Headline says it all.
FBI didn’t record Clinton interview,
did not administer sworn oath
I don’t recommend reading the article if you have blood pressure issues and are having a bad day in that respect.
“It’s beginning to look a lot like whitewash
Done this regime’s way . . . .”
(And yes – the omission of the “Government Incompetence” tag for this article was intentional.)
I’m not surprised that FBI director, James Comey announced that Hillary Clinton won’t be prosecuted for being “extremely careless” in handling classified email on her private server, you know, the same type of behavior that would have got any of us tossed in the slammer. From Fox News;
“Our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case,” Comey said.
Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, did not immediately respond. Her Republican rival, Donald Trump, did — blasting the FBI’s recommendation.
“FBI director said Crooked Hillary compromised our national security. No charges. Wow! #RiggedSystem” he tweeted.
If you thought that anything different would happen, you haven’t been paying attention the last several years. From the Director’s remarks;
Although we did not find clear evidence that Secretary Clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information, there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information.
For example, seven e-mail chains concern matters that were classified at the Top Secret/Special Access Program level when they were sent and received. These chains involved Secretary Clinton both sending e-mails about those matters and receiving e-mails from others about the same matters. There is evidence to support a conclusion that any reasonable person in Secretary Clinton’s position, or in the position of those government employees with whom she was corresponding about these matters, should have known that an unclassified system was no place for that conversation. In addition to this highly sensitive information, we also found information that was properly classified as Secret by the U.S. Intelligence Community at the time it was discussed on e-mail (that is, excluding the later “up-classified” e-mails).
None of these e-mails should have been on any kind of unclassified system, but their presence is especially concerning because all of these e-mails were housed on unclassified personal servers not even supported by full-time security staff, like those found at Departments and Agencies of the U.S. Government—or even with a commercial service like Gmail.
[…]
We do assess that hostile actors gained access to the private commercial e-mail accounts of people with whom Secretary Clinton was in regular contact from her personal account. We also assess that Secretary Clinton’s use of a personal e-mail domain was both known by a large number of people and readily apparent. She also used her personal e-mail extensively while outside the United States, including sending and receiving work-related e-mails in the territory of sophisticated adversaries. Given that combination of factors, we assess it is possible that hostile actors gained access to Secretary Clinton’s personal e-mail account.
So, it seems pretty open and shut, right? Well, no;
Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case. Prosecutors necessarily weigh a number of factors before bringing charges. There are obvious considerations, like the strength of the evidence, especially regarding intent.
Yeah, “no reasonable prosecutor” who doesn’t want to have their lifeless body recovered from Fort Marcy Park.
And, oh, by the way, this announcement comes as Barack Obama begins campaigning with Clinton today.
Well, we have a bit more info about the demographics of those Syrian “refugees” admitted to the US (with “thorough screening”, of course) over the last several months. And the numbers are . . . interesting.
In March, the US government “determined . . . that abuses carried out by ISIS (sic) against Christians and other minorities in areas under its control constitute genocide.” That, presumably, was one reason for the inane decision by that group of naive fools in charge Administration’s recent decision to “open the floodgates, security be damned” relax policy concerning Syrian “refugee” admissions.
So, that means the majority of refugees being admitted are Christians or other minorities, right? I mean, those are the groups being persecuted by Daesh – so wouldn’t they get priority in admission?
Short answer: in your dreams, perhaps. But not in reality.
In June, 2,381 Syrian “refugees” were admitted to the US. Of that total, a whopping eight – or less than 0.336% – were Christians fleeing persecution. The grand total of 9 others were “other minorities”: eight who were non-Sunni Muslim, and one other individual who did not disclose their religious affiliation (if any).
The other 2,364? Sunni Muslim, just like Daesh.
May was much the same. During May, 1,069 Syrian “refugees” were admitted to the US. Of those, 2 – that’s slightly more than 0.187% – were Christian; seven (nearly 0.655%) were of minority Muslim sects. The remainder (1060, or just over 99.158%) admitted to the US in May were Sunni.
Finally, the article has monthly demographic totals since last October. Over the past 9 months, the US has admitted 5,186 such “refugees” – presumably fleeing religious persecution by Daesh. Of that total, a whopping 20 were Christian; 67 were other religious minorities. The rest were Sunni.
Percentage-wise, that’s less than 0.4% Christian and less than 1.3% “other” religious minority that have been admitted by the US from Syria over the last nine months. That means that over 99.3% of those admitted were Sunni Muslim – just like Daesh.
“Refugees of religious-based genocide”? Hardly. When over 99% of those admitted aren’t even members of the groups supposedly being targeted for religious genocide, any claim that the US is admitting more refugees because they’re somehow “victims of genocide” is very obviously bullsh!t.
CNSNews has a good article concerning the recent Syrian “refugees” admitted to the US. It confirms what many of us have long suspected: the current Administration is simply letting anyone who claims they’re a refugee come through the front door, NQA. Any “screening” being done is merely for show – not for “go/no go” decisions on who’s to be admitted.
Yeah, our legs keep getting wetter. And it’s not raining.
We talked about the Southern Maryland Veterans Association earlier this year when the Maryland Attorney General’s office told the organization to cease and desist operations in the state. AW1Ed sends a link to the news that SMVA lost their appeal to begin operations again;
“A charity that cannot show it operates within the law will not be permitted to solicit charitable donations,” said Secretary of State Wobensmith. “This decision is a victory for those who were misled and mistreated by this organization.”
The final decision follows a lengthy administrative review process to determine whether the charity could continue soliciting the public for charitable donations to run its programs.
The director of the organization, Daniel T. Brashear, was convicted of murdering his girlfriend in 1991 and spent his 22 years in prison wanting to help veterans, but the organization wasn’t being forthcoming with thier business dealings, so Maryland shut them down.
So, while you’re out and about in Maryland, if you see someone collecting money for them, contact Michael Schlein, Investigator, Charities and Legal Services Division at 410-260-3879.
In the summer of 1980, I volunteered to be an Army Drill Sergeant. As a Drill Sergeant candidate, I was sent to Fort McClellan, Alabama the former home of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC). Then it was the home of the Military Police One Station Unit Training (OSUT), Chemical schools Advanced Individual Training (AIT), and a Basic Combat Training (BCT) Brigade. By autumn, I had completed Drill Sergeant School and was returned to my unit, where for the next two and a half years, I moved 14 platoons through BCT.
At the time I began my tour, the Army was experimenting with integrated BCT consisting of males and females in the same company, but in all male or all female platoons. The experiment, for lack of a better term, failed. We returned to gender segregated BCT.
I trained males and females in gender integrated and gender segregated companies. Integrated companies presented unnecessary problems for training cadre. Just a simple example – when we force marched a company, the straggler vehicle would be collecting primarily female trainees. Ultimately the pace of was reduced so that most females could keep up. Before that happened however, there were multiple stress fractures, mostly pelvic, caused by females lengthening stride to keep up. There were other distractions that could have been avoided also. That is the escapades of teenagers, male and female, locked away together in the same barracks for 9 weeks. There was also the problem between some unscrupulous male Drill Sergeants and female trainees. It was not an environment conducive to effective BCT. When we returned to same sex companies, males and females performed better.
Some years after there was a federal advisory commission formed that recommended against gender integrated training below platoon level and that males and females be housed separately, but the recommendations were disregarded. When my son graduated BCT in the 90’s his company was integrated at squad level. I was of the belief then and now that our basic trainees were not put into best possible training environment to learn discipline and basic combat skills. They were not integrated because it was the best training condition; they were integrated to support a social engineering agenda.
Then came Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT). Contrary to popular belief, DADT was not the law that prohibited homosexual service it was federal law passed by Congress that did that. DADT was a Clinton Administration policy to circumvent the law passed by Congress. Under Bill Clinton’s policy, a person entering the service could no longer be asked if they were homosexual (don’t ask) and they could serve as long as they did not declare their homosexuality (don’t tell). The other common myth is that it was a military policy. For the stupid among us, under the Constitution it is Congress that establishes rules for the Armed Forces. But the typical news idiot will always tell you that the “military” policy prohibiting homosexual service was repealed. Although homosexuals have always served, we are a better force now because we have open homosexuality, homosexual marriage and homosexual dependents? I suppose those now serving will have to answer that for you.
Women in Combat Arms, was a discussion even before I left the service. Most of the women I knew were not interested and most of the men did not care as long as the women could me the standards. Combat Arms are now open to women. We were told that there would be no gender accommodations for physical standards…snicker, snicker… I saw a military times article that said there will be a unisex physical fitness standard. Male standards will be lowered. According to the Sergeant Major of the Army this will really increase troop morale. Well SMA, it looks like the participation trophy mentality has made it to the Army. Sorry brother, but maybe I am just an old dinosaur. But I do not recognize the Army you are building.
Now I suppose we have achieved social acceptance. Transgenders will now serve openly. I do not even know what that means. I suppose grooming and uniform standards just went out the window – and who knows what else. Will biological men wear women’s uniforms? Or male uniforms and make-up. Reckon that is why we are getting a unisex physical fitness standard?
Yep, let’s put another progressive administration in charge.
© 2016
I found this little jewel of a music video in the comments over at American Thinker and immediately thought of you guys. And yes, you guys includes you, Ex-PH2, and the other distaff members of this forum. As I noted in another comment earlier today, Ol’ Poe hits the three-quarter century mark at midnight and I’m just too damned set in my ways to be politically correct. Anyway, this up and coming young country singer, Bryan Lewis, has real singing talent and a flair for lyrics:
And no, Dave Hardin, distaff does not denote someone who’s never served at battalion or higher headquarters.
Well, for the gang of fools in DC current Administration, this is . . . inconvenient.
Remember the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting? You know, the incident where an adherent of Islam became radicalized, was investigated twice by the FBI for potential ties to terrorism, pledged his allegiance to Daesh, and shot up an Orlando nightclub frequented by the LGBT crowd – killing 49 and injuring 53?
You know, that obvious terrorist attack that the Administration has insisted on investigating as a possible “hate crime”? Because a number of people claimed the shooter had frequented gay clubs and inquired about gay dating apps?
Well, it seems that those pesky things called facts are looking a bit “inconvenient” regarding the Administration’s blatant propaganda and “spin” thesis that this may have been a hate crime vice terrorism. Per officials familiar with the investigation, the FBI has found no hard evidence supporting that thesis. Specifically, they can’t seem to corroborate the accounts concerning the shooter that might lead one to believe he may have been gay or bi.
Still, the investigation into the shooter’s possible sexual orientation continues. And last week, in an interview the US Attorney General declined to rule out the possibility that the shooter was secretly gay – but that investigators are still trying to determine why the shooter picked a gay nightclub.
Hmm. Daesh has been targeting gays for death for the past 2 years. The shooter chose a gay night club during a special event (when it would be more crowded than usual) as his target. Daesh is a radical Islamic terrorist organization. The shooter pledged his allegiance to Daesh, and was a radicalized Muslim. And he committed a suicide attack.
I’m not LE. But I think maybe I’m seeing a pattern here that rather clearly supports one conclusion regarding the shooter’s motive.
Or, to phrase it differently: looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, smells like a duck. Damn, ya think maybe it might be a duck and not a squirrel?
Fox News has an article this morning giving more details. It’s worth a read.
Yeah, it looks like our legs are wet yet again. And it’s not raining.
3E9 sends a link to the news that, frustrated by the failure of Senate Democrats to pass any gun control legislation, John Lewis staged a sit in on the House floor today;
“Sometimes you have to do something out of the ordinary. Sometimes you have to make a way out of no way. We have been too quiet for too long,” the Democratic civil rights leader said, as nearly 30 of his colleagues came to join him on the floor. “There comes a time when you have to say something, when you have to make a little noise, when you have to move your feet. This is the time. Now is the time to get in the way. The time to act is now. We will be silent no more.”
The group the[n] chanted from the floor: “I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired!” and “No bill, no break!” while the House remained in recess as of 1 p.m. ET.
Good for them – it worked so well for them in the 60s, they should try it again. It might be harder for them to get up off the floor now than it did 50 years ago, though. I know it is for me.
And former President Bill Clinton tweeted his encouragement, writing, “This is leadership” and linking to Lewis’ tweet about the sit-in.
Yeah, leadership. A bunch of old farts sitting on the floor (probably for the first time in their lives) is going to change the world. They should just sit there for the next two years, too – think how much that would change stuff!!! Better yet, they can all go on strike – just go home and don’t collect their pay and benefits for a couple of years, that would teach us a lesson, let me tell you! And they’d be doing a better service for their country than when they sit in chairs in the House.