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Papers reveal what CIA did to captives in Afghanistan

New published documents have shed fresh light on the CIA’s detention and interrogation program in Afghanistan, describing in alarming detail some of the extreme techniques used by officers that resulted in deaths in captivity.

In a recent legal filing, the lawyers of Abu Zubaydah – the Guantánamo Bay detainee almost tortured to death by the CIA, held without charge by the US for nearly 20 years – urged that their client be released, given Washington’s wars in Afghanistan and with Al-Qaeda are finally over.

Writing to a DC district court, they argued that these developments meant there was no legal justification for keeping him captive, and he must be immediately discharged. What the petition omits to mention, however, is that Zubaydah’s detention was, from day one, intended to be permanent in order to keep the CIA’s criminal maltreatment secret and ensure his abusers were insulated from prosecution in perpetuity.

In July 2002, four months after his capture in Pakistan, the Agency’s team in Afghanistan specifically sought “reasonable assurances” from superiors that he would “remain in isolation and incommunicado for the remainder of his life.” In response, a memo stated that there was “fairly unanimous sentiment” within CIA headquarters that Zubaydah “will never be placed in a situation where [he] has any significant contact with others and/or has the opportunity to be released,” and would “remain incommunicado for the remainder of his life.”

Langley’s desire for total omerta in all matters concerning its torture program is understandable, for a great many people have much to hide.

At the start of December, BuzzFeed published hundreds of declassified papers related to CIA Inspector General investigations into child sexual abuse by Agency staff and contractors. Buried among these was a May 2004 Special Review of the CIA’s detention and interrogation program, launched after Gul Rahman, an Afghan suspected of having militia ties, died at the ‘Salt Pit’ black site in Kabul 18 months prior.

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https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21119420-sur-sur-reply-end-of-war-abu-zubaydah-note-this-has-yoo-memo-with-lies-on-az

https://www.rt.com/op-ed/542459-cia-detention-program-afghanistan/

Facebook, Amazon, Venmo Down As AWS Outage Hits Thousands

Earlier in the day Merrill was down, then Vanguard and Robinhood, and now a slew of even more widely used websites are suffering widespread outages….

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/facebook-amazon-venmo-down-aws-outage-hits-thousands

“I Have Been Incarcerated for Nearly a Year for Crimes I Did Not Commit” – Courageous Jan. 6 Political Prisoner Jessica Watkins Speaks Out Against the Regime

Jessica Watkins was arrested in January after she turned herself in to federal authorities and was charged with conspiracy, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, and other charges. She has not been out of pre-trial detention for 9 months.

Jessica Watkins, a former Army Ranger and veteran of the Afghanistan War, attended the January 6th protest and rally at the White House Ellipse and the US Capitol. She was reportedly working as security at the Ellipse and met with US officials before the president’s speech. She is also a member of the Oathkeepers, a pro-Constitution group frequently maligned by the liberal media and Democrat politicians.

During the siege of the US Capitol Jessica Watkins did not threaten anyone, did not vandalize anything, encourage others not to vandalize, spoke with several police officers inside the Capitol, and followed their orders.

From her court documents:

The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Jessica Watkins was stripped and left naked in a jail cell for four days with the lights on 24 hours a day for her alleged “crimes” of “conspiring to attack the US Capitol building on January 6.”

**You can help donate to Jessica here: www.givesendgo.com/G29H3

Watkins shared her official testimony with The Gateway Pundit. Here is an excerpt:

January 6th is akin to a Swiss Army Knife, a barely effective tool that has served many purposes to the Democrat Party. Each function has found itself a niche use within the narrative spun by those who seek only to remain in power, a One Party system henceforth referred to as “The Party”. Being Marxists, the name is befitting.

The first purpose of January 6th has served as its primary function: to silence the opposition, and instill fear of retribution by Law Enforcement for speaking out against ”The Party”, and to slander Conservatives as racists, terrorists and insurrectionists.

The second purpose of January 6th is to solidify the notion that the 2020 election was devoid of fraud.

The third is to secure funding for, and to expand Federal Law Enforcement.

The fourth is to weaponize the Department of Justice against Constitutionally protected militia groups, undermine their legitimacy, use fear to prevent new members from joining and to encourage old members to quit so as to further erode the 2nd Amendment.

The fifth is to make a spectacle of Republican leadership by dragging them before Congress in the Jan 6 Select Committee.

The sixth and most desired affect of January 6th is to attack Donald Trump, impeach him, and attempt to bar him from reelection in the future.

Each of these uses has allowed January 6th to serve the narrative of ”The Party” successfully and has been allowed to persist unabated. The truth about January 6 has still yet to be fully understood by America.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/12/incarcerated-nearly-year-crimes-not-commit-courageous-jan-6-political-prisoner-jessica-watkins-speaks-regime/

Sudden toad invasion threatens humans and pets

Dozens of volunteers have been collecting highly toxic cane toads in the town of Chaotun in Taiwan in an attempt to contain their spread, while scientists remain puzzled by how these large amphibians found their way into the area.

“We hope to minimize the impact brought by the invasive species by collecting them to protect our own local species,” a volunteer from the Taiwan Amphibian Conservation Society, Guava Tsai, told NBC News.

Originating from South and Central America, cane toads, whose poison can kill a human if it gets into the eyes or mouth, have long been an issue for Australia and the Philippines. However, they were never recorded in Taiwan – until recently, when a local resident took pictures of toads enjoying themselves in a community garden. The photo quickly went viral on social media and prompted the volunteers and researchers to take immediate steps.

https://www.rt.com/news/542434-toad-taiwan-invasion-threatens/

Quid iPhone Pro Quo: Apple Signed Secret $275 Billion Deal With Chinese Government

Investors and journalists have been openly questioning whether Apple CEO Tim Cook, once praised for his deep-rooted connections within the CCP, has allowed his relationships in China to sour as the US has stepped up criticisms over human rights - treatment of the Uyghers in Xinjiang and elsewhere - and Taiwan. These ties have grown intensely controversial, eliciting criticism from lawmakers, rivals and even the company's own employees.

And just as the SEC prepares to boot dozens of Chinese companies off of US stock exchanges for refusing to comply with US audit standards (something the CCP has expressly forbidden under the auspices of data privacy), reporters with the Information have just published a bombshell: At some point in the not-too-distant past, Cook struck a $275 billion deal with the Chinese government while facing pressure from the CCP.

The deal emerged after a series of meetings between Cook and Chinese officials back in 2016.

China is Apple's second-biggest market after the US, and has long been targeted as a critical market for growth. Apple's iPhones have seen growing popularity despite rising tensions with the US. This year, Apple became the second-biggest smartphone maker in China.

The deal, which was forged over the span of years, represents a five-year plan, according to documents from inside Apple that have been seen by the Information. Whether talks on another five-year plan are in the works isn't yet clear.

The fact that Apple never disclosed this deal to the US - it's only just now being publicied - will likely trigger an angry response from lawmakers, who are bound to question Apple's loyalty to the US, along with whether it prioritized profits and growth over respecting human rights (so much for all that climate virtue signaling).

Before the deal was struck, documents show, Apple executives were scrambling to salvage their relationship with Chinese officials, who had accused Apple of not contributing enough to the local economy. Amid the government crackdown and the bad publicity that accompanied it, iPhone sales plummeted, though they have since bounced back.

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/apple-signed-secret-275-billion-deal-chinese-government

Dr. Reiner Fuellmich - Prof. Mattias Desmet (English)

Cyberattack closes over 300 of grocery chain’s shops

Hundreds of SPAR stores across northern England have been forced to close after an attack on the IT system of the grocery chain’s distributor impacted card payments at numerous branches.

The cyberattack has affected the stores’ ability to process card payments, SPAR said in a statement on Monday, forcing staff either to close shops or to accept only cash payments.

“This has not affected all SPAR stores across the North of England, but a number have been impacted over the past 24 hours and we are working to resolve this situation as quickly as possible,” SPAR North of England posted on Twitter.

The Twitter thread did not mention the exact number of stores affected since the incident began on Sunday but, according to the company’s spokesperson quoted by UK media, around 330 shops have now been closed.

The website for the chain’s distributor James Hall and Co has also been down on Monday. A spokesperson for the Lancashire-based wholesaler told local media they are “aware of an online attack on our IT systems” and the company is “working as quickly as possible to resolve the situation.”

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre said it is aware of the incident.

It’s not the first time this year that British food shops have been impacted by cyberattacks. In October, an alleged attempt to “interfere” with Tesco’s IT systems temporarily disabled the supermarket chain’s website and app.

https://www.rt.com/uk/542373-cyberattack-closes-spar-stores/

NYC to grant 800K noncitizens right to vote; state GOP blasts bill as 'worst idea out of New York City Democrats ever'

New York City is poised to become the largest place in the country to grant noncitizens the right to vote in local elections, the Associated Press reported.

A city council measure that is expected to be ratified on Thursday with a veto-proof margin will allow legally documented, voting-age residents the ability to cast ballots in elections for mayor, city council, and other municipal offices.

Under the legislation, noncitizens will not be able to vote in federal elections that determine the president or members of Congress or state elections that determine the governor or state lawmakers.

At present, the legislation would affect more than 800,000 residents of the city who, though they are not citizens, are legal green card holders or have the right to work in the United States.

The AP reported that "little stands in the way of the effort becoming law," given its broad support within the city council and its passive support from Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. The mayor has raised concerns about the bill's legality and argued that it will undermine the “value of citizenship," but has said he will not veto it.

Progressive voting rights and immigration activists have lauded the effort as inclusive and fair to people who reside in the city legally, pay taxes, and send their children to school.

Republicans in the city have vowed to launch a legal challenge to the measure if it is signed into law.

“We are here today pledging action against perhaps the worst idea out of New York City Democrats ever — that’s giving noncitizens the right to vote in local elections,” state GOP Chairman Nick Langworthy said during a press conference last week, according to the New York Post.

“We will pursue every legal action to see that this dangerous law is struck down," he declared, adding, “Besides being bad policy, it’s unconstitutional, it’s dangerous and un-American.”

Another Republican, councilman Joseph Borelli, argued the bill is in violation of the state's constitution.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/nyc-to-allow-noncitizens-to-vote

CA School Bribed Boy with Pizza to Get Covid Jab Without Parent’s Consent, Told Him to Keep it Secret

Los Angeles, CA — Maribel Duarte is not an anti-vaxxer, in fact, she is fully vaccinated as well as the rest of her family. However, her 13-year-old son suffers from allergy and lung conditions so she was holding off on getting him vaccinated due to these problems.

“Regarding my son’s health, I am against it,” she said.

Unfortunately, being against it is no longer an option, however, as the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) took it upon themselves to vaccinate her son for her — without her consent.

Duarte told NBC 4 News her 13-year-old son came home with a vaccine card after saying yes to being vaccinated in exchange for pizza at the Barack Obama Global Prep Academy school in South LA.

The LAUSD has also taken it upon themselves to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for all children over the age of 12. They must receive the jab before January 10, 2022 or children will be forced into virtual learning and blocked from entering campus.

The statement on the LAUSD website read, “Attention families of students aged 12 or older—this is your reminder to get your child vaccinated.

“Your first dose must be uploaded into Daily Pass no later than December 19, 2021. Both doses must be uploaded before January 10, 2022!”

Apparently, the district has since began a campaign to vaccinate students at school and is rewarding them with pizza. What’s more, according to Duarte, the unknown woman who vaccinated her son told her son to keep it a secret, so she wouldn’t get in trouble.

“The lady that gave him the shot and signed the paper told my son, ‘Please don’t say anything. I don’t want to get in trouble,'” Duarte said.

Several parents have since filed a lawsuit against the LAUSD for this very reason. NBC4 spoke to an attorney who is following these cases, Jennifer Kennedy, who explained that school districts do not have the authority to mandate medical procedures. But they are doing it anyway.

“These grotesque contests and displays of treatment and candy and gifts and favors, raffles and cash prizes inducing the kids to the vaccination…. Here is the problem, kids in California cannot consent to vaccination.”

https://thefreethoughtproject.com/child-vaccinated-without-parents-consent-secretly-for-pizza/

Dutch Court Upholds Immunity From Prosecution for Israel’s Gantz in Air Strikes Case

A Dutch appeals court ruled on Tuesday that Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz and a former military official cannot face prosecution in the Netherlands over war crimes and alleged roles in a deadly 2014 airstrike in Gaza.

Ismail Ziada, a Dutch Palestinian who lost six members of his family in the 2014 airstrike, filed the case as a civil suit, accusing Gantz and former air force commander Amir Eshel of the deaths of his relatives.

He sought 600,000 euros ($660,000) in damages over the airstrike deaths, The Times of Israel reported

In January 2020, the court ruled that the case against both men couldn’t proceed because the men have “functional immunity from jurisdiction.”

Ziada wanted the Dutch court to order Gantz and Eshel to pay the damages and his lawyers argued that the men didn’t have immunity because their actions amounted to war crimes.

The Hague Court of Appeal said on Tuesday that the lower court was right to rule that Gantz, who was military chief of staff at the time of the airstrike, and Eshel had immunity because they were carrying out Israeli government policies.

“Dutch courts are not competent here to judge the claim. The [lower] court rightly decided that,” the court said. “High-ranking military personnel have carried out the official policy of the State of Israel, which renders a judgment on their actions moribund.”

It added that it was “not blind to the plaintiff’s suffering.”

Ziada said the court’s ruling was “in contradiction with any sense of justice” and branded the judges “cowards” for their decision.

The lower court said Ziada is free to sue the men in Israel. At hearings in 2019, Ziada rejected the idea that he has access to justice in Israel as “farcical as well as vicious.”

https://www.ntd.com/dutch-court-upholds-immunity-from-prosecution-for-israels-gantz-in-air-strikes-case_711107.html

Microsoft Seizes 42 Websites Used by China-Based Hacking Group to Carry out Cyberattacks on US Organizations

Microsoft seized a number of websites that were being used by a China-based hacking firm to carry out cyberattacks against organizations in the United States and 28 other countries around the world, the company announced on Monday.

In a news release, the technology corporation said that a federal court in Virginia had granted Microsoft’s Dec. 2 request to allow its Digital Crimes Unit to seize the U.S.-based websites, which were being run by a hacker group known as Nickel, APT15, orVixen Panda, and stop them from carrying out such attacks.

Microsoft said it has been tracking Nickel since 2016 and monitoring these specific operations since 2019.

“We believe these attacks were largely being used for intelligence gathering from government agencies, think tanks, and human rights organizations,” Microsoft’s corporate vice president of customer security and trust, Tom Burt, said.

The company is redirecting the websites’ traffic to secure Microsoft servers to “help us protect existing and future victims while learning more about Nickel’s activities.”

However, Burt noted that “our disruption will not prevent Nickel from continuing other hacking activities, but we do believe we have removed a key piece of the infrastructure the group has been relying on for this latest wave of attacks.”

The hackers’ “highly sophisticated” attacks use a variety of techniques but often consist of installing inconspicuous malware that allows for data theft and surveillance.

“Sometimes, Nickel’s attacks used compromised third-party virtual private network (VPN) suppliers or stolen credentials obtained from spear-phishing campaigns,” Burt said. “In some observed activity, Nickel malware used exploits targeting unpatched on-premises Exchange Server and SharePoint systems. However, we have not observed any new vulnerabilities in Microsoft products as part of these attacks.”

Microsoft has created “unique signatures to detect and protect from known Nickel activity” through its various security products, such as the Microsoft 365 Defender.

The hackers’ attacks targeted both organizations in the private and public sectors, including diplomatic organizations and ministries of foreign affairs in North America, Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Africa.

“There is often a correlation between Nickel’s targets and China’s geopolitical interests,” Microsoft said. Microsoft said it will continue to “take down malicious infrastructure, better understand actor tactics, protect our customers and inform the broader debate on acceptable norms in cyberspace,” but acknowledged that it alone cannot prevent such attacks from cybercriminals.

https://www.ntd.com/microsoft-seizes-42-websites-used-by-china-based-hacking-group-to-carry-out-cyberattacks-on-us-organizations_711119.html

CNN’s Don Lemon Allegedly Sent Jussie Smollett Texts Informing Him of Police Investigation

CNN anchor Don Lemon allegedly sent disgraced actor Jussie Smollett texts during the Chicago Police Department’s investigation of his alleged hoax hate crime.

Testifying at his own trial on Monday, the former Empire star Jussie Smollett reportedly said under oath that he received a text message from Don Lemon informing him that Chicago police did not believe his account of what happened the night he claimed to have been the victim of a hate crime by two white Trump supporters.

According to the Daily Mail, Smollett’s remark “was presented and then struck from the record.”

“He said things began to seem off when he received a text message from Lemon claiming the Chicago police had reached out to him to say they didn’t believe Smollett,” noted the Mail.

After news broke that Jussie Smollett allegedly hired two brothers from Nigeria to stage the hate crime, Don Lemon, who had initially supported the actor, said that they were acquaintances.

“He even lied to a lot of people… including me. And that’s not cool,” Lemon said to his viewers. “He squandered the good will of very high-profile people who one day may be running this country like Kamala Harris and Cory Booker and people like President Trump.”

Smollett faces six counts of felony disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false police report, a class 4 felony that carries a maximum sentence of up to 3 years in prison, though experts believe he will likely get probation and be sentenced to community service if convicted. Smollett maintains that he did not stage his own hate crime, alleging that Abimbola and Olabingo Osundairo – the two brothers he allegedly hired – attacked him and then demanded $1 million for them not to testify.

During his testimony on Monday, Smollett said that he and Abimbola had a sexual relationship (the brother denies it) and that he never trusted Olabingo whenever he’d come around.

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/12/07/cnns-don-lemon-allegedly-sent-jussie-smollett-texts-informing-him-of-police-investigation/

Mexican Mayor-Elect Arrested on Kidnapping Charges

An incoming mayor in Mexico remains behind bars after his arrest last week on kidnapping charges in Veracruz. The politician represents the MORENA Party, led by the Mexican President and the sitting governor of that state.

Last week, state prosecutors arrested Jorge Fabian Cardenas Sosa, the incoming mayor of Lerdo de Tejeda, on kidnapping charges. Details of the case and the kidnapping victim were not released by authorities. The politician remains behind bars pending a ruling on detention matters.

Cardenas’ arrest caused controversy in the region as political rivals used the case to more broadly attack his political party. MORENA is the ruling party in Mexico and was started by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO). The party has claimed to have ended corruption.

Veracruz Governor Cuitlahuac Garcia said he previously expressed public concerns about Cardenas and another politician from his party over alleged ties to criminal activity, Mexico’s TV Azteca reported.

Veracruz is one of Mexico’s most violent as rival cartels fight for control of a shipping port and highways connecting Central Mexico and the border state of Tamaulipas.

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2021/12/07/mexican-mayor-elect-arrested-on-kidnapping-charges/

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December 7, 1941 . . . a Day of Deceit

This week, as Americans remember those 2403 men, women, and children killed – and 1178 wounded – in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941, recently released government documents concerning that "surprise" raid compel us to revisit some troubling questions.

At issue is American foreknowledge of Japanese military plans to attack Hawaii by a submarine and carrier force 59 years ago. There are two questions at the top of the foreknowledge list: (1) whether President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his top military chieftains provoked Japan into an "overt act of war" directed at Hawaii, and (2) whether Japan's military plans were obtained in advance by the United States but concealed from the Hawaiian military commanders, Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and Lieutenant General Walter Short so they would not interfere with the overt act.

The latter question was answered in the affirmative on October 30, 2000, when President Bill Clinton signed into law, with the support of a bipartisan Congress, the National Defense Authorization Act. Amidst its omnibus provisions, the Act reverses the findings of nine previous Pearl Harbor investigations and finds that both Kimmel and Short were denied crucial military intelligence that tracked the Japanese forces toward Hawaii and obtained by the Roosevelt Administration in the weeks before the attack.

Congress was specific in its finding against the 1941 White House: Kimmel and Short were cut off from the intelligence pipeline that located Japanese forces advancing on Hawaii. Then, after the successful Japanese raid, both commanders were relieved of their commands, blamed for failing to ward off the attack, and demoted in rank.

President Clinton must now decide whether to grant the request by Congress to restore the commanders to their 1941 ranks. Regardless of what the Commander-in-Chief does in the remaining months of his term, these congressional findings should be widely seen as an exoneration of 59 years of blame assigned to Kimmel and Short.

But one important question remains: Does the blame for the Pearl Harbor disaster revert to President Roosevelt?

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2000/12/robert-b-stinnett/december-7-1941-a-day-of-deceit/

Judge sets July trial date in Bannon case

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon's criminal trial on contempt of Congress charges for defying a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will begin on July 18, a federal judge ordered on Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols said during a pretrial hearing that while he was not convinced by federal prosecutors' efforts to accelerate the schedule, he did not believe that a trial should wait for nearly a year, as Bannon's defense team had argued.

The judge acknowledged that his trial schedule is "still a long time in the arc of a criminal case" but said it's necessary to address the legal and constitutional challenges that Bannon's lawyers have vowed to raise.

"This is not really a way to suggest that I'm merely splitting the difference because that's not what I'm doing," said Nichols, who was appointed by former President Trump. "But I do think that the defendant's proposal for an October trial date is too slow."

"But I also think the government's proposal for an April trial date doesn't reflect adequately the arguments that will be presented whether they have merit or not."

While Nichols's scheduling order did not give the defense as much time to prepare as they asked for, the summer trial date could hamper the select committee's ability to get information out of the one-time Trump White House strategist.

The judge indicated on Tuesday that he would allot about two weeks of time for the trial, meaning that it could wrap up in early August, just three months before the 2022 midterms.

Prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's office in D.C. had pushed for an expeditious schedule, asking for an April trial date and saying in a court filing this week that their case against Bannon is straightforward enough to be presented to a jury in a single day.

"What's critical from the government's perspective is that the public's right to a speedy trial, which is just as well established and recognized as the defendant's, is respected in this case," assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Vaughn said during the hearing on Tuesday.

Bannon's lawyers have hinted that they intend to bring an array of challenges against the prosecution and the select committee, raising questions about the validity of the panel's investigation and the Justice Department's decision to prosecute. The defense argued that it needs to be able to collect discovery from the executive and legislative branches in order to build its case.

"This was a radical move, and we believe for a bad motive," said Doug Schoen, one of Bannon's attorneys. "These are the kinds of things we want to look into."

Nichols ordered the two parties to confer and submit a proposed schedule for pretrial motions by Dec. 16.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/584703-judge-sets-july-trial-date-in-bannon-case

Ex-aide testifies Netanyahu ‘tried to rob state funds for personal needs’

Nir Hefetz says then-PM knew he was in ‘criminally problematic place’; backtracks on claims of being pressured by police: ‘I was in negotiations’

A key witness for the prosecution in Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial alleged Tuesday that the former premier tried “to rob the state’s funds for personal needs” on dozens of occasions.

Former Netanyahu family spokesman and confidant Nir Hefetz told the Jerusalem District Court that he had tried to warn the then-premier that he was crossing the boundaries of legality.

Hefetz said Netanyahu was reluctant to pay for anything out of pocket “a la Case 1000,” in which the former prime minister is accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of gifts from two billionaires — Hollywood-based Israeli movie mogul Arnon Milchan and Australian magnate James Packer.

“He continued [with this behavior] when I was sure he knew he was in a criminally problematic place,” Hefetz said.

“I am talking about a lot of cases in which he stood by and tried to rob the state’s funds for personal needs. It happened dozens of times,” Hefetz said.

Nir Hefetz at the Jerusalem District Court in Jerusalem on December 7, 2021 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

A key witness for the prosecution in Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial alleged Tuesday that the former premier tried “to rob the state’s funds for personal needs” on dozens of occasions.

Former Netanyahu family spokesman and confidant Nir Hefetz told the Jerusalem District Court that he had tried to warn the then-premier that he was crossing the boundaries of legality.

Hefetz said Netanyahu was reluctant to pay for anything out of pocket “a la Case 1000,” in which the former prime minister is accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of gifts from two billionaires — Hollywood-based Israeli movie mogul Arnon Milchan and Australian magnate James Packer.

“He continued [with this behavior] when I was sure he knew he was in a criminally problematic place,” Hefetz said.

“I am talking about a lot of cases in which he stood by and tried to rob the state’s funds for personal needs. It happened dozens of times,” Hefetz said.

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Hefetz also said he had warned Netanyahu about what later became Case 2000, in which the former premier is accused of attempting to reach a quid pro quo with Yedioth Ahronoth publisher Arnon Mozes for positive media coverage in exchange for legislation weakening rival newspaper Israel Hayom.

“I went into the room and told [Netanyahu] there was a problem with antitrust law in [Case] 2000,” Hefetz said.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-aide-testifies-netanyahu-tried-to-rob-state-funds-for-personal-needs/

Wisconsin Dem Frontrunner Sponsored Bill To Eliminate Cash Bail

As state legislator, Mandela Barnes tried to bar courts from considering the severity of a defendant's crime

The Democratic frontrunner in Wisconsin's Senate race sponsored a bill that would have ended cash bail and barred courts from using the severity of a defendant's crimes to argue against their release.

As a state legislator in 2016, Mandela Barnes introduced legislation to eliminate "monetary bail as a condition of release for a defendant charged with" a crime. Instead of setting bail, Wisconsin courts would be "required to release a defendant before trial" unless they found "by clear and convincing evidence" that the defendant would "cause serious bodily harm to a member of the community" if released. Under the bill, however, courts could not "use the nature, number, and gravity" of the crimes in question as the sole reason to keep someone behind bars, severely limiting prosecutors' ability to argue that the defendant would be a risk to the community.

Barnes's bill—which died in committee—came years after Milwaukee County district attorney John Chisholm espoused similar views in his inaugural campaign. Those views have faced renewed criticism in Wisconsin after Chisholm set what he later called an "inappropriately low" bail amount in the case of Darrell Brooks, who allegedly killed six people in a Christmas parade rampage just weeks after a domestic violence arrest. Chisholm, who in 2007 "guaranteed" his policies would put murderers back on the streets, let Brooks walk on $1,000 bail days before the parade tragedy.

Fond du Lac County district attorney Eric Toney said Barnes's proposal would erode the ability of prosecutors to keep dangerous people in custody.

"These liberal proposals take tools away from prosecutors and allow dangerous criminals to remain free, making Wisconsin more dangerous," Toney, who is running for attorney general, told the Washington Free Beacon. "Violent criminals must be kept behind bars, period."

Barnes, who did not return a request for comment, has already faced attacks from Republicans over his ties to radical criminal justice activists.

In September, the Democrat traveled to San Francisco to fundraise with the city's district attorney Chesa Boudin, the son of left-wing terrorists who has ended cash bail and declined to prosecute serial offenders. California state senator Scott Wiener also attended the event—Wiener has called to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which he labeled a "force of oppression" that makes "communities less safe."

Months later, Barnes received an endorsement from the Center for Popular Democracy (CPD), a liberal activist group at the center of the movement to defund police. Barnes headlined a November CPD event to thank the group for its support, saying he was "very honored" to land its endorsement given its "amazing work … in states all across the country." CPD organized a number of "defund police" rallies in the summer of 2020, which the group says played a direct role in local officials' decisions to cut tens of millions of dollars from their police budgets. CPD also sponsors DefundPolice.org, a "comprehensive web resource where organizers can find everything they need for their campaign to defund police in one place."

Barnes became Wisconsin's lieutenant governor in 2019 after he and running mate Tony Evers defeated Republican incumbents Scott Walker and Rebecca Kleefisch by 1 point. Barnes now holds a 29-point lead in the Democratic primary race to succeed Republican incumbent senator Ron Johnson, internal polling from September shows. Other prominent Democrats vying for the nomination include state treasurer Sarah Godlewski, Milwaukee Bucks senior vice president Alex Lasry, and county executive Tom Nelson.

Should Barnes emerge from the crowded contest, it's unclear who he would face in November 2022—Johnson has not yet announced whether he will run for reelection.

https://freebeacon.com/elections/wisconsin-dem-frontrunner-sponsored-bill-to-eliminate-cash-bail/

Sinaloa Cartel Ring Busted in U.S. 1,400 Miles from its Mexican Headquarters

The largescale drug trafficking operation of an infamous cartel just got busted in a mountain state some 1,4000 miles from its Mexican headquarters and only one U.S. official, a local prosecutor, has dared to acknowledge the obvious; “This poison is coming over from our southern border unchecked,” said the elected prosecutor of Colorado’s largest district. “It will not stop coming over the border from Mexico into our communities until the federal government takes that porous border seriously.” His name is John Kellner, district attorney in the state’s 18th Judicial District which serves a population of about 1.3 million and covers Arapahoe, Douglas, Lincoln, and Elbert counties. The area varies from Denver suburbs to rural neighborhoods.

The recently dismantled operation was based in Denver and has ties to the Sinaloa Cartel which is headquartered some 1,400 miles away in the northwest Mexican city of Culiacan in the state of Sinaloa. A large stash of weapons and drugs were seized by a task force consisting of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. Around 110,000 counterfeit fentanyl pills were confiscated along with 11.5 kilograms of cocaine, six kilograms of methamphetamine, 8.5 pounds of heroin, 28 firearms, three hand grenades, multiple high-capacity magazines including one 200-round drum magazine, armor piercing ammunition, body armor with rifle rated ballistic armor plats and $450,000 in U.S. currently. Nineteen people have been indicted, according to a statement released by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). In the document the agency’s Denver Acting Special Agent in Charge, David Olesky, says “this investigation demonstrates and corroborates the alarming trend in counterfeit prescription pills laced with fentanyl flooding our streets, as well as the continuing nexus between drug trafficking and violent crime impacting our communities.”

The DEA began investigating the drug smuggling operation in April. Charges range from racketeering and conspiracy under the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act to drug distribution and money laundering. A 20-count indictment issued by Colorado’s 18th Judicial District Grand Jury outlines how the defendants distributed large quantities of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, fentanyl, and other controlled substances throughout the counties in its jurisdiction. Among the key defendants is Saul Ramon Rivera-Beltran, a 30-year-old who lives in Thorton and coordinated the drug shipments from Mexico, authorities say. The fentanyl is believed to have been manufactured in Mexico, smuggled into the United Sates across the Mexican border, and eventually brought to Colorado, according to prosecutors.

https://www.judicialwatch.org/sinaloa-cartel-ring-busted-in-u-s-1400-miles-from-its-mexican-headquarters/

American Toxicologist Calls for An Immediate Halt to Covid Injections Due to Multiple Safety Concerns

“If all these gene therapies do is lessen the diseases, then they’re not a vaccine, they are a treatment,” Janci Chunn Lindsay says. “They are a treatment that you don’t know the mid- or long-term consequences of, that have already caused a number of adverse events. You have to use your common sense to say, why wouldn’t I use a treatment that has been known to be safe over 70 years as opposed to one that is brand-new, that is experimental?”

Janci Chunn Lindsay, Ph.D., a molecular biologist and toxicologist, has called for an immediate halt to Covid-19 mRNA and DNA ““vaccines”” due to multiple safety concerns.

There’s credible concern that the Covid jabs will cross-react with syncytin (a retroviral envelope protein) and reproductive genes in sperm, ova and placenta in ways that may impair fertility and reproductive outcomes.

In the case of the Covid shots, important animal studies that help ascertain toxic and systemic effects were not done. We’re now seeing danger signals that are not being heeded. Preliminary safety results of mRNA Covid shots used in pregnant women, published in April 2021, revealed an 82% miscarriage rate when the jab was administered during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy.

CDC data reveal more than 300 children between the ages of 12 and 18 have died from myocarditis, a now-recognized side effect of the Covid jab, yet the shot is now authorized for children as young as 5.

Since the Covid gene therapies do not prevent infection, but only lessen symptoms, they are actually a treatment, not a prevention. And there are far safer and more effective treatment available, including nebulized peroxide, ozone therapy, and hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin regimens.

https://dailyexpose.uk/2021/12/07/american-toxicologist-calls-for-an-immediate-halt-to-covid-injections-due-to-multiple-safety-concerns/

Anonymous ID: cc4036 Dec. 7, 2021, 10:30 a.m. No.15152806 🗄️.is 🔗kun >>2834

Putin: Ukraine Is To Russia What Cuba Was To America In The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis

By the way, the threat on our western border [he was referring mainly to Ukraine] is really growing, and we have mentioned it many times. It is enough to see how close NATO military infrastructure has moved to Russia’s borders. This is more than serious for us. [He meant that it is an existential threat against Russia, just as the Soviet Union’s placement of nuclear weapons in Cuba would have been an existential threat to America in 1963. But he always tries to be non-alarmist, because his real audience regarding such matters is the people who control U.S. foreign policies, and he doesn’t want to draw the public’s attention to matters of existential consequence between the superpowers.]

In this situation, we are taking appropriate military-technical measures. But, I repeat, we are not threatening anyone and it is at the very least irresponsible to accuse us of this, given the real state of affairs. This would mean laying the blame at the wrong door, as the Russian saying goes.

In my speech at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs I already stressed that the priority facing Russian diplomacy at this juncture is to try to ensure that Russia is granted reliable and long-term security guarantees.

While engaging in dialogue with the United States and its allies, we will insist on the elaboration of concrete agreements that would rule out any further eastward expansion of NATO and the deployment of weapons systems posing a threat to us in close proximity to Russia’s territory. We suggest that substantive talks on this topic should be started.

I would like to note in particular that we need precisely legal, juridical guarantees, because our Western colleagues have failed to deliver on verbal commitments they made. Specifically, everyone is aware of the assurances they gave verbally that NATO would not expand to the east. But they did absolutely the opposite in reality. In effect, Russia’s legitimate security concerns were ignored and they continue to be ignored in the same manner even now.

We are not demanding any special terms for ourselves. We understand that any agreements must take into account the interests of both Russia and all other states in the Euro-Atlantic region. A calm and stable situation should be ensured for everyone and is needed by all without exception.

That said, I would like to stress that Russia is interested precisely in constructive collaboration and in equitable international cooperation, and this remains the central tenet of Russian foreign policy. I hope that you will convey this signal to the leaders of your states.

https://southfront.org/putin-ukraine-is-to-russia-what-cuba-was-to-america-in-the-1962-cuban-missile-crisis/

Neocon WashPo Editor Who Trashed Anti-Vaxxers Dies Of 'Sudden Cardiac Arrest'

Washington Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt, a bloodthirsty neocon who used his position to shill America into the war in Iraq and push forced vaccines, died on Monday after suffering from sudden cardiac arrest.

Hiatt, 66, "had sudden cardiac arrest on Nov. 24 while visiting his daughter in Brooklyn, said his wife, Margaret 'Pooh' Shapiro, and did not regain consciousness," the Post reported.

Hiatt's vaccination/booster status is not clear but as we all know, the sudden surge in heart disease throughout the West is purely a coincidence.

Under Hiatt's leadership, the Post hired neocon agents like Jennifer Rubin, Michael Gerson and Anne Applebaum who helped lie the American public into the war in Iraq.

Hiatt published "at least" 27 editorials pushing for war in the six months preceding the invasion, according to PBS's Bill Moyers.

Despite relentlessly pushing the Russiagate hoax and attacking Donald Trump from all fronts on the Post's editorial page, Hiatt published articles praising him for attacking Syria (based on lies).

https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=62726

Anonymous ID: cc4036 Dec. 7, 2021, 10:35 a.m. No.15152829 🗄️.is 🔗kun >>2873

https://twitter.com/realLizUSA/status/1468217758265532419

Nova Scotians feel “betrayed” that voting PC didn't stop vaxx passports: Premier's Office

Internal emails also show that Progressive Conservative Premier Tim Houston's government is leaning towards using pharmacies, not schools to “get this vaccine into little arms” as province moves to jab 5-year-olds.

Emails circulated by the office of the premier of Nova Scotia show that residents feel “betrayed” over the implementation of “inhumane, illegal, discriminatory, and immoral” COVID vaccine passports, after being led to believe that the new Progressive Conservative government would reject the policies put forward by the previous Liberal government.

This round-up of the opinions of Nova Scotians was collected by Premier Tim Houston's own office, and released in a document package that also includes communications promoting the use of pharmacies, which are in every community and have been “excellent partners”, instead of schools to “get this vaccine into little arms”.

The documents were released in response to a FOIPOP request, which asked for:

All correspondence (including but not exclusive to briefing materials, presentations, emails, and text messages) by the Premier and/or his staff regarding the vaccination rollout for Nova Scotians 5 to 12 years old. Please include any/all attachments.

The government of Nova Scotia returned four pages worth of documents on all messages involving Houston and his staff regarding vaccinating kids, which comprised only two emails.

Nova Scotians Felt Betrayed That Voting Conservative Didn't Stop COVID Passports

On October 20, Executive Correspondence Coordinator Jeffrey Byrne compiled the primary topics from the Premier's inbox that day.

The email read, in part:

Covid-19: today's COVID-19 related correspondence was predominately regarding:

Vaccinations

Call for a third dose of vaccine for seniors

Call for a third dose of vaccine for anyone who wants it

Call to not mandate vaccines for children from 5 to 11 years old

Vaccine policy:

Feelings of anger/frustration/betrayal over implementation of policy. Frustration that conservatives were elected in because of their rejection of the vaccine policy/passport.

Concerns that the policy is inhumane, illegal, discriminatory, and immoral. Concern that the policy has caused a great divide between citizens.

Threats of legal action if the policy and public health measures are not ended.

Calls to end the vaccine policy.

Support for the vaccine policy.

Other:

Why isn't regular testing an alternative to vaccination?

Call to end public health measures.

Premier Tim Houston's Progressive Conservative Party won the provincial election this past August after the Liberal premier Iain Rankin had promised a provincial vaccine certificate, the #ScotiaPass, on the campaign trail. After that announcement, Houston tweeted that he would meet with the province's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang on August 18 to “determine the best way to manage COVID-19”.

https://www.rebelnews.com/nova_scotians_feel_betrayed_voting_pc_didnt_stop_vaxx_passports

Babies hospitalized after getting Covid-19 vaccine

Two Brazilian babies have ended up in hospital after a nurse confused the vials and mistakenly injected them with Pfizer coronavirus vaccine instead of their intended infants’ jabs.

The shocking blunder was first reported by the media and officially confirmed on Sunday by local authorities in the Sorocaba municipality of Brazil’s Sao Paulo state.

A two-month-old girl and a four-month-old boy had arrived at a medical facility in the area last Wednesday to get the shots of the pentavalent vaccine that protects children from Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Hepatitis B, and Hib.

However, shortly after returning home the babies developed a high fever, vomited and refused to drink milk. The medicine given to them by their parents failed to improve their condition.

The families were then contacted by Sorocaba’s health secretary, Vinicius Rodrigues, who informed them that a mistake had been made and the children were injected with Covid-19 vaccine.

“My life turned upside down,” the girl’s mother told CNN Brazil about the moment she learnt the news.

The babies were placed in the local Gpaci hospital late on Thursday. They’re now reportedly feeling better, but won’t be able to return home for some time. The local authorities contacted Pfizer and were told that the children should be monitored for the next 10 to 15 days.

The girl and the boy are now being tested every 48 hours, with blood samples taken from them and ultrasound and ECG exams performed. So far, no complications that could’ve been caused by the Covid-19 jab were found. The two will also get their pentavalent vaccines while in hospital.

Health care personnel discovered that the babies got the wrong immunization the day after the injections as they were checking their vaccine stocks. The responsible nurse said she confused the vials because they looked too similar. She had been suspended pending the investigation.

“I know everyone makes mistakes, but a mistake like that is unacceptable,” the affected girl’s mother insisted. “I don't want to punish the nurse, but I want this incident to serve as a warning to other medics and other moms: tell them to double-check what they’re giving to your kids.”

https://www.rt.com/news/542288-babies-vaccine-pfizer-brazil/

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Greensburg Doctor Sentenced to Nearly Five Years in Prison for Accepting Kickbacks in Exchange for Prescribing Fentanyl

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdpa/pr/greensburg-doctor-sentenced-nearly-five-years-prison-accepting-kickbacks-exchange

Vietnam: 120 Children Hospitalized, Province Suspends Pfizer Vaccine

Despite the obvious debacle that’s unfolding in this Vietnam province, dictatorial ‘public health’ officials are still aggressively moving forward with injecting the children with the controversial experimental corporate gene jab.

Thanh Hoa has suspended the use of a Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine batch after over 120 students were hospitalized following their inoculation.

Since November 30, the central province has been vaccinating children aged 15-17 with the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. However, over 120 of the children were admitted to hospitals after exhibiting symptoms like nausea, high fever or breathing difficulties, the provincial Center for Disease Control (CDC) said Thursday.

Of these, 17 had severe reactions, but their health has stabilized and they continue to be monitored at the hospital, the center said. The cause of their symptoms has yet to be confirmed by Thanh Hoa authorities.

Thanh Hoa CDC director Luong Ngoc Truong said the province has stopped using the current vaccine batch. “We still have other batches, also Pfizer vaccines, so we will continue vaccinating the children,” he said.

The suspended batch would be put into storage and could be used later for other groups like adults, Truong added.

Vu Van Chinh, director of the Ha Trung District General Hospital, said side-effects following vaccination was normal, but are more likely to happen in children than adults.

“Those who have reactions or faint need to be separated so no chain reaction occurs,” said Chinh.

The Thanh Hoa CDC has distributed around 117,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to 27 districts and towns. Over 56,700 doses have been administered.

Over the past week, three children have died following their vaccination with the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in Bac Giang, Hanoi and Binh Phuoc. The cause of death has been determined as “overreaction to the vaccine.”

Last week, four workers in Thanh Hoa’s Kim Viet Shoe factory died following their Vero Cell Covid-19 vaccination, also due to “overreaction.”

https://21stcenturywire.com/2021/12/07/vietnam-120-children-hospitalized-province-suspends-pfizer-vaccine/

Insider Revealed "Vaccine" Genocide Plan in 1981

The following statements made in 1981 by Jewish globalist Jacques Attali are taken from Interviews with Michel Salomon - The Faces of the Future, Seghers edition when Attali was a senior adviser to French President, Francoise Mitterand:

"In the future it will be a question of finding a way to reduce the population. We will start with the old, because as soon as it exceeds 60-65 years man lives longer than he produces and costs society dearly, then the weak and then the useless who do nothing for society because there will be more and more of them, and especially the stupid ones.

"Euthanasia targeting these groups; euthanasia will have to be an essential instrument of our future societies, in all cases. We cannot of course execute people or set up camps. We will get rid of them by making them believe it is for their own good…

"We will find something or cause it, a pandemic that targets certain people, a real economic crisis or not, a virus that will affect the old or the fat, it doesn't matter, the weak will succumb to it, the fearful and the stupid will believe it and ask to be treated.

"We will have taken care to have planned the treatment, a treatment that will be the solution. The selection of idiots will thus be done on its own: they will go to the slaughterhouse on their own."

Finally (and perhaps especially), since no war can be won unless the peoples waging it believe it just and necessary, and unless the loyalty of citizens and their belief in its values are maintained, the chief weapons of the future will be the instruments of propaganda, communication, and intimidation."

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Jacques Attali (born 1 November 1943) is a French economic and social theorist, writer, political adviser and senior civil servant, who served as a counsellor to President Francois Mitterrand from 1981 to 1991 and was the first head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in 1991-1993. In 2009, Foreign Policy recognized him as one of the top 100 "global thinkers" in the world.

https://henrymakow.com/2021/12/atalli-genocide-1981.html

World Economic Forum Sees Synthetic Biology as Force to Reset Living Systems. Report

Redesigning organisms for other purposes is a new field of scientific endeavor known as synthetic biology. According to a report by the World Economic Forum, expect to see (and hear) more about it as scientists look to reset humanity’s future and the “bio-economy” on the back of coronavirus vaccine research.

The study was released Thursday by the Switzerland-based WEF, and proclaims a scientific human reset is near because “Synthetic biology lies at the intersection of an ageing population, climate change and environmental degradation.”

It sets out what it calls the “bioeconomy” that covers all sectors and systems that rely on biological resources (animals, plants, microorganisms, and derived biomass, including organic waste) as well as their functions and principles.

The study points to synthetic biology interlinks between economic and industrial sectors such as food, health, chemicals, materials, energy and services that use biological resources and processes – pretty much everything that sustains and underlines human endeavour.

DNA has its role as well.

Harnessing that scientific variety for the future of humanity is needed, the WEF report argues. The report cautions:

It is anticipated that the world will face increased competition for limited and finite natural resources given a growing population, increasing pressure on our food and health systems, and climate change and associated environmental degradation decimating our primary production systems.

That challenge is met by modifying science to “efficiently produce high performance, sustainable products.”

Put more simply, that is where synthetic biology comes in.

Synthetic biology, proponents say, holds the promise of reprogramming biology to be more powerful and then mass-producing the turbocharged cells to increase food production, fight disease, generate energy, purify water and devour carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, as the New York Times points out.

The aim is to follow computing, using biological information as coded in DNA, so it can be programmed — with the goal of redesigning organisms for what the WEF deems useful purposes.

https://www.globalresearch.ca/report-world-economic-forum-sees-synthetic-biology-force-reset-living-systems/5763904

Biden’s FDA nominee expanded abortion pill use in 2016, has links to Pfizer, other jab producers

Dr. Robert Califf's widening of the abortion pill’s use, resultant lack of transparency about the decision, and history of working for special interests do not inspire confidence about his work on the public’s behalf and protection for human life.

President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the FDA expanded the use of the abortion pill Mifeprex and has been a paid consultant to dozens of pharmaceutical companies, including COVID vaccine manufacturers Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and AstraZeneca.

“Dr. Robert Califf is one of the most experienced clinical trialists in the country, and has the experience and expertise to lead the Food and Drug Administration during a critical time in our nation’s fight to put an end to the coronavirus pandemic,” said the White House in a press release announcing the nomination.

The White House statement signals that Califf will be involved in approving more COVID vaccines and potentially other COVID treatments. Biden continued, “As the FDA considers many consequential decisions around vaccine approvals and more, it is mission critical that we have a steady, independent hand to guide the FDA. I am confident Dr. Califf will ensure that the FDA continues its science and data driven decision-making.”

If his appointment is approved by the Senate, this will not be Califf’s first time serving at the FDA. A professor of cardiology at Duke University and founder of its prestigious Duke Clinical Research Institute, Califf was previously appointed as Deputy Commissioner of the FDA in January 2015. Eight months later, he was nominated to lead the FDA by President Obama.

Califf’s 2016 Senate confirmation hearing spotlighted his extensive experience and relationships with the pharmaceutical industry and his potential conflicts of interest. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) probed him on these points, stating, “Your financial relationship with the industry also raises questions about what your priorities will be if you are confirmed with this job. Many in the pharmaceutical and device industry spend a lot of time and money arguing that the FDA is just too tough, that we should lower the FDA standards on safety and effectiveness.”

“Dr. Califf, do you agree with these arguments and recent efforts by some lawmakers to lower the standards for FDA approval of drugs and devices?” she asked.

Califf responded that he was only in favor of raising standards, not lowering them, by using “better studies that show the full gamut of risk and benefit for the time that a treatment might be used.” Given his regular compensation by big pharma and later track record leading the FDA, however, it is difficult to take Califf at his word.

Regarding Califf’s previous and most recent nomination, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) agrees with this assessment, stating, “Dr. Califf’s nomination and his significant ties to the pharmaceutical industry take us backwards not forward.”

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/bidens-fda-nominee-has-promoted-abortion-pill-has-links-to-covid-vaccine-makers/?utm_source=featured&utm_campaign=usa

Anonymous ID: cc4036 Dec. 7, 2021, 10:56 a.m. No.15152950 🗄️.is 🔗kun >>3222

‘Rarely apart’: File on Epstein hard drive details relationship with Maxwell

A document found on a hard drive in Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse detailed his intimate relationship with alleged madam Ghislaine Maxwell — including how the two were “rarely apart.”

The fawning file was created on a desktop by someone logged in as the user “GMax” on Oct. 14, 2002, and discovered by the feds after they raided the sex offender’s Upper East Side lair in 2019, an FBI analyst testified in Manhattan federal court Tuesday.

“Jeffrey and Ghislaine have been together as a couple for the last 11 years,” the note started. “They are, contrary to what people think, rarely apart, I almost always see them together.”

The doc went on to describe the British socialite as “highly intelligent and great company with a ready smile and an infectious laugh” who puts people at ease.

“Jeffrey and Ghislaine share many mutual interests and they have a lot of fun together,” it continued.

The duo was described as thick as thieves, with the file noting, “they compliment each other really well.”

“On top of being partner’s [sic] they are also best of friends,” it said.

Other files recovered from the hard drives included a “help wanted” flyer for masseuses in Palm Beach, Florida, that advertised “excellent pay.”

One missive from May 25, 2001, complained that Epstein’s Palm Beach housekeeper Juan Alessi — who claimed he routinely cleaned up Maxwell’s sex toys — was “doing a truly awful job.”

The message referred to Alessi as “John” instead of Juan, which he testified last week was the name Maxwell and Epstein used to call him when he worked for the pair, from 1991 to 2002.

It’s unclear who wrote the notes or what purpose they served.

They were among the trove of hard drives and other electronic materials recovered from Epstein’s multimillion-dollar home around the time of his July 2019 arrest on federal sex-trafficking charges. He committed suicide behind bars a month later.

Maxwell, 59, was arrested in July 2020 and stands accused of helping the dead pedophile lure at least four underage girls to abuse between 1994 and 2004.

She could face up to 35 years in prison if convicted. Her trial is expected to last six weeks.

https://nypost.com/2021/12/07/file-on-epstein-hard-drive-details-relationship-with-maxwell/

Anonymous ID: cc4036 Dec. 7, 2021, 10:59 a.m. No.15152971 🗄️.is 🔗kun >>3222

4 arrested in child sex sting operation in Larimer County

Larimer County arrested four men in a sting operation targeting child sex predators.

“The operation targeted individuals who were actively seeking to have sexual contact with underage children,” the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release.

How to protect your children from child sex offenders online

The sting operation was conducted in two Larimer County locations from Dec. 1-3, the Sheriff’s Office said. Those locations were not disclosed.

Sheriff’s Office investigators and members of its Strategic Enforcement Unit, along with Homeland Security Investigations and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, were involved in the joint operation.

Of the four arrests, two of the men had bonded out by Monday and another two remained in the county jail

Amarnath Arikapudi, 30, of Fort Collins

Internet Luring of a Child w/Intent for Sexual Contact or Exploitation x 2 counts (Felony 4)

Attempted Sexual Assault on a Child x 2 counts (F4)

Criminal Attempt to Commit Class 4 Felony x 2 counts (F5)

Patronizing a Prostituted Child x 2 counts (F3)

Arikapudi posted a $50,000 bond on Dec. 3.

Satyander Dudee, 53, of Versailles, Kentucky

Internet Luring of a Child w/Intent for Sexual Contact or Exploitation (F4)

Attempted Sexual Assault on a Child (F4)

Criminal Attempt to Commit Class 4 Felony (F5)

Enticement of a Child (F4)

Patronizing a Prostituted Child (F3)

Dudee posted a $50,000 bond on Dec. 4.

Joshua McCathern, 39, of Cheyenne, Wyoming

Patronizing a Prostituted Child (F3)

Internet Luring of a Child (F5)

Attempted Sexual Assault on a Child (F4)

McCathern remained in jail Monday on a $35,000 bond.

Jeffrey Beaman, 51, of Fort Collins

Attempted Sexual Assault on a Child (F4)

Internet Luring of a Child (F5)

Patronizing a Prostituted Child (F3)

Beaman remained in jail Monday on a $20,000 bond.

https://kdvr.com/news/local/4-arrested-in-child-sex-sting-operation-in-larimer-county/

Anonymous ID: cc4036 Dec. 7, 2021, 11:01 a.m. No.15152981 🗄️.is 🔗kun >>3222

NASCAR suspends 2 crew members charged with sex crimes against minors in NC

NASCAR has indefinitely suspended two national series crew members following their arrests in North Carolina on charges related to sexual crimes. The cases each is charged in do not appear to be related.

John Byrd, a former hauler driver for Front Row Motorsports, was arrested Nov. 22 in Caldwell County and charged with “Child Abuse By Allowing Sexual Assault On (a) Minor,” a felony, according to a sheriff’s office arrest report.

An arrest warrant accuses Byrd, 53, of Lenoir, N.C., of sexually touching a 13-year-old girl on Nov. 21, public records obtained by The Charlotte Observer on Monday show.

The Observer is not including some detail from police records in this case in order to protect the child’s identity.

Byrd was most recently listed in NASCAR’s roster system as the hauler driver for FRM’s No. 34 Ford team, which won last season’s Daytona 500. FRM told The Observer on Monday that Byrd is no longer employed by the organization.

In addition to Byrd, NASCAR announced Friday that Xfinity Series car chief Austin Zivich was indefinitely suspended for violating NASCAR’s member code of conduct.

Zivich, 26, was arrested in Mooresville on Nov. 29 and charged with three counts of third degree sexual exploitation of a minor, Iredell County Sheriff’s Office records show. Zivich lives in Mooresville and was employed by B.J. McLeod Motorsports at the time of his arrest, according to police records. He is no longer employed by the team. Additional details of what led to Zivich’s arrest were not released.

In the same staff penalty report released Friday, NASCAR indicated that Cup Series crew chief Johnny Roten was indefinitely suspended under NASCAR’s substance abuse policy. Roten is the crew chief for the No. 13 MBM Toyota team. It’s unclear what led to Roten’s suspension but public records showed no recent arrests in North Carolina.

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nascar-auto-racing/article256387107.html

Anonymous ID: cc4036 Dec. 7, 2021, 11:02 a.m. No.15152986 🗄️.is 🔗kun >>3222

Operation Keiki Shield: Six Alleged Offenders Arrested and Charged on Maui

Six individuals were arrested and charged during the state’s Operation Keiki Shield 10 enforcement effort that was conducted between Friday and Sunday, Dec. 3-5, 2021 on Maui. All six are accused of first degree Electronic Enticement of a Child.

Two faced additional charges, including former Maui Police Officer, Brandon Saffeels, who was sentenced in November to 30 months in prison for separate charges involving public corruption in the form of honest services wire fraud. The indictment to which Saffeels pled guilty in May 2021 alleged that he “engaged in a bribery scheme wherein he solicited a sexual relationship with a female motorist in exchange for an official act as an MPD officer.”

Maui police say Saffeels doesn’t start his prison term until January 2022 for the corruption sentence.

I addition to enticement, Saffeels was also charged with Indecent Electronic Display to a Child, and Solicitation of a Minor for Prostitution. He was being held in lieu of a half a million bail.

Law enforcement officers from around the state carried out the operation in an effort to identify, locate, and arrest alleged offenders “who commit Internet-facilitated sexual crimes against children” and to “identify and rescue child victims of child sexual exploitation and abuse.”

Police say the arrests were made after the alleged offenders solicited “what they believed to be children for sex.” In a press release announcement, police said the individuals then took “substantial steps to meet up with those ‘minors’ for the purpose of engaging in criminal sexual acts with them. However, instead of minors, these offenders were actually met and arrested by law enforcement officers.”

Maui police released the following summary of arrests and charges as a result of this operation:

Dec. 3, 2021:

Mark Hegnabon, 21, of Kahului