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Can you imagine the danger to our republic if the Executive Branch could secretly, for months on end, and without any clear and compelling justification, surveil the very people in Congress conducting oversight of those agencies? That chilling constitutional nightmare transpired. And we’re only getting the details about the separation-of-powers-eviscerating, civil liberties-undermining, and transparency-imperiling activity seven years after it started. The revelations come in a recently released Justice Department Inspector General report. Like much of this corrupt activity, the story begins with Russiagate. In the spring and summer of 2017, the first year of the Trump presidency, CNN, The New...

FBI Director Chris Wray may have read the writing on the wall in terms of his tenure but he has a scheme that could hamper President Trump and his FBI Director pick Kash Patel’s plans to overhaul the broken agency. As The Gateway Pundit reported, Wray announced his resignation on Wednesday after seven years in charge of the FBI. He will still serve until the end of Biden’s term in January. This news of Wray’s departure comes after reports emerged this week he was preparing to step aside to avoid getting sacked by Trump. Once Wray officially steps down, Deputy...

On "CNN News Central," reporter Harry Enten and anchor Kate Bolduan discussed polling data showing a large drop in the public's confidence in the FBI. Enten said "in 2014 59% of Americans, 62% of Republicans, and 54% of Democrats thought the FBI did a good or excellent job. In the 2024 survey the numbers were 41% of Americans, 26% of Republicans, and 67% of Democrats. "That's a big difference," Bolduan said. "What do you think accounts for this?" "Well, it seems that the FBI's actions over recent years have included suppressing incriminating data on Hunter Biden's laptop prior to the...

10 most dangerous toys Toys ranging from a pair of oversized fists to plush ponies and energy beam blasters make the list. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - What do dolls and ponies have in common with crossbows and energy beam blasters? They're all toys that have the potential to cause childhood injuries, or even death, according to an organization advocating toy safety. World Against Toys Causing Harm, also known as W.A.T.C.H., issued its annual 10 Worst Toys list for 2005 on Thursday. Most of the toys on the list -- which aren't ranked in a particular order -- could cause choking...

Experian Abandons Thousands of Consumer Data Records Paper, Computerized Records Left Behind in Office Move By Martin H. Bosworth ConsumerAffairs.Com June 16, 2005 Identity theft doesn't always happen through sophisticated online scams or because of high-tech criminal rings. Sometimes it can be as simple as leaving boxes of documents and computers unattended for months on end. That's what Augie Bogina of Kansas City found when he bought a building formerly occupied by the Topeka Credit Bureau and the Experian credit reporting agency. Inside the building, Bogina found the previous tenants had left "thousands and thousands" of printed documents and many...

On the eve of Joel Steinberg's parole from prison, the foreman of the jury that put him behind bars thinks the cold-hearted child killer should rot there until his 25 years are up. "It was a truly reprehensible thing he did, and the penalty he's thus paid is not sufficient," ex-juror Jeremiah Cole told the Daily News yesterday. "The judge in the case recommended he serve the full sentence and I thought, under the circumstances, that was an excellent recommendation." Steinberg, 63, will be freed tomorrow from the Southport Correctional Facility in upstate Chemung County after serving the required two-thirds...

High school students charged with sodomy By the Associated Press Published June 4, 2004 RICHMOND, Va. -- A special education student who is a registered sex offender was charged with committing sodomy during a class, according to police. Police said Edward Lee Hopkins, 18, and a 16-year-old male classmate are accused of having sex in a classroom at George Wythe High School Wednesday morning. The 16-year-old, whose name was not released, was also charged Friday with consensual sodomy. Both students were part of a special-education class comprised of 11 students. Hopkins was convicted of sodomizing a 12-year-old boy in February...

IF YOU WANT JUDICIAL REFORM THIS WEEK IS CRUCIAL--PLEASE CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORD From: Joe Norman II Subject: STOP BAD JUSTICE PROJECT NEWS AND THIS IS THE WEEK TO BE HEARD Congress returns from the Christmas recess next week and will hold meetings to establish the calendar for the next session. The most important group meeting for JUDICIAL REFORM in American history will occur soon after congress returns. This group called the JUDICIAL ABUSE TASK FORCE was organized by Congressmen Lamar Smith of Texas and Steve Chabot of Ohio and was announced on July 23, 2003. It is...

Lawyers in 13 states have begun a coordinated campaign to limit the fees their colleagues collect in some lawsuits. They say it is unethical for plaintiffs' lawyers to routinely pocket one-third or more of the money they win for clients, no matter how long or hard they work on a case. Ethical rules in many states already require lawyers, whether they are paid by the hour or by a percentage of the recovery, to charge only "reasonable fees." In theory, this means fees should vary with the difficulty of the case, the expertise of the lawyer, the time required and...