NSA Allowed To 'Unmask' US Citizens Without Surveillance Warrant: US Court

A US court of appeals ruled on Wednesday that the US government may collect information about a US citizen without first obtaining a surveillance warrant, as long as it was done so inadvertently while legally monitoring a non-national abroad, according to Reuters.

The appeal in question was brought by Agron Hasbajrami, a US resident arrested in 2011 who later pleaded guilty to attempting to providing material support to a terrorist organization. He was arrested at JFK International Airport in New York as he was attempting to board a flight to Turkey, after communicating with a non-American overseas believed to be associated with a terrorist organization.

Hasbajrami asked the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in New York to toss out the charges after claiming the National Security Agency (NSA) had illegally surveilled him without a warrant, a practice known as 'unmasking.'

The “incidental collection” of Americans’ communications by NSA electronic dragnet that explicitly targets people abroad and without U.S. ties was permissible under the U.S. Constitution, the court ruled. It also said, however, that examining the content of databases of stored NSA information could violate the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures.

The court said the “vast majority” of evidence prosecutors had used against Hasbajrami was “lawfully collected,” but prosecutors did not provide information to the trial court about whether investigators had “queried” NSA databases. -Reuters

Brought to light by whistleblower Edward Snowden, the NSA's surveillance program known as PRISM gathers data from tech and telecom companies governed by section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which does not require individual warrants.

"We are gratified by the Court’s remand to resolve a critical factual and constitutional question in this case, as well as its recognition of the important constitutional issues that FISA section 702 raises for everyone. We look forward to the next stage of the litigation," Hasbajrami's lawyer Joshua Dratel said in a statement.

Following his guilty plea, he asked the appeals court to consider whether the evidence gathered against him was lawfully collected and admissible under the Fourth Amendment - a question the ACLU felt compelled to weigh in on.

"While we disagree with the court’s ruling that the NSA can collect Americans’ international communications without a warrant … the court rightly finds that the Fourth Amendment applies when the government searches for that sensitive information in intelligence databases," wrote ACLU lawyer Patrick Toomey, who filed a brief in the case.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/nsa-allowed-unmask-us-citizens-without-surveillance-warrant-us-court

This is an attack on us and Q, this is also why what we do is so important, we make the evidence admissible in court

Rep. Mark Meadows Is Leaving Congress – Will Take on New Role Helping President Trump

Freedom Caucus founder and staunch Trump supporter Mark Meadows is leaving Congress and will not seek reelection.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/12/breaking-rep-mark-meadows-is-leaving-congress-will-take-on-new-role-helping-president-trump/

FSB shooting: Man opens fire near HQ of Russian intelligence in central Moscow, one FSB staff killed

Gunfire has broken out near central Moscow's Lubyanka Square in the immediate vicinity of the Federal Security Service building. The authorities said the gunman was neutralized and two FSB officers seriously injured.

The shooting occurred around 6pm local time right at the heart of Russia’s capital on a street leading to the square and the iconic FSB building and some 10 minutes on foot from the Kremlin.

Gunfire can be heard in several videos from the scene circulating on social media. The footage also shows multiple law enforcement officers in full gear and ambulances.

It still remains unclear what exactly happened. The shooting reportedly started near FSB's public office on Bolshaya Lubyanka street. The security services only confirmed that a gunman was neutralized and Russia’s Health Ministry said two FSB operatives received serious wounds during the shooting.

One video clip on social media showed a person running onto the street and falling down, while in another several people can be seen lying on the ground with others trying to give them first aid.

https://www.rt.com/russia/476415-central-moscow-man-opens-fire/

Federal Reserve "Network Issues" Cause Nationwide Direct Deposit Outage

In recent years, banks and credit card processors had blamed hackers, blackouts, infrastructure inefficiencies, and of course the "Russians" for periodic service outages. As of today, they are now blaming the Fed itself.

Starting around 7am, there was a surge of outages reported at Capital One…

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https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/nationwide-direct-deposit-outage-hits-due-federal-reserve-network-issues

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Suggests Senators Can be Disqualified from Upcoming Impeachment Trial if they are Not Impartial

Ruth Bader Ginsburg spoke with the BBC this week about the upcoming impeachment trial in the US Senate.

During her questioning Justice Ginsburg suggested that US Senators could be disqualified from the proceedings if they are not impartial.

Justice Ginsburg: “The House indicts, and the Senate tries. Should a trier be impartial? Of course, that’s the job of an impartial judge.”

Allahpundit wrote at HotAir about Ginsburg’s careless comments.

If Schumer or Pelosi (or whoever might have standing) sues McConnell and Graham, arguing that they’ve disqualified themselves from the trial, presumably SCOTUS could choose to hear that appeal. Could Ginsburg take part in that case now, having already stated her opinion that senators have a duty to be impartial as the triers of fact in impeachment? “I would not be surprised if some members of the Senate quoted RBG’s remarks to criticize their colleagues neutrality,” Blackman noted at one point in today’s post. Indeed. Ginsburg is now a player in this dispute, inadvertently or not, not just a potential adjudicator. Way to go.

Here is Ginsburg discussing the upcoming impeachment trial in the US Senate.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/12/ruth-bader-ginsburg-suggests-senators-can-be-disqualified-from-upcoming-impeachment-trial-if-they-are-not-impartial/

High-Level Police Commander and Wife Indicted on 150 Counts for Child Sex Ring, Sex With Animals

Livingston, LA — A high level Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy — who commanded the SWAT team — and his wife have been indicted this week on more than 150 felonies for unspeakable crimes against children. Dennis Perkins, 44, and and his wife Cynthia Perkins, 34, are accused of multiple counts of child rape and the production of child pornography, among other disturbing charges.

In October, the couple was arrested after a months-long criminal probe headed up by the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office. Then on Tuesday, a grand jury indicted Dennis Perkins on 78 felonies and his wife, Cynthia Perkins, on 72 felonies.

According to WAFB, among the felonies are child pornography charges, first-degree rape, attempted first-degree rape, sexual battery of a child under the age of 13, video voyeurism as well as a count of sexual abuse of an animal. The indictment also includes 61 counts of producing child pornography.

Also, according to the Advocate, the pair both face a count of mingling harmful substances, which involves putting harmful substances in food, drink or medicine with intent to hurt someone.

According to a source close to the case, the couple was seen in videos and photos committing unspeakable acts with naked children. Horrifying indeed. When police attempted to arrest Dennis (Denny) Perkins, he reportedly knew they were coming so he tossed his cellphone in a nearby river and fled. This move also led to the top cop being charged with obstruction of justice on top of the child rape counts.

WAFB 9 reports, that Denny Perkins was a lieutenant with the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Unit (SWAT) before being terminated the week of Oct. 21. He was hired in 2002 from the Walker Police Department. This alleged child rapist commanded an entire SWAT division and was considered a “hero” by the community.

After her arrest, his wife, Cynthia Perkins resigned from her teaching position at Westside Junior High School in Walker. It is currently unknown if the victims in the images were students of Cynthia’s.

The investigation found so much disturbing evidence against the Perkins that this top cop and his wife are facing a sentence of more than 6,000 years in prison.

The investigation started after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a tip that the couple was raping children, filming it it, and then distributing it to their network.

If you or anyone you know was molested or raped by this couple, please contact the FBI with your story. It is highly likely that they have more victims who have remained silent because their attacker was a SWAT commander.

https://thefreethoughtproject.com/perkins-couple-indicted-child-sex-abuse/

PM Khan questions fairness of Musharraf trial, holds emergency meeting after death sentence

The Pakistani prime minister held an emergency party meeting after a special court in Islamabad sentenced ex-President Pervez Musharraf to death. Imran Khan believes the trial was not fair, and the government is looking into it.

Musharraf, 76, was sentenced in absentia on Wednesday over his decision to impose a state of emergency, which the three-judge court ruled to be treason and a violation of the constitution. The Pakistani Army denounced the ruling, saying the former general cannot be a traitor.

PM Khan returned to Pakistan from Geneva, where he attended a UN conference on refugees, to chair an emergency meeting of his party’s core committee to discuss the unprecedented sentence. His spokesperson said the party leadership needed an “in-depth view of the court’s judgement” before taking a formal stance on the matter.

Two of Khan’s trusted aides were also sent to assure the Pakistani military that the government will have Musharraf’s back during the expected appeal process.

Late Wednesday, Attorney General Anwar Mansoor spoke to journalists, saying he “will defend the law in the case but not any individual.” He added that the special court did not give a fair trial to the ex-general. The prime minister also questioned the fairness of the trial.

“There is no question that a person who had committed treason must be punished but in this case the right of fair trial guaranteed under the Constitution was not ensured,” he said as cited by the newspaper Dawn. “A trial should not just be fair but also seen to be fair.”

Musharraf ruled Pakistan for almost a decade after staging a bloodless military coup in 1999. The 2007 crisis came as he was seeking re-election as president. Critics say the time of his leadership signaled a rollback to the times of military dictatorships in Pakistan, but his supporters see him as a patriot and a staunch defender of Pakistani interests both at home and internationally.

The charges of treason were brought against him in 2013, just has he returned to the country from self-imposed exile to take part in a general election. He was allowed to leave Pakistan in 2016 to seek treatment. Musharraf currently resides in Dubai, suffering from poor health.

https://www.rt.com/news/476265-khan-musharraf-emergency-meeting/

Goldman To Admit Guilt, Pay $2BN Fine And Hire Independent Monitor In Historic 1MDB Settlement

Two weeks ago, Bloomberg reported that Goldman Sachs and the DoJ were finally nearing a deal in the federal probe of the Vampire Squid's role in the 1MDB scandal, one of the biggest government fraud cases in modern Asian history. During the opening years of this decade, Goldman organized a series of bond issues for 1MDB - short for 1Malaysia Development Bhd - a sovereign wealth fund that was supposed to finance major public works projects for the people of Malaysia.

But instead of being used for the public good, the fund was looted by financier Jho Low, who was put in charge of the project by then-Prime Minister Najib Razak. Low, allegedly with the help of two Goldman bankers, who were later accused of accepting bribes to facilitate the fraud, siphoned billions of dollars out of the fund and distributed to Razak and members of his inner circle. The fund went bust and bondholders were eventually left holding the bag. Razak has been charged with crimes relating to the fraud.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/goldman-admit-guilt-pay-2bn-fine-and-hire-independent-monitor-historic-1mdb-settlement

Levin: McConnell Should End Pelosi’s Obstruction, Immediately Nullify Impeachment

Conservative radio host Mark Levin said Thursday that Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell should immediately nullify impeachment.

Levin spoke out in a Thursday Facebook post after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump Wednesday night. Levin discussed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “brazen unconstitutional act” of “unilaterally sitting on the impeachment” and laid out a plan for McConnell to immediately nullify impeachment.

“Here’s what Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans must do in response,” Levin wrote. “The Senate has the sole power under the Constitution to adjudicate an impeachment. Therefore, Pelosi is attempting to obstruct the Senate’s power to act on its constitutional authority.”

“McConnell should immediately put an end to this and declare the impeachment null and void as the speaker has failed to complete the impeachment process by timely sending it to the Senate for adjudication,” Levin added.

The conservative radio host said that McConnell has “no less authority” to do this than Pelosi has to keep administrative notification of impeachment from the Senate.

“Her effort to cripple the presidency and blackmail the Senate must be defeated,” Levin wrote.

https://dailycaller.com/2019/12/19/levin-mcconnell-pelosi-impeachment/

Clyburn: I Would Delay Transmitting Impeachment Articles to Senate ‘As Long as It Takes’

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) stated that he is willing to delay transmitting the House’s impeachment articles to the Senate for “As long as it takes” to get concessions on how the trial will be conducted, and that if he were in charge, he would potentially never transmit the articles.

Clyburn said he is willing to hold the articles “As long as it takes. Even if — if he doesn’t come around to committing to a fair trial, keep those articles here. So, keep it as long as it takes.”

Co-host John Berman then asked, “Are you suggesting it’s possible you will never transmit the articles of impeachment?”

Clyburn responded, “If it were me, yes, that’s what I’m saying. I have no idea what the speaker will do.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/12/19/clyburn-i-would-delay-transmitting-impeachment-articles-to-senate-as-long-as-it-takes/

Obstruction of Justice

AG Barr Says Durham Is ‘Looking At’ Activities Of ‘Private Actors,’ Agencies Beyond FBI

Attorney General William Barr provided new details Wednesday of U.S. Attorney John Durham’s investigation of the origins of the Trump-Russia probe and said in an interview on Fox News that the federal prosecutor is looking into the activities of federal agencies outside the FBI, as well as those of “private actors.”

“He’s not just looking at the FBI,” Barr said of Durham. “He’s looking at other agencies … and also private actors, so it’s a much broader investigation.”

Barr did not elaborate on which “private actors” are part of the Durham probe.

Barr tapped Durham, the U.S. attorney in Connecticut, in May to investigate federal agencies’ surveillance and investigative activities related to the Trump campaign. Durham’s probe has run parallel to a Justice Department inspector general’s investigation into the FBI’s surveillance of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.

Michael Horowitz, the inspector general, found extensive evidence of “significant inaccuracies” in the FBI’s applications for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants against Page. The applications, which relied heavily on information from the unverified Steele dossier, asserted there was probable cause to suspect that Page was a Russian agent.

https://dailycaller.com/2019/12/18/ag-barr-john-durham-private-actors/

Queen’s Speech Unveils Pledges on Brexit, Crime, ‘Zero Carbon’ UK

Queen Elizabeth II has unveiled her Government’s legislative programme at the State Opening of Parliament, revealing Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ambitions to deliver Brexit, invest in public services, and “lead the way in tackling global climate change”.

“My Lords, and Members of the House of Commons, my government’s priority is to deliver the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union on the 31st of January,” the 93-year-old monarch began in her second Queen’s Speech of the year, a relatively modest affair stripped of much of the usual pomp and circumstance.

“My ministers will bring forward legislation to ensure the United Kingdom’s exit on that date, and to make the most of the opportunities that this brings for all the people of the United Kingdom,” she confirmed.

The Queen also confirmed legislation would be brought forward to scrap the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, which allowed anti-Brexit MPs to block the Government’s attempts to take Britain out of the European Union while voting down its attempts to call an election to break the deadlock at the same time.

She also referred to measures to “tackle hostile activity by foreign states” — which likely means more trouble for independent and non-mainstream media in the name of combatting supposed “Russian interference” in British democracy.

On healthcare, the Queen said that her government the “multi-year funding settlement” for the National Health Service (NHS) would be “enshrined in law” — likely an attempt by Boris Johnson to repudiate Labour’s claims that his party has a secret agenda to cut back and ultimately privatise the state-run service.

She also revealed there would be a “new visa” to “fast track” foreign medical professionals into the NHS, which may be welcomed in some quarters and misgivings in others, given the overrepresentation of foreign staff in malpractice cases and sexual assaults on patients.

On immigration more generally, the Queen confirmed Johnson’s commitment to delivering a “modern, fair, points-based immigration system” — but with no mention of a cap and the pledge to reduce net immigration “from the hundreds of thousands to the tens of thousands” observers may come to doubt whether the new system will actually reduce the influx.

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https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/12/19/watch-queens-speech-unveils-pledges-on-brexit-crime-carbon-neutral-uk/

China Violates Disclosure Law to Publish Propaganda in NY Times, WaPo

China already using our MSM to push their propaganda in the U.S.

And look at the institutions and their allies.

No coincidences these two stalwarts of “journalism” are sworn enemies of the President and his administration and policies.

via freebeacon:

China routinely broke federal law by not disclosing how much it spent to publish regime propaganda in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other newspapers, an expert review of foreign agent registration filings concluded.

China Daily, an official mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party, has published hundreds of propaganda articles designed to look like ordinary news stories in some of America’s most influential newspapers. While foreign agents may place ads in the United States, the propaganda outlet has repeatedly violated the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) by failing to provide full disclosures about its purchases.

China Daily has published propaganda in mainstream outlets for decades, but did not disclose its purchases of space in American newspapers to the Department of Justice until 2012. Even after it began acknowledging its relationship with the papers, the regime mouthpiece continued to violate federal disclosure requirements. China Daily has failed to provide breakdowns of spending activities and withheld copies of online ads, among other omissions that violate federal law, according to experts who reviewed years of its FARA filings.

The Washington Free Beacon reviewed all of the physical copies of China Daily‘s ads filed with the DOJ, as well as online ads the propaganda outlet did not submit to the department. China Daily has run more than 700 online ads designed to look like news articles and purchased 500 print pages in six American newspapers over the last seven years. These propaganda articles frame state oppression in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong in a positive light and run alongside actual news stories produced by reporters at the Post, Times, Wall Street Journal, and other outlets.

Rep. Jim Banks (R., Ind.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, has frequently criticized China Daily, arguing that the newspaper should not be distributed to the offices of members of Congress. He said American newspapers traded credibility for ad revenue.

“These outlets claim to support democracy, but they’ve participated in a cover-up for an ongoing communist-run genocide,” Banks said. “It’s disgusting.”

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/china-violates-disclosure-law-to-publish-propaganda-in-ny-times-wapo/

Republican Rep. Doug Collins SLAMS Democrats For Being A “Clear And Present Danger” To America

Republican Rep. Doug Collins (GA) called out House Democrats during Tuesdays’ rules committee hearings, stating that the Democrats 3-year unhinged plan to impeach President Trump over nothing is a “clear and present danger” to the United States.

http://www.womensystems.com/2019/12/watch-republican-rep-doug-collins-slams.html

Facebook fails to convince lawmakers it needs to track your location at all times

Facebook told two senators why it tracks users’ locations even when their tracking services are turned off. The lawmakers now say Facebook should give users more control over their data.

Facebook was responding to an inquiry from Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., who asked Facebook last month to “respect” users’ decisions to keep their locations private. In a letter dated December 12 that was released Tuesday, Facebook explained how it is able to estimate users’ locations used to target ads even when they’ve chosen to reject location tracking through their smartphone’s operating system.

Facebook said that even when location tracking is turned off, it can deduce users’ general locations from context clues like locations they tag in photos as well as their devices’ IP addresses. While this data is not as precise as Facebook would collect with location tracking enabled, the company said it uses the information for several purposes, including alerting users when their accounts have been accessed in an unusual place and clamping down on the spread of false information.

Facebook acknowledged it also targets ads based on the limited location information it receives when users turn off or limit tracking. Facebook doesn’t allow users to turn off location-based ads, although it does allow users to block Facebook from collecting their precise location, the company wrote.

“By necessity, virtually all ads on Facebook are targeted based on location, though most commonly ads are targeted to people with a particular city or some larger region,” the company wrote. “Otherwise, people in Washington, D.C. would receive ads for services or events in London, and vice versa.”

Hawley, a frequent tech critic, tweeted the letter, saying it showed Facebook “admits it. Turn off ‘location services’ and they’ll STILL track your location to make money (by sending you ads). There is no opting out. No control over your personal information. That’s Big Tech. And that’s why Congress needs to take action.”

http://www.stationgossip.com/2019/12/facebook-fails-to-convince-lawmakers-it.html

Cancer Was Finally Cured in Canada but Was Ignored by Big Pharma (Videos)

Profits have once again proven to be more important than human life, to pharmaceutical companies. There are several types of treatment for cancer. The main cancer treatments are surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

Other treatments include hormonal therapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy and stem cell transplants.

CTV News in Atlantic Canada reports that a Cure For Cancer is found and it has been censored just like Dr Buzinski’s Cure for Cancer from Houston, Texas. This report by CTV News covers Dr. Evangelos Michelakis at the University of Alberta and the drug called DCA which has been found to reduce the size of cancerous tumors.

Dr. Dario Alterieri from the University of Massachusetts agreed that the drug should be tested for its side effects and safety issues. However, there is no patent on this drug.

Since there is no patent on DCA and no pharmaceutical company owns this drug, CTV reported that drug companies will not want to bring this drug out on the market or conduct studies on this drug due to the fact that they can’t make a profit off a drug that can be inexpensively produced.

CTV News also mentioned that it costs nearly $100 million dollars for testing to become completed on a new drug, so it looks like everything comes down to a matter of money.

https://youtu.be/TjAs0AzKtnk

https://chimpplanet.blogspot.com/2019/12/cancer-was-finally-cured-in-canada-but.html

Google goes offline after fibre cables cut

Severed fibre optic cables disrupted internet access in parts of eastern Europe, Iran and Turkey on Thursday.

The issue, which lasted for about two hours, was caused by multiple fibre cables being physically cut at the same time, a highly unusual thing to happen.

Google said its services were among those unavailable in the region for about 30 minutes.

The company told internet service providers to connect to its other servers to "route around the problem".

In a statement, the company blamed "multiple simultaneous fibre cuts", which are very rare.

BBC Monitoring confirmed that internet access in Bulgaria, Iran and Turkey had been disrupted for about two hours on Thursday morning.

Sadjad Bonabi, a director at Iran's Communications Infrastructure Company, said two cuts happened at once, one between Iran and Bucharest and the other on a line to Munich.

This disrupted traffic on one of the major fibre cables in the region. But Mr Bonabi said traffic had been routed on to "healthy" connections in western and southern Iran.

No explanation for the cut cables has been offered.

Google told the BBC it would publish a full incident report in the coming weeks.

International internet cables have been mistakenly cut in the past.

In 2011, a 75-year-old woman admitted damaging fibre-optic cables linking Georgia to Armenia while scavenging for copper.

And in 2018, a fibre link in Orkney was accidentally cut during the construction of a new hospital.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50851420

A Whopping 79% of Virginia Becomes Gun Sanctuary as Gun Bans Backfire

Once the Democrats took control of Virginia’s state legislature in November’s elections, it was only a matter of time before industrial-strength gun control legislation got passed. The new legislature isn’t seated until Jan. 6, but everybody had a good idea what the legislation would entail: a ban on so-called “assault weapons,” red-flag provisions that would allow guns to be taken without any due process and universal background checks.

A number of counties had begun declaring themselves “Second Amendment sanctuaries,” meaning law enforcement there wouldn’t act on any state laws they believed abrogated the Second Amendment. Virginia Democrats, including governor and blackface aficionado Ralph Northam, have threatened pretty dire consequences if the counties didn’t fall into line, with one suggesting the National Guard would be called out.

That is tough talk. The problem with tough talk is that it won’t accomplish a tough task: Fully 79 percent of Virginia’s counties have become, with all due rapidity, Second Amendment sanctuaries, according to the Washington Free Beacon.

Out of Virginia’s 95 counties, 75 have voted to become Second Amendment sanctuaries, a whopping 79 percent. Another 18 legally independent cities have also adopted the designation.

On Thursday alone, eight locales joined the sanctuary club.

Last Tuesday, Northam threatened Second Amendment sanctuaries with potential “consequences” if they didn’t enforce whatever laws get passed when the legislature convenes.

“There’s not going to be retaliation. That’s not what I’m about. I’m about making Virginia safer,” Northam said, according to WTKR.

“If we have constitutional laws on the books and law enforcement officers are not enforcing those laws on the books, then there are going to be consequences, but I’ll cross that bridge if and when we get to it.”

So no consequences but consequences. Gotcha. Northam has also gone with a carrot-and-stick approach, promising a grandfather clause to banned firearms as a carrot.

In terms of consequences, it may be the Democrats who end up facing them. For instance, take Fauquier County in the northeast part of the state. This was the line to get into the Second Amendment sanctuary hearing on Thursday:

http://www.hideoutnow.com/2019/12/a-whopping-79-of-virginia-becomes-gun.html

New Cali Ammo Law Reportedly Blocks 62k People Over Technicalities, Only Stops Handful of Criminals

California’s restrictive ammunition law is responsibly for blocking tens of thousands of seemingly law-abiding citizens from buying cartridges, yet it’s only stopped a handful of criminals from purchasing bullets from a store.

A law requiring background checks for all ammunition transactions went into effect in July of this year, and it’s been a total disaster from the start.

Now, we’re finally getting a look at how many criminals the law has prevented from buying bullets, and how many seemingly innocent citizens were denied in the process.

The numbers are being reported by the Sacramento Bee, and they don’t look very promising.

Out of the 345,547 background checks performed on people attempting to buy ammunition, only 101 were flagged as a “prohibited person.”

Of course, there’s no telling how many criminals sourced their ammunition from a friend, a black market connection, or simply through theft.

In addition to the “prohibited” ammunition buyers, there were also a whopping 62,035 people stopped from purchasing ammo because of technical errors. Errors with names and addresses matching the California database appear to be the main problem.

Those who don’t have a gun registered in the state’s system also faced a difficult time purchasing ammo. Many were forced to go through an even longer process that could last for days.

One gun store worker who was interviewed by the Sacramento Bee said that even misplaced spaces in a name can keep a law-abiding citizen from buying rounds.

“If the DMV messed up and your name is De Von and the DMV spelled it Devon, with no space, you’re going to get denied,” Christopher Lapiniski of Last Stand Readiness & Tactical said. “If there is a hyphen in your name that’s misplaced, you’ll be denied.”

Even the DMV’s placement of “Jr.” is causing problems — unless the system has to be manually manipulated by a savvy clerk, the incorrect placement means no ammo.

“There’s far more people being denied access to ammunition, and thus stifling of their 2nd Amendment right, than there are criminals,” Lapiniski said.

For criminals, there are still plenty of options.

Going to another state for ammunition, or simply buying it from someone who is able to legally acquire it in California, means criminals possibly have easier access to cartridges than many law-abiding citizens do.

Restrictive ammo laws are already gutting the state’s hunting industry, and now even harsher requirements mean that anyone interested in arming themselves in California is in for a bumpy ride.

Unfortunately for California residents being used as guinea pigs by those with anti-gun agendas, all this law confirms is that restrictive measures only unfairly hurt those who follow the law.

http://www.hideoutnow.com/2019/12/new-cali-ammo-law-reportedly-blocks-62k.html

The Many Corrupt and Criminal Actions FBI Agent Joe Pientka Involved in – Including Setting Up General Flynn – Yet Pientka Still Protected by FBI

The FISA Report kept this Deep State character’s identity hidden. Yet Joe Pientka was in the middle of most Deep State corrupt and criminal actions. Will the American people be able to trust the FBI and DOJ ever again?

FOX News reported about the FBI agents that are still working at the FBI –

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com

In the FISA report there is a reference to SSA-1. This happens to be FBI Agent Joe Pientka. For some reason, the FBI is keeping his identity hidden. Below is a list of the many references to Pientka from the recently released FISA report.

STRUCTURE:

Supervisor of Crossfire Hurricane.

The Crossfire Hurricane team members were selected by Strzok, the Intel Section Chief, and Pientka.

The agents reported to Pientka.

Pientka reported operational activities to Strzok.

Following the November 2016 U.S. elections, the 90-day TDY assignments ended for Pientka and he returned to his field office.

Pientka stated that it was “just standard practice … [to] get verbal authority” before such an operation and to have the paperwork “signed after the fact.”

Pientka stated that it was his understanding that FBI executive managers were “briefed consistently” during the planning for this operation, and orally approved the operation before it took place.

The team made all operational decisions, not any one entity.

INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS 8/17/16 AND 9/2/16:

Pientka participated in ODNI briefings to Trump and Clinton and Pence and Kaine.

ODNI was not informed that the FBI was using the briefing for investigative purposes.

Pientka was the only FBI representative at the ODNI briefing on 8/17/16.

9/2/16 ODNI second briefing to Trump, neither Pientka nor anyone from the FBI attended this briefing, although instant messages indicate that the FBI had contacted ODNI about the briefing.

BAKER STATEMENTS RE PIENTKA:

Baker states the decision to select Pientka to participate in the ODNI briefing because of his involvement with Crossfire Hurricane was reached by consensus among a group that he recalled involved multiple FBI officials, including McCabe, that the use of Pientka was focused on the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation and Russian activities, including any directed at the Trump campaign; it was not the intention to collect any “political intelligence about campaign strategy, about campaign personalities, or anything that could be used in any political way.”

Baker states that discussions about using Pientka as the FBI briefer did occur at higher levels. Baker recalled these discussions included himself, McCabe, Priestap, Strzok, possibly Lisa Page, and the EAD of the National Security Branch. Baker said the decision to use Pientka for the briefing was reached by consensus within this group.

Baker told us that he did not raise any concerns about using Pientka as the briefer because “he was not there to induce anybody to say anything…. He was not there to do an undercover operation or … elicit some type of statement or testimony…. He was there on the off chance that somebody said something that might be useful.” From Baker’s perspective, the benefit of having Pientka at the briefing was to pick up on any statements by the attendees that might have relevance to the Crossfire Hurricane investigation: [I]f somebody said something, you want someone in the room who knew enough about the investigation that they would be able to understand the significance of something, or some type of statement, whereas … a regular briefer who didn’t know anything about that might just let it go, and it might not even register with them. And so … that was the reason to have Pientka there.

http://www.womensystems.com/2019/12/the-many-corrupt-and-criminal-actions.html

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SECOND UNKNOWN CHS:

We also learned about a different CHS who at one point held a position in the Trump campaign. However, by the time that the CHS told his/her Handling Agent about this involvement, the CHS was no longer part of the Trump campaign. After Crossfire Hurricane team members learned about this CHS, they reviewed the CHS’s file, but did not task the CHS as part of the investigation. The OGC Attorney told the OIG that he distinctly remembered the OGC Unit Chief “strongly advising [the Crossfire Hurricane agents] to be cautious with this particular CHS.” Case Agent 1 recalled that, because this CHS was “at one point. .. part of the campaign … we just said, hey, hands off.” Documents in the CHS’s Delta file reflect that the Handling Agent minimized contact with the CHS because of the CHS’s campaign activities, even though the CHS was no longer involved in the Trump campaign. As part of our review, we also discovered an October 2016 email written to Pientka by an Intelligence Analyst on the Crossfire Hurricane team. The email copied information out of a CHS’s Delta file stating that the CHS is “scheduled to attend a ‘private’ national security forum with Donald Trump” in October 2016, after which the CHS will provide “an update on the Trump meeting.” However, none of the Crossfire Hurricane case agents remembered knowing that any FBI CHS had been scheduled to attend a private forum with candidate Trump. Pientka told the OIG he did not remember this CHS “at all” and had no information about whether the CHS actually attended such a meeting. The Handling Agent for this CHS told the OIG that what was described in the document was a gathering at a hotel that was “more of a … campaign speech or campaign discussion” and “more like a campaign stop than a meeting.” The Handling Agent told the OIG he could not remember if the CHS ended up attending or not, and added that he “would certainly not be tasking a source to go attend some private meeting with a candidate, any candidate, for president or for other office, to collect the information on what that candidate is saying.” We found no evidence that this CHS ever reported any information collected from a meeting with Trump or a Trump campaign event.

SEVERAL OTHER UNAFFILIATED CHS’S:

Unknown number.

Either had connections to Trump and/or a role in the campaign.

Related general information about (open sourced info) Page and Manafort.

Pientka contacted handler for one of these CHS’s on 11/8/16 and asked for a read-out from the CHS regarding possible positions in administration. Pientka stated he sent this email because he thought the CHS might receive a position somewhere in the admin which would become a SIM which would need to be handled differently.

In late November 2016, the Handling Agent met with the CHS. The Handling Agent later wrote a document stating one purpose of the meeting was “to obtain insight regarding the upcoming Trump Administration following the recent U.S. Presidential elections.”

Pientka stated that he had never seen this document before and that this was not what he intended the Handling Agent to discuss with the CHS.

Priestap told the OIG that this statement “absolutely” would have raised concerns if he had learned of it in real time. He said he was not aware that this type of information was being collected from a CHS and that he “hope[d] it was misstated [in the document], because we don’t, well, it’s not what we should be doing.”

The Handling Agent told the OIG that, to him, the phrase “obtain insight” was a synonym for asking a “personal opinion,” and that he was just making “small talk” with the CHS, the way you would expect to converse with those “tied to political circles” immediately following an election. The Handling Agent added that this information was “not investigative in nature” and was not placed into any case file. The Handling Agent’s SSA said that “because the Trump Administration … was not under any kind of investigation” by her squad, she was not concerned about this sentence when she saw it, and she understood it to be written in the general context of preparation for the CHS’s meeting with a foreign intelligence officer unrelated to the Crossfire Hurricane investigation. The Handling Agent added that he was not aware of this document being shared with or accessible to the Crossfire Hurricane team, and we found no evidence that members of the Crossfire Hurricane team ever received this document.

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