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Did security set up secret Clinton, Lynch tarmac meeting? By Christopher Sign WBMA June 30, 2018 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBMA) It has been two years (almost to the day) since former Attorney General Lorretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton met secretly on a Phoenix tarmac. Two years later, new documents reveal discrepancies in what the two said they talked about on board Lynch’s private plane. The documents also confirm previous reports that orders were made that no photos be taken. Continue Reading…..
NSA deletion of more than 685 million call records raises questions CBS News June 30, 2018 The government obtained the call records from telecommunication companies in connection with investigations, raising questions about the viability of the program. The NSA’s bulk collection of call records was initially curtailed by Congress after former NSA contractor Edward Snowden leaked documents revealing extensive government surveillance. The law, enacted in June 2015, said that going forward, the data would be retained by telecommunications companies, not the NSA, but that the intelligence agency could query the massive database. Now the NSA is deleting all…
By Larry Klayman WND June 30, 2018 Last Friday I went downstairs in the hotel I am currently staying at to ask the person stationed at the front desk to print out a document penned by Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit). Interestingly, the desk clerk uncharacteristically gave me a hard time. Notwithstanding that I am an preferred member of this hotel chain, I at first could not understand her demand that I pay 15 cents per page to print out just a few pages. Last week, the person in…
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House Republicans grill FBI, Justice leaders on Russia probe AP News June 28, 2018 WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans accused top federal law enforcement officials Thursday of withholding important documents from them and demanded details about surveillance tactics during the Russia investigation in a contentious congressional hearing that capped days of mounting partisan complaints. Underscoring their frustration, Republicans briefly put the hearing on hold so they could approve a resolution on the House floor demanding that the Justice Department turn over thousands of documents by next week. Continue Reading…..
NSA deletes years of call records, says it exceeded legal limit By Steven Nelson Washington Examiner June 28, 2018 The National Security Agency said Thursday it collected more domestic call records than allowed, and as a result has been mass-deleting call records across a three-year period. The NSA said in a statement that on May 23 it “began deleting all call detail records (CDRs) acquired since 2015 under Title V of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.” Weeks before the deletions began, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reported that the NSA acquired more than 534 million…
CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin: ‘No Doubt’ Abortion Will Be Illegal In 20 States In 18 Months By Rebecca Shapiro HuffPost June 28, 2018 CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin had a grim response Wednesday to the news that Justice Anthony Kennedy will be retiring this summer: “Roe v. Wade is doomed.” The 81-year-old justice, who has served on the U.S. Supreme Court for 30 years, was known as a swing vote on some issues. Now President Donald Trump will have the opportunity to place a more solidly conservative judge in Kennedy’s place, tilting the nation’s highest bench further in favor…
By Elizabeth Zwirz Fox News June 27, 2018 Several Hollywood celebrities and Democratic lawmakers were the face of a scathing new GOP ad released on Tuesday. Among the stars targeted in the Republican National Committee’s video, called “The Left in 2018: Unhinged,” were Johnny Depp and Madonna, as well as comedians Kathy Griffin and Samantha Bee. Continue Reading…..
By Todd Starnes June 27, 2018 After President Reagan brought morning to America, Conservatives went into hibernation. We grew complacent. And faster than you could say, “Read my lips,” there was a community organizer bunking in the White House. President Obama called us bitter. Hillary Clinton called us deplorable. But Donald Trump called us Americans. And he promised to make our nation great again. But there is still a clear and present danger looming in the distances. Continue Reading…..
Judge rejects Manafort’s challenge to Mueller’s legitimacy By Josh Gerstein POLITICO June 26, 2018 The ruling dashes some Trump allies’ hopes that the judge would deliver a crippling blow to Mueller’s office and undermine the legal legitimacy of his appointment. During oral arguments last month relating to bank and tax fraud charges against Manafort, Ellis skewered the special prosecutor’s team, suggesting they were on a crusade aimed at impeaching Trump. The president leaped on the critique, reading it aloud from a stage during a speech in Texas. Continue Reading…..