Author: Freedom Watch

Trump Administration Lobbying Hard for Sweeping Surveillance Law The Intercept September 29, 2017 The Trump administration is pushing hard for the reauthorization of a key 2008 surveillance law — section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, known as FISA — three months before it sunsets in December. To persuade senators to reauthorize the law in full, the Trump administration is holding classified, members-only briefings for the entire House and Senate next Wednesday, with heavy hitters in attendance: Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, NSA Director Mike Rogers, and FBI Director Christopher Wray will…

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Special counsel’s Russia investigation team loses 2nd FBI veteran ABC News September 29, 2017 Special counsel Robert Mueller has now lost a second official that he brought in from the FBI to help investigate Russia’s alleged meddling in last year’s presidential election, ABC News has learned. The latest FBI veteran to leave, Lisa Page, was described by media accounts in June as a trial attorney with “deep experience [in] money laundering and organized crime cases.” She was part of what Wired magazine called Mueller’s “investigatory dream team.” Continue Reading…..

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Cuomo Accuses Trump of Fomenting Racial Tension: He’s Telling NFL ‘Control Your Dogs’ Fox News Insider September 28, 2017 CNN’s Chris Cuomo accused President Trump of promoting racial tension in his criticism of NFL players kneeling during the national anthem. “I think [NFL owners] are afraid of their players,” Trump told Pete Hegseth earlier today. Cuomo, the brother of Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.), objected to Trump’s statement, saying his language was “ugly” and that he is creating a “false issue.” Continue Reading…..

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Meghan McCain Signs Onto ‘The View’ By Cathy Burke Newsmax September 27, 2017 Meghan McCain has made if official, signing onto “The View” as a regular co-host, bringing a stronger conservative voice to ABC’s premier daytime talk show, Variety reported Wednesday. Her hiring comes days after her departure from Fox News’ “Outnumbered,” and in the wake of the sudden departure of Manhattan conservative Jedediah Bila. The show’s other current panelists are Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sara Haines, Paula Faris, and Sunny Hostin. Continue Reading…..

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By Larry Klayman Newsmax September 27, 2017 In my autobiography, “Why and How I Came to Fight the Establishment,” I chronicle my life’s story and rise to becoming the founder of both Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch. And, while I am presently the chairman and general counsel of Freedom Watch, my history in the legal profession — fighting in the trenches against the intellectual and actual establishment corruption among judges, lawyers, government personnel, and media — is what caused me to conceive of and start my former organization on July 29, 1994. Freedom Watch, in my opinion, now does…

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Clinton: ‘Hopefully Trump Hasn’t Ordered Killing of People and Journalists’ Like Putin Fox News Insider September 26, 2017 Hillary Clinton called President Trump a “top down guy” who “has tendencies toward authoritarianism,” and added she hoped he hasn’t condemned people to die like other autocrats. “I don’t really think he values democracy, Charlie,” Clinton told PBS’ Charlie Rose. “He’s a top down guy. He has tendencies toward authoritarianism.” Rose asked if that meant he is no different than Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Continue Reading…..

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Bias Alert: NY Times chief WH correspondent slams Trump as ‘deacon of divisiveness’ By Brian Flood Fox News September 25, 2017 Peter Baker is the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times and is billed as a straight-news reporter — so why is he attacking President Donald Trump as heated and contentious? On Sunday, the Times published a piece by Baker entitled, “A Divider, Not a Uniter, Trump Widens the Breach,” that reads like what could be considered an opinion piece — as opposed to a news report. Continue Reading…..

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