Forgot to post this along with original post:
April [A].
IG report.
Sessions public attack.
RR problems.
Seals broken.
[A]rrests.
Why was Huber made public?
Why now?
Everything has meaning.
[A]wan.
Tarmac.
Iran.
NK.
U1.
FBI.
DOJ.
Mueller.
Election Integrity.
Immigration Bill.
Border.
Wall.
Military start.
BIG month.
Q
Q's Posts.
IG report.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/04/09/ig-report-no-record-retention-violations-revealed-epa/
nformation has been released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to a law firm— the “Cause of Action Institute”.
The organization has recently released an update on the results of the investigation regarding EPA employees and whether and how they have been using a phone application that could be used for transmitting encrypted information.
Searching for the “Signal” Application on EPA Phones
The FOIA request was related to activities associated with the “Deep State.” Signal is an encryption program for messages. It uses the Internet to send one-to-one and group messages, including images and video messages. It can also be used for making one-to-one voice and video calls. This is the same program which concerned the House Committee in asking for an investigation.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/08/paul-manafort-fbi-trial-508063
How Paul Manafort could put the FBI on trial
Lawyers are watching to see if the former top Trump aide will make an aggressive — and risky — case that he is the victim of political bias among federal Russia investigators.
Paul Manafort’s legal team faces a critical choice as he heads to trial: how aggressively the former Trump campaign chairman should base his defense on alleged political bias and misconduct by federal investigators.
Manafort, a criminal defendant fighting two separate cases, is uniquely positioned to try to dredge up information on bias or potential overreach by FBI and Justice Department officials who have played roles in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.
Whether Manafort will seek to uncover and spotlight disparaging details about federal officials, potentially including an FBI agent dismissed from Mueller’s team last year, has become the subject of speculation and anticipation by lawyers involved in the Russia investigation.
“This is something we’ve all been talking about,” said one defense attorney representing a witness in Mueller’s probe. “It’s a hard question.”
Some expect Manafort to take a slash-and-burn approach. “I think they’re going to try to throw any dirt possible,” said former federal prosecutor Randall Eliason. “If he’s going to trial, then I would expect it to be an all-out war, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they try to make those kinds of claims that the prosecution is tainted.”
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trouble-brews-for-james-comey-as-he-prepares-to-break-silence-with-book-tour
Trouble brews for James Comey as he prepares to break silence with book tour
In less than two weeks, James Comey is poised to begin a book tour and break his silence about his experience serving as FBI director before he was fired last spring by President Trump.
Beyond the occasional tweet in which he has defended an embattled FBI from Trump's criticisms, Comey has largely kept out of the public eye while wrapping up his book, titled “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership." But with April 17, the day his memoir hits bookshelves, fast approaching, a number of potential complications have arisen.
An ex-FBI supervisory special agent put it bluntly on Saturday when he said he has no issue with Comey, now a private citizen, selling books and charging $1,000 for tickets for people to hear him speak, but that the timing of the media blitz was the issue.
https://federalnewsradio.com/cybersecurity/2018/04/ig-interior-dept-computer-infected-with-malware-after-employee-surfed-porn-sites/
Three years after hackers stole sensitive personal information on more than 22 million current and former federal employees in the Office of Personnel Management data breach, the Interior Department, whose compromised systems gave the hackers access to OPM’s databases, still has gaps in its cyber defenses, according to its inspector general.
In a report sent to Interior Department Chief Information Officer Sylvia Burns, Deputy IG Mary Kendall determined that the CIO’s office lacked an enterprise-wide plan to detect and respond to cyber incidents.
“OCIO’s incident response program was not capable of detecting some of the most basic threats from inside the enterprise network. Without detecting these threats, the OCIO could not contain them in a timely manner, which left compromised systems on the network for months at a time,” the March 12 IG report stated.
During its investigation, the Office of Inspector General found that a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) employee had been watching pornography on an agency workstation and saving videos onto an external hard drive.
Sessions public attack.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/09/trump-vents-against-attorney-general-sessions-in-searing-remarks.html
Trump vents against Attorney General Sessions and ponders firing special counsel Mueller
- Trump says that if Attorney General Jeff Sessions had let Trump know he was planning to recuse himself from overseeing the special counsel's investigation, Trump would have picked someone else for the job.
- Trump also told reporters that "many people" are telling him to fire Robert Mueller.
- The remarks came shortly after reports that the FBI obtained a search warrant to raid the office and residence of Michael Cohen, Trump's longtime personal lawyer.
President Donald Trump vented at his Justice Department, his Cabinet members and his former political opponents in searing remarks Monday evening.
The remarks came during a round-table discussion at the White House that was intended to discuss the administration's response to a suspected chemical weapons attack carried out by the government of Syria against its own people.
But in remarks to the press before the meeting's business, Trump spent more time ripping special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
"It's a disgraceful situation, it's a total witch hunt," Trump said of recent reports that the FBI searched the office and residence of Michael Cohen, Trump's longtime personal lawyer, after receiving a referral from the special counsel.
"I have this witch hunt constantly going on for 12 months now," Trump said. "It's frankly a real disgrace. It's an attack on our country in a true sense."
Trump also spoke against his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, who became a regular target of the president's ire in public and private after recusing himself from the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Sessions' command of the special counsel was ceded to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
"The attorney general made a terrible mistake when he did this," Trump said of Sessions. Had Sessions let Trump know he was planning to recuse himself over failing to report contacts with a Russian ambassador in congressional testimony, "we would have used a — put a different attorney general in."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5596741/Trump-launches-attack-Jeff-Sessions-Cohen-raid.html
Trump launches all-out attack on Jeff Sessions for recusing himself from Russia probe - and warns 'we'll see what happens' to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein after Mueller's raid on Michael Cohen
- President Trump lashed out again at his Attorney General Jeff Sessions on the heels of his personal attorney Michael Cohen's office and home being raided
- 'The attorney general made a terrible mistake when he did this and when he recused himself,' Trump said late Monday afternoon
- He also brought in Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, pointing out that Rosenstein also thought FBI Director James Comey should have been fired
- Comey's firing is what prompted Rosenstein to appoint Special Counsel Robert Mueller
- Bloomberg reported that it was also Rosenstein who was behind the referral to the U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York
President Trump again lashed out at his Attorney General Jeff Sessions on the heels of his personal attorney Michael Cohen's office and home being raided by the FBI.
'The attorney general made a terrible mistake when he did this and when he recused himself, or he should have certainly let us know if he was going to recuse himself, and we would have used a, put a different attorney general in,' the president said late Monday afternoon. 'So he made what I consider to be a very terrible mistake for the country. But you'll figure that out.'
The president also brought up Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who Bloomberg reported had signed off on the Cohen raid after being approached by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, noting how Rosenstein had agreed that Trump should fire ex-FBI Director James Comey, which prompted Rosenstien's appointment of Mueller.
President Trump again lashed out at his Attorney General Jeff Sessions on the heels of his personal attorney Michael Cohen's office and home being raided by the FBI.
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https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/635892/lanrex-business-first-technology-second/
RR problems.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-09/fbi-raids-office-of-trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-in-mueller-probe
President Donald Trump condemned as “disgraceful” an FBI raid on the office and hotel room of his longtime lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, who paid $130,000 to an adult-film actress and who has been a key figure in the U.S. investigation into Russian election meddling.
Trump, speaking Monday to reporters at the White House, defended Cohen as a “good man” and blasted Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe as “an attack on our country, in a true sense.” The president said agents “broke into” Cohen’s office in midtown Manhattan, even though a federal judge had to approve the search warrants used by the FBI.
FBI agents seized documents using several warrants after the case was referred in part by Mueller to New York federal prosecutors, Cohen attorney Stephen Ryan wrote in an email. The Washington Post reported that Cohen is being investigated for possible bank fraud and campaign finance violations.
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/382281-house-conservatives-unsatisfied-by-doj-efforts-to-increase-fbi
Conservatives on the House Judiciary Committee aren't satisfied with the recent promises the Department of Justice (DOJ) has made to produce more documents related to the FBI’s decisionmaking during the 2016 presidential election.
On Monday, the DOJ announced it has tapped U.S. Attorney John Lausch of the Northern District of Illinois to supervise the production of documents requested by Judiciary lawmakers.
The FBI, which has doubled its personnel working on the document production to 54 agents, also said on Monday that it will turn over 3,600 pages of documents in response to the panel's request.
"Am I satisfied? The answer is no," Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), a member on the Judiciary panel, told The Hill on Monday.
Jordan, a vocal member who is eager to investigate claims of FBI surveillance abuse, said the promise is the "same baloney" they've heard before — "not much of an improvement."
It means Rod Rosenstein is in trouble. He has missed deadlines to hand over 1.2 million documents.
Guys...Q has literally spelled this out for us.
https://www.vox.com/world/2018/3/21/17143128/firing-mueller-trump-russia-legalwrap
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/russia-investigation-rod-rosenstein-memo-mueller-probe-limits/
The Rosenstein Memo
We now have a redacted version of the deputy attorney general’s guidance to the special counsel.
Eight months ago, in August 2017, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein secretly gave Special Counsel Robert Mueller specific guidance as to the crimes Mueller is authorized to investigate. The guidance came about ten weeks after Mueller’s May 17 appointment. This guidance purports to describe the grounds for criminal investigations, marking the limits of the special counsel’s jurisdiction.
Eight months ago, in August 2017, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein secretly gave Special Counsel Robert Mueller specific guidance as to the crimes Mueller is authorized to investigate. The guidance came about ten weeks after Mueller’s May 17 appointment. This guidance purports to describe the grounds for criminal investigations, marking the limits of the special counsel’s jurisdiction.
As readers may recall, these columns have been critical of the deputy attorney general for failing to provide such guidance. Instead, I’ve contended, Rosenstein assigned Mueller to conduct a counterintelligence investigation, which is not a sound basis for appointing a special counsel; the regulations require grounds for a criminal investigation.
So . . . was I wrong? No, I was right.
We learned Tuesday morning, based on a Monday-night court filing by Mueller, that Rosenstein’s amplification of Mueller’s jurisdiction was set forth in a classified memorandum dated August 2, 2017. That memo was filed just one week after a July 26 column in which I comprehensively laid out the deficiencies in Rosenstein’s appointment order and suggested that he could cure the problem by “specify[ing] exactly what potential crimes the special counsel is authorized to investigate.” To be clear, I do not claim to be the only commentator who has criticized the deficiencies of Rosenstein’s appointment order, though I doubt others have done so as consistently and pointedly, including with proposals for bringing it into compliance. (See, e.g., “Mend, Don’t End, Mueller’s Investigation.”)
The Deficiencies of Rosenstein’s Order Appointing Mueller
To recap, Rosenstein appointed Mueller on May 17, 2017, days after President Trump’s botched firing of FBI director James Comey — a debacle in which the administration’s conflicting explanations for the director’s removal, coupled with the president’s reprehensible comments about Comey for the consumption of Russian diplomats he hosted at the White House, intensified Democratic calls for a special counsel.
From the outset, I protested that Rosenstein’s order appointing Mueller violated governing special-counsel regulations. They make the trigger for such an appointment the existence of a “criminal investigation of a person or matter,” which some conflict of interest prevents the Justice Department from conducting in the normal course — requiring that an attorney from outside the U.S. government be assigned to conduct the criminal investigation (see 28 CFR Sections 600.1 and 600.3). To the contrary, Rosenstein’s order disclosed no basis for a criminal investigation and indicated no crimes that had allegedly been committed.
Instead, the deputy attorney general assigned Mueller to conduct a counterintelligence investigation. To wit, Rosenstein defined the probe as “the investigation confirmed by then-FBI Director James B. Comey in testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on March 20, 2017.” In that testimony, Comey had quite explicitly confirmed a counterintelligence probe: “I have been authorized by the Department of Justice to confirm that the FBI, as part of our counterintelligence mission, is investigating the Russian government’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election” (emphasis added).
Significantly, there is a natural symmetry between the grounds for appointing a special counsel and those for requiring the recusal of top Justice Department officials. It is the latter that gives rise to the former. I had thus argued that Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s recusal from the Russia investigation was premature and too sweeping. As the attorney general acknowledged, the recusal matter was controlled by 28 CFR Section 45.2. But that regulation similarly states that disqualification is necessary only if there is a criminal investigation or prosecution as to which a prosecutor has a conflict of interest.
Since the Russia investigation was a counterintelligence investigation, I contended that Sessions could have declined to recuse. There was a caveat: In the event the Russia counterintelligence probe turned up evidence of crimes that would warrant criminal investigations, Sessions — because of his prominent role in the Trump campaign — would likely have to recuse himself from those investigations, on a case-by-case basis (e.g., if criminal charges were brought against Michael Flynn, as ultimately happened).
Sessions’s recusal in early March 2017 has been, ever since, the subject of heated overreaction by President Trump. While the president has a point because the recusal was too broad, he acts as if there were no basis for it at all. In point of fact, if the counterintelligence investigation were to yield grounds for criminal investigations that arose out of the campaign, including any implicating Trump himself, Sessions would have been bound by ethics rules to disqualify himself from those matters.
Seals Broken
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1278631/middle-east
Former President Ahmadinejad: Iran’s legal system is failing the people
http://www.aina.org/news/20180409184251.htm
Thousands of Artefacts Are Still Missing From Iraq's National Museum
On April 10 2003, the first looters broke into the National Museum of Iraq. Staff had vacated two days earlier, ahead of the advance of US forces on Baghdad. The museum was effectively ransacked for the next 36 hours until employees returned.
While the staff - showing enormous bravery and foresight - had removed and safely stored 8,366 artefacts before the looting, some 15,000 objects were taken during that 36 hours. While 7,000 items have been recovered, more than 8,000 remain unaccounted for, including artefacts thousands of years old from some of the earliest sites in the Middle East.
The looting is regarded as one of the worst acts of cultural vandalism in modern times, but much more of Iraq's rich cultural history has been destroyed, damaged or stolen in the years since. Indeed the illegal trade in looted antiquities is growing.
One of the museum objects that remains lost is a black stone weight shaped like a duck made around 2070 BC and excavated from the ancient city of Ur. Another is a fluted gold and lapis bowl from a royal cemetery in the same city.
The museum's collection of cylinder seals (used to print images, usually into clay) was hit especially hard as they were easy to conceal and transport and had a ready market overseas. Of the 5144 taken, just over half have been returned. The museum reopened in 2014, somewhat a shadow of its former self.
Some high value items looted from the museum were so recognisable that they could not possibly appear on the open market, suggesting they were taken with buyers already lined up. In contrast to this was the opportunistic looting undertaken by locals: in some galleries copies were stolen but genuine pieces ignored.
Global outrage at the looting did lead to immediate action. One of the most successful programs was an amnesty granted by authorities that saw almost 2,000 items returned by January 2004, and a further thousand items seized by Iraqi and US investigators.
Initial returns were largely local. One early success was the famous Lady of Warka, dated to around 3100 BC; she was recovered by investigators at a nearby farm following a tip off.
http://www.transportationlaw.net/articles/oct08article.html
Q We are a small warehouse that received delivery of a sealed container. The driver refused to break the seal and insisted that we do it. I know of no requirement that we break the seals on inbound loads, but the driver insisted it. What difference does it make who breaks the seal?
A The statutes and regulations governing shipper load and count are silent with respect to which party at destination breaks the seal. But I suspect I know why the driver insisted that you be the one to examine the seal and actually break it at destination.
https://www.thetrumpet.com/10120-the-seven-seals-of-revelation-have-been-opened
A]rrests.
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2018/04/07/vatican-arrests-holy-see-diplomat-child-pornography-charges
*Vatican arrests Holy See diplomat on child pornography charges
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/9/paul-manafort-denied-bail-dc-case/
The federal judge overseeing the D.C. case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort denied his request for bail Monday.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said in an order that she could not accept the money from the assets Mr. Manafort sought to draw upon to raise the $10 million necessary to lift the conditions of his house arrest, ruling that each asset had conditions that could prevent it from being transferred.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Saj1ee110xc
https://twitter.com/prayingmedic/status/981248159354515456
Why was Huber made public?
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/382281-house-conservatives-unsatisfied-by-doj-efforts-to-increase-fbi
Conservatives on the House Judiciary Committee aren't satisfied with the recent promises the Department of Justice (DOJ) has made to produce more documents related to the FBI’s decisionmaking during the 2016 presidential election.
On Monday, the DOJ announced it has tapped U.S. Attorney John Lausch of the Northern District of Illinois to supervise the production of documents requested by Judiciary lawmakers.
The FBI, which has doubled its personnel working on the document production to 54 agents, also said on Monday that it will turn over 3,600 pages of documents in response to the panel's request.
"Am I satisfied? The answer is no," Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), a member on the Judiciary panel, told The Hill on Monday.
Jordan, a vocal member who is eager to investigate claims of FBI surveillance abuse, said the promise is the "same baloney" they've heard before — "not much of an improvement."
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/02/trump-blasts-justice-department-and-fbi-for-slow-walking-document-production-to-congress.html
President Trump blasted the “Justice” Department and the FBI on Monday, accusing the independent agencies of “slow walking” the process of turning over requested documents regarding alleged corruption to Congress.
“So sad that the Department of ‘Justice’ and the FBI are slow walking, or even not giving, the unredacted documents requested by Congress. An embarrassment to our country!” Trump tweeted Monday.
[A]wan.
https://www.informationsecuritybuzz.com/articles/3-steps-to-beef-up-your-sd-wan-security/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/
http://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/robinson-to-see-mueller-reports-you-need-democrats-in-charge/
http://floridapolitics.com/archives/258931-delegation-for-4-6-18-insights-from-the-beltway-to-the-sunshine-state
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/04/03/desantis_oversight_committee_should_investigate_debbie_wasserman_schultz_itawan_brothers_scandal.html
And so this thing really, really stinks. There is an ongoing criminal probe, and Awan's been indicted. We've gotten a couple of briefings from the Justice Department, but we haven't gotten enough information to really know whether they're really significantly following through on all the different angles.
I mean you could just hit Awan on some minor charge and then move on. Or you can say how does this play in to this broader issue in the Congress, which members may have been culpable, and are you really going to do a serious investigation?
I can't tell you that that investigation is going on. I think it should, I wish it were. But I don't know for a fact that it is.
I mean you could just hit Awan on some minor charge and then move on. Or you can say how does this play in to this broader issue in the Congress, which members may have been culpable, and are you really going to do a serious investigation?
I can't tell you that that investigation is going on. I think it should, I wish it were. But I don't know for a fact that it is.
Tarmac
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/09/ex-ag-lynch-clinton-tarmac-talk-was-about-innocuous-things.html
Ex-AG Lynch: Clinton tarmac talk was about 'innocuous things'
Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch claims she and former President Bill Clinton spoke of only “innocuous things” during their controversial meeting on a tarmac in Arizona just days before the FBI decided it would not recommend criminal charges against Hillary Clinton for her handling of classified information on her private email server in 2016.
During an exclusive interview to air on NBC Monday evening, Lynch addressed her “chance encounter” with the former president on her plane in July 2016 in Phoenix, telling NBC that the meeting was purely social.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsgTJ7HbLco
Iran.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-09/iran-tries-to-unify-currency-to-halt-rial-s-record-slump
Iran will try to unify its currency starting Tuesday and control sales of the dollar in a bid to stem a record decline in the rial’s value on the unregulated market.
The government will sell the U.S. dollar at a rate of 42,000 rials to all individuals and businesses, Iran’s First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri said in a statement recorded for state TV and published on its website, adding that enemies of the Islamic Republic and of the government were behind the instability.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2018/04/09/iranian-president-lashes-out-iran-marks-nuclear-day/K2VTDPZdsuzzoWqBVi9ShP/story.html
Iranian president lashes out at US as Iran marks Nuclear Day
TEHRAN — Iran’s president lashed out at the United States on Monday as Iran marked ‘‘National Nuclear Day,’’ dedicated to its achievements in nuclear technology.
Hassan Rouhani said that despite many attempts, the United States has ‘‘failed to destroy’’ the 2015 deal between Iran and world powers. Rouhani also mocked President Trump, who has described the deal as bad. Trump extended sanctions waivers in January but has declined to re-certify the deal.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-israeli-airstrike-on-syria-monday-a-message-to-iran-russia-and-trump
The Israeli Airstrike on Syria Monday: A Message to Iran, Russia—and Trump
The days of ‘rolling back’ Iran in Syria are gone. Containment and deterrence may be all that is left. And the situation is too dangerous for Trump to kick down the road.
In the early hours of Monday morning, two Israeli fighter jets crossed into southern Lebanon and launched a number of missiles at Syria’s strategic T4—or Tiyas—airbase in Homs province. The missiles struck a section of the base used exclusively by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), its external specialist Quds Force and Hezbollah to house senior personnel, strategic weaponry and sophisticated drones in semi-hardened air hangars. At least 14 people were killed in the missile strike, which Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov later labeled a “very dangerous development” in an unusually harsh rebuke of the sort of Israeli action that Moscow usually has glossed over quietly.
https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/04/iran-syria-reaction-douma-chemical-attack-khamenei.html
With another round of allegations that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons, this time on April 7 in Douma, Iran has been put in the position of condemning the action while rejecting claims that the Syrian government was involved.
In an April 8 press statement, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghassemi said, “The Islamic Republic of Iran, based on its principled policies and religious and moral teachings, and as one of the victims of chemical weapons, condemns the use of these types of weapons by any side and anywhere in the world.” Iran experienced chemical weapons attacks by the Iraqi government of President Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88), in which the United States and Western European governments sided with Iraq.
So Basically Israel and Iran are Against the USA? Did a Miracle Happen where the 2 Countries Who hate Each other decide to become Allies?? wtf.. is going on here!!
https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/syria/trump-on-syrian-chemical-attack-russia-iran-backing-animal-assad-1.5978909
Trump tweets 'Big price ....to pay. Another humanitarian disaster for no reason whatsoever. SICK!' ■ White House official says won't 'take anything off the table' in response to Syria attack
One of President Donald Trump's top homeland security advisers said on Sunday the Unites States will not rule out launching a missile attack in response to new reports about a chemical attack on a rebel-held town in eastern Ghouta, Syria.
https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/iran/1.5989628
The top adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, on Tuesday described a strike on a military airbase in Syria as "Israel's crime" and said it "will not remain without response," the Lebanese al-Mayadeen channel reported.
Ali Akbar Velayati was speaking upon his arrival in the Syrian capital Damascus, reported al-Mayadeen, which is well connected in government-held parts of Syria.
>>Syria airstrike attributed to Israel was attempt to curtail Iranian air power | Analysis ■ Russia's tough rhetoric a warning sign for Israel | Analysis
Seven Iranian military personnel were killed in Sunday’s air strike on a Syrian air base, Tasnim news agency said, almost double the number originally reported.
Iran's Fars news agency previously reported that four Iranians were killed in the air strike. Media outlets associated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps named the four dead, which included a senior officer in Iran's unmanned aerial vehicle program.
It encompasses the religion, philosophy and culture of the Jewish people. Judaism is considered by religious Jews to be the expression of the covenant that God established with the Children of Israel. Judaism includes a wide corpus of texts, practices, theological positions, and forms of organization.
The Israeli Airstrike on Syria Monday: A Message to Iran, Russia—and Trump
WTF! What Else Does Israel Want!!! They got Jerusalem, They Have the WALL! WTF!! They need their diapers Changed? Maybe it Was a Good Idea when Obama was Against Israel.....
This Why #Q said Save Israel For Last.
#QAnon #QArmy
This What Fken Boggles my mind Why the hell Israel Strikes Against Innocents? Why Kill Innocent People?! Is this #Zionism?? #NWO?? #Rothschild?? #Judaism against humanity?? Did the Jews Forget they Hung Jesus on the Cross? #Bible #BibleVerseRoday
John 19:30
30 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
WTF! What Else Does Israel Want!!! They got Jerusalem, They Have the WALL! WTF!! They need their diapers Changed? Maybe it Was a Good Idea when Obama was Against Israel.....
This Why #Q said Save Israel For Last.
#QAnon #QArmy
This What Fken Boggles my mind Why the hell Israel Strikes Against Innocents? Why Kill Innocent People?! Is this #Zionism?? #NWO?? #Rothschild?? #Judaism against humanity?? Did the Jews Forget they Hung Jesus on the Cross? #Bible #BibleVerseRoday
John 19:30
30 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
From Q's Drop
Iran.
Iran.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/syria-strikes-spotlight-israel-s-nightmare-iran-its-border-n863826
https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/04/iran-minimum-wage-salary-tripartite-negotiations-hike.html
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/10/iran-jailed-rights-defender-ailing
https://www.dawn.com/news/1400571
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-defense-officials-push-for-offensive-approach-in-syria-against-iran-1.5988949
This resolute stance, shared by all branches of Israeli security, was recently presented to political officials. IDF chief and Defense Minister Lieberman clarify that increased Iranian military presence in Syria will be perceived as a red line
Bashar Hafez al-Assad (Arabic: بشار حافظ الأسد Baššār Ḥāfiẓ al-ʾAsad, Levantine pronunciation: [baʃˈʃaːr ˈħaːfezˤ elˈʔasad]; 
English pronunciation (help·info); born 11 September 1965) is the 19th and current President of Syria, holding the office since 17 July 2000. He is also commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces, General Secretary of the ruling Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and Regional Secretary of the party's branch in Syria. He is a son of Hafez al-Assad, who was President of Syria from 1971 to 2000.
English pronunciation (help·info); born 11 September 1965) is the 19th and current President of Syria, holding the office since 17 July 2000. He is also commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces, General Secretary of the ruling Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and Regional Secretary of the party's branch in Syria. He is a son of Hafez al-Assad, who was President of Syria from 1971 to 2000.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-rouhani/iran-tells-trump-he-would-regret-dropping-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN1HG0U7
“Iran will not violate the nuclear deal, but if the United States withdraws from the deal, they will surely regret it. Our response will be stronger than what they imagine and they would see that within a week.”
NK.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/10/asia/kim-russia-north-korea-intl/index.html
A summons from Beijing brought North Korean leader Kim Jong Un out of isolation into his first foreign foray since taking power. This week, his foreign minister is visiting Moscow to meet with Russia's top diplomat, Sergei Lavrov.
From years of isolation to sudden and rapid all-out engagement, the North Korean leadership continues to travel the world. Its envoys shuttle between world capitals, meeting with diplomats and attempting to shore up alliances for the Hermit Kingdom in the lead up to an historic summit with US President Donald Trump.
Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho's talks Tuesday with Lavrov will focus on "resolving the situation on the Korean peninsula," according to Russia's Foreign Minister spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, quoted by state news agency TASS.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/russias-foreign-minister-to-visit-north-korea/2018/04/10/5fcada96-3cac-11e8-955b-7d2e19b79966_story.html?utm_term=.e6e941d67dc0
MOSCOW — Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said he has accepted any invitation to visit North Korea.
Lavrov said in A summons from Beijing brought North Korean leader Kim Jong Un out of isolation into his first foreign foray since taking power. This week, his foreign minister is visiting Moscow to meet with Russia's top diplomat, Sergei Lavrov.
From years of isolation to sudden and rapid all-out engagement, the North Korean leadership continues to travel the world. Its envoys shuttle between world capitals, meeting with diplomats and attempting to shore up alliances for the Hermit Kingdom in the lead up to an historic summit with US President Donald Trump.
Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho's talks Tuesday with Lavrov will focus on "resolving the situation on the Korean peninsula," according to Russia's Foreign Minister spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, quoted by state news agency TASS. televised comments on Tuesday after talks with his counterpart from North Korea, Ri Yong-ho, that he has agreed to visit Pyongyang. Lavrov said, however, that there was no word on...
https://www.ft.com/content/e9880974-3c58-11e8-b7e0-52972418fec4
North Korea has for the first time publicly acknowledged the prospect of talks with the US as momentum builds before a summit between the leaders of the two countries.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/04/08/north-korea-confirms-to-white-house-that-it-is-willing-to-talk-about-denuclearization-administration-officials-say-2/
WASHINGTON — North Korea has confirmed directly to the Trump administration that it is willing to negotiate with the United States about potential denuclearization, administration officials said Sunday, a signal that the two sides have opened communications ahead of a potential summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un next month.
The message from Pyongyang offers the first reassurance that Kim is committed to meeting Trump. The U.S. president accepted an offer made in March on Kim’s behalf by South Korean emissaries during a meeting at the White House, but Pyongyang had not publicly commented.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-breaks-silence-confirms-summit-with-trump-2018-04-09
SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un publicly acknowledged for the first time the prospect of a “dialogue” with the U.S. and a planned summit meeting with South Korea’s president, breaking a weekslong silence that had raised questions about Pyongyang’s participation in the high-level meetings.
Kim, speaking at a meeting of the Politburo of the Workers’ Party of Korea on Monday, “made a profound analysis and appraisal of the orientation of the development of the north-south relations at present and the prospect of the DPRK-U.S. dialogue,” according to a state media report published Tuesday in Pyongyang.
Kim’s remarks were published just hours after President Donald Trump said at a cabinet meeting Monday that a summit with Kim could take place “in May, or early June,” extending a timeline that the White House had first made public last month.
U1.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/03/14/mark_levin_adam_schiff_a_propagandist_for_russian_government_russia_wanted_clinton_as_president.html
Mark Levin: Adam Schiff A Propagandist For Russian Government; Russia Wanted Clinton As President
https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2018/03/30/fox-friends-diamond-and-silk-blame-uranium-one-russias-nuclear-weapons-program/219793
On Fox & Friends, Diamond and Silk blame Uranium One for Russia's nuclear weapons program
Russia has had nuclear weapons since 1949
DIAMOND: Here's the deal. I think and we think that Hillary Clinton reminds us of a nasty sore that's rotten to the core that really won't go away.
SILK: That's right.
DIAMOND: And listen, I think it's time for her to go somewhere and be quiet. If she's going to be on the national platform, or on her little platform, she needs to talk about her dirty deeds.
SILK: That's right.
DIAMOND: How she paid for that fake dossier to try to undermine President Trump during the election.
SILK: That's right.
DIAMOND: How she sold 20 percent of the uranium to Russia and now Russia have nuclear weapons. And you know that uranium is bomb-making material.
SILK: That's right.
This is Why Diamond And Silk Got Censored on Facebook
#DianmondandSilk #Censorship #U1 #FreedomofSpeech #FreeSpeechBlocked #Internet #Facebook
#FacebookSucks
https://www.westernjournal.com/two-trump-supporting-black-women-reportedly-deemed-unsafe-to-community-by-facebook/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=newsletter-WJ&utm_campaign=dailyam&utm_content=western-journal
Diamond And Silk have been corresponding since September 7, 2017, with Facebook (owned by Mark Zuckerberg), about their bias censorship and discrimination against D&S brand page. Finally after several emails, chats, phone calls, appeals, beating around the bush, lies, and giving us the run around, Facebook gave us another bogus reason why Millions of people who have liked and/or followed our page no longer receives notification and why our page, post and video reach was reduced by a very large percentage. Here is the reply from Facebook. Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 3:40 PM: "The Policy team has came to the conclusion that your content and your brand has been determined unsafe to the community." Yep, this was FB conclusion after 6 Months, 29 days, 5 hrs, 40 minutes and 43 seconds. Oh and guess what else Facebook said: "This decision is final and it is not appeal-able in any way." (Note: This is the exact wording that FB emailed to us.)
So our questions to Facebook (Mark Zuckerberg) are:
1. What is unsafe about two Blk-women supporting the President Donald J. Trump?
2. Our FB page has been created since December 2014, when exactly did the content and the brand become unsafe to the community?
3. When you say "community" are you referring to the Millions who liked and followed our page?
4. What content on our page was in violation?
5. If our content and brand was so unsafe to the community, why is the option for us to boost our content and spend money with FB to enhance our brand page still available? Maybe FB should give us a refund since FB censored our reach.
6. Lastly, didn't FB violate their own policy when FB stopped sending notifications to the Millions of people who liked and followed our brand page?
This is deliberate bias censorship and discrimination. These tactics are unacceptable and we want answers!
~Diamond and Silk
1. What is unsafe about two Blk-women supporting the President Donald J. Trump?
2. Our FB page has been created since December 2014, when exactly did the content and the brand become unsafe to the community?
3. When you say "community" are you referring to the Millions who liked and followed our page?
4. What content on our page was in violation?
5. If our content and brand was so unsafe to the community, why is the option for us to boost our content and spend money with FB to enhance our brand page still available? Maybe FB should give us a refund since FB censored our reach.
6. Lastly, didn't FB violate their own policy when FB stopped sending notifications to the Millions of people who liked and followed our brand page?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/03/fresh_testimony_on_clintons_in_uranium_one_scandal.html
#Uranium1scandal #clintonrussia #u1russia #u1clinton #fbiinvestigation #doj
FBI.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/us/politics/fbi-raids-office-of-trumps-longtime-lawyer-michael-cohen.html
http://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/fbi-agent-joins-soering-pardon-case/article_32b3376d-d7e5-567c-bf93-5b86f9d50fb6.html
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/9/loretta-lynch-on-fbis-hillary-clinton-matter-histo/
Loretta Lynch on FBI’s Clinton ‘matter’ history: ‘Concerns were not raised’ by Comey
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2018/04/06/fbi-raids-backpage-founders-sedona-home-website-down/494538002/
FBI raids Backpage founders' homes in Arizona; website 'seized'
Federal law-enforcement officers descended on the Arizona homes of two former Backpage executives Friday, and a message on the classifieds website said it had been "seized."
Local FBI officials confirmed "law enforcement activity" Friday morning at the Sedona-area home of Michael Lacey, a co-founder of Backpage.com.
DOJ.
http://variety.com/2018/biz/news/att-time-warner-antitrust-trial-pay-tv-golden-goose-1202748026/
Schwinger tried to show that AT&T executives sought to emphasize selling subscriptions to the pay TV satellite service first before using the streaming service as a fallback. But Merrill said they adopted a “needs-based” selling approach, based in part on how a potential customer inquired about a subscription.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/07/politics/trump-doj-fbi-fisa/index.html
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/justice-department-chicago-federal-prosecutor-gop-inquiries-clinton-email-investigation
DOJ Taps Chicago Prosecutor For GOP Inquiries On Clinton Email Probe Docs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has tapped a federal prosecutor in Chicago to respond to Republican demands for documents on the FBI’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, after President Donald Trump accused officials of “slow walking” their release.
The department is facing mounting pressure from Republicans to fulfill a subpoena by the House Judiciary Committee for more than a million documents as it examines the agency’s 2016 investigation into Clinton’s private email server. Trump on Saturday slammed the pace of the response, tweeting, “What does the Department of Justice and FBI have to hide?” and says the agencies are “stalling, but for what reason? Not looking good!”
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/04/what-is-the-fbi-hiding-3.php
WHAT IS THE FBI HIDING? (3)
In a letter dated April 4, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes demanded that the FBI and Department of Justice produce an unredacted copy of the electronic communication (“EC”) that initiated the “collusion” counterintelligence investigation culminating in the Mueller madness. The Department of Justice and FBI responded in a letter stamped April 6 and signed by Prim Escalona for Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd. I posted Rep. Nunes’s letter in part 1 and Boyd’s letter in part 2.
#DOJ #FBI #Nunes #DevinNunes #GenStephenBoyd #letters #Escalona #WhatisFBIhiding
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/devin-nunes-legal-actions-electronic-communications
#Nunes #muckraker #legalactions #electroniccommunications
Mueller.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/presidential/20180409_ap_03c3255953e54f9581a63ac78e59d3d6.html
WASHINGTON (AP) - The special counsel's Russia investigation is not only a political witch hunt but "an attack on our country," President Donald Trump complained Monday, exhibiting mounting concern about the yearlong probe after federal authorities raided the offices of his personal attorney. "We'll see," he said, when asked if he might fire special counsel Robert Mueller.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/04/why-robert-mueller-handed-off-the-michael-cohen-raid.html
The FBI raided Michael Cohen’s office and hotel room on Monday, and what we know about who did the raid is just as important as the information we have on why they did it.
The raid was by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, and not directly by Robert Mueller’s special counsel’s office. Mueller’s team referred the case to the U.S. attorney, but the U.S. attorney sought the search warrant and received it only after establishing probable cause. In searches of such high-profile and sensitive subjects, U.S. attorneys usually need approval higher up in the Department of Justice.
#robertmuller #fbi #doj #michaelcohen #stormeydaniels
Election Integrity.
https://augustafreepress.com/northam-vetoes-election-integrity-bill/
https://www.npr.org/2018/04/09/600938106/national-guard-using-cybersecurity-skills-to-protect-integrity-of-midterm-electi
Election officials concerned about malign forces hacking voting-related systems have an unexpected resource to draw upon: the National Guard. Guard soldiers in several states are using their cybersecurity skills to protect the 2018 elections
https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/facebook-independent-election-research-commission/
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-voter-fraud_us_5acbc441e4b09d0a1196794a
#witchhunt #witchhunt4trump #doj #electionfraud #nas #facebook
#electionhack #protect #cybersecurity
Immigration Bill.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/07/trump-zeroes-in-on-tackling-illegal-immigration-after-spending-bill-criticism.html
President Trump zeroed in on illegal immigration and securing the border this week, ramping up rhetoric and leading a push to shore up the border -- reportedly reacting to backlash from conservatives over his handling of last month's omnibus spending bill.
"We are sealing up our Southern Border," Trump tweeted Saturday. "The people of our great country want Safety and Security. The Dems have been a disaster on this very important issue!"
We are sealing up our Southern Border. The people of our great country want Safety and Security. The Dems have been a disaster on this very important issue!
Trump says Hello Americans The Federal Government is charged with the
Sacred Duties of Protecting our Nation, Supporting our Constitution, and
Defending our Borders. We also have to ensure the equal applications of our laws in All 50 states. Last year Politicians in California Violated the Constitution by nullifying federal law and declaring California to be a Sanctuary from federal immigration enforcement, a border free zone. Where thousands of Criminal Aliens are allowed to Roam free. A very very dangerous situation. Unacceptable to Everyone. Their Action not only imperial the security of the people of California, but the security of the entire nation. California Sanctuary bill should be called the "Jail Break Bill" because that's exactly what it is. They forced the release of "Dangerous Criminal Aliens from Jail" including Drug Traffickers and Dealers. Responsible for the Death of Countless Americans it has gotten totally out of "Control." We can't allow it to go on. California's Law also increases our Vulnerability to Terrorism by keeping Life Saving Information from Federal Authorities. The Relationship is Ridiculous! It forces Law Enforcement not to Work together. Last Week the Citizens of Orange County California bravely resisted the Open Borders Politicians in Sacramento. The Orange County Board of Supervisors Courageously voted to join the Administrations Lawsuit to stop these dangerous and unconstitutional actions. All across California and All over America everyday Citizens are taking a stand to Protect their Families, to Protect their borders, and Protect their Country! Every Citizen has the Right to be Protected by Federal Law. And when Politicians in California break those laws, they violate the Constitutional rights of their citizens. My Message to Communities under siege from drugs, gangs, and violence is "You Can Stop This and You Can Stop It Cold" Partner with a Federal Government so we can to remove these threats from your communities and restore Peace to our streets. I am also calling on Congress to Immediately close the Deadly Border Security loopholes that danger our country. All over our Country were living with Laws that don't work! Congress has to Change them! Democrats in Congress are doing Everything in their Power to undermine immigration enforcement and encourage illegal immigration. Their Policy are putting all of America at Risk. It is so bad, that it is hard to believe what their doing and why they're doing it. We can't let it Continue! The Democrats are not doing what's right for our Country. I will not rest till we have Secured our Borders and restored the Rule of Law! We Will Win! And We Will Win Soon! It's Happening!
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/02/trump-wants-congress-to-pass-daca-border-wall-bill.html
#immigrationreform #immgrationbill #immigration #reform #california #democrats
#secureourborders #borders #southborders #buildourwalls #california #criminals
#hispanic #mexico #military #gangs #ms13 #drugs #drugdealers #drugcartels
Editors note/'/
Stormey Daniels Is a Fake Story! She Never had Sex with President Trump!
She is Raggedy old Pro Star u seen the raggy skin she has. Robert Mueller had FBI raid Mike Cohens Office and Hotel room for Secure Documents. Because Mike Cohens paid Stormy 100 grand to lie. this is all against Trump
She is Raggedy old Pro Star u seen the raggy skin she has. Robert Mueller had FBI raid Mike Cohens Office and Hotel room for Secure Documents. Because Mike Cohens paid Stormy 100 grand to lie. this is all against Trump
#lies #witchhunt
#gop #mueller #trumpwon #trumphasballs #trumpcanbackuphiswords #trumpneverlues
#gop #mueller #trumpwon #trumphasballs #trumpcanbackuphiswords #trumpneverlues
#trumpnevercheatedonmelania
Border.
https://www.history.com/news/mexico-border-wall-military-facts
Donald Trump’s decision to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexican border is only the latest in a long history of U.S. militarization of its national boundaries.
In fact, America’s southern border—which has shifted multiple times with U.S. expansion—was arguably formed through violence. Texas and American militias used force to establish that border in the 1830s and 1840s, capturing modern-day states like California, Texas, and all of the American southwest from Mexico.
In the decades after, the both official and vigilante groups violently regulated the movement of people across that border—be they Native Americans, escaped slaves, Chinese immigrants, or Mexicans.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/09/the-real-reason-trump-is-sending-troops-to-the-mexican-border.html
The real reason Trump is sending troops to the Mexican border
- Attempts to cross the U.S. illegally or without proper documentation are up more than 200 percent in March compared to the same month last year, though only to more normal levels.
- But that's not driving Trump's decision to send in the National Guard.
- The White House is bracing for electoral Armageddon come November.
#border #military #drugcartels #caravans #nationalguard #armageddon #november #redwaverising #electoralarmageddon #trump #protectusa #nomorecriminals #democrats #rhinos
#Qanon8chan #QanonPosts #RedWaveRising2018
Questions Arise youngsers are voting #blue #democrats the question is are we ready 4 a #ARMageddon in November?
#GetOutVoteRed! #VoteThemOut
#VoteThemOut2018 Immigration, Borders
Conservatives get out Vote!!
WALL
https://www.texastribune.org/2018/04/09/el-paso-border-patrol-sector-kicks-construction-trumps-wall-texas-bord/
Border Patrol agents in New Mexico on April 9, 2018.
El Paso Border Patrol sector kicks off construction of Trump's wall on border
U.S. Border Patrol agents on Monday announced the beginning of construction on the "big, beautiful wall" that President Donald Trump promised to build on the southern border.
SANTA TERESA, N.M. — A groundbreaking Monday for a new border barrier in New Mexico signals the beginning of the fulfillment of President Donald Trump’s best-known campaign promise, federal officials said.
“The president has started his project,” Agent Aaron A. Hull, chief of the U.S. Border Patrol's El Paso sector, said as he stood a few feet from the existing fence that will be replaced by the new barrier. “This is the beginning, in this sector, of the president’s border wall – very much so.”
The project will include 20 miles of new bollard-style wall up to 30 feet tall, including five feet of climb-resistant material, Hull said. The new barrier will extend west from Santa Teresa, New Mexico — a town located about 13 miles northwest of El Paso — and will replace shorter vehicle barriers, which agents said are not effective to deter illegal crossers or drug smuggling
#borderwall #border #wallsgoingup #santateresanewmexico #13mileselpaso #20milesnewbollardstylewall #newwall #30footwall
#southernborder #newproject #wallsgoingup #protectamerica #drugcartels #criminals #terrorists #terrorism #wallsrsafe #trump2020 #trumphasballs #wearewinning #trumparmy #Q17
Military start.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/04/10/national-guard-members-start-arriving-us-mexico-border.html
HOUSTON — Some National Guard members have started arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border with more expected as federal government officials continue to discuss what they'll do about illegal immigration.
The Republican governors of Texas, Arizona and New Mexico on Monday committed 1,600 Guard members to the border, giving President Donald Trump many of the troops he requested to fight what he's called a crisis of migrant crossings and crime.
#Militaryborder #Arizona #Texas #NationalGurad #USMexicoborder #Protecttheborder
#DrugCartels #Caravans #migranycrossings #migrantcrimes #illegalimmigration #protectourborders #federalgovernment #immigration #nomoresancturaystates
BIG month.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/us/politics/trump-cohen-mueller-full-transcript.html
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-trump-brings-nixon-s-madman-s-theory-to-tense-syrian-standoff-1.5988697
Analysis
Trump Brings Nixon’s Madman Theory to Tense Syrian Standoff
It’s hard to stay calm when a volatile and unpredictable U.S. president goes up against wily foxes such as Putin, Erdogan, Assad, Nasrallah and even Netanyahu
Assad ridicules Trump with Syria chemical attack as Israel anxiously awaits next moves
Donald Trump wants out of Syria. Israel thinks that’s a problem
Israel is now directly confronting Iran in Syria
- In October 1969, Richard Nixon suddenly ordered U.S. forces throughout the world to go on high nuclear alert. Missiles were deployed, submarines exercised launches and B-52’s full of hydrogen bombs flew along the Soviet Union’s borders for 72 hours. Worried U.S. officials spread the word that Nixon was on a rampage, seeking to end the Vietnam War once and for all by nuking Hanoi. Most of them were not aware that they were participating in an elaborate ruse concocted by Nixon and his National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger aimed at pressuring Moscow and North Vietnam to agree to end the war on terms that Nixon would deem acceptable. Nixon dubbed the strategy “The Madman Theory.”Historians still debate whether the maneuver was successful. Some believe Nixon’s crazy spell pushed the Soviets to later sign nuclear limitation agreements; others point to the tens of thousands of American soldiers who died between the faux nuclear alert and the final withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam six years later as proof of the stratagem’s failure. One of the main vulnerabilities of the plan was that most of the world knew Richard Nixon well from his many years in top government positions and thus remained confident that he was essentially a sane and calculating statesman - something that can’t be said with any certainty of Donald Trump, even after his 15 months in office.
- #HAPPYHUNTING #GREATAWAKENING
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