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Kavanaugh vote: Democrats walk out; women stand in silent protest
By
Debbie Lord, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Four Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee left the hearing room Friday morning in protest when Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, set a time for a vote on a recommendation that Brett Kavanaugh be confirmed as the next U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, Kamala Harris, D-California, Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, walked out of the room after two motions were offered and quickly voted on without discussion.
The first, was a motion to subpoena Mark Judge, a high school friend of Kavanaugh’s who Christine Ford testified on Thursday was at a party in which she claimed Kavanaugh assaulted her.
The second, was to set a “time certain” vote, meaning discussion will be cut off at a certain time and a vote will be taken.
Grassley has set the time for the vote at 1:30 p.m. EDT.
“I strongly object. This is just totally ridiculous. What a railroad job. My answer is no, no, no!” Hirono said as she was asked to vote on the motion.
Sen. Corey Booker, D-New Jersey, and Harris sat silent, refusing to cast a vote.
The four senators let the room and went into the hall where they complained to reporters that Kavanaugh’s nomination was being “railroaded.”
You just can not make this stuff up. Self described Communist "revolutionaries" move to cause more chaos and mayhem by attacking conservatives. This proposal should be evidence enough that #JoeMcCarthyWasRight. Or at least on to much more that we should have dealt with long ago. I predict that these efforts if allowed to foment will cause chaos that lends credence of the saying Ordo ad Chao or Order out of Chaos. This will only cause the authoritarian police state to justify it's continuous growth. Funny, the very thing the Communists claim they oppose. Communists Planning Armed Insurrection on Twitter PJ Media via DRUDGE ^| 28 SEP 18 | By Debra Heine
Communist agitators took to Twitter this week to brainstorm strategies for a violent armed insurrection against their perceived enemies.
“Dr. Bones," the co-host of the far-left podcast The Guillotine, started the conversation going with his 5,000-plus Twitter followers. Bones (@Ole_Bonsey on Twitter) asked: “Hey quick little question for military minded lefties: should leftists train/organize in a 'insurgent' focus where they blend into a civilian population for potential attacks or a more 'militia' structure focused on holding/maintaining turf?”
Bones went on to suggest that fellow travelers organize "hidden cells" and focus on ambushes and assassinations to bleed "right-leaning forces" dry. He said the during the day comrades should pretend to be into "helping everybody" and never talk about their "nighttime activities."
The Guillotine podcast, which covers “global current events from a revolutionary communist and anarchist perspective,” has nearly 15,000 Facebook followers and 250 active monthly donors on its Patreon account.
Epic interview that covers such a wide variety of topics it is mind blowing. Richie from Boston and Tom Lacovara-Stewart of the Resurrect the Republic Radio Show - RTR Truth Media come together to rip the head off the deception in the world.
Some relevant links:
Lyme Disease and Bio Warfare:
Are Doctors losing their Right to Practice over Treating for Lyme Disease? https://youtu.be/yQ1zp91DAXY
Opposition to 5G at Michigan State House Testimony - https://youtu.be/kp0_zGHH3KA
5G INDUSTRY LEADER SAYS 5G WILL BE USED TO CARRY OUT UN AGENDA 2030 - Grindall61 - Gary Gileno - Fullerton Informer https://youtu.be/_oBQn9IlDYA
Jake and Tom discuss US Foreign Policy, many past historical events, the Alex Jones drama, Middle Eastern war and events in Syria. Also discussed is President Trump, Zionism, 9/11 Senator John McCain, interesting information regarding the USS Liberty and so much more...
Communism is illegal - Make them use the correct law.
Communism
50 U.S.C. § 841 - U.S. Code -
Findings and declarations of fact ( Information attached to the bottom of this page)
The government has responded to the investigation by Project Veritas, and they are taking it seriously.
The GAO released the following statement on the Project Veritas video: We are aware of the video and investigating the serious issues it raises, and we have also communicated with the GAO Inspector General.
GAO released the following statement on the Project Veritas video: We are aware of the video and investigating the serious issues it raises, and we have also communicated with the GAO Inspector General.
(Washington DC) Project Veritas has released the next in a series of undercover reports which unmask the Deep State. This report features a Government Accountability Office (GAO) employee and self-proclaimed Communist actively engaged in potentially illegal political activity. Natarajan Subramanian is a government auditor for the GAO and a member of the Metro DC Democratic Socialists of America (Metro DC DSA).
Metro DC DSA is a socialist group that works to advance progressive issues in the Metropolitan DC area. Subramanian’s political activism may directly violate federal statutes as well as the “Yellow Book” rules which apply specifically to government auditors.
Subramanian says that Federal employees in executive branch agencies can deliberately work less efficiently in order to slow down the implementation of the President’s agenda:
“If you’re in [an] executive branch agency you can slow ball things to a degree, that it’s like ineffective, and maybe you get in trouble, or maybe you get fired or resign or whatever, but you slowed [Trump’s agenda] down for a certain period of time.”
Secretive Socialist Activism in the Federal Government
In conversations with Subramanian this year, #ProjectVeritas discovered that in addition to being a Federal employee he manages social media and communications for Metro DC #DSA. Subramanian admits that he works on DSA projects while at his Federal job. He says, “Everything that I’m doing with DSA is stuff that I’m not supposed to be doing for work… it’s explicitly prohibited. If they find out I could get in trouble, basically.”
In June 2018, during Metro DC DSA’s highly publicized confrontation of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Subramanian admitted he secretly spent the majority of his government workday “…doing social media” for Metro DC DSA:
“No one knows I spent six hours yesterday doing social media for DSA.”
While some of his coworkers at GAO know that he’s a member of Metro DC DSA, Subramanian claims his superiors are unaware, “Management does not know. You have to be strategic about things like this.”
In one exchange, Subramanian describes his political philosophies and those of his comrades in Metro DC DSA:
“We have a bunch of just communists, like no prefix, and that’s basically me. We [also] have some folks who are Trotskyists or Leninists.”
One of these Metro DC DSA members, according to Subramanian, works for the Department of Defense and has a Top Secret clearance in order to work on “…war planning stuff,” regarding Syria.
Covering Tracks
According to various federal statutes, some forms of political activism are prohibited for government employees. Subramanian appears to be aware of this when he explains that he tries to keep his political activity secret:
“Sometimes as a government employee, you have to keep it under wraps a little bit so you don’t get into trouble and that’s kind of what I try to do.”
50 U.S.C. § 841 - U.S. Code -
Findings and declarations of fact
The Congress finds and declares
that the Communist Party of the United States, although purportedly a political
party, is in fact an instrumentality of a conspiracy to overthrow the Government
of the United States. It constitutes an authoritarian dictatorship within a
republic, demanding for itself the rights and privileges accorded to political
parties, but denying to all others the liberties guaranteed by the
Constitution. Unlike political parties, which evolve their policies and
programs through public means, by the reconciliation of a wide variety of
individual views, and submit those policies and programs to the electorate at
large for approval or disapproval, the policies and programs of the Communist
Party are secretly prescribed for it by the foreign leaders of the world
Communist movement. Its members have no part in determining its goals, and are
not permitted to voice dissent to party objectives. Unlike members of political
parties, members of the Communist Party are recruited for indoctrination with
respect to its objectives and methods, and are organized, instructed, and
disciplined to carry into action slavishly the assignments given them by their
hierarchical chieftains. Unlike political parties, the Communist Party
acknowledges no constitutional or statutory limitations upon its conduct or
upon that of its members. The Communist Party is relatively small numerically,
and gives scant indication of capacity ever to attain its ends by lawful
political means. The peril inherent in its operation arises not from its
numbers, but from its failure to acknowledge any limitation as to the nature of
its activities, and its dedication to the proposition that the present
constitutional Government of the United States ultimately must be brought to
ruin by any available means, including resort to force and violence. Holding
that doctrine, its role as the agency of a hostile foreign power renders its
existence a clear present and continuing danger to the security of the United
States. It is the means whereby individuals are seduced into the service of the
world Communist movement, trained to do its bidding, and directed and
controlled in the conspiratorial performance of their revolutionary services.
Therefore, the Communist Party should be outlawed.
50 U.S.C. § 842 - U.S. Code -
Proscription of Communist Party, its successors, and subsidiary organizations
The Communist Party of the United
States, or any successors of such party regardless of the assumed name, whose
object or purpose is to overthrow the Government of the United States, or the
government of any State, Territory, District, or possession thereof, or the
government of any political subdivision therein by force and violence, are not
entitled to any of the rights, privileges, and immunities attendant upon legal
bodies created under the jurisdiction of the laws of the United States or any
political subdivision thereof; and whatever rights, privileges, and immunities
which have heretofore been granted to said party or any subsidiary organization
by reason of the laws of the United States or any political subdivision
thereof, are terminated: Provided, however, That nothing in this section shall
be construed as amending the Internal Security Act of 1950, as amended [ 50
U.S.C.A. § 781 et seq. ]
50 U.S.C. § 843 - U.S. Code -
Application of Internal Security Act of 1950 to members of Communist Party and
other subversive organizations; “Communist Party” defined
(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully
becomes or remains a member of (1) the Communist Party, or (2) any other
organization having for one of its purposes or objectives the establishment,
control, conduct, seizure, or overthrow of the Government of the United States,
or the government of any State or political subdivision thereof, by the use of
force or violence, with knowledge of the purpose or objective of such
organization shall be subject to all the provisions and penalties of the
Internal Security Act of 1950, as amended [ 50 U.S.C.A. § 781 et seq. ], as a
member of a “Communist-action” organization.
(b) For the purposes of this
section, the term “Communist Party” means the organization now known as the
Communist Party of the United States of America, the Communist Party of any
State or subdivision thereof, and any unit or subdivision of any such
organization, whether or not any change is hereafter made in the name thereof. The
Communist Party of the United States, or any successors of such party
regardless of the assumed name, whose object or purpose is to overthrow the
Government of the United States, or the government of any State, Territory,
District, or possession thereof, or the government of any political subdivision
therein by force and violence, are not entitled to any of the rights,
privileges, and immunities attendant upon legal bodies created under the
jurisdiction of the laws of the United States or any political subdivision
thereof; and whatever rights, privileges, and immunities which have heretofore
been granted to said party or any subsidiary organization by reason of the laws
of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, are terminated:
Provided, however, That nothing in this section shall be construed as amending
the Internal Security Act of 1950, as amended [ 50 U.S.C.A. § 781 et seq. ].
50 US Code 781 was repealed, however
in the "et seq.", find:
Title 50. War and National
Defense § 783. Offenses
a) Communication of classified information by Government
officer or employee
It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of the
United States or of any department or agency thereof, or of any corporation the
stock of which is owned in whole or in major part by the United States or any
department or agency thereof, to communicate in any manner or by any means, to
any other person whom such officer or employee knows or has reason to believe
to be an agent or representative of any foreign government, any information of
a kind which shall have been classified by the President (or by the head of any
such department, agency, or corporation with the approval of the President) as
affecting the security of the United States, knowing or having reason to know
that such information has been so classified, unless such officer or employee
shall have been specifically authorized by the President, or by the head of the
department, agency, or corporation by which this officer or employee is
employed, to make such disclosure of such information.
(b) Receipt of, or attempt to receive, classified
information by foreign agent
It shall be unlawful for any agent or representative of
any foreign government knowingly to obtain or receive, or attempt to obtain or
receive, directly or indirectly, from any officer or employee of the United
States or of any department or agency thereof or of any corporation the stock
of which is owned in whole or in major part by the United States or any
department or agency thereof, any information of a kind which shall have been
classified by the President (or by the head of any such department, agency, or
corporation with the approval of the President) as affecting the security of
the United States, unless special authorization for such communication shall
first have been obtained from the head of the department, agency, or
corporation having custody of or control over such information.
(c) Penalties for violation
Any person who violates any provision of this section
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000,
or imprisonment for not more than ten years, or by both such fine and such
imprisonment, and shall, moreover, be thereafter ineligible to hold any office,
or place of honor, profit, or trust created by the Constitution or laws of the
United States.
(d) Limitation period
Any person may be prosecuted, tried, and punished for any
violation of this section at any time within ten years after the commission of
such offense, notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute of
limitations: Provided, That if at the time of the commission of the offense
such person is an officer or employee of the United States or of any department
or agency thereof, or of any corporation the stock of which is owned in whole
or in major part by the United States or any department or agency thereof, such
person may be prosecuted, tried, and punished for any violation of this section
at any time within ten years after such person has ceased to be employed as
such officer or employee.
(e) Forfeiture of property
(1) Any person convicted of a violation of this section
shall forfeit to the United States irrespective of any provision of State law--
(A) any property constituting, or derived from, any
proceeds the person obtained, directly or indirectly, as the result of such
violation; and
(B) any of the person's property used, or intended to be
used, in any manner or part, to commit, or to facilitate the commission of,
such violation.
(2) The court, in imposing sentence on a defendant for a
conviction of a violation of this section, shall order that the defendant
forfeit to the United States all property described in paragraph (1).
(A) property subject to forfeiture under this subsection;
(B) any seizure or disposition of such property; and
(C) any administrative or judicial proceeding in relation
to such property, if not inconsistent with this subsection.
(4) Notwithstanding section 524(c) of Title 28
, there shall be deposited in the Crime Victims Fund established under section 10601 of Title 42
all amounts from the forfeiture of property under this subsection remaining
after the payment of expenses for forfeiture and sale authorized by law.
(5) As used in this subsection, the term “State” means any
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any territory or
possession of the United States.
Remembering one of the few Democrats who was willing to stand up to Bill Clinton and to the International Bankers. A Tea Party favorite, former Sheriff and member of the House of Representatives who spoke out and exposed the #DeepState long before it was cool to do so. He met a tragic end after being removed from Congress, after being set up and imprisoned as a real #PoliticalPrisoner . He refused to remain silent and mysteriously had a tractor flip on him allegedly crush him to the point of not being able to breathe. He died of his injuries in the hospital. I don't care for most Democrats today, but this was one who broke the establishment mold and deplored Communists and war hawk fake big government progressive conservatives and liberals alike.
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An Israeli court convicted a Jewish Israeli man on charges including extortion for making a string of bomb threats targeting U.S. Jewish community centers, airlines and shopping malls — capping a case that had raised fears of a wave of anti-Semitism in the United States.
(Excerpt from the Chicago Tribune)
The Tel Aviv district court did not identify the man because he was a teen when he committed the crimes. But a separate U.S. indictment has identified him as Michael Ron David Kadar, a dual American-Israeli citizen.
Kadar's arrest in March 2017 followed a trans-Atlantic investigation with the FBI and other international law enforcement agencies.
Police said the 19-year-old, from southern Israel, used advanced technologies to mask the origin of his calls and communications to synagogues, community buildings and public venues.
In early 2017, there were dozens of bomb threats against Jewish community centers and day schools across the U.S. and in Canada, according to the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish group that battles anti-Semitism. The threats led to evacuations, sent a chill through local Jewish communities and raised fears of rising anti-Semitism.
The Israeli indictment said that besides the Jewish centers, Kadar also targeted airports, malls, police stations and Republican state Sen. Ernesto Lopez from Delaware. He also offered his intimidation services over the internet in return for compensation in Bitcoin.
In all, Kadar was accused of making over 2,000 threats.
Among the allegations in the Israeli indictment were making a bomb threat against an El-Al flight to Israel that sparked fighter jets to be scrambled, and threatening a Canadian airport, which required passengers to disembark on emergency slides. Six people were injured. He was also accused of threatening a Virgin flight that as a result dumped eight tons of fuel over the ocean before landing, and threatening a plane being used by the NBA's Boston Celtics.
Police had said he used sophisticated "camouflage technologies" to disguise his voice and mask his location. They said a search of his home uncovered antennas and satellite equipment.
The judge wrote that investigators had determined the young man enjoyed making people panic and putting them in fear and stress.
Prosecutor Yoni Hadad said Kadar was convicted on charges including extortion, publishing false information, money laundering and violations of computer laws. "He caused panic and terrorized many people, and disrupted their lives," he said.
COMMENTARY/RESPONSE in RED by RTR TRUTH MEDIA
In the U.S., Kadar also faces federal hate crimes, bomb threats, hoax and cyberstalking charges that could potentially put him behind bars for decades, according to an (So Israel can spy on us, steal from us, etc. but they are such a great "ally" that they refuse extradition.I wonder if they are afraid to reveal what real motivation or organization was behind this individuals actions or if he was any part of their Hasbara operations?)
An Excerpt from:
Mercer Island banker’s push for stiffer hate-crime penalties clears U.S. Senate - (Seattle Times)
The U.S. Senate has passed a measure expanding federal hate-crimes (thought crimes fused with an actual criminal act) laws to include threatening or defacing religious institutions, a victory for the Mercer Island banker who helped draft the measure after a bomb threat against a Mercer Island Jewish community center last year.
The bomb threat, which was called in to the Stroum Jewish Community Center (by an Israeli Jewish man) in February 2017, propelled Mercer Island resident Joseph Schocken — president of Seattle-based Broadmark Capital — to contact Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor, and help draft legislation to amend federal hate-crimes laws and increase penalties for threats to deface, damage or destroy properties used by religious institutions and affiliated facilities. (While we at RTR agree that property crimes are despicable, no one should have extended rights or protections over any other, and certainly not when said crime that triggered the push comes from someone within their own belief system)
The Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act increases the penalty to five years in prison and a fine for threats that lead to damage. Currently, such crimes are a misdemeanor, which carries a maximum one-year jail sentence.
“At the end of the day, hate crimes are crimes, and it is important that we have stronger laws to protect these institutions,” Schocken said. (Hate crimes is a Marxist concept and thought crime is Un-American)
If you choose to dismiss this, you are a fool. If it is too long for you, you are but an idiot. Wake up and learn the truth of what is going on around you.
British Intelligence through Albert Pike whose headquarters were in Charleston were progenitors of the Society of B'nai B'rith (what is now the Anti-Defamation League or ADL) and further historical accounts that most Americans are oblivious to the true cause of the War between the States. This is an historical account based upon the archives of that organization and more. Those who call themselves Federal, State and local law enforcers have been seduced by criminal conspirators in the cloak of good deed. Wake up America.
My life as was William Copper's life; who was gunned down in his own yard, is at stake bringing you this information on a platform that will expose their crimes and shatter the illusions they have built by Useful Idiots, and risk our safety in doing so. This is no laughing or joking matter. These are gangsters we are opposing.
#TheOfficialSoriesAreFullOfLies, when you find the truth, you will also find a lot of lies. I am going to do this until you either wake up or I die a martyr. If you don't wake up then I would rather be killed as this world will not be worth living in...
Project Veritas has released the second installment in an undercover video series unmasking the administrative state, ie ‘deep state’. Today’s video features Department of Justice paralegal Allison Hrabar using government-owned software and computers to push a socialist agenda. Also featured is Jessica Schubel, the former Chief of Staff for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services during the last Obama administration.
Both Schubel and Hrabar make admissions revealing that federal employees appear to be using their positions inside our government to resist or slow the Trump administration’s policies. It appears some laws have been broken in the process.
"It is my position that the Democratic Socialists of America are merely a watered down Communist Party USA activity to try and skirt the illegality of the CPUSA in America verified under Federal Law. We allowed this to pass a long time ago. It is time we took a hard stand." - Tom Lacovara-Stewart
Federal Employee for State Department: “Resist everything… Every level. F**k sh*t up.”
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Embedded in Federal Government Positions, Actively Resisting
Stuart Karaffa Does Work for DSA While on Taxpayer’s Dime: “I’m careful about it. I don’t leave a paper trail.” “I have nothing to lose. It’s impossible to fire federal employees.” Ethics Officer Fails to Recognize Breach on Ethics Form: “somebody just rubber stamps it and it goes forward…”
UPDATE: 3:48 PM | Project Veritas attorney Benjamin Barr filed a complaint with the Department of State regarding the findings of our video. See the complaint here. UPDATE: 2:22 PM | A Department of State spokesperson issued the following response to an inquiry from The Epoch Times: “I can confirm Stuart Karaffa is a Management and Program Analyst with the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations. We take seriously any allegation of a violation of the Hatch Act and financial disclosure rules and are closely reviewing this matter. This is a personnel matter that we cannot comment on further at this time.”
(Washington DC) Today, Project Veritas released the first installment in an undercover videoinvestigation series unmasking the deep state. This video features a State Department employee, Stuart Karaffa, engaged in radical socialist political activity on the taxpayer’s dime, while advocating for resistance to official government policies. In addition to being a State Department employee Stuart Karaffa is also a ranking member of the Metro DC Democratic Socialists of America (Metro DC DSA.) Metro DC DSA is a socialist group that works to advance progressive causes in the metropolitan DC area. Socialist Activism at the State Department Mr. Karaffa’s loyalties seem to be with DSA, not with his employer.
Karaffa told an undercover Project Veritas journalist that he performs DSA activism while at work for the State Department. He explained that he drafts DSA communications while on the job at State Department:
“… I’m careful about it. I don’t leave a paper trail, like I leave emails, and like any press s**t that comes up I leave that until after 5:30. But as soon as 5:31 hits, got my like draft messages ready to send out.”
Karaffa also admits that on behalf of DSA he monitors Virginia political news online while at work:
“You could put two and two together probably. With like web traffic…. So with web traffic, I mean I could make the case before a court of law that- I’m going to the Virginia sort of, campaign finance website- that I’m just interested in what people are doing politically. But if they also go and look at like DSA minutes and like Officer positions they’ll be like, ‘that’s weird, you were the co-chair of the electoral caucus, and you spent three hours on a Virginia campaign finance website.'”
RTR TRUTH MEDIA
by Tom Lacovara-Stewart
It is my position that the Democratic Socialists of America are merely a watered down Communist Party USA activity to try and skirt the illegality of the CPUSA in America verified under Federal Law. We allowed this to pass a long time ago. It is time we took a hard stand.
Communism
50 U.S.C. § 841 - U.S. Code -
Findings and declarations of fact
The Congress finds and declares
that the Communist Party of the United States, although purportedly a political
party, is in fact an instrumentality of a conspiracy to overthrow the Government
of the United States. It constitutes an authoritarian dictatorship within a
republic, demanding for itself the rights and privileges accorded to political
parties, but denying to all others the liberties guaranteed by the
Constitution. Unlike political parties, which evolve their policies and
programs through public means, by the reconciliation of a wide variety of
individual views, and submit those policies and programs to the electorate at
large for approval or disapproval, the policies and programs of the Communist
Party are secretly prescribed for it by the foreign leaders of the world
Communist movement. Its members have no part in determining its goals, and are
not permitted to voice dissent to party objectives. Unlike members of political
parties, members of the Communist Party are recruited for indoctrination with
respect to its objectives and methods, and are organized, instructed, and
disciplined to carry into action slavishly the assignments given them by their
hierarchical chieftains. Unlike political parties, the Communist Party
acknowledges no constitutional or statutory limitations upon its conduct or
upon that of its members. The Communist Party is relatively small numerically,
and gives scant indication of capacity ever to attain its ends by lawful
political means. The peril inherent in its operation arises not from its
numbers, but from its failure to acknowledge any limitation as to the nature of
its activities, and its dedication to the proposition that the present
constitutional Government of the United States ultimately must be brought to
ruin by any available means, including resort to force and violence. Holding
that doctrine, its role as the agency of a hostile foreign power renders its
existence a clear present and continuing danger to the security of the United
States. It is the means whereby individuals are seduced into the service of the
world Communist movement, trained to do its bidding, and directed and
controlled in the conspiratorial performance of their revolutionary services.
Therefore, the Communist Party should be outlawed.
50 U.S.C. § 842 - U.S. Code -
Proscription of Communist Party, its successors, and subsidiary organizations
The Communist Party of the United
States, or any successors of such party regardless of the assumed name, whose
object or purpose is to overthrow the Government of the United States, or the
government of any State, Territory, District, or possession thereof, or the
government of any political subdivision therein by force and violence, are not
entitled to any of the rights, privileges, and immunities attendant upon legal
bodies created under the jurisdiction of the laws of the United States or any
political subdivision thereof; and whatever rights, privileges, and immunities
which have heretofore been granted to said party or any subsidiary organization
by reason of the laws of the United States or any political subdivision
thereof, are terminated: Provided, however, That nothing in this section shall
be construed as amending the Internal Security Act of 1950, as amended [ 50
U.S.C.A. § 781 et seq. ]
50 U.S.C. § 843 - U.S. Code -
Application of Internal Security Act of 1950 to members of Communist Party and
other subversive organizations; “Communist Party” defined
(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully
becomes or remains a member of (1) the Communist Party, or (2) any other
organization having for one of its purposes or objectives the establishment,
control, conduct, seizure, or overthrow of the Government of the United States,
or the government of any State or political subdivision thereof, by the use of
force or violence, with knowledge of the purpose or objective of such
organization shall be subject to all the provisions and penalties of the
Internal Security Act of 1950, as amended [ 50 U.S.C.A. § 781 et seq. ], as a
member of a “Communist-action” organization.
(b) For the purposes of this
section, the term “Communist Party” means the organization now known as the
Communist Party of the United States of America, the Communist Party of any
State or subdivision thereof, and any unit or subdivision of any such
organization, whether or not any change is hereafter made in the name thereof. The
Communist Party of the United States, or any successors of such party
regardless of the assumed name, whose object or purpose is to overthrow the
Government of the United States, or the government of any State, Territory,
District, or possession thereof, or the government of any political subdivision
therein by force and violence, are not entitled to any of the rights,
privileges, and immunities attendant upon legal bodies created under the
jurisdiction of the laws of the United States or any political subdivision
thereof; and whatever rights, privileges, and immunities which have heretofore
been granted to said party or any subsidiary organization by reason of the laws
of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, are terminated:
Provided, however, That nothing in this section shall be construed as amending
the Internal Security Act of 1950, as amended [ 50 U.S.C.A. § 781 et seq. ].
50 US
Code 781 was repealed, however in the "et seq.", find:
Title 50. War and National
Defense § 783. Offenses
a) Communication of classified information by Government
officer or employee
It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of the
United States or of any department or agency thereof, or of any corporation the
stock of which is owned in whole or in major part by the United States or any
department or agency thereof, to communicate in any manner or by any means, to
any other person whom such officer or employee knows or has reason to believe
to be an agent or representative of any foreign government, any information of
a kind which shall have been classified by the President (or by the head of any
such department, agency, or corporation with the approval of the President) as
affecting the security of the United States, knowing or having reason to know
that such information has been so classified, unless such officer or employee
shall have been specifically authorized by the President, or by the head of the
department, agency, or corporation by which this officer or employee is
employed, to make such disclosure of such information.
(b) Receipt of, or attempt to receive, classified
information by foreign agent
It shall be unlawful for any agent or representative of
any foreign government knowingly to obtain or receive, or attempt to obtain or
receive, directly or indirectly, from any officer or employee of the United
States or of any department or agency thereof or of any corporation the stock
of which is owned in whole or in major part by the United States or any
department or agency thereof, any information of a kind which shall have been
classified by the President (or by the head of any such department, agency, or
corporation with the approval of the President) as affecting the security of
the United States, unless special authorization for such communication shall
first have been obtained from the head of the department, agency, or
corporation having custody of or control over such information.
(c) Penalties for violation
Any person who violates any provision of this section
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000,
or imprisonment for not more than ten years, or by both such fine and such
imprisonment, and shall, moreover, be thereafter ineligible to hold any office,
or place of honor, profit, or trust created by the Constitution or laws of the
United States.
(d) Limitation period
Any person may be prosecuted, tried, and punished for any
violation of this section at any time within ten years after the commission of
such offense, notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute of
limitations: Provided, That if at the time of the commission of the offense
such person is an officer or employee of the United States or of any department
or agency thereof, or of any corporation the stock of which is owned in whole
or in major part by the United States or any department or agency thereof, such
person may be prosecuted, tried, and punished for any violation of this section
at any time within ten years after such person has ceased to be employed as
such officer or employee.
(e) Forfeiture of property
(1) Any person convicted of a violation of this section
shall forfeit to the United States irrespective of any provision of State law--
(A) any property constituting, or derived from, any
proceeds the person obtained, directly or indirectly, as the result of such
violation; and
(B) any of the person's property used, or intended to be
used, in any manner or part, to commit, or to facilitate the commission of,
such violation.
(2) The court, in imposing sentence on a defendant for a
conviction of a violation of this section, shall order that the defendant
forfeit to the United States all property described in paragraph (1).
(A) property subject to forfeiture under this subsection;
(B) any seizure or disposition of such property; and
(C) any administrative or judicial proceeding in relation
to such property, if not inconsistent with this subsection.
(4) Notwithstanding section 524(c) of Title 28
, there shall be deposited in the Crime Victims Fund established under section 10601 of Title 42
all amounts from the forfeiture of property under this subsection remaining
after the payment of expenses for forfeiture and sale authorized by law.
(5) As used in this subsection, the term “State” means any
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any territory or
possession of the United States.
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT can monitor journalists under a foreign intelligence law that allows invasive spying and operates outside the traditional court system, according to newly released documents.
Targeting members of the press under the law, known as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, requires approval from the Justice Department’s highest-ranking officials, the documents show.
In two 2015 memos for the FBI, the attorney general spells out “procedures for processing Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act applications targeting known media entities or known members of the media.” The guidelines say the attorney general, the deputy attorney general, or their delegate must sign off before the bureau can bring an application to the secretive panel of judges who approves monitoring under the 1978 act, which governs intelligence-related wiretapping and other surveillance carried out domestically and against U.S. persons abroad.
The high level of supervision points to the controversy around targeting members of the media at all. Prior to the release of these documents, little was known about the use of FISA court orders against journalists. Previous attention had been focused on the use of National Security Letters against members of the press; the letters are administrative orders with which the FBI can obtain certain phone and financial records without a judge’s oversight. FISA court orders can authorize much more invasive searches and collection, including the content of communications, and do so through hearings conducted in secret and outside the sort of adversarial judicial process that allows journalists and other targets of regular criminal warrants to eventually challenge their validity.
“This is a huge surprise,” said Victoria Baranetsky, general counsel with the Center for Investigative Reporting, previously of Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press. “It makes me wonder, what other rules are out there, and how have these rules been applied? The next step is figuring out how this has been used.” READ MORE...
The NSA has tripled its surveillance of Americans’ phone chatter, collecting over 534mn phone call records and text messages last year, despite pressure for more restrictions and transparency, a new official report has revealed. Monday, February 26, 2018 - Newly Released Documents Prove FISA Surveillance Court Spying on Innocent Americans
Newly released court orders show that the secret FISA court violates innocent Americans’ privacy. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has acquired formerly classified court orders from the controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) which detail how the court violates the privacy of innocent Americans caught in the crossfire of federal surveillance. Thursday, February 1, 2018 - Intelligence Agencies Join FBI in Push Against Plans to Release FISA Abuse Memo
Whistleblowers, Republican congressional members, and some former intelligence officials cite mounting concern that the White House may not release the House Intelligence Committee’s FISA abuse memo as the FBI pushed against plans to make it public based on false allegations that the memo contains information that would harm U.S. national security, sources tell this reporter.
Russia has said Syria shot down one of its military planes - but laid the blame for the deaths of the 15 personnel on board with Israel.
The defence ministry said Israeli jets put the Il-20 plane into the path of Syrian air defence systems on Monday after failing to give Moscow enough warning of a strike on Syrian targets.
The Il-20 disappeared off the radar at about 23:00 local time (20:00 GMT).
However, in a statement released on Twitter, it added: "Israel holds the [Syrian President Bashar al-]Assad regime, whose military shot down the Russian plane, fully responsible for this incident."
It went on to say its jets were back in Israeli airspace by the time the missiles were launched.
Israel - which also blamed Iran and Hezbollah - rarely acknowledges carrying out strikes on Syria, but an Israeli military official recently said it had hit more than 200 Iranian targets in Syria over the past 18 months.
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The Israeli government is concerned by what it calls Iran's "military entrenchment" in Syria, as well as shipments of Iranian weapons to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which is fighting alongside Syrian government forces.
What exactly happened?
The details are murky, and Russia's account of the incident has yet to be verified.
Monday's incident is reported to have occurred about 35km (22 miles) from the Syrian coast as the Ilyushin Il-20 aircraft was returning to Russia's Hmeimim airbase near the north-western city of Latakia.
Russia's Tass news agency says the Il-20 plane "disappeared during an attack by four Israeli F-16 jets on Syrian facilities in Latakia province".
Reports on Syrian state media spoke of an attack in the area shortly before the plane disappeared. According to Sana news agency, the military said it had intercepted "enemy missiles coming from the open sea towards the city of Latakia".
Syrian television also reported explosions over the sky in Latakia just before 22:00. Thirty minutes later, the Sana Facebook page reported that Syrian air defences had responded to enemy missiles.
What does Russia accuse Israel of doing?
In a statement, Russia said Israel's "irresponsible actions" were to blame, saying it was given less than a minute's warning ahead of the strikes, which was not enough time to get the military surveillance plane out of the way.
"The Israeli planes deliberately created a dangerous situation for surface ships and aircraft in the area," a defence ministry spokesman said.
The plane, the spokesman continued, was shot down by a Syrian missile.
"As a result of the irresponsible actions by the Israeli military, 15 Russian servicemen have died," the spokesman said.
It is not possible to verify any of these claims.
What has Israel said?
The IDF said its jets were targeting Syrian military facilities "from which systems to manufacture accurate and lethal weapons were about to be transferred on behalf of Iran to Hezbollah in Lebanon".
It added the Syrian anti-aircraft missiles were "inaccurate" and "extensive". What's more, it claimed its jets were back in Israeli airspace by the time the missiles were launched.
The statement also accused the Syrian military of failing "to ensure that no Russian planes were in the air", adding it would share the relevant information with Moscow.
In an earlier phone call on Tuesday, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman the blame "fully rests with Israel", adding that Russia "reserves the right to take further steps in response".
Russia later summoned the Israeli ambassador to its foreign ministry.
A search-and-rescue operation is under way.
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The Il-20 aircraft was returning to a Russian base on the north-western coast of Syria (file photo)
