NOTABLE.
(Baker missed lb…)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/senior-fbi-lawyer-did-not-read-carter-page-fisa-before-signing-off-on-it_2793879.html
It's a shill.
>Kashyap Patel - name to remember.
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/01/politics/nunes-memo-author-nsc/index.html
Kashyap Patel, a senior staffer for Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee, has been hired to join the NSC's International Organizations and Alliances directorate. A Trump administration official said Patel is expected to report to work at the White House on Monday.
NOTABLE
future proves past imo.
South Carolina Senator Reintroduces Bill That Would Ban Abortion
A South Carolina state Senator has reintroduced a bill that would ban abortions and potentially make it a crime to get one.
Republican Sen. Richard Cash introduced the “personhood” bill, which would grant legal status to the idea that life starts at the moment of conception. The bill would ban almost all abortions in the state.
The bill includes exceptions for medical emergencies that threaten the mother’s life.
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“From the moment life begins, it should be protected, as an inalienable right under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments,” Cash said. “I do believe in a moral absolute of right and wrong, and the shedding of innocent blood is a moral evil we need to turn away from.”
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https://www.theepochtimes.com/south-carolina-senator-reintroduces-bill-that-would-ban-abortion_2793701.html
Senate Intel Committee Chair Says There Is No Evidence of Trump–Russia Collusion
After questioning more than 200 witnesses and reviewing more than 300,000 documents over the course of two years, investigators working for the Senate Intelligence Committee have found no evidence to support the allegation that the 2016 Trump presidential campaign colluded with Russia, according to the committee’s chairman, Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.).
“If we write a report based upon the facts that we have, then we don’t have anything that would suggest there was collusion by the Trump campaign and Russia,” Burr said.
Burr made the remarks in an exclusive interview with CBS News published on Feb. 7. The senator shared the same conclusion with Fox News in September 2018, noting at the time that more facts may come to light.
The House Intelligence Committee came to the same conclusion in March last year, and found no evidence that any member of the Trump campaign colluded with Russia. The committee instead discovered that the Clinton campaign paid a former foreign spy to compile a dossier of opposition research on then-candidate Donald Trump. The FBI then used the dossier, without due verification, to surveil a former member of the Trump campaign.
Burr’s committee unsuccessfully attempted to interview former British spy Christopher Steele.
“We’ve made multiple attempts,” Burr said.
In contrast to the House committee led by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), Burr’s committee operated in a bipartisan fashion and only took steps that both sides agreed on. Burr’s committee also did not draw the kind of intense public attention associated with the work of the House intelligence committee.
“When you don’t do something in public, you don’t become the target of criticism or praise. And that’s fine with me,” Burr said.
Special counsel Robert Mueller is also investigating allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Similar to the House and Senate committees, Mueller has not charged anyone for colluding with Russia.
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https://www.theepochtimes.com/senate-intel-committee-chair-says-there-is-no-evidence-of-trump-russia-collusion_2793699.html
Trump Defends Sanctity of Human Life at National Prayer Breakfast
President Donald Trump pledged to protect religious liberty and freedom of faith during the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington as he defended for the second time this week the sanctity of all human life—including the unborn.
Speaking to religious leaders at the 67th annual National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 7, Trump told the audience that he will safeguard faith-based adoption centers and reiterated his pro-life stance.
“As part of our commitment to building a just and loving society, we must build a culture that cherishes the dignity and sanctity of innocent human life,” he said.
“All children, born and unborn, are made in the holy image of God.
“Every life is sacred, and every soul is a precious gift from Heaven.”
Trump said at the event, held at the Washington Hilton hotel, that he would always cherish believers who uplift and sustain the nation, and not only in the United States. He said his administration is also speaking out against “religious persecution around the world, including against religious minorities, Christians, and the Jewish community.”
Elon Carr, a new special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism, was appointed this week by Trump. Carr left on Feb. 5 to attend two conferences on anti-Semitism in for Belgium and Slovakia.
Trump, building on comments made during his State of the Union speech days ago, promised to support anti-abortion policies amid a renewed push from Democrats seeking to pass or propose measures to expand abortion. His remarks at the high-profile religious gathering echoed what he said at the Capitol, where he denounced multiple late-term-abortion bills that have passed in a number of states, including New York.
Rhode Island, Vermont, Maine, New Mexico, and Maryland all have pro-abortion proposals on the table. Such a proposal in Virginia was recently defeated in the Republican-controlled legislature.
Trump, in his State of the Union address, told Congress “to pass legislation to prohibit the late-term abortion of children who can feel pain in the mother’s womb.”
In his prayer breakfast speech, Trump stopped short of calling for a ban of late-term abortions like he did earlier in the week, but said he stood behind those who champion the values of faith.
“I will never let you down,” he said. “As president, I will always cherish, honor and protect the believers who uplift our communities and sustain our nation. To ensure that people of faith can always contribute to our society, my administration has taken historic action to protect religious liberty.”
In his speech at last year’s event, Trump promised to cut the Johnson Amendment, which states that nonprofit organizations (including churches) would lose their tax-exempt status if they engaged in political speech and activity. Republicans introduced a bill to do so shortly after that speech. In May that year, Trump issued an executive order instructing the federal government not to enforce the amendment, although it did not amount to a repeal.
Republicans tried to include a repeal of the amendment in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, but it was removed due to a Senate rule. Critics of the repeal say it “would have the potential of creating a mechanism where political contributions could be made without regard to other campaign financing laws.”
Other notable speakers at this year’s prayer breakfast included Dr. Lance Plyler of the Samaritan’s Purse evangelical Christian organization, who stressed that regardless of skin color, language, religion, or country of residence, “we are all equal in the eyes of God” and “all neighbors.”
The fight against human trafficking was also highlighted by keynote speaker Gary Haugen, CEO of International Justice Mission.
“With proper funding each year, we could see this ancient sin end for good,” he said. “If we all do our part, all of us, to raise our voices and to raise the resources, millions of God’s children can note the freedom for which they are made.”
Trump is the 12th president to speak at the annual breakfast. Every president, from both parties, since Dwight D. Eisenhower has attended the event.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-defends-sanctity-of-human-life-at-national-prayer-breakfast_2793911.html
Senior FBI Lawyer Did Not Read Carter Page FISA Before Signing Off on It
Congressional testimony by Trisha Anderson highlights unusual process used by FBI and DOJ in obtaining FISA warrant on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page
Trisha Anderson, the principal deputy general counsel for the FBI and head of the bureau’s National Security and Cyber Law Branch, signed off on an application for a warrant to spy on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page—before the application went to FBI Director James Comey—despite not having read it, she said.
Anderson, whose division was also assigned the Mid-Year Exam—the FBI’s investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server—was responsible for legal oversight of the FBI’s Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) applications process, and provided a final sign-off before FISA applications were sent to the FBI director level. Anderson, who supervised the FBI attorneys involved in FISA applications, characterized her role as being “involved at a supervisory level within the legal chain of command.”
Although she did not voluntarily reveal the information, she admitted during questioning that she was the individual responsible at the senior executive service (SES) level for signing off on the original Carter Page FISA application
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https://www.theepochtimes.com/senior-fbi-lawyer-did-not-read-carter-page-fisa-before-signing-off-on-it_2793879.html
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