[PJ] In 2010, the FBI arrested ten Russian spies as part of "Operation Ghost Stories." According to a top FBI official, the agency had to act quickly because the "deep cover" agents had come very close to "a sitting US cabinet member." They had already infiltrated then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's inner circle, befriending a Democratic fundraiser close to Clinton.
Clinton's Russian connections have attracted more scrutiny following recent revelations of an FBI investigation into Russian company Rosatom, which gained control of 20 percent of U.S. uranium in the 2010 Uranium One deal. The fact that the Russian spies attempted to infiltrate Clinton's network just before the Uranium One deal has been previously reported by PJ Media's Pat Poole, and the connection to the recent revelations of the FBI investigation into Rosatom was reported by Center for Security Policy analyst J. Michael Waller in The Daily Caller Friday.
"We were becoming very concerned," Frank Figliuzzi, the FBI's assistant director of counterintelligence, told the BBC in 2012. "They were getting close enough to a sitting US cabinet member that we thought we could no longer allow this to continue."
There are many reasons to suggest Clinton was this "sitting US cabinet member." In June 2010, Barbara Morea, president of Morea Financial Services in Manhattan, confirmed that "Cynthia Murphy," Russian External Intelligence Service (SVR) spy Lidiya Guryeva, was a longtime employee and vice president at the company. The company managed the finances of Alan Patricof, one of New York's top Democratic donors, who fundraised for Clinton's Senate and presidential campaigns.
Federal court documents reported that Guryeva had "several work-related personal meetings" with "a prominent New York-based financier." The complaint added that Guryeva and her husband reported back to Moscow that the financier was "prominent in politics," "an active fundraiser for" a major political party, and a "personal friend" of a current Cabinet official. Patricof fit every one of these descriptions.
Orders from Moscow suggested Patricof might "provide [Guryeva] with remarks re US foreign policy, 'roumors' [sic] about White house internal 'kitchen...'" Worse, the court document also noted that Guryeva "explained to [her husband] that he would not be able to work at the top echelons of certain parts of the United States Government ‐ the State Department, for example."
While the documents never mention Hillary Clinton by name, the evidence all points in her direction. Guryeva was focused on Patricof, a close friend of Clinton's, sought to gain information about the White House from a source close to Clinton, and expressed a familiarity with the State Department, the agency Hillary Clinton ran.
[Stars and Stripes] CAMP ZAMA, Japan ‐ Some soldiers like the look of proposed retro-style uniforms unveiled by the Army last week but say they already have too many outfits.
The pinkish-brown trousers and dark olive jackets, modeled after World War II-era uniforms known as "pinks and greens," were presented by Program Executive Office Soldier at the Association of the United States Army’s annual exposition in Washington, D.C.
The gear was designed for everyday office wear. If adopted, the existing blue Army service uniform would be used only for formal occasions, officials said.
Some soldiers at Camp Zama, Japan, said Wednesday that they like the look of the pinks and greens.
Even better - put in a Federal reg that NO military service dress uniform can be changed (to an entirely new pattern) for 20 years after the last one.
Mike
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Well Mike, I don't have an issue with the P&G's, they look fine. There have been however far, far too many uniform changes in the Army over the past 25-30 years. I can't even count the changes. The USMC on the other hand, very few changes.
These changes cost the soldier, the officer, and the taxpayer a bundle of money.
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The Navy, until recently, had about 12 different sets of uniforms that an enlisted man was required to purchase and maintain. Including the 'blue fleck' fatigues that were known as 'kill the corpsman'.
The new Army dress blues, what with piping trim and all, are widely called 'gay'.
Somebody at the five sided funny farm is trying to justify their office and job.
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Are new uniforms the most serious question facing today's military? Seriously?
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SomebodyMany people at the five sided funny farm is trying to justify their office and job.
FIFY....and that doesn't count the Lobbyists, contractors and pols.
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Apparently the previous suppliers haven't been ponying up campaign contributions recently?
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Pinks and Greens were cited, usually with envy, by many WWII European historians and in Euro veterans memoirs as being a very visually impressive uniform that immediately identified officers. The leather belt for enlisted also made their jackets look less like a sack. And no matter what color current service coats look like sacks.
Now get rid of the beret with class A wear or office wear and bring back the saucer cap.
Berets belong to those who earn them. When everyone is special then no one is.
Berets were a Euro thingy, cause they all had them. Europhiles won out. As for earning, that is what the tabs are for. Ask them which they'd rather give up.
The SOP is that armies change uniforms after they lost (for morale building being the usual rationale).
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Berets suck. I stick with the Patrol Cap.
These uniform changes happen faster than I can keep up. It's is costly even with clothing allowance and very time consuming.
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Just bring back the ODs (with baseball or patrol cap) for Garrison, Khakis (and saucer hats) for office duty and "undress" wear w/wo the forest gree jacket and belt, reserve Blues for formal dress only, and leave the BDUs issued by the unit for the specific field environment. Change the camo as needed, leave the OD, Khakhi and Blues alone for ever.
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Berets, Stetsons Etc - reserved to specific where they are tradition - units where you earn them and cannot wear them until you do. Rangers, Airborne, SF, cavalry.
[IMAGES.DAWN] Legal eagles say defamed executive is likely to be hit by out-of-court settlements that could lead him to bankruptcy
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WAT? Everything that has come out of liberal Tinseltown has been x-rated for quite a while. Rape and mandatory casting couch interviews is called "business" in that seedy place.
[Mil.com] On Monday, Vietnam veteran Gary Michael "Mike" Rose will receive the Medal of Honor for his heroism during a secret mission into Laos that he promised never to discuss.
The retired U.S. Army captain and 5th Special Forces medic is credited with risking his life on multiple occasions to treat about 70 wounded soldiers under enemy fire during Operation Tailwind.
The daring mission was launched into Chavane, Laos, Sept. 11-14, 1970 and would not be declassified until June 1998.
[Gatestone] Populist tycoon Andrej Babis and his Eurosceptic political party have won the Czech Republic's parliamentary election ‐ by a landslide ‐ making the "politically incorrect" billionaire businessman the main contender to become prime minister after coalition negotiations.
With all of the votes counted, Babis's anti-establishment party ANO (which stands for "Action of Dissatisfied Citizens" and is also the Czech word for "yes") won nearly 30% ‐ almost three times its closest rival ‐ in elections held on October 20. The Eurosceptic Civic Democratic Party (ODS), the anti-establishment Czech Pirates Party and the anti-EU Freedom and Direct Democracy party (SPD) came second, third and fourth, with around 11% each.
The Communists came in fifth with 7.8%. The Social Democrats, the center-left establishment party that finished first in the previous election, came in sixth with just 7.2%. The Christian Democrats, the center-right establishment party, won 5.8%, just enough to qualify for seats in parliament. In all, nine parties competed in the election.
The election outcome, the result of popular discontent with established parties, is the latest in a recent wave of successes for European populists, including in Austria and Germany. The populist ascendancy highlights a shifting political landscape in Europe where runaway multiculturalism and political correctness, combined with a massive influx of unassimilable migrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East, have given rise to a surge in support for anti-establishment protest parties.
[PRESSTV] Catalonians cannot accept the central government’s "illegal" move of imposing direct rule on Barcelona, says regional President Carles Puigdemont.
"I ask the parliament to meet in a plenary session during which we, the representatives of the citizens' illusory sovereignty, will be able to decide over this attempt to liquidate our government and our democracy and act in consequence," said Puigdemont (seen below) in a televised speech on Saturday.
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Luckily, the Spanish have a long-standing tradition of dealing gently with uppity natives. /sarc
[DAWN] The Spanish government moved to activate a previously untapped constitutional article on Saturday so it can take control of Catalonia, illustrating its determination to derail the independence movement led by separatist politicians in the prosperous industrial region.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's Cabinet was meeting to outline the scope and timing of the measures the government plans to take under Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution.
The article allows central authorities to intervene when one of Spain's 17 autonomous regions fails to comply with the law.
It's never been used since the 1978 Constitution was adopted, but Rajoy's conservative government says establishing direct control over Catalonia was a move of last resort.
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And you think you had problems with the Basques?
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Catalonia provides a very large portion of tax revenue to Madrid. I think it was something like 20%, so I getting them to leave is... unlikely. It's much more logical they just panicked.
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[PRESSTV] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan showed no retreat from his diplomatic row with the United States, accusing Washington of what he said was 'uncivilized' behavior over recent US charges against his security officers.
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Then he should fricking withdraw from NATO ASAP as he can't be associated with non-civilized forces.
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Turkey in NATO lets us flank Russia and present them with two axes of attack, not just one. The Germans tried the same thing in WWII but were refused by the Turks. That's why they're in. If the Russians had faced a two-front invasion, it likely would have succeeded.
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I'm sure the Turks would be as supportive against Russia as they were against Iraq.
Who do you think spends more on tourism in Turkey?
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The end of the secular political system in Turkey, another Islamic jerk with visions of grandeur and another Iranian inroad, all brought to you courtesy of Champ and Val-Jar policies.
Sure hope any special weapons have been ex-filtrated.
[American Greatness] Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has isolated himself from his own department and allowed subordinates to fill a handful of top positions with people who actively opposed Donald Trump’s election, according to current and former State Department officials and national security experts with specific knowledge of the situation.
News reports often depict a White House "in chaos." But the real chaos, according to three State Department employees who spoke with American Greatness on the condition of anonymity, is at Foggy Bottom.
Rumors have circulated for months that Tillerson either plans to resign or is waiting for the president to fire him. The staffers describe an amateur secretary of state who has "checked out" and effectively removed himself from major decision making.
Hundreds of Empty Desks
About 200 State Department jobs require Senate confirmation. But the Senate cannot confirm nominees it does not have. More than nine months into the new administration, most of the senior State Department positions‐assistant and deputy assistant secretary posts‐remain unfilled.
What’s more, the United States currently has no ambassador to the European Union, or to key allies such as France, Germany, Australia, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia. Meantime, Obama Administration holdovers remain ensconced in the department and stationed at embassies in the Balkans, Africa, and the Middle East.
The leadership vacuum has been filled by a small group opposed to the president’s "America First" agenda.
At the heart of the problem, these officials say, are the two people closest to Tillerson: chief of staff Margaret Peterlin and senior policy advisor Brian Hook, who runs the State Department’s in-house think tank.
Peterlin and Hook are longtime personal friends who current staffers say are running the department like a private fiefdom for their benefit and in opposition to the president and his stated policies.
’Boxing Out’ Trump Supporters
The lack of staffing gives the duo unprecedented power over State Department policy. Since joining Tillerson’s team, Peterlin and Hook have created a tight bottleneck, separating the 75,000 State Department staffers‐true experts in international relations‐from the secretary. As the New York Times reported in August, "all decisions, no matter how trivial, must be sent to Mr. Tillerson or his top aides: Margaret Peterlin, his chief of staff, and Brian Hook, the director of policy planning." In practice, however, that has meant Peterlin and Hook make the decisions.
More important, sources who spoke with American Greatness say, Peterlin and Hook have stymied every effort by pro-Trump policy officials to get jobs at the State Department.
[DAWN] The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cybercrime wing incarcerated Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! on Friday two men suspected of posting on social media material and content deemed to be contemptuous of major state organs.
The arrests were made during raids on the residences of Anwar Aadil in Railway Carriage Factory Colony and Wajid Rasul Malik in al-Noor Colony in the city. Following the arrest, the duo was shifted to an undisclosed location.
Earlier, in the light of an FIR lodged by one Ibrar Ahmed, resident of Islamabad’s Dhoke Gujjar area, the FIA conducted an inquiry which established that Aadil and Malik, with mala fide intentions and ulterior motives, had uploaded and, through their Twitter accounts, disseminated defamatory and disgraceful material and contents against judges of the Supreme Court as well as members the armed forces and the government.
The FIR stated that such illegal activities were causing disharmony and unrest among the public and inciting hatred and contempt against the government and state institutions.
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Blow up buildings and kill people in Pak, boys will be boys.
Say something bad about the gov on twitter in Pak, shackles and manacles.
Good to know what their priorities are.
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For a moment I thought Obama's FCC holdovers got their way.
[DAWN] The body of a 23-year-old man was found hanging from a tree on the outskirts of Rawalpindi district, police said Saturday.
The family of m-color:gray;' title='the deceased'>the dear departed, identified as Mubashir, alleges that he was killed for 'honour' by Muneer, who suspected his wife to have been in a relationship with the dear departed man.
On the complaint of the dear departed man's brother, police have registered a murder case against four men, including Muneer, who are suspected to have fled after killing the man and hanging his body to a tree in Thalla Kalan, on the outskirts of Rawalpindi, on Thursday.
The investigating officer, Sub-Inspector Ahmed Nawaz, told DawnNews that Mubashir was a herder. He said whether the man was poisoned or strangled to death could only be confirmed after reports of his postmortem examination are received. He said police are conducting raids to arrest the suspects.
However, Switzerland makes more than cheese... because the man's body was found hanging from a tree, police are also investigating the angle of suicide, he said.
The complaint filed in Chontra Police Station by Mubashir's brother names four suspects.
The brother, Mohammad Iqrar, told police that Muneer had suspected that his wife had relations with Mubashir and he, therefore, murdered him without any investigation or proof.
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[DAWN] Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. police on Saturday recovered the body of a transgender person, who had reportedly been murdered three days ago, police officials informed DawnNews.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sajjad Khan said that the body of a brutally tortured transgender person was recovered from Ashiqabad area near Warsak Road in Peshawar.
The corpse, the SSP claimed, was three days old and bore signs of torture. He further said that the police have not been able to identify the body so far, though fingerprints and DNA samples have been collected.
The police had asked the local transgender community if they could identify the body, however, none of them was able to recognise the dear departed. The head of transgender association, Laila Khan, said that the slain was not from Peshawar.
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Transgendered what? Man to Woman - Woman to Man?
Since TG is all in your head anyway, how could they tell?
[Al Jazeera] The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said he is "rethinking" his decision to name Zim-bob-we's President Bob Muggsy Mugabe Nonagenarian President-for-Life of Zim-bob-we who turned the former Breadbasket of Africa into the African Basket Case... a goodwill ambassador in the face of growing criticism over the move.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the UN health agency, had this week asked Zim-bob-we's 93-year-old leader to serve in the role to help tackle non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like heart attacks, strokes and asthma across Africa.
The decision triggered confusion and anger among key WHO member states and opposition figures in Zim-bob-we who noted that the country's healthcare system, like many of its public services, has been rife with problems under Mugabe's decades-long leadership.
"I'm listening. I hear your concerns. Rethinking the approach in light of WHO values. I will issue a statement as soon as possible", Tedros, a former Æthiopian health minister, said on Twitter.
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There was no "thinking" involved in this fracas, why would you want to start now?
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is an Ethiopian politician, academic, and public-health authority as well as Director-General of the World Health Organization. He has held the latter office since 2017. Wikipedia
Born: March 3, 1965 (age 52), Asmara, Eritrea
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[Times of Israel] The Palestinian city of Qalqilya has named a street after Saddam Hussein and erected a memorial with his likeness, an NGO monitoring Arabic media reported.
The monument was unveiled Wednesday at a ceremony attended by the Qalqilya District Governor Rafi Rawajba and two other Palestinian officials. It bears the slogan "Saddam Hussein ‐ The Master of the Martyrs in Our Age," as well as "Arab Palestine from the River to the Sea," a slogan often used by Hussein that refers to the intended destruction of Israel.
One side of the memorial shows Saddam saluting, while another depicts him holding a gun.
According to the Middle East Media Research Institute, the ceremony during which the monument was revealed included speeches in praise of Hussein.
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Just a short list of some of Saddam's WND (that the left claims never existed) which the Palestinians and Iranians can no longer get their hands on:
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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[IMAGES.DAWN] Legal eagles say defamed executive is likely to be hit by out-of-court settlements that could lead him to bankruptcy
[DAWN] The Spanish government moved to activate a previously untapped constitutional article on Saturday so it can take control of Catalonia, illustrating its determination to derail the independence movement led by separatist politicians in the prosperous industrial region.
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
