SEAL admiral who commanded bin Laden raid says no one should be pardoned for war crimes

Retired Adm. William McRaven said Thursday that anyone convicted of a war crime should not receive a pardon from President Trump. “We are a nation of laws. And one of the laws that the military always follows is the law of armed conflict. So if someone has been found guilty of violating the law of armed conflict and committing a war crime, I think it is a very, very slippery slope if we start pardoning individuals like that,” McRaven said in an appearance on CNN. The former SEAL commander's comments follow reports that Trump plans to pardon multiple military members charged or convicted of war crimes.

McRaven, who oversaw the raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in 2011, has not ruled out a potential run for president. "Yeah, there was. I guess you never say never. But the fact of the matter is, I absolutely have no plans to run for president," he said. McRaven added that if “somebody is interested in my support in a policy world” he might reconsider his plans.

Trump attacked the admiral in November for being a Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton "backer." He also said McRaven was slow in getting bin Laden. “Wouldn’t it have been nice if we got Osama bin Laden a lot sooner than that, wouldn’t it have been nice?” Trump said.

Retired Gen. Martin Dempsey also attacked Trump’s plans to pardon war criminals. “Absent evidence of innocence or injustice the wholesale pardon of US servicemembers accused of war crimes signals our troops and allies that we don’t take the Law of Armed Conflict seriously. Bad message. Bad precedent. Abdication of moral responsibility. Risk to us,” Dempsey said Tuesday.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/seal-admiral-who-commanded-bin-laden-raid-says-no-one-should-be-pardoned-for-war-crimes

>>6575023

Agreed, a Military Tribunal will work in this instance as well, forget prison, the military is much tougher with someone of his caliber. This will not end well for him.

>>6575051

Perfect, Comey gets his own personal Howdie Doody!

Former FEC Chair: First Amendment Responsible For More ‘Violent Hate Crimes’ Than Terrorism

A “libertarian interpretation” of the First Amendment is responsible for more “violent hate crime” in the United States than terrorism, a former Federal Election Commission chair claimed Thursday. “The libertarian interpretation of the 1st Amendment has permitted a huge spike in violent hate crimes in the US – many more than foreign attacks,” former FEC Chair Ann Ravel wrote on Twitter.

Ravel linked to a story noting a statistic from the left-leaning Anti-Defamation League, which found that 78% of the 50 U.S. murders related to extremism in 2018 were carried out by white supremacists. The story also noted the FBI has approximately 5,000 open terrorism investigations around the world, of which 850 are in the U.S. Ravel, who is running as a Democrat for a seat in the California Senate, did not say how she would modify free-speech rights to address the issue, though her record provides some indication. During her 2013-17 tenure as a commissioner on the FEC, Ravel sought to limit the kind of political content users could place on websites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Critics said the efforts were aimed at stifling conservative websites, especially the Drudge Report, which Ravel faulted for death threats she received online.

Before joining the FEC, Ravel chaired the California Fair Political Practices Commission, where she led an effort to crack down on bloggers who advocated for or against political candidates. More recently, Democrats have railed against online speech for allegedly encouraging the perpetrators of mass shootings, though Ravel made no mention of a March mosque attack that killed 49 in Christchurch, New Zealand. The perpetrator in that case streamed the first 17 minutes of his attack on Facebook Live; it was subsequently posted to several other sites. Telecom companies in New Zealand blocked customers from accessing many of those smaller websites after the attack, but never extended the ban to Facebook.

https://www.dailycaller.com/2019/05/23/takala-first-amendment-terrorism/

>>6575195

That is indeed true, however what isn't true is that Bin Laden was even killed that night, he was already dead. That night was all about espionage. He lead his troops to their deaths just to stuff a few bucks in his pocket.

Schiff Calls Barr Investigation Into Origins Of Russia Probe ‘Un-American’

California Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff called Attorney General William Barr’s investigation into the origins of the Russia probe “un-American” in a Thursday night tweet. “While Trump stonewalls the public from learning the truth about his obstruction of justice, Trump and Barr conspire to weaponize law enforcement and classified information against their political enemies,” Schiff wrote. “The coverup has entered a new and dangerous phase. This is un-American.”

President Donald Trump on Thursday directed the heads of the CIA, FBI, State Department and other agencies to cooperate with Barr as he investigates the origins of former special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. The president also released a memo authorizing the attorney general to “declassify, downgrade, or direct the declassification or downgrading of information or intelligence” regarding the investigation into whether or not the Trump campaign was surveilled unlawfully.

A Hill/Harris-X survey conducted last week showed 62% of registered voters agreed with Barr’s decision to investigate the probe’s origins. Meanwhile, several were quick to criticize Schiff out on Twitter.

https://www.dailycaller.com/2019/05/23/schiff-barr-investigation-russia-probe-un-american/

Facebook Is Trying To Reduce Political Advertising Sales Ahead Of 2020 Elections

As the 2020 election approaches, Facebook says that it has stopped paying employees commissions for the sale of political ads on the social media platform. Facebook now considers political advertisements on its platform a substantial liability in the context of the 2016 presidential election, according to former Facebook employees and digital campaign strategists, the Wall Street Journal reports.

The alleged Russian meddling in the U.S’s 2016 election has raised concerns about the role of political ads on the platform, leading to discussion among Facebook senior staff as to whether to nix political advertisements altogether, according to more former employees. A March 2018 Facebook Newsroom release acknowledges that an all-inclusive ban on political Facebook advertisements may be the only way to ensure that there is no foreign interference in elections.

Mark Zuckerberg decided that the company will continue selling political ads on Facebook, but incentives for selling them will no longer continue, a former employee source told the WSJ. Employees who previously earned commissions through the selling of political ad space will now have their base salaries raised instead, Katie Harbath, Facebook’s global elections public policy director, said. Harbath explains that the company now views political campaign ads as a civic responsibility rather than a profit-driving opportunity. Political advertisements make up a relatively small proportion of Facebook’s total revenue, constituting $55 billion of Facebook’s revenue in 2018, according to the WSJ. All users will have the same level of access and support concerning political ads, and the new compensation policy will affect ads from national to local campaign levels, attempting to avoid the accusation that Facebook is favoring particular political factions and not others, Harbath explains. “It doesn’t matter if you’re running for president or running for city council. You have access to the same tools and level of support,” Harbath said.

Some presidential campaigns have noticed a difference in services rendered by Facebook staffers amid the implementation of the new policy, while others still work with Facebook employees beyond the scope of what is available to normal customers, digital campaign staffers allege according to the WSJ.

In 2016, both Facebook and Google offered substantial advertising services to the Trump and Clinton campaigns that surpassed what was available to smaller campaigns. The Trump campaign especially capitalized on these services given its smaller and less experienced digital campaigning staff. Facebook’s shift in compensation policy has had noticeable benefits for smaller campaigns, making help more available than it has been recently for these small, low spending customers, according to Patrick O’Keefe, executive director of the Maryland Republican Party.

https://www.dailycaller.com/2019/05/23/facebook-political-advertising-2020-election/

>>6575368

Indeed, its probably what he's best at, aside from lying, leaking, stealing, kek!

Dem Sen. Blumenthal: Trump Surveillance Order Seems ‘Like an Effort to Distract

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) reacted to President Trump’s order that the intelligence community cooperate with Attorney General William Barr’s investigation into surveillance during the 2016 election by stating that “it seems much more like an effort to distract with, frankly, a dull, rusty object, not a bright, shiny one.”

Blumenthal said, “As a former United States attorney and a state attorney general for some 20 years, I am baffled by this memorandum. There seems absolutely no reason for it. Agencies have a legal obligation to cooperate with the attorney general of the United States, and it seems much more like an effort to distract with, frankly, a dull, rusty object, not a bright, shiny one. And I think that we already have two investigations ongoing into this area. The Mueller report contains graphic detail about how the investigation got started with credible information about Russian spying, that the FBI began addressing through a counterintelligence investigation. So, the need for this memorandum, or whatever it is, in fact, seems far from apparent.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/05/23/dem-sen-blumenthal-trump-surveillance-order-seems-like-an-effort-to-distract/

>>6575367

It certainly didn't, all fake, even fake hero's, sick!

>>6575485

It's going to make both of them cellmates, I hope they like each other, kek

>>6575463

There is a distinction between Military and Civilian law..I could also be that the military would be in engaged in those particular ones that are especially sensitive, depending who and the nature of the crimes… EXECUTIONS FOR TREASON is correct.

>>6575555

He did it was during the line of questioning with Lindsey Graham

>>6575546

Anytime you threaten the POTUS in the function and manner that was done to him..it is Treason. Military and US courts apply the definition differently.