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Staggering Incompetence Or Something Worse - Ali And Taherzadeh Released
2022-04-14
[ANDMAGAZINE.SUBSTACK] A judge in Washington D.C. yesterday ordered the release of Haider Sher Ali and Arian Taherzadeh — saying prosecutors failed to prove a foreign connection. Defense attorneys argued that the government was "Making a mountain out of a molehill, and it is time for it to end."

The two men may still face charges but in the interim, they will be free to go about their business. Whether they will remain in the country or simply vanish, of course, remains to be seen.

It has now been learned that the government was forced to rush the arrest of the two before it had completed gathering evidence because the two were apparently tipped off to the investigation into their activities via an email from a member of the Secret Service. The government characterizes this as "inadvertent." There has been no explanation of why a Secret Service agent would be emailing either of the two individuals or how such an email could possibly reveal "inadvertently" that the two were under investigation.
Posted by:Fred

#9  Perhaps the Judge was influenced by someone high up in the Biden administration, who thought the case might interfere with the planned agreement with Iran to allow it nuclear weapons.
We can't have that fall through, can we?
Posted by: Goober Choluque6459!   2022-04-14 16:27  

#8  Dare I hint that this reflects the depth of the power of ValJar et al in protecting assets?
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2022-04-14 13:07  

#7  better 3 different bathroom door symbols!
Posted by: Greng Black3494   2022-04-14 11:59  

#6  Soon to be vacationing with the DNC Pak IT crew ...
Posted by: Mercutio   2022-04-14 10:47  

#5  both defendant are essentially in house arrest

maybe they will make a break for it and can be charged with something that will stick

perhaps govt knows where bribery $ came from but doesn't want to make this public
Posted by: Lord Garth   2022-04-14 08:20  

#4  Fed employees have a pretty good idea of what other Fed employees make.
To think there's nothing amiss with a couple of guys within one or two grades of your own pay grade slinging money around like Musk, and giving it away.... We have to believe they're really stupid
That stupid? In the Secret Service?
Posted by: Richard Aubrey   2022-04-14 07:54  

#3  Appears to be one deep state agency testing the loyalty of another deep state agency and vice-versa. They both set traps for each other. Oops!! Judge says ‘No harm no foul’. Play on.
Posted by: Airandee   2022-04-14 07:05  

#2  
So this judge thinks Impersonating a Federal Law Enforcement Officer is "Making a mountain out of a molehill..."

I guess the judge has never read 18 U.S. Code § 912?

Then they add
The two were tipped off of the investigation by a member of the Secret Service itself.

This has Political CYA written all over it.


NOTE: Where there is 1 sleeper cell, or Black Ops infiltration team, there usually is another as backup.
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-04-14 06:33  

#1  So, were they working for some US alphabet agency?
Posted by: Glenmore    2022-04-14 02:11  

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