Continue reading the main storyA dysfunctional investigation led by a Trump-era special counsel illustrates a dilemma about prosecutorial independence and accountability in politically sensitive matters.Send any friend a storyAs a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share.John H. Durham, left, charged no…

Why the Durham Report Matters to Democracy

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (UPI) — Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the FBI has morphed into a domestic surveillance agency with little accountability, a report said. The American Civil Liberties Union Tuesday released “Unleashed and Unaccountable: The FBI’s Unchecked Abuse of Authority.” The group said that Congress and the Obama administration…

Continue reading the main storyMay 17, 2023, 5:00 a.m. ETCredit…Evelyn Freja for The New York TimesSend any friend a storyAs a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share.By Ross DouthatOf all the ways to win a culture war, the smoothest is to just make the other side seem hopelessly uncool. So it’s been…

Skip to contentContinue reading the main storyWashington May 17, 6:39 a.m.Semen Kryvonos, left, and Oleksandr Klymenko, directors of separate anti-corruption bodies in Ukraine, on Tuesday in Kyiv announcing the detention of the head of the country’s Supreme Court.Credit…Viacheslav Ratynskyi/ReutersThe chair of Ukraine’s Supreme Court was removed from…

РИМ, 17 мая. /ТАСС/. Президент Украины Владимир Зеленский, побывавший в субботу на аудиенции у Папы Римского Франциска, преподнес понтифику подарки, оскорбляющие христианскую веру. Как пишет во вторник газета Il Fatto Quotidiano, речь идет об иконе Богоматери с Христом-младенцем, представленным одними очертаниями и черным пятном.”Это должно было символизировать…

Special Counsel John Durham dropped a bombshell on Monday. “Russiagate”—the biggest media story on the planet for four years—was never justified by the evidence. According to Durham’s scathing report, the FBI initiated its investigation of former president Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign without sufficient proof of collusion and then ignored mounting…

WASHINGTON — Bungled applications to eavesdrop on a former aide of then-candidate Donald Trump. Flawed research by a former British spy tasked with a sensitive, and political, assignment. And an FBI scrambling against the election-season clock to untangle suspicions about foreign government collusion that it feared could have grave national security…

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#FBI FBI: Was the exam performed for the signs of emails been PLANTED? What are the results? Let the best INDEPENDENT (not affiliated with the FBI) forensic cyber specialists examine it again. thenewsandtimes.blogspot.com… Forensic analysis of Abedin Weiner laptop shar.es/afQtzU

Tweetsfrom Michael Novakhov on InoreaderMichael Novakhov @mikenovposted at 15:14:17 UTC by Michael Novakhov via Tweets by ‎@mikenovMichael Novakhov retweeted:#FBI FBI: Was the exam performed for the signs of emails been PLANTED? What are the results? Let the best INDEPENDENT (not affiliated with the FBI) forensic cyber specialists examine it again….

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#FBI #ODNI #Counterintelligence: Transfer the bulk of CI Services from the FBI to ODNI, for a variety of reasons; it should be the elite service, with interagency competition.Obama’s FBI: Unleashed and Unaccountable – Google Search https://t.co/meb83Dt07p And also incompetent… pic.twitter.com/ypr56bFl5H— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) May 16, 2023  Tweets…

Michael Novakhov retweeted: #FBI FBI: Was the exam performed for the signs of emails been PLANTED? What are the results? Let the best INDEPENDENT (not affiliated with the FBI) forensic cyber specialists examine it again. Forensic analysis of Abedin Weiner laptop – Google Search google.com/search?q=Forensic……

#FBI #ODNI #Counterintelligence: Transfer the bulk of CI Services from the FBI to ODNI, for a variety of reasons; it should be the elite service, with interagency competition. Obama’s FBI: Unleashed and Unaccountable – Google Search shar.es/afQql7 And also incompetent and unprofessional, which is a long standing, chronic problem.

Michael Novakhov retweeted: Statement on Report by Special Counsel John Durham fbi.gov/news/press-releases/…

FBI #FBI: What are the reasons for the (obvious) lack of professionalism in 2016 (and also before and after)? Obama’s insecurity? Result of the planned, preceding hostile operation? Any other possible reasons, connections, associations, etc.? Who is going to analyze these problems which can repeat themselves easily, in different ways? Who…

From: CBSNewsOnline Duration: 0:00 The FBI is facing sharp criticism after special counsel John Durham concluded a four-year review of the bureau’s investigation…

From: bbcnews Duration: 4:02 As Ukraine prepares for a much anticipated counter-offensive against Russian forces, BBC Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks at…

NEW YORK (AP) — For decades, a giant, inflatable rat with beady eyes, sharp teeth and a pustule-covered belly has loomed over union protests, drawing attention to various labor disputes.As New York City deals with an influx of actual rats, Scabby the Rat has become that rare thing, like Pizza Rat or Buddy the Rat — a rodent New Yorkers can rally behind.But…

Since the worldwide media investigation into the leaked list of targets of the Pegasus spyware technology, we can no longer ignore the excesses of States using covert digital surveillance tools originally designed for counter-terrorism purposes to spy on politicians, journalists, human rights activists, lawyers, and ordinary citizens with no links to…