https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-justice-department-discloses-no-fisa-court-hearings-held-on-carter-page-warrants/
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Dirtier than Watergate
The Reagan-era espionage system that has managed to stay under the radar.
t was described as dirtier than Watergate, and involved US government dealings with Iraq, Libya, Korea and even the late British publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell. The story is deep, dark and complex; a web of strange dealings and dubious characters, it implicates wealthy arms dealers, Israeli intelligence services, the Soviet KGB, MI5 and the CIA. But unlike Watergate, this scandal, from a particularly dark chapter in American history, has appeared in no Hollywood film and is yet to reach a satisfying conclusion.
It began in the late 1970s, when the Washington-based software developer Inslaw pioneered people-tracking technology, designed to be used by prosecutors to monitor case records. Known as the Prosecutor's Management Information System (PROMIS), the software was developed under grants from the US department of justice. The US government, as it helped fund the creation of PROMIS, had been licensed to use the software on condition that it did not modify, distribute or create derivative versions of it. The government, however, did not stick to this agreement.
Under the Ronald Reagan administration's covert intelligence initiative known as "'Follow the Money", the US National Security Agency (NSA) misappropriated PROMIS for sale to banks in 1982. The version of PROMIS sold by the NSA had been "espionage-enabled" through a back door in the programme, allowing the agency to covertly conduct real-time electronic surveillance of the flow of money to suspected terrorists and other perceived threats to US national interests.
https://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/04/promis-government-inslaw#amp
Bombshell leak to Toronto Star upends NAFTA talks: In secret âso insultingâ remarks, Trump says he isnât compromising at all with Canada
High-stakes trade negotiations between Canada and the U.S. were dramatically upended on Friday morning by inflammatory secret remarks from President Donald Trump, after the remarks were obtained by the Toronto Star.
In remarks Trump wanted to be âoff the record,â Trump told Bloomberg News reporters on Thursday, according to a source, that he is not making any compromises at all in the talks with Canada â but that he cannot say this publicly because âitâs going to be so insulting theyâre not going to be able to make a deal.â
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/08/31/bombshell-leak-to-toronto-star-upends-nafta-talks-in-secret-so-insulting-remarks-trump-says-he-isnt-compromising-at-all-with-canada.html
Trump Inaugural Committee Got Foreign Money, Plea Deal Shows
A former Paul Manafort associate who pleaded guilty to a lobbying crime admitted that he helped foreign donors give money to President Donald Trumpâs Inaugural Committee.
In a plea agreement made public Friday, prosecutors outlined other crimes that the lobbyist, Sam Patten, admitted to but wouldnât be charged with. Among them was âcausing foreign moneyâ to be paid to the Trump inaugural committee. Patten signed off on the allegation.
https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/2018/08/31/patten-caused-foreign-money-to-be-paid-to-inaugural-committee
FISA court Judge Rudy Contreras was removed rather than recused from Mike Flynn case.
https://brassballs.blog/home/fisa-judge-rudy-contreras-was-removed-rather-than-recused-from-mike-flynn-case
Could he be involved in the Carter case as well???
Daily Beastâs NBC Bombshell is âOnly the Beginningâ, Much Bigger ExposĂŠ Expected Soon
The Daily Beastâs bombshell on NBC Newsâ alleged internal efforts to kill Ronan Farrowâs expose on Harvey Weinstein is âonly the beginningâ of their reporting on the networkâs misconduct problems, a source told Mediaite.
The mood at NBC News was one of surprise at the Beastâs new report on Farrow, with some relieved it was not the devastating story they expected, one network source said. That optimism might be misplaced: Mediaite learned the Daily Beast has spoken to close to 100 sources at NBC News for a broader report on misconduct at the network that has been in the works for months.
https://www.mediaite.com/online/only-the-beginning-daily-beast-has-a-lot-more-reporting-to-come-on-nbc-news/