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To: longnshort who wrote (1067932)	5/6/2018 2:21:38 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1576926

Kerry seems to be violating the Logan Act. We need to establish an additional special counsel to investigate him, Lynch and Holder.

To: longnshort who wrote (1067932)	5/6/2018 2:57:34 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1576926

GOP lawmaker: Mueller should be allowed to follow Russia probe 'wherever it takes him' BY AVERY ANAPOL - 05/05/18 07:54 AM EDT © Greg Nash GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) said this week that special counsel Robert Mueller should be allowed to follow his investigation into Russian meddling “wherever it takes him.” In an interview with the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Murkowski said she “firmly” believes that Trump should not be permitted to “meddle” in the investigation. “I believe very, very firmly in that. And I think any efforts to thwart that are dangerous,” she said. “If the investigation takes them to an additional turn that needs to be followed, I think this is what we're asking for when we ask for an independent investigation.” ”That means that the president can't meddle,” she added. “That means that the attorney general can't meddle. That means that the United States Senate can't meddle.” Murkowski also diverted from Trump’s claims that the probe is a “witch hunt,” and said that she would support legislation intended to protect Mueller from the president. "I do not subscribe that this is some kind of a witch hunt," she told the paper. She also praised the FBI’s “serious and significant role” in the investigation, and expressed concern that Trump’s rhetoric attacking the agency is hurting morale among agents. “I’m worried about the morale of the agency and their ability to do their job and to do their job independent, as I think most of us believe that they should be acting, and not being influenced by the politics of the moment or the administration," she said. thehill.com

To: longnshort who wrote (1067932)	5/6/2018 3:03:05 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576926

Can We Call What China Did Against the U.S. an Act of War? by Steve Berman Aiming powerful lasers at American aircraft is a very serious attack. The Pentagon has confirmed that American military aircraft have been targeted by a "high power laser" when operating near China's military base in Djibouti. The Washington Free Beacon published the news Thursday. Pentagon Press Secretary Dana White said the U.S. government made diplomatic protests to the Chinese government over several recent incidents of laser firings near China's first overseas military base at Djibouti. "These are very serious incidents. There have been two minor injuries. This activity poses a threat to our airmen," White told reporters. The Chinese government denies the incidents, but the Pentagon remains confident that Chinese nationals were behind "more than two but less than ten" laser firings targeting U.S. aircraft recently. This is not simply playing around, and if the Chinese military or government was involved, it could actually be interpreted as an act of war. In 2017, Air Combat Command published this warning about civilians using handheld lasers to illuminate aircraft, along with a warning: “Illumination reports often describe several types of adverse effects,” according to Laser Hazards In Navigable Airspace published by the FAA. “These include visual effects, pain and/or possible injury, and operational problems. Operational problems include momentary distraction, disorientation resulting in another pilot assuming control, aborted landings, loss of depth perception, and shutting down a runway due to multiple laser strikes.” In the United States, lasing an aircraft is a crime under the Code of Federal Aviation Regulations 14 CFR 91.11, which prohibits interfering with a flight crew operating an aircraft. In 2011, the FAA called for stiff civil penalties, up to $11,000 per violation, for anyone deliberately shining a laser at an aircraft. The incidents in Djibouti--where China has established its first overseas military base--happened close to Camp Leonnier, where about 4,000 U.S. personnel are stations, according to the WFB report. The report also noted that the Chinese have developed several types of hand-held blinding laser weapons in the last few years. I repeat the word: weapons. Use of the weapons violates China's announced commitment to a section of the 1998 U.N. Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons that bans the use of blinding lasers in combat. The Chinese have marketed four types of laser guns, designated the BBQ-905 Laser Dazzler Weapon, the WJG-2002 Laser Gun, the PY132A Blinding Laser Weapon, and the PY131A Blinding Laser Weapon. Since two American airmen have been injured from the laser activities, it's not unreasonable that our government demand an accounting, and an end to this. And...since our president claims such a great relationship and friendship with Chinese president Xi Jinping, it might be a good idea for him to ask ever-so-nicely that these attacks stop. The laser incidents followed U.S. military exercises last month off the coast of Djibouti called Alligator Dagger. The exercise was canceled April 5 after two separate air mishaps, including the crash of a Marine Corps Harrier jump jet and a CH-53 helicopters, in Djibouti. We don't know if the "air mishaps" were related to the laser incidents, but the correlation is very troubling. Essentially shooting down an American military aircraft kind of qualifies as an act of war. If China is cooperating so well in many ways with America, why would they be committing acts of war against our military? Don't answer that. This is a very serious problem, and our government should respond forcefully. themaven.net We need a President that will stand up to powerful enemy nations, not one who bends over like Spanky.

To: longnshort who wrote (1067932)	5/6/2018 3:07:05 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1576926

Paul Manafort was the connection Paul Manafort's flight records suggest closer ties to Russia than he has let on www.businessinsider.in Manafort was indicted in 2011 on RICO charges along with Putin's Oligarchs in the Ukraine. Why did Trump make Manafort his Campaign Manager? Because of his stellar record of running the Dole '92 landslide loss? LOL Manafort was a Russian stooge for years before Trump's run. Then he shows up to run Trump's campaign for free. Damn right, Manafort's history as a Russian agent should be investigated.