely illegal; but Netanyahu's zombie government has already crossed so many lines when it comes to the status of provisional governments, the legal system will probably sigh and approve it anyway.
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