[Godebert]

Long read but very informative.

[brucedickinson]

to this day I still don’t know what he did wrong. He told a Russian ambassador not to worry about the Obama sanctions. Big whoop, I would have done the same thing. I haven’t really spent a lot of time reading about it but I think I have the gist

[pepsionice]

It is an exceptionally long piece but probably the most detailed explanation of the whole amusing episode. In the end, the FBI could not find a single detail worth charging. Other than allowing the NY Times to get this info...they could have quietly closed the case and moved on.

Perhaps Mr McCarthy will pick up the computer episode with Wiener and explain it as well....detailing how Wiener came to have a copy of her emails.

[marktwain]

A well done article.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Informative but the author’s little opinion points are gratuitous and self serving. The author sits in his little office looking for a chance to take a dig at DJT while DTJ is doing what he can to do real work.

[onyx]

It's just like POTUS stated. Mike Flynn was fired because he wasn't truthful with VP Pence. He would still be POTUS's man had he told VP Pence the truth. What a crying shame. Flynn left POTUS no other option.

Why did the FBI and the Justice Department investigate Flynn (he's not a foreign agent) — and why did “officials” make sure the press found out about it?

POLITICS.

[Liz]

No fewer than seven veteran NY Times reporters contributed to the "ousting Flynn" story.......meaning the dying NYT dedicated more resources to undermining the Trump than Republicans used advancing Trump’s agenda.

It's on its last legs, so the NYT should make a noble gesture to its lost readers and report on Clinton/Russia related events:

This gambit by Bill Clinton (meddling in a foreign election) got the Russian uranium scheme going. Bill's calculated handshake was a bonanza for the Kazahk president's re-election. Nazarbayev responded in kind and signed-off on the initial phase of Russia's takeover of US uranium assets.

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev greets former
president Clinton (L) in Almaty on September 6, 2005.

CIRCA 2015 A Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter claims that former President Bill Clinton falsely denied hosting a meeting with Kazakh officials when she tried to write a story that involved his foundation several years ago.

Jo Becker, who works on the newspaper's investigative desk, said Clinton only confirmed the meeting took place after she informed him there were photographs.

Clinton's role in a deal that involved Kazakhstan, the Russian government, and a man who donated millions to the president's charitable foundation were detailed in a story Becker published on Thursday.

That article revisited some of her earlier reporting and included information from the upcoming book "Clinton Cash," which is generating widespread headlines amid a flurry of reports suggesting it will raise serious questions about Clinton's family foundation.

The donor in question is Canadian mining executive Frank Giustra, a longtime friend of the former president who has given tens of millions to the Clinton Foundation in the past few years. (A couple of hours after the NYT story was published, Giustra issued a defiant statement. We've included that below.)

Becker initially wrote about the February 2007 meeting between Clinton, Giustra, and executives from the state-owned nuclear company Kazatomprom in 2008. The gathering took place at Clinton's home in Chappaqua, New York.

"When I first contacted both the Clinton foundation — Mr. Clinton's spokesman — and Mr. Giustra, they denied any such meeting ever took place," Becker recalled in footage aired by Fox News on Thursday.

However, Becker said Clinton and Giustra both changed their stories after she confronted them with evidence to the contrary.

"And then when we told them, 'Well we already talked to the head of Kazatomprom, who not only told us all about the meeting, but actually has a picture of him and Bill at the home in Chappaqua, and that he proudly displayed on his office wall.' They then acknowledged that yes, the meeting had taken place," Becker continued in the television interview.

The purpose of the meeting, then Kazatomprom President Moukhtar Dzhakishev told The Times, was to discuss Kazakhstan potentially buying a 10% stake in Westinghouse, a US nuclear company. Becker's 2008 story also noted one of Giustra's companies secured a deal to buy uranium deposits from Kazatomprom in 2005.

That agreement was made after Clinton accompanied Giustra on a trip to Kazakhstan. During the trip, Giustra and Clinton met with Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Clinton issued a public statement praising the Kazakh leader despite his questionable, antidemocratic record. The Times called the praise a "propaganda coup" for Nazarbayev. (he later "won relection" w/ an unbelievable 90% of the vote)

"Just months after the Kazakh pact was finalized, Mr. Clinton's charitable foundation received its own windfall: a $31.3 million donation from Mr. Giustra that had remained a secret until he acknowledged it last month. The gift, combined with Mr. Giustra’s more recent and public pledge to give the William J. Clinton Foundation an additional $100 million, secured Mr. Giustra a place in Mr. Clinton’s inner circle," wrote Becker and another reporter, Don Van Natta.

A spokesperson for the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership told Business Insider they are "working on a formal statement" in response to a request for comment on Thursday. Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership is an initiative of the Clinton Foundation that was cofounded by Clinton and Giustra in 2007. A Clinton Foundation spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.

http://www.businessinsider.com/nyt-reporter-clinton-lied-about-meeting-2015-48/25

[Liz]

The Clintons ties to Russia have been ignored far too long. The infamous Russian uranium deal occurred during President Obama’s administration....but, of course, Obama knows nothing about it (/sarc).

The New York Times reported the Clintons' connections thusly: "Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation Amid Russian Uranium Deal." Plus Bill Clinton pocketed $500,000 from a Moscow investment bank for a brief speech.

The NYT and Washington Post never reported about Pravda's headline: “Russian Nuclear Energy Conquers the World.” Imagine if a Republican State Department approved such a deal?

In addition, Hillary's campaign chairman, acting as "The Podesta Group" lobbied on behalf of Uranium one, after most of it was owned by Russia.

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Obama knew nothing about this, either: January 2013 Pravda trumpeted Putin’s coup: “Russian Nuclear Energy Conquers the World.” Details how the Russian atomic energy agency, Rosatom, had taken over a Canadian company with uranium-mining stakes stretching from Central Asia to the American West.

Beyond mines in Kazakhstan that are among the most lucrative in the world, the sale gave the Russians control of one-fifth of all uranium production capacity in the United States. Since uranium is considered a strategic asset, with implications for national security, the deal had to be approved by a committee composed of representatives from a number of United States government agencies. Among the agencies that eventually signed off was the State Department, then headed by Hillary Rodham Clinton.

As the Russians gradually assumed control of Uranium One in three separate transactions from 2009 to 2013, Canadian records show, a flow of cash made its way to the Clinton Foundation.

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The Clintons have to explain these reports: “As the Russians gradually assumed control of Uranium One in three separate transactions from 2009 to 2013, Canadian records show, a flow of cash made its way to the Clinton Foundation.”

Ian Telfer, Uranium One’s chairman, used his family foundation to make four donations to the Clinton Foundation totaling $2.35 million. Those contributions were not publicly disclosed by the Clintons, despite an agreement Mrs. Clinton had struck with the Obama White House to publicly identify all donors. Other people with ties to the company made donations as well.

(NOTE: The IRS asserts the biggest money laundering, IRS evasion occurs when one foundation writes a check to another foundation---the MO "charities" use to siphon off tax-free money for themselves.)

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And shortly after the Russians announced their intention to acquire a majority stake in Uranium One, Bill Clinton received $500,000 for a Moscow speech from a Russian investment bank with links to the Kremlin that was promoting Uranium One stock.

[Religion and Politics]

This is a must read article. How did we get to this point? Where the really aggregious questions aren't probed by our MSM, and when that is pointed out, crickets? Where is the outrage?

Obama's damage goes further than I ever realized. He carried the football deep into the red zone for sure. Certainly within easy field goal range. Let's hope Mike Flynn is the field goal and that there isn't a touchdown lurking.

[John 3_19-21]

bkmk

[HarleyLady27]

The Barky former administration was worried sick that Flynn would reveal the ‘whole’ of the Iran deal...

To late, Flynn let President Trump know the ‘whole’ of the Iran deal and more...

To protect Flynn, for now, he is gone...and President Trump and his administration is dealing with it: 7th floor ‘bloodbath’; people being walked out the door because they didn't ‘pass their security clearance’ ....

A.G. Sessions has been very quite since he went into office...and that is the way that President Trump likes it, A.G. Sessions and his people are not out on the airwaves telling what they are doing or what they are going to do...

The head of the Homeland Security is busy, have you noticed all of a sudden people in charge know where to look for felons; gang bangers; drug cartels, when in the Barky administration they couldn't find their noses in front of their faces and that was on a sunny day...

Things are working, things are going to be let out AFTER it's all over and everyone will know the truth of the matters AFTER things are done, wiped up, put in order and then the ‘very fake news’ can tear their hearts out by trying to make us believe their lies...

[The_Media_never_lie]

For those wanting an audio version, Andrew McCarthy was on Mark Levin this past Wednesday, February 15. This was a great show and Mark L. was great. It is available on podcast on the Mark Levin website.

[Strac6]

Sorry, but long read obscuring the obvious.

The Bureau, though a number of legal avenues, was listening to the phones, not of LGG Flynn, but the Russian he called. When one tapes a call, you hear both ends of the conversation.

During that call,

1: LTG Flynn either discussed classified materiel that should not have been discussed with a person not known to LTG Flynn to be cleared for such information (and if a SOV certainly not cleared) and/or communicated via an unsecured line. (Hillary 101)

or

2: Items discussed violated the Logan Act.

Either is clearly probable cause for further investigation. That is clearly cause for the FBI interviews. Lying to an FBI agent is a serious felony. Just ask Dennis Hastert.

Matter closed

[DouglasKC]

I think someone told him to resign and said it was Trump’s orders and then leaked it to the press. Trump couldn’t very well unfire him so he had to make the best of the situation. The press fully knows the story and they’re trying to pin “chaos” on his administration because of this. Trump is denying this which is driving the press crazy. But Trump has learned....which really worries them. Trump is rooting out the traitors.

[lonevoice]

I found this an interesting and informative read, perhaps you will too.