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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

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

Emerging Details, Damning Timelines & the Obama Administration’s Complicity

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We are discovering incredible, and now daily, revelations surrounding the Mueller Investigation. They approach – and perhaps reach – the highest levels of the Obama Administration.

The FBI’s weaponization by the Obama Administration. The partisan, and quite possibly illegal acts by the Department of Justice. Manipulation of the FISA Court. Illegal Unmasking and Surveillance of American Citizens. The partisan actions of FBI Agent Peter Strzok, who seemingly appears everywhere in the Clinton and Flynn Investigation. The equally partisan actions displayed by DOJ Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr through his interactions with Fusion GPS and the Trump Dossier.

The list is almost endless.Continue Reading

The Inspector General’s Quiet Investigation

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Yesterday, as part of a larger post, I wrote these words:

Via an orchestrated FBI leak, a get-in-front-of-the-news Washington Post article was released yesterday:

The former top FBI official assigned to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election was taken off that job this summer after his bosses discovered he and another member of Mueller’s team had exchanged politically charged texts disparaging President Trump and supporting Hillary Clinton.

Peter Strzok, as deputy head of counterintelligence at the FBI, was a key player in the investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server to do government work as secretary of state, as well as the probe into possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 election.

During the Clinton investigation, Strzok was involved in a romantic relationship with FBI lawyer Lisa Page, who worked for Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.

The Post article – along with an accompanying NYT piece, was released only when it became clear that details of an ongoing Inspector General Investigation into the matter would be forthcoming.

In that moment, I initially missed the significance contained in that final sentence:Continue Reading