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UPDATE: "Weaponization" of #MeToo

On Full Measure, we reported on alleged weaponization of the #MeToo movement by women who launch unproven or false allegations against men. (Or vice versa.)

Watch the original investigation by clicking the link below. Then check out an update underneath the link. The update is entitled: "FitzGibbon Sues the Institute for Public Accuracy."

The woman who originally launched charges against FitzGibbon, which were eventually dropped by law enforcement, declined to comment for our story.

http://fullmeasure.news/news/cover-story/shades-of-grey-07-24-2018

FitzGibbon Sues The Institute For Public Accuracy For Alleged Defamation By Jesselyn Radack

Underreported: The Intel Community's Surveillance Scandal

This Sunday on Full Measure we investigate an underreported scandal inside our intelligence complex: alleged longstanding surveillance abuses.

Startling evidence has quietly been uncovered in the two years since Donald Trump has been President. But this scandal didn't begin in 2016. Evidence shows it dates back at least a decade and a half.

Were some intel officials worried that a Trump administration would learn about their controversial practices?

Also: Spies Like Us!

Lisa Fletcher has a fascinating interview with a man who has investigated the role of journalists as-- spies.

Montana Mermaid Paradise

Also come with us on a trip to a whimsical tiki bar in snowy Montana where the beer flows and the mermaids swim. And wait until you see what happened when a merMAN got into the water with his girlfriend, the merMAID!

The Sip 'n Dip Lounge

We won't waste your time rehashing news you've already seen all week. How to watch Full Measure is listed below! (Now on the app STIRR!)

Eric Swalwell, potential (D) presidential candidate

Congressman Eric Swalwell of California is among those who we may be hearing a lot more from in 2019 as the presidential campaign heats up.

Watch my interview with him from Full Measure to find out more about his views on the Trump-Russia investigation and more.

Analysis: 8 Surprising Times Our Intel Community Spied on Us.

Above: Former Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper

Alleged surveillance abuses by officials in the U.S. intelligence community are under investigation by an inspector general, Congress and the Justice Department. It’s impossible to yet know whether the probes will conclude there were policy, ethical or criminal violations. But it’s worth reviewing some important background.

In January 2018, Congress renewed the controversial law that allows U.S. intel agencies to surveil American citizens on U.S. soil without a court warrant. A majority of Democrats and Republicans reportedly favored adding new privacy safeguards. But surprisingly, shortly before the vote, party leaders instructed members to reject the safeguards — and so they did.

Read the rest of the news analysis in The Hill by clicking the link below:

https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/429770-8-surprising-times-our-intel-community-spied-on-us-citizens

The origins of The Swamp

Call it what you want—the administrative state, big bureaucracy or The Swamp—social scientist Thomas Krannawitter says it’s only grown larger in the 25 years he’s been studying and speaking out against it. Now he’s trying a different approach. In his book “Save the Swamp,” he uses humor and satire to make his point.

Watch the Full Measure interview below:

http://fullmeasure.news/news/politics/the-swamp

Fast and Furious conviction: victim's family makes case for "The Wall"

A conviction in the murder of a US Border Patrol agent is focusing additional attention on the debate over a border wall.

On Tuesday, Heracio Osorio Arellanes was convicted in federal court in Tucson, Arizona of first degree murder for the 2010 shooting of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. 

Terry was ambushed and killed by Mexican drug cartel members who crossed the border illegally into Arizona. They were armed with guns trafficked in the US government’s ill-fated “Operation Fast and Furious.”

Terry and his team were on patrol at the time on a mission to protect illegal immigrants crossing into the US from dangerous illegal immigrants known as "rip crews" that "passed back and forth across the border seemingly at will without ever being stopped."  

As I uncovered in my reporting, Fast and Furious and numerous federal cases like it secretly put thousands of assault rifles and other weapons into the hands of Mexican drug cartels.

After the conviction, the Terry family issued a statement saying if the border had been properly secured in 2010, Terry would probably still be alive.

Seized weapons in Naco, Sonora related to Justice Department's Operation Fast and Furious

“Some politicians dismiss the need for a border wall as nonsense. To those politicians, I say that you are incredibly naïve and fail to fully understand the level of danger that each border patrol agent faces while standing on the line while protecting this nation’s border both day and night.”

Brian Terry's sister, Kelly Terry-Willis

Opponents of a border wall have said the idea is offensive and ineffective.

The Terry family also thanked Mexico’s government for arresting and extraditing Arellanes. Four others have already been found guilty. A final suspect awaits trial. 

To learn more about Agent Brian Terry and the foundation established in his memory go to www.HonorBrianTerry.com.


The Matrix

Modern wars are creating a new class of wounded warrior. IEDs can leave troops with horrific injuries.. that they survive. Now there are new ways to heal the broken bodies that is almost like science fiction. Joce Sterman shows us a treatment that's aptly called- The Matrix...

With the Full Measure investigation at the link below:

http://fullmeasure.news/news/politics/the-matrix