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Clinton’s Refusals – IG Linick’s Clinton Testimony

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Some old video footage from a July 7, 2016 House Oversight Committee recently resurfaced regarding Clinton’s email server. You can find the full transcript here.

Of particular interest were three separate exchanges.

The first exchange between Chairman Jason Chaffetz and State Department Inspector General Steve Linick, a second between Representative Gowdy and Linick, and finally, a third between Representative Grothman and Linick.

As you watch the videos and read the transcripts, recall that the Inspector General Empowerment Act – something current DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz fought long and hard to obtain – had not yet been passed into law.

Had the Inspector General Empowerment Act been law at this point, State Department IG Linick might have been able to produce a very different outcome with ex-Secretary of State Clinton.Continue Reading

A Uranium One Primer – Clinton, Giustra & Kazakhstan’s Uranium Assets

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It’s being reported that Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered DOJ prosecutors to ask FBI agents about evidence they found in the now dormant Uranium One Investigation.

The true Uranium One story was always about Kazakhstan uranium assets.

Here are the basic facts (full details below):

Bill Clinton met Canadian investor Frank Giustra in June 2005, during a fund-raiser at Mr. Giustra’s Vancouver home.

Frank Giustra owned UrAsia, a small – and newly formed – uranium company that was seeking to purchase lucrative uranium reserves in Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan has about one-fifth of the world’s uranium reserves.Continue Reading

The Strategic Delay of Section 2.3 of Executive Order 12333

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On January 3, 2017, Section 2.3 of Executive Order 12333 – Procedures for the Availability or Dissemination of Raw Signals Intelligence Information by the NSA – was signed into effect.

Agencies and individuals can now ask the NSA for access to specific surveillance simply by claiming the intercepts contain relevant information that is useful to a particular mission. No privacy protection of the raw data occurs.

Under the new rules, sharing of information has been made significantly easier – and the information shared is raw and unfiltered.

Like many, I wondered at the timing of the order. What I found particularly curious was that it was so overdue.Continue Reading

The Enigma of the Mueller Investigation

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Discovering the breadth, scope and timing of the Inspector General’s Investigation has proven to be clarifying.

An investigation that began in January 2017.

500 employees. A $100 million budget. 1.2 million documents already in the Inspector General’s possession. For delivery to the House Judiciary Committee by January 15, 2018.

An investigation that, to my knowledge, has experienced no leaks.

An investigation tasked with examining the DOJ and FBI:Continue Reading

Rosenstein’s Testimony, the Inspector General & 1.2 Million Documents

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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appeared before the House Judiciary Committee today.

Rosenstein was fairly circumspect in his comments, leading many to renew speculation that the Deputy AG is aligned against President Trump – and further solidifying views that Mueller’s Investigation is political a witch hunt.

However, when watching these proceedings it’s necessary to overlay all testimony with one important reminder.

There is already a much larger and broader investigation underway. One that started months before the appointment of Robert Mueller as Special Counsel.Continue Reading

Surreal Revelations from the Mueller Investigation

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The revelations keep on coming.

On December 4, 2017, in The Inspector General’s Quiet Investigation, I discussed how the uncovering of demoted FBI Agent Peter Strzok’s activities was tied to a little noticed – but crucial – investigation by Michael Horowitz, the Inspector General.

The details surrounding Strzok were not only alarming – they verged on the unbelievable. That one man could be involved in so many utterly crucial aspects of events over the past 18 months seemed difficult to accept.

Almost as if there was a concerted effort to blame everything surrounding Clinton, Team Obama and the Russian Investigation onto one man…Continue Reading