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Anonymous ID: 351060 July 12, 2023, 4:51 p.m. No.19169418   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>9598 >>9812

Judicial Watch Sues DHS for Records on Grant from U.S. Biological Defense Program to EcoHealth Alliance

 

Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for records and communications between DHS component offices and the U.S. Biological Defense Program regarding a $2 million grant awarded by the DHS’s Ground Truth Network to EcoHealth Alliance (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (No. 1:23-cv-01855)). EcoHealth Alliance is implicated in using tax dollars for “gain-of-function” coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute for Virology and elsewhere in China.

 

The lawsuit names the National Biosurveillance Integration Center (NBIC) and the Office of Health Affairs, which are part of DHS’s U.S. Biological Defense Program, which DHS states was established to increase the U.S.’s “preparedness against chemical and biological threats through improved threat awareness, advanced surveillance and detection, and responsive countermeasures.” The Ground Truth Network was set up under the National Biosurveillance Integration Center.

 

Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit after DHS failed to respond to a February 17, 2023, FOIA request for:

 

Records and communications of the National Biosurveillance Integration Center (NBIC), Office of Health Affairs, DHS of the following current or former employees (1) Heather Poindexter, (2) LCDR Reajul Mojumder, (3) Teresa Quitugua, regarding:

 

A. Ground Truth Network Project

 

B. PIID HSHQDC16C00113

 

C. HSHQDC16C00113

 

D. HSHQDC-16-R-00116

 

E. EcoHealth Alliance interface with NBIC analysts through written documents (e.g., emails, written reports, maps, data, etc.), oral communication (e.g., phone calls, conference call, etc.), and face-to-face meetings.

 

F. Any requests for information (RFIs) sent to EcoHealth Alliance and any responses to RFIs from EcoHealth Alliance

 

G. Plans detailing Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) available to NBIC and the process for direct and indirect communications with SMEs

 

H. Credibility of the source(s) from whom any information was obtained under Ground Truth Network

 

I. Concurrence and / or Closeout letters from DHS to EcoHealth Alliance

 

This requests also includes communications or interface of DHS NBIC employees with the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis (DHS I&A) regarding:

 

  1. Construction or editing of the Ground Truth Network RFP, grant or contract

 

  1. Information shared between NBIC and DHS I&A received from EcoHealth Alliance or Ground Truth Network

 

According to the USASpending.gov federal database, the grant (PIID HSHQDC16C00113) awarded to EcoHealth Alliance was awarded in September 2016 with a potential end date of October 2022. Of the $2.1 million potential award, $974,298 was awarded. It was closed out in October 2021.

 

https://www.judicialwatch.org/ecohealth-alliance/

Anonymous ID: 351060 July 12, 2023, 4:53 p.m. No.19169431   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>9598 >>9812

Boomerang: Democrats get fact-checked after claiming FBI whistleblowers received $250,000 to testify

 

Lawyers for two whistleblowers quickly combat lawmakers' claims.

 

Democrats were struck with a political boomerang Wednesday after alleging some FBI whistleblowers received $250,000 in exchange for testimony to a House committee.

 

While two of the whistleblowers, Garrett O'Boyle and Steve Friend, did get charitable checks to help support their families because their FBI paychecks had ended, there is no evidence in the public record that the checks came in exchange for testimony. In fact, the charities have said there is no connection between the financial aid and the testimonies.

 

But the Democrat attacks took a more significant blow when lawyers for a third whistleblower, Marcus Allen, revealed he never accepted the money as alleged by a congresswoman.

 

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) alleged during FBI Director Christopher Wray's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee that FBI whistleblowers O'Boyle and Allen were given donations by fellow whistleblower Kyle Seraphin after testifying before congress.

 

"Here's another picture," Jackson said, referencing two screenshots that were brought to the hearing. "It's the checks that were sent to both O'Boyle and Allen. Each check was for $255,194. Let me say that again. These men were paid $255,194 after they testified as so-called whistleblowers."

 

When Jackson was done speaking, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) jumped in and corrected her, stating that neither whistleblower received the money.

 

"They actually haven't received the money," Johnson said. "Have a unanimous considerate request- Mr. Chairman of a tweet Matthew Foldi put out during this hearing."

 

He proceeded to read off the tweet that stated, "Right off the bat, #NY10’s @RepJerryNadler lies about a whistleblower getting $250k. Marcus Allen has not received $250,000. He has not received or cashed the check that Kyle Seraphin posted online. Allen is seeking legal advice about whether and how he can accept donations while he challenges the FBI’s retaliation for protected whistleblowing."

 

Johnson requested that information be put on the record, to which Chairman Jim Jordan agreed.

 

New York Democrat Rep. Jerry Nadler also stated that the whistleblowers were paid $250,000 each for their testimony.

 

Jason Foster, the founder of Empower Oversight, a nonprofit that represents Allen, said via social media that Nadler's claims were untrue.

 

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/hold-democrats-get-fact-checked-after-claiming-fbi-whistleblowers-were-paid

Anonymous ID: 351060 July 12, 2023, 4:58 p.m. No.19169455   🗄️.is đź”—kun

Don't blame the government and banks - blame each other

 

Data reveals how Baby Boomers have seized Aussie economy’s spoils as young people suffer

Young Aussies are being “hit hard” as they struggle to make ends meet – but damning stats reveal Boomers are laughing all the way to the bank.

 

https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/data-reveals-how-baby-boomers-have-seized-aussie-economys-spoils-as-young-people-suffer/news-story/dc59569780fb42389915e11cdb41dba6