Status Quo - In my Chair 1971
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REPORT: John Durham investigation intensifies focus on John Brennan
It looks like John Durham is zeroing in on former Obama CIA Chief John Brennan in relation to whether he tried to pressure the intel community into their assessment on Russian interference:
DC EXAMINER – U.S. Attorney John Durham’s review of the Russia investigation is putting increased scrutiny on former CIA Director John Brennan, searching for any undue influence he may have had during 2017’s intelligence community assessment of Russian interference.
The top Connecticut federal prosecutor is looking into highly sensitive issues, including whether Brennan took politicized actions to pressure the rest of the intelligence community to match his conclusions about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s motivations, according to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal.
https://therightscoop.com/report-john-durham-investigation-intensifies-focus-on-john-brennan/
VIDEO shot seconds after massive gas explosion in Moscow region apartment building
The harrowing aftermath of a gas leak that destroyed several floors of an apartment building outside of Moscow was caught on film seconds after the explosion.
One clip shows a massive plume of dust and smoke spreading into the street as a car passes by. Other social media users filmed people gathering around the scene of the accident, with mountains of debris in front of the partially-destroyed apartment building.
The blast took place on Saturday afternoon in Orekhovo-Zuyevo, a town of 118,000 people around 80km from the Russian capital. Emergency services have been dispatched to the scene. Officials say that the explosion was caused by a gas leak on the third floor.
For the moment, one man is confirmed dead and six more have been hospitalized in grave condition.
https://www.rt.com/russia/484964-video-shot-seconds-gas-blast/
Democrats introduce bill giving coronavirus relief to illegal aliens
Several House Democrats introduced legislation that, if signed into law, would allow illegal aliens to obtain funds from the recently passed coronavirus relief package.
California Rep. Lou Correa, along with two other Democratic lawmakers, introduced the Leave No Taxpayer Behind Act on Friday. The legislation would amend the CARES Act — the $2 trillion stimulus package intended to help Americans suffering under the coronavirus pandemic, and allow individuals living in the U.S. unlawfully to apply for funds.
“I was appalled to learn hard-working, taxpaying immigrants were left out of the $2 trillion CARES Act,” Correa said in a statement released Friday.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/04/04/democrats-introduce-bill-giving-coronavirus-relief-to-illegal-aliens-904887
Fraud and sex abuse probes in U.N. peace operations increase
"The U.N.'s internal oversight body says in a report on U.N. peace operations that the number of fraud cases it decided to investigate last year increased nearly 80% from 2018, while the number of sexual exploitation and abuse cases rose 40%…
The report said that while looking into an allegation that a member of a military contingent in Central African Republic sexually exploited and abused a 14-year-old girl, investigators identified 10 peacekeepers who had sexually exploited and abused 10 local female victims, including minors, in exchange for money and food. It said the findings were transmitted to the peacekeepers' home country, which was not identified.
In the Mali mission, the report said, investigations including sexual exploitation and fuel fraud by staff members, serious misconduct by a battalion commander and fuel theft by peacekeepers. For Congo, investigations included recruitment irregularities, fraud by a staff member, sexual exploitation and abuse, fraud by peacekeepers and bribery by a military staff officer. In Western Sahara, probes included prohibited conduct by a staff member and a military observer and medical insurance fraud by a staff member.
https://humanrightsvoices.org/site/articles/?a=11407
China ramping up military presence in South China Sea amid coronavirus crisis
China is taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic by ramping up military drills and exercises in an attempt to take control of the South China Sea.
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is flexing its naval powers by conducting exercises with the country’s first home-made aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, in disputed waters as its neighbors are in lockdown to limit the spread of the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, Asia Times reported.
“Under difficult sea conditions in the early spring in the Bohai Strait, multiple J-15 fighter jets took off from the flight deck of the Liaoning and successfully landed several hours later, indicating the success of the technique rehabilitation training for instructors at Naval Aviation University,” the PLA Daily announced on March 23. “Training for war preparedness will not be stopped even in the middle of the COVID-19 epidemic, and the training of carrier-based fighter pilots must continue.”
On top of that, China is on its way to monopolize untapped oil and gas deposits within what’s referred to as the “nine-dash” line claim, which covers almost 85 percent of the South China Sea and overlaps with waters off of Indonesia’s northern Natuna Islands.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/04/china-ramping-up-military-presence-in-south-china-sea-amid-coronavirus-crisis/
Aviation, S-400 air defense conduct drills on massive missile attack deflection in Crimea
The drills involve the Black Sea Fleet naval aviation and air defense, aviation and air defense of the Southern Military District, S-400 missile air defense crews, located on the Crimean Peninsula, and more than 20 military planes
MOSCOW, April 3. /TASS/. Planes and S-400 air defense systems deflect a massive missile strike of the mock enemy during the bilateral military exercise of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and Southern Military District aviation and air defense in Crimea, Fleet press service announced Friday.
https://tass.com/defense/1139669
US military withdraws from 5th military base in Iraq
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:30 P.M.) – The U.S.-led Coalition announced their official withdrawal on Saturday from the Al-Habbaniyah Base in Iraq’s Nineveh Governorate.
A statement issued by the Coalition said, “The coalition is leaving the Al-Taqadam Airbase (Habbaniyah) and transporting equipment and buildings with approximately $ 3.5 million to the Iraqi government.”
The statement added, “500 members of the coalition will leave,” stressing that “the Iraqi security forces were and are still able to confront ISIS in the Al-Anbar province.”
On Monday, Iraqi forces received another military site that was partially controlled by the U.S. Coalition forces in the Nineveh Governorate.
On March 26, the coalition mission also returned the site it had controlled at Qayyara Air Force Base, south of Mosul, in northern Iraq, to the Iraqi forces.
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/us-military-withdraws-from-5th-military-base-in-iraq/
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