Amphibious Assault Ship USS America Steaming Into South China Sea Amid Fresh Provocation By China
4/21/2020, 10:33:06 PM · by RomanSoldier19 · 64 replies
https://www.ibtimes.com/ ^ | 04/21/20 AT 2:31 AM | By Brittany Vincent
KEY POINTS USS America is steaming into the disputed waters where a Chinese survey ship is operating The U.S. had previously demanded that China stop its “bullying behavior” China has increase maritime activities in disputed waters amid coronavirus pandemic
US criticizes WHO for ignoring Taiwan virus warnings
4/9/2020, 3:19:33 PM · by Oldeconomybuyer · 3 replies
France24 ^ | April 9, 2020
Washington (AFP) - The United States on Thursday accused the World Health Organization of putting politics first by ignoring Taiwanese warnings over China’s coronavirus outbreak, laying out its case against the UN body. The State Department said the WHO was too late in sounding the alarm over COVID-19, showed too much deference to China and questioned why it did not pursue a lead from Taiwan. Taiwan, which has succeeded in preventing a major outbreak despite its proximity and ties to China, warned the WHO on December 31 of human-to-human transmission, Vice President Chen Chien-Jen has said. Chen, an epidemiologist, told...
Virus Outbreak: Chen reveals Taiwan’s e-mail to WHO
4/12/2020, 6:09:41 AM · by Oldeconomybuyer · 8 replies
The Taipei Times ^ | April 12, 2020 | By Lee I-chia
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung yesterday urged the WHO to be honest as the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) published the e-mail it had sent to the world body in December last year alerting it about the risk of an outbreak in China. The WHO on Friday said it received an e-mail from the Ministry of Health and Welfare on Dec. 31 last year, but added that “there was no mention in the message of human-to-human transmission.” During a news conference at the CECC in Taipei yesterday, Chen read out the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) e-mail to...
Pompeo Responds to Reports Democrats Secretly Met Iran’s Javad Zarif (John Kerry there, too)
2/19/2020, 8:08:40 PM · by bitt · 45 replies
Townhall.com ^ | 2/18/2020 | Katie Pavlich
Speaking to reporters during a joint press conference with Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedu Andargachew Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo responded to reporting that a number of Democrat Senators secretly met with Iranian Javad Zarif during the Munich Security Conference. “I have seen that piece about some senators meeting with Foreign Minister Zarif. This guy is designated by the United States of America. He’s the foreign minister for a country that shot down a commercial airliner and has yet to turn over the black boxes. This is the foreign minister of a country that killed an American on December 27....
Ex-DOJ Official Picked To Assist FISA Reform Was Ardent Defender Of FBI’s Surveillance Of Carter Page
1/12/2020, 12:42:30 AM · by bitt · 47 replies
Daily Caller ^ | 1/11/2020 | chuck ross
Former DOJ official David Kris was picked Friday to oversee the FBI’s reforms of its surveillance procedures in the wake of a damning inspector general’s report. Kris was an ardent defender of the FBI’s surveillance of Carter Page. He was also a vocal critic of Republicans who suggested the FBI misled the surveillance court in its applications to wiretap Page. In one essay, Kris endorsed a suggestion that Rep. Devin Nunes should face obstruction of justice charges. Nunes told the Daily Caller News Foundation the choice of Kris is “shocking and inexplicable.” former Justice Department official picked Friday to oversee...
Feds recommend six-month prison term for Michael Flynn
1/7/2020, 2:07:12 PM · by yesthatjallen · 32 replies
The Hill ^ | 01 07 2020 | Harper Neidig
The Justice Department is recommending that former National Security adviser Michael Flynn be sentenced to up to six months in prison for lying to the FBI, telling a court that the former Trump adviser has been uncooperative in recent months. “The sentence should adequately deter the defendant from violating the law, and to promote respect for the law,” the Justice Department wrote in a sentencing memo Tuesday. “It is clear that the defendant has not learned his lesson. He has behaved as though the law does not apply to him, and as if there are no consequences for his actions.”...
Iranian Militia Leader Leading Iraq U.S. Embassy Raid Listed As Obama White House Guest
12/31/2019, 4:14:41 PM · by blam · 50 replies
Breitbart ^ | 12-31-2019 | Lucas Nolan
Iranian militia leader Hadi al-Amiri, one of several identified as leading an attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, reportedly visited the White House in 2011 during the presidency of Barack Obama. On Tuesday, a mob in Baghdad attacked the U.S. embassy in retaliation against last weekend’s U.S. airstrikes against the Iran-backed Shiite militia Kataib Hezbollah (KH), responsible for killing an American civilian contractor. KH is one of a number of pro-Iran militias that make up the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF/PMU), which legally became a wing of the Iraqi military after fighting the Sunni Islamic State terrorist group....