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-Lurid Crime Tales-
H.A.L.P.E.R. Spells Game Up for Obama's Spies
h/t instapundit
[AmericanThinker] Last week I reported that Internet sleuths had winkled out the name of the spy/agent provocateur that Obama's intelligence officers had used on the Trump campaign. The New York Times and Washington Post, the Democrats' semi-official newspapers this week megaphoned the instigators, offering up their justifications without naming his name.

Again, the name is Stefan Halper, who, as I wrote here last week, was paid a substantial sum by the Department of Defense's Office of Net Assessment.

If it was for this work ‐ and it suspiciously looks like it because the payments were made in July and September of 2016 when he was weaseling his way into the campaign ‐ then we know we have the DNI, CIA, DOJ, FBI, Dept. of State and the Defense Department working for Hillary's election and to smear and create a basis for further spying on Trump and his campaign.

...If his surmise is valid, it's likely all leading Republican contenders were also the subject of preliminary investigations.

...How desperate are the Democrats to keep us from knowing what went on and what is still going on? This desperate: Senator Mark Warner (D-Va) is claiming that the FBI must not accept congressional oversight:

In essence he's arguing a notion that Judge Ellis has correctly swatted away ‐ that the intelligence community is entitled to operate as a government on its own, without oversight. A preposterous argument from a member of the Gang of Eight whose job it is to conduct ‐ wait for it ‐ all oversight of the DOJ and FBI. Of course, as Sundance notes, Warner has every reason to shun congressional oversight and transparency ‐ he was in on the intelligence scam himself:

...We now have an imaginary crime ‐ collusion ‐ with imaginary evidence and even imaginary defendants. What is not imaginary is the selfish effort to destroy our polity by several handfuls of men and women who abused their positions of trust for intended partisan gain that failed. Give them the hook already.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/22/2018 04:45 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


FBI ‘Spy' Stefan Halper Wanted a Job in Donald Trump's Administration
[Breitbart] The FBI informant who sought information about President Donald J. Trump’s 2016 campaign was looking for a way to join the administration after Trump unexpectedly won.

Reporter Jonathan Swan of Axios revealed on Monday that University of Cambridge Research Professor Stefan Halper was on a list of recommended possible ambassador roles in Asia. Halper was recommended by White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, according to Axios.

According to a White House official, Halper visited the White House complex in August 2017 for a meeting about China.

During the campaign, Halper reportedly met with Trump campaign contacts Carter Page, Sam Clovis, and George Papadopoulos and reported back to the FBI.

Harper and Navarro were both advocates for tougher action with China and knew each other professionally in academic circles. They both appeared on a CSPAN panel on the likelihood of economic and military conflict with China in 2015 to promote Navarro’s new book Crouching Tiger: What China’s Militarism Means for the World.

Related at Townhall: Wait–That FBI Spy Reportedly Tried To Infiltrate The Trump Administration After The Election
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/22/2018 03:11 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A good source will always seek positions of better placement and access. He's made his living in the swamp.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/22/2018 3:17 Comments || Top||

#2  Before this is all over I expect we'll start to see evidence planted to frame Trump team members. We've already seen basically every other dirty trick, and this one is a staple.
Posted by: Iblis || 05/22/2018 17:58 Comments || Top||


Holder: DOJ, FBI should reject Trump's requests
[The Hill] Former Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday urged Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI officials to "simply say no" to President Trump's demand for an expanded investigation into his claims of FBI wrongdoing as it relates to his campaign.

"More DOJ norms being eroded. Trump-a SUBJECT of the investigation-wants access to material related to the inquiry," Holder tweeted.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/22/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  NOW we got ourselves an actual attempt at obstruction of justice.
Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 || 05/22/2018 0:57 Comments || Top||

#2  Looks like we found a sore spot. Better probe deeper.
Posted by: gorb || 05/22/2018 1:57 Comments || Top||

#3  They know they're guilty as hell. You only get flak when you're over the target.
Posted by: Herb McCoy || 05/22/2018 2:47 Comments || Top||

#4  Obama pal yapping, pay him no mind.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/22/2018 3:09 Comments || Top||

#5  #2 & #3 hear, hear. Today's USA is not Czarist Russia, or Wiemar Germany - the real danger is not popular revolt but (as we seen in EUrope) the Mandarinate quietly taking over.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/22/2018 3:24 Comments || Top||

#6  Not sure these are "requests".
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 05/22/2018 3:49 Comments || Top||


#8  The man never had a use for the Constitution or limitations of government power. You're not going to like it when others play by your rules.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/22/2018 7:51 Comments || Top||

#9  Um, I'm not a lawyer or anything, but don't the DOJ and the FBI work for the President. In my opinion, Trump should summon Sessions, Wray and the rest to the oval office,ORDER them to turn over the material, and summarily fire anyone who refuses. Lather, rinse, repeat, until he gets down to a level where someone will cooperate.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 05/22/2018 9:14 Comments || Top||

#10  Exactly.
Posted by: gorb || 05/22/2018 16:13 Comments || Top||


Diplomat Who Prompted FBI Trump Spying Helped Raise $25M for Clinton Foundation
[Breitbart] Before his tip sparked a divisive witch hunt, former Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer helped to secure $25 million for the Clinton Foundation.

Downer arranged one of the largest foreign donations ever made to the Clinton Foundation in February 2006. He and former President Bill Clinton signed a "Memorandum of Understanding" that purportedly dedicated the substantial funding to a project meant to provide screenings and drug treatment for AIDS patients in Asia.

The donation, originally intended for the Clinton Foundation, was then rerouted through an affiliate ‐ the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI). The project was lauded for its help in China, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Vietnam, but auditors criticized its "management weaknesses" and inadequate budgetary oversight.

"The Clintons’ tentacles go everywhere. So, that’s why it’s important," said Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee that has taken up arms in defense of the Trump administration over the course of the Russia probe. "We continue to get new information every week it seems that sort of underscores the fact that the FBI hasn’t been square with us."

Interestingly, The New York Times failed to disclose these details in a May 16 story entitled "A Secret Mission, a Code Name and Anxiety: Inside the Early Days of the F.B.I.’s Trump Investigation" in which they detailed Downer’s involvement in "Crossfire Hurricane," the code name for the interview which led directly to an investigation into ties between Russia and then Presidential candidate Donald Trump.

They did, however, manage to capture something that Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida once told the Fox Business Network: "It’s like the deep state all got together to try to orchestrate a palace coup," he said.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/22/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Former Seth Rich family spokesman files lawsuit against individuals, media outlet he says defamed him
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/22/2018 05:37 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Without evidence, they peddled a conspiracy theory that said Rich leaked a trove of DNC emails to Wikileaks "

CNN lying here...
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 05/22/2018 9:51 Comments || Top||

#2  I suppose it would be difficult to 'bungle' a robbery more than killing the victim and not actually taking anything. Prima faciae that may be, but there sure are a lot of coincidences and intriguing timelines that are coming to light.
Posted by: Cesare || 05/22/2018 11:25 Comments || Top||

#3  He can't get a job because he was 'outed' by the media.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/22/2018 12:36 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
Derek Hunter: I Used to be Skeptical of the Existence of a "Deep State." I'm All Out of Skepticism Now. HT Insty
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 05/22/2018 04:04 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Home Front: Politix
Steve King Introduces Act to Imprison Politicians Who Help Illegal Aliens Evade Deportation
[Breitbart] Rep. Steve King (R-IA) has introduced legislation named after Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf ‐ who infamously helped criminal illegal aliens evade deportation ‐ that would imprison sanctuary city politicians.
Never going to pass... but man would it be funny!
As Breitbart News has reported, back in February Schaaf tipped off illegal aliens and businesses who employ illegal aliens of a pending raid by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Schaaf's warning of the ICE raid allowed illegal aliens convicted of sex crimes to evade deportation, as Breitbart News reported. As Breitbart exclusively reported, Schaaf is facing a lawsuit by the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI).

Now, Schaaf is the unofficial poster-child for Rep. King's newest immigration enforcement legislation that seeks to prosecute public officials who help illegal aliens evade deportation.
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/22/2018 09:02 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Heh
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 05/22/2018 9:55 Comments || Top||

#2  Use existing laws by just expanding the use of 'obstruction' of federal law enforcement and stripping them of limited immunity of office.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/22/2018 10:28 Comments || Top||

#3  Now you're talking!
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 05/22/2018 11:34 Comments || Top||

#4  But wait. Don't we already have laws that make it illegal to help felons escape justice? Maybe what we really need are some prosecutors who have the guts to go after these creeps.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 05/22/2018 11:37 Comments || Top||

#5  Accessory After The Fact

Got it.
Use it.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/22/2018 12:35 Comments || Top||

#6  That would include the congress critters who passed any and all forms of the 'Dream' act.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 05/22/2018 12:53 Comments || Top||

#7  ...and the problem is?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/22/2018 15:54 Comments || Top||

#8  It'll work
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/22/2018 15:55 Comments || Top||

#9 
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 05/22/2018 19:38 Comments || Top||

#10  Agghhhhhhhhh! The goggles! They do NOTHING!
Posted by: Frank G || 05/22/2018 20:25 Comments || Top||


Hillary Clinton says she still regrets 2016 election loss to Trump
Perhaps one day she’ll conclude she regrets having run the second time, though that was the only way to know for certain that not nearly enough people want her as president.
[PRESSTV] Former US Secretary of State Perennial Presidential Campaigner Hillary Crooked Hillary Clinton
... former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, Conqueror of Benghazi, Heroine of Tuzla, formerly described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world, usually described by the rest of us as The Thing That Wouldn't Go Away...
she still regrets losing the 2016 presidential face-off with her Republican rival Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
"No, I'm not over it. I still think about the 2016 election. I still regret the mistakes I made. I still think, though, that understanding what happened in such a weird and wild election in American history will help us defend our democracy in the future," she told graduating Yale students at Sunday's Class Day address.

Throughout her speech, the former first lady tried to crack jokes at her failed campaign and yet remind the students of the many scandals that overshadowed the race for the White House.

Clinton, who graduated from Yale Law School in 1973, joked about her audition to join a famous singing club, saying she had buried the audition tape "so deep that not even WikiLeaks will be able to find it."

The anti-secrecy website dealt heavy blows to Hillary’s campaign by leaking hacked emails about the inner works of the Democratic Party.

Referring to a high-profile FBI investigation into her handling of classified emails, Clinton said, "If you thought my emails were scandalous, you should hear my singing voice."

The former New York Senator then took an indirect jab at Trump and the ongoing probe into his alleged collusion with Russia, pulling out a Russian hat.

Posted by: Fred || 05/22/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  What a fucking sore loser. DAMN I am glad we dodged that bullet. Imagine her in a position of real power. FUCK we would have been so screwed. We'd be in the second year of a major war with Russia by now.
Posted by: Herb McCoy || 05/22/2018 2:45 Comments || Top||

#2  Chauvinists, Sexists, Misogynists (Hillary Clinton REMIX) https://buff.ly/2f13ap1
Posted by: newc || 05/22/2018 4:35 Comments || Top||

#3  One other thing. I thought about what we become under McCain.

And Prayers to Him and his Family.
Posted by: newc || 05/22/2018 4:37 Comments || Top||

#4  I regret it didn't kill her.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/22/2018 5:31 Comments || Top||

#5  Whiner in Chief
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/22/2018 7:12 Comments || Top||

#6  The loathsome Sheikh Hasina Hillary Clinton
Posted by: Frank G || 05/22/2018 7:13 Comments || Top||

#7  A steely-eyed, feelzy dissembler
Is Abedin's treasonous Templar:
Of literate pitties
Unleashed on our cities,
This Eli's the eely exemplar!

Sorry. I tried, but the urim and thummim just wouldn't fit. Hmmm. Hmmmmmm.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 05/22/2018 7:29 Comments || Top||

#8  Also, IOU one "Leena Came Back from Mena."
Posted by: Glomoper Gray5541 || 05/22/2018 7:35 Comments || Top||

#9  Interesting we haven't seen any polls saying they wish Illary won the election...
Wonder why.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 05/22/2018 8:29 Comments || Top||

#10  Yeah... Just imagine all the Clinton Foundation 'contributions' she missed out on. Now she'll just ahve to get by on the billions she already scammed.
Poor dear.... she's practically little miss orphan Clinton again!
Posted by: CrazyFool || 05/22/2018 8:42 Comments || Top||

#11  Just looking at her Reptiloid 'human impersonation' in 1993 soured me on this hag. Travel-Gate turned the distaste into loathing.
Posted by: magpie || 05/22/2018 9:54 Comments || Top||

#12  Her bitter hate and loathing and never ending public complaining makes it very clear why Bill never divorced her.... He would never survive here attacks.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 05/22/2018 11:13 Comments || Top||

#13  Well, yes, magpie. They say beauty's only skin deep but ugly goes all the way down to the bone.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 05/22/2018 11:42 Comments || Top||

#14  She may still regret it but I don't doubt that there are many who join me in REJOICING!!
Posted by: AlanC || 05/22/2018 16:26 Comments || Top||

#15  What's that noise? Oh, that's me LMAO!
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 05/22/2018 19:46 Comments || Top||


Government
Among other Gov't contracts, Stefan Halper landed lucrative 'India-China' Research Study in 2016
[Zero Hedge] Less than a week after Stefan Halper was outed as the FBI informant who infiltrated the Trump campaign, public records reveal that the 73-year-old Oxford University professor and former U.S. government official was paid handsomely by the Obama administration starting in 2012 for various research projects.

A longtime CIA and FBI asset who once reportedly ran a spy-operation on the Jimmy Carter administration, Halper was enlisted by the FBI to spy on several Trump campaign aides during the 2016 U.S. election. Meanwhile, a search of public records reveals that between 2012 and 2018, Halper received a total of $1,058,161 from the Department of Defense.
I'll wager his classes at Oxford were PACKED !
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/22/2018 04:32 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Truly an amazingly gifted man.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/22/2018 4:37 Comments || Top||

#2  Yasss, we are lucky to have him
Posted by: Frank G || 05/22/2018 7:34 Comments || Top||

#3  I would just love to see those reports. Assuming they are finished.
Posted by: gorb || 05/22/2018 9:07 Comments || Top||

#4  I would just love to see those reports. Assuming they are finished.
Posted by gorb


Ha! How would you like to be the gov't contracting officer about now ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/22/2018 9:58 Comments || Top||

#5  Interesting to see how much he donated to the Clinton Foundation...? ...or Soros INC?
Posted by: magpie || 05/22/2018 10:05 Comments || Top||

#6  Ha! How would you like to be the gov't contracting officer about now ?

No thanks. I choose life.
Posted by: gorb || 05/22/2018 12:23 Comments || Top||

#7  That audit rail is going to get ugly fast....
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 05/22/2018 13:27 Comments || Top||



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Tue 2018-05-22
  Taliban leader Mullah Din Mohammad and comrades killed in Farah airstrike
Mon 2018-05-21
  ISIS foils rebel offensive in west Daraa, kills scores
Sun 2018-05-20
  Saudi Air Defenses Intercept Houthi Ballistic Missile
Sat 2018-05-19
  1,000 protest Friday on Gaza border as Hamas chief vows to lead new demonstrations
Fri 2018-05-18
  Brazil charges 11 people with trying to set up Islamic State cell
Thu 2018-05-17
   Top al-Qaeda leader for the Indian Subcontinent killed in Afghanistan
Wed 2018-05-16
  Islamic State’s financial chief of Diyala State, another member arrested
Tue 2018-05-15
  Iraq sentences man to death by hanging for slaughtering Russian diplomat
Mon 2018-05-14
  Liveblogging Israel: Gaza Riots, American Embassy Ribbon Cutting to Come
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  ISIS militants kill 9 of their own comrades in Nangarhar province
Sat 2018-05-12
  12 militants killed in Special Forces raids in Laghman
Fri 2018-05-11
  Clashes erupt in Bethlehem on 70th Nakba Day protests
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  After alleged Iranian barrage, Israel launches massive counterattack in Syria
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