The Trump peace plan is war.
20/06/2019
US National Security Advisor John Bolton (click here) will travel to Israel at the weekend for "regional security talks" with top Russian and Israeli officials, the White House said Thursday amid spiking tensions with Iran.
Bolton will meet Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, followed by talks with his Israeli and Russian counterparts, Meir Ben-Shabbat and Nikolai Patrushev, NSC spokesman Garrett Marquis said...
The crisis with Iran is directly Donald Trump's fault. When will he accept responsibility? The Trump Cabal is the equivalent of premeditated international murder.
The USA military was conceived to protect the country and not for the use of private dreams of billionaires.
Not one terrorist, not one, of September 11, 2001, was a Shi'ite. Not one. They were Saudis.
The people of the USA need to begin now in writing their House and Senate representatives to end hostilities with Iran and return to the peace tables and reinstate the Iran Agreement.
Thursday, June 20, 2019
Lindsay Graham is a warmonger and attempting to inflame the tensions.
Let's get something straight. Iran never went looking for a drone, it was delivered them. The drone was an unknown capacity to Iran. Iran did not expect this. The Iranians had a right to defend their country and they did.
And get rid of the idea of al Qaeda in Iran. That is such a joke. Iran is Shi'ite and al Qaeda are Sunnis. It ain't gonna happen.
And get rid of the idea of al Qaeda in Iran. That is such a joke. Iran is Shi'ite and al Qaeda are Sunnis. It ain't gonna happen.
Where is the drone?
We know for a fact the Trump White House has been lying about Iran. They want war with that country.
IF THE DRONE WENT DOWN IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS, WHERE IS IT?
Iran is not Syria.
If he actually takes action like he shouldn't the evidence to the FACTS will eventually come out. He also better not kill anyone. NO ONE. This was an unmanned drone and there was nothing that occurred here except Trump's embarrassment.
I don't believe him. I believe he instructed the USA SECRETARY OF STATE TO GET EVIDENCE ON IRAN and they lost their drone over Iran and/or territorial waters. Pompeo was just at Centcom (click here). This is the result of Pompeo's visit.
US drones are known to be very successful in killing human beings, including teens. There was no reason for Iran to believe differently.
Iran had every right to defend its people. There are some drones that are huge and have the capacity of jet fighters. Iran did what Iran had to do.
The drone went down in Iranian waters or very, very close to it. This is what happens when very expensive and sophisticated military equipment is in the hands of warmongers.
The USA should apologize and get over it. The fact of the matter is the Iranians now have the drone and will dissect it to mimic the technology. Trump's White House was WRONG to use this drone for a mission to FIND EVIDENCE to make a case against Iran. There is no case against Iran. There are international inspectors in and out of that country all the time. There is no reason to escalate tensions with Iran.
Trump needs to make concessions to Iran and get back to the peace tables.
IF THE DRONE WENT DOWN IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS, WHERE IS IT?
Iran is not Syria.
If he actually takes action like he shouldn't the evidence to the FACTS will eventually come out. He also better not kill anyone. NO ONE. This was an unmanned drone and there was nothing that occurred here except Trump's embarrassment.
I don't believe him. I believe he instructed the USA SECRETARY OF STATE TO GET EVIDENCE ON IRAN and they lost their drone over Iran and/or territorial waters. Pompeo was just at Centcom (click here). This is the result of Pompeo's visit.
US drones are known to be very successful in killing human beings, including teens. There was no reason for Iran to believe differently.Iran had every right to defend its people. There are some drones that are huge and have the capacity of jet fighters. Iran did what Iran had to do.
The drone went down in Iranian waters or very, very close to it. This is what happens when very expensive and sophisticated military equipment is in the hands of warmongers.
The USA should apologize and get over it. The fact of the matter is the Iranians now have the drone and will dissect it to mimic the technology. Trump's White House was WRONG to use this drone for a mission to FIND EVIDENCE to make a case against Iran. There is no case against Iran. There are international inspectors in and out of that country all the time. There is no reason to escalate tensions with Iran.
Trump needs to make concessions to Iran and get back to the peace tables.
Page 20 of Volume i of the Special Counsel report, page 28 of the PDF.
Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 33
Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 34
Harm of Ongoing Matter
Bottom of page
Footnote 33 - Harm of Ongoing Matter See SM-2230634, Serial 205
Footnote 34 - See SM-2230634, Serial 204 Harm of Ongoing Matter
There isn't anything to discuss on this page. The SM articles in the footnotes are in the evidence that accompanies the report. If the evidence is not released to the public, there is no real way to assess the information.
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Footnote 37
IRA (Internet Research Agency) employees also traveled to the United States on intelligence-gathering missions. In June 2014, four IRA employees applied to the U.S. Department of State to enter the United States, while lying about the purpose of their trip and claiming to be four friends who had met at a party.38 Ultimately, two IRA employees-Anna Bogacheva and Aleksandra Krylova-received visas and entered the United States on June 4, 2014.
Some of the information in the report will also be found in the indictment I read yesterday. So this is not new to this reading of the report.
Prior to traveling, Krylova and Bogacheva compiled itineraries and instructions for the trip.
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Footnote 35 Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 36 Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 37 Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 38 - See SM2230634, serials 150 & 172 Harm of Ongoing Matter
Same thing here. The SM numbers and serials are EVIDENCE FILE numbers.
Footnote 39 Harm of Ongoing Matter
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2. U.S. Operations Through IRA-Controlled Social Media Accounts
Dozens of IRA employees were responsible for operating accounts and personas on different U.S. social media platforms. The IRA referred to employees assigned to operate the social media accounts as "specialists."42 Starting as early as 2014, the IRA' s U.S. operations included social media specialists focusing on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.43 The IRA later added specialists who operated on Tumblr and Instagram accounts.44
Initially, the IRA created social media accounts that pretended to be the personal accounts of U.S. persons. 45 By early 2015, the IRA began to create larger social media groups or public social media pages that claimed (falsely) to be affiliated with U.S. political and grassroots organizations. In certain cases, the IRA created accounts that mimicked real U.S. organizations. For example, one IRA-controlled Twitter account, @TEN_ GOP, purported to be connected to the Tennessee Republican Party. 46 More commonly, the IRA created accounts in the names of fictitious U.S. organizations and grassroots groups and used these accounts to pose as antiimmigration groups, Tea Party activists, Black Lives Matter protestors, and other U.S. social and political activists.
This is information already covered when the indictment was read on this blog.
The IRA closely monitored the activity of its social media accounts.
Harm of Ongoing Matter
I would like to point out that the knowledge in the indictment is only a part of the information in the report. How do we know this, because, it is easy to point to the indictment information, HOWEVER, there is more information in the redacted parts of the report. So, this reading is not seeing the additional information of the report in the redacted sections OR the evidence file.
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Footnote 40 Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 41 Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 42 Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 43 Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 44 See SM-2230634, serial 179 Harm of Ongoing Matter
Let me just add that the footnotes with "Harm of Ongoing Matter" next to them are probably other numbers in the evidence file. These redactions took place over actual words typed on the page of the report. So the length of the redaction reflects what might be out of sight. As I stated before, there is nothing wrong with trying to understand the text beyond what is readable.
Footnote 45 See, e.g., Facebook ID 100011390466802 (Alex Anderson); Facebook ID 100009626173204 (Andrea Hansen); Facebook ID 100009728618427 (Gary Williams); Facebook ID 100013640043337 (Lakisha Richardson).
In this footnote, the Special Counsel has linked the Facebook ID to the name using the ID and not just the number.
Footnote 46 The account claimed to be the "Unofficial Twitter of Tennessee Republicans" and made posts that appeared to be endorsements of the state political party. See, e.g., @TEN_GOP, 4/3/16 Tweet ("Tennessee GOP backs @rea!DonaldTrump period #makeAmericagreatagain #tngop #tennessee #gop").
This footnote is important for obvious reasons. In this case, the Russians actually adopted a false name BUT ALSO THE AUTHORITY of a state GOP identity. That is huge. In the state of Tennessee, the Russians found it necessary to force an authority to impose a value system on the electorate. That is Russia's first step to larger aspirations. They want to control not just a statewide political organization, but, also the entire country. This is not ego, this is a strategy. A covert strategy to displace the USA's democracy, hence the freedom of citizens. That is huge. That shows the true intent of the Russian attack on the USA's sovereign elections of 2016. Realize the Russians had no apprehension or cause for a pause in taking such authority away from Americans. The Tennessee GOP are real Americans. Their political identity was robbed from them so Putin could obtain a goal of control over these Americans.
This report is not a benign piece of work. It clearly documents the evidence in files to back up all the facts stated here. Russia under the Putin leadership wants to overthrow the USA Constitution. It is obvious. This is not just ONE ELECTION SO WHO CARES. This is a strategy implemented by a sovereign Russia to overthrow the USA Constitution.
The Russians are not afraid of their power and they like making fools of Americans.
Their intent is not wholesome. They would like to place their own people in power no different than witnessed in Ukraine. Their plan would be completed in the children's classroom.
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Harm of Ongoing Matter
By February 2016, internal IRA documents referred to support for the Trump Campaign and opposition to candidate Clinton. 49 HOM directions to IRA operators. Harm of Ongoing Matter "Main idea: Use any opportunity to criticize Hillary [Clinton] and rest (except Sanders and Trump - we support them.)" 50
Why would Russia support Bernie Sanders? Socialism? No. He was the opposition to Hillary. Putin knows Hillary. He knows Bill and Barak. Throw "W" in there, too, along with McCain. He knows what he wants to continue his intrusion into the USA and he does not want Hillary. He even threatened the USA electorate with nuclear war if Hillary was elected president. Putin wanted this bad. He has wanted this for most of this KGB career right into his presidency.
See from my point of view there was a reason Paul Manafort was at the Trump Campaign. He accomplished Putin's goals in Ukraine. Why would he not be able to do the same in the USA?
Putin was investing heavily in the 2016 elections, why risk the campaign of Trump from going badly wrong?
Harm of Ongoing Matter
The focus on the U.S. presidential campaign continued throughout 2016. In HOM 2016 internal HOM reviewing the IRA-controlled Facebook group "Secured Borders," the author criticized the "lower number of posts dedicated to criticizing Hillary Clinton" and reminded the Facebook specialist " it is imperative to intensify criticizing Hillary Clinton."51
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Footnote 47 Harm to Ongoing Matter
Footnote 48 See, e.g., SM-2230634 serial 131 HOM
Footnote 49 The IRA posted content about the Clinton candidacy before Clinton officially announced her presidential campaign. IRA-controlled social media accounts criticized Clinton's record as Secretary of State and promoted various critiques of her candidacy. The IRA also used other techniques. Harm to Ongoing Matter See SM-2230634, serial 70.
They started their campaign long before she did. They started in 2013. This is one of the reasons Trump and FOX need to stop using Hillary Clinton as their wiping boy. This is a tried and true strategy adopted by Putin and it is toxic to the democracy of the USA.
Footnote 50 Harm to Ongoing Matter
Footnote 51 Harm to Ongoing Matter
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IRA employees also acknowledged that their work focused on influencing the U.S. presidential election. Harm to Ongoing Matter
Harm to Ongoing Matter
Footnote 53
I will return to reading later and I will start here on page 24.
3. U.S. Operations Through Facebook
continued in later entry
Footnote 33
Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 34
Harm of Ongoing Matter
Bottom of page
Footnote 33 - Harm of Ongoing Matter See SM-2230634, Serial 205
Footnote 34 - See SM-2230634, Serial 204 Harm of Ongoing Matter
There isn't anything to discuss on this page. The SM articles in the footnotes are in the evidence that accompanies the report. If the evidence is not released to the public, there is no real way to assess the information.
Page 21
Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 35
Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 36
Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 37
IRA (Internet Research Agency) employees also traveled to the United States on intelligence-gathering missions. In June 2014, four IRA employees applied to the U.S. Department of State to enter the United States, while lying about the purpose of their trip and claiming to be four friends who had met at a party.38 Ultimately, two IRA employees-Anna Bogacheva and Aleksandra Krylova-received visas and entered the United States on June 4, 2014.
Some of the information in the report will also be found in the indictment I read yesterday. So this is not new to this reading of the report.
Prior to traveling, Krylova and Bogacheva compiled itineraries and instructions for the trip.
Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 39
Harm of Ongoing Matter
Bottom of page
Footnote 35 Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 36 Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 37 Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 38 - See SM2230634, serials 150 & 172 Harm of Ongoing Matter
Same thing here. The SM numbers and serials are EVIDENCE FILE numbers.
Footnote 39 Harm of Ongoing Matter
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Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 40
Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 41
2. U.S. Operations Through IRA-Controlled Social Media Accounts
Dozens of IRA employees were responsible for operating accounts and personas on different U.S. social media platforms. The IRA referred to employees assigned to operate the social media accounts as "specialists."42 Starting as early as 2014, the IRA' s U.S. operations included social media specialists focusing on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.43 The IRA later added specialists who operated on Tumblr and Instagram accounts.44
Initially, the IRA created social media accounts that pretended to be the personal accounts of U.S. persons. 45 By early 2015, the IRA began to create larger social media groups or public social media pages that claimed (falsely) to be affiliated with U.S. political and grassroots organizations. In certain cases, the IRA created accounts that mimicked real U.S. organizations. For example, one IRA-controlled Twitter account, @TEN_ GOP, purported to be connected to the Tennessee Republican Party. 46 More commonly, the IRA created accounts in the names of fictitious U.S. organizations and grassroots groups and used these accounts to pose as antiimmigration groups, Tea Party activists, Black Lives Matter protestors, and other U.S. social and political activists.
This is information already covered when the indictment was read on this blog.
The IRA closely monitored the activity of its social media accounts.
Harm of Ongoing Matter
I would like to point out that the knowledge in the indictment is only a part of the information in the report. How do we know this, because, it is easy to point to the indictment information, HOWEVER, there is more information in the redacted parts of the report. So, this reading is not seeing the additional information of the report in the redacted sections OR the evidence file.
End of page
Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 40 Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 41 Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 42 Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 43 Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 44 See SM-2230634, serial 179 Harm of Ongoing Matter
Let me just add that the footnotes with "Harm of Ongoing Matter" next to them are probably other numbers in the evidence file. These redactions took place over actual words typed on the page of the report. So the length of the redaction reflects what might be out of sight. As I stated before, there is nothing wrong with trying to understand the text beyond what is readable.
Footnote 45 See, e.g., Facebook ID 100011390466802 (Alex Anderson); Facebook ID 100009626173204 (Andrea Hansen); Facebook ID 100009728618427 (Gary Williams); Facebook ID 100013640043337 (Lakisha Richardson).
In this footnote, the Special Counsel has linked the Facebook ID to the name using the ID and not just the number.
Footnote 46 The account claimed to be the "Unofficial Twitter of Tennessee Republicans" and made posts that appeared to be endorsements of the state political party. See, e.g., @TEN_GOP, 4/3/16 Tweet ("Tennessee GOP backs @rea!DonaldTrump period #makeAmericagreatagain #tngop #tennessee #gop").
This footnote is important for obvious reasons. In this case, the Russians actually adopted a false name BUT ALSO THE AUTHORITY of a state GOP identity. That is huge. In the state of Tennessee, the Russians found it necessary to force an authority to impose a value system on the electorate. That is Russia's first step to larger aspirations. They want to control not just a statewide political organization, but, also the entire country. This is not ego, this is a strategy. A covert strategy to displace the USA's democracy, hence the freedom of citizens. That is huge. That shows the true intent of the Russian attack on the USA's sovereign elections of 2016. Realize the Russians had no apprehension or cause for a pause in taking such authority away from Americans. The Tennessee GOP are real Americans. Their political identity was robbed from them so Putin could obtain a goal of control over these Americans.
This report is not a benign piece of work. It clearly documents the evidence in files to back up all the facts stated here. Russia under the Putin leadership wants to overthrow the USA Constitution. It is obvious. This is not just ONE ELECTION SO WHO CARES. This is a strategy implemented by a sovereign Russia to overthrow the USA Constitution.
The Russians are not afraid of their power and they like making fools of Americans.
Their intent is not wholesome. They would like to place their own people in power no different than witnessed in Ukraine. Their plan would be completed in the children's classroom.
Page 23
Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 47
Harm of Ongoing Matter
Footnote 48
Harm of Ongoing Matter
By February 2016, internal IRA documents referred to support for the Trump Campaign and opposition to candidate Clinton. 49 HOM directions to IRA operators. Harm of Ongoing Matter "Main idea: Use any opportunity to criticize Hillary [Clinton] and rest (except Sanders and Trump - we support them.)" 50
Why would Russia support Bernie Sanders? Socialism? No. He was the opposition to Hillary. Putin knows Hillary. He knows Bill and Barak. Throw "W" in there, too, along with McCain. He knows what he wants to continue his intrusion into the USA and he does not want Hillary. He even threatened the USA electorate with nuclear war if Hillary was elected president. Putin wanted this bad. He has wanted this for most of this KGB career right into his presidency.
See from my point of view there was a reason Paul Manafort was at the Trump Campaign. He accomplished Putin's goals in Ukraine. Why would he not be able to do the same in the USA?
Putin was investing heavily in the 2016 elections, why risk the campaign of Trump from going badly wrong?
Harm of Ongoing Matter
The focus on the U.S. presidential campaign continued throughout 2016. In HOM 2016 internal HOM reviewing the IRA-controlled Facebook group "Secured Borders," the author criticized the "lower number of posts dedicated to criticizing Hillary Clinton" and reminded the Facebook specialist " it is imperative to intensify criticizing Hillary Clinton."51
End of text
Footnote 47 Harm to Ongoing Matter
Footnote 48 See, e.g., SM-2230634 serial 131 HOM
Footnote 49 The IRA posted content about the Clinton candidacy before Clinton officially announced her presidential campaign. IRA-controlled social media accounts criticized Clinton's record as Secretary of State and promoted various critiques of her candidacy. The IRA also used other techniques. Harm to Ongoing Matter See SM-2230634, serial 70.
They started their campaign long before she did. They started in 2013. This is one of the reasons Trump and FOX need to stop using Hillary Clinton as their wiping boy. This is a tried and true strategy adopted by Putin and it is toxic to the democracy of the USA.
Footnote 50 Harm to Ongoing Matter
Footnote 51 Harm to Ongoing Matter
End of Page
Page 24
IRA employees also acknowledged that their work focused on influencing the U.S. presidential election. Harm to Ongoing Matter
Harm to Ongoing Matter
Footnote 53
I will return to reading later and I will start here on page 24.
3. U.S. Operations Through Facebook
continued in later entry
New Zealand is conducting a national gun buy back program. I think it is a great idea.
Unfortunately, it would not work in the USA. The money obtained from the guns handed in can be used to purchase more of the same only newer. New Zealand banned military style weapons AND the add ons that change an average gun into a deadly weapon to enable mass murders.
These programs can work in the USA to reduce the number of deadly guns, but, there has to be legislation that provides for the safety of the citizen over the gun lobby. If that happens, these measures would work just as well in the USA. I am not sure it would cost anymore either. Let's see, New Zealand is a country of 5 million people and 1.5 million guns. Of those guns 1.5 million guns about 14,300 would be eligible for the buy back. There are many more guns than that in the USA and many more military style weapons.
New Zealand gun ownership is about 3 citizens to 1 gun, in the USA I think it is a 1 to 1 ratio.
September 22, 2018
By Alex Yablon
...The National Firearms Act of 1934 (click here) required owners of fully automatic guns to register the weapons with the federal government. Since 1986, Congress has forbidden gunmakers from producing fully automatic weapons for the civilian market, leaving machine gun aficionados to collect older models, and then register them. According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, there are roughly 638,000 machine guns in circulation in the United States, a number that includes both assault rifles like the M16 and more novel products, like the Uzi submachine gun....
It is interesting. New Zealand is a far smaller country and has about 2 percent of the number of military style guns compared to the USA. It would be more expensive, about 50 times more expensive if the USA ran a SUCCESSFUL program to remove these deadly weapons from the streets. There is a real incentive to conduct such a program, it saves police lives. If laws were passed to eliminate these weapons the incentive to buy back could be done incrementally over a few years to absorb the cost.
It would mean a major commitment to bring the number of guns on the street down significantly. It would be a good commitment.
Graph (click here)
June 19, 2019
By Charlotte Greenfield
Wellington - New Zealand’s government (click here) on Thursday launched a multimillion-dollar, six-month “buy-back” scheme to compensate owners of powerful but newly banned semi-automatic weapons prohibited in the wake of deadly attacks on two mosques in the Southern city of Christchurch.
Finance Minister Grant Robertson and Minister of Police Stuart Nash said in a joint emailed statement that NZ$208 million ($135.97 million) had been set aside to compensate owners of the banned semi-automatic firearms up to 95% of the original cost.
They would have until Dec. 20 to hand in their weapons.
“Police have detailed plans in place for the next step, which is the collection of firearms from the community. It will be a huge logistical exercise and is expected to get under way in mid-July,” Nash said.
Parliament passed the gun reform law - the first substantial changes to the country’s gun laws in decades - by a vote of 119 to 1 in April....
These programs can work in the USA to reduce the number of deadly guns, but, there has to be legislation that provides for the safety of the citizen over the gun lobby. If that happens, these measures would work just as well in the USA. I am not sure it would cost anymore either. Let's see, New Zealand is a country of 5 million people and 1.5 million guns. Of those guns 1.5 million guns about 14,300 would be eligible for the buy back. There are many more guns than that in the USA and many more military style weapons.
New Zealand gun ownership is about 3 citizens to 1 gun, in the USA I think it is a 1 to 1 ratio.
September 22, 2018
By Alex Yablon
...The National Firearms Act of 1934 (click here) required owners of fully automatic guns to register the weapons with the federal government. Since 1986, Congress has forbidden gunmakers from producing fully automatic weapons for the civilian market, leaving machine gun aficionados to collect older models, and then register them. According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, there are roughly 638,000 machine guns in circulation in the United States, a number that includes both assault rifles like the M16 and more novel products, like the Uzi submachine gun....
It is interesting. New Zealand is a far smaller country and has about 2 percent of the number of military style guns compared to the USA. It would be more expensive, about 50 times more expensive if the USA ran a SUCCESSFUL program to remove these deadly weapons from the streets. There is a real incentive to conduct such a program, it saves police lives. If laws were passed to eliminate these weapons the incentive to buy back could be done incrementally over a few years to absorb the cost.
It would mean a major commitment to bring the number of guns on the street down significantly. It would be a good commitment.
Graph (click here)
June 19, 2019
By Charlotte Greenfield
Wellington - New Zealand’s government (click here) on Thursday launched a multimillion-dollar, six-month “buy-back” scheme to compensate owners of powerful but newly banned semi-automatic weapons prohibited in the wake of deadly attacks on two mosques in the Southern city of Christchurch.
Finance Minister Grant Robertson and Minister of Police Stuart Nash said in a joint emailed statement that NZ$208 million ($135.97 million) had been set aside to compensate owners of the banned semi-automatic firearms up to 95% of the original cost.
They would have until Dec. 20 to hand in their weapons.
“Police have detailed plans in place for the next step, which is the collection of firearms from the community. It will be a huge logistical exercise and is expected to get under way in mid-July,” Nash said.
Parliament passed the gun reform law - the first substantial changes to the country’s gun laws in decades - by a vote of 119 to 1 in April....
It has to stop somewhere.
I am sorry to hear this was a Democratic staffer, but, this is really terrible. I am so sorry these Senators were victims to this level of attempted coercion. It is notable the charge of obstruction of justice was actually upheld. It matters.
June 19, 2019
By Matt Naham
U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan said that “We have … a society that has become very vicious,” adding that it was “very concerning to the court and unfortunate” that Jackson Cosko “played into that.”
The defendant has pleaded guilty (click here) to carrying out a months-long series of burglaries and sophisticated data theft offenses directed at the office of United States Senator Maggie Hassan; to a separate set of “doxxing” offenses through which he maliciously released personal information of Senators Lindsay Graham, Orrin Hatch, Mike Lee, Rand Paul, and Mitch McConnell; and to obstruction of justice, because he attempted to silence a witness by threatening to release the private health information of a Senator’s children, because he corrupted another person and persuaded her to attempt to “wipe down” the scene of his burglaries, and because he attempted to destroy evidence in his own apartment. The defendant ultimately pleaded guilty to five felony counts.
June 19, 2019
By Matt Naham
U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan said that “We have … a society that has become very vicious,” adding that it was “very concerning to the court and unfortunate” that Jackson Cosko “played into that.”
The defendant has pleaded guilty (click here) to carrying out a months-long series of burglaries and sophisticated data theft offenses directed at the office of United States Senator Maggie Hassan; to a separate set of “doxxing” offenses through which he maliciously released personal information of Senators Lindsay Graham, Orrin Hatch, Mike Lee, Rand Paul, and Mitch McConnell; and to obstruction of justice, because he attempted to silence a witness by threatening to release the private health information of a Senator’s children, because he corrupted another person and persuaded her to attempt to “wipe down” the scene of his burglaries, and because he attempted to destroy evidence in his own apartment. The defendant ultimately pleaded guilty to five felony counts.
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