Todays revisions and additions:
- Bribe: (#67) A bribe is the gift bestowed to influence the recipient's conduct. It may be money, goods, rights in action, property, preferment, privilege, emolument, objects of value, advantage, or merely a promise to induce or influence the action, vote, or influence of a person in an official or public capacity. Many types of payments or favors can constitute bribes: tip, gift, sop, perk, skim, favor, discount, waived fee/ticket, free food, free ad, free trip, free tickets, sweetheart deal, kickback/payback, funding, inflated sale of an object or property, lucrative contract, donation, campaign contribution, fundraiser, sponsorship/backing, higher paying job, stock options, secret commission, promotion (rise of position/rank), or later lucrative, influential, or prominent employment. (See BC, CF, Hillary Clinton, HRC, and Kickback).
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- D5: (#1332)
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- The D5 Nations, defined as nations whose governments are most digitally connected, first formed in 2014, include Great Britain, Estonia, Israel, South Korea, and New Zealand (current host/chair), which last met during the last week of February in New Zealand. The D5 Nations. (Thanks to FreeQ Aquamarine for the find).
- D5 Caterpillar Tractor might be appropriate to use in pushing Qs snowball off a cliff which could cause a . . .
- D5 Avalanche, as that is a rating on the Danger scale used to rate the potential danger an avalanches severity should it occur from D1-5, with 5 being most severe.
- EC: (INFO) Electronic Communication, as in the email, instant message, or other communications from CIA Director Brennan to the FBI Director which initiated the investigation of the Trump campaign organization. (Thanks to TXnMA for the heads up). (See Brennan, CIA, FBI).
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- Halper, Stefan Halper: (INFO) Foreign policy expert and Cambridge professor with connections to the CIA and its British counterpart, MI6 who ensnared George Papadopoulos and set him up to be supposedly a "Russian" contact inside the Trump Campaign Organization. Halper meets all the given criteria for the FBI/CIA operative who set up the sting. Stefan Halper checks off every single box: √Currently overseas. √Current/Former CIA operative. √Current/Former source for FBI. √Anti-Trump motive. √Formerly put together this exact type of operation. √Connections to UK spies/intel community/politicians. √Connection to Australian spies/intel community. √Connection to Alexander Downer. √Political operative. √Wanted Clinton to win 2016 election. √Connects to Carter Page. √Connects to George Papadopoulos. √Connects to John Brennan. ETC. the Conservative Treehouse: "The Insurance Policy, The EC, The 2016 FBI Counterintel Operation, and The Mysterious Informant Who Originated Brennans EC ". (See Brennan, CIA, FBI, Insurance policy, Papadopoulos, PS, Strzok).
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- Insurance Policy: (INFO) The backup plan to destroy the presidency of Donald Trump proposed in illicit emails between FBI Agent Peter Strzok and his lover FBI staff attorney Lisa Page, in case candidate Donald Trump did the impossible and actually defeated Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton. (See Brennan, CIA, FBI, Halper, Page, Papadopoulos, Strzok).
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- Kickback: (#972) A kickback is a form of negotiated bribery in which a commission is paid to the bribe-taker in exchange for services rendered. Generally speaking, the remuneration (money, goods, or services handed over) is negotiated ahead of time. The kickback varies from other kinds of bribes in that there is implied collusion between agents of the two parties, rather than one party extorting the bribe from the other. The purpose of the kickback is usually to encourage the other party to cooperate in the illegal scheme. (See BC, Bribe, CF, Hillary Clinton, HRC).
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Outstanding work and effort on these! Much appreciated!
Todays revisions and additions:
- BGA: (#1359) Bundesverband Großhandel, Außenhandel, a German trade association which tracks imports and exports of goods in and out of Germany.
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- Bribe: (#67) A bribe is the gift bestowed to influence the recipient's conduct. It may be money, goods, rights in action, property, preferment, privilege, emolument, objects of value, advantage, or merely a promise to induce or influence the action, vote, or influence of a person in an official or public capacity. Many types of payments or favors can constitute bribes: tip, gift, sop, perk, skim, favor, discount, waived fee/ticket, free food, free ad, free trip, free tickets, sweetheart deal, kickback/payback, funding, inflated sale of an object or property, lucrative contract, donation, campaign contribution, fundraiser, sponsorship/backing, higher paying job, stock options, secret commission, promotion (rise of position/rank), or later lucrative, influential, or prominent employment. (See BC, CF, Hillary Clinton, HRC, and Kickback).
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- Government Officials who have been fired (!), resigned (*), or who are not seeking re-election (**): (#1319, and others)
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- U.S. Senate:
- Thad Cochran (R) * Mississippi, Seven Term, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
- Bob Corker (R) ** Tennessee, Two Term, Chairman of the Senate's Committee on Foreign Relations
- Jeff Flake (R) ** Arizona, One Term.
- Al Franken (D) * Wisconsin One Term.
- Orrin Hatch (R) ** Utah, Seven Term, President pro tempore of the Senate since 2015.
- John McCain ** or death in office Arizona, Five Term.
- House of Representatives
- Joe Barton (R) ** Texas 6 Seventeen Term.
- Robert Brady (D) ** Pennsylvania 1 Fifteen Term, Ranking Member of the Committee on House Administration.
- Jim Bridenstine (R) * Oklahoma 1 Three Term, resigned April 23, 2018, to become the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
- Jason Chaffetz (R) * Utah 3 Four Term.
- John Conyers (D) * Michigan 13 Twenty-seven Term. 88 years old.
- Ryan Costello (R) ** Pennsylvania 6 Two Term.
- John Delaney (D) ** Maryland 6 Three Term, presidential candidate for 2020 election.
- Charles W. Dent (R) ** Pennsylvania 15 Seven Term.
- John J. Duncan, Jr. (R) ** Tennessee 2 Fifteen Term.
- Elizabeth Esty (D) ** Connecticut 5 Three Term.
- Blake Farenthold (R) * Texas 27 Four Term.
- Trent Franks (R) * Arizona 8 Seven Term. Resigned 2017.
- Rodney Frelinghuysen (R) ** New Jersey 11 Twelve Term, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
- Bob Goodlatte (R) ** Virginia 6 Eleven Term, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
- Trey Gowdy (R) ** South Carolina 4 Four Term, chairman of the House Select Committee on Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi, and Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- Gene Green (D) ** Texas 29 Thirteen Term.
- Luis V. Gutierrez (D) ** Illinois 4 Thirteen Term. Member of the Progressive Caucus.
- Gregg Harper (R) ** Mississippi 3 Five Term.
- Jeb Hensarling (R) ** Texas 5 Eight Term, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.
- Darrell Issa (R) ** California 49 Nine Term, Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
- Lynn Jenkins (R) ** Kansas 2 Five Term, Vice-Chair of the Republican Conference.
- Sam Johnson (R) ** Texas 3 Fourteen Term, chairs the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. Johnson spent nearly seven years as a Vietnam War POW, 42 months in solitary where he was repeatedly tortured. He was a member of the Alcatraz Gang. Johnson also was a member of the Thunderbirds precision flying team. He is 87 years old.
- Ruben J. Kihuen (D) ** Nevada 4 One Term, Nancy Pelosi demanded Kihuens resignation due to allegations of sexual improprieties, he refused but announced he would not run again. Called the first Dreamer elected to Congress.
- Frank LoBiondo (R) ** New Jersey 2 Twelve Term.
- Sandy Levin (D) ** Michigan 9 Eighteen Term, 86 years old.
- Patrick Meehan (R) * Pennsylvania 7 Four Term.
- Tim Murphy (R) * Pennsylvania 18 Seven Term.
- Rick Nolan (D) ** Minnesota 8 Three then lost, and now Three Term.
- Ted Poe (R) ** Texas 2 Seven Term, Vice-Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
- Dave Reichert (R) ** Washington 8 Seven Term.
- Thomas Rooney (R) ** Florida 17 Five Term, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) ** Florida 27 Fifteen Term.
- Dennis Ross (R) ** Florida 15 Four Term.
- Edward Royce (R) ** California 39 Thirteen Term, Chairman of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- Paul Ryan (R) ** Wisconsin 1 Ten Term, 54th Speaker of the House of Representatives, previously Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee from January 3 to October 29, 2015, and, prior to that, Chairman of the House Budget Committee from 2011 to 2015. (See GZ, Ryan)
- Carol Shea-Porter (D) ** New Hampshire 1 Two, then lost, and now One Term.
- Bill Shuster (R) ** Pennsylvania 9 Nine Term.
- Louise Slaughter (D) died March 2018 New York 25 Eleven Term.
- Lamar Smith (R) ** Texas 21 Sixteen Term, Chairman of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology.
- Patrick J. Tiberi (R) * Ohio 12 Nine Term.
- David Trott (R) ** Michigan 11 Two Term.
- Niki Tsongas (D) ** Massachusetts 3 Six Term. Inherited a safe Democrat seat when her husband was elected to the Senate.
- Department of Justice
- Preet Bharara * United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
- Rachel Brand ! Associate Attorney General No. 3 official behind Deputy AG Rosenstein. (See RR, Rachel Brand)
- John Carlin ! (#1316) Assistant Attorney General Head of DOJs National Security Division (See John Carlin).
- Alex Kozinski * Federal Appeals Court Judge appointed by President Ronald Reagan, resigned amid the accusations from fifteen women he had sexually harassed them.
- David Laufman ! (#1316) Chief of Counterintelligence and Export Control Section. Involved in Hillary Clinton email investigation (See David Kaufman).
- Mary McCord ! Acting Assistant Attorney General Acting Head of DOJs National Security Division. (See Mary McCord).
- Sally Yates ! (#1316) Deputy Attorney General and Acting Attorney General. (See Sally Yates).
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- James Baker ! General Counsel for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (See James Baker, FBI).
- Josh Campbell ! Special Assistant to fired Director James Comey. (See Josh Campbell, JC, FBI).
- Andrew McCabe ! (#449) Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, Assistant Director of the FBI. (See FBI)
- Lisa Page ! (#1288) FBI attorney with the FBI's Office of the General Counsel.
- Jim Rybicki ! FBI Chief of Staff and senior counselor. (See Jim Rybicki)
- White House
- Steve Bannon * CEO of Trump's 2016 presidential bid, then Chief Strategist in the Trump administration. Resigned in March 2017.
- Tom Bossart * Homeland Security Advisor.
- Richard Cordray * Obama Appointee, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Resigned and attempted to name his own successor in violation of the Constitution. Now a 2018 Democrat candidate for Governor of Ohio.
- Ty Cobb * President Trumps defense counsel in the Russia probe. Retired as of May 2018.
- Gary Cohn * Director of the National Economic Council. Resigned over Trumps announcement of trade tariffs.
- Mike Dubke * Director of Communications.
- Brenda Fitzgerald * Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Michael Flynn ! National Security Advisor, fired for ostensibly lying to V.P. Pence about what was discussed in phone call with Russian Ambassador. (See Gen. Flynn)
- Sebastian Gorka * Deputy Assistant to the President. Resigned stating he could be more effective from outside the White House
- Hope Hicks * Director of Communications.
- Omarosa Manigault * Director of Communications at the White House Office of Public Liaison.
- John McEntee ! General Presidential Aide, failed security clearance due to financial irregularities. Appointed immediately after firing to a paid position in the Trump 2020 Campaign.
- K.T. McFarland * Deputy National Security Advisor.
- H.R. McMaster * National Security Advisor.
- Vivek Murthy, M.D. * Surgeon General.
- Jennifer Pena, M.D. * V.P. Peaces personal physician.
- Rob Porter * Staff Secretary.
- Dina Powell * Deputy National Security Advisor.
- Sean Spicer * Press Secretary
- Tom Price * Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Cabinet Level Position.
- Reince Priebus ! Chief of Staff.
- Anthony Scaramucci ! Director of Communications, after a brief but eventful 10-day stint.
- Walter Shaub * Director of the Office of Government Ethics. Resigned ending his five year term early.
- Katie Walsh * Deputy Chief of Staff.
- Rear Adm. Timothy Ziemer * Senior Director for Global Health Security Position eliminated.
- Department of State:
- Joyce A. Barr ! Assistant Secretary of State for Administration and Chief Freedom of Information Act Officer.
- Michelle Bond ! Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs.
- Christine Ciccone * Department of State Deputy Chief of Staff under Rex Tillerson.
- Steve Goldstein ! Under Secretary of State who made a press release contradicting the presidents statement of how Secretary of State was notified of his firing.
- Patrick Kennedy ! Under Secretary of State for Management. He was Director of the Office of Management Policy, Rightsizing and Innovation.
- Bill A. Miller ! Department of State acting assistant secretary for diplomatic security.
- Margaret Peterlin * State Department Chief of Staff under Rex Tillerson.
- Gentry O. Smith ! Department of State Director of the Office of Foreign Missions.
- Rex Tillerson ! Secretary of State, replaced by Mike Pompeo.
- State Officials:
- Raul Bocanegra (D) * California Assemblyman Sexual harassment.
- Matt Dababneh (D) * California Assemblyman Sexual harassment, assault, rape.
- Xavier Becerra * (D) California State Attorney General
- Tony Mendoza (D) * California State Senator Sexual harassment.
- Stanley C. Rosenberg (D) * Massachusetts Senate from the Hampshire, Franklin, Worcester district, President of the Massachusetts Senate from 2015 until resignation on May 3, 2018 unethical conduct.
- Conrad Rushing * California state appellate court justice Sexual harassment.
- Eric Schneiderman (D) * New York State Attorney General resigned May 8, 2018 due to accusations of sexual misconduct while prosecuting sexual misconduct against such people as Harvey Weinstein.
- Insurance Policy: (INFO) The backup plan to destroy the presidency of Donald Trump proposed in illicit emails between FBI Agent Peter Strzok and his lover FBI staff attorney Lisa Page, in case candidate Donald Trump did the impossible and actually defeated Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton. (See Brennan, CIA, FBI, Halper, Page, Papadopoulos, Strzok).
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- Kickback: (#972) A kickback is a form of negotiated bribery in which a commission is paid to the bribe-taker in exchange for services rendered. Generally speaking, the remuneration (money, goods, or services handed over) is negotiated ahead of time. The kickback varies from other kinds of bribes in that there is implied collusion between agents of the two parties, rather than one party extorting the bribe from the other. The purpose of the kickback is usually to encourage the other party to cooperate in the illegal scheme. (See BC, Bribe, CF, Hillary Clinton, HRC).
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- Tero Varjoranta: (INFO) IAEA United Nation Nuclear Arms Chief of Inspections (Austrian) who suddenly quit when President Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Iran Nuclear Arms non-agreement. (See Iran, President Trump, Obama, John Kerry).