{"id":163374,"date":"2024-11-23T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=163374"},"modified":"2024-11-21T14:40:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T19:40:51","slug":"saturday-shorts-iran-zephyr-gaetz-dea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=163374","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Shorts – Iran, Zephyr, Gaetz, DEA"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A few quickies for the day:<\/p>\n

Seems Iran is hiding chunks of its missile programs as civilian companies to evade sanctions. Whoever would have thought sanctions would work…<\/p>\n

The NCRI is sounding the alarm that at least three companies in Iran, including the Kaveh Mobadel Industrial Co., also known as Kaveh Machinery Co. (KMC), Sanaye Garma Gostar (SGG), also dubbed the Garma Gostar Industries, as well as the Sana Bargh Tavan Co., also known as SBT Electric, are tasked with producing items used to develop missile and drones.<\/p>\n

One example highlighted in the NRCI report pointed to dozens of aluminum tanks allegedly being produced for the “dairy industry,” though the report also pointed out that “using aluminum for dairy purposes is prohibited.”<\/p>\n

The Sana Bargh Tavan Co., a collection of electronic factories situated in an area known as Pardis Technology Park and produces elevator drives, was reportedly discovered to be manufacturing “electronic boards for missiles and drones under the guise of other industrial products for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.”<\/p>\n

The complex was also reported to be “under the control of the IRGC, and visitors’ access is regulated.”\u00a0 Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Reminds me of ‘way back in the ’60s when Russian missiles were found to contain what looked like Texas Instruments’ boards. (Turned out they had reverse engineered actual TI product, and had not known whether the TI imprint was functional – so they built the logo on, to be safe. Russian boards with Cyrillic stamps… and a TI logo.)<\/p>\n

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Item\u00a0 next – the GOP is requiring that Capitol restrooms to be used by ONLY those of the matching biologically birth gender. Openly trans Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr disagrees:<\/p>\n

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Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr, a Democrat, argued that transgender people who identify as women are as valid biological women as genetic females.<\/p>\n

“I literally just got out of meetings with members of Congress & used the bathroom on my way out,” the lawmaker wrote on X Wednesday afternoon. “Trans women are women\u2014full stop. We’re every bit as ‘biologically female’ as cis women & @SpeakerJohnson’s statement doesn’t change the fact that women’s spaces include trans women.”\u00a0 Fox News II<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Comments suggest Rep. Zephyr has had “the operation” and has no ‘little Zooey’. No estimated plans for pregnancy or periods were disclosed.<\/p>\n

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Controversial Cabinet candidate Matt Gaetz has announced his withdrawal from consideration as Attorney General.<\/p>\n

Gaetz added. “I will forever be honored that President Trump nominated me to lead the Department of Justice and I’m certain he will Save America.”ABC News<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I do understand that some folks have skeletons in their closets – for most of us, that is a given. Asking candidates BEFORE they are publicized, like “are we going to find out anything negative about you on a background check?” should be the first question asked of ANY proposed candidate, yeah?\u00a0 It may be determined that what their particular skeleton is a nothingburger, hopefully. But someone currently under public investigation? Seriously, now.\u00a0 That’s like handing a knife-wielding robber your gun so he’ll be better equipped.<\/p>\n

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And some good news. The Deputy US Deputy Attorney General announced the suspension of DEA’s Asset Forfeiture Program at mass transportation facilities.\u00a0 (Translation – you carry lots of cash, they call it possible drug money, they steal <\/del>confiscate it.)<\/p>\n

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The Justice Department’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, announced the suspension of the DEA’s program by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco in a new report released on Thursday that raised grave concerns about the program and questioned whether some of the searches were conducted legally.<\/p>\n

“The DEA was not complying with its own policy on consensual encounters conducted at mass transportation facilities, resulting in personnel creating potentially significant operational and legal risks,” Horowitz wrote in a memo to Monaco and Anne Milgram, the DEA administrator.<\/p>\n

It allows police to search and seize property from people who may be suspected of a crime, even if they are never charged. The proceeds from the seizure are typically split among the law enforcement agencies involved in the search, creating what some argue is a perverse financial incentive for federal, state and local police departments.<\/p>\n

The property owner can recover the assets only if he or she can prove the seizure was not connected to any criminal activity, creating a legal burden that is costly and time-consuming. Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Look, I understand the goal of keeping drug dealers from enjoying the profits of their illicit enterprise – but asset forfeiture has been turned into a law enforcement enrichment program. Too many agencies at ALL levels including many of the local po-po are exploiting it at any possible opportunity against people who have no involvement with drugs at all. We’ve even discussed it here. Plus – remember “innocent until proven guilty”, the bedrock of our entire legal system?\u00a0 Despite its good intentions,\u00a0 civil asset forfeiture needs to be relegated to a post-legal-conviction\u00a0 tool, not a convenient pretextual first step. For once, cheers to the Deputy AG and the Justice Department’s IG.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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