Whistleblower who spoke out on UFOs claims Pentagon tried to discredit him

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/28/ufo-whistleblower-pentagon-complaint

A Pentagon whistleblower known for speaking out about UFOs is accusing his former agency of waging a disinformation campaign against him, a report says.

Luis Elizondo, who headed the Pentagon’s now-defunct Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program, lodged a complaint with the defense department’s inspector general claiming malicious activities, professional misconduct and other offenses at the agency, according to Politico.

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He said one senior-level official went so far as to threaten to tell people he was crazy, potentially jeopardizing his security clearance. “I responded … by telling him that he can take any action he thinks is prudently necessary, but that I was not mentally impaired, nor have I ever violated my security oath,” Elizondo wrote, adding he feared retribution by the official.

The complaint comes a month before a highly anticipated report on unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs, is set to land before Congress. Once a fringe talking point, unexplained objects in the sky are evolving far beyond science fiction to be viewed as real phenomena that could pose a national security threat.

James Halsell Jr: Former astronaut pleads guilty to killing two young sisters in car crash

https://news.sky.com/story/james-halsell-jr-former-astronaut-pleads-guilty-to-killing-two-young-sisters-in-car-crash-12318813

A former NASA astronaut has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after killing two young sisters in a car crash nearly five years ago.

James Halsell Jr, an ex-space shuttle commander, was allegedly under the influence of drugs or alcohol when he drove a rental car into the back of another vehicle carrying 11-year-old Niomi Deona James and 13-year-old Jayla Latrick Parler, killing them both.

The 64-year-old was initially indicted on reckless murder charges but instead pleaded guilty to two manslaughter and two assault charges.

Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO on July 5

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WHO chief concedes 'slow' response to Congo sex abuse claims

https://www.kob.com/health-news/who-chief-concedes-slow-response-to-congo-sex-abuse-claims/6124371/?cat=605

LONDON (AP) - The head of the World Health Organization acknowledged the U.N. health agency's response to sexual abuse allegations involving employees who worked in Congo during an Ebola outbreak was "slow," following an Associated Press investigation that found senior WHO management knew of multiple cases of misconduct.

As WHO's highest decision-making body meets this week, countries were tackling subjects like how to reform the U.N. health agency's emergencies program after its missteps in responding to the coronavirus pandemic. The World Health Assembly hasn't devoted a specific agenda item to the alleged misconduct in Congo, but a roundtable talk on preventing "sexual exploitation and abuse" is scheduled for Friday.

Diplomats, however, have already pressed WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the issue behind closed-doors. At least six countries raised concerns last week about how the agency was handling sexual abuse and exploitation, citing recent press reports. Tedros tried to allay their worries.

Meanwhile in Goma, Congo… "Volcano"

DR Congo: More than 170 children feared missing following volcanic eruption in Goma - https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/05/1092582

3 Tacoma officers charged in Black man's police-custody death

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/3-tacoma-officers-charged-in-black-mans-police-custody-death

Three Tacoma police officers have been charged in the death of Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man who died in police custody in March 2020, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Thursday.

But the police union has blasted the action as a "politically motivated witch hunt."

Two of the officers, Christopher Burbank and Matthew Collins, were charged with second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter, and one officer, Timothy Rankine, was charged with first-degree manslaughter, Q13 FOX of Seattle reported.