Acting DNI Ric Grenell Announces Organizational Changes to National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)…

The Last Refuge

. . . "Knowing the scale of intelligence weaponization for political purposes that we are now aware of; and accepting a nefarious intention on behalf of federal actors looking for unique ways to skirt laws, rules and regulations on domestic surveillance; the morphing of the “sister” agencies to exploit intelligence gathering makes sense.

"One approach of this nefarious intent would be “reverse targeting”, which is similar to the Flynn-Kislyak call issues.  Target a foreign person’s communication as an end-around to avoid the necessary warrant for the American on the other end of the contact.  In practice this would look like this:

The FBI (counterintelligence division) knows an American contacted a foreign person.  The FBI wants to know what the contact was about, but doesn’t have evidence to cut through the legal privacy protections.  So the FBI asks their ‘sister’ the CIA, to extract the foreign person’s information from the NSA intercepts (FBI gives specific date and time). The CIA then extracts the result and the NCTC is used as the hub where the resulting intelligence information is stored, then shared.

"Obviously we have no idea whether today’s realignment of NCTC priorities has any bearing on the system structure used to carry out prior corrupt intelligence exploits; but it’s possible this issue is a part of the underlying change." . . .

Biden reportedly has unmasking pal Susan Rice on his VP shortlist, she says she’d be all i

BPR  "It appears presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden and Obama-era National Security Adviser Susan Rice are two sleazy unmasking peas in a pod of potential illegalities.
"On Thursday, a day after Biden and Rice were both outed as being among the Obama administration officials who’d sought to unmask then-incoming National Security Adviser Michael Flynn in late 2016 and early 2017, word emerged that Rice is on Biden’s VP shortlist.
" 'You’re on the list of one of the people to be considered for Joe Biden’s vice president,” PBS host Margaret Hoover revealed to Rice during an interview with her." .  .  .

“Tone at the top is hugely important,” @AmbassadorRice tells @FiringLineShow. Rice says she expects that Pres. Obama and VP Biden would have worn masks if in office during the #COVID19 pandemic but says instead there is currently a “false machismo” on display at the White House. pic.twitter.com/ElgJhUYhn7— Firing Line with Margaret Hoover (@FiringLineShow) May 14, 2020   Video

. . . "Isn’t that nice? Well, Flynn would probably disagree given as Biden and Rice were both among those who sought to unmask him for reasons that are just now starting to be investigated thanks to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
“In light of General Flynn’s unmasking by the Obama Administration, the job of Congress will be to perform oversight of these unmasking requests to ensure the process was used for legitimate national security concerns, not reprisals or political curiosity,” chair committee Sen. Lindsey Graham said in tweets Wednesday.

Kayleigh McEnany Lays Out #Obamagate

Weasel Zippers  "Listen up, media. The questions you should be asking.",,,,,,,

Jeff Carlson@themarketswork

In a normal world, everything being said here by Kayleigh McEnany would be front page news.

Sadly, we don't live in that world.

This is a must listen. Please share. https://t.co/t0oW31wIh1

— Jeff Carlson (@themarketswork) May 15, 2020

‘The View’ Audience Applauds as Joy Behar Says Democrats Need To Lie To Get into Office

The David J. Harris Show

"'Joy Behar is constantly saying that Trump Is immoral and that Trump lies, which is ironic considering she is now telling Democrats to lie about their intentions until they get elected and then spring it on them.

"Worse still, the audience applauded when she said this. She was specifically talking about Beto O’Rourke and his gun confiscation proposals.

"Behar said he should have kept his mouth shut until he was elected and then enact the law.

"What she is saying is that many of the Democrat’s proposals are wildly unpopular with the voters, so they should lie about their support until they get into office.

"But, would that be immoral and lying? It is also true that Behar isn’t against President Trump for lying.

"She is opposed to Trump because once in office, he set about doing all the things he promised as a candidate.

"So, it is moral to lie to the voters and then drastically alter your positions once in office, but it’s immoral to carry out the things you promised. That’s why the Democrats need to be soundly defeated in 2020."

"From The Western Journal:

The Democratic Party has never been a stranger to liars, of course.But in the Trump years, the party has disgraced itself in ways that would have been unimaginable only a few years ago.The Alice-in-Wonderland ugliness of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings — an endless carnival of lies consciously propagated by the mainstream media — won’t be forgotten.The lengthy, expensive, fruitless Russia collusion hoax and now the utterly baseless “impeachment inquiry” (a kangaroo court under the leadership of congenital liar and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, no less) are just more lessons for the American public at large.No one, not even Democrats, believes Democrats much anymore.The difference between supporters of the parties now is that liberals, like Behar, are perfectly willing to let the Democrats lie if it means they have a chance of seizing power.

Ten million people are locked down at the whim of a very well paid SJW 'doctor'

Who can forget when Whoopi Goldberg raved about the (non) fact that Jill was "a hell of a doctor," "an amazing doctor" as the lemming-filled audience clapped along?

Carol Brown  "Barbara Ferrer, or "Dr. Barbara Ferrer," as she likes to be called, is the director of the Los Angeles County Public Health Department.  In this role, she dictates public policy on the endless lockdown that is destroying millions of lives in a city that's in a perpetual state of decay.

"You'd think that, at the very least, she'd be a medical doctor.  But she's not.  Per a Los Angeles Times article, at one point in her life, she thought about becoming a doctor, so I guess that's supposed to count.

"In any case, Ferrer is a doctor just as Jill Biden, doctorate in Education (Ed.D) is a doctor.  Who can forget when Whoopi Goldberg raved about the (non) fact that Jill was "a hell of a doctor," "an amazing doctor" as the lemming-filled audience clapped along?

"Ferrer has racked up a lot of useless degrees in fields of study such as her claim to be a doctor — a Ph.D. in social welfare from the notorious incubator of leftists, Brandeis University.  Via USC:

"Dr. Ferrer received her Ph.D. in Social Welfare from Brandeis University, a Master of Arts in Public Health from Boston University, a Master of Arts in Education from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and a Bachelor of Arts in Community Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

"Say what?!  Not only do those degrees sound irrelevant to her current job, but they sound irrelevant to work of any kind.

"Of course, the Los Angeles Times doesn't see it that way.  The reporters there think she's quite a star in the health field while gushing over her social justice credentials, including being an "activist" and a "community organizer."  It's probably icing on the leftist cake that she was also born in Puerto Rico." . . .

CNN Buries Trump’s New Poll Stats

The Blacksphere 
Trump defies the odds so much that one must start to question those setting the odds.Yet again, Trump reigns supreme. In a time of Russian collusion, Ukrainian extortion, and a “pandemic”, Trump’s poll numbers remain high.

"President Trump continues to enjoy record approval among Republicans. And he slowly siphons off Democrats. But the real problem for the Party of Lynching of Negroes is how well Trump does with Independents.

"According to Gallup, “Most of the variation in Trump’s recent job approval rating is among independents.”

“In the current poll, 47% of independents approve of the job he is doing as president, the highest Gallup has measured for the group to date. 93% of Republicans and 8% of Democrats approve of the job Trump is doing.”

Trump Team Takes Aim at Adam Schiff

The Blacksphere 
"Here we go folks! I hope you have your ring-side tickets, because this one is gonna be a total knock out. There’s something quite hilarious about Adam Schiff trying to stare down Trump’s team with his crooked glare."

. . . Witnesses?  

"I can’t believe Democrats have the audacity to say Trump has no witnesses. First of all, the President is innocent until proven guilty, according to our constitution. Secondly, democrats spent the past three years investigating crimes that have no witnesses.
"If we rewind to the Russian collusion investigation, we are faced with lying Adam Schiff, and no witnesses to back him up. Isn’t that ironic? Actually, Schiff even blocked the testimony of those who could shed real light on the situation.
"Then, as soon as the Mueller report failed to sink Trump, Schiff showed his desperation. He immediately started looking for another way to get rid of the president.
"But what did we end up learning? That Schiff himself was tied to Fusion GPS, backers of the Steele Dossier." . . .

The Ruling Class Railroading of Michael Flynn; It started many years ago.

It is impossible to overstate the intensity of the Trump Derangement Syndrome that gripped Obama and his aides.

Heavy.com

The American Spectator  "The release of the names of Obama officials who sought the unmasking of Michael Flynn is longer than expected. It seems to include everyone but the White House custodian. Naturally, the media is treating this revelation as perfectly normal. You see, one party spying on the other is only shocking if Republicans do it. But if Democrats do it? Well, the Obama officials who wanted a peek at Flynn’s conversations were simply “doing their duty.” Right. That’s why they had been spying on him since at least 2014. Recall that the Cambridge academic Stefan Halper, the “confidential informant” the FBI used to try and trip up George Papadopoulos, had been spying on Michael Flynn too. Halper reported on a visit Flynn made to Cambridge as far back as 2014.
"Flynn had become a reviled figure in the eyes of Obama officials by daring to question its soft approach to Islamic terrorism. Ever since Obama sacked Flynn as the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Obama officials had been gunning for him. They feverishly worked up a hypothesis that he was in cahoots with the Russians and couldn’t resist an attempt to prove their partisan hunch by spying on him relentlessly.
"It is impossible to overstate the intensity of the Trump Derangement Syndrome that gripped Obama and his aides.
"Such was their desperation to nail Flynn that Sally Yates and company faked up a concern about the possibility of Flynn having violated the Logan Act, an antiquated law that has never been enforced. We now know that even Joe Biden wanted to get his finger into that pie. This is the same Joe Biden who has said that the Obama administration wasn’t guilty of even a “hint of scandal.' ” .  . .

Flynn’s a lifelong Democrat, although he’s said recently the Democratic Party isn’t the party he once knew.

Monica Lewinsky Finally Gets Revenge, Will Produce Hollywood Show About Clinton Scandal

Politics Daily Update   "If anyone dеѕеrvеѕ tо gеt rеvеngе аnd саѕh іn іt is сеrtаіnlу Monica Lеwіnѕkу. Shе wаѕ bаѕісаllу dеѕtrоуеd by Bіll Clіntоn аnd thеn raked оvеr thе gоаlѕ аgаіn bу Kеn Stаrr аnd hіѕ іnvеѕtіgаtоrѕ.n short, ѕhе hаѕ mаnу ѕсоrеѕ tо ѕеttlе аnd ѕhе wіll рrоbаblу ѕраrе nо Clіntоn a dеѕеrvеd рublіс humіlіаtіоn
"She hаѕ nо rеаѕоn tо рrоtесt Bіll оr Hіllаrу. Aѕ ѕhе wіll bе рrоduсіng fоr thе hіt ѕеrіеѕ Amеrісаn Crіmе Stоrу, еxресt thе full Hоllуwооd trеаtmеnt аnd thе Clіntоn fаll frоm grасе tо bе соmрlеtе – thеу were сrеаtеd bу Hоllуwооd аnd thеу will bе destroyed bу Hоllуwооd.
"Frоm Thе Hоllуwооd Reporter:
"Nеаrlу a уеаr аnd a hаlf аftеr ѕеаѕоn twо оf FX’ѕ Emmy-winning Amеrісаn Crіmе Stоrу еndеd, thе futurе оf thе Rуаn Murрhу-рrоduсеd аnthоlоgу іѕ соmіng bасk іntо fосuѕ.
"On Tuеѕdау, FX uѕеd its tіmе аt thе Tеlеvіѕіоn Crіtісѕ Aѕѕосіаtіоn’ѕ ѕummеr рrеѕѕ tоur tо аnnоunсе thаt ѕеаѕоn thrее wіll fосuѕ оn thе ѕаgа оf thе Clіntоn рrеѕіdеnсу ѕсаndаl wіth Mоnіса Lеwіnѕkу оn bоаrd tо рrоduсе.
"Imреасhmеnt: Amеrісаn Crіmе Stоrу will ѕtаr frеԛuеnt Murрhу muѕе Sаrаh Pаulѕоn аѕ Lіndа Trірр; Bеаnіе Fеldѕtеіn (Lаdу Bіrd, Bооkѕmаrt, FX’ѕ What Wе Dо іn thе Shаdоwѕ) аѕ Lеwіnѕkу; аnd Annаlеіgh Aѕhfоrd (ѕеаѕоn twо оf ACS, Mаѕtеrѕ оf Sеx) аѕ Pаulа Jоnеѕ.
"Sаrаh Burgеѕѕ penned thе ѕсrірt fоr thе ѕеаѕоn, whісh іѕ bаѕеd оn Jеffrеу Tооbіn’ѕ bеѕt-ѕеllеr A Vаѕt Cоnѕріrасу: Thе Real Stоrу оf the Sex Sсаndаl Thаt Nеаrlу Brоught Down a Prеѕіdеnt. It іѕ thе ѕаmе bооk thаt Murрhу орtіоnеd іn Jаnuаrу 2017 аnd lаtеr hаd ѕесоnd thоughtѕ аbоut tеllіng Lеwіnѕkу’ѕ ѕtоrу." . . .

Breaking Report: Schiff is in Panic Mode, Career On The Line, Over Release of Russia Collusion Transcripts

USA Daily Update

Steven Ahle| Opinion: "Rep Adam Schiff tries to define himself as a fearless warrior.
"There is one thing that scares the heck of him and that is the truth. Unlucky for his, he is about to be exposed.
"Not only will he be exposed as a liar, but it will also reveal the steps he took in order to prevent the transcripts from seeing the light of day.
"Schiff is not too bright, as you already knew, and he made some serious mistakes in trying to cover up the transcripts.
"Schiff sent his staffers out to top officials in the intelligence communities to find out how Richard Grenell, acting chief at the ODNI got the transcripts declassified.
"This gave Grenell an opportunity to reveal that the transcripts had been declassified before he was even appointed, showing that Schiff had been blocking their release for some time now.
"The released transcripts will prove that the narrative that Schiff has been peddling has been nothing more than lies in order to gain political advantage and will expose other Democrats as well.
"House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) is reportedly “in panic mode” over transcripts that have been cleared to be released from his committee’s Russia investigation, which reportedly show that they had no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.
"“The declassification process was completed before Grenell took the helm as acting director this past February,” Fox News reported. “The process, according to an intelligence community official, took place under both former directors Dan Coates and Joseph Maguire, and was conducted by career intelligence officials. The official also told Fox News that the relevant heads of appropriate agencies were consulted on the declassifications and redactions of all 53 transcripts.”
"A source close to the White House told The Daily Wire, “Schiff really is panicking In a state of panic, Schiff has been making sloppy mistakes. It was a colossally stupid mistake on his part to send his staff out to find out what role Grenell had in the process, it gave Grenell’s allies in the Intelligence Community the perfect opportunity to disclose that the redactions took place before Grenell got there. Some of Schiff’s other mistakes will play out over the next couple of days.”

The other secrets inside Grenell’s satchel are the key to the biggest political scandal in US history

Thomas Lifson  "That satchel that Acting DNI Ric Grenell personally delivered to the Department of Justice on May 7, 2020 was far too big for just a list of the 39 Obama administration officials, including his chief of staff and ambassador to Italy.  Those higher ups have been exposed as requesting the unmasking of General Flynn. But there must have been a lot more inside, and that material was voluminous to require a briefcase-sized container, and that is the key to exposing the real extent of the spy operation that President Obama carried out on his political enemies, and the unmasking of General Michael Fynn is just the tip of the iceberg.

"That is the basic message of this long and fascinating post by retired naval officer J.E. Dyer at Liberty Unyielding. I urge those who take a keen interest in the subject to read the whole thing, for it is full of technical points and complexities, but I will offer my own perspective on the thesis advanced by Ms. Dyer, who tweets under the name OptimisticCon. The post was sent to me by a counterintelligence professional who noted that it reinforced the point I made yesterday: . . .

. . . "It’s called insulation. The principals who directed the spying never on their own logged requests for unmasking, at least until the very end of the Obama administration, when 39 names urgently needed access to the means to discredit and get rid of Flynn, who alone among the incoming Trump crew, had the knowledge of the intelligence community to blow up the conspiracy and reform the gargantuan spy apparatus. They were protecting the much larger spy operation that lasted for years under Obama.

"Adam Housely of Fox News has inside sources who are feeding him similar insight on what lies ahead:"

Adam Housley

Ooooooh brother. Massive surveillance...that’s what’s been found. “MASSIVE” is the way it was sent to me.

Greta, a Coronavirus panelist on CNN. What could go wrong?

" . . . why not have this odious little scold give her two cents' worth? . . . ' . . .   All of this puts us in mind of the science fiction novel "IQ 83," by Arthur Herzog. In it, a manipulated virus escapes a lab and spreads like wildfire. But it doesn't make you cough, or bleed from every orifice, or make your appendages fall off at inconvenient times. It makes you stupid, permanently peeling away IQ points day by day until everyone will be too dumb to take care of themselves, let alone find a cure for the illness. 

"Thanks to CNN (and many others), we are increasingly of the opinion that such a virus may not be as fictional as we once hoped."   Stilton Jarlsberg

NY Post  "An upcoming CNN town hall on the coronavirus pandemic will feature 17-year-old Greta Thunberg alongside a panel of medical experts.

The program, “Coronavirus Facts and Fears,” also includes CNN broadcaster Sanjay Gupta, 50, former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, 71, and former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Richard Besser, 60. CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, 52, will host alongside Gupta.
However, social media watchdogs are foaming at the mouth over the choice to place a teen climate activist on a panel with public health experts.
“What place does Greta Thunberg have in this town hall?” asks Twitter rabble-rouser Yashar Ali to his 618,000 followers. His rhetorical question was liked by more than 12,000 since this morning.
"Her name is a top trending term on Twitter, with some 30,000 mentions on the platform in just a few hours.
"In a follow-up tweet, Ali clarified his rhetorical tweet with an explanation: “I understand that but this is a panel of top health experts and administrators. A climate activist would be better suited on a different panel. She’s not a climate scientist. It’s a matter of placement.' ” . . .