Anonymous ID: fee245 March 16, 2022, 3:41 p.m. No.15878203   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8353 >>8516 >>8563 >>8614 >>8716

Third Wave of Operation "Money Don't Sleep" Leads to Multiple Arrests in West Memphis

 

WEST MEMPHIS—A major arrest operation took place this morning in West Memphis when 22 people were arrested as part of an ongoing federal drug investigation. The 22 arrested suspects from the West Memphis area are part of a 32-defendant indictment that was unsealed today.

 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edar/pr/third-wave-operation-money-dont-sleep-leads-multiple-arrests-west-memphis

Anonymous ID: fee245 March 16, 2022, 3:43 p.m. No.15878219   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8516 >>8563 >>8614 >>8716

Naval Flight Officer Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For Conspiring To Violate Firearms Law And Lying During Security Clearance Background Investigation

 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/naval-flight-officer-sentenced-four-years-prison-conspiring-violate-firearms-law-and

Anonymous ID: fee245 March 16, 2022, 3:48 p.m. No.15878249   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8516 >>8563 >>8614 >>8716

Kremlin responds to Biden calling Putin ‘war criminal’

 

The US president initially refused to use the term, but then reconsidered

 

US President Joe Biden has called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin “a war criminal” over the conflict in Ukraine, with the Kremlin responding that such remarks from the United States are “unacceptable and unforgivable.”

 

During a White House event on Wednesday, Biden was asked by one of the reporters if he considered Russia’s president a war criminal. Initially, Biden answered “no,” but then he asked the journalist to clarify the question and said: “Oh I think he is a war criminal.”

 

Commenting on the American leader’s remarks, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told TASS that Moscow considers “unacceptable and unforgivable such rhetoric from the head of state, whose bombs killed hundreds of thousands of people around the world.”

 

While the US has consistently condemned Russia’s attack on Ukraine, Biden’s remarks on Wednesday apparently mark the first time the American leader used a term as strong as “war criminal” to describe Putin’s actions. Previously, the White House avoided using this definition, explaining that it was a specific legal term.

 

In a speech on Wednesday, Biden accused the Russian military of shelling hospitals and apartment buildings – something that Moscow denies.

 

The president’s remarks came a day after the US Senate backed a resolution declaring Putin a war criminal. The Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that both Democrats and Republicans joined together “to say that Vladimir Putin cannot escape accountability for the atrocities committed against the Ukrainian people.”

 

Putin has consistently denied the accusations of indiscriminate shelling of Ukrainian cities by the Russian forces, stressing that the military “are working with modern high-precision weapons,” hitting only military targets.

 

Moscow attacked Ukraine in late February, following a seven-year standoff over Ukraine’s failure to implement the terms of the Minsk agreements, and Russia's eventual recognition of the Donbass republics with capitals in Donetsk and Lugansk. The German- and French-brokered protocols had been designed to regularize the status of those regions within the Ukrainian state.

 

Russia has now demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country that will never join the US-led NATO military bloc. Kiev insists the Russian offensive was completely unprovoked and has denied claims it was planning to retake the two republics by force.

 

The West imposed tough sanctions on Russia for the offensive against Ukraine, including against Putin personally. Moscow responded with counter sanctions which targeted the US President.

 

https://www.rt.com/russia/552103-biden-kremlin-war-criminal/

Anonymous ID: fee245 March 16, 2022, 3:51 p.m. No.15878275   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Biden allows 76,000 Afghans to apply for 'temporary' protection in U.S. despite vetting issues

 

The Department of Homeland Security has faced numerous issues resettling Afghan nationals in the United States.

 

More than 76,000 Afghan nationals brought to the United States following President Joe Biden's chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan may apply for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to shield them from deportation, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Wednesday, despite the fact that a watchdog report last month found some refugees posed serious security risks.

 

The U.S. military evacuated more than 120,000 people from Afghanistan in August 2021 after the Taliban seized Kabul and toppled the government to establish the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Of the more than 84,000 people eventually brought to the United States, over 76,000 are Afghan nationals who are now eligible to apply for TPS following the DHS announcement.

 

"This TPS designation will help to protect Afghan nationals who have already been living in the United States from returning to unsafe conditions," DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a press release.

 

The secretary cited "ongoing armed conflict and extraordinary and temporary conditions that prevent the country’s nationals from returning in safety" as reason for giving Afghan nationals TPS.

 

However, the DHS has faced numerous issues resettling Afghan nationals in the United States.

 

The Defense Department inspector general reported last month that at least 50 Afghan evacuees posed "potentially significant security concerns," and 28 of the 31 nationals with known "derogatory information" cannot be located.

 

DHS admitted last month that it issued employment documents with "incorrect information" to some Afghan nationals in the United States.

 

Less than a month after the evacuation, the FBI opened an investigation after "a small group of male evacuees" allegedly assaulted a female service member.

 

Mayorkas said granting TPS to Afghans will help provided needed support to the evacuees.

 

"Under this designation, TPS will also provide additional protections and assurances to trusted partners and vulnerable Afghans who supported the U.S. military, diplomatic, and humanitarian missions in Afghanistan over the last 20 years," he said.

 

Most Afghan nationals who came to the U.S. through Operation Allies Welcome "were paroled into the United States on a case-by-case basis, for humanitarian reasons, for a period of two years and received work authorization," DHS stated in a press release, adding that those who were paroled may still be able to receive TPS.

 

The department stated that only those residing in the United States before March 15, 2022 are eligible to apply for TPS. Those who apply must "meet all other requirements, including undergoing security and background checks," the agency stated.

 

https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/biden-allows-76000-afghans-apply-temporary-protection-us-despite