Anonymous ID: 539f41 Sept. 21, 2020, 3:52 a.m. No.10730463   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0472 >>0544 >>0691 >>0776 >>0822 >>0847

>>10730451

>https://www.timesofisrael.com/leak-israel-aerospace-giant-paid-155m-to-opaque-firms-linked-to-azeri-elites/

Israel aerospace giant paid $155m to opaque firms linked to Azeri elites

Israel’s largest aerospace and aviation manufacturer transferred at least $155 million to two companies that were reportedly used as a secret slush fund for Azerbaijan’s kleptocratic elite, according to bank documents included in a massive new leak of US financial material.

The bank documents relating to Israel’s state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries consist of more than a dozen suspicious activity reports (or SARs) filed by Deutsche Bank with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the United States Department of the Treasury (FinCEN) in the years 2012-2014. They became public this weekend as part of a leak of FinCEN documents that the BuzzFeed news site shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and with 108 other media outlets and some some 400 journalists around the world, including Israeli reporter Uri Blau and Shomrim, the Center for Media and Democracy.

It is not clear why the state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries paid money to the two companies, Blau and Shomrim reported on Sunday, but the payments aroused the suspicions of Deutsche Bank officials charged with monitoring transactions they suspected may have been linked to money laundering or terror financing.

The FinCEN leak comprises thousands of documents, including over 2,000 SARs, “detailing $2 trillion of potentially corrupt transactions that were washed through the US financial system,” the Guardian reported.

As reported in The Times of Israel on Sunday, other documents in the leak indicate that the Jordan-headquartered Arab Bank facilitated payments to organizations and bodies suspected to be connected to terrorism even after it had agreed to pay massive amounts in compensation to terror victims. The leaked material also includes additional reports on Israeli businessmen, companies and banks.

Anonymous ID: 539f41 Sept. 21, 2020, 3:53 a.m. No.10730472   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0544 >>0691 >>0776 >>0822 >>0847

>>10730463

The beneficiary

The Deutsche Bank reports describe two companies — Jetfield Networks and Larkstone Ltd. — as recipients of the $155 million in IAI payments.

Jetfield Networks was founded in New Zealand in 2009 and became incorporated in the Marshall Islands in February 2012. It originally described itself as engaged in commerce, including the buying and selling of construction equipment, but later branched out into “consulting services.”

The company’s beneficiary, Blau and Shomrim reported, is Javid Huseynov, an Azeri man born in 1961. Huseynov is also the beneficiary of Larkstone Ltd., a company incorporated in Estonia, according to Blau and Shomrim.

At the same time as its incorporation in the Marshall Islands, Israeli and international media reported the signing of a $1.4 billion contract between IAI and the Azerbaijani government. The two countries have had a close but discreet relationship, Shomrim reported, with Israel buying oil from Azerbaijan and the Azeris purchasing arms and agricultural equipment from Israel.

Shomrim’s investigation revealed that IAI transferred the funds shortly after the signing of its massive 2012 deal with the Azerbaijani government. A source familiar with the deal told Shomrim that to the best of his knowledge, it did not include an agreement regarding payment to any intermediary.

In 2009, Israel became a signatory to the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, which criminalizes bribery of foreign government officials.

The submission of a suspicious activity report to FinCEN does not mean that the individual or company mentioned in the document has done anything illegal. The transactions described in such reports can be part of entirely legitimate business activities that happened to conform to patterns that aroused the suspicion of the financial institution reporting them.

Documents that the ICIJ provided to Shomrim show that payments to Jetfield began in June 2012, just months after the deal with Azerbaijan was signed, with a transfer of close to $30 million. In October, an additional $6 million was wired to Jetfield, followed by additional transfers in the months that followed.

Deutsche Bank’s reports to FinCEN show that by 2014, more than $116 million had been transferred to Jetfield, while Larkstone Ltd. received around $39 million during the same period.

In one such instance, IAI transferred about $8 million to Jetfield for the stated purpose of purchasing helicopter rotor blades. “Deutsche Bank wasn’t able to independently confirm the purpose of the transfer of funds,” the report notes.

Jetfield and Larkstone were revealed in a 2017 expose by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) to be central nodes in what became known as The Azerbaijani Laundromat.

The OCCRP revealed that Jetfield and Larkstone paid money into companies that were used as a slush fund by Azeri elites and government officials to purchase luxury goods as well as to buy good PR for the regime.

For instance, more than 2 million euros that left Azerbaijan, with a portion going through Jetfield, reportedly ended up in 2012 in the bank account of Italian politician Luca Volontè, Rome’s representative to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). Italian police suspect that in exchange for the payment, Volontè tried to soften the European Council criticisms of human rights violations in Azerbaijan. The investigation, launched in 2015, is ongoing.

In its 2020 report, Human Rights Watch describes Azerbaijan as a country with a poor human rights record: “Azerbaijan’s authorities continued to maintain rigid control, severely curtailing freedoms of association, expression, and assembly. “

In response to Shomrim’s article, IAI did not offer details as to the nature of the payments to Jetfield Networks and Larkstone Ltd.

It said: “Israel Aerospace Industries is a government company that operates in strict compliance with the provisions of the law. As a defense company, and in keeping with company policy, it doesn’t address or respond to information about its business activities other than as required by law.”

Anonymous ID: 539f41 Sept. 21, 2020, 3:55 a.m. No.10730488   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0494 >>0528 >>0556

>>10730475

>https://twitter.com/JohnWHuber/status/1307295478661419010

Nominee & days to confirm from nomination:

 

Lewis Powell —45

Ruth Bader Ginsburg —42

Sandra Day O'Connor —33 (*the vacancy)

Harlan Stone —31

Wiley Rutledge —28

Harry Blackmun —27 (*wrote Roe v Wade)

Arthur Goldberg —25

Robert Jackson —25

John Roberts —23 (*became Chief Justice)

Mahlon Pitney —23

John Paul Stevens —19

Sherman Minton —19

Warren Burger —17 (*became Chief Justice)

Charles Whittaker —17

Tom Clark —16

Pierce Butler —16

Harlan Stone —15 (*became Chief Justice)

William Douglas —15

Abe Fortas —14

Fred Vinson —14 (*became Chief Justice)

Frank Murphy —12

Felix Frankfurter —12

Owen Roberts —11

Charles Hughes —10

Stanley Reed —10

John Clarke —10

James McReynolds —10

Benjamin Cardozo —9

William Moody —9

Byron White —8

Charles Hughes —7 (*became Chief Justice)

Horace Lurton —7

Hugo Black —5

Edward Sanford —5

William Day —4

Joseph Lamar —3

Willis Devanter —3

Oliver Holmes —2

Harold Burton —1

James Byrnes —0

George Sutherland —0

William Taft —0 (*became Chief Justice)

Edward White —0

 

(Yes, four SCOTUS Justices had SAME DAY nominations and confirmations by the Senate. And Byrnes never even attended law school before FDR put him on the court)

Anonymous ID: 539f41 Sept. 21, 2020, 3:56 a.m. No.10730494   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>10730488

For full context, the 18 Justices that took longer than 46 days from nomination to confirmation by the Senate, since 1900:

 

Loius Brandeis —125

Potter Stewart —108

Clarence Thomas —99

William Rehnquist —89 (*became Chief Justice)

Brett Kavanaugh —88

Elena Kagan —87

Antonin Scalia —85

Samuel Alito —82

Thurgood Marshall —78

Stephen Breyer —73

David Souter —69

Sonia Sotomayor —66

Neil Gorsuch —65

Anthony Kennedy —65

John Harlan —65

William Brennan —64

William Rehnquist —49

Earl Warren —49 (*became Chief Justice)

Anonymous ID: 539f41 Sept. 21, 2020, 4:20 a.m. No.10730620   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>10730528

>https://twitter.com/JohnWHuber/status/1307295478661419010

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/nominations/SupremeCourtNominations1789present.htm maybe

Anonymous ID: 539f41 Sept. 21, 2020, 4:40 a.m. No.10730749   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0788 >>0806

>>10730740

>https://twitter.com/independent/status/1308006812218568704

https://www.indy100.com/article/wandsworth-council-grab-bag-emergency-plan-causes-panic-9712671

Council apologises for 'causing alarm' with emergency plan in case 'you need to flee your home immediately'

Wandsworth Council accidentally sent people into a panic by publishing a list of emergency items to bring if you "need to flee your home immediately".

People wanted to know what the south London borough might be anticipating.

The tweet, which recommended people prepare a bag containing items like a torch, whistle and first aid kit, was criticised for causing unnecessary anxiety.

Wandsworth Council apologised for the alarm.

They went on to explain that the tweet was part of a series "advising people how to be prepared in different situations".

The #30days30waysUK campaign the council were promoting aims to encourage "household and community preparedness" in a "world increasingly impacted by climate change and a wide range of risks".

It appears that the tweet intended to dispense general advice and is not a precursor to a zombie apocalypse, as some people jokingly predicted, or any other type of disaster.

Indy100 contacted Wandsworth Council to try to shed some light on the types of emergency a "grab bag" might be useful for.

A spokesperson responded:

This is part of an annual national campaign, supported by many public bodies up and down the country, including councils, the NHS, police and fire services, and is aimed primarily at those in vulnerable situations who may need to leave their homes at a moment’s notice.

This includes people living in a flood risk area, victims of domestic violence or those who may be affected by a gas leak or a power cut. This national campaign simply urges people to be prepared for sudden emergencies.

Anonymous ID: 539f41 Sept. 21, 2020, 4:43 a.m. No.10730764   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0770 >>0784 >>0797 >>0815 >>0822 >>0847

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/alex-winter-sexual-abuse-child-actor-showbiz-kids-documentary-bill-ted-b512308.html

Bill & Ted star Alex Winter left with ‘extreme PTSD’ after surviving sexual abuse as a child actor

Bill & Ted star Alex Winter has revealed he suffered from “extreme PTSD” after experiencing sexual abuse as a child actor.

Winter, who reprises his role as Bill alongside Keanu Reeves in belated sequel Bill & Ted Face the Music, said that he was starring in a Broadway production of The King and I when he was abused by an older actor. Winter has said that the actor is now dead, and that he has never named him.

“I had extreme PTSD for many, many years, and that will wreak havoc on you,” Winter told The Guardian. “It’s a way in which you relate to the world around you and to yourself, and it’s very nuanced, but you can become very fractured. So you slowly compartmentalise. You keep this thing over here, you keep that thing over there, and you don’t have any natural equilibrium. That fracturing just gets worse and worse and worse.”

Winter compared his mental state in his mid-20s to being “held together with duct tape”.

“[That age is] when you see kids overdosing or blowing their heads off,” he added. “In my case, I was just like, I need to stop doing this thing where these eyes are on me all the time and I don’t feel safe or comfortable … I just want to go ride the subway and help raise a family and do my writing and directing.”

Winter also said that he had no recourse when the abuse occurred.

He explained: “If what happened to me then had happened to me now, I would have walked right up to a stage manager or anybody and just said: ‘Hey, you know what? This is happening; what do I do?’ Those words didn’t come out of my mouth until I was in my 40s.”

Along with Bill & Ted Face the Music, Winter has also directed the new documentary Showbiz Kids, in which he and fellow former child stars including ET’s Henry Thomas and Matilda’s Mara Wilson share their experiences of early fame.

In the documentary, Wilson revealed she was regularly sent fan letters by “creepy old men” while still a child.