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EMAILGATE
FBI Director Comeys
complete statement
As Carried on the FBI Website
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In February, 2016 globalresearch.ca reported Clinton, Petraeus, Snowden and Manning: The Tail of the Two
Americas written by Dr. Marsha
Coleman-Adebayo. Therein the writer notes Since
2009, the Administration has invoked the WWI-era Espionage Act that carries not
only the possibility of life imprisonment but also the death penalty. The
administration has sent a clear message that individuals who expose crimes will
be severely punished while the perpetrators of the crimes will receive immunity.
A few eyebrows were raised when zerohedge.com reported Bill
Clinton and US Attorney General
Loretta Lynch just happened to meet on the tarmac at
a Phoenix
airport only days before the infamous report was to be released.
At the time, the Thehill.com reported Lynch pressured to recuse
herself after Clinton tarmac meeting And prior to that it was
reported by Judicial Watch: Clinton IT staffer pleads 5th 125 consecutive
time.
Today, the New York Times Reports
The F.B.I. recommended no charges for
Hillary Clinton over her use of email as secretary of state, but called it extremely
careless
As thehill.com
reports Furious GOP lashes out at FBI noting This announcement defies explanation Speaker Paul Ryan said.
Looking for some background info. Thanks to
thehill.com they have provided
Comey
revealed many new details of
the investigation, some of which are at odds with Clintons description
of the set-up
RELATED COVERAGE
F.B.I. Interviews Hillary Clinton Over
Private Email Server JULY 2, 2016
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Frustration JUNE 29, 2016
Use of Unclassified Email Systems Not Limited to
Clinton MAY 10, 2016
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BREAKING:
State deems insurance co-op, HealthyCT,
financially unstable
CtMirror.org By: Kyle Constable July 5, 2016
About 40,000 people will lose their health insurance in the
coming months as a result of a state evaluation that has deemed the financial
health of Connecticuts nonprofit
health care co-op unstable.
Continue Reading
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CTMirror.org Reports
Anthem-Cigna controversy exposes gaps in ethics rules
By: MARK PAZNIOKAS | July 5, 2016
Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wades controversial
refusal to recuse herself from ruling on the
Anthem-Cigna insurance merger has provoked a reappraisal of ethics regulators,
who heavily rely on the self-reporting of public officials, and an ethics code
that may be clearer to lawyers than lovers of English.
Continue Reading
RELATED: Comptroller says Wade should recuse
herself on Cigna merger
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Kareem Shaheen and
agencies of
The Guardian on July 5, 2016 at 4.47 EDT report
Suicide bombers attack sites in Saudi
Arabia including mosque in Medina
Attackers
kill four at Medina mosque housing Muhammads tomb and also strike
outside the US
consulate in Jeddah and in Shia-majority Qatif
In one of a series of attacks across Saudi Arabia on Monday, suicide bombers killed
four members of security forces outside the Prophets Mosque in Medina, one of the holiest sites in Islam.
The attack, coming as the holy month of Ramadan ends, appeared to be coordinated
with a series of other strikes, including an attempted bombing near the US
consulate in Jeddah, that are consistent with the modus operandi of the Islamic
State. In Baghdad, the death toll from a bomb attack claimed by Isis in a marketplace on Saturday climbed toward 200. Continue
reading at https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/04/saudi-arabia-bombings-jeddah-medina-prophets-mosque-qatif
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The Guardian Reports
UK Iraq war report
due
Into the turmoil that has gripped the UK comes the
long-awaited report of theChilcot Inquiry
. It will be delivered on Wednesday, and it is hoped it will offer a
comprehensive account of the path to war in 2003. Philippe Sands QC, author of
Lawless World, told the Observer the 2.6m-word report must detail precisely
what went wrong, why it went wrong and who were the key players in making it go
wrong, so that lessons will be learned that will allow us to make sure it never
happens again. Tony Blair, prime minister at the time, is readying his defense.
Continue reading at Chilcot inquiry must restore trust in government
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USAToday Reports
Pound falls sharply on renewed Brexit fears
The British pound slumped Tuesday amid renewed concerns
about the United Kingdom's
decision to leave the European Union. The pound was down 1.2% to $1.
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As the New
York Daily News reports today that Conn. dad, son fight FAA over gun-firing, flame-throwing
drones, in 2014, it was reported by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. that Federal Court: Drone Killing of U.S. Citizens Is
Constitutional. Therein, Mr. Wolverton wrote On April 4, a federal court dismissed a
lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Obama administrations killing
of three American citizens in two drone strikes in 2011. The complaint was
filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for
Constitutional Rights (CCR) on behalf of the families of Anwar al-Awlaki, Samir
Khan, and Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, Anwar al-Awlaki 16-year-old son. Continue
reading at
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/18019-federal-court-drone-killing-of-u-s-citizens-is-constitutional.
Joe A. Wolverton, II, J.D. is a correspondent for The New American
and travels nationwide speaking on nullification, the Second Amendment, the
surveillance state, and other constitutional issues. Follow him on Twitter@TNAJoeWolverton and he can be reached at jwolverton@thenewamerican.com.
The case was
dismissed on Friday in a forty-one-page decision by a federal judge in Washington,
D.C., Rosemary M. Collyer. Her ruling can be appealed.
Supreme Court of the United States
Blog
Keep Current on Cases in the Pipeline, Featured
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A MESSAGE
FROM
Nicole Neily, President, Franklin Center
for Government and Public Integrity
Americans
have many things to be thankful for this year as we enjoy Fourth of July festivities,
but there's one freedom in particular I'd like to draw your attention to this
Independence Day. July 4th, 2016 is especially near and dear
to those of us at Watchdog because it marks the 50th anniversary of the
Freedom of Information Act. Any time you see a
major story of investigative journalism, there's a good chance FOIA or its
state-level offspring was involved.
FOIA was pioneered by a backbench Congressman named John
Moss, a Democrat who drew the ire of his party and nearly sacrificed his
political career in his dogged pursuit of the right to access government
records. The act was begrudgingly signed into law by President
Lyndon Johnson on July 4th, 1966. The signing drew little fanfare at the time,
but in the fifty years since, FOIA has become an important pillar sustaining
our democracy and empowering the free press.
I can't
think of a better day of the year to commemorate our freedom to know - that
special right to information that lies at the heart of Watchdogs public interest
journalism. Happy Independence Day
In Liberty,
Nicole Neily
President
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