New defence attorney in 9/11 Guantanamo trial requests 30-month delay to prepare

Request, coupled with retirement of case's judge and transfer of war court's director, will likely cause January 2021 trial to be postponed

The joint trial of five men charged in the 9/11 attacks may be postponed because a new defence attorney in the case has requested a 30-month extension to prepare.

David Bruck, the new lead attorney for Ramzi bin al-Shibh, one of the five men charged in the 9/11 case, estimated in a legal filing on Wednesday that he would need two-and-a-half years to get caught up on the proceedings.

"The following estimate of the work before me reflects, 'prevailing professional norms at the time of [this] trial', as required by well-established Supreme Court precedent," Bruck wrote, breaking down the reasons for the hours needed to properly prepare for the case.

Bruck, who officially began working on the case on 1 July, said it would take hundreds of hours to read the 33,000 pages of hearing transcripts alone, and noted that the coronavirus pandemic was likely to postpone much of the work needed to be done.

For instance, Bruck has not yet been able to meet with his client, as regular travel to the prison camp has been barred by Covid-19 restrictions.

Al-Shibh's previous lead attorney, James P Harrington, asked to leave the case in April, citing health issues and "incompatibility" with his client.

After years of delays, the joint 9/11 trial was set to finally begin in January 2021, but that date is likely to be pushed back even further.

In his filing, Bruck acknowledged that government prosecutors are likely to push back against his 30-month estimate, but wrote that it is "the minimum amount of time required to do the job for which I have been appointed".

The new Guantanamo lawyer has in the past defended clients including Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof and Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/september-11-guantanamo-trial-attorney-requests-30-month-delay

Former ‘Queen of Porn’ Posts Series of Tweets Claiming Her Insights Into Hollywood Pedophilia

The legendary porn star Jenna Jameson has become increasingly outspoken since her departure from the profession in 2008, and regularly comments on social media about people in the entertainment industry. Last week, the former adult actress posted a few disturbing tweets with accusations about rampant pedophilia and child abuse in the entertainment industry. She also called out the online platform periscope for hosting child abuse footage.

The reason why Hollywood has been so incredibly silent on child sex trafficking is not only do they partake, they are covering for the big league hitters. The ones that hide in the shadows under the cover of a crown.

— Jenna Jameson (@jennajameson) July 17, 2020

Her claims that there is child abuse in Hollywood and among the wealthy elite are certainly credible. For the past several years the news has been filled with stories of people like Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein, and Keith Raniere. However, she also talks about plenty of things that there isn’t any proof for, including “child hunting games” as well as “sacrifice” and “torture of children.”

If you think Epstein is somehow unique, you’re sadly mistaken… there are MANY Epstein’s, that make him look like an amateur. Child hunting games, sacrifice, torture of children as young as 2. The elite.

— Jenna Jameson (@jennajameson) July 15, 2020

Jameson was trafficked by her ex-boyfriend and his father when she was young, and this is an issue that she posts about a lot on her page, but the posts are a mix of verifiable information and baseless conspiracy theories. While child trafficking is a very real problem in the world, and child abuse certainly exists in the entertainment industry, her claims are to be taken with a grain of salt, because in the past few years she has started to develop a reputation for making unsubstantiated claims about other people in the industry.

In May, the actress Hillary Duff was forced to respond to accusations that she was attempting to sell her child online after Jameson helped a conspiracy theory about her go viral. Since putting her support behind Donald Trump in 2015, she has expressed a number of other controversial views, including hostility towards Islam, support for military action against Iran, and showing support for a rapper who admitted to taking his daughter to the doctor for virginity checks. She has also provoked anger among the LGBTQ community for her comments about Playboy featuring a transgender model.

Earlier this year, fueled by another right-wing conspiracy theory, Jameson accused Buzzfeed reporter Ryan Broderick of being a pedophile.

https://www.wakingtimes.com/2020/07/25/former-queen-of-porn-posts-series-of-tweets-claiming-her-insights-into-hollywood-pedophilia/

Secret source for anti-Trump Steele dossier revealed — NOT A RUSSIAN, but a president of Uber Left Think Tank, Brookings Institute; Rep. Nunes reacts

California Congressman Devin Nunes joins ‘Sunday Morning Futures.’

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/secret-source-for-anti-trump-steele-dossier-revealed-not-a-russian-but-a-president-of-uber-left-think-tank-brookings-institute-rep-nunes-reacts/

Several violent attacks on anti-Netanyahu protesters reported across country

Man stabbed in south, group in Jerusalem said to beat up activists, man and son say they were pepper-sprayed near Tel Aviv; Gantz, Peretz decry violence, call to protect protesters

Several activists taking part in wide-scale demonstrations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were attacked in separate incidents Saturday night, spraking calls for authorities to protect them.

Thousands of Israelis rallied for the resignation of the premier and against his government in city squares, central intersections and highway overpasses across the country Saturday, part of a rapidly growing protest movement.

The protests have led to pushback from some of Netanyahu’s supporters and at least some of the attacks Saturday night were blamed on pro-Netanyahu groups. Politicians, including some from Netanyahu’s governing coalition, spoke out against the attacks and in support of the right to protest.

In the Sha’ar Hanegev region bordering Gaza in southern Israel, one demonstrator was stabbed as a group of attackers assaulted demonstrators rallying against Netanyahu on a higbhway overpass.

The man, identified as a 40-year-old resident of Kibbutz Gavim, was treated for light lacerations to his neck.

חשיפת חזה על מנורה-לא אלימות

דקירה שטחית של מפגין בצווארו-אלימות. סו סימפל pic.twitter.com/C4aZyPo8Yh

— Almog Ben-zikri (@almogbenzikri) July 25, 2020

He told the Ynet news site that some 15 to 20 young people showed up in a group of cars and attacked the 30-odd demonstrators gathered on the overpass, which included children.

“They attacked the protesters with kicks and punches, tore up the signs and pushed us onto the road,” he said.

No arrests were reported in the incident.

In the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Gan, a man said he and his son who were protesting near the Aluf Sade Junction were pepper-sprayed by a passing driver who slowed down to mace them, according to Hebrew media reports.

The two filed a police complaint, but no arrests were reported.

שימו לב: תיעוד האירוע באלוף שדה: הרכב מגיע, משפריץ גז מהחלון שליד הנהג על המפגינים בצומת ואז אנשים מתחילים להחנק. בטוח שלמשטרה יש את האמצעים הטכנולוגיים לאתר את הרכב הזה https://t.co/SlhrtS8qU8 pic.twitter.com/rVtVmWDSm8

— Bar Peleg (@bar_peleg) July 25, 2020

https://www.timesofisrael.com/violent-attacks-on-anti-netanyahu-protesters-reported-across-country/

Israel propagandist Bernard-Henri Lévy in Libya to support Turkish-sponsored terrorists

French Zionist apologist for Israel Bernard-Henri Lévy is in Libya courting the Turkish-sponsored Islamist militias of the legally defunct “Government of National Accord” (GNA).

The GNA is backed by the Muslim Brotherhood, Al-Qaeda, Turkey, Qatar, the United States, Britain and Italy.

Lévy, a self-proclaimed “philosopher”, arrived in Libya as a guest of the GNA to express support for its Islamist and organised crime militias. His itinerary includes visits to the Islamist hub of Misrata, Al-Khums and Tarhuna, as well as meetings with the head of the GNA’s militia operations, Ahmad Abu-Shahma, and eight of his subordinates.

Readers who followed the progress of the 2011 insurrection against the regime of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya will remember that Lévy descended on the country ostensibly to support “democracy” and “human rights”. But, as Israel-born writer and musician Gilad Atzmon has observed, the Frenchman is no human rights defender but is in fact a hypocrite and an apologist for Israeli racism and the suppression of Palestinian human rights.

According to Atzmon, “Although Bernard-Henri Lévy presents himself as a French philosopher, he seems to lack that elementary capacity. Unlike a true philosopher, Levy engages in an endless spin, typical of a hasbara – Israeli propaganda – agent…”

So, what is he doing in Libya? Who is he representing and why is he meeting the GNA’s senior terrorist leaders?

https://www.redressonline.com/2020/07/israel-propagandist-bernard-henri-levy-in-libya-to-support-turkish-sponsored-terrorists/

British Universities Advertising Jobs for Chinese Communist Party Puppet Police in Hong Kong

British universities have been revealed to be posting advertisements for the Hong Kong Police Force, which critics claim has effectively become a tool forthe Chinese Communist Party to crush pro-democracy dissent in the former British colony.

Oxford University, alongside the universities of Bath, Leicester, Manchester, Warwick, and Exeter have all posted job advertisements for the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF), despite widespread reports of brutality towards against pro-liberty activists.

The police force is currently being investigated by Britain’s all-party parliamentary group on Hong Kong, which is set to detail the “stunning array of abuses that are routinely enacted”, Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle, the group’s co-chairwoman, told The Times.

Baroness Bennett said that the university advertisements were “deeply disturbing”.

The adverts specifically targeted Hong Kong resident graduates with the chance to become probationary inspectors, as the force halted the hiring of foreign officers in 1994.

In response to the revelations about British universities, Kate Allen, the director of Amnesty International UK, said: “Promoting jobs with a police force responsible for cracking down on peaceful democracy protesters and for rounding up people under a draconian Beijing-imposed security law, links UK universities to human rights abuse in Hong Kong.”

“Universities are involved in promoting the values of open debate and free speech — both of which are increasingly under threat in Hong Kong,” Allen added.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/07/27/british-universities-advertising-jobs-for-chinese-communist-party-puppet-police-in-hong-kong/

Setback to China as Russia suspends deliveries of S-400 missiles

Russia has announced the suspension of S-400 surface-to-air missile systems to China and said the resumption of further deliveries is yet to be ascertained.

Citing Chinese newspaper Sohu, UAWire reported, "This time, Russia announced the postponement of the delivery of missiles for the Chinese S-400 system. To a certain extent, we can say that it is for the sake of China. Getting a gun is not as easy as signing an invoice after receiving a weapon."

"They say that the work on delivering these weapons is quite complicated. While China has to send personnel for training, Russia also needs to send a lot of technical personnel to put the weapons into service," Sohu said.

Post-Russias announcement, China has reportedly said that Moscow was forced to make such a decision as it "is worried that the delivery of S-400 missiles at this time will affect the anti-pandemic actions of the Peoples Liberation Army and does not want to cause trouble to China."In 2018, China received the first batch of S-400 missile, a military-diplomatic source told Russia`s TASS news agency.

The S-400 air defence missile system is considered the most advanced of its kind in Russia, capable of destroying targets at a distance of up to 400 kilometres and a height of up to 30 kilometres.

Russia's suspension of S-400 missiles to China comes after Moscow had earlier accused Beijing of spying, despite the two countries enjoying considerably good relations over the years.

Russian authorities have found Valery Mitko, president of its St Petersburg Arctic Social Sciences Academy, guilty of handing over classified materials to the Chinese intelligence, TASS reported.

http://www.sensation-hub.com/2020/07/setback-to-china-as-russia-suspends.html

Spanish court hears testimony on whether Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was spied on

Spain's National Court is due to hear testimony on Monday in an investigation into whether a Spanish company was hired to spy on Julian Assange during the seven years the WikiLeaks founder spent in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.

The court is investigating whether David Morales, a Spaniard, and his Undercover Global SL security agency invaded the privacy of Assange and his visitors at the embassy by secretly recording their meetings.

The intelligence that Morales' company collected is suspected of being handed over to third parties, according to court papers.

Among those set to face the court's questions Monday were prominent Spanish lawyer Baltasar Garzn, who is part of Assange's legal team; former Ecuadorean consul in London Fidel Narvez; and Stella Morris, a legal adviser and Assange's partner, who revealed earlier this year that she had two children with him while he lived in the embassy. Staff of the Spanish security company are due to testify on Tuesday.

Assange, whose lawyers filed a complaint at the court to trigger the investigation, is in a British prison after being removed from the embassy last year. He is fighting extradition to the United States, where he faces espionage charges over the activities of WikiLeaks.

The court is conducting an investigation, begun last year, before deciding whether there is evidence of wrongdoing that warrants a trial.

Undercover Global, also known as UC Global, was hired by Ecuador's government to provide security at the Ecuadorean embassy in London between 2015 and 2018. Its main task was to secure the property's perimeter, including the deployment of security staff, due to Assange's presence inside, court papers say.

According to the National Court summons seen by The Associated Press, the preliminary investigation has raised suspicions that, under the cover of his security work, Morales used bugging devices and video equipment to record Assange's meetings with visitors.

They included his lawyers, politicians, journalists, medical staff, Ecuadorean diplomats, the former head of Ecuador's National Intelligence Service, Rommy Vallejo, and longtime Republican congressman for California Dana Rohrabacher.

http://www.sensation-hub.com/2020/07/spanish-court-hears-testimony-on.html

US Military Flies Record Number of Planes Near China’s Coast in July

The increased flights come as the US escalates military presence in the South China Sea

As part of Washington’s increased military presence in Indo-Pacific, the month of July has seen a record number of aerial surveillance flights by US military aircraft in the South China Sea and near China’s coast. A Beijing-based think tank counted over 50 sorties by US military aircraft in the region in the first three weeks of July.

“At the moment the US military is sending three to five reconnaissance aircraft each day to the South China Sea,” the South China Sea Strategic Situation Probing Initiative (SCSPI) said. While July saw record numbers, the increased flights started earlier this year with “much higher frequency, closer distance and more variety of missions,” SCSPI said.

The closest flight to China’s coast happened in May, when a US Navy plane almost flew within the 12 nautical mile zone of China’s Hainan Island. SCSPI statistics show that flights by US planes within 50 to 60 nautical miles of the Chinese Mainland were “frequent.”

With US-China relations rapidly deteriorating in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the South China Sea has seen massive US military exercises. Twice this month, two aircraft carrier strike groups led drills in the contested waters. The Trump administration also formally rejected most of Beijing’s claims to the South China Sea, ratcheting up tensions even more.

In 2001, a US reconnaissance plane collided with a Chinese military aircraft 59 nautical miles off the coast of Hainan Island. The collision killed the Chinese pilot and forced the US plane to land on Hainan. The ramping up of US flights in the region increases the risk of accidents like the 2001 incident, and souring US-China relations makes solving future incidents diplomatically less likely.

https://news.antiwar.com/2020/07/26/us-military-flies-record-number-of-planes-near-chinas-coast-in-july/

Israel Rolls Out Dystopian Cyber Espionage Award for US-Backed Digital Saboteurs

The myriad cybersecurity, AI, and IoT startups emerging out of Israel’s state-funded organizations have extensive ties to American Fortune 100 companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft, and many others.

A “mastermind in the field of cyber espionage” will be awarded a lifetime achievement by the state of Israel in September. The “Israel Defense Award” ceremony is slated to take place in the residence of President Reuven Rivlin, himself a former member of the IDF’s intelligence corps, Haman, which is tasked with “collecting, disseminating, and publishing intelligence information.” In addition, prizes will also be handed out to members of three secret cybersecurity projects developed by Mossad, the IDF, the Shin Bet and MAFAT (Administration for the Development of Weapons and Technological Infrastructure) that have made a “long-standing contribution to national security and for initiating many technological solutions”, not to mention the forging of close ties to the U.S. National Security state.

The identity of the “legendary” Israeli spy who is slated to receive the official commendation has not been revealed and has only been referred to as “Aleph“; said to be in his forties and well-known both in Israeli and American intelligence circles. He is described as a “phenomenon” of the cyber field who turned down a lucrative career in the tech industry in order to serve the national interest. The mystery-man was credited with creating a “significant part” of the work in Israeli cybersecurity by an unnamed acquaintance.

Current Israeli Defense Minister and Alternate Prime Minister, Benny Gantz announced the winners and heaped praise on Israel’s “human capital,” whose work proves that there are “no borders in the war on Israel’s security.” Indeed, this statement by the IDF’s former chief of staff can be corroborated by taking a look at the corporate partners who are a part of the winning projects; the first of which is a joint collaboration between the Israeli national intelligence agency, Mossad, the Rafael Company, the Israeli Air Force and a new IDF Intelligence Unit 9900, which “provided the IDF with unique capabilities” and “technological breakthroughs.” The Rafael Company, (Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.), is also involved in the second project to be recognized by the Israeli state, along with Elbit Systems. Both of these companies have major cybersecurity contracts outside of Israel and the U.S., in particular

Critical infrastructure

Elbit Systems received a contract from the U.S. government last year to build an “integrated” surveillance system across the Arizona-Mexico border spanning over 200 linear miles. They have since deployed dozens of “sophisticated” cameras on towers along the border and have also secured multi-million dollar contracts to equip an unnamed Southeast Asian navy’s ships with their AI-enabled technology for “complex reconnaissance missions.”

The Rafael Company, meanwhile, is a major player in international weapons systems development and is the principal creator of the “Iron Dome” anti-missile technology through a subsidiary company, mPrest. The Iron Dome software is currently running on “critical infrastructure systems” in the United States and has been a recent subject of concern for the U.S. military, who refused to integrate the software into its air defense systems after the Israeli company failed to provide the source code, resulting in the loss of a $600 million-dollar contract for the Tel-Aviv-based company.

https://www.mintpressnews.com/israel-dystopian-cyber-espionage-award-us-backed-digital-saboteurs/269785/

HOW IS THIS STILL SECRET?! Military Insider Interview: SPECIAL OPS REVEALED [DS] Hidden Secrets Pt 2

Russiagate is a 100 percent fake story, Part II: William Binney explains [Video]

Part One of this series outlined the basic premise of Russiagate being a completely fake story for several reasons: It is deliberately vague, all-encompassing with regards to explaining “unexpected” results of the 2016 election as well as other successes accomplished by President Trump. It is valuable to even those in the Republican Party who say they support President Trump, namely Lindsey Graham, because they still get some arm-twisting power out of it in terms of scapegoating the Russian Federation in order for them to “look strong.” Unfortunately, President Trump himself has either decided it is prudent to play along, or that perhaps he is somewhat taken in by the pervasive narrative as well, at least enough to approve sanction after sanction against the Russian Federation.

We charge that Russia never did any sort of election interference at all in the 2016 election, nor do they have the desire or intent to do the same in 2020.

The narrative has served Democrats as a “excuse” for why they lost, and indeed, it was Adam Schiff recently who first became aware of a so-far unverified claim that Russia was paying bounty to Taliban troops to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan. This claim was refuted by source rather well connected in Russia, who noted to me that the Russian Federation actually benefits from the American presence in that country because they interfere with opium exports into Russia, which has been struggling with a very nasty drug epidemic.

So, what do we think did happen? For that, we present WIlliam Binney, former NSA Technical Director, who gives his case. He speaks candidly, but uses some technical language. We will analyze his discussion here and we ask you the readers to pitch in in your comments, especially those who have technical backgrounds. This video is an excerpt of a major press conference run by the Schiller Foundation and LaRouche PAC, and I was The Duran writer present on the conference, given July 23, 2020.

If Mr. Binney is correct, the United States, and indeed, the entire world has a big scandal on its hands. There is a lot of information that suggests he is indeed correct. We will analyze this further.

https://theduran.com/russiagate-is-a-100-percent-fake-story-part-ii-william-binney-explains-video/

Revelation of Steele’s primary source triggers focus on think tank tied to Clinton, Biden

The Obama team's ties to the Brookings Institution are deep, and so are those of impeachment witness Fiona Hill.

The revelation that Christopher Steele’s primary sub-source for his dossier was an American resident tied to a liberal think tank close to the Obama administration has triggered new investigative interest.

The identification of Igor Danchenko as Steele’s subsource — reported by Real Clear Investigations and then confirmed by Danchenko's lawyer to the New York Times — means Steele’s dossier relied on someone who wasn't based in Russia despite claims to the contrary by the FBI.

In at least two of the applications for its Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant targeting Trump adviser Carter Page, the FBI referred to the primary sub-source of the document as "truthful and cooperative" and "Russian-based," according to Justice Department inspector general Michael Horowitz's report last December.

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DOJ IG report on Russia FISAs

Danchenko also worked for several years until 2010 at the Brookings Institution, a think tank familiar to many in the Obama administration and to one key witness in the impeachment proceedings against President Trump.

Fiona Hill, a Russia expert at the National Security Council and an impeachment witness against Trump, worked at the Brookings Institution in 2016 and co-authored a paper with Danchenko prior to the dossier being assembled, according to Real Clear Politics.

In addition, the president of the Brookings Institution — former Clinton administration figure Strobe Talbott — contacted Steele early in the Russia collusion probe and requested a copy of his dossier to share with Obama administration officials, according to Steele's recent testimony in a British lawsuit.

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SteeleRiceTalbottTestimony.pdf

"I remember taking a phone call from him, your Lordship, earlier in the summer, in which he said that he was aware that I had — he spoke in fairly cryptic terms, but he was aware that we had material of relevance to the U.S. election," Steele testified in March in the British lawsuit.

Steele claimed Talbott learned about his dossier work from either former National Security Adviser Susan Rice or former Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland. Rice's spokesman has denied having such contact about the dossier. Nuland acknowledged knowing about Steele's dossier in July 2016 and claimed she directed her staff to send the former MI-6 agent to the FBI.

"Although he didn't state it explicitly, one or either or both of them had briefed him on the work we had been doing," Steele testified.

Talbott’s brother-in-law, Cody Shearer, distributed his own anti-Trump Russia dossier in September 2016, according to evidence released by Congress and the DOJ inspector general. It included some of the same allegations as those in Steele’s.

And then in early 2017 Talbott provided a copy of the Steele dossier to Hill after she started working inside the Trump National Security Council, according to Hill’s impeachment testimony. Hill admitted she met multiple times with Steele in 2016.

https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/revelation-steeles-primary-source-triggers-focus-think

Iowa Dem Scrubs Business Experience From Campaign Site After Local Business Owners Slam Her Record

Theresa Greenfield came under fire for evicting small businesses from a local strip mall

Iowa Democratic Senate nominee Theresa Greenfield deleted references to her controversial business record from her campaign website.

Greenfield faced criticism from fellow Democrats and local business leaders after a Washington Free Beacon report detailed her role in evicting small businesses as a real estate executive. While her campaign has downplayed the eviction controversy, calling it "desperate" and a "smear," Greenfield's business record was scrubbed from her campaign site in March.

The Iowa Democrat's biography page initially listed her tenure with the now-defunct land-development company Rottlund Homes, saying Greenfield "moved quickly through the ranks … to lead the company's Iowa division." The page also touted Greenfield's role as "president of Colby Interests, one of Des Moines' oldest family-held real estate and development companies."

In March, however, Greenfield removed all mentions of her ties to Rottlund Homes and Colby Interests. Her campaign site now says Greenfield simply "worked as an urban planner and has worked in real estate and development in Iowa." While Greenfield has portrayed herself as a champion of small business in her bid to unseat Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, the scrubbing suggests that the Democrat sees her business record as a political vulnerability.

As president of Colby Interests in 2015, Greenfield evicted mom-and-pop stores from a local shopping center in an attempt to make way for German grocer Aldi. Tenants were "blindsided" with eviction notices signed by Greenfield, and while her development proposal was ultimately scrapped following local pushback, the Democrat moved forward with an expensive renovation plan that she admitted may "not fit into" existing tenants' budgets. At least five local businesses were forced out as a result of the project.

Greenfield was criticized for the project during Iowa's Democratic Senate primary. Businessman Eddie Mauro said that "instead of fighting for small-business owners," Greenfield "attempted to evict them to make way for big business."

https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/iowa-dem-scrubs-business-experience-from-campaign-site-after-local-business-owners-slam-her-record/

Robert O’Brien, White House National Security Adviser, Tests Positive For Coronavirus

O'Brien is Trump's fourth national security adviser

He traveled to Europe and Arizona in recent weeks

He reportedly contracted the virus after a family event

President Trump’s national security adviser has tested positive for coronavirus but it was unclear how much contact he has had with the president, the White House confirmed.

Bloomberg reported Monday Robert O’Brien, 54, contracted the virus after a family event and has been working from home. He traveled to Europe earlier this month where he met with counterparts to discuss China and other issues. In Late June, he traveled to Arizona.

The White House said O'Brien's symptoms are mild.

“There is no risk of exposure to the president or the vice president. The work of the National Security Council continues uninterrupted,” a White House statement said.

O’Brien, who succeeded John Bolton, is the highest-ranking White House employee to test positive for the virus. Also testing positive was Katie Miller, an communications aide to Vice President Mike Pence, and Trump’s personal valet, as well as a Marine assigned to Trump’s helicopter crew and members of the Secret Service. A White House reporter and a cafeteria worker also tested positive in recent weeks.

Donald Trump Jr.’s girlfriend, Kimberly Guyilfoyle, also tested positive.

O’Brien deputy Matt Pottinger took steps in March to limit a potential outbreak among National Security Council staff by dividing it in half and mandating they work from different offices.

Under O’Brien, the NSC has shifted from developing U.S. policy to finding ways of justifying and implementing Trump’s positions, the New York Times reported. The NSC was established in 1947 to advise the president.

O’Brien is the fourth person to occupy the national security adviser position under Trump and is considered a loyalist. He has said he’s trying to rebuild the NSC into an apolitical organization that can referee the competing views of the Pentagon, State Department, intelligence agencies and Treasury, and cut policy positions among career NSC staff by more than a third to streamline operations.

O’Brien, whose West Wing office is near both the Oval Office and Pence’s, and senior NSC staff are tested daily for the virus.

As of Monday morning, more than 16.2 million Americans had tested positive for coronavirus and COVID-19 had killed nearly 147,000, the Johns Hopkins tracking projected indicated.

https://www.ibtimes.com/robert-obrien-white-house-national-security-adviser-tests-positive-coronavirus-3017373

Soros Pours Record $50 Million Into 2020 Election

Liberal billionaire spends $30 million more than in 2016 with months left to go before the elections

Liberal billionaire George Soros has flooded Democratic PACs and campaigns with $50 million this election cycle, shattering his personal record by tens of millions with four months to go before the elections.

Soros ramped up his political spending this cycle through the Democracy PAC, which he created last year to pump large sums into the coffers of other left-wing groups. New filings to the Federal Election Commission show the PAC doled out nearly $17 million last quarter, bringing its total cash disbursements this cycle to $48 million. Soros gave another $4 million directly to Democratic campaigns and committees without first depositing the money into his PAC. The $52 million cash influx is more than double Soros's previous high of $22 million, which came during the last presidential election.

Democratic candidates benefiting from Soros's cash have railed against the influence of money in politics. Joe Biden's government reform plan includes a promise to "reduce the corrupting influence of money in politics." The presidential candidate's website says, "We could improve our politics overnight if we flushed big money from the system and had public financing of our elections…. Democracy works best when a big bank account or a large donor list are not prerequisites for office."

Such rhetoric from Soros-backed candidates has drawn criticism from the right. "While Democrats across the country sanctimoniously rail against the influence of dark money in politics, their party’s largest donors are bankrolling a massive web of liberal organizations to get them elected," one GOP operative told the Washington Free Beacon earlier this month. "George Soros's unprecedented spending further highlights just how dependent Democrats are on contributions from billionaires, despite their hypocritical rhetoric."

Soros is one of several Democratic megadonors who opened their checkbooks last month to provide large sums to outfits backing Biden and hammering Republicans. The Biden Victory Fund in particular has benefited from a windfall of cash. It pulled in a whopping $83 million thanks to the Democratic Party's wealthiest donors, including Soros, who donated $500,000.

The liberal billionaire is taking steps to obscure his election spending this cycle. In the past, he made donations to groups directly in his own name. This cycle, he has operated primarily by transferring tens of millions from the Fund for Policy Reform, a $750 million nonprofit in his sprawling Open Society Foundation network, into Democracy PAC. The PAC then disburses it to other Democratic PACs and committees. This arrangement allows Soros to keep his name from the top of donor lists. His $50 million in contributions makes him the largest donor of the 2020 cycle, though only $8 million is coming directly from him.

https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/soros-pours-record-50-million-into-2020-election/

Chicago Weekend Violence: 59 Shot, 3 Fatally

Over the weekend in Chicago, 59 people were shot, three fatally, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

“The numbers are the lowest the city has seen in over a month, when 33 people were shot and two killed between June 12 and June 15,” read the report.

With the continuing violence, President Trump announced he will deploy federal law enforcement to the Windy City, despite Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s dissent.

“I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, no troops, no agents that are coming in outside of our knowledge, notification, and control that are violating people’s constitutional rights. That’s the framework,” Lightfoot explained on Sunday’s “State of The Union.”

She added, “We can’t just allow anyone to come into Chicago, play police in our streets, in our neighborhoods, when they don’t know the first thing about our city. That’s a recipe for disaster. And that’s what you’re seeing playing out in Portland on a nightly basis. We don’t need that here, that’s not a value added, and it doesn’t help enhance our public safety.”

https://saraacarter.com/chicago-weekend-violence-59-shot-3-fatally/

Sanhedrin - Head of the Illuminati Snake?

"The Sanhedrin now rules the United States, Great Britain, and Russia and with the atomic bomb, it has enough power to back up its rulership over all the world."

In 1945, a Jewish lawyer and writer Henry Klein revealed that the thrall the Sanhedrin holds over the Jewish people is a template for totalitarianism. He wrote:

"The Sanhedrin today consists of more than seventy men. Their identity is well concealed. Their agents are legion. They use Jews and Gentiles to fulfill their purpose. Most of the so-called leading Jews in public and political life, are their agents. Many of the so-called leading Christians in public and political life, are their tools. Many judges and lawyers serve them. There is no antisemitism in the United States. There is anti-Sanhedrinism, but neither Jews nor Christians understand the difference, so thoroughly have they been faked by propaganda, which will be continued until the Sanhedrin accomplishes its end or its efforts results in complete destruction. We are face to face with complete ruin or complete reform."

The Protocols say we will keep our people herded together. The Protocols is the plan by which a handful of Jews who compose the Sanhedrin, aim to rule the world by first destroying Christian civilization. The Jews as a group, know nothing about this plan. They are as much the victims of the Sanhedrin as are Christians and those of other religious faiths.

The Sanhedrin operates through the Kehillah. The Kehillah is the controlling Jewish organizations ' in each community where Jews live. Most Jewish organizations are represented in the Kehillah. It Is the local Jewish governing body. All representations in it is by delegates apportioned according to the membership of the constituent bodies. Each Jewish organization, whether a lodge, fraternal order, synagogue or otherwise, is entitled to representation. This unity is in accordance with the advice of the late Louis D. Brandeis who urged Jews to "unite, unite, unite."

The Kehillah in New York City is run by an executive committee over which there is an advisory body. This executive committee is elected from year to year or continued in office. It is responsible for the operation of the Kehillah which is an old Jewish institution going back before the time of Jesus, who was Kehillah's target in His day. So was Moses Maimonides in the twelfth century; so was Spinoza in the eighteenth century; so was Jacob Branfmann in the nineteenth century and so am I today.

Why was I the Kehillah's target? Because I defended a Christian who was persecuted with other Christians, in the fake sedition trial in Washington, D.C., during 1944 and because I exposed and stopped the graft of some of the so-called pro-Jewish organizations and publications behind that persecution.

https://www.henrymakow.com/2020/07/henry-klein-sanhedrin.html

Vaccine Execs Rake In $1 Billion In Stock Sales As Positive Headlines Boost Shares

With the race to find a vaccine for COVID-19 in full effect, biotech executives and other insiders from at least 11 companies have made hand over fist - raking in over $1 billion in stock sales after announcing positive developments, according to the New York Times.

n some cases, company insiders are profiting from regularly scheduled compensation or automatic stock trades. But in other situations, senior officials appear to be pouncing on opportunities to cash out while their stock prices are sky high. And some companies have awarded stock options to executives shortly before market-moving announcements about their vaccine progress. -NYT

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/vaccine-execs-rake-1-billion-stock-sales-positive-headlines-boost-shares

Kyle Bass Slams TikTok As 'CCP Trojan Horse' Following Disturbing ProtonMail Exposé

Before using Chinese video-sharing app TikTok, one might want to read this article from encrypted email company ProtonMail, as recommended by Kyle Bass:

Is TikTok secure?

In December 2019, the cybersecurity researchers at Check Point Research discovered multiple vulnerabilities, including ones that would allow attackers to delete user videos, make hidden videos public, or upload unauthorized videos. The researchers worked with the TikTok team, and they say that these vulnerabilities have now been resolved.

In April 2020, security researchers discovered that some versions of the TikTok app for Android and iOS rely on HTTP connections. By not using HTTPS, TikTok makes it easy for attackers to monitor user activity and even alter the videos the user sees without their knowledge.

https://youtu.be/voTnYPfkqlY

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/protonmail-slams-tiktok-chinese-trojan-horse

Students see spike in reported violent crime after University of Minnesota cuts ties with Minneapolis Police Department

Students saw a sudden uptick in public safety announcements detailing local violent crimes soon after UMN announced it would cut ties with local police.

Students have expressed serious concerns about their safety at the University of Minnesota due to an increase in crime and a lack of police presence.

Students saw an increase in reported violence just weeks after the University of Minnesota announced that it would cut ties with the Minneapolis Police Department after the death of George Floyd.

In the weeks following the University of Minnesota’s announcement that it would cut ties with the Minneapolis Police Department, students received multiple systemwide public safety alert messages, telling them to be cautious on and near campus due to various reported violent crimes. This is a substantial increase in safety notifications for Minnesota students, given that prior to the announcement, only seven such announcements with only two emergencies were made in a six month period.

I am genuinely concerned to come back to campus without the MPD being present."

The university made its announcement on May 27. On June 16, students were alerted of both a robbery and an attempted robbery. On June 18, an alert warned students that an individual had been assaulted and four male suspects had stolen his car. The alert said that this incident “may be related to a second robbery.” Yet another robbery was reported on June 20, this time at gunpoint.

On July 2, students received alerts about a robbery of a business by a female suspect during which “a gun was seen.”

On Thursday, students learned via the alert system that five males used a Ford SUV to knock a woman off her bike, in what was described as yet another “attempted robbery,” although the assailants reportedly left the scene without taking any property.

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=15334

Doctor Dispels Coronavirus Fears: ‘99.8 Percent of People Get Through this with Little to No Progressive or Significant Disease’

Dr. Dan Erickson, owner of Accelerated Urgent Care, spoke at Monday’s “White Coat Summit” on Capitol Hill as part of a greater effort to extinguish fears surrounding the Chinese coronavirus and reminded the public that “99.8 percent of people get through this with little to no progressive or significant disease.”

Erickson addressed the dominant narrative of rising cases of the virus within the U.S. and pointed out that it is causing undue fear.

“A case is a person, healthy, that tested positive. The vast majority. But the public hears cases and thinks, ‘Oh my goodness. These are sick people!’ No the vast majority — 99.8 percent of people get through this with little to no progressive or significant disease,” Erickson said.

The focus should not center on cases, he continued. Rather, the narrative should focus on hospitalizations and deaths that “are appropriately coded on a death certificate,” he said, stressing “appropriately coded.”

“This is the first time I’ve seen quarantining healthy,” he continued. “I don’t know if you guys think that’s normal. I find that very strange.”

While he said it was good that the U.S. prepared for the worse, Erickson said we must be “realistic with the response.”

“Who showed up? Most of the patients that were showing up for me were very mild illness,” he said, adding that he wanted to come out and “give reality to the situation on the ground and sort of help dispel some fear that people have had.”

Erickson also addressed the mass lockdowns across the country, explaining that they were “very successful,” but in all the wrong metrics:

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/27/watch-doctor-dispels-coronavirus-fears-99-8-percent-of-people-get-through-this-with-little-to-no-progressive-or-significant-disease/

Lawyers For Ghislaine Maxwell Trying To Keep X-Rated Evidence From Going Public

Ghislaine Maxwell, who allegedly helped convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein recruit underaged girls for sex, knows a LOT.

Now, her defense attorneys are trying to keep from public view sensitive evidence ahead of her trial — “including any nude photos and sexualized videos that will be marked ‘highly confidential,’ according to court documents,” the New York Post reports.

In a proposed protective order filed Monday, Maxwell’s attorneys detailed the discovery materials they believe should be kept out of public view and filed under seal in the Manhattan federal court case. This included the “highly confidential” information, which they said should not be “disseminated, transmitted, or otherwise copied.”

“Highly Confidential Information contains nude, partially-nude, or otherwise sexualized images, videos, or other depictions of individuals,” the court papers state.

Maxwell’s attorneys and prosecutors had been working together to determine what discovery materials should be made public — and only disagreed on two details, according to the filing. One point they couldn’t agree on is whether Maxwell’s defense attorneys should be allowed to disclose the identities of victims mentioned in the discovery material who have already spoken on the record or to the media.

“The government’s proposed restriction is therefore ‘broader than necessary’ to protect the privacy interests of these individuals who have already chosen to self-identify, and will hinder the defense’s ability to conduct further factual investigation, prepare witnesses for trial, and advocate on Ms. Maxwell’s behalf,” her attorneys wrote.

A judge last week ruled that a slew of other documents that Maxwell was trying to keep hidden should be made public within a week.

Judge Loretta Preska said that 80 documents — which will run to hundreds of pages — should shed light on Jeffrey Epstein, who died before he could face trial on charges that he provided powerful men with underaged girls for sex.

Reported The Daily Mail:

They could include details about Maxwell’s sex life that her lawyers have previously tried to stop from being released, relating to a seven-hour, 418-page deposition Maxwell gave which her legal team said was ‘extremely personal, confidential.’ In filings Maxwell’s lawyers have called the depositions a ‘series of (efforts) to compel Maxwell to answer intrusive questions about her sex life’.

The documents will also include communications between Maxwell and Epstein from January 2015 when Virginia Roberts made explosive allegations about them in court papers. In the papers Roberts claimed she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew three times when she was just 17 at Epstein’s command.

The indictment also says that Maxwell “knowingly made false material declarations” to federal investigators.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/07/lawyers-ghislaine-maxwell-trying-keep-x-rated-evidence-going-public/

Man Admits Leaving Profanity-Filled Message, Threatening To Shoot GOP Congressman

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A Rochester, Ill., man, Randall E. Tarr, today entered a plea of guilty to making a threat against U.S. Congressman Rodney Davis. Tarr, 65, of the 200 block of E. Mill St., Rochester, Ill., entered his plea by video conference before U.S. Magistrate Judge Tom Schanzle-Haskins in Springfield. Sentencing for Tarr has been scheduled on Nov. 20, 2020, before U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough.

At today’s hearing, Tarr admitted that on the morning of Nov. 25, 2019, he called the Decatur, Ill., office of Congressman Davis and left a profanity-filled voicemail message in which he threatened to shoot the congressman.

Tarr was reportedly upset with Davis for “backing the Russians over our own intelligence” and saying, “I’m a sharpshooter. I could, I’d like to shoot your (expletive) head off.”

According to court documents, the voicemail message was forwarded to U.S. Capitol Police, in Washington, D.C. Through caller ID, police identified Tarr as the alleged caller and U.S. Capitol Police contacted the Rochester Police Department to ask officers to make contact with Tarr. Rochester police officers made initial contact with Tarr on Nov. 25, at his residence, and FBI special agents subsequently interviewed Tarr.

“I said I had been a sharpshooter in the Army. I didn’t realize I said anything about shooting him. I might have. I don’t even own a weapon,” Tarr said. “I wish I could just take it all back and just say he’s a lousy (expletive) for backing the Russian theory.”

“I screwed up,” Tarr said. “I don’t even have a weapon to do it, is the silliest thing.”

“I am extremely grateful for the work our men and women in law enforcement and the criminal justice system do every day to keep us all safe, including me and my family” Davis said in a statement. “After the attempted mass shooting on the baseball field three years ago, my staff and I take all threats seriously and report them to the U.S. Capitol Police. It is my hope that Mr. Tarr gets the counseling he needs.”

The offense, making a threat to a federal official, carries a maximum penalty of up to 10 years in prison.

https://breaking911.com/man-admits-leaving-profanity-filled-message-threatening-to-shoot-gop-congressman/

Tom Cotton and Bill Hagerty on DOJ Google Antitrust Action: ‘Monopoly Power’ Must Be Checked

CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee — Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Bill Hagerty, former U.S. ambassador to Japan and current GOP frontrunner for U.S. Senate in Tennessee, told Breitbart News exclusively that they believe Google’s “monopoly power” is a threat to Americans.

Cotton, who was in Tennessee last week campaigning with Hagerty for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate in his contested primary, sent a letter last week to Attorney General Bill Barr requesting that the Justice Department pursue antitrust action against Google over concerns it may use its outsized market share power to silence free speech or influence the outcome of elections.

“Google dominates the online search market,” Cotton said when asked about the letter in a joint interview with Hagerty here in Tennessee. “I think their market share is well over 90 percent. That’s plainly monopoly power. Our antitrust laws say a company can acquire monopoly power by building a better mousetrap. What it can’t do is use that power to then harm its customers, to harm the public interest. There’s at least some evidence that Google is using that monopoly power that it has on online search for adjacent markets, things like online advertising, which hurts small businesses, it hurts schools that are trying to recruit students, and it even hurts political candidates that are trying to reach voters online. Google, like any other company, ought to be held to the same antitrust standards. They ought to have to obey the antitrust laws. It is not good for any American whenever a company monopolizes a market and then uses that monopoly power to harm consumers in other markets.”

Hagerty, when asked how he would fight this if elected to the U.S. Senate, pointed to Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)—another U.S. senator who has led on fighting big tech and just endorsed Hagerty’s Senate bid—as an example of the lead he would follow. He also pointed to Project Veritas investigations into big tech companies such as Facebook.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/27/tom-cotton-bill-hagerty-doj-google-antitrust-action-monopoly-power-checked/

Prof Carl Heneghan: ‘Can We Trust the Gov’t COVID Death Numbers?’

Professor Carl Heneghan is Director of the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine at Oxford University, and has been paying close attention to the Covid-19 statistics. (…) [A]n extraordinary detail: the Public Health England daily death totals announced to the media include anyone who has ever tested positive for Covid-19 — even if they recovered completely. Key quotes:

• There was “massive confusion” about different Covid data between England’s health bodies. “Public Health England figures are about double the ONS figures because PHE are reporting anybody who has had a positive Covid death in the past… This will get increasingly confusing as we go into the next Winter because there could be a new outbreak and new deaths while also still reporting on historical deaths… This is a problem for epidemiologists and media… ”

• Even a “28 period cut-off is still not ideal for accurate death numbers because there is “immediate cause and underlying cause… Immediate cause means you’ve had Covid within 21 days but outside of that, it becomes the underlying cause — something that contributed to your death but wasn’t a direct cause. A 21 day cut-off would be helpful because it gives a clearer understanding of that distinction”

• “We follow excess deaths which is the most accurate information about what’s going on at that moment, but it can’t tell you what those deaths are caused by” (i.e. people not coming forward with heart attacks etc)

• “There’s an important distinction between lives lost and life years lost. One of the things we’ll be watching very closely over the next six months is how many people would have actually died in the next six months… That’s where the excess deaths really matter. If we start to see it trend significantly under for the next few months, we’ll start to come forward with information that suggests there was a group of vulnerable people that any respiratory infection would have shortened their life.”

• “In the media you’ll always hear about catastrophe and the consequences of that. One of the things we notice is that when you don’t hear anything that usually means there’s good news happening. So when Sweden looks worse you hear about it but when it’s not so bad, like now, you never see it in the media.”

Host Freddie Sayers in a revealing conversation with leading epidemiologist from Oxford University, Professor Carl Heneghan. Watch:

https://21stcenturywire.com/2020/07/27/prof-carl-heneghan-can-we-trust-the-govt-covid-death-numbers/

Opposition Brews to Chinese Company's Purchase of Gold Mine in Canada as Ottawa Keeps Mum About Deal

Being a key global manufacturer, China is constantly looking for new sources of resources, but the political positions of some of the country's main opponents could get in the way of Chinese companies seeking to expand their international foothold.

The plans of China's state-owned Shandong Gold Mining to acquire Canada's TMAC Resources, which owns gold mines above the Arctic Circle, are facing opposition from analysts, as well as former and current officials as Ottawa continues to keep silent on the deal. Shandong, one of the biggest gold miners in the Asian country, will need a green light from the government in order to purchase TMAC, despite being the sole bidder and willing to save the debt-ridden Canadian company.

The cabinet of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau along with members of his party are refusing to comment on the possible purchase and the prospects of it being permitted, while Canada’s Innovation Ministry, responsible for examining major foreign investments for possible threats to "national security", said it would weigh in on the benefits of the deal to the country's economy before making any decisions.

Regardless of the government's position, the deal has prominent opponents. A former national security adviser to Prime Minister Trudeau and his predecessor Stephen Harper, Richard Fadden, told The Wall Street Journal that the deal should be blocked by the government because China is allegedly the country's "adversary".

"This purchase should not go forward. They are clearly adversaries, and I think we have to take that into account every time they seek to buy something", Fadden opined.

A foreign policy analyst at the Washington-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies think tank, Heather Conley, also suggested in an interview with the newspaper that despite not appearing suspicious, the deal could raise some issues in light of China's recent policy of trying to get a foothold in the Arctic region. The company itself has insisted that the deal is purely economic in nature, dismissing allegations that it might be something other than an ordinary acquisition.

"We are a commercially focused company that is well known to the Canadian mining industry. […] We see it as a straightforward gold-mining transaction", the company said.

https://sputniknews.com/business/202007271079994204-opposition-brews-to-chinese-companys-purchase-of-gold-mine-in-canada-as-ottawa-keeps-mum-about-deal/

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