The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has effectively reversed, for the time being, a lower court's ruling blocking the use of $3.6 billion in military construction funds to add to border fencing between the U.S. and Mexico. The ruling means that construction of the border wall using the military construction funds can […]
FISA Court starts firestorm by appointing conflicted, anti-Trump attorney to help oversee FBI fixes
Attorney David Kris tweeted: "Trump has to go" Kris writes for and promotes the anti-Trump blog Lawfare Lawfare's founder wrote of needing an "insurance policy" if Trump were elected On Friday, the FISA Court posted an order naming anti-Trump lawyer David Kris to “assist the court” in assessing the FBI’s response to the court-ordered cleanup […]
Dissecting govt. surveillance abuses, China trade, and "Why soldiers miss war"
The FBI faces a deadline of today to explain to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court how it will fix problems that allowed abuses in a wiretap of a Trump campaign associate named Carter Page. It's a good time to look back at the intelligence community's longstanding surveillance abuses as Congress considers whether there should be […]
POLL: Most believe Epstein murdered
Only 21% of those polled in a recent Rasmussen Reports poll said it was likely that Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide while in jail, while 52% said it is more likely that he was murdered to protect powerful people. Twenty-seven percent (27%) were undecided which was more likely. Epstein became a registered sex offender following his […]
Senate Homeland Security Chairman asks DOJ & FBI to answer longstanding questions about Attkisson's computer intrusions
The following is an announcement from the office of Sen. Ron Johnson Johnson Follows Up on Unanswered Questions from Reporter’s Lawsuit Regarding Obama Administration’s DOJ Investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson refiled lawsuit Wednesday after CBS confirmed that her devices had been “accessed and compromised” in 2013 WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate […]
Fmr. FBI Unit Chief confirms govt. computer intrusion against Attkisson
Attorney and former FBI Unit Chief Les Szwajkowski confirms he facilitated forensic exam that revealed government surveillance spyware in Attkisson's computer As part of a new lawsuit, Attkisson v. Rosenstein et.al., former FBI Unit Chief Les Szwajkowski has signed a sworn Affidavit confirming the government intrusion into journalist Sharyl Attkisson's computers. Read: Former government agent […]
Women are more likely to grow old alone
Twice as many women over age 60 live alone than men, according to a PewResearch.org study. One-in-five women ages 60 and older live in a solo household (20%), compared with one-in-ten men (11%). Pew Research Center Women are typically younger than their male partners, according to Pew. These trends hold true no matter where people […]
Another "Fast and Furious" killer gets life sentence
An illegal immigrant convicted of murdering U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry during the government's ill-fated "Fast and Furious" operation has been sentenced to life in prison, according to Associated Press (AP). Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes was one of seven illegal immigrants charged with shooting Terry in 2010. Terry's four-man border team encountered Osorio-Arellanes' group while on […]
