JUST the Stolen Documents/Mar-A-Lago/"Judge" Cannon Trial

[Typical Lax Dad]

Why buy, staff & maintain another USAF airbase in the UK, when we can use Prestwick for what we need (a 24/7/365 all weather, no traffic delay, refueling stopover point with discounted lodging below the per diem rate, available on short notice), just for buying fuel at a contracted discount rate. Whoever in the USAF was responsible for engineering this deal deserves a Meritorious Service Medal.

If this is your pitch, why the F are the other bases open? Move it all to Prestwick.

Just stay away from Trump's place. Taxpayers win, USAF wins. And Trump is left to the private market to fill his hotel.


So why don't we do just that?

spare us all.........don't recall YOU evah uttering (writing) one word about OTHER elected officials divesting from the ownership in properties/business. Something about Sen. Feinstein's impeachement after her husband made out like a bandit from insider information........and Kato the limo driver. Where's the 24/7 story about that. Yawn, tRump has already won the election. Thanks taats.

CONFLICT of INTEREST is suddenly an i$$ue? Yup. NO ONE got rich off of the __________________(fill in the blank ) (F-35, USS Ford, Fat Leonard, VA in Aurora Colorado......etc. etc. etc. )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpX_WeJalbc

When did President Feinstein serve?

[a fan]

spare us all.........don't recall YOU evah uttering (writing) one word about OTHER elected officials divesting from the ownership in properties/business. Something about Sen. Feinstein's impeachement after her husband made out like a bandit from insider information........and Kato the limo driver. Where's the 24/7 story about that.

Not my fault your memory sucks. We absolutely discussed this at length on Laxpower. In particular, we discussed how nauseating it was that Congress didn't have to follow insider trading rules, and could buy and sell stock at their leisure using any information they get.

[seacoaster]

Never was the title of a thread more appropriate, I guess:

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/nationa ... story.html

“A director of national intelligence has never prevented a properly submitted whistleblower complaint that the [intelligence community inspector general] determined to be credible and urgent from being provided to the congressional intelligence committees,” Schiff said in a statement Friday. “Never.”

In his letter to Maguire, Schiff said: “The committee — and the American people — must know why, in violation of law, a whistleblower complaint is being concealed, whether the underlying conduct involves the president or those around him, and whether the White House is involved in trying to cover up this authorized disclosure.”

A spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in a statement Monday: “We are currently reviewing the request and will respond appropriately. ODNI and Acting DNI Maguire are committed to fully complying with the law and upholding whistleblower protections and have done so here.”

....

A member of the intelligence community submitted the complaint to the inspector general, Michael Atkinson, on Aug. 12. The individual once worked on the staff of the White House National Security Council, which frequently borrows intelligence community personnel. Atkinson reviewed the complaint and determined it was credible and met the law’s definition of an “urgent concern,” according to Schiff’s letter. On Aug. 26, Atkinson submitted it to Maguire, who is his boss.

At that point, Maguire had seven days to transmit the complaint and the inspector general’s determination to Congress, according to the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act.

“Yet in violation of the statute’s explicit command,” Maguire refused to share the complaint and supporting material, Schiff said in his letter. He said this “marks the first time” a director of national intelligence has sought to conceal from Congress a whistleblower complaint.

In a further departure from the law, Schiff said, Maguire consulted the Justice Department about the complaint, “even though the statute does not provide” him discretion to review or reverse the inspector general’s determination or to involve another executive branch entity.

A Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment.

Schiff, speaking Sunday on the CBS News program “Face the Nation,” said Maguire told him “essentially that he is answering to a higher authority” in refusing to turn over the complaint. Schiff added that “there are only a few people above the DNI.” Maguire, by law, reports only to the president."

[Typical Lax Dad]

Never was the title of a thread more appropriate, I guess:

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/nationa ... story.html

“A director of national intelligence has never prevented a properly submitted whistleblower complaint that the [intelligence community inspector general] determined to be credible and urgent from being provided to the congressional intelligence committees,” Schiff said in a statement Friday. “Never.”

In his letter to Maguire, Schiff said: “The committee — and the American people — must know why, in violation of law, a whistleblower complaint is being concealed, whether the underlying conduct involves the president or those around him, and whether the White House is involved in trying to cover up this authorized disclosure.”

A spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in a statement Monday: “We are currently reviewing the request and will respond appropriately. ODNI and Acting DNI Maguire are committed to fully complying with the law and upholding whistleblower protections and have done so here.”

....

A member of the intelligence community submitted the complaint to the inspector general, Michael Atkinson, on Aug. 12. The individual once worked on the staff of the White House National Security Council, which frequently borrows intelligence community personnel. Atkinson reviewed the complaint and determined it was credible and met the law’s definition of an “urgent concern,” according to Schiff’s letter. On Aug. 26, Atkinson submitted it to Maguire, who is his boss.

At that point, Maguire had seven days to transmit the complaint and the inspector general’s determination to Congress, according to the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act.

“Yet in violation of the statute’s explicit command,” Maguire refused to share the complaint and supporting material, Schiff said in his letter. He said this “marks the first time” a director of national intelligence has sought to conceal from Congress a whistleblower complaint.

In a further departure from the law, Schiff said, Maguire consulted the Justice Department about the complaint, “even though the statute does not provide” him discretion to review or reverse the inspector general’s determination or to involve another executive branch entity.

A Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment.

Schiff, speaking Sunday on the CBS News program “Face the Nation,” said Maguire told him “essentially that he is answering to a higher authority” in refusing to turn over the complaint. Schiff added that “there are only a few people above the DNI.” Maguire, by law, reports only to the president."

Old Salt and Devin Nunes must be furious that this whistleblower is being buried.

[old salt]

Never was the title of a thread more appropriate, I guess:

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/nationa ... story.html

“A director of national intelligence has never prevented a properly submitted whistleblower complaint that the [intelligence community inspector general] determined to be credible and urgent from being provided to the congressional intelligence committees,” Schiff said in a statement Friday. “Never.”

In his letter to Maguire, Schiff said: “The committee — and the American people — must know why, in violation of law, a whistleblower complaint is being concealed, whether the underlying conduct involves the president or those around him, and whether the White House is involved in trying to cover up this authorized disclosure.”

A spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in a statement Monday: “We are currently reviewing the request and will respond appropriately. ODNI and Acting DNI Maguire are committed to fully complying with the law and upholding whistleblower protections and have done so here.”

....

A member of the intelligence community submitted the complaint to the inspector general, Michael Atkinson, on Aug. 12. The individual once worked on the staff of the White House National Security Council, which frequently borrows intelligence community personnel. Atkinson reviewed the complaint and determined it was credible and met the law’s definition of an “urgent concern,” according to Schiff’s letter. On Aug. 26, Atkinson submitted it to Maguire, who is his boss.

At that point, Maguire had seven days to transmit the complaint and the inspector general’s determination to Congress, according to the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act.

“Yet in violation of the statute’s explicit command,” Maguire refused to share the complaint and supporting material, Schiff said in his letter. He said this “marks the first time” a director of national intelligence has sought to conceal from Congress a whistleblower complaint.

In a further departure from the law, Schiff said, Maguire consulted the Justice Department about the complaint, “even though the statute does not provide” him discretion to review or reverse the inspector general’s determination or to involve another executive branch entity.

A Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment.

Schiff, speaking Sunday on the CBS News program “Face the Nation,” said Maguire told him “essentially that he is answering to a higher authority” in refusing to turn over the complaint. Schiff added that “there are only a few people above the DNI.” Maguire, by law, reports only to the president."

Old Salt and Devin Nunes must be furious that this whistleblower is being buried.

.. It's not being buried. The IC IG is already investigating the whistleblower complaint. The whistleblower is protected & (so far) there have been no leaks. The new DNI is smart enough to know that as soon as Schiff gets the report, it will be leaked. The current ODNI IG is a 15 yr DoJ veteran.

[foreverlax]

New DNI?? You mean the guy acting like a DNI.

[Typical Lax Dad]

Never was the title of a thread more appropriate, I guess:

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/nationa ... story.html

“A director of national intelligence has never prevented a properly submitted whistleblower complaint that the [intelligence community inspector general] determined to be credible and urgent from being provided to the congressional intelligence committees,” Schiff said in a statement Friday. “Never.”

In his letter to Maguire, Schiff said: “The committee — and the American people — must know why, in violation of law, a whistleblower complaint is being concealed, whether the underlying conduct involves the president or those around him, and whether the White House is involved in trying to cover up this authorized disclosure.”

A spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in a statement Monday: “We are currently reviewing the request and will respond appropriately. ODNI and Acting DNI Maguire are committed to fully complying with the law and upholding whistleblower protections and have done so here.”

....

A member of the intelligence community submitted the complaint to the inspector general, Michael Atkinson, on Aug. 12. The individual once worked on the staff of the White House National Security Council, which frequently borrows intelligence community personnel. Atkinson reviewed the complaint and determined it was credible and met the law’s definition of an “urgent concern,” according to Schiff’s letter. On Aug. 26, Atkinson submitted it to Maguire, who is his boss.

At that point, Maguire had seven days to transmit the complaint and the inspector general’s determination to Congress, according to the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act.

“Yet in violation of the statute’s explicit command,” Maguire refused to share the complaint and supporting material, Schiff said in his letter. He said this “marks the first time” a director of national intelligence has sought to conceal from Congress a whistleblower complaint.

In a further departure from the law, Schiff said, Maguire consulted the Justice Department about the complaint, “even though the statute does not provide” him discretion to review or reverse the inspector general’s determination or to involve another executive branch entity.

A Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment.

Schiff, speaking Sunday on the CBS News program “Face the Nation,” said Maguire told him “essentially that he is answering to a higher authority” in refusing to turn over the complaint. Schiff added that “there are only a few people above the DNI.” Maguire, by law, reports only to the president."

Old Salt and Devin Nunes must be furious that this whistleblower is being buried.

.. It's not being buried. The IC IG is already investigating the whistleblower complaint. The whistleblower is protected & (so far) there have been no leaks. The new DNI is smart enough to know that as soon as Schiff gets the report, it will be leaked. The current ODNI IG is a 15 yr DoJ veteran.

Thank God

[a fan]

.. It's not being buried. The IC IG is already investigating the whistleblower complaint. The whistleblower is protected & (so far) there have been no leaks. The new DNI is smart enough to know that as soon as Schiff gets the report, it will be leaked. The current ODNI IG is a 15 yr DoJ veteran.

Doesn't matter. Schiff is on the Intel committee. The law REQUIRES the CIA director to hand over the complaint to the Intel committee within 7 days of getting it. If he doesn't, the whistleblower can contact the committee directly.

Only question is, when was the whistleblower complaint filed? Once you have that, the math is easy. Of course, who controls that information?

The timeline of the law:

(B) Within the 60-calendar day period beginning on the day of
receipt from an employee of a complaint or information under
subparagraph (A), the Inspector General shall determine whether the
complaint or information appears credible. If the Inspector General
determines that the complaint or information appears credible, the
Inspector General within such period shall transmit the complaint or
information to the Director.
``(C) The Director shall, within 7 calendar days after receipt of
the transmittal from the Inspector General under subparagraph (B),
forward such transmittal to the intelligence committees together with
any comments the Director considers appropriate.


Has it occurred to you that this could be a whistleblower into the leaking you despise so much? We have no clue what the complaint is.

[seacoaster]

.. It's not being buried. The IC IG is already investigating the whistleblower complaint. The whistleblower is protected & (so far) there have been no leaks. The new DNI is smart enough to know that as soon as Schiff gets the report, it will be leaked. The current ODNI IG is a 15 yr DoJ veteran.

Doesn't matter. Schiff is on the Intel committee. The law REQUIRES the CIA director to hand over the complaint to the Intel committee within 7 days of getting it. If he doesn't, the whistleblower can contact the committee directly.

Only question is, when was the whistleblower complaint filed? Once you have that, the math is easy. Of course, who controls that information?

The timeline of the law:

(B) Within the 60-calendar day period beginning on the day of
receipt from an employee of a complaint or information under
subparagraph (A), the Inspector General shall determine whether the
complaint or information appears credible. If the Inspector General
determines that the complaint or information appears credible, the
Inspector General within such period shall transmit the complaint or
information to the Director.
``(C) The Director shall, within 7 calendar days after receipt of
the transmittal from the Inspector General under subparagraph (B),
forward such transmittal to the intelligence committees together with
any comments the Director considers appropriate.


Has it occurred to you that this could be a whistleblower into the leaking you despise so much? We have no clue what the complaint is.

Exactly. You got to ask yourself why such a smart guy as OS always misses the point on the issues and redirects the focus to another, non-germane point of his own. Here, the law unambiguously requires "transmittal to the intelligence committees, together with any comments the Director considers appropriate." This is Congress mandating cooperation of an executive agency. It was once understood and ho-hum. Now, not so much maybe.

I think the problem here, for OS, is that his bete noire Schiff appears to be correct.

[a fan]

This is all super cool, right guys?


The House Oversight Committee launched an ethics investigation Monday into Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, who has recently faced scrutiny for her ties to an international shipping company run by members of her family.

Chairman Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat, wrote in a letter to Chao, Cummings said he was investigating multiple allegations against the secretary, "including troubling questions about whether you are using your office to benefit you and your family." The chairman also said he was probing Chao's "failure to divest of stock" in a construction company whose board she used to sit on.






https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/politics ... index.html

[CU88]

Pending loss of history due to a fake emergency.

Border fence construction could destroy archaeological sites, National Park Service finds

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/immigra ... story.html

DEPLORABLE

[Typical Lax Dad]

This is all super cool, right guys?


The House Oversight Committee launched an ethics investigation Monday into Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, who has recently faced scrutiny for her ties to an international shipping company run by members of her family.

Chairman Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat, wrote in a letter to Chao, Cummings said he was investigating multiple allegations against the secretary, "including troubling questions about whether you are using your office to benefit you and your family." The chairman also said he was probing Chao's "failure to divest of stock" in a construction company whose board she used to sit on.






https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/politics ... index.html

Is it legal?

[a fan]

Yep. So instead of draining the swamp, Trump is doubling down.

And Republican voters are thrilled. Ok. We hear you.

Message is being received by every corrupt POS looking to make themselves even richer at taxpayer expense.

Can't wait for the tax hikes. Of course, they're already happening at the State level, and apparently Republican voters are too stupid to add 1+1 and come up with 2.

(hint: that means these things are all related)

[seacoaster]

This is all super cool, right guys?


The House Oversight Committee launched an ethics investigation Monday into Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, who has recently faced scrutiny for her ties to an international shipping company run by members of her family.

Chairman Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat, wrote in a letter to Chao, Cummings said he was investigating multiple allegations against the secretary, "including troubling questions about whether you are using your office to benefit you and your family." The chairman also said he was probing Chao's "failure to divest of stock" in a construction company whose board she used to sit on.


https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/politics ... index.html

WITCH HUNT.

[dislaxxic]

We’re Only Beginning to See the Consequences of the Bush-Era Assault on Civil Liberties

"A judge last week ruled the federal government’s Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB), which secretly categorized more than 1 million people as “known or suspected terrorists,” is unconstitutional.

Like a number of “War on Terror” reforms instituted in the Bush years, the TSDB’s unconstitutionality was obvious from its inception. Indeed, the very idea that we needed to “take the gloves off” in our post-9/11 “State of Exception” was an original selling point of some of these programs.

The TSDB is cousin to the No-Fly List (a different and more restrictive list ruled unconstitutional in 2014), the Distribution Matrix (the drone assassination program also known as the “Kill List”), the STELLAR WIND warrantless surveillance program, multiple expansions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the broadened use of National Security Letters to obtain private data without warrant, the “Enhanced Interrogation” program the rest of the world calls torture, and countless other War on Terror initiatives that were and are clear violations of the spirit of the constitution."

"As ye sow, so shall ye reap"...

..

[old salt]

Nasty Natasha continues to double down.
Look how she turns a delay for maintenance or weather into a scandal.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/ ... ry-1499298
...she does confirm that there's a curry joint nearby.

[a fan]

Don't feed the trolls. Send out a one sentence memo putting TrumpHotel off limits, and it all stops.

I will give you this: for the first time in a long time, I caught a couple of hours Lawrence O'Donnell and Rachel Maddow. They aren't doing the Republic any favors. Yow. They keep going further off the deep end.

I think I understand and appreciate why this bothers you. But I still disagree with you 1000%

[runrussellrun]

This is all super cool, right guys?


The House Oversight Committee launched an ethics investigation Monday into Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, who has recently faced scrutiny for her ties to an international shipping company run by members of her family.

Chairman Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat, wrote in a letter to Chao, Cummings said he was investigating multiple allegations against the secretary, "including troubling questions about whether you are using your office to benefit you and your family." The chairman also said he was probing Chao's "failure to divest of stock" in a construction company whose board she used to sit on.






https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/politics ... index.html

Of course it is super cool, has been since Abigail Adams (& friends) bought up Capt. Shays' and friends bonds, for pennies on the dollar, and than had the Massachusettes state legislature VOTE to make the face value whole ($100 dollars is a $100 dollars, not the ten Adams paid for it ) , funded by the very same farmers they just stiffed out of fighting for freedom from the king. "We are new boss" arrogant Adams atones for nothing, wanting the rebellious former freedom fighters hung...........yup, super cool .

AFAN....once again, you cared less when a little D was in the White House. Who, exactly, was Obama's Cabinet members and what captains of the industry did they make money on?

COnflict of interest? Company X , which makes the problematic X69 gulf wing sportscar SUV tactical personnel carrier, (it DOES have USB charging ports ), Congressperson M votes YES on the X69 gulf wing sportscar SUV tpc, after getting a $million dollar campaign donation.

Do YOU mean THAT kind of conflict?

exactly.....oh the feigned suddenly I caring.

[runrussellrun]

Never was the title of a thread more appropriate, I guess:

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/nationa ... story.html

“A director of national intelligence has never prevented a properly submitted whistleblower complaint that the [intelligence community inspector general] determined to be credible and urgent from being provided to the congressional intelligence committees,” Schiff said in a statement Friday. “Never.”

In his letter to Maguire, Schiff said: “The committee — and the American people — must know why, in violation of law, a whistleblower complaint is being concealed, whether the underlying conduct involves the president or those around him, and whether the White House is involved in trying to cover up this authorized disclosure.”

A spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in a statement Monday: “We are currently reviewing the request and will respond appropriately. ODNI and Acting DNI Maguire are committed to fully complying with the law and upholding whistleblower protections and have done so here.”

....

A member of the intelligence community submitted the complaint to the inspector general, Michael Atkinson, on Aug. 12. The individual once worked on the staff of the White House National Security Council, which frequently borrows intelligence community personnel. Atkinson reviewed the complaint and determined it was credible and met the law’s definition of an “urgent concern,” according to Schiff’s letter. On Aug. 26, Atkinson submitted it to Maguire, who is his boss.

At that point, Maguire had seven days to transmit the complaint and the inspector general’s determination to Congress, according to the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act.

“Yet in violation of the statute’s explicit command,” Maguire refused to share the complaint and supporting material, Schiff said in his letter. He said this “marks the first time” a director of national intelligence has sought to conceal from Congress a whistleblower complaint.

In a further departure from the law, Schiff said, Maguire consulted the Justice Department about the complaint, “even though the statute does not provide” him discretion to review or reverse the inspector general’s determination or to involve another executive branch entity.

A Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment.

Schiff, speaking Sunday on the CBS News program “Face the Nation,” said Maguire told him “essentially that he is answering to a higher authority” in refusing to turn over the complaint. Schiff added that “there are only a few people above the DNI.” Maguire, by law, reports only to the president."

Old Salt and Devin Nunes must be furious that this whistleblower is being buried.

.. It's not being buried. The IC IG is already investigating the whistleblower complaint. The whistleblower is protected & (so far) there have been no leaks. The new DNI is smart enough to know that as soon as Schiff gets the report, it will be leaked. The current ODNI IG is a 15 yr DoJ veteran.

Thank God

Did the previous administration handle ALL whistleblower complaints the way YOU folks think they should have been? Snow-ed-inn still on the run? Why?

[Typical Lax Dad]

Never was the title of a thread more appropriate, I guess:

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/nationa ... story.html

“A director of national intelligence has never prevented a properly submitted whistleblower complaint that the [intelligence community inspector general] determined to be credible and urgent from being provided to the congressional intelligence committees,” Schiff said in a statement Friday. “Never.”

In his letter to Maguire, Schiff said: “The committee — and the American people — must know why, in violation of law, a whistleblower complaint is being concealed, whether the underlying conduct involves the president or those around him, and whether the White House is involved in trying to cover up this authorized disclosure.”

A spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in a statement Monday: “We are currently reviewing the request and will respond appropriately. ODNI and Acting DNI Maguire are committed to fully complying with the law and upholding whistleblower protections and have done so here.”

....

A member of the intelligence community submitted the complaint to the inspector general, Michael Atkinson, on Aug. 12. The individual once worked on the staff of the White House National Security Council, which frequently borrows intelligence community personnel. Atkinson reviewed the complaint and determined it was credible and met the law’s definition of an “urgent concern,” according to Schiff’s letter. On Aug. 26, Atkinson submitted it to Maguire, who is his boss.

At that point, Maguire had seven days to transmit the complaint and the inspector general’s determination to Congress, according to the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act.

“Yet in violation of the statute’s explicit command,” Maguire refused to share the complaint and supporting material, Schiff said in his letter. He said this “marks the first time” a director of national intelligence has sought to conceal from Congress a whistleblower complaint.

In a further departure from the law, Schiff said, Maguire consulted the Justice Department about the complaint, “even though the statute does not provide” him discretion to review or reverse the inspector general’s determination or to involve another executive branch entity.

A Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment.

Schiff, speaking Sunday on the CBS News program “Face the Nation,” said Maguire told him “essentially that he is answering to a higher authority” in refusing to turn over the complaint. Schiff added that “there are only a few people above the DNI.” Maguire, by law, reports only to the president."

Old Salt and Devin Nunes must be furious that this whistleblower is being buried.

.. It's not being buried. The IC IG is already investigating the whistleblower complaint. The whistleblower is protected & (so far) there have been no leaks. The new DNI is smart enough to know that as soon as Schiff gets the report, it will be leaked. The current ODNI IG is a 15 yr DoJ veteran.

Thank God

Did the previous administration handle ALL whistleblower complaints the way YOU folks think they should have been? Snow-ed-inn still on the run? Why?

No