OSCE workers sentenced for high treason in Donbass

Two OSCE workers have been sentenced to 13 years behind bars for espionage

The Supreme Court of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) on Monday sentenced two employees of the now-defunct Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) monitoring mission, for high treason.

In two separate cases, a translator with the mission, Maksim Petrov, and one of its employees, Dmitry Shabanov, were found guilty of committing high treason. Each was sentenced to 13 years in prison.

According to Lugansk’s State Security Service, Petrov had been collecting information about one of the republican military units, working directly for a handler with a US spy agency. Shabanov is said to have also colluded with an unspecified foreign intelligence service. The cases were heard behind closed doors and the exact circumstances of the treason remain unknown.

The head of the LPR, Leonid Pasechnik, banned the OSCE monitoring mission from the republic back in April. During the conflict between the Donbass republics and Ukraine, dragging on since 2014, the mission has never actually contributed to the peace process, has routinely failed to properly register numerous violations by Kiev, and ultimately became popularly known as “blind observers,” Pasechnik noted at the time.

Russia sent troops into Ukraine on February 24, citing Kiev’s failure to implement the Minsk agreements, designed to give the regions of Donetsk and Lugansk special status within the Ukrainian state. The protocols, brokered by Germany and France, were first signed in 2014. Former Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko has since admitted that Kiev’s main goal was to use the ceasefire to buy time and “create powerful armed forces.”

In February 2022, the Kremlin recognized the Donbass republics as independent states and demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country that will never join any Western military bloc. Kiev insists the Russian offensive was completely unprovoked.

https://www.rt.com/russia/563127-lugansk-osce-high-treason/

SICK: Radical California Legislature Passes Bill Allowing State to Subvert Parental Rights and Take Custody of Out-of-State Minors Seeking Trans Surgeries – Awaits Gov. Newsom’s Signature

Late last month, the California legislature voted to pass a bill that would allow the State to take custody of out-of-state minors seeking gender transition surgeries and cross-sex hormones – even if these actions go against the wishes of the child’s parents.

The measure, SB 107, which was introduced in July by Democrat state Senator Scott Wiener as part of efforts to turn California into a “sanctuary state” for trans mutilation of children (aka. gender-affirming care), passed both the house and the senate on August 31st with “overwhelming Democratic support.”

The sickening legislation now sits on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk, awaiting his signature. He has until September 30th to sign or veto the bill. Despite not taking action as of yet, Newsom is expected to sign the measure into law before the timeframe ends this month.

When introducing the bill, Senator Wiener – the same radical who introduced pieces of legislation that would allow anyone 12 or older to get vaccinated without parental consent, mandate drag queen story hour in grade school, and relax the punishment for child sex offenders, among others – claimed it was necessary for the state to take action because of laws passed elsewhere in the US that restrict minors who identify as transgender from accessing radical and destructive treatments such as cross-sex hormones and surgeries to remove healthy organs. Wiener characterizes these laws that protect American youth as “brutal attacks on transgender children.”

Unbelievably, there are seemingly no restrictions or qualifications for the law to take effect. In other words, if the whim of any child is to access these destructive sex-change treatments, but one or both parents aren’t allowing it, California’s courts can take custody of that child in order to administer the drugs and/or surgery. All the court would need to prove is that the minor has been ‘mistreated or abused’ which is defined as being ‘unable to obtain gender-affirming health care.’ As of now, it is unclear if the child has to enter California before the law takes effect, or if the state can interfere and assist the child in traveling and accommodations.

The bill states that a child must be present in the state for the measures to take effect, but, continues to say that physical presence in the state is “not necessary” to make a determination about custody. Either way, this law goes far beyond any established form of government intervention in personal family matters.

From SB 107:

“…(c) Physical presence of, or personal jurisdiction over, a party or a child is not necessary or sufficient to make a child custody determination.

(d) The presence of a child in this state for the purpose of obtaining gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care, as defined by Section 16010.2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, is sufficient to meet the requirements of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a)….

…3424.(a) A court of this state has temporary emergency jurisdiction if the child is present in this state and the child has been abandoned or it is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because the child, or a sibling or parent of the child, is subjected to, or threatened with, mistreatment or abuse, or because the child has been unable to obtain gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care, as defined by Section 16010.2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.”

What’s most troubling is that the bill seemingly incentivizes minors to travel to California behind their parent’s backs in search of this type of ‘care.’ As the California Family Council points out, radical activists in the state can easily “weaponize” the law to prey on out-of-state children.

From California Family Council:

It’s not hard to see how activists could quickly weaponize SB 107. Since the bill instructs state agencies to ignore the circumstances of how a child came to the state for gender transitioning, SB 107 invites children to run away from their families or even be trafficked across state lines.

As for the children’s wellbeing, once the state takes custody, the text of the bill does not describe any specifics when it comes to how these children will be cared for, let alone where they will be housed. The only information given is that the out-of-state minors would be under the “temporary emergency jurisdiction” of the state.

http://www.stationgossip.com/2022/09/sick-radical-california-legislature.html

Pentagon Reviews Policy of Creating Fake Social Media Accounts

The Defense Department ordered an investigation into how it conducts clandestine information warfare, The Washington Post reported.

The Pentagon's action comes after major social media companies, including Twitter and Facebook, identified and took offline fake accounts, suspected of being run by the U.S. military, in violation of the platforms' rules, the Post reported.

Colin Kahl, the undersecretary of defense for policy, last week instructed the military commands that engage in psychological operations online to provide a full accounting of their activities by next month, the newspaper said.

Several defense and administration officials told the Post that the White House and some federal agencies expressed mounting concerns over the Pentagon's attempted manipulation of audiences overseas.

The White House, the State Department and Defense Department officials have been concerned that policies regarding clandestine online operations are too broad and risk eroding U.S. credibility, the Post reported.

"Our adversaries are absolutely operating in the information domain," a senior defense official told the Post. "There are some who think we shouldn't do anything clandestine in that space. Ceding an entire domain to an adversary would be unwise. But we need stronger policy guardrails."

Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, Pentagon press secretary, told the Post in a statement that the military's information operations "support our national security priorities" and must be conducted in compliance with relevant laws and policies. "We are committed to enforcing those safeguards."

The Defense Department ordered an investigation into how it conducts clandestine information warfare, The Washington Post reported.

The Pentagon's action comes after major social media companies, including Twitter and Facebook, identified and took offline fake accounts, suspected of being run by the U.S. military, in violation of the platforms' rules, the Post reported.

Colin Kahl, the undersecretary of defense for policy, last week instructed the military commands that engage in psychological operations online to provide a full accounting of their activities by next month, the newspaper said.

Several defense and administration officials told the Post that the White House and some federal agencies expressed mounting concerns over the Pentagon's attempted manipulation of audiences overseas.

The White House, the State Department and Defense Department officials have been concerned that policies regarding clandestine online operations are too broad and risk eroding U.S. credibility, the Post reported.

"Our adversaries are absolutely operating in the information domain," a senior defense official told the Post. "There are some who think we shouldn't do anything clandestine in that space. Ceding an entire domain to an adversary would be unwise. But we need stronger policy guardrails."

Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, Pentagon press secretary, told the Post in a statement that the military's information operations "support our national security priorities" and must be conducted in compliance with relevant laws and policies. "We are committed to enforcing those safeguards."

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Internet researchers Graphika and the Stanford Internet Observatory last month said that more than 150 fake personas and media sites created in the U.S. were taken down in recent years by Twitter and Facebook.

Two officials told the Post that U.S. Central Command is among those whose activities are being scrutinized. Centcom, headquartered in Tampa, Florida, influences military operations across 21 countries in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central and South Asia.

Posts removed included ones that advanced anti-Russia narratives citing Moscow's "imperialist" war in Ukraine and warning of the conflict's direct impact on Central Asian countries, and a made-up Persian-language media site that shared content reposted from the U.S.-funded Voice of America Farsi and Radio Free Europe.

The researchers' report said that another takedown was linked to a Twitter handle that in the past had claimed to operate on behalf of Centcom.

If true, one defense official told the Post, it would "absolutely be a violation of doctrine and training practices."

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/pentagon-fake-social-media/2022/09/19/id/1088110/