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#10733256 at 2020-09-21 17:17:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13737: Scotus, Haiti What's Next On The Docket? Edition
U.S. Department of State
Secretary Pompeo Hosts an Interagency Press Event on Iran Snapback Sanctions
No views-Sep 21, 2020
September 21, 2020 - Secretary of State Michael R.Pompeo, Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, U.S. Representative to the United Nations Kelly Craft, and National Secretary Advisor Robert O'Brien deliver reMarks to the media on Iran Snapback Sanctions, at the Department of State.
23-minutes
https://youtu.be/VIZ6wesmXFY
#10731463 at 2020-09-21 13:52:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13734: Arrests Among Deep State Highest Ranks May Be Imminent Edition
US Space Force deploys to vast new frontier: Arabian Desert
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The newly formed U.S. Space Force is deploying troops to a vast new frontier: the Arabian Peninsula.
Space Force now has a squadron of 20 airmen stationed at Qatar's Al-Udeid Air Base in its first foreign deployment. The force, pushed by President Donald Trump, represents the sixth branch of the U.S. military and the first new military service since the creation of the Air Force in 1947.
This spring, Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched its first satellite into space, revealing what experts describe as a secret military space program. The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on Iran's space agency, accusing it of developing ballistic missiles under the cover of a civilian program to set satellites into orbit.
World powers with more advanced space programs, like Russia and China, have made more threatening progress, U.S. officials contend. Last month, Defense Secretary Mark Esper warned that Russia and China were developing weapons that could knock out U.S. satellites, potentially scattering dangerous debris across space and paralyzing cell phones and weather forecasts, as well as American drones, fighter jets, aircraft carriers and even nuclear weapon controllers.
"The military is very reliant on satellite communications, navigation and global missile warning," said Capt. Ryan Vickers, a newly inducted Space Force member at Al-Udeid.
American troops, he added, use GPS coordinates to track ships passing through strategic Gulf passageways "to make sure they're not running into international waters of other nations."
The Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which 20% of the world's oil flows, has been the scene of a series of tense encounters, with Iran seizing boats it claims had entered its waters. One disrupted signal or miscalculation could touch off a confrontation.
For years, Iran has allegedly jammed satellite and radio signals to block foreign-based Farsi media outlets from broadcasting into the Islamic Republic, where radio and television stations are state-controlled.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has warned that commercial aircraft cruising over the Persian Gulf could experience interference and communications jamming from Iran. Ships in the region have also reported "spoofed" communications from unknown entities falsely claiming to be U.S. or coalition warships, according to American authorities.
"It's not that hard to do, but we've seen Iran and other countries become pretty darn efficient at doing it on a big scale," said Brian Weeden, an Air Force veteran and director of program planning at the Secure World Foundation, which promotes peaceful uses of outer space. "There's a concern Iran could interfere with military broadband communications."
More
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-space-force-deploys-vast-060055356.html
#10711353 at 2020-09-19 19:48:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13708: Potus Negotiating With Terrorists Be Like......... Edition
With Russia ahead of the US in the hypersonic weapons race, Trump accuses Moscow of stealing American tech
US President Donald Trump has accused Russia of stealing information about hypersonic weapon technology from the Barack Obama administration. Russia claims it began discussing the weapons almost 20 years ago.
"You know, they have a super-duper hypersonic missile... it is five times faster than a normal missile," Trump said at a campaign rally in Minnesota. "Russia stole that information. You knew that, you knew that? Russia received this information and then built [the rocket]."
However, Washington claims that it has a significantly faster missile, which, according to Trump, is envied by Moscow and Beijing.
"We have weapons that are so advanced that [Chinese] President Xi [Jinping], [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, everybody, we're the envy of the world. But they don't know quite what we have, but they know that we have stuff they have never even heard of before," the President said.
Despite Trump's statements about US superiority, other parts of the government have recognized that the country is lagging behind Russia and China in producing hypersonic weapons. Last year, Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced that the Pentagon is "planning catchup" and "investing every dollar it can" to advance towards hypersonic weapons.
Last week, the Chinese web portal Sina dubbed Russia's Avangard hypersonic missile system a "more intimidating weapon than a nuclear bomb." Unveiled in 2018, Putin claimed it is "absolutely invulnerable to any air or missile defense system."
https://www.rt.com/russia/501159-trump-accuses-russia-steal-tech/
#10679754 at 2020-09-17 10:51:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13668: Unity Edition
#13665
Baker Change
>>10677559, >>10677774, >>10677861 David Wilcock had a meltdown on Youtube Live tonight.
>>10677587 previous baker notes
>>10676973 REQUESTING General House Democrat related memes
>>10677458 Did Esper call out anons?
>>10677484 9 News Nancy - Biden Video
>>10677519 FakeNews CNN Reports AG Barr sd 'coronavirus closures are the 'greatest intrusion on civil liberties' other than slavery'
>>10677537 Billionaire critic of COVID-19 restrictions says Canada let her skip travel quarantine
>>10677561 Whistleblower Nails Fauci, Rothschilds, Highlands Group, DARPA CAP ( >>10677602 )
>>10677564, >>10677566 Mosquito Borne Illness Vaccine study is underway
>>10677521 covid-19-emails-from-nashville-mayors-office-show-disturbing-revelation
>>10677720 Amazon Echo to Echo/Clock= 1,000 day?
>>10677732 Lindsey Graham Says Comey will Testify on Sept. 30
>>10677739 The FBI is offering a reward of up to $1,000
>>10677758 Seattle PD status - Detectives called to Cal Anderson Park
>>10677777, >>10677910 KEK HAS SPOKEN - TRUMP WILL WIN.
>>10677784 setting up Trump supporters?
>>10677817, >>10677841, >>10677874, >>10677893, >>10677899 Pope John Paul II has awarded papal knighthood to...
>>10677825 Barr Tells Prosecutors to Consider Charging Violent Protesters With Sedition
>>10677888 NJ County Finds Over 1,666 Uncounted Ballots From July Primary -Cheqt
>>10677904 DOD Mark Esper>>>>KEYWORDS ''Through long range fires'
>>10677922 "AnonCentral" account Identified?
>>10677927 Explosion in Fort Smith Arkansas
>>10677989 today is the 233 anniversary of the adoption of the United States Constitution. September 17, 1787.
>>10678003 America's Color Revolution
>>10678009 Thursday Sept 17 @11 GMT - New Moon
>>10678016, >>10678044, >>10678049 BO - Activated the RSS Setting for following tripcodes
>>10678074 Staffer for Lacy Johnson Who Is Running Against Ilhan Omar Shot Dead in Drive-By Shooting
>>10678078 Dog COMMs
>>10678098 Today (est) is September 17th, the planned #AntifaBLMDomesticTerrorists "surge" (insurgency) on the White House.
>>10678145 Reminder - FBI Finds Horrific Frankenstein-Like Experiments At Body Donation Facility In Arizona
>>10678146 Taiwan says Chinese anti-submarine aircraft off its coast
>>10678161 Nashville Authorities Concealed Evidence That Hardly Any COVID-19 Cases Contracted At Bars And Restaurants:
>>10678175 #13665
Previously Collected Notables
>>10677359 #13664,
>>10675076 #13661, >>10675843 #13662, >>10676604 #13663
>>10672760 #13658, >>10673546 #13659, >>10674310 #13660
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#10678987 at 2020-09-17 07:53:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13667: NORM EISEN, REVOLVER AND THE COLOR REVOLUTIONS EDITION
>>10678977
>>10678949
#13665
Baker Change
>>10677559, >>10677774, >>10677861 David Wilcock had a meltdown on Youtube Live tonight.
>>10677587 previous baker notes
>>10676973 REQUESTING General House Democrat related memes
>>10677458 Did Esper call out anons?
>>10677484 9 News Nancy - Biden Video
>>10677519 FakeNews CNN Reports AG Barr sd 'coronavirus closures are the 'greatest intrusion on civil liberties' other than slavery'
>>10677537 Billionaire critic of COVID-19 restrictions says Canada let her skip travel quarantine
>>10677561 Whistleblower Nails Fauci, Rothschilds, Highlands Group, DARPA CAP ( >>10677602 )
>>10677564, >>10677566 Mosquito Borne Illness Vaccine study is underway
>>10677521 covid-19-emails-from-nashville-mayors-office-show-disturbing-revelation
>>10677720 Amazon Echo to Echo/Clock= 1,000 day?
>>10677732 Lindsey Graham Says Comey will Testify on Sept. 30
>>10677739 The FBI is offering a reward of up to $1,000
>>10677758 Seattle PD status - Detectives called to Cal Anderson Park
>>10677777, >>10677910 KEK HAS SPOKEN - TRUMP WILL WIN.
>>10677784 setting up Trump supporters?
>>10677817, >>10677841, >>10677874, >>10677893, >>10677899 Pope John Paul II has awarded papal knighthood to...
>>10677825 Barr Tells Prosecutors to Consider Charging Violent Protesters With Sedition
>>10677888 NJ County Finds Over 1,666 Uncounted Ballots From July Primary -Cheqt
>>10677904 DOD Mark Esper>>>>KEYWORDS ''Through long range fires'
>>10677922 "AnonCentral" account Identified?
>>10677927 Explosion in Fort Smith Arkansas
>>10677989 today is the 233 anniversary of the adoption of the United States Constitution. September 17, 1787.
>>10678003 America's Color Revolution
>>10678009 Thursday Sept 17 @11 GMT - New Moon
>>10678016, >>10678044, >>10678049 BO - Activated the RSS Setting for following tripcodes
>>10678074 Staffer for Lacy Johnson Who Is Running Against Ilhan Omar Shot Dead in Drive-By Shooting
>>10678078 Dog COMMs
>>10678098 Today (est) is September 17th, the planned #AntifaBLMDomesticTerrorists "surge" (insurgency) on the White House.
>>10678145 Reminder - FBI Finds Horrific Frankenstein-Like Experiments At Body Donation Facility In Arizona
>>10678146 Taiwan says Chinese anti-submarine aircraft off its coast
>>10678161 Nashville Authorities Concealed Evidence That Hardly Any COVID-19 Cases Contracted At Bars And Restaurants:
>>10678175 #13665
#10678940 at 2020-09-17 07:45:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13667: NORM EISEN, REVOLVER AND THE COLOR REVOLUTIONS EDITION
Global Announcements
>>10678016 BO - Activated the RSS Setting for following tripcodes. Tripcode RSS Feed: https://jthnx5wyvjvzsxtu.onion/qresearch/tripcode.xml
>>10582798 Memefarmer announces resignation. Mega has removed the Meme Warehouse. Memefarmer suggests each anon collect memes on one topic, put on cloud, and publish a link
>>>/qresearch/10660694 New thread for Digital Camo for twat techniques
Notables are NOT endorsements
Fresh Baker
#13666
>>10678403, >>10678413, >>10678392, >>10668955, >>10678606, >>10678632, >>10678671, POTUS TWEETED REVOLVER AFTER THEY PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE ABOUT NORMAN EISEN AUTHOR OF "THE PLAYBOOK" 2 DAYS BEFORE Q POST
>>10678320, >>10678537, >>10678543, >>10678632 Meet Norm Eisen: Legal Hatchet Man and Central Operative in the "Color Revolution" Against President Trump
>>10678703, >>10678713, >>10678719 AG Bill Barr Asked Federal Prosecutors to Consider Bringing Criminal Charges Against Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan For Allowing Anarchists to Establish CHOP/CHAZ
>>10678639, >>10678642, >>10678651 Gene Sharp: CIA 'Color Revolution' Guru and Fraud
>>10678799, >>10678816 The Democracy Playbook By: Norman Eisen, Andrew Kenealy, Susan Corke, Torrey Taussig, and Alina Polyakova - PDF
>>10678410, >>10678419 'ADF available': Police chief diary note contradicts Andrews on military
>>10678370, >>10678471 PF
>>10678522, >>10678516 Chinese Election Interference defined: BLM
>>10678448, >>10678612 Covid-19: Govt. Narrative Fundamentally False
>>10678392 Revolver Exclusive - Meet Norm Eisen: Legal Hatchet Man and Central Operative in the "Color Revolution" Against President Trump
>>10678562 Norm Eisen And The Colour Revolution Playbook! - Video 15 minutes
>>10678261 UK government to retain fingerprints and DNA profiles of COVID-19 infectees under national security
>>10678271 Anti-pedophilia subreddit banned after moderator admits he's addicted to child porn
>>10678296 New finding may lead to discovering Holy Grail, archeologists claim
>>10678302 Billionaire critic of COVID-19 restrictions says Ottawa let her skip 14-day quarantine Social Sharing
>>10678295 Statement from the Press Secretary LAW & JUSTICE
>>10678360 326 Pounds of Meth Seized at Texas Border Crossing
>>10678455 Corney testifies a day before the Corn Harvest Moon
>>10678507 COVID-19 emails from Nashville mayor's office show disturbing revelation
>>10678541 Crazy Nancy Pelosi explains how information is weaponized in the fake news.
>>10678582 OAN Playing Biden Touching Kids Video Compilation Every Hour
>>10678630 Jack and Sheryl Sandberg have previously served on Walt Disney's Board of Directors; Sandberg connections with Larry Summers, an Epstein passenger
>>10678862 Where has @Jack's money been going from his pledge to donating $1 Billion to coronavirus efforts?
>>10678866 Where Are The Police?" After Voting To Defund Cops, Minneapolis City Council Baffled Over Recent Crime Wave
>>10678902 60-Year-Old Black Man Arrested for Murdering White 19-Year-Old UC Berkeley Student Without Any 'Warning or Provocation'
>>10678920 Vaun Mayes Is Leading the BLM Targeting, Doxxing, Rioting at Trump Supporters' Homes
>>10678928 #13666
#13665 Ghost Baker
#13665
#13664 notes by 8kun exclusive, SFT'lous d'oh much appreciated
>>10676692, >>10676997, >>10677012 Lindsey Graham announces James Comey will testify before Judiciary Committee-fox news vid and some chatter
>>10676719, >>10676844, >>10676909, >>10677234, >>10677260 Reported pipeline fire in OK and Crews responding to natural gas line explosion north of Piedmont 1 reported in Fort Smith, AK
>>10676725 The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans program - Diggz
>>10676732 Full Video: Dept of Defense Secretary Mark Esper CONFIRMS Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) in space icymi
>>10676743 Bill Clinton is on Epstein's flight logs with an underage girl named Cindy Lopez
>>10676881 On this Day September 16th, 1920-brittanica
>>10676953 LEARN TO BAKE! Dooo it man!
>>10677194 Chinese Satellite Lasers-4 sources
>>10677253 Scavino Twat
>>10677359 #13664
Previously Collected Notables
>>10675076 #13661, >>10675843 #13662, >>10676604 #13663
>>10672760 #13658, >>10673546 #13659, >>10674310 #13660
>>10670494 #13655, >>10672167 #13656, >>10672034 #13657
>>10668209 #13652, >>10671096 #13653 >>10671110 #13654
>>10665950 #13649, >>10666720 #13650, >>10667475 #13651
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#10678202 at 2020-09-17 05:16:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13666: 233 anniversary of the adoption of the United States Constitution Edition
#13665
#13664 notes by 8kun exclusive, SFT'lous d'oh much appreciated
>>10676692, >>10676997, >>10677012 Lindsey Graham announces James Comey will testify before Judiciary Committee-fox news vid and some chatter
>>10676719, >>10676844, >>10676909, >>10677234, >>10677260 Reported pipeline fire in OK and Crews responding to natural gas line explosion north of Piedmont 1 reported in Fort Smith, AK
>>10676725 The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans program - Diggz
>>10676732 Full Video: Dept of Defense Secretary Mark Esper CONFIRMS Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) in space icymi
>>10676743 Bill Clinton is on Epstein's flight logs with an underage girl named Cindy Lopez
>>10676881 On this Day September 16th, 1920-brittanica
>>10676953 LEARN TO BAKE! Dooo it man!
>>10677194 Chinese Satellite Lasers-4 sources
>>10677253 Scavino Twat
>>10677359 #13664
#13663
>>10676233 , >>10676431 Minnesota bail fund promoted by Kamala Harris helped free man accused of raping a child
>>10676539 GOP Senators To Introduce Act Creating Federal Penalties For Criminals Who Target Law Enforcement With Violence
>>10676533 Republican Campaign Staffers Executed in Minneapolis
>>10676464 , >>10676530 US Citizen Who Joined ISIS Charged With Material Support Violations
>>10676450 Clackamas County officials give an update on the wildfires burning in the county - Call 'conspiracy'
>>10676437 Australia: Treasury economist resigns in protest at 'police state'
>>10676429 Richard Branson Joins Blank-Check Frenzy with $400 Million Deal
>>10676417 The Walt Disney Company Gave $100,000 In Humanitarian Aid To The Victims Of The Earthquake In Haiti
>>10676306 AG Bill Barr Asked Federal Prosecutors to Consider Bringing Charges Against Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan Re CHOP/CHAZ
>>10676281 Board Update from Codemonkey
>>10676261 Celebration City-near Orlando, FL, built by Disney in 1994
>>10676128 Video: DJT Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle Attend an Idaho Fundraiser for President Donald J Trump
>>10676212 On the religious composition of the U.S. Supreme Court
>>10676198 Two Iranians charged in cyber scheme targeting computers in U.S., Europe, and Middle East
>>10676173 POTUS Schedule for Thursday September 17, 2020
>>10676116 Treasury flagged foreign money flowing to Hunter Biden-tied firms as 'suspicious'
>>10676063 , >>10676110, >>10676102 US health agency spokesman Caputo takes leave after Facebook rant
>>10675946 , >>10676082 Operation Christmas - What is this?
>>10676035 ReMarks by Attorney General William P. Barr at Hillsdale College Constitution Day Event
>>10676021 , >>10676482, >>10676519 Norm Eisen and his Soros connections - Diggz
>>10675983 , >>10676033, >>10676004, >>10676005 Catherine Herridge on Barr: 'the appropriate people' are looking into the wiped FBI phones
>>10676604 #13663
Previously Collected Notables
>>10675076 #13661, >>10675843 #13662
>>10672760 #13658, >>10673546 #13659, >>10674310 #13660
>>10670494 #13655, >>10672167 #13656, >>10672034 #13657
>>10668209 #13652, >>10671096 #13653 >>10671110 #13654
>>10665950 #13649, >>10666720 #13650, >>10667475 #13651
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#10678195 at 2020-09-17 05:15:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13666: 233 anniversary of the adoption of the United States Constitution Edition
Global Announcements
>>10678016 BO - Activated the RSS Setting for following tripcodes.
>>10582798 Memefarmer announces resignation. Mega has removed the Meme Warehouse. Memefarmer suggests each anon collect memes on one topic, put on cloud, and publish a link
>>>/qresearch/10660694 New thread for Digital Camo for twat techniques
Notables are NOT endorsements
#13665 Ghost Baker
#13665 ~@700
Baker Change
>>10677559, >>10677774, >>10677861 David Wilcock had a meltdown on Youtube Live tonight.
>>10677587 previous baker notes
>>10676973 REQUESTING General House Democrat related memes
>>10677458 Did Esper call out anons?
>>10677484 9 News Nancy - Biden Video
>>10677519 FakeNews CNN Reports AG Barr sd 'coronavirus closures are the 'greatest intrusion on civil liberties' other than slavery'
>>10677537 Billionaire critic of COVID-19 restrictions says Canada let her skip travel quarantine
>>10677561 Whistleblower Nails Fauci, Rothschilds, Highlands Group, DARPA CAP ( >>10677602 )
>>10677564, >>10677566 Mosquito Borne Illness Vaccine study is underway
>>10677521 covid-19-emails-from-nashville-mayors-office-show-disturbing-revelation
>>10677720 Amazon Echo to Echo/Clock= 1,000 day?
>>10677732 Lindsey Graham Says Comey will Testify on Sept. 30
>>10677739 The FBI is offering a reward of up to $1,000
>>10677758 Seattle PD status - Detectives called to Cal Anderson Park
>>10677777, >>10677910 KEK HAS SPOKEN - TRUMP WILL WIN.
>>10677784 setting up Trump supporters?
>>10677817, >>10677841, >>10677874, >>10677893, >>10677899 Pope John Paul II has awarded papal knighthood to…
>>10677825 Barr Tells Prosecutors to Consider Charging Violent Protesters With Sedition
>>10677888 NJ County Finds Over 1,666 Uncounted Ballots From July Primary -Cheqt
>>10677904 DOD Mark Esper>>>>KEYWORDS ''Through long range fires'
>>10677922 "AnonCentral" account Identified?
>>10677927 Explosion in Fort Smith Arkansas
>>10677989 today is the 233 anniversary of the adoption of the United States Constitution. September 17, 1787.
>>10678003 America's Color Revolution
>>10678009 Thursday Sept 17 @11 GMT - New Moon
>>10678016, >>10678044, >>10678049 BO - Activated the RSS Setting for following tripcodes
>>10678074 Staffer for Lacy Johnson Who Is Running Against Ilhan Omar Shot Dead in Drive-By Shooting
>>10678078 Dog COMMs
>>10678098 Today (est) is September 17th, the planned #AntifaBLMDomesticTerrorists "surge" (insurgency) on the White House.
>>10678145 Reminder - FBI Finds Horrific Frankenstein-Like Experiments At Body Donation Facility In Arizona
>>10678146 Taiwan says Chinese anti-submarine aircraft off its coast
>>10678161 Nashville Authorities Concealed Evidence That Hardly Any COVID-19 Cases Contracted At Bars And Restaurants:
>>10678175 #13665
#10678175 at 2020-09-17 05:14:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13665: DDOS Don't Slo the Process, Just The Tellin, They Screwed Edition
#13665 ~@700
Baker Change
>>10677559, >>10677774, >>10677861 David Wilcock had a meltdown on Youtube Live tonight.
>>10677587 previous baker notes
>>10676973 REQUESTING General House Democrat related memes
>>10677458 Did Esper call out anons?
>>10677484 9 News Nancy - Biden Video
>>10677519 FakeNews CNN Reports AG Barr sd 'coronavirus closures are the 'greatest intrusion on civil liberties' other than slavery'
>>10677537 Billionaire critic of COVID-19 restrictions says Canada let her skip travel quarantine
>>10677561 Whistleblower Nails Fauci, Rothschilds, Highlands Group, DARPA CAP ( >>10677602 )
>>10677564, >>10677566 Mosquito Borne Illness Vaccine study is underway
>>10677521 covid-19-emails-from-nashville-mayors-office-show-disturbing-revelation
>>10677720 Amazon Echo to Echo/Clock= 1,000 day?
>>10677732 Lindsey Graham Says Comey will Testify on Sept. 30
>>10677739 The FBI is offering a reward of up to $1,000
>>10677758 Seattle PD status - Detectives called to Cal Anderson Park
>>10677777, >>10677910 KEK HAS SPOKEN - TRUMP WILL WIN.
>>10677784 setting up Trump supporters?
>>10677817, >>10677841, >>10677874, >>10677893, >>10677899 Pope John Paul II has awarded papal knighthood to…
>>10677825 Barr Tells Prosecutors to Consider Charging Violent Protesters With Sedition
>>10677888 NJ County Finds Over 1,666 Uncounted Ballots From July Primary -Cheqt
>>10677904 DOD Mark Esper>>>>KEYWORDS ''Through long range fires'
>>10677922 "AnonCentral" account Identified?
>>10677927 Explosion in Fort Smith Arkansas
>>10677989 today is the 233 anniversary of the adoption of the United States Constitution. September 17, 1787.
>>10678003 America's Color Revolution
>>10678009 Thursday Sept 17 @11 GMT - New Moon
>>10678016, >>10678044, >>10678049 BO - Activated the RSS Setting for following tripcodes
>>10678074 Staffer for Lacy Johnson Who Is Running Against Ilhan Omar Shot Dead in Drive-By Shooting
>>10678078 Dog COMMs
>>10678098 Today (est) is September 17th, the planned #AntifaBLMDomesticTerrorists "surge" (insurgency) on the White House.
>>10678145 Reminder - FBI Finds Horrific Frankenstein-Like Experiments At Body Donation Facility In Arizona
>>10678146 Taiwan says Chinese anti-submarine aircraft off its coast
>>10678161 Nashville Authorities Concealed Evidence That Hardly Any COVID-19 Cases Contracted At Bars And Restaurants:
starting to bake, hold notables for Fresh Bread
#10677976 at 2020-09-17 04:53:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13665: DDOS Don't Slo the Process, Just The Tellin, They Screwed Edition
#13665 ~@500
Baker Change
>>10677559, >>10677774, >>10677861 David Wilcock had a meltdown on Youtube Live tonight.
>>10677587 previous baker notes
>>10676973 REQUESTING General House Democrat related memes
>>10677458 Did Esper call out anons?
>>10677484 9 News Nancy - Biden Video
>>10677519 FakeNews CNN Reports AG Barr sd 'coronavirus closures are the 'greatest intrusion on civil liberties' other than slavery'
>>10677537 Billionaire critic of COVID-19 restrictions says Canada let her skip travel quarantine
>>10677561 Whistleblower Nails Fauci, Rothschilds, Highlands Group, DARPA CAP ( >>10677602 )
>>10677564, >>10677566 Mosquito Borne Illness Vaccine study is underway
>>10677521 covid-19-emails-from-nashville-mayors-office-show-disturbing-revelation
>>10677720 Amazon Echo to Echo/Clock= 1,000 day?
>>10677732 Lindsey Graham Says Comey will Testify on Sept. 30
>>10677739 The FBI is offering a reward of up to $1,000
>>10677758 Seattle PD status - Detectives called to Cal Anderson Park
>>10677777, >>10677910 KEK HAS SPOKEN - TRUMP WILL WIN.
>>10677784 setting up Trump supporters?
>>10677817, >>10677841, >>10677874, >>10677893, >>10677899 Pope John Paul II has awarded papal knighthood to…
>>10677825 Barr Tells Prosecutors to Consider Charging Violent Protesters With Sedition
>>10677888 NJ County Finds Over 1,666 Uncounted Ballots From July Primary -Cheqt
>>10677904 DOD Mark Esper>>>>KEYWORDS ''Through long range fires'
>>10677922 "AnonCentral" account Identified?
>>10677927 Explosion in Fort Smith Arkansas
>anything missed?
#10677904 at 2020-09-17 04:45:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13665: DDOS Don't Slo the Process, Just The Tellin, They Screwed Edition
DOD Mark Esper>>>>KEYWORDS
''Through long range fires'
@1:25
https://qagg.news/?read=4726
https://twitter.com/DeptofDefense/status/1306232167769411584?s=20
#10677587 at 2020-09-17 04:16:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13665: DDOS Don't Slo the Process, Just The Tellin, They Screwed Edition
#13664 notes by 8kun exclusive, SFT'lous d'oh much appreciated
>>10676692, >>10676997, >>10677012 Lindsey Graham announces James Comey will testify before Judiciary Committee-fox news vid and some chatter
>>10676719, >>10676844, >>10676909, >>10677234, >>10677260 Reported pipeline fire in OK and Crews responding to natural gas line explosion north of Piedmont 1 reported in Fort Smith, AR
>>10676725 The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans program - Diggz
>>10676732 Full Video: Dept of Defense Secretary Mark Esper CONFIRMS Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) in space icymi
>>10676743 Bill Clinton is on Epstein's flight logs with an underage girl named Cindy Lopez
>>10676881 On this Day September 16th, 1920-brittanica
>>10676953 LEARN TO BAKE! Dooo it man!
>>10677194 Chinese Satellite Lasers-4 sources
>>10677253 Scavino Twat
>>10677359 #13664
#10677430 at 2020-09-17 03:59:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13664: The Who's Next? Edition
>>10677421
>Mark Esper CONFIRMS Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) in space
That's not what he said.
#10677428 at 2020-09-17 03:59:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13665: DDOS Don't Slo the Process, Just The Tellin, They Screwed Edition
>>10677393 handoff confirmed. ty baker and have a good night o7
#13664 notes by 8kun exclusive, SFT'lous d'oh much appreciated
>>10676973 REQUESTING General House Democrat related memes
-baker change
>>10676692, >>10676997, >>10677012 Lindsey Graham announces James Comey will testify before Judiciary Committee-fox news vid and some chatter
>>10676719, >>10676844, >>10676909, >>10677234, >>10677260 Reported pipeline fire in OK and Crews responding to natural gas line explosion north of Piedmont 1 reported in Fort Smith, AK
>>10676725 The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans program - Diggz
>>10676732 Full Video: Dept of Defense Secretary Mark Esper CONFIRMS Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) in space icymi
>>10676743 Bill Clinton is on Epstein's flight logs with an underage girl named Cindy Lopez
>>10676881 On this Day September 16th, 1920-brittanica
>>10676953 LEARN TO BAKE! Dooo it man!
>>10677194 Chinese Satellite Lasers-4 sources
>>10677253 Scavino Twat
#13664
#10677421 at 2020-09-17 03:58:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13664: The Who's Next? Edition
>>10677393 handoff confirmed. ty baker and have a good night o7
#13664 notes by 8kun exclusive, SFT'lous d'oh much appreciated
>>10676973 REQUESTING General House Democrat related memes
-baker change
>>10676692, >>10676997, >>10677012 Lindsey Graham announces James Comey will testify before Judiciary Committee-fox news vid and some chatter
>>10676719, >>10676844, >>10676909, >>10677234, >>10677260 Reported pipeline fire in OK and Crews responding to natural gas line explosion north of Piedmont 1 reported in Fort Smith, AK
>>10676725 The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans program - Diggz
>>10676732 Full Video: Dept of Defense Secretary Mark Esper CONFIRMS Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) in space icymi
>>10676743 Bill Clinton is on Epstein's flight logs with an underage girl named Cindy Lopez
>>10676881 On this Day September 16th, 1920-brittanica
>>10676953 LEARN TO BAKE! Dooo it man!
>>10677194 Chinese Satellite Lasers-4 sources
>>10677253 Scavino Twat
#13664
#10677410 at 2020-09-17 03:57:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13665: DDOS Don't Slo the Process, Just The Tellin, They Screwed Edition
Global Announcements
>>10582798 Memefarmer announces resignation. Mega has removed the Meme Warehouse. Memefarmer suggests each anon collect memes on one topic, put on cloud, and publish a link
>>>/qresearch/10660694 New thread for Digital Camo for twat techniques
Notables are NOT endorsements
#13664 notes by 8kun exclusive, SFT'lous d'oh much appreciated
>>10676692, >>10676997, >>10677012 Lindsey Graham announces James Comey will testify before Judiciary Committee-fox news vid and some chatter
>>10676719, >>10676844, >>10676909, >>10677234, >>10677260 Reported pipeline fire in OK and Crews responding to natural gas line explosion north of Piedmont 1 reported in Fort Smith, AK
>>10676725 The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans program - Diggz
>>10676732 Full Video: Dept of Defense Secretary Mark Esper CONFIRMS Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) in space icymi
>>10676743 Bill Clinton is on Epstein's flight logs with an underage girl named Cindy Lopez
>>10676881 On this Day September 16th, 1920-brittanica
>>10676953 LEARN TO BAKE! Dooo it man!
>>10677194 Chinese Satellite Lasers-4 sources
>>10677253 Scavino Twat
>>10677359 #13664
#13663
>>10676233 , >>10676431 Minnesota bail fund promoted by Kamala Harris helped free man accused of raping a child
>>10676539 GOP Senators To Introduce Act Creating Federal Penalties For Criminals Who Target Law Enforcement With Violence
>>10676533 Republican Campaign Staffers Executed in Minneapolis
>>10676464 , >>10676530 US Citizen Who Joined ISIS Charged With Material Support Violations
>>10676450 Clackamas County officials give an update on the wildfires burning in the county - Call 'conspiracy'
>>10676437 Australia: Treasury economist resigns in protest at 'police state'
>>10676429 Richard Branson Joins Blank-Check Frenzy with $400 Million Deal
>>10676417 The Walt Disney Company Gave $100,000 In Humanitarian Aid To The Victims Of The Earthquake In Haiti
>>10676306 AG Bill Barr Asked Federal Prosecutors to Consider Bringing Charges Against Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan Re CHOP/CHAZ
>>10676281 Board Update from Codemonkey
>>10676261 Celebration City-near Orlando, FL, built by Disney in 1994
>>10676128 Video: DJT Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle Attend an Idaho Fundraiser for President Donald J Trump
>>10676212 On the religious composition of the U.S. Supreme Court
>>10676198 Two Iranians charged in cyber scheme targeting computers in U.S., Europe, and Middle East
>>10676173 POTUS Schedule for Thursday September 17, 2020
>>10676116 Treasury flagged foreign money flowing to Hunter Biden-tied firms as 'suspicious'
>>10676063 , >>10676110, >>10676102 US health agency spokesman Caputo takes leave after Facebook rant
>>10675946 , >>10676082 Operation Christmas - What is this?
>>10676035 ReMarks by Attorney General William P. Barr at Hillsdale College Constitution Day Event
>>10676021 , >>10676482, >>10676519 Norm Eisen and his Soros connections - Diggz
>>10675983 , >>10676033, >>10676004, >>10676005 Catherine Herridge on Barr: 'the appropriate people' are looking into the wiped FBI phones
>>10676604 #13663
#10677359 at 2020-09-17 03:52:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13664: The Who's Next? Edition
#13664 notes by 8kun exclusive, SFT'lous d'oh much appreciated
>>10676692, >>10676997, >>10677012 Lindsey Graham announces James Comey will testify before Judiciary Committee-fox news vid and some chatter
>>10676719, >>10676844, >>10676909, >>10677234, >>10677260 Reported pipeline fire in OK and Crews responding to natural gas line explosion north of Piedmont 1 reported in Fort Smith, AK
>>10676725 The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans program - Diggz
>>10676732 Full Video: Dept of Defense Secretary Mark Esper CONFIRMS Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) in space icymi
>>10676743 Bill Clinton is on Epstein's flight logs with an underage girl named Cindy Lopez
>>10676881 On this Day September 16th, 1920-brittanica
>>10676953 LEARN TO BAKE! Dooo it man!
>>10677194 Chinese Satellite Lasers-4 sources
>>10677253 Scavino Twat
#13664
#10677330 at 2020-09-17 03:49:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13664: The Who's Next? Edition
#13664
>>10676655 d'oh
notables, not endorsements
>>10676692, >>10676997, >>10677012 Lindsey Graham announces James Comey will testify before Judiciary Committee-fox news vid and some chatter
>>10676719, >>10676844, >>10676909, >>10677234, >>10677260 Reported pipeline fire in OK and Crews responding to natural gas line explosion north of Piedmont 1 reported in Fort Smith, AK
>>10676725 The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans program - Diggz
>>10676732 Full Video: Dept of Defense Secretary Mark Esper CONFIRMS Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) in space icymi
>>10676743 Bill Clinton is on Epstein's flight logs with an underage girl named Cindy Lopez
>>10676881 On this Day September 16th, 1920-brittanica
>>10676953 LEARN TO BAKE! Dooo it man!
>>10677194 Chinese Satellite Lasers-4 sources
>>10677253 Scavino Twat
>>10677076
light
>dueling bandwidth night
#10677040 at 2020-09-17 03:13:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13664: The Who's Next? Edition
#13664
>>10676655 d'oh
notables, not endorsements
>>10676692, >>10676997, >>10677012 Lindsey Graham announces James Comey will testify before Judiciary Committee-fox news vid and some chatter
>>10676719, >>10676844, >>10676909 Reported pipeline fire in OK and Crews responding to natural gas line explosion north of Piedmont
>>10676725 The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans program - Diggz
>>10676732 Full Video: Dept of Defense Secretary Mark Esper CONFIRMS Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) in space icymi
>>10676743 Bill Clinton is on Epstein's flight logs with an underage girl named Cindy Lopez
>>10676881 On this Day September 16th, 1920-brittanica
>>10676953 LEARN TO BAKE! Dooo it man!
chek'em
#10676846 at 2020-09-17 02:49:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13664: The Who's Next? Edition
>>10676829
Hell yeah.
I can see us both in that one. kek
Cheers. Appreciate it. Tired tonight.
Tomorrow yo.
Notes until now
>>10676786 Follow the Money: anarchy-99 Design - 99 Designs.com
>>10676743 Bill Clinton is on Epstein's flight logs with an underage girl named Cindy Lopez
>>10676732 Full Video: Dept of Defense Secretary Mark Esper CONFIRMS Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) in space
>>10676725 The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans program - Diggz
>>10676719 Reported pipeline fire in OK
>>10676692 Lindsey Graham announces James Comey will testify before Judiciary Committee
#10676814 at 2020-09-17 02:46:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13664: The Who's Next? Edition
>>10676761
>>10676770
Awesome. Thank you, famalia.
Cool wheels to go too. Spoiled. kek
Here's what I've got so far.
Handoff confirmed?
>>10676743 Bill Clinton is on Epstein's flight logs with an underage girl named Cindy Lopez
>>10676732 Full Video: Dept of Defense Secretary Mark Esper CONFIRMS Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) in space
>>10676725 The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans program - Diggz
>>10676719 Reported pipeline fire in OK
>>10676692 Lindsey Graham announces James Comey will testify before Judiciary Committee
#10676732 at 2020-09-17 02:36:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13664: The Who's Next? Edition
9/16/2020 – Dept. of Defense Secretary Mark Esper CONFIRMS Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) in space
September 16, 2020 .. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has confirmed China + Russia possess and are using directed energy weapons (DEW) in space .
Website post on the issue here with direct links: https://www.dutchsinse.com/9-16-2020-…
Video link here: https://cdn.dvidshub.net/media/video/…
DOD post here: https://www.defense.gov/Explore/News/…
#10674319 at 2020-09-16 22:54:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13661: Ten To The Hour - Disney Next? Edition
Global Announcements
>>10582798 Memefarmer announces resignation. Mega has removed the Meme Warehouse. Memefarmer suggests each anon collect memes on one topic, put on cloud, and publish a link.
>>10533308, >>10622358 FBI Confirms QAnon Group Not A 'Terrorist Threat' - UPDATE 2
>>10641061 , >>10649739 Update: CM Feeling much better.
>>>/qresearch/10660694 New thread for Digital Camo for twat techniques
Notables are NOT endorsements
#13660
>>10674300 Jill Biden says voting will make 'this pandemic go away' in official party tweet-will Twitter label it misinformation?
>>10674164 Leaked Facebook memo describes company's underwhelming response to global political manipulation
>>10674163 Planefag Reports
>>10674145 ActBlue Raises Millions in Suspicious Gift Card Donations
>>10674124 Kansas Man Indicted on Federal Child Pornography Charges
>>10674122 The guys who supposedly hacked Potus' twitter account, a while ago, were on Dutch television tonight
>>10674113 Presidential Determination on Major Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries for 2021
>>10674095 Buy HCQ online whether you have a diagnosis or symptoms or not
>>10674092 Today: President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees
>>10674034 Article: The Billionaire Backers of the 'Insurrection'
>>10673999 Scientific Games Corp sold by Exec. Chair Ron Perelman: $262.52m-Sept 16
>>10673700 New from Catherine Herridge
>>10673695 Q's Prince Andrew pic found in a Daily Mail article
>>10674133 Guess which channel hosts the Victorias Secret fashion show? None other than Disney owned ABC
>>10673675 , >>10673711, >>10673871, >>10673913, >>10674059 Video: Fox News: "I'm not sure we need to bring George Soros into this"
>>10674040 Disney: Club 33 stories
>>10674035 Kids clothes TWEEN BRANDS hosted fundraiser at LES WEXNERS HOME with 20,000 kids attending for an Arianna Grande concert
>>10674096 , >>10674140 Martin Geddes shares his exhaustive collection of Disney related links via Google docs
>>10673747 , >>10673764 Tom Hanks wears a Mickey Mouse watch in The Da Vinci Code
>>10673833 , >>10673860, >>10674033, >>10674178, >>10674195 Anons on the Mickey Mouse clock II
>>10673642 , >>10673704, >>10673656, >>10673657, >>10673750, >>10673803 Anons on the Mickey Mouse clock I
>>10674310 #13660
#13659
>>10673505 Q 1010
>>10673342 BREAKING - Representative Andy Biggs expected to hold special Order on the House floor to find out who is funding riots
>>10673196, >>10673087 "PREPARE FOR 'SKY IS FALLING' WEEK." "Disney is a distraction."
>>10673156 Today, we are at another inflection point - one where I believe unmanned technologies, AI, and long-range precision weapons will play an increasingly leading role.
>>10673108 Disney Clock research bun
>>10673036 From 2000-2018 the tiny town of New Albany OH had an absurdly large amount of defense contract money funneled into it…
>>10673004 Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasuries rise for 3rd month in July
>>10672932 MM Clock info:
>>10672900 NYC Mayor de Blasio to furlough HIMSELF & nearly 500 staff for week amid revenue shortfall, blames Congress for lack of stimulus
>>10672896 Trump conference is starting soon!
>>10672895 The MEGA Group: Wexner, Bronfman, Spielberg, Maxwell, Lauder, MOSSAD Influence On US Policies
>>10673546 #13659
#13658
>>10672388 PF updates
>>10672591 Pentagon Seeks to Boost Funding for New Navy Ships Amid China's Buildup - Esper
>>10672589 Q's MM clock, It's an echo device from Amazon
>>10672495 Potus: New Conference at 5:45. Enjoy!
>>10672488 Potus: Biden vid
>>10672470, >>10672621 - Andrew in Phuket Q Photo
>>10672457 The Dark Side of Disney: Sex Trafficking & Child Predators
>>10672306 Dept. of Defense Secretary Mark Esper CONFIRMS Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) in space
>>10672216 The Democrats' War on Blacks
>>10672186 Hope someone is watching Andy's 6.
>>10672153 Not So Fast: TikTok-Oracle Deal "Falls Short Of Resolving Concerns", CFIUS Approval Suddenly In Doubt
>>10672144 REPORT: Attorney General Bill Barr Told Federal Prosecutors to Charge Violent Rioters with Sedition
>>10672126 Hundreds Of Overseas Ballots List Wrong Running Mate For Trump
>>10672760 #13658
Previously Collected Notables
>>10670494 #13655, >>10672167 #13656, >>10672034 #13657
>>10668209 #13652, >>10671096 #13653 >>10671110 #13654
>>10665950 #13649, >>10666720 #13650, >>10667475 #13651
>>10663595 #13646, >>10664350 #13647, >>10665150 #13648
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#10673618 at 2020-09-16 22:02:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13660: WTF Disney? Edition
Global Announcements
>>10582798 Memefarmer announces resignation. Mega has removed the Meme Warehouse. Memefarmer suggests each anon collect memes on one topic, put on cloud, and publish a link.
>>10533308, >>10622358 FBI Confirms QAnon Group Not A 'Terrorist Threat' - UPDATE 2
>>10641061 , >>10649739 Update: CM Feeling much better.
>>>/qresearch/10660694 New thread for Digital Camo for twat techniques
Notables are NOT endorsements
#13659
>>10673505 Q 1010
>>10673342 BREAKING - Representative Andy Biggs expected to hold special Order on the House floor to find out who is funding riots
>>10673196, >>10673087 "PREPARE FOR 'SKY IS FALLING' WEEK." "Disney is a distraction."
>>10673156 Today, we are at another inflection point - one where I believe unmanned technologies, AI, and long-range precision weapons will play an increasingly leading role.
>>10673108 Disney Clock research bun
>>10673036 From 2000-2018 the tiny town of New Albany OH had an absurdly large amount of defense contract money funneled into it…
>>10673004 Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasuries rise for 3rd month in July
>>10672932 MM Clock info:
>>10672900 NYC Mayor de Blasio to furlough HIMSELF & nearly 500 staff for week amid revenue shortfall, blames Congress for lack of stimulus
>>10672896 Trump conference is starting soon!
>>10672895 The MEGA Group: Wexner, Bronfman, Spielberg, Maxwell, Lauder, MOSSAD Influence On US Policies
>>10673546 #13659
#13658
>>10672388 PF updates
>>10672591 Pentagon Seeks to Boost Funding for New Navy Ships Amid China's Buildup - Esper
>>10672589 Q's MM clock, It's an echo device from Amazon
>>10672495 Potus: New Conference at 5:45. Enjoy!
>>10672488 Potus: Biden vid
>>10672470, >>10672621 - Andrew in Phuket Q Photo
>>10672457 The Dark Side of Disney: Sex Trafficking & Child Predators
>>10672306 Dept. of Defense Secretary Mark Esper CONFIRMS Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) in space
>>10672216 The Democrats' War on Blacks
>>10672186 Hope someone is watching Andy's 6.
>>10672153 Not So Fast: TikTok-Oracle Deal "Falls Short Of Resolving Concerns", CFIUS Approval Suddenly In Doubt
>>10672144 REPORT: Attorney General Bill Barr Told Federal Prosecutors to Charge Violent Rioters with Sedition
>>10672126 Hundreds Of Overseas Ballots List Wrong Running Mate For Trump
>>10672760 #13658
#13657
>>10671868 AG Bill Barr Slams Democrats for Demanding 'Biden or No Peace': 'Rule by the Mob'
>>10671831 A declassified court order on the Carter Page FISA applications states that the FISA court "found violations of the government's duty of candor in all four applications" to spy on Page. At least two of the four applications have already been ruled illegal.
>>10671812 Archiver Developers
>>10671389, >>10671593, >>10671779 planefaggin
>>10671778 Minnesota Man Charged with Providing Material Support to ISIS
>>10671771 Market Report-FOMC edition
>>10671766 U.S. Seeks to Recover More Than $300 Million in Additional Assets Traceable to Funds Allegedly Misappropriated from Malaysian Sovereign Wealth Fund
>>10671751 Two Iranian Nationals Charged in Cyber Theft Campaign Targeting Computer Systems in United States, Europe, and the Middle East
>>10671737 Jacksonville Woman Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Illegally Exporting Maritime Raiding Craft and Engines to China
>>10671705 @USNavy Armed and Ready
>>10671703 CDC Director Robert Redfield Breaks With Trump Administration On Coronavirus Vaccine Timeline
>>10671654 Chinese labor camp survivor explains why socialism is hell
>>10671621 Sidney Powell .@CNN is dishonest, deliberately deceitful, and pathetic. There must be liability for frauds on the public like this.
>>10671594 moar Catherine Herridge
>>10671487 North Carolina cop's ominous resignation letter amid mass police exodus goes viral: 'Evil is real'
>>10671485 BIDEN UKRAINE TAPES RELEASED - LOGAN ACT
>>10671464, >>10671432 Clackamas Co FireMed
>>10671460 Jim Carrey to play Joe Biden on 'SNL' Season 46
>>10671436 American Express Launches 'Coalition to Back Black Businesses,' Applications for First Round of $5,000 Grants Now Open
>>10671414 BLM Agitators Who Stole Elderly Couple's Drink And Screamed 'F*** White People' Charged in Pittsburg
>>10671406 Michelle Obama's influence over Netflix led to release of pro-pedo movie 'Cuties'
>>10671388 ASSANGE HEARING DAY SEVEN- Ellsberg and Goetz Refute Informants Were Harmed and That Assange Was First to Release Their Names
>>10671370, >>10671859 Senator Kennedy: "There Are Times When I Think Pelosi Has Eaten Tide Pods"
>>10671363 Fake News Caught Again - CBS Uses Photo From "Latinos for Trump" as Image for Biden Latino Outreach in Miami...
>>10672034 #13657
#10672821 at 2020-09-16 21:11:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13659: Dew The DEW Edition
Global Announcements
>>10582798 Memefarmer announces resignation. Mega has removed the Meme Warehouse. Memefarmer suggests each anon collect memes on one topic, put on cloud, and publish a link.
>>10533308, >>10622358 FBI Confirms QAnon Group Not A 'Terrorist Threat' - UPDATE 2
>>10641061 , >>10649739 Update: CM Feeling much better.
>>>/qresearch/10660694 New thread for Digital Camo for twat techniques
Notables are NOT endorsements
#13658
>>10672388 PF updates
>>10672591 Pentagon Seeks to Boost Funding for New Navy Ships Amid China's Buildup - Esper
>>10672589 Q's MM clock, It's an echo device from Amazon
>>10672495 Potus: New Conference at 5:45. Enjoy!
>>10672488 Potus: Biden vid
>>10672470, >>10672621 - Andrew in Phuket Q Photo
>>10672457 The Dark Side of Disney: Sex Trafficking & Child Predators
>>10672306 Dept. of Defense Secretary Mark Esper CONFIRMS Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) in space
>>10672216 The Democrats' War on Blacks
>>10672186 Hope someone is watching Andy's 6.
>>10672153 Not So Fast: TikTok-Oracle Deal "Falls Short Of Resolving Concerns", CFIUS Approval Suddenly In Doubt
>>10672144 REPORT: Attorney General Bill Barr Told Federal Prosecutors to Charge Violent Rioters with Sedition
>>10672126 Hundreds Of Overseas Ballots List Wrong Running Mate For Trump
#13658
#13657
>>10671868 AG Bill Barr Slams Democrats for Demanding 'Biden or No Peace': 'Rule by the Mob'
>>10671831 A declassified court order on the Carter Page FISA applications states that the FISA court "found violations of the government's duty of candor in all four applications" to spy on Page. At least two of the four applications have already been ruled illegal.
>>10671812 Archiver Developers
>>10671389, >>10671593, >>10671779 planefaggin
>>10671778 Minnesota Man Charged with Providing Material Support to ISIS
>>10671771 Market Report-FOMC edition
>>10671766 U.S. Seeks to Recover More Than $300 Million in Additional Assets Traceable to Funds Allegedly Misappropriated from Malaysian Sovereign Wealth Fund
>>10671751 Two Iranian Nationals Charged in Cyber Theft Campaign Targeting Computer Systems in United States, Europe, and the Middle East
>>10671737 Jacksonville Woman Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Illegally Exporting Maritime Raiding Craft and Engines to China
>>10671705 @USNavy Armed and Ready
>>10671703 CDC Director Robert Redfield Breaks With Trump Administration On Coronavirus Vaccine Timeline
>>10671654 Chinese labor camp survivor explains why socialism is hell
>>10671621 Sidney Powell .@CNN is dishonest, deliberately deceitful, and pathetic. There must be liability for frauds on the public like this.
>>10671594 moar Catherine Herridge
>>10671487 North Carolina cop's ominous resignation letter amid mass police exodus goes viral: 'Evil is real'
>>10671485 BIDEN UKRAINE TAPES RELEASED - LOGAN ACT
>>10671464, >>10671432 Clackamas Co FireMed
>>10671460 Jim Carrey to play Joe Biden on 'SNL' Season 46
>>10671436 American Express Launches 'Coalition to Back Black Businesses,' Applications for First Round of $5,000 Grants Now Open
>>10671414 BLM Agitators Who Stole Elderly Couple's Drink And Screamed 'F*** White People' Charged in Pittsburg
>>10671406 Michelle Obama's influence over Netflix led to release of pro-pedo movie 'Cuties'
>>10671388 ASSANGE HEARING DAY SEVEN- Ellsberg and Goetz Refute Informants Were Harmed and That Assange Was First to Release Their Names
>>10671370, >>10671859 Senator Kennedy: "There Are Times When I Think Pelosi Has Eaten Tide Pods"
>>10671363 Fake News Caught Again - CBS Uses Photo From "Latinos for Trump" as Image for Biden Latino Outreach in Miami...
>>10672034 #13657
#10672760 at 2020-09-16 21:08:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13658: Of Tide Pods and Biden Edition
>>10672626
Notables
>>10672388 PF updates
>>10672591 Pentagon Seeks to Boost Funding for New Navy Ships Amid China's Buildup - Esper
>>10672589 Q's MM clock, It's an echo device from Amazon
>>10672495 Potus: New Conference at 5:45. Enjoy!
>>10672488 Potus: Biden vid
>>10672470, >>10672621 - Andrew in Phuket Q Photo
>>10672457 The Dark Side of Disney: Sex Trafficking & Child Predators
>>10672306 Dept. of Defense Secretary Mark Esper CONFIRMS Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) in space
>>10672216 The Democrats' War on Blacks
>>10672186 Hope someone is watching Andy's 6.
>>10672153 Not So Fast: TikTok-Oracle Deal "Falls Short Of Resolving Concerns", CFIUS Approval Suddenly In Doubt
>>10672144 REPORT: Attorney General Bill Barr Told Federal Prosecutors to Charge Violent Rioters with Sedition
>>10672126 Hundreds Of Overseas Ballots List Wrong Running Mate For Trump
#13658
Wednesday 09.16.2020
>>10672384 --------------- Mickey Mouse Clock pic
>>10672339 --------------- Bill Clinton pic
>>10672336 --------------- Prince Andrew pics
>>10672321 --------------- Victoria's Secret models/Epstein
>>10671976 --------------- MIL SAT application(s) (Caps: >>10671992, >>10672014)
>>10671395 rt >>10671145 ---------- Q#3788
>>10669931 --------------- Why did it take an 'outsider' to finally deliver the 'start' of peace in the middle east? $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Evil and corruption @ highest levels.
>>10669719 rt >>10669567 ---------- The media is complicit. Mission: keep the public controlled and in the dark
>>10668955 --------------- Add it all up. Playbook known.
>>10668820 --------------- Tucker interview Chinese Virologist (Cap: >>10668832)
>>10668751 --------------- Esper confirms Russia and China have DEW satellites (Cap: >>10668768)
>>10668640 rt >>10668566 ---------- Confirms water is their cover
>>10668478 rt >>10668433 ---------- Banks with truck filled to set fire
>>10668357 --------------- "Spread Fire."
>>10668326 --------------- antwiththecut phone message convo
>>10668162 --------------- @FBIPortland graphic (Caps: >>10668203, >>10668258)
#10672591 at 2020-09-16 20:59:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13658: Of Tide Pods and Biden Edition
Pentagon Seeks to Boost Funding for New Navy Ships Amid China's Buildup - Esper
The Department of Defense seeks to increase funding for shipbuilding in the Navy budget from 11 percent to 13 percent, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said during an event hosted by RAND Corporation on Wednesday.
Esper said the determination to increase funding was made after he met with Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist and other officials this week to review the findings of a Defense Department assessment report on the needs of the Navy to retain dominance through 2045.
"We must increase funding for shipbuilding," Esper said. "This means we must get back to the same levels of spending dedicated for shipbuilding in the Navy budget that the sea service committed during the Reagan era - 13 percent, as compared to today's 11 percent. This is something both, the Secretary of the Navy and I are committed to pursuing."
The Defense Department aims to have more than 355 ships, both manned and unmanned, in service, he said.
Esper explained that the future US fleet must have survivability in a high intensity conflict, ability to project power and demonstrate presence as well as capability to deliver precision effects at very long ranges, among other attributes.
China intends to dominate Asia as a world-class military by 2049, Esper said, adding that the Defense Department sent a report to Congress last week stating that China has the largest navy in the world.
https://sputniknews.com/us/202009161080480340-pentagon-seeks-to-boost-funding-for-new-navy-ships-amid-chinas-buildup—Esper/
#10672306 at 2020-09-16 20:47:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13658: Of Tide Pods and Biden Edition
>>10672121
9/16/2020 – Dept. of Defense Secretary Mark Esper CONFIRMS Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) in space
#10671800 at 2020-09-16 20:15:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13657: Evil and corruption @ highest levels
Secretary of Defense Says China Has "Killer Satellites and Directed Energy Weapons"
The US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, while speaking at the Air Force Association's 2020 Virtual Air Space & Cyber Conference, announced new capabilities of the Chinese Military's space program. "Directed Energy Weapons" and "Killer Satellites" were mentioned directly. Esper went on to say that China and Russia have "turned a once peaceful arena into a war fighting domain." The Pentagon is taking these threats seriously and is no longer keeping the existence of this technology a secret.
Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) are something from science fiction that has become a true reality that every nation must reckon with. The broad term covers many kinds of weapons system but space-based DEWs will be laser style beams or pulses that are intended to cause damage on the receiving end. Varying levels of focus can change intensity and size of the impact area. Lasers and heat-effects can be used to damage all kinds of military hardware, sensitive structures, or even natural habitats. Western victims of intense fires claim unnatural origins and intense heat that's never been witnessed before.
Satellite killers are known to have been in existence for several years. China famously demonstrated the capability in 2007 when it blew up one of its own satellites and created an enormous cloud of dangerous space debris. Satellite killers would realistically be DEWs as well. Laser attacks are more sensible with the ranges and precision necessary for orbital satellite targeting.
Photos of burnt neighborhoods where surrounding woods are left unscathed are suspicious. Intense heat melts the aluminum rims of automobiles that are burned in the fires. There are even photos of visual beams coming down from the sky. The reality of these weapons has been denied for a long time but evidence of their use has been circulating online and skeptics are now hearing official reports from the Pentagon about Chinese capabilities from orbit.
While the USA faces an unprecedented outbreak of fires along its Western coastline, reports of arson are circulating online. Those reports are being denied by the mainstream media. If a foreign actor wanted to induce conditions for wildfires with a warming-field a DEW weapon would be perfect. Intense lasers could easily start a small fire that will have undetectable origins and would be nearly impossible to prevent.
https://repub.li/secretary-of-defense-says-china-has-killer-satellites-and-directed-energy-weapons/
#10670920 at 2020-09-16 19:11:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13656: $$$$$$$$$$$ Evil and corruption @ highest levels Edition
>>10670855
9/16/2020 – Sec of Defense Mark Esper CONFIRMS DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS - from China + Russia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBX0hqUbahc
#10669988 at 2020-09-16 18:12:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13655: Kayleigh Presser Edition
>>10669931
Q, Any comments on what Mark Esper said about China and Russia having Directed Energy Weapons in space and 'killer satellites' are they involved in the fires?
#10622148 at 2020-09-12 22:11:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13593: New Baker Edition Edition
>>10622112
>When There are No Consequences for Anything | Kunstler
And now, like a fever building to climax, comes the news right out-front that the Democratic Party intends to foment insurrection if the election goes against them. They're supporting the coming siege of Lafayette Square set to kick off fifty days of "protest" across from the White House beginning Sept 17 as a warm-up for anarchy in the streets across the nation following the Nov 3 vote. Behind us is the summer of riots, arson, and looting, and who paid to support all that? Who paid for flying Antifa and BLM personnel from city to city, feeding and housing them, paying for their "commercial-grade" fireworks, pallets of bricks, gas masks, lasers, bullhorns, black riot outfits? Why is it hard to find out who bought the plane tickets, booked the hotels? Months have gone by since all that started. Is someone in the DOJ following the money? And following their communications (especially considering the crimes against property they've committed)?
Why is Christopher Wray still director of the FBI? Why is Bruce Ohr still collecting a paycheck from the DOJ? Why is Eric Ciaramella still keeping a seat warm at the CIA? What exactly was US Attorney John Huber doing for two years? Why is Mark Esper still running the Pentagon? Why is General James Mattis not facing a military court of inquiry for proposing a coup against the president? Why is Federal Judge Emmet Sullivan still defying the DOJ's motion to dismiss the case against General Flynn? Why is it taking years to resolve the legal issues around Julian Assange while he rots in jail? Where exactly does William Barr stand with all this? And is it possible that John Durham's efforts to unravel the giant hairball of sedition begins-and-ends with one lame guilty plea of petty fall-guy Kevin Clinesmith?
It may sound paranoid, but I feel compelled to ask: is Barack Obama running some kind of shadow government from his Kalorama fortress -that is, issuing suggestions (or instructions) to scores of loyal high officials in federal agencies for opposing and undermining everything the current president attempts to do - such as Mr. Trump's executive order this week to cease and desist the depraved "critical race theory" and "white privilege" struggle sessions run all over DC by obscenely highly-paid "diversity-and-inclusion" consultants? And what role is Hillary Clinton playing behind-the-scenes these pre-election days, since her foundation is so heavily invested in the DNC, and she is issuing directives on subverting the election through a complicit news media?
How on earth can responsible adults pretend that the empty shell of Joe Biden is a plausible candidate for president? What will Joe do in the two scheduled debates without his teleprompter or an earpiece? He can't possibly perform without them (and barely even with them, it appears lately). When was the last time Joe Biden took impromptu questions from reporters? When has he stood before a crowd of actual voters, not live-action-role-players picked by his handlers? Who is trying to hustle the USA out of existence and what are you going to do to stop them?
#10579223 at 2020-09-09 19:05:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13537: DeFace the DePress'd Edition
Northrop Grumman Gets $13.3 Billion Air Force Contract to Engineer New ICBMs
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $13.3 billion contract for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of the service's next-generation intercontinental ballistic missiles to replace the aging Minuteman III ICBMs.
The service on Tuesday said the contract for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent, known as GBSD, aims to replace the 1970s-era ICBMs by the late 2020s. Northrop Grumman was the sole bidder for the program after Boeing Co. dropped out of the running for the EMD contract last year.
"Modernizing the nuclear strategic triad is a top priority of our military," said Defense Secretary Mark Esper in a service news release. "It's key to our nation's defense. It provides that strategic nuclear deterrent that we depend on day after day – that we've depended on decade after decade."
Gen. Tim Ray, head of Air Force Global Strike Command, concurred.
"I am fully confident in the evolutionary warfighting effectiveness GBSD will ensure," he said in the release. "The increased accuracy, extended range and improved reliability will provide the United States a broader array of options to address unforeseen contingencies, giving us the edge necessary to compete and win against any adversary."
The service is responsible for two of the three legs of the nuclear triad – land-launched nuclear missiles and aircraft with nuclear bombs and missiles. The third leg is submarine-launched nuclear missiles.
In 2017, the Air Force awarded two contracts to Northrop and Boeing for preliminary work on the GBSD program to replace its Minuteman III system. Known as the technology maturation and risk reduction (TMRR) phase, the two contracts were not to exceed $359 million each, the service said; Boeing was awarded $349 million and Northrop received $328 million for the 36-month deal.
The EMD phase request for proposal was released in July 2019. While the service was always going to down-select and choose a single company to manufacture the next-generation ICBM, Boeing said the service's acquisition approach favored its competitor and exited the competition that same month.
"After numerous attempts to resolve concerns within the procurement process, Boeing has informed the Air Force that it will not bid Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) under the current acquisition approach," the company said at the time. That October, the Air Force informed Boeing it would cut off the company's funding to finish out the TMRR phase.
Maj. Gen. Mike Lutton, 20th Air Force commander, said in a recent interview that upgrading to a new ICBM system is an affordable alternative for the U.S., as opposed to executing a service life extension program on the current arsenal.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/09/09/northrop-grumman-gets-133-billion-air-force-contract-engineer-new-icbms.html
#10577276 at 2020-09-09 15:50:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13535: Obsession Edition
Has anyone seen this?
Q,
What do you say to this? I don't trust General Mike Milley or Sec. of Defense Mark Esper at Any level.
Trump's being set up again with these fake riots to invoke the Insurrection Act to be used against Trump.
Former JAG Officer Richard Black Warns of a Potential Military Coup
#10558158 at 2020-09-07 19:09:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13510: Potus: Take Off Your Mask When You Talk To MeEdition
>>10557848
>President Donald Trump is reportedly considering replacing Defense Secretary Mark Esper
Who has reported?
>Esper has publicly broken from the president this summer over the administration's use of federal assets to control protests and riots across the country
Lie! He said the same as POTUS! The situation was not this bad but the military was ready, if!
>Trump routinely referred to McCain as a "loser"
What has it to do with the header? Just manipulation?
>Trump first soured on Esper after he took an opposing position from the president in June, stating he didn't believe it was appropriate to mobilize the military
Repeats are nesessary style?
>"The option to use active duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort, and only in the most urgent and dire of situations,"
The same, POTUS said. But they were ready! And psst… They are ready and they will come for the DeepState, motherfuckers!
#10557848 at 2020-09-07 18:32:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13510: Potus: Take Off Your Mask When You Talk To MeEdition
REPORT: Trump Considering Replacing Defense Secretary Mark Esper With Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie
YAAS do it
President Donald Trump is reportedly considering replacing Defense Secretary Mark Esper with Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie ahead of the 2020 election, despite being warned against doing so by his top advisors.
Esper has publicly broken from the president this summer over the administration's use of federal assets to control protests and riots across the country, and two senior administration officials told NBC News that Trump is still considering removing his Pentagon chief ahead of November. NBC's sources say that Wilkie has met with Trump and multiple senior White House officials about helming the Department of Defense
Wilkie further defended Trump Sunday from allegations that he has a history of disparaging wounded veterans and prisoners of war, as detailed by The Atlantic and other media outlets over the past week. During an interview with CNN, he brushed off Trump's insults against former Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain.
"It's politics," Wilkie stated after noting he was friends with the late Republican Senator. "It's the heat of a campaign."
Trump routinely referred to McCain as a "loser" and feuded with him throughout the 2016 campaign up until his death in 2018.
Trump first soured on Esper after he took an opposing position from the president in June, stating he didn't believe it was appropriate to mobilize the military to help police violence spilling out of peaceful protests over the police killing of George Floyd.
"The option to use active duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort, and only in the most urgent and dire of situations," Esper told reporters during a press conference shortly after the president first floated invoking the Insurrection Act. "We are not in one of those situations now. I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act."
The White House declined Daily Caller's Monday inquiries on NBC's report.
https://dailycaller.com/2020/09/07/report-trump-considering-replacing-defense-secretary-Mark-Esper-with-veterans-affairs-secretary-robert-wilkie/
#10529114 at 2020-09-04 21:07:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13475: NO DIVISION; WWG1WGA Edition
Pentagon orders shutdown of Stars and Stripes newspaper
Hitpiece by NC News Check out the slight they swing at Trump.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon has ordered the military's independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes, to cease publication at the end of the month, despite congressional efforts to continue funding the century-old publication.
The order to halt publication by Sept. 30, and dissolve the organization by the end of January, follows the Pentagon's move earlier this year to cut the $15.5 million in funding for the paper from the Defense Department budget. And it is a reflection of the Trump administration's broader animosity for the media and members of the press. (Well when you are fake and gay. . .)
More at the site. . .but why go there when you can read the AP article. . .
Oh look a FRESHIE Off the Press 30 mins ago:
Trump won't let Pentagon close Stars and Stripes newspaper(Looks like some faggots took the bait.)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Friday that he won't allow the Pentagon to cut funding for the military's independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes, effectively halting Defense leaders plan to shut the paper down this month.
"The United States of America will NOT be cutting funding to @starsandstripes magazine under my watch," Trump tweeted. "It will continue to be a wonderful source of information to our Great Military!"
Trump's tweet came as he fought off new accusations that he called service members killed in World War I "losers" and "suckers" during an event in France in 2018. The comments, first reported by The Atlantic and confirmed by The Associated Press, are shining a fresh light on Trump's previous public disparaging of American troops and military families and they delivered a new campaign issue to his Democrtic rival Joe Biden, less than two months from Election Day.
The Defense Department's has ordered the paper to halt publication by Sept. 30, and dissolve the organization by the end of January. The order, in a recent memo to Stripes, follows the Pentagon's move earlier this year to cut the $15.5 million in funding for the paper from the Defense Department budget. And it is a reflection of the Trump administration's broader animosity for the media and members of the press.
The Trump White House hadn't spoken out against the Pentagon plan to close the paper before today, even though it's been in the works and publicly written about for months. On Friday, howeve, Trump worked to shore up his reputation as a staunch supporter of the nation's armed services.
"I've done more for the military than almost anyone else," he said Friday in the Oval Office.
Trump was alleged to have made the comments about the war dead as he was set to visit the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery during a trip to France in Nov. 2018.
Members of Congress have objected to the defunding move for months. And senators sent a letter to Defense Secretary Mark Esper this week urging him to reinstate the money. The letter, signed by 15 senators - including Republicans and Democrats - also warns Esper that the department is legally prohibited from canceling a budget program while a temporary continuing resolution to fund the federal government is in effect.
More there…
https://apnews.com/10bf87893e3615685895f92346601a47
Oh and the fake news reference…Here:
https://www.witn.com/2020/09/04/pentagon-orders-shutdown-of-stars-and-stripes-newspaper/
Fake Fake News.
Wears Red but Talks Blue.
#10526424 at 2020-09-04 16:33:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13471: Evil Taking a Beating This Week Edition
Report: Pentagon orders Stars and Stripes newspaper to shut down by Sept. 30th after 159 years
The Pentagon has ordered the Stars and Stripes newspaper to shut down after 159 years in circulation for military service members, according to a memo obtained by USA Today on Friday. The memo, authored by Col. Paul Haverstick Jr., demands Stars and Stripes' publisher to propose a plan to "dissolve" the newspaper by Sept. 15, as well as a timeline for "vacating government owned/leased space worldwide." The memo adds that Sept. 30 will Mark the final publication of the newspaper. Stars and Stripes receives more than $15 million annually in federal funds via the federal government's annual defense bill. The subsidy comprises half of the publication's budget. The Pentagon memo cites the president's authority to dissolve the publication under his defense budget request.
The House of Representatives had repeatedly struck down efforts to exclude the publication's funding from the 2021 defense bill, however. The Senate has not yet moved to decide on the funding. In February, the Pentagon had announced it would be eliminating the funding in order to reprioritize funds. At the time, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said during a NATO press conference, "We trimmed the support for Stars and Stripes because we need to invest that money, as we did with many, many other programs, into higher-priority issues."
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/09/report-pentagon-orders-stars-and-stripes-newspaper-to-shut-down-by-sept-30th-after-159-years/
The Pentagon has ordered Stars and Stripes to shut down for no good reason
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/09/04/trump-and-stars-and-stripes-attacking-american-icon-column/5706859002/
Thinking this is not a directive from POTUS
#10505723 at 2020-09-02 18:25:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13445: Blackmail Flood Is Here Edition
Senators to Esper: Reverse Your Decision to Kill Stars and Stripes
A group of senators wants to reinstate funding for Stars and Stripes, the military's newspaper for service members, as the organization faces being totally defunded before the year is out.
The bipartisan group, led by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), on Wednesday sent a letter to Defense Secretary Mark Esper to preserve the "historically significant publication," which only requires "a tiny fraction" of the Defense Department's annual budget, according to the lawmakers.
"Stars and Stripes is an essential part of our nation's freedom of the press that serves the very population charged with defending that freedom," the 15 senators said in the letter. "Therefore, we respectfully request that you rescind your decision to discontinue support for Stars and Stripes and that you reinstate the funding necessary for it to continue operations."
The Pentagon in February proposed cutting all of the newspaper's funding roughly $15.5 million annually to reallocate those dollars toward other high-profile programs, such as space, nuclear and hypersonic systems, Esper said at the time. The Senate version of the fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act does not contain funding for the paper; lawmakers will convene this fall to develop a joint version of the bill.
"We trimmed the support for Stars and Stripes because we need to invest that money, as we did with many, many other programs, into higher-priority issues," he said during a news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, following DoD's $740 billion budget submission to Congress. Stars and Stripes is published in print and online.
While the paper, which is distributed to U.S. troops stationed at bases worldwide, maintains editorial independence, it receives federal funding as part of the Pentagon's Defense Media Agency. About $8.7 million of the subsidy comes through operations and maintenance (O&M) funding, and about $6.9 million from contingency operations funds, Stripes said. The remainder of the Stripes annual budget comes from advertising, subscriptions and sales.
The senators warned that the deadline for the paper's operation to disband is fast approaching.
"We understand that DoD plans to cease publication of Stars and Stripes on September 30, 2020 and completely dissolve the organization by January 31, 2021 as a result of the proposed termination of funding in the fiscal year 2021 President's budget," they said. "We urge you to take steps to preserve the funding prerogatives of Congress before allowing any such disruption to take place."
In July, Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., a Marine veteran, introduced an amendment during the House Armed Services Committee Markup that would allocated the necessary $15.5 million to keep Stars and Stripes afloat.
"Thousands of troops around the globe rely on them for the kind of news that just isn't covered elsewhere – stories from American bases, the latest Department of Defense news, and transparency coverage that cuts through political and military brass BS talking points," Gallego said. "It's exactly the type of honest coverage that our armed forces need, and we weren't going to let the Administration stifle these voices without a fight."
The lawmakers on Wednesday noted that because of language within the previous year's continuing resolution, passed to sustain funding levels, DoD also cannot legally terminate a program "until a full-year appropriations bill is enacted."
"It was Stars and Stripes that revealed the Defense Department's use of public relations firms that profiled reporters and steered them toward favorable coverage of the war in Afghanistan," the lawmakers said.
"Most recently, the paper brought to light the failure of schools on U.S. military installations to shut down during the pandemic, despite Japanese public schools doing so. These stories illustrate why Stars and Stripes is essential: they report on stories that no one else covers."
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/09/02/senators-Esper-reverse-your-decision-kill-stars-and-stripes.html
#10489999 at 2020-09-01 03:29:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13425: POTUS Goes One-On-One With Laura Edition
Pentagon: 175k military spouses hired under Military Spouse Employment Partnership
Originally launched in 2011, the MSEP has expanded to include over 440 partners companies working to hire military spouses, including 3M, Allstate, and Amazon.
The Pentagon is delivering good news, and good jobs, to military spouses. The Defense Department has announced that 175,000 military spouses have been hired through the Military Spouse Employment Partnership. Originally launched in 2011, the MSEP has expanded to include over 440 partners companies working to hire military spouses. Partners include 3M, Allstate, and Amazon. A complete list of partner organizations is available on the MSEP website . The partnership "provides personalized career coaching and support to military spouses at all levels of their professional lives, from considering early educational goals, to thriving in managerial or entrepreneurial roles." The program also connects participants to job openings around the world, which now include some teleworking opportunities.
At last year's MSEP Induction Ceremony, Second Lady Karen Pence reMarked on the sacrifices military spouses make in their day-to-day lives, acknowledging that "for all of the sacrifice" made by military spouses "the right thing for us to do" is help them further their careers. She also pointed out that businesses that hire military spouses "benefit from their tremendous experience and skills." Defense Secretary Mark Esper praised the MSEP program, saying it "benefits our military as a whole,"''' as well as the stability and well-being of the military families themselves. Military spouses interested in the employment partnership can contact Military OneSource at 800-342-9647 to be connected with a career coach.
https://justthenews.com/government/security/pentagon-175k-military-spouses-hired-under-military-spouse-employment#digital-diary
Military Spouse Employment Partnership Partner Portal
https://msepjobs.militaryonesource.mil/msep/
Our Partners Offers Telework Opportunities
https://msepjobs.militaryonesource.mil/msep/our-partners
#10473066 at 2020-08-30 17:03:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13403: Anon Mindset Only Knows How To Win, Feel The Power Of A Warrior Edition
=Milley Says No Role for Military in Presidential Vote==
Lolita C. Baldor
WASHINGTON - The U.S. armed forces will have no role in carrying out the election process or resolving a disputed vote, the top U.S. military officer told Congress in comments released Friday.
The comments from Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, underscore the extraordinary political environment in America, where the president has declared without evidence that the expected surge in mail-in ballots will make the vote "inaccurate and fraudulent," and has suggested he might not accept the election results if he loses.
Trump's repeated complaints questioning the election's validity have triggered unprecedented worries about the potential for chaos surrounding the election results. Some have speculated that the military might be called upon to get involved, either by Trump trying to use it to help his reelection prospects or as, Democratic challenger Joe Biden has suggested, to remove Trump from the White House if he refuses to accept defeat. The military has adamantly sought to tamp down that speculation and is zealously protective of its historically nonpartisan nature.
"I believe deeply in the principle of an apolitical U.S. military," Milley said in written responses to several questions posed by two Democratic members of the House Armed Services Committee. "In the event of a dispute over some aspect of the elections, by law U.S. courts and the U.S. Congress are required to resolve any disputes, not the U.S. military. I foresee no role for the U.S armed forces in this process."
Milley's tone reflects the longstanding views of military leaders who insist that the nation's military stays out of politics and that troops are sworn to protect the country and uphold the Constitution.
But the two Congress members, Reps. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey, said Friday that Trump's recent comments and his efforts to use the military to quell protests have fueled their concerns. The two lawmakers released Milley's answers.
Faced with polls showing he is trailing Biden, Trump last month said it was too early to guarantee he'd accept the election results.
"I have to see. Look … I have to see," Trump said on "Fox News Sunday." "No, I'm not going to just say yes. I'm not going to say no." The Biden campaign at the time responded that "the United States government is perfectly capable of escorting trespassers out of the White House."
Trump later suggested that the election should be postponed, since the coronavirus pandemic has made it likely it could take days or weeks to count mail-in ballots. But that idea was immediately slapped down, including by top congressional Republicans, since the election date can only be changed by Congress.
Milley, known to be a student of military and constitutional history, anchored many of his responses in the nation's founding document. Asked if the military would refuse an order from the president if he was attempting to use military action for political gain rather than national security, Milley said, "I will not follow an unlawful order."
The speculation about the military getting drawn into the election is fueled by Trump's inclination to use the military as partisan props. He raised alarms - and met resistance from the Pentagon - when he threatened to use the Insurrection Act to use troops for law enforcement during the protests after George Floyd's death. Defense Secretary Mark Esper publicly said he opposed such a move -- a stand that enraged Trump and nearly cost Esper his job.
The questions were also sent to Esper, and the answers were due Thursday, but Slotkin said he has not yet responded. Slotkin is a former CIA analyst and senior Pentagon policy adviser and Sherrill served in the Navy for about 10 years.
This is the second time in recent months that Milley has made a public stand against military involvement in politics. In June he used a speech at the National Defense University to express regret for walking with Trump through Lafayette Square in what turned out to be a photo op during public protests after the death of George Floyd.
He said photos of him there "sparked a national debate about the role of the military in civil society." And he told the military audience, "we must hold dear the principle of an apolitical military that is so deeply rooted in the very essence of our republic."
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/08/28/milley-says-no-role-military-presidential-vote.html
#10470309 at 2020-08-30 07:27:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13400: Ebake Edition
>>10469820 pb
foreignpolicy.com
Russia Runs U.S. Troops Off the Road in Syria
Jack Detsch, Robbie Gramer
Page 1 of 2
Russian forces run U.S. troops off the road in Syria, leaving several injured, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper heads to the Pacific, and the United States appears to be iced out of Arctic power battles.
U.S. Troops in Syria Remain in Precarious Position
The Trump administration hoped that it would make progress on ending the conflict in Syria this week. The committee drafting Syria's new constitution is headed to the United Nations in New York, while U.S. Special Representative for Syria Engagement James Jeffrey went to Turkey to help smooth over longstanding differences over Pentagon support to Syrian Kurdish fighters.
Instead, Russian forces laid bare the precarious position of the 600 U.S. troops left in Syria in a viral incident. On Tuesday, video shared on Russian Instagram feeds showed Russian and U.S. mine-resistant vehicles colliding on a road in the middle of the Syrian countryside. The Pentagon did not immediately respond, even after Politico reported that four U.S. troops were injured.
The National Security Council responded hours later, calling the move a "breach of de-confliction protocols"-but offering little direct condemnation of Russia. Russia's defense ministry insisted that its forces were responding to the U.S. military attempting to block a Russian patrol group. The administration has hoped for Russia to focus on supporting the U.N.-led peace talks rather than targeting U.S. service members.
cont…
#10463681 at 2020-08-29 18:50:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13391: It's All Coming Together Edition
Japan and US defense chiefs agree to keep China in check
Japan's Defense Minister Taro Kono and his U.S. counterpart agreed in Guam on Saturday that they will keep China's maritime assertiveness in the South and East China seas in check. "As for the South and East China seas, we confirmed that Japan and the United States will strongly oppose countries unilaterally changing the status quo by force," Kono said after meeting with Mark Esper at Andersen Air Force Base. Beijing is involved in territorial disputes with Tokyo and a number of other Asian neighbors in the waters. Pentagon officials said China fired four ballistic missiles into the South China Sea on Wednesday in an apparent warning to U.S. reconnaissance planes flying near areas where Beijing has been conducting naval drills.
Kono told Esper the launch could help destabilize the region and that he will monitor the situation with concern, according to a Japanese Defense Ministry official. At the outset of the talks, Esper condemned China's behavior in the waters, saying, "We are steadfast in our opposition to Beijing's destabilizing activities in the region." Kono said in response, "I think the world has been changing drastically. Not just because of COVID-19, but because there are some attempts to change the status quo by force and coercion." The Japanese defense chief said he and Esper reaffirmed that Article 5 of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty applies to the Senkaku Islands, a group of East China Sea islets controlled by Japan but claimed by China, which calls them Diaoyu. Article 5 stipulates Washington's commitment to defend Tokyo. Tensions over the islands have been growing, with Chinese vessels spotted near them for 111 consecutive days through this month, the longest streak since Japan bought the islets from a private owner and put them under state control in 2012. Kono said he and Esper also agreed during their first direct talks since January to cooperate toward the establishment of a new missile defense system after Tokyo decided in June to halt plans to deploy the U.S.-developed Aegis Ashore missile defense system. "We agreed on how Japan and the U.S. could enhance our cooperation on integrated air and missile defense, as well as ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) capability," Kono said.
The planned deployment of the Aegis Ashore system, originally intended to beef up Japan's deterrence against North Korea's missile threats, was scrapped as Tokyo found it potentially costly and time-consuming upgrades would become necessary to ensure the safety of nearby residents during a missile interception. Kono said he explained to Esper about the ongoing talks at Japan's National Security Council on alternative options. Tokyo is set to indicate a policy on the new missile defense system in September. In a related move, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party submitted a proposal this month for Japan to consider "possession of the ability to intercept ballistic missiles and others even in the territory of an opponent," a controversial suggestion in light of Japan's war-renouncing Constitution.
The two defense chiefs also affirmed that North Korea's repeated launch of ballistic missiles is a violation of the U.N. Security Council resolutions and a challenge to the international society. Moreover, they agreed to keep working to ensure complete implementation of the U.N. resolutions by the North so its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles programs will be abolished in a "complete, verifiable and irreversible manner." Kono and Esper also discussed enhanced cooperation between the two allies in fields such as outer space, cyberspace and electronic warfare, the Defense Ministry official said. In Tokyo, Kono met U.S. Chief of Space Operations Gen. John Raymond on Wednesday when the latter was making his first visit to Japan since the creation of the Space Force and his appointment in December last year.
Kono is on his first overseas trip since February, when he attended an international conference in Germany.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Japan-and-US-defense-chiefs-agree-to-keep-China-in-check
#10458042 at 2020-08-29 02:31:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13384: It Will Be Your Choice Whether To Know (I wanna know) Edition
President Trump Poised to Award First Medal of Honor to Black Veteran of Recent Wars: Alwyn Cashe
President Donald Trump is poised to award the first Medal of Honor to a black veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, Army Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe.
Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) announced Friday that he, along with Reps. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) and Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), received a letter from Pentagon Secretary Mark Esper agreeing that Cashe deserves to have his Silver Star upgraded to the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest combat award for valor for his heroism in October 2005.
Cashe was deployed to Iraq in 2005 when his fighting vehicle hit an improvised explosive device and caught fire. Cashe escaped the vehicle but returned repeated times to pull soldiers out of the flames, while he himself caught on fire and was exposed to enemy gunfire. Cashe later died of his wounds.
Veterans on the right and the left have long pushed for his Silver Star to be upgraded to the Medal of Honor, but it will not be until the Trump administration where it will likely now happen.
Esper said in the letter that he reviewed a proposal by Waltz, Murphy, and Crenshaw to upgrade Cashe's Silver Star and agreed that his actions merit award of the Medal of Honor.
Esper said that since the award must be awarded within five years after the date of the act justifying the award, Congress will need to first waive the limit. After that, he will provide his endorsement to Trump, and then the "final award authority" rests solely with the president.
Breitbart News reached out to the White House for comment but has not received a response. However, it is unlikely that Trump will not decide to award Cashe the Medal of Honor.
Waltz and Crenshaw already offered a successful floor amendment to the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act to waive the statute of limitations for Cashe's Silver Star to be upgraded to the Medal of Honor.
"Alwyn Cashe's extraordinary courage on behalf of his fellow soldiers, in the face of danger and death, embodies everything the Medal of Honor represents," said Waltz.
"Cashe is a Florida and American hero. He without a doubt deserves our nation's highest honor - and I'm very glad Secretary Esper and our Department of Defense agree and recognize his heroic actions. Now Congress needs to act to waive the five-year statute of limitations and allow the Department of Defense's recommendation to move forward and proceed to the President to give final approval," he added.
Murphy said in a statement, "Alwyn was a hero in the purest and most profound sense. He gave his own life to save the lives of his fellow soldiers."
"I am overjoyed that the Secretary of Defense has determined that SFC Cashe's actions merit the Medal of Honor, a conclusion I strongly share. I will work with my colleagues to swiftly grant the President the authority he needs to provide this valiant soldier with the recognition he earned," she said.
Crenshaw added, "Heroes are all around us but certain heroes stand out. One of those heroes is Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe. Alwyn Cashe's actions saved his men's lives. He risked his own life as he pulled them out of a flaming Bradley Fighting Vehicle and went back - again and again."
"From Secretary Esper's statement, we are poised to fully recognize the full extent of his heroism by finally awarding him the Medal of Honor, our nation's highest military award for bravery on the battlefield," he said. "He is a hero and his story is one all Americans should know so we can look upon his example and aspire to the example he displayed."
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/28/president-trump-poised-to-award-first-medal-of-honor-to-black-veteran-of-recent-wars-alwyn-cashe/
#10444353 at 2020-08-28 00:27:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13366: Incoming - LAND OF GREATNESS Edition
Creeping Thucydides Trap: Esper Vows "Won't Cede An Inch" In South China Sea After 4 PLA 'Warning' Missiles
The Pentagon revealed Thursday that China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) "warning" to the US on Wednesday involved the firing of "four medium-range missiles into [an] area between Hainan and the Paracel Islands," a defense official was quoted in FT.
Among them included nuclear-capable DF-26 missile and the anti-ship DF-21D ballistic missile. Beijing said they demonstrated the PLA's ability to deny outside military access to the South China Sea.
The missiles were fired in response to the major incident from Tuesday, wherein China's PLA military angrily charged that a US U-2 spy plane entered a 'no-fly zone' off China's coast while the PLA conducted live-fire military drills.
The PLA has since ratcheted up its drills, with FT reporting Thursday the military "announced it was conducting another live fire exercise in waters off the eastern city of Taizhou, bringing the number of drills off its coast this week to five."
Defense Secretary Mark Esper, meanwhile, vowed the US would never "cede an inch" in the Pacific and accused China of ultimately putting soldiers' lives at risk with its hugely escalatory actions.
Ironically this is precisely what China accused the US of doing on Tuesday with the U-2 flyover. It's defense ministry had issued what appeared veiled threat saying an "unexpected incident" could have easily resulted over the US spy plane operation.
Esper said in Wednesday comments: "To advance the CCP's agenda, the People's Liberation Army continues to pursue an aggressive modernization plan to achieve a world class military by the middle of the century."
He said this on the same day the Trump administration blacklisted 24 Chinese companies also along with targeted individuals related to their construction activities which assist the PLA in their South China Sea territorial ambitions and expansionist claims.
"This will undoubtedly involve the PLA's provocative behavior in the South and East China Seas, and anywhere else the Chinese government has deemed critical to its interests," Esper added.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/creeping-thucydides-trap-expanded-pla-drills-4-missiles-fired-us-blacklists-24-more
#10429134 at 2020-08-26 20:35:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13347: Show Time In Progress Edition
Army Moves to Kick Out 3 Unit Leaders After Deadly Bradley Accident in Korea
The Army's 1st Cavalry Division has ordered changes to its driver training program and is kicking two company-level officers and a staff sergeant out of the Army as the result of an investigation into a deadly Bradley fighting vehicle accident in Korea last year.
Spc. Nicholas Panipinto was killed when the right-hand side tread of the M2A3 Bradley came off and caused the massive vehicle to roll over during a Nov. 6, 2019 road test at Camp Humphreys, South Korea.
Before the road test, Panipinto had received only six hours of hands-on driver training and no classroom instruction.
Current Army regulations require three days of classroom instruction and two days of hands-on driving experience, with an instructor, before military personnel are given licenses to drive Bradleys.
"He never should have been behind the wheel," Kimberly Weaver said she was told during an investigation brief meeting with Col. Kevin Capra, the commander of the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT).
As result, all 37 companies in the 3rd ABCT were "ordered to reassess their driver's training programs and to back brief battalion commanders on the status of the programs, ensuring that all driver training programs … are enforced to Army standard," according to a briefing slide from the meeting.
There were also malfunctions of the vehicle's communication systems, defective or broken equipment, a lack of medical services on base, and significant delays in medical response to the scene of the accident that day.
Camp Humphreys did not have an on-campus hospital or even a military ambulance available to quickly transport Panipinto for emergency treatment, Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Florida, wrote in a June letter to Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
A civilian ambulance responded to the accident scene, but it did not have a sufficient oxygen supply. Its suction equipment also had stopped functioning and it didn't have a blood transfusion supply and the instruments needed to treat Panipinto were unavailable, Buchanan wrote.
The medical response was further delayed when the first on-base medical evacuation helicopter dispatched to the accident scene initially got lost, and a second medevac helicopter suffered from mechanical problems, the letter adds.
Eventually, the first medevac helicopter arrived at the site 80 minutes after the accident, according to the letter.
Buchannan has since called on the House Armed Services Committee to hold a public hearing on the increase in military training vehicle accidents.
The investigation resulted in stiff punishments for Panipinto's immediate chain of command.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/08/26/army-moves-kick-out-3-unit-leaders-after-deadly-bradley-accident-korea.html
#10413747 at 2020-08-25 15:51:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13327: Tuesday Morning Melania Edition
Air Force F-16 squadron trains with partners in Poland
F-16 Fighting Falcons and airmen assigned to the 480th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Wing, have deployed to Poland to take part in a joint training exercise, according to the Air Force.
The aircraft and personnel have deployed to the 32nd Tactical Air Base in ?ask AB, Poland to participate in and support Aviation Detachment Rotation 20.4, officials said in a media release.
ADR's are bilateral training exercises and deployments designed to enhance partner interoperability, maintain joint readiness and assure U.S. regional allies. During this rotation, the 480th EFS will be integrating with Polish partners to support Operation Atlantic Resolve, said Col. David Epperson, commander of the 52nd Fighter Wing.
"We will be flying with them, working on the front line with them and learning from them," said Epperson, adding that ADR's are a way for the U.S. to continue building partnerships and working with allies.
"We typically do quite a few ADR's during the year," said Epperson. "Despite COVID-19 and the drawbacks the pandemic had brought, the 480th EFS has been the first to come to 32nd TAB this year, allowing us to continue to maintain our deterrence, build our partnership and learn from each other."
During ADR 20.4, the squadron will be working on multiple mission sets, Epperson said in an Air Force news release.
"Defensive Counter Air is one of the missions we will be working on during our time here in Poland, which consists of large force packages and immense training that we cannot get on our own," said Epperson. "Another mission we will continue to work on will be Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses, where we will integrate that capability with our Polish Allies and show them what we can provide in order to get them into a target area and back out safely."
Polish air force Col. Tomasz Jatczak, 32nd Tactical Air Base commander, said his goals with the ADR 20.4 are to update proficiency from the Polish side and integrate procedures with the U.S.
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"We are going to fly, plan and execute," said Jatczak. "But now we have two units here at ?ask AB. Two units with one mission, which is to improve warfighting skills and joint readiness." Jatczak said he is looking forward to progressing partnerships with the U.S. "Integration is the best part about this ADR," said Jatczak. "We will get a chance to fly together, update our procedures and best of all become better pilots and Airmen."
The training comes as the U.S. is shifting forces to Poland. When Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced a plan July 29 to withdraw just under 12,000 troops from Germany and partially redistribute them around Europe, he alluded to co-locating some of those troops in existing European countries' facilities, including in Belgium and Italy.
That would include new projects in Poland, which will house U.S. troops on Polish bases.
It's all part of American military's presence in Europe shifting eastward, the Defense Department has confirmed, as a new agreement with Poland sets up a host of construction projects designed to support more U.S. troops in that country.
In addition to the 4,500 troops that currently rotate from the U.S., "Poland has agreed to fund infrastructure and logistical support to U.S. forces," Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Tom Campbell told Military Times. An increase of 1,000 rotational troops is also still on tap.
The plan is part of an Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement completed Aug. 3.
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2020/08/25/air-force-f-16-squadron-trains-with-partners-in-poland/
#10344337 at 2020-08-19 19:22:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13237: Revolution Is On, Elders of Zion Not So Much Edition
COVID-19: Pentagon Secrecy on Virus at Guantanamo Another Reason to Shut Offshore Prison, Democratic Senators Say
Lawmakers raised the case for closure days after the international Red Cross canceled its visit to Guantanamo Bay, citing concerns over the pandemic.
Eleven Democratic senators said Monday that the Pentagon's refusal to provide details about its Covid-19 mitigation strategy at Guantanamo Bay, where 40 detainees are currently being held, only bolsters the case for shutting down the U.S. military prison in Cuba.
Lawmakers including Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Ed Markey (D-MA), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) denounced the Department of Defense's response to their earlier letter, in which they demanded to know specifics regarding the government's plan to keep Covid-19 from spreading in the facility, where a number of medically vulnerable detainees are being held indefinitely.
In addition to the prison being "inconsistent with our values" and doing nothing to keep Americans safer, the senators said Monday, the Pentagon's lack of transparency regarding containment and mitigation methods makes it clear that Guantanamo Bay must no longer be used to detain people captured over the last two decades as part of the "War on Terror," the majority of whom have not been charged with a crime.
Concern Expressed in Late May
In late May, the senators expressed concern to Defense Secretary Mark Esper about the facility's ability to provide medical care to detainees who contract Covid-19, given "the serious and deteriorating health conditions of detainees, the deficient infrastructure to care for complex medical needs at the prison facility, and the strict prohibition on detainee transfers to the United States."
The senators' letter came two months after the first case of Covid-19 was reported at the Naval station, when a sailor who was reportedly not involved with prison operations tested positive in late March. Another case was reported in April before the Pentagon ordered the base to stop reporting cases to maintain "operational security."
The Navy announced in March that it was implementing deep-cleaning measures, social distancing guidelines, and limits on group gatherings to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Since then, Matthew Donovan, an undersecretary of defense in charge of personnel and readiness, has also informed Congress that officials at Guantanamo Bay are requiring temperature checks for anyone who enters buildings there and that the prison clinic has six ventilators.
https://consortiumnews.com/2020/08/19/covid-19-pentagon-secrecy-on-virus-at-guantanamo-another-reason-to-shut-offshore-prison-democratic-senators-say/
#10319544 at 2020-08-17 18:06:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13204: They Want You To Forget #Obamagate Edition
>>10319445
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(WASHINGTON) - Today, House Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) and Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Robert A. Brady (D-PA), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Task Force on Election Security, wrote to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristjen Nielsen seeking clarification regarding the Department's responsibilities related to the now-defunct Presidential Commission on Election Integrity.
https://homeland.house.gov/news/correspondence/election-security-task-force-seeks-clarification-dhs-role-continuing-kobach
https://www.cyberscoop.com/us-election-security-2020-nsa/
Joint Statement from DOJ, DOD, DHS, DNI, FBI, NSA, and CISA on Ensuring Security of 2020 Elections
Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan, Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire, FBI Director Christopher Wray, U.S. Cyber Command Commander and NSA Director Gen. Paul Nakasone, and CISA Director Christopher Krebs today released the following joint statement:
"Today, dozens of states and local jurisdictions are hosting their own elections across the country and, less than a year from now, Americans will go to the polls and cast their votes in the 2020 presidential election. Election security is a top priority for the United States Government. Building on our successful, whole-of-government approach to securing the 2018 elections, we have increased the level of support to state and local election officials in their efforts to protect elections. The federal government is prioritizing the sharing of threat intelligence and providing support and services that improve the security of election infrastructure across the nation.
In an unprecedented level of coordination, the U.S. government is working with all 50 states and U.S. territories, local officials, and private sector partners to identify threats, broadly share information, and protect the democratic process. We remain firm in our commitment to quickly share timely and actionable information, provide support and services, and to defend against any threats to our democracy.
Our adversaries want to undermine our democratic institutions, influence public sentiment and affect government policies. Russia, China, Iran, and other foreign malicious actors all will seek to interfere in the voting process or influence voter perceptions. Adversaries may try to accomplish their goals through a variety of means, including social media campaigns, directing disinformation operations or conducting disruptive or destructive cyber-attacks on state and local infrastructure.
While at this time we have no evidence of a compromise or disruption to election infrastructure that would enable adversaries to prevent voting, change vote counts or disrupt the ability to tally votes, we continue to vigilantly monitor any threats to U.S. elections.
The U.S. government will defend our democracy and maintain transparency with the American public about our efforts. An informed public is a resilient public. Americans should go to trusted sources for election information, such as their state and local election officials. We encourage every American to report any suspicious activity to their local officials, the FBI, or DHS. In past election cycles, reporting by Americans about suspicious activity provided valuable insight which has made our elections more secure. The greatest means to combat these threats is a whole-of-society effort."'
https://www.nsa.gov/news-features/press-room/Article/2009338/joint-statement-from-doj-dod-dhs-dni-fbi-nsa-and-cisa-on-ensuring-security-of-2/
#10306179 at 2020-08-16 12:31:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13190: Uncle Robert Trump Memorial Edition
MISSPELLINGS MATTER - POTUS FORCES "ALLEGED" MISSPELLING Esper > JEsper
POTUS comms?
Reporter: "You had some differences with your Defense Secretary Mark Esper, do you have confidence in his leadership there?"
POTUS: "Mark JEsper? Did you call him JEsper? Oh ok some people call him JEsper. No I get along with him. It's fine. No problem."
Source
08/15/20: President Trump Holds a News Conference
> https://youtu.be/n_H2M96B-0w
#10303398 at 2020-08-16 03:13:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13186: Late Night Treason In Season and Beer Edition
Trump Says He May Ask for Resignation of Cabinet If Re-Elected
Saturday, 15 August 2020 06:36 PM
President Donald Trump said Saturday he may ask for the resignation of every member of his cabinet if he's re-elected – and added that he's not pleased with all of them.
"I could see something like that happening," Trump said in response to a question from a reporter at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club. "I wouldn't say I'm thrilled with everybody, frankly."
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President Donald Trump said Saturday he may ask for the resignation of every member of his cabinet if he's re-elected – and added that he's not pleased with all of them.
"I could see something like that happening," Trump said in response to a question from a reporter at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club. "I wouldn't say I'm thrilled with everybody, frankly."
The president didn't specify which cabinet members he's unhappy with.
Trump has privately said that he intends to replace Secretary of Defense Mark Esper after the November election, according to people familiar with internal discussions.
Asked about Esper, Trump said Saturday that he had no problem with his defense secretary.
https://www.newsmax.com/headline/trump-cabinet-resignation-re-election/2020/08/15/id/982320/
#10301590 at 2020-08-16 00:02:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13184: Phase Four - JUSTICE - Boom Week Ahead? Edition
Trump on Esper: 'I consider firing everybody'
During a press conference at his Bedminster, N.J., property Saturday, President Trump said that he "considers firing everybody" when asked if he considered firing Secretary of Defense Mark Esper.
The comment from the president comes after reports surfaced this week saying that Trump, who has had significant turnover in his administration, is considering letting go of Esper.
"Some people call him YEsper," Trump said, appearing to nod at reports that officials at the Pentagon call Esper that name because of his loyalty to the president.
"I get along with him," Trump added. "I think he's fine."
The reports come after Esper broke with the president in June when he opposed using active-duty troops against protesters. At the time, Trump repeatedly threatened to send in the military in to quell demonstrations against racial injustice and police violence sparked by the death of George Floyd.
In July, Esper also effectively banned the display of the Confederate battle flag on Pentagon property even as Trump continued to defend its display of the flag as an issue of free speech.
Before Esper was confirmed by the Senate last year, the Defense secretary post was held by acting officials for nearly seven months following former Defense Secretary James Mattis's resignation in protest over Trump's since-reversed decision to withdraw troops from Syria.
Following the staff question about Esper, a reporter asked if the president foresees more turnover in his cabinet.
"It's my understanding that if we win, the president will ask for the resignation of everybody and bring back the people he wants," Trump continued Saturday. "That's happened before and I can see something like that happening."
Trump added that he has "a very good cabinet with few exceptions."
"I wouldn't say I'm thrilled with everybody, frankly, but overall I think we have a very good cabinet," Trump said.
Esper is among several administration officials Trump is considering shuffling if he wins the November election according to media reports. It is not uncommon for presidents to switch up their cabinets in a second term, though the Pentagon has seen a particularly high amount of turnover during this current administration's tenure.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/512190-trump-on-Esper-i-consider-firing-everybody
#10300703 at 2020-08-15 22:13:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13182: The Bred at first was Ghostly Edition
Here is the current makeup of President Trump's Cabinet.
1. Vice President Mike Pence
2. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
3. Attorney General Bill Barr
4. Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Gina Haspel
5. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper
6. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross
7. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos
8. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette
9. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue
10. Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Andrew Wheeler
11. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar
12. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson
13. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt
14. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia
15. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao
16. Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin
17. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie
18. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer
19. Administrator of the Small Business Administration Jovita Carranza
20. Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf
21. Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russ Vought
22. Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard A. Grenell
23. Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney (Will be succeeded by Mark Meadows)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/who-are-the-members-of-president-trumps-cabinet
#10298545 at 2020-08-15 18:03:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13180: Anons Don't Give Up, We Going Down In A Blaze Of Glory Edition
Ramped-Up Counternarcotics Op Has Denied Drug Traffickers $2.5 Billion, Navy Says
Ordinarily, patrolling the waters near Central and South America for drug traffickers is a job largely left to the U.S. Coast Guard. But since April 1 of this year, the U.S. Navy has surged assets to the region to assist with the mission – and helped reel in more than $2.5 billion worth of contraband to date.
The operation has gotten presidential attention and is ongoing, with the Navy destroyer Pinckney publicizing a recent major bust this week. The Pinckney, homeported in San Diego, executed a seizure with an embarked Coast Guard law enforcement detachment July 24, seizing more than 120 kilograms, or 265 pounds, of suspected cocaine from a single ship. In total, the haul was worth some $4.5 million.
"While on routine patrol, approximately 200 nautical miles southwest of Jamaica, a helicopter assigned to the 'Wolf Pack' of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 75 located the vessel and Pinckney soon arrived on scene," Navy officials said in a release. "After coordination with the Government of Colombia and Colombian Navy, the vessel was searched and six suspected drug smugglers detained. The mariners are now in Government of Colombia custody."
The crew of the Pinckney also secured medical evacuation for one detainee for whom treatment was deemed necessary for survival.
Heads of U.S. Southern Command have long expressed their wish for more U.S. Navy assets in the region to stop a drug trade tied to tens of thousands of U.S. deaths every year. Under the enhanced counternarcotics mission, those ships and aircraft are in place, at least for now.
Top officials say the $90 billion drug trade, which thrives in unstable regions, has taken advantage of the added instability of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
"Since the end of March, we have employed, in the U.S. Southern Command Area of Responsibility, 75% more surveillance aircraft and 65% more ships than normal for drug interdiction," Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in a July 10 news conference from Doral, Florida. "These additional assets include four Navy destroyers, five Coast Guard cutters, and eight aircraft. Currently, nearly a dozen Navy and Coast Guard ships and over 15 aircraft from across the interagency are supporting our efforts, in addition to security forces deployed to the region."
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/08/15/ramped-counternarcotics-op-has-denied-drug-traffickers-25-billion-navy-says.html
#10254715 at 2020-08-11 18:55:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13124: Deep State Larpin, Really Scared and Needing Big Tube of Lube Edition
What If Beirut Port Explosion Was Attack?
On August 11, 3 Israeli battle tanks crossed a technical fence on the Israeli-Lebanese contact line, the official Lebanese News Agency reported.
According to the Lebanese side, Israeli forces broke through the technical fence in the town of Mays al-Jabal and at least one of the battle tanks fired a phosphorous bomb was fired by one of the tanks.
Later, the battle tanks withdrew from the area. No casualties were reported.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) did not comment on the incident. The technical fence is an Israeli constructed fence along the 79 km contact line between Lebanese and Israeli forces.
In the recent weeks, tensions between Israel and Hezbollah/Iran were especially high on the Lebanese-Israeli contact line and in the Israeli-occupied area of the Syrian Golan Heights. The IDF announced that it had deployed additional forces there and several times threatened Hezbollah with strikes inside Lebanon. An earlier Israeli strike also killed a Hezbollah member in Syria.
The August 4 explosion in Beirut port contributed to even further escalation of tensions in the region. The Beirut explosion, that left more than 200 dead and 6,000 injured, caused a deep political and social crisis in Lebanon. While the official version is still that it was a result of the accident with poorly stored 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate, the version about some 'attack' or 'sbotage act' in Beirut has been becoming more and more popular. Probably, the most interesting fact is that this version is supported by the United States on the highest level.
US President Donald Trump was among first to say that the Beirut explosion may have been a result of the attack. Trump described the incident as a "terrible attack."
"It would seem like it based on the explosion," Trump said. "I've met with some of our great generals and they just seem to feel that it was not a - some kind of manufacturing explosion type of event. This was a... seems to be according to them, they would know better than I would, but they seem to think it was an attack. It was a bomb of some kind."
Later, Defense Secretary Mark Esper also confirmed that the United States is considering this version.
"The bottom line is we still don't know" what caused the explosion, Esper told Fox News. "On the first day, as President Trump rightly said, we thought it might have been an attack, some of us speculated it could have been, for example, a Hezbollah arms shipment that blew up, maybe a Hezbollah bomb making facility, who knows?"
This stance of the United States contributed to the speculations with both pro-Iranian/Hezbollah and pro-Israeli sources accusing each others of the tragedy. According to the Israeli version of the events, the explosion may have been caused by some incident at a Hezbollah weapon depot that triggered a larger explosion of ammonium nitrate. In own turn, pro-Iranian sources even accused Israel of conducting a missile or sabotage attack that resulted in the August 4 tragedy.
https://southfront.org/what-if-beirut-port-explosion-was-attack/
#10254689 at 2020-08-11 18:52:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13124: Deep State Larpin, Really Scared and Needing Big Tube of Lube Edition
China's Military Ordered "Not To Fire First Shot" In Any Stand-Off With US Forces
At a moment of increasingly dangerous military flexing both over Taiwan and in the South China Sea, the People's Liberation Army has reportedly been ordered "not to fire the first shot" in any potential confrontation with the United States. It suggests this emerging 'new Cold War' scenario could turn hot at any moment.
The South China Morning Post broke news of the standing military orders on Tuesday based on unnamed sources: China has told its service personnel "not to fire the first shot" as Beijing looks to de-escalate tensions with the United States in the South China Sea, it reports.
Further SCMP cites that "The sources said Beijing had ordered pilots and naval officers to exercise restraint in the increasingly frequent stand-offs with US planes and warships."
Word of the military order from Beijing constitutes perhaps the clearest evidence thus far that China envisions a likely future scenario where the two sides 'easily' stumble toward war through some kind of unplanned live-fire incident.
This summer the US has kept up a record daily number of flights and operations over and near the contested South China Sea. As we reported previously, a Beijing-based think tank counted over 50 sorties by US military aircraft in the region in the first three weeks of last month.
"At the moment the US military is sending three to five reconnaissance aircraft each day to the South China Sea," the South China Sea Strategic Situation Probing Initiative (SCSPI) described of July flyovers.
This prompted China's Defense Minister Wei Fenghe and his US counterpart Mark Esper to hold urgent "crunch talks" - as SCMP earlier described the last Friday phone call, hoping to establish de-escalation procedures in the case of an active event, particularly a direct military hotline.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/chinas-pla-military-ordered-not-fire-first-shot-any-stand-us-forces
#10243997 at 2020-08-10 19:07:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13110: We Must Educate The Protestors Edition
Esper Says There Will Be Less Than 5,000 US Troops in Afghanistan by November
Peace talks between Afghan government and Taliban expected to start soon
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said in an interview with Fox News that aired on Saturday that the US will draw down its presence in Afghanistan to under 5,000 troops by the end of November.
"We're going down to a number less than 5,000 by the end of November," Esper said. Esper said the withdrawal is "conditions-based" and will only happen if the Pentagon feels it can carry on its mission in Afghanistan with a smaller troop presence.
In an interview with Axios last week, President Trump made a similar statement and said the US was going to have less than 5,000 troops in Afghanistan by Election Day.
Esper also spoke of the Afghan peace process and called it a "windy road." The US-Taliban peace deal signed in February calls for a complete withdrawal of US forces if the Taliban lives up to its end of the agreement.
The peace deal requires the Afghan government to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners as a precondition for intra-Afghan talks. On Sunday, the Afghan government announced that it will release the remaining 400 Taliban prisoners it agreed to set free under the deal. The Taliban said they are ready to begin intra-Afghan talks once the prisoner release is complete, and those talks can start as early as next week.
https://news.antiwar.com/2020/08/09/Esper-says-there-will-be-less-than-5000-us-troops-in-afghanistan-by-november/
#10238838 at 2020-08-10 04:43:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13103: Flash Bam Alacazam out of an ORANGE colored sky Edition
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/escobar-who-profits-beirut-blast
Lebanon is prime John Le Carré territory. A multinational den of spies of all shades - House of Saud agents, Zionist operatives, "moderate rebel" weaponizers, Hezbollah intellectuals, debauched Arab "royalty," self-glorified smugglers - in a context of full spectrum economic disaster afflicting a member of the Axis of Resistance, a perennial target of Israel alongside Syria and Iran.
As if this were not volcanic enough, into the tragedy stepped President Trump to muddy the - already contaminated - Eastern Mediterranean waters. Briefed by "our great generals," Trump on Tuesday said:
"According to them - they would know better than I would - but they seem to think it was an attack."
Trump added, "it was a bomb of some kind."
Was this incandescent reMark letting the cat out of the bag by revealing classified information? Or was the President launching another non sequitur?
Trump eventually walked his comments back after the Pentagon declined to confirm his claim about what the "generals" had said and his defense secretary, Mark Esper, supported the accident explanation for the blast.
It's yet another graphic illustration of the war engulfing the Beltway. Trump: attack. Pentagon: accident.
"I don't think anybody can say right now," Trump said on Wednesday. "I've heard it both ways."
Still, it's worth noting a report by Iran's Mehr News Agency that four US Navy reconnaissance planes were spotted near Beirut at the time of the blasts.
Is US intel aware of what really happened all along the spectrum of possibilities?
That ammonium nitrate
Security at Beirut's port - the nation's prime economic hub - would have to be considered a top priority. But to adapt a line from Roman Polanski's Chinatown: "Forget it, Jake. It's Beirut."
Those by now iconic 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate arrived in Beirut in September 2013 on board the Rhosus, a ship under Moldovan flag sailing from Batumi in Georgia to Mozambique. Rhosus ended up being impounded by Beirut's Port State Control.
Subsequently the ship was de facto abandoned by its owner, shady businessman Igor Grechushkin, born in Russia and a resident of Cyprus, who suspiciously "lost interest" in his relatively precious cargo, not even trying to sell it, dumping style, to pay off his debts.
Grechushkin never paid his crew, who barely survived for several months before being repatriated on humanitarian grounds. The Cypriot government confirmed there was no request to Interpol from Lebanon to arrest him. The whole op feels like a cover - with the real recipients of the ammonium nitrate possibly being "moderate rebels" in Syria who use it to make IEDs and equip suicide trucks, such as the one that demolished the Al Kindi hospital in Aleppo.
The 2,750 tons - packed in 1-ton bags labeled "Nitroprill HD" - were transferred to the Hangar 12 warehouse by the quayside. What followed was an astonishing case of serial negligence.
From 2014 to 2017 letters from customs officials - a series of them - as well as proposed options to get rid of the dangerous cargo, exporting it or otherwise selling it, were simply ignored. Every time they tried to get a legal decision to dispose of the cargo, they got no answer from the Lebanese judiciary.
When Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab now proclaims, "Those responsible will pay the price," context is absolutely essential.
Neither the prime minister nor the president nor any of the cabinet ministers knew that the ammonium nitrate was stored in Hangar 12, former Iranian diplomat Amir Mousavi, the director of the Center for Strategic Studies and International Relations in Tehran, confirms. We're talking about a massive IED, placed mid-city.
#10238571 at 2020-08-10 04:09:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13103: Flash Bam Alacazam out of an ORANGE colored sky Edition
Who profits from the Beirut blast?
Making the case that the explosion resulted from an attack
The narrative that the Beirut explosion was an exclusive consequence of negligence and corruption by the current Lebanese government is now set in stone, at least in the Atlanticist sphere.
And yet, digging deeper, we find that negligence and corruption may have been fully exploited, via sabotage, to engineer it.
Lebanon is prime John Le Carré territory. A multinational den of spies of all shades - House of Saud agents, Zionist operatives, "moderate rebel" weaponizers, Hezbollah intellectuals, debauched Arab "royalty," self-glorified smugglers - in a context of full spectrum economic disaster afflicting a member of the Axis of Resistance, a perennial target of Israel alongside Syria and Iran.
As if this were not volcanic enough, into the tragedy stepped President Trump to muddy the - already contaminated - Eastern Mediterranean waters. Briefed by "our great generals," Trump on Tuesday said:
"According to them - they would know better than I would - but they seem to think it was an attack."
Trump added, "it was a bomb of some kind."
Was this incandescent reMark letting the cat out of the bag by revealing classified information? Or was the President launching another non sequitur?
Trump eventually walked his comments back after the Pentagon declined to confirm his claim about what the "generals" had said and his defense secretary, Mark Esper, supported the accident explanation for the blast.
It's yet another graphic illustration of the war engulfing the Beltway. Trump: attack. Pentagon: accident.
"I don't think anybody can say right now," Trump said on Wednesday. "I've heard it both ways."
Still, it's worth noting a report by Iran's Mehr News Agency that four US Navy reconnaissance planes were spotted near Beirut at the time of the blasts.
Is US intel aware of what really happened all along the spectrum of possibilities?
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/escobar-who-profits-beirut-blast
https://asiatimes.com/2020/08/who-profits-from-the-beirut-blast/
#10235319 at 2020-08-09 21:54:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13099: HAPPY SUNDAY Edition
"It's Not Clear If Beirut Port Explosion Was Accident Or Attack": Esper Tells FOX
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper appeared on FOX Saturday evening to explain the discrepancy between official Lebanese government statements that the Aug. 4 Beirut port explosion was an accident based on severe "negligence" and President Trump's initial statements in the aftermath that it was a "terrible attack".
Trump had raised eyebrows in saying at a White House press conference in the hours after the tragedy that left over 150 dead, while referencing his generals: "They seem to think it was an attack. It was a bomb of some kind."
In the days after both Trump and the Pentagon tried to walk back the statements, now with Esper in the weekend FOX interview saying that ultimately it was not clear whether the explosion was the result of "a deliberate attack or an accident".
"The bottom line is that we still don't know. You know, on the first day, as President Trump said, we thought it might have been an attack. Some of us expected it might be, for example, a shipment of weapons to Hezbollah that exploded. Maybe a manufacturing facility," Esper said.
"Some of us speculated it could have been for an example a Hezbollah arms shipment that blew up, maybe a Hezbollah bomb-making facility," Esper told show host Jeanine Pirro.
"I have said before that it looks like an accident," Esper continued. "It is unfortunate that some in the media have tried to create divisions within the administration, perhaps between me and the president and others."
He concluded, "It is simply not true. I mean, the truth of the matter, it is a great tragedy. Under the leadership of the President, we will do our best to help the Lebanese people and do what is right."
It's been since revealed that not only was an estimated 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate left unsecured for over 6 years in a warehouse at the port, but a large quantity of fireworks had been impounded in the same warehouse complex, near the highly explosive substance commonly used in fertilizer and manufactured explosives.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/its-not-clear-if-beirut-port-explosion-was-accident-or-attack-Esper-tells-fox
#10233863 at 2020-08-09 18:29:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13097: Baker to Baker Fumble Edition
Moving US troops 'closer to Russia's border' is necessary to ensure 'collective security', Pentagon claims
Criticisms of the US troop reduction in Germany are unwarranted, Mark Esper has said, claiming that many of these forces are simply being relocated further east in order to serve as a more effective 'deterrent' against Russia.
The Pentagon chief said in an interview with Fox News that military personnel leaving Germany would be put to better use once they are stationed along Russia's border.
"We are moving many troops further east, closer to Russia's border, to deter them," he said, adding that moving troops eastward is only logical because "the border has shifted as the alliance has grown."
He also accused Germany of not paying its "fair share" for defense, noting that the NATO ally was still the largest "recipient" of US troops.
"It is collective security, it is about our collective responsibility to stand up to the Russians," Esper argued.
The Pentagon is planning to withdraw a third of its forces stationed in Germany. The troops will be redeployed across other NATO countries, including Poland. Romania and the Baltic states could also receive a boost in US forces, Esper said.
The defense secretary has been vocal about his belief that NATO members should be coughing up more cash in order to "deter" Russia. He even suffered an unfortunate gaffe in one of his recent sales pitches, after stating in a speech that sharing the alliance's financial burden would help "avoid peace in Europe."
https://www.rt.com/news/497507-Esper-germany-troops-russia-deter/
#10216784 at 2020-08-07 23:43:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13075: Potus Night Shift Presser Edition
>>10216753
>US Ready Against China (August 08) : US help Taiwan avoid fight against by China in South China Sea
NOTABLE
https://youtu.be/CHJDtyQtQZU
Aug 7, 2020
The US Military News
Says Pentagon spokesman, the US Defence Secretary Mark Esper expresses concern, over action and activity China in the vicinity of Taiwan, and also the South China Sea region in recently'.
#10205707 at 2020-08-07 01:37:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13060: I Have A Lot Of Rich Enemies. You Might Not See Me For A While Edition
Pompeo calls for 'Clean Fortress' to protect US data from China
The State Department expanded its "Clean Network" program efforts by calling for a "Clean Fortress"' to protect information and communications in the United States from foreign countries such as China as the Trump administration contemplates a ban on Chinese-owned TikTok. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the announcement on Wednesday, building on the Trump administration's "comprehensive approach to guarding our citizens' privacy and our companies' most sensitive information from aggressive intrusions by malign actors, such as the Chinese Communist Party" by adding five new lines of effort, dubbed Clean Carrier, Clean Store, Clean Apps, Clean Cloud, and Clean Cable. "Building a Clean Fortress around our citizens' data will ensure all of our nations' security,"' Pompeo said.
The Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released a report in June detailing how China is focusing on U.S. communications the same way it has targeted education, research, and personal data. The investigation found the Chinese government "exerts control over China's domestic telecommunications industry and state-owned carriers" while it "engages in cyber and economic espionage efforts against the United States" and "may use telecommunications carriers operating in the United States to further these efforts." Pompeo announced the Clean Path initiative in April, aimed at implementing the 5G Clean Path guidelines outlined in the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, part of the U.S. effort to protect its fifth-generation wireless systems and other telecommunications from being compromised by Chinese Big Tech firms such as Huawei or by other foreign actors. "The objective is that untrusted IT vendors will have no access to U.S. State Department systems" and that "we will keep doing all we can to keep our critical data and our networks safe from the Chinese Communist Party," Pompeo said.
This week's announcement builds on that, as Pompeo said that Clean Carrier efforts will ensure that "untrusted" Chinese carriers "are not connected" to U.S. telecom networks due to concerns about national security; Clean Store requirements will aim to "remove untrusted applications from U.S. mobile app stores" because Chinese apps "threaten our privacy, proliferate viruses, and spread propaganda and disinformation"; Cleans Apps guidelines will prevent "untrusted" Chinese smartphone manufacturers from pre-installing or making available for download "trusted apps" on their apps store so as to keep U.S. companies from promoting apps on phones produced by companies such as Huawei, which have been linked to human rights abuses; Clean Cloud efforts will protect personal data and intellectual property from being stored on cloud systems that are "accessible to our foreign adversaries" through Chinese tech firms such as Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent; and Clean Cable rules will "ensure the undersea cables connecting our country to the global internet are not subverted for intelligence gathering" by China. Pompeo also told reporters that he is joining Attorney General William Barr, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, and acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf in "urging" the Federal Communications Commission to "revoke and terminate" the authorizations of China Telecom and three other companies providing services to and from the U.S.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pompeo-calls-for-clean-fortress-to-protect-us-data-from-china
Announcing the Expansion of the Clean Network to Safeguard America's Assets
https://www.state.gov/announcing-the-expansion-of-the-clean-network-to-safeguard-americas-assets/
Secretary Michael R. Pompeo At a Press Availability
https://www.state.gov/secretary-michael-r-pompeo-at-a-press-availability-4/
Not sure if this has been noticed before but US Department of State's website..has 3 stars, same comms as Flynn?
#10194485 at 2020-08-06 00:47:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13046: Heads Down Diggz On Edition
>>10194423
Per Q:
Only those who could[can] be controlled [via blackmail or like-beliefs] were installed in critical leadership positions across all political and non-political Control and Command Positions [CCP].
CCP [necessary] to ensure protective blanket [insurance].
Traitors everywhere.
More sauce:
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/06/defense-secretary-Mark-Esper-orders-national-guard-in-d-c-to-disarm-wear-soft-caps-instead-of-helmets/
More sauce:
Esper was chief of staff at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, from 1996 to 1998.[17] From 1998 to 2002, Esper served as a senior professional staffer for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. He was also a senior policy advisor and legislative director for U.S. senator Chuck Hagel.
The Heritage Foundation (abbreviated to Heritage)[1][2] is an American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C., primarily geared towards public policy. The foundation took a leading role in the conservative movement during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, whose policies were taken from Heritage's policy study Mandate for Leadership.[4] Since then, The Heritage Foundation has continued to have a significant influence in U.S. public policy making, and is considered to be one of the most influential conservative public policy organizations in the United States.
#10194380 at 2020-08-06 00:36:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13046: Heads Down Diggz On Edition
Pentagon chief says Beirut blast likely an ACCIDENT, as Trump doubles down on possible ATTACK claims
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the mammoth explosion that rocked Beirut was likely an accident, pouring cold water on a theory floated by the president, who claimed the Pentagon assessed that a "bomb" had set off the blast.
"[We're] still getting information on what happened," Esper told the Aspen Security Conference on Wednesday, but added "most believe it was an accident as reported, and beyond that I have nothing further to report on that. It's obviously a tragedy."
Hours after the massive explosion tore through a port in the Lebanese capital on Tuesday, killing at least 135 people and wounding more than 4,000, US President Donald Trump told reporters that he had met with "some of our great generals," saying they felt the blast was "an attack, it was a bomb of some kind."
Trump declined to elaborate on that assessment, and cited no evidence, but on Wednesday doubled down on his doubts.
How can you say accident? Somebody left some terrible explosive type devices and things around… perhaps it was that. Perhaps it was an attack.
"I don't think anybody can say right now. We're looking into it very strongly. Right now, you have some people think it was an attack and some people that think it wasn't. In any event, it was a terrible event," Trump told a press conference.
Despite widespread speculation and rumors about a potential attack, which were only fueled by the president's reMarks, Lebanese authorities have brushed aside any suggestion of foul play and maintain the blast was accidental, resulting from the improper storage of some 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate at a port warehouse. A probe into the exact cause of the blast is ongoing, and authorities have placed a series of port officials under house arrest as they look into those responsible for the vast store of dangerous chemicals.
https://www.rt.com/usa/497217-pentagon-beirut-blast-accident/
#10191879 at 2020-08-05 20:00:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13042: Treason Season Orange Suit Vacay Pics Edition
US Defense Chief Contradicts Trump, Says Military Experts Believe Beirut Blast Was Accident
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Wednesday that most of the country's military experts believe the massive explosion that destroyed downtown Beirut, Lebanon, the day prior was an accident, not a bomb, as US President Donald Trump has asserted.
Esper told reporters at the Aspen Security Forum on Wednesday the Pentagon was "still getting information on what happened. Most believe it was an accident as reported, and beyond that I have nothing further to report on that."
On Tuesday afternoon, a colossal explosion at the Port of Beirut annihilated the port and destroyed much of downtown, killing at least 135 people and injuring thousands. Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab said on Tuesday the explosion was an accident, caused by 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate that had been improperly stored at the port for several years.
However, at a news conference Tuesday evening, Trump told reporters he believed it had been an attack.
"It looks like a terrible attack," Trump said, later clarifying that "it was a bomb of some kind."
"It would seem like [an attack] based on the explosion. I've met with some of our great generals and they just seem to feel that it was. This was not some kind of a manufacturing explosion-type of event. This was, seems to be, according to them, they would know better than I would, but they seem to think it was a attack," Trump added.
https://sputniknews.com/world/202008051080077670-us-defense-chief-contradicts-trump-says-military-experts-believe-beirut-blast-was-accident/
#10189656 at 2020-08-05 16:01:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13039: "Comey Went Rogue" Edition
AFRICOM: Another combatant command to leave Germany
Mark Esper, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, announced earlier last week that European Command EUCOM will relocate from Stuttgart, Germany to the NATO headquarters in Mons, Belgium. He also ordered Africa Command (AFRICOM) to draw up plans to relocate its headquarters. But unlike EUCOM, there is not a place for AFRICOM to go.
As part of the Trump administration's drawdown in Germany, 11,900 personnel who are currently stationed in Germany, will be repositioned to other locations, Esper said. Of the troops leaving Germany 5,600 will remain in Europe at other locations and 6,400 will return to the United States. The move will reduce the number of U.S. military personnel in Germany from about 36,000 to 24,000. Germany will still be the NATO country hosting the most U.S. troops.
EUCOM and Special Operations Command Europe will move to NATO HQs in an effort to speed and clarify the decision-making process and have greater operational alignment with our allies. The hope is that the same thinking will apply to AFRICOM and Special Operations Command Africa (SOCAFRICA). Yet, this might not be as simple.
Africa is three times the size of the United States, and AFRICOM/SOCAFRICA engage with our partners in over half of the continent's 54 countries. Yet, there has always been an issue on the continent with placing U.S. HQs there.
https://sofrep.com/news/africom-another-combatant-command-to-leave-germany/
#10179459 at 2020-08-04 16:16:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13026: Tuesday Morning Melania Edition
House Democrats urge Pentagon to reverse policy banning LGBTQ Pride, Native Nations flags from military bases
More than two dozen House Democrats are demanding the reinstatement of LGBTQ Pride and Sovereign Native Nations flags on military installations - and an explicit ban on the Confederate Flag.
In a letter sent Friday to Department of Defense Secretary Mark Esper, 34 lawmakers argued that a new policy he issued last month - which was intended to target the Confederate battle flag, but ultimately also banned Pride and Native Nations flags - undermines efforts of inclusion in the military.
"We ask that you immediately revise the new policy on flag display, explicitly ban the Confederate Battle Flag, and ensure that service members can express support for diversity and inclusion through the display of sovereign Native Nations and LGBTQ Pride flags," the letter read.
The effort was organized by 30-year Army veteran Rep. Anthony Brown of Maryland, Rep. Jackie Speier of California and Rep. Chris Pappas of New Hampshire, and it was signed by 31 members of the House.
On July 16, Esper issued a new policy on the display of flags at DoD facilities. "With this change in policy, we will further improve the morale, cohesion, and readiness of the force in defense of our great Nation," he tweeted.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/08/house-democrats-urge-pentagon-to-reverse-policy-banning-lgbtq-pride-native-nations-flags-from-military-bases/
#10178611 at 2020-08-04 14:32:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13025: Like A Phoenix From The Ashes Edition
Off you go, then! Most Germans in favor of US troops' pull-out from their country - poll
4 Aug, 2020 13:02 / Updated 1 hour ago
Donald Trump is withdrawing US troops from Germany to 'punish' Berlin for buying Russian gas and for not contributing enough to NATO, but a fresh survey shows that people in that country are actually glad that's he doing so.
Around 47 percent of participants in research conducted by pollster YouGov on behalf of DPA news agency, said they were in favor of the Pentagon's decision to pull out almost 12,000 American soldiers from Germany.
Moreover, one in four surveyed Germans insisted that the US military presence in the country should be reduced to zero.
Only 28 percent thought that the 36,000-strong contingent must remain as it is, while four percent said that they wanted more American soldiers. The others declined to answer.
The views of the German public on the issue are in sharp contrast with those of the country's politicians. Five out of six parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have been opposing the withdrawal, with only the Left Party saying that the Americans must leave completely.
Also on rt.com US-German relations are beyond repair as result of decades-long clash of views & ideas. Troop pullout is only a symptom
"Instead of strengthening NATO, it's going to weaken the alliance," Norbert Rottgen, who stands to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel at the helm of the Christian Democrats Union, said of the US move. The leader of the Christian Social Union, Markus Soder, also warned that the pullout out "puts a burden on the German-American relationship."
Last week, US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper announced that the Pentagon would withdraw almost 12,000 troops from Germany, which was a significant increase from the initially planned number of 9,500.
Trump, whose relations with Germany and Chancellor Angela Merkel have been rocky from the start of his presidency, recently pointed out that the US can't remain committed to protecting Germany from Russia when it "pays Russia billions of dollars a year for energy" and "is very delinquent in their 2% fee to NATO."
https://www.rt.com/news/497054-germany-us-troops-withdrawl-trump/
#10178215 at 2020-08-04 13:30:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13025: Like A Phoenix From The Ashes Edition
ANONS did you catch this on Esper?????
Was this a Freudian slip by the defense secretary, or is he going for Trump-style bluntness of naked and brutal honesty no matter how non-PC?
During Wednesday's press conference announcing the controversial Trump-ordered Pentagon plan to withdraw 12,000 troops from Germany, Mark Esper said the "importance" of NATO" lies in part with its mission to "avoid peace in Europe".
Well, that sounds like just a slip of the tongue at first.
But in my opinion it's a short flashlight on something very big, which is mostly still in the unknown.
The UN, like NATO, is a part of the post-war order created by the cabal.
Why was the UN founded?
''On 30 October 1943 in Moscow, the USA, England and the Soviet Union formulated a paper that would go down in the annals as the "Moscow Declaration".
It set out, on the one hand, the war and peace goals of the three partners in the fight against Nazi Germany and, on the other hand, the possibilities of finding a modus vivendi of future coexistence after the hoped-for victory.
To this end, the aim was - with recourse to the League of Nations of the interwar period - to establish an organization that would guarantee peace and cooperation between nations. The representatives of "free France" joined the Alliance shortly afterwards.
The frontlines of the war were then incorporated into the Charter of the United Nations, which was signed by 50 nations in San Francisco on 26 June 1945. In this UN constitution, all "coercive measures based on regional agreements" against a state were prohibited, unless it was an "enemy state". This expression, says Article 53, "shall mean any State which during the Second World War was the enemy of any signatory to this Charter". Articles 77 and 107 provide further implementing provisions.''
This means that the UN was founded to unite against the enemy states of the Second World War.
This is of course mainly Germany!
Germany?
But, Germany is no longer an enemy, it's an ally!
No.
All member states of the UNO sign this, it is still valid today.
It is the real reason for the foundation of the UN.
Strangely enough, as you know, Germany is also a member of the UN.
That means that Germany has signed to defend itself against itself.
Weird, isn't it?
But why was this supposedly nonsensical paragraph not deleted?
There can only be one reason for this - because they are still afraid of Germany.
Fear of Germany?
Yes, Germany!
Why?
Perhaps because there is more than one Germany.
A militarily very weak but economically very strong Germany that we all know and
maybe
another Germany.
A Germany that exists in secrecy because they themselves and the world cabal do not want to see it in public.
A Germany that perhaps for all of us has taken up the fight against the invisible enemy and has found many allies worldwide.
A Germany that is militarily powerful, diplomatically skilful and has made the freedom of mankind its mission.
A Germany that is slowly beginning to appear in public.
In order for it to do so and for the world to finally find peace, the UNO as well as NATO must be destroyed.
This!!!! was in my opinion behind the little supposed slip of Esper.
Germany is the keystone to peace for the world
You think I'm crazy?
We'll see.
I look forward to "told you so!"
#10162603 at 2020-08-02 18:42:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13004: Special Air Missions and MAGMA89 Edition
Chinese Propaganda Campaign Blames Pandemic on U.S. Army Facility Closed in 1969
Regime officials, propaganda outlets seek to dodge China's role in coronavirus outbreak
Chinese propagandists are casting blame for the coronavirus pandemic on a U.S. military research lab that shuttered its biowarfare division more than 50 years ago.
Chinese diplomats and state-run media outlets have repeatedly spread the conspiracy that the coronavirus originated in Maryland's Fort Detrick research lab, often in response to criticism about the country's response to the pandemic.
"Speaking of the truth, we would like the U.S. government to tell the truth about the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Maryland, to U.S. and the international community," Wang Wenbin, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, said on July 22.
But President Richard Nixon closed down Fort Detrick's offensive biowarfare division in 1969-50 years before the first coronavirus cases were reported in Wuhan, China. Fort Detrick now focuses on defensive biological research as well as cancer research. U.S. officials have frequently criticized the Chinese government for using the Fort Detrick conspiracy theory-and other unproven allegations-to blame the outbreak on the United States.
"To have somebody ... from the Chinese government come out and make a statement like that [is] completely ridiculous and it's irresponsible, and it doesn't get us to where we need to be," said Secretary of Defense Mark Esper in March.
Chinese propaganda organs have floated other countries as possible origins of the coronavirus, with a similar lack of evidence. Global Times, a leading mouthpiece for the regime, once insinuated that the virus could have originated in Spain, citing one research article that has not been peer-reviewed. The same outlet also claimed that the coronavirus was detected in Brazilian sewage back in November 2019.
Chinese social media accounts and U.S. conspiracy theorists have also smeared American military personnel as part of their Fort Detrick conspiracy, accusing one soldier of bringing the virus to China when she competed in the World Military Games held in Wuhan in late 2019. Chinese authorities, who exercise near-total control over what is disseminated on the Chinese internet, have allowed the rumors to spread. Global Times also covered the conspiracy theory in March, demanding that the United States release information about the U.S. delegation to the sports competition.
https://freebeacon.com/coronavirus/chinese-propaganda-campaign-blames-pandemic-on-u-s-army-facility-closed-in-1969/
#10140032 at 2020-07-31 17:33:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12978: America's Destiny is in our Sights Edition
#12975
>>10138291 New italian HCQ trial study results
>>10138248 Insurgency Ramifications twat Thread
>>10138132, >>10138135 Trudeau denies 'preferential treatment' in WE Charity deal ethics scandal
>>10138113 Rose McGowan calls for arrests of Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton following Ghislaine Maxwell's FBI capture
>>10138108 renoting at anon request: Ohio legislation introduced to prevent future overreach to ban HCQ
>>10138020 Chinese Navy adds mega-generators to warships to power high-energy laser weapons
>>10137979 Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Holds a Briefing Scheduled: 10:30 AM EDT
>>10137966, >>10137977 (Live) Fauci, Redfield testify before House on coronavirus crisis
>>10137919 Parents blast Florida school district's video of 'apocalyptic' reopened classrooms with pupils forced 6ft apart
>>10137908, >>10137995, >>10138058, >>10138133, >>10138200 planefag reporting
>>10137885 Over 500 State Department employees sign letter opposing decision to return to offices during pandemic
>>10137880 Dr. Fauci Cheered Hydroxychloroquine Success Treating MERS Coronavirus in 2013... But Today He's Skeptical... That's Weird?
>>10137868 archiveanon reporting: SPREADSHEET & OFF-SITE GALLERIES ARE UPDATED
>>10137794 Dershowitz trying to get in front of accusations
>>10138454 #12975
#12974
Baker Change
>>10137680 Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand donate $2.5 million to three organizations to combat Black voter suppression
>>10137486 At the request of Warroom anons, assembled new folder of memes on censorship by big tech yesterday late.
>>10137442 Burning Books One Word at a Time, Editorial by Anonymous Patriot
>>10137366 San Fran: Chinese scientist arrested after seeking medical care. charges of lying about status as members of China's People's Liberation Army / Visa fraud.
>>10137358 anon calls eyes on: re Jeff Epstein. "My documentary which I am making will include all 17 interviews & will shake the world"
>>10137341 Researchers smell a rat, say expensive remdesivir getting 'subtle push' over HCQ in studies
>>10137330 Child rape charges refiled against Mexican megachurch leader
>>10137293 Continuing the series of mysterious fires and explosions in #Iran, a fire breaks out at a huge commercial area in #Tehran.
>>10137241 needs verification: Mark Esper said the "importance" of NATO" lies in part with its mission to "avoid peace in Europe".
>>10137185 Shitpost of the week award: Penguins shoot "poop bombs" more than 4 feet, incredibly important study finds.
>>10137133 Senate committee passes bill to allow people to sue China for COVID-19 related damages
>>10137111 renoting: Tom Fitton predicts Durham will issue a 'zinger of a report'
>>10137092 Houston doctor in viral video touting hydroxychloroquine as virus cure doubles down on claims
>>10137042 One US Marine killed, two injured and eight remain missing in an incident involving an amphibious assault vehicle off the coast of SoCal
>>10137742 #12974
Previously Collected Notables
>>10136954 #12973
>>10134577 #12970, >>10135350 #12971, >>10136131 #12972
>>10132330 #12967, >>10133075 #12968, >>10133734 #12969
>>10130013 #12694, >>10130734 #12695, >>10131550 #12966
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#10139302 at 2020-07-31 16:18:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12977: Traitors Are Everywhere Edition
#12974
Baker Change
>>10137680 Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand donate $2.5 million to three organizations to combat Black voter suppression
>>10137486 At the request of Warroom anons, assembled new folder of memes on censorship by big tech yesterday late.
>>10137442 Burning Books One Word at a Time, Editorial by Anonymous Patriot
>>10137366 San Fran: Chinese scientist arrested after seeking medical care. charges of lying about status as members of China's People's Liberation Army / Visa fraud.
>>10137358 anon calls eyes on: re Jeff Epstein. "My documentary which I am making will include all 17 interviews & will shake the world"
>>10137341 Researchers smell a rat, say expensive remdesivir getting 'subtle push' over HCQ in studies
>>10137330 Child rape charges refiled against Mexican megachurch leader
>>10137293 Continuing the series of mysterious fires and explosions in #Iran, a fire breaks out at a huge commercial area in #Tehran.
>>10137241 needs verification: Mark Esper said the "importance" of NATO" lies in part with its mission to "avoid peace in Europe".
>>10137185 Shitpost of the week award: Penguins shoot "poop bombs" more than 4 feet, incredibly important study finds.
>>10137133 Senate committee passes bill to allow people to sue China for COVID-19 related damages
>>10137111 renoting: Tom Fitton predicts Durham will issue a 'zinger of a report'
>>10137092 Houston doctor in viral video touting hydroxychloroquine as virus cure doubles down on claims
>>10137042 One US Marine killed, two injured and eight remain missing in an incident involving an amphibious assault vehicle off the coast of SoCal
>>10137742 #12974
#12973
>>10136248 AG Barr tests negative for coronavirus after encounter with Rep. Louie Gohmert
>>10136263 Ghislaine Maxwell Documents Unsealed: allegations against Prince Andrew, Clinton, others (FBI already knew)
>>10136277 Anon: HW Bush and the Clintons were smuggling guns/drugs since Iran-Contra era
>>10136282 Cali Ballot fraud revealed (homeless given cigs etc for signing ballots)
>>10136289 Trump recovers taxpayer cash on $1Bil Obama-Backed solar plant (already obsolete)
>>10136303 Rush: Google 'Essentially Trying to Erase Breitbart'
>>10136311 ACLU Sues Portland Police To Block Them Videotaping Protesters
>>10136332 Proponents of the deranged QAnon theory take to Wisconsin's highways (hit piece)
>>10136347 Big Tech censors debate about hydroxychloroquine
>>10136351 Letter to the Editor on Barr testimony
>>10136421 Researchers publish scathing critique of Henry Ford study (hit piece? ANONS DIG)
>>10136441 ER doctor Simone Gold fired from her position after 20 years after appearance at White Coat Summit
>>10136511 GA Congressional candidate Marjorie Greene talks about masks, race, Q & more (vid)
>>10136512 Who Killed Citizen Cain?
>>10136557 Anon on Techno Fog - he'll be posting excerpts of Maxwell docs on twatter
>>10136578 "Do you like Trump?" poll flipped
>>10136707, >>10136709, >>10136713, >>10136716, >>10136726, >>10136754, >>10136767, >>10136774 Ghislaine redactions revealed? ANONS DIG
>>10136751 New Zealand Eases Abortion Restrictions
>>10136816, >>10136827 Prince Andrew allegedly lobbied US gov't for 'favourable' Epstein plea deal
>>10136849, >>10136862 Military accident involving amphibious vehicle in S Cali
>>10136906, >>10136932 ZH: highlights of Maxwell unsealed court records
>>10136927 ZH: China's Three Gorges Dam Could Be Nearing collapse
>>10136954 #12973
Previously Collected Notables
>>10134577 #12970, >>10135350 #12971, >>10136131 #12972
>>10132330 #12967, >>10133075 #12968, >>10133734 #12969
>>10130013 #12694, >>10130734 #12695, >>10131550 #12966
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#10138530 at 2020-07-31 14:54:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12976: Jordan Drops The Hammer On Fauxi Edition
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Notables are NOT endorsements
#12975
>>10138291 New italian HCQ trial study results
>>10138248 Insurgency Ramifications twat Thread
>>10138132, >>10138135 Trudeau denies 'preferential treatment' in WE Charity deal ethics scandal
>>10138113 Rose McGowan calls for arrests of Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton following Ghislaine Maxwell's FBI capture
>>10138108 renoting at anon request: Ohio legislation introduced to prevent future overreach to ban HCQ
>>10138020 Chinese Navy adds mega-generators to warships to power high-energy laser weapons
>>10137979 Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Holds a Briefing Scheduled: 10:30 AM EDT
>>10137966, >>10137977 (Live) Fauci, Redfield testify before House on coronavirus crisis
>>10137919 Parents blast Florida school district's video of 'apocalyptic' reopened classrooms with pupils forced 6ft apart
>>10137908, >>10137995, >>10138058, >>10138133, >>10138200 planefag reporting
>>10137885 Over 500 State Department employees sign letter opposing decision to return to offices during pandemic
>>10137880 Dr. Fauci Cheered Hydroxychloroquine Success Treating MERS Coronavirus in 2013... But Today He's Skeptical... That's Weird?
>>10137868 archiveanon reporting: SPREADSHEET & OFF-SITE GALLERIES ARE UPDATED
>>10137794 Dershowitz trying to get in front of accusations
>>10138454 #12975
#12974
Baker Change
>>10137680 Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand donate $2.5 million to three organizations to combat Black voter suppression
>>10137486 At the request of Warroom anons, assembled new folder of memes on censorship by big tech yesterday late.
>>10137442 Burning Books One Word at a Time, Editorial by Anonymous Patriot
>>10137366 San Fran: Chinese scientist arrested after seeking medical care. charges of lying about status as members of China's People's Liberation Army / Visa fraud.
>>10137358 anon calls eyes on: re Jeff Epstein. "My documentary which I am making will include all 17 interviews & will shake the world"
>>10137341 Researchers smell a rat, say expensive remdesivir getting 'subtle push' over HCQ in studies
>>10137330 Child rape charges refiled against Mexican megachurch leader
>>10137293 Continuing the series of mysterious fires and explosions in #Iran, a fire breaks out at a huge commercial area in #Tehran.
>>10137241 needs verification: Mark Esper said the "importance" of NATO" lies in part with its mission to "avoid peace in Europe".
>>10137185 Shitpost of the week award: Penguins shoot "poop bombs" more than 4 feet, incredibly important study finds.
>>10137133 Senate committee passes bill to allow people to sue China for COVID-19 related damages
>>10137111 renoting: Tom Fitton predicts Durham will issue a 'zinger of a report'
>>10137092 Houston doctor in viral video touting hydroxychloroquine as virus cure doubles down on claims
>>10137042 One US Marine killed, two injured and eight remain missing in an incident involving an amphibious assault vehicle off the coast of SoCal
>>10137742 #12974
#10137755 at 2020-07-31 13:22:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12975: Welcome To The Revolution Edition
Global Announcements
None at this time.
Notables are NOT endorsements
#12974
Baker Change
>>10137680 Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand donate $2.5 million to three organizations to combat Black voter suppression
>>10137486 At the request of Warroom anons, assembled new folder of memes on censorship by big tech yesterday late.
>>10137442 Burning Books One Word at a Time, Editorial by Anonymous Patriot
>>10137366 San Fran: Chinese scientist arrested after seeking medical care. charges of lying about status as members of China's People's Liberation Army / Visa fraud.
>>10137358 anon calls eyes on: re Jeff Epstein. "My documentary which I am making will include all 17 interviews & will shake the world"
>>10137341 Researchers smell a rat, say expensive remdesivir getting 'subtle push' over HCQ in studies
>>10137330 Child rape charges refiled against Mexican megachurch leader
>>10137293 Continuing the series of mysterious fires and explosions in #Iran, a fire breaks out at a huge commercial area in #Tehran.
>>10137241 needs verification: Mark Esper said the "importance" of NATO" lies in part with its mission to "avoid peace in Europe".
>>10137185 Shitpost of the week award: Penguins shoot "poop bombs" more than 4 feet, incredibly important study finds.
>>10137133 Senate committee passes bill to allow people to sue China for COVID-19 related damages
>>10137111 renoting: Tom Fitton predicts Durham will issue a 'zinger of a report'
>>10137092 Houston doctor in viral video touting hydroxychloroquine as virus cure doubles down on claims
>>10137042 One US Marine killed, two injured and eight remain missing in an incident involving an amphibious assault vehicle off the coast of SoCal
>>10137742 #12974
#12973
>>10136248 AG Barr tests negative for coronavirus after encounter with Rep. Louie Gohmert
>>10136263 Ghislaine Maxwell Documents Unsealed: allegations against Prince Andrew, Clinton, others (FBI already knew)
>>10136277 Anon: HW Bush and the Clintons were smuggling guns/drugs since Iran-Contra era
>>10136282 Cali Ballot fraud revealed (homeless given cigs etc for signing ballots)
>>10136289 Trump recovers taxpayer cash on $1Bil Obama-Backed solar plant (already obsolete)
>>10136303 Rush: Google 'Essentially Trying to Erase Breitbart'
>>10136311 ACLU Sues Portland Police To Block Them Videotaping Protesters
>>10136332 Proponents of the deranged QAnon theory take to Wisconsin's highways (hit piece)
>>10136347 Big Tech censors debate about hydroxychloroquine
>>10136351 Letter to the Editor on Barr testimony
>>10136421 Researchers publish scathing critique of Henry Ford study (hit piece? ANONS DIG)
>>10136441 ER doctor Simone Gold fired from her position after 20 years after appearance at White Coat Summit
>>10136511 GA Congressional candidate Marjorie Greene talks about masks, race, Q & more (vid)
>>10136512 Who Killed Citizen Cain?
>>10136557 Anon on Techno Fog - he'll be posting excerpts of Maxwell docs on twatter
>>10136578 "Do you like Trump?" poll flipped
>>10136707, >>10136709, >>10136713, >>10136716, >>10136726, >>10136754, >>10136767, >>10136774 Ghislaine redactions revealed? ANONS DIG
>>10136751 New Zealand Eases Abortion Restrictions
>>10136816, >>10136827 Prince Andrew allegedly lobbied US gov't for 'favourable' Epstein plea deal
>>10136849, >>10136862 Military accident involving amphibious vehicle in S Cali
>>10136906, >>10136932 ZH: highlights of Maxwell unsealed court records
>>10136927 ZH: China's Three Gorges Dam Could Be Nearing collapse
>>10136954 #12973
#10137742 at 2020-07-31 13:20:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12974: Intensely Newsy Graveyard, ANONS DIG! Edition
final final bun for #12974
dat was the last call laties. hold 'em
#12974
Baker Change
>>10137680 Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand donate $2.5 million to three organizations to combat Black voter suppression
>>10137486 At the request of Warroom anons, assembled new folder of memes on censorship by big tech yesterday late.
>>10137442 Burning Books One Word at a Time, Editorial by Anonymous Patriot
>>10137366 San Fran: Chinese scientist arrested after seeking medical care. charges of lying about status as members of China's People's Liberation Army / Visa fraud.
>>10137358 anon calls eyes on: re Jeff Epstein. "My documentary which I am making will include all 17 interviews & will shake the world"
>>10137341 Researchers smell a rat, say expensive remdesivir getting 'subtle push' over HCQ in studies
>>10137330 Child rape charges refiled against Mexican megachurch leader
>>10137293 Continuing the series of mysterious fires and explosions in #Iran, a fire breaks out at a huge commercial area in #Tehran.
>>10137241 needs verification: Mark Esper said the "importance" of NATO" lies in part with its mission to "avoid peace in Europe".
>>10137185 Shitpost of the week award: Penguins shoot "poop bombs" more than 4 feet, incredibly important study finds.
>>10137133 Senate committee passes bill to allow people to sue China for COVID-19 related damages
>>10137111 renoting: Tom Fitton predicts Durham will issue a 'zinger of a report'
>>10137092 Houston doctor in viral video touting hydroxychloroquine as virus cure doubles down on claims
>>10137042 One US Marine killed, two injured and eight remain missing in an incident involving an amphibious assault vehicle off the coast of SoCal
#10137691 at 2020-07-31 13:13:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12974: Intensely Newsy Graveyard, ANONS DIG! Edition
notables bun @ 650
noticing only little traction on a powerful timeline drop by Q (4620). good opportunity to put together a graphic for normies and SM blast? just muh 2 cents.
#12974
Baker Change
>>10137486 At the request of Warroom anons, assembled new folder of memes on censorship by big tech yesterday late.
>>10137442 Burning Books One Word at a Time, Editorial by Anonymous Patriot
>>10137366 San Fran: Chinese scientist arrested after seeking medical care. charges of lying about status as members of China's People's Liberation Army / Visa fraud.
>>10137358 anon calls eyes on: re Jeff Epstein. "My documentary which I am making will include all 17 interviews & will shake the world"
>>10137341 Researchers smell a rat, say expensive remdesivir getting 'subtle push' over HCQ in studies
>>10137330 Child rape charges refiled against Mexican megachurch leader
>>10137293 Continuing the series of mysterious fires and explosions in #Iran, a fire breaks out at a huge commercial area in #Tehran.
>>10137241 needs verification: Mark Esper said the "importance" of NATO" lies in part with its mission to "avoid peace in Europe".
>>10137185 Shitpost of the week award: Penguins shoot "poop bombs" more than 4 feet, incredibly important study finds.
>>10137133 Senate committee passes bill to allow people to sue China for COVID-19 related damages
>>10137111 renoting: Tom Fitton predicts Durham will issue a 'zinger of a report'
>>10137092 Houston doctor in viral video touting hydroxychloroquine as virus cure doubles down on claims
>>10137042 One US Marine killed, two injured and eight remain missing in an incident involving an amphibious assault vehicle off the coast of SoCal
Baking in a bit
#10137533 at 2020-07-31 12:48:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12974: Intensely Newsy Graveyard, ANONS DIG! Edition
notables bun @ 500
anons… holding off on the note requests for leaked maxwell stuff. not sure it's legit. fed judge has ordered unseal postponed.
czech em'
#12974
Baker Change
>>10137486 At the request of Warroom anons, assembled new folder of memes on censorship by big tech yesterday late.
>>10137442 Burning Books One Word at a Time, Editorial by Anonymous Patriot
>>10137366 San Fran: Chinese scientist arrested after seeking medical care. charges of lying about status as members of China's People's Liberation Army / Visa fraud.
>>10137358 anon calls eyes on: re Jeff Epstein. "My documentary which I am making will include all 17 interviews & will shake the world"
>>10137341 Researchers smell a rat, say expensive remdesivir getting 'subtle push' over HCQ in studies
>>10137330 Child rape charges refiled against Mexican megachurch leader
>>10137293 Continuing the series of mysterious fires and explosions in #Iran, a fire breaks out at a huge commercial area in #Tehran.
>>10137241 needs verification: Mark Esper said the "importance" of NATO" lies in part with its mission to "avoid peace in Europe".
>>10137185 Shitpost of the week award: Penguins shoot "poop bombs" more than 4 feet, incredibly important study finds.
>>10137133 Senate committee passes bill to allow people to sue China for COVID-19 related damages
>>10137111 renoting: Tom Fitton predicts Durham will issue a 'zinger of a report'
>>10137092 Houston doctor in viral video touting hydroxychloroquine as virus cure doubles down on claims
>>10137042 One US Marine killed, two injured and eight remain missing in an incident involving an amphibious assault vehicle off the coast of SoCal
#10137272 at 2020-07-31 11:55:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12974: Intensely Newsy Graveyard, ANONS DIG! Edition
notables bun @ 250
still jam'n to vilvaldi. ty anon for get'n my memory banks fired up.
>>10137267 letz sit on it for a bit. will keep eyes on. with the delay, i am still leary about it.
#12974
Baker Change
>>10137241 needs verification: Mark Esper said the "importance" of NATO" lies in part with its mission to "avoid peace in Europe".
>>10137185 Shitpost of the week award: Penguins shoot "poop bombs" more than 4 feet, incredibly important study finds.
>>10137133 Senate committee passes bill to allow people to sue China for COVID-19 related damages
>>10137111 renoting: Tom Fitton predicts Durham will issue a 'zinger of a report'
>>10137092 Houston doctor in viral video touting hydroxychloroquine as virus cure doubles down on claims
>>10137042 One US Marine killed, two injured and eight remain missing in an incident involving an amphibious assault vehicle off the coast of SoCal
#10137241 at 2020-07-31 11:46:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12974: Intensely Newsy Graveyard, ANONS DIG! Edition
We catch this on Esper?????
Was this a Freudian slip by the defense secretary, or is he going for Trump-style bluntness of naked and brutal honesty no matter how non-PC?
During Wednesday's press conference announcing the controversial Trump-ordered Pentagon plan to withdraw 12,000 troops from Germany, Mark Esper said the "importance" of NATO" lies in part with its mission to "avoid peace in Europe".
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/momentary-lapse-honesty-Esper-said-nato-purpose-avoid-peace-europe
#10127833 at 2020-07-30 18:32:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12962: We Face Our Enemies Head On Edition
Berlin says US 'weakening NATO' & shooting itself in the foot as 12,000 troops set to withdraw from Germany
The planned US troop withdrawal from Germany will not help Washington advance its goals in Europe but will do exactly the opposite, the head of the Bundestag's foreign affairs committee has warned.
"Instead of strengthening NATO, the troops' withdrawal will weaken the Alliance," Norbert Roettgen, an MP from Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union party, told Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung. "The effectiveness of the US military will not increase, but will be reduced, particularly when it comes to Russia and ongoing military conflicts in the Near and Middle East."
Such an outburst of criticism was sparked by Washington's decision to pull out additional forces from the territory of its NATO ally. Initially the US planned to withdraw some 9,500 personnel but this figure has recently grown to almost 12,000 - a development that apparently sparked particular concerns in Berlin, which was not amused by the move from the very beginning.
Earlier, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that the pull-out would promote America's "strategic goals" like deterrence of Russia or showing support to its allies in Europe. President Donald Trump mostly justified the move by accusing Germany of not spending enough on defense and thus violating its NATO commitments. "We're reducing the force because they're not paying their bills. It's very simple. They're delinquent," the president said, in one of his latest comments on the issue.
The German politicians believe such steps would strain relations between the two nations. "We very much regret the U.S. government's decision. Unfortunately, this puts a burden on the German-American relationship," said Markus Soeder, the Bavarian Prime Minister and the leader of Merkel's allies - the Christian Social Union. "We are now waiting to see if the decision will last."
Roettgen, meanwhile, believes that Washington is virtually shooting itself in the foot by moving the troops - and the US European Command headquarters and Special Operations Command Europe - from Germany.
"US soldiers do make a contribution to Germany's security, but Germany primarily serves the US as a logistic hub for its own international military presence," he said.
https://www.rt.com/news/496577-germany-us-withdrawal-weaken-nato/
#10116954 at 2020-07-29 20:01:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12948: Soft Ball At The Big Tech Hearing Edition
China hits back at Australia-US statement on South China Sea, Hong Kong
The Chinese embassy has angrily reacted to a joint Australia-US statement criticising the regime's actions in the South China Sea.
The Chinese embassy has angrily reacted to a joint Australia-US statement criticising the regime's actions in the South China Sea and elsewhere, warning "any attempt to pressure China will never succeed".
Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Defence Minister Linda Reynolds are in Washington, DC for the Australia-US Ministerial Consultations, or AUSMIN, hosted by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper.
In the joint statement following the meetings, the two countries expressed "deep concern" over hot-button issues including Hong Kong, Taiwan, the "repression of Uyghurs" in Xinjiang and China's maritime claims in the South China Sea, which are "not valid under international law".
But the Chinese embassy in Australia swiftly hit back in a statement of its own.
"We firmly reject and oppose the unfounded accusations and attacks against China on issues related to Hong Kong, Xinjiang and the South China Sea made in the recent Joint Statement of Australia-US Ministerial Consultations," it said.
"Their assertions, in disregard of basic facts, violated international law and basic norms governing international relations and grossly interfered in China's internal affairs.
"We reiterate that the Chinese side is unwavering in upholding national sovereignty, security and its legitimate rights and interests. We are firmly committed to maintaining regional peace and stability. Any attempt to pressure China will never succeed.
"We urge Australia not to go further on the road of harming China-Australia relations, and truly proceeding from its own interests, do more things that are conducive to mutual trust and co-operation between the two countries."
https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/china-hits-back-at-australiaus-statement-on-south-china-sea-hong-kong/news-story/efb2925d910ea9f32af9385ec581a0d3
#10115433 at 2020-07-29 17:41:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12946: The Bell Tolls For Silicon Valley Edition
Thousands of US troops to begin moving out of Germany within weeks - Pentagon chief
The US will begin redeploying troops stationed in Germany within weeks, Defense Secretary Mark Esper has said. Some 12,000 troops will move - around half will be brought home, and half will move to European countries like Italy.
Esper told reporters on Wednesday that out of 11,900 American soldiers to be moved from Germany, around 6,400 will return to the US, and 5,600 will be redeployed to other NATO countries.
The troops staying in Europe will be moved to Italy and Belgium, US Air Force General Tod Wolters, commander of the US European Command, said.
In addition, the Pentagon will also move its headquarters from Germany's Stuttgart to Belgium, Esper said.
A fighter squadron and elements of a fighter wing will be repositioned to Italy, moving them closer to the Black Sea region, and [making them] better capable of conducting dynamic force employments and rotational deployments to NATO's southeastern flank.
The plans follow up on US President Donald Trump's vow last month to pull out a portion of American troops stationed in Germany. Trump made the move after repeatedly criticizing his NATO ally for failing to increase defense spending.
German officials have called the move politically motivated, criticizing Trump for cutting the US military presence in the country without any consultations with Berlin. Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer argued earlier this month that NATO's goal of increasing defense spending to two percent of GDP is losing relevance amid the economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 outbreak. Last year, the German government promised to hit that spending target by 2031.
https://www.rt.com/news/496541-us-troops-move-out-germany-Esper/
#10110699 at 2020-07-29 03:40:49 (UTC+1)
Q Reseazrch #12940: "Q stress tests boatfag" Edition
and off they go back home
RAAF ASY325 Airbus KC-30A departs JBA west
>>10108715 pb US and Australia propose 'network of alliances' to curb China
>The topic of China dominated the "two plus two" dialogue, where U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper hosted Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Defense Minister Linda Reynolds. Their gathering in Washington was the 30th edition of the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations, or AUSMIN.
#10108715 at 2020-07-29 00:36:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12937: Justice Is Not Something You Order Up Like A Pizza Edition
US and Australia propose 'network of alliances' to curb China
In a move likely to irk Beijing, the U.S. and Australia look to build a "network of alliances" to secure the Indo-Pacific under efforts discussed at a two-day meeting that wrapped up Tuesday. The topic of China dominated the "two plus two" dialogue, where U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper hosted Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Defense Minister Linda Reynolds. Their gathering in Washington was the 30th edition of the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations, or AUSMIN. As Sino-American tensions rise, Washington successfully brought Australia to its side of the superpower tug of war, with Canberra vowing to make better use of current alliances and build new groupings to counter Beijing. "We'll work more closely with existing partnerships," Payne told a news conference after the meeting, "such as the Five Eyes, ASEAN, the Quad, the Trilateral Infrastructure Partnership, the East Asia Summit," name-checking a list of multilateral Asian alliances, collectives and organizations. "We will build new groupings, cementing friendships, improving our security through a network of nations that share our vision of an open, prosperous and secure Indo-Pacific," she said. The Five Eyes intelligence alliance comprises the U.S., U.K., Australia, Canada and New Zealand. The Quad, or Quadrilateral Strategic Dialogue, is a framework formed by the U.S., Japan, India and Australia. The Trilateral Infrastructure Partnership is a grouping of development finance institutions of the U.S., Japan and Australia.
A joint statement issued after the event also vowed to cooperate with ASEAN and Five Eyes but added South Korea and made special mention of Vietnam the current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations lauding its leadership in combating the COVID-19 pandemic. Esper said the recent trilateral exercises in the Philippine Sea by the U.S., Australia and Japan aimed to send China a message. "Last week, five Australian ships joined the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier strike group and a Japanese destroyer in conducting trilateral naval exercises," he said. "These exercises not only bolster interoperability, but also send a clear signal to Beijing, that that we will fly, we will sail and we will operate wherever international law allows," Esper said. Reynolds, his Australian counterpart, said the two countries agreed to further deepen cooperation in defense, science, technology and industry. "This includes hypersonics, electronic warfare and space-based capabilities," she said.
These are seen as key capabilities in penetrating China's anti-access/area denial, or A2/AD, strategy – which combines ships, missiles and sensors to prevent adversaries from approaching the Chinese mainland. Hypersonic missiles, for instance, can travel five times the speed of sound at high altitudes, making them difficult to intercept and ideal for targeting Chinese aircraft carriers. Electronic warfare and space capabilities are seen as crucial in denying China satellite communications and access its Beidou global navigation system.
"My biggest takeaway is that the U.S. and Australia are very much on the same page when it comes to dealing with China," said Derek Grossman, senior defense analyst at the California-based Rand Corp. "We shouldn't take that for granted because Australia in the past has been hesitant to push China too far." Grossman said that "since perhaps as early as the publication of Canberra's last defense white paper in 2016, and certainly within the last few months as punctuated by the 2020 defense strategy and force posture update, Australian policymakers have appeared more willing to support the U.S. in great-power competition against China." However, Foreign Minister Payne towed a line of caution because of Australia's economic dependence on and geographic proximity to China. The "relationship with China is important … we don't want to injure it," she said. Reynolds did not commit to freedom-of-navigation operations closer to the disputed island chains in the South China Sea when asked by a reporter, stating instead that those operations will remain "consistent" with what the country has been doing. "There probably is some wiggle room in Australian policy to keep the relationship with Beijing on an even keel," Grossman observed. "China is Australia's No. 1 trade partner, and so I think they will be more reluctant to 'decouple,' so to speak, from Beijing.
moar
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/US-China-tensions/US-and-Australia-propose-network-of-alliances-to-curb-China
#10096011 at 2020-07-28 00:54:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12921: And Then There Were Frogs Edition
Portland: The Pentagon Should Step-Up Or Pipe-Down
Some military figures apparently have qualms about the U.S. Border Patrol, a federal law enforcement agency, wearing "their" uniforms in the defense of the federal courthouse in Portland, Ore.
After President Donald Trump's highly publicized walk from the White House to St. John's Episcopal Church, two senior officials - the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - were scandalized to find they were in the vicinity of politics.
The secretary and the chairman retreated across the Potomac faster than General Robert E. Lee after the Battle of Antietam. Secretary Mark Esper distanced himself from the photo-op and the president's suggestion the military be used to restore order under the authority of the Insurrection Act. The Chairman, Gen. Mark Milley, also apologized, and said he hoped to learn from the situation, as he and the secretary were apparently alarmed that the American people may have glimpsed a camouflage military uniform in the nation's capital even as rioters were poised to attack federal buildings.
Since then, the Border Patrol deployed its Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC), similar to a SWAT team, to protect the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in Portland, Ore., from rioters. The BORTAC officers wear a camouflage uniform, known as Operational Camouflage Pattern, similar to that worn by the U.S. armed forces.
The Border Patrol officers sallied from the courthouse with non-lethal weapons - tear gas, pepperballs, and "impact weapons" (rubber bullets) - to repel and apprehend rioters who tried to set fire to the courthouse. Five of the officers were injured and three may have suffered permanent eye injury from lasers wielded by the rioters.
No sooner had the (tear gas) clouds parted than we were subjected to a lot of "concerns" and furrowing of brow by the Secretary of Defense and military figures worried that federal officers trying to keep a courthouse from being burned down might be confused with their troops.
The military should be so lucky.
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), a former U.S. Marine, said the Border Patrol officers "...obviously have no understanding of our military's most basic values - to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States." Tell it to the blinded officers.
Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling criticized the wearing of camouflage by the Border Patrol and proudly recounted that when he was leading the effort to rebuild Iraq's police force, he equipped them in uniforms dissimilar to those worn by Iraq's military. The Iraqi Police definitely looked like regular cops, but that didn't stop it from being infiltrated by militia groups and earning a well-deserved reputation for corruption and brutality.
Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré decried the Border Patrol for wearing "the cloth of our nation" and followed up with "Get the hell out of our uniforms.
Really, "the cloth of our nation?"
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/portland-pentagon-should-step-or-pipe-down
#10087216 at 2020-07-27 02:26:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12910 Sunday Service Edition
>>10087198
whoa
>https://news.usni.org/2020/07/21/secdef-Esper-u-s-will-keep-up-the-pace-of-south-china-sea-freedom-of-navigation-operations
'KUALA LUMPUR - The U.S. will continue to keep up the pace of freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea, which hit an all-time high in 2019, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said on Tuesday.
Esper, speaking at an online event hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said the U.S. policy has always been backed up by its actions like FONOps and other presence operations. Last year Marked "the greatest number of freedom of navigations operations in the South China Sea in the 40-year history of the FONOps program, and we will keep up the pace this year."
The Navy conducted nine FONOps operations in the South China Sea in 2019. Six FONOps have been conducted in the South China Sea this year, starting with the Littoral Combat Ship USS Montgomery (LCS-8) in January, destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG-85) in March, cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) and destroyer USS Barry (DDG-52) in separate operations in April, destroyer USS Mustin (DDG-89) in May and destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG-114) in the latest operation on July 14.
Esper reiterated the United States government's rejection of China's maritime claims and that the new U.S. policy on the South China Sea "plainly states that our recognition of maritime claims is consistent with international law, favors the sovereign rights of Southeast Asian partners and rejects the PRC's excessive and unlawful maritime claims that have been used to bully smaller countries from accessing offshore resources in their own Exclusive Economic Zones."
…'
#10079258 at 2020-07-26 03:43:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12899: You Are Watching a Movie Edition
Watching The Waters Ye..
SECDEF Esperanon: U.S. Will 'Keep Up the Pace' of South China Sea Freedom of Navigation Operations..
KUALA LUMPUR - The U.S. will continue to keep up the pace of freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea, which hit an all-time high in 2019, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said on Tuesday.
Esper, speaking at an online event hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said the U.S. policy has always been backed up by its actions like FONOps and other presence operations. Last year Marked "the greatest number of freedom of navigations operations in the South China Sea in the 40-year history of the FONOps program, and we will keep up the pace this year."
The Navy conducted nine FONOps operations in the South China Sea in 2019. Six FONOps have been conducted in the South China Sea this year, starting with the Littoral Combat Ship USS Montgomery (LCS-8) in January, destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG-85) in March, cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) and destroyer USS Barry (DDG-52) in separate operations in April, destroyer USS Mustin (DDG-89) in May and destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG-114) in the latest operation on July 14.
Esper reiterated the United States government's rejection of China's maritime claims and that the new U.S. policy on the South China Sea "plainly states that our recognition of maritime claims is consistent with international law, favors the sovereign rights of Southeast Asian partners and rejects the PRC's excessive and unlawful maritime claims that have been used to bully smaller countries from accessing offshore resources in their own Exclusive Economic Zones."
Recent dual-carrier strike force exercises in the South China Sea have been a "clear and powerful signal" that the U.S. will operate wherever international law allows. Later on in the session, he challenged Chinese claims that the U.S. carriers were only allowed to operate in the South China Sea because the People's Liberation Army allowed it to.
"I don't know what the Chinese meant by that hollow statement about American carriers being there by the pleasure of the PLA. Look, American aircraft carriers have been in the South China Sea and the Indo Pacific since World War II, and we will continue to be there, and we're not going to be stopped by anybody. We're going to sail, fly and operate where international law allows," he said, adding that the United States does so to assert international laws and rights and to support the sovereignty of its friends and partners and reassure them that the United States will be there in support of such.
Esper declined to answer what privately communicated red lines he would communicate to Beijing in relation to its maritime claims. He would only to state that the U.S. would defend international norms and rules and live up to its commitments that it has made in the Indo-Pacific. Esper added that the United States was committed to Taiwan and will continue to conduct arms sales to it and continue to conduct FONOps in the Taiwan Straits. He also stated, though, in the case of Taiwan and also the rest of the Indo-Pacific region, it was China that was aggravating the situation
Esper stated that the U.S. was not in search of a conflict but was committed to a constructive and result-orientated relationship with China in regard to the defense relationship, to open lines of communication and to reduce risk. But at the same time, the United States "firmly believe no single nation can or should dominate the public commons, and we will continue to work alongside our allies and partners to support a prosperous and secure Indo-Pacific for all."
SO THERE YE SCURVY DOGS!
https://news.usni.org/2020/07/21/secdef-Esper-u-s-will-keep-up-the-pace-of-south-china-sea-freedom-of-navigation-operations
#10076331 at 2020-07-25 21:51:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12896: Welcome to the REAL 2016 Election Scandal Edition
China's claim to South China Sea illegal, Australia says
Australia has joined the US in rejecting China's claims to key parts of the South China Sea.
The government has described China's actions in the South China Sea as inconsistent with international law in a statement to the United Nations today.
"There is no legal basis for China to draw straight baselines connecting the outermost points of maritime features or 'island groups' in the South China Sea," Australia's statement reads.
"Australia rejects China's claim to 'historic rights' or 'maritime rights and interests' as established in the 'long course of historical practice' in the South China Sea."
China claims the strategic waterway is its sovereign territory and since 2014, it has built artificial islands on reclaimed reefs and installed military bases on them.
The Australian government has previously maintained that it does not take sides in the dispute, making the statement a significant change in position.
The move comes as Defence and Foreign Ministers Linda Reynolds and Marise Payne leave for Washington tomorrow to meet with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary Mark Esper.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/chinas-claim-to-south-china-sea-illegal-australia-says/02f82b40-dc3d-4d72-ba32-25e2b3dcf3b8
#10076313 at 2020-07-25 21:48:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12896: Welcome to the REAL 2016 Election Scandal Edition
Morrison government ministers allowed to defy travel ban to fly to the US
Australia's foreign and defence ministers will become the first members of the government to leave Australia since the border closed.
Today, Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Defence Minister Linda Reynolds will travel to Washington for annual talks with the US government, with "China" set to dominate discussions.
The Australian Ministers will meet face-to-face with US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington DC - a risky trip given the US has hit over four million COVID-19 cases.
The small delegation, which also includes Chief of the Defence Force, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) secretary Frances Adamson and Defence secretary Greg Moriarty, will have isolate for fourteen days when they return.
"And they'll be doing it on the basis of medical advice," Health Minister Greg Hunt said.
"The fact that they're meeting in the middle of the pandemic is important, and of course it will all be about China," Peter Jennings, executive director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, told 9News.
"It's acceptable for both Washington and Canberra if we kind of to steer our own courses on this issue.
"It's not smart for Australia to look like we're just in American's coattails."
Before take-off, the ministers blasted Beijing for its coercive conduct in the South China Sea and its undermining of democratic freedoms in Hong Kong.
They also noted cyberattacks are on the rise - without once naming China.
Meanwhile, at the United Nations, Australia formally rejected Beijing's claims to islands in the crucial trading waters.
"Australia needs to defend the Australian national interest and we also need to stand up for international law," Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese said.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/morrison-government-ministers-allowed-to-defy-travel-ban-us-meeting-china/f6c95774-c6ed-43cf-aee1-cce4a13293bd
#10073974 at 2020-07-25 16:49:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12893: Face Forward With Persistent And Relentless Focus Edition
>>10073965
Reposting short anon op-ed that was inspired by Pompeo's speech, as requested at tail of LB.
https://pastebin.com/QXuy1ZKv
https://twitter.com/ABCU_8/status/1286526459872309248
https://wearethene.ws/notable/124526
An OP-ED from ABCU|8 - The American Broadcasting CommUnity
Secretary of State Pompeo Signals Historic Shift in U.S.-China Relations
by Anon
It will be up to future historians to judge President Richard M. Nixon's "opening" of China fifty years ago. America was optimistic over the potential that Maoist China might adopt aspects of capitalism. We believed that with more interaction, China would become more like our liberal democracy. As Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said today, that course seemed inevitable - at the time.
The Vietnam war was still ongoing, and we college students wanted the war to end. Our male peers, after drawing a low number in the draft lottery, were sent overseas, their lives forever changed (or extinguished). So we were eager for the change that Nixon's new Asia policy seemed to signal.
This philosophy has guided American presidents for many terms. They naively treated the country run by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) like a normal nation, trusting it to apply the rule of law internally, and uphold its agreements internationally. However, a realistic assessment by the Trump administration found otherwise. Only the blind or willfully ignorant couldn't see that the CCP's primary goal has always been to rip off other countries through every means possible, to gain advantage for China, with an ultimate goal of Chinese hegemony. [1]
President Donald Trump began the relationship with CCP Chairman Xi Jinpeng cordially. While they dined at Mar-a-Lago, we learned (with trepidation) that Trump sent a cruise missile to bomb an empty warehouse in Syria over chocolate cake. [2] It signalled that America's new president meant business and had command of his military. Months later, Mr. and Mrs. Trump visited Beijing, receiving an honor never before afforded to any other nation's leader: a visit inside the ancient Imperial City, once the home of Chinese emperors, where no commoner was allowed to tread. Trump continued praising Xi effusively - saving Xi's "face" in front of his people, while leaving a generous opening for improved Chinese behavior. This seemed an auspicious start.
In late 2019, the Trump administration negotiated for a fair and reciprocal trade relationship with China, signing the historic Phase One Trade Agreement on January 15, 2020. [3] That very day, America got its first case of COVID-19 - an undesired Chinese import.
Yet many suspected trouble all along. In a February 2020 speech to the National Governors' Association, Mr. Pompeo publicly outlined some concerns. [4] The CCP had targeted governors, grading each as "friendly," "hardline," or "ambiguous" on their willingness to cooperate with CCP goals. Under Xi, he said, "China is moving exactly in the opposite direction - more repression, more unfair competition, more predatory economic practices; indeed, a more aggressive military posture as well… The Chinese Government has been methodical… It's assessed our vulnerabilities, and it's decided to exploit our freedoms to gain advantage over us."
Current news abounds with Chinese students and scientists, employees of the CCP People's Liberation Army, being charged with espionage, intellectual property theft, and other crimes. [5] through [22] The charges are new, but such crimes continue a long-established Chinese pattern of exploiting American openness.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper, at the Munich Security Conference, said, "The prevailing notion of the day was that, if we allowed the PRC [People's Republic of China] into the WTO [World Trade Organization] and other multilateral institutions, China would continue on its path of economic reform and eventually become a Market-oriented trading partner. More broadly, increased engagement with the liberal world order would also spur political opening and help transform the PRC into a responsible global stakeholder. The more skeptical voices argued that, if granted membership, China would use the benefits of free trade and an open international order to grow its economy and access the technology required to build a strong military and security state capable of expanding the reach of their authoritarian rule. These were both credible arguments, but we all know which one is winning right now. It's not the former. In fact, under President Xi's rule, the Chinese Communist Party is heading even faster and further in the wrong direction - more internal repression, more predatory economic practices, more heavy-handedness, and most concerning for me, a more aggressive military posture." [23, 24]
On July 16th, Attorney General William Barr, speaking to business leaders said, "The ultimate ambition of China's rulers isn't to trade with the United States. It is to raid the United States… If you're an American business leader, appeasing the PRC may bring short term rewards, but in the end the PRC's goal is to replace you." [25] Yet many American companies kow-tow to CCP pressure.
It was the last straw when China abrogated all international norms by failing to notify other countries as soon as it learned of a "novel coronavirus" from Wuhan that has since swept the planet. The ensuing closures have wreaked unprecedented economic damage to America and our allies.
America's new hard stance, bluntly confronting the CCP's aggression and taking new measures to protect America from them, is a long-overdue reversal of past administrations' failure to protect the American people from international predators.
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1. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, Speech at Richard Nixon Presidential Library, July 23, 2020. https://youtu.be/zhY2CH_PyLU
2. The Guardian, "Trump told Xi of Syria strikes over 'beautiful piece of chocolate cake'", https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/12/trump-xi-jinping-chocolate-cake-syria-strikes
3. The White House, "President Donald J. Trump is Signing a LandMark Phase One Trade Agreement with China", https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-signing-landMark-phase-one-trade-agreement-china/
4. State Department, "U.S. States and the China Competition", https://www.state.gov/u-s-states-and-the-china-competition/
5. U.S. Department of Justice, "Researchers Charged with Visa Fraud After Lying About Their Work for China's People's Liberation Army", https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/researchers-charged-visa-fraud-after-lying-about-their-work-china-s-people-s-liberation-army
6. The National Pulse, "Harvard Center Hypes Chinese Communist Party Popularity While Receiving MILLIONS From Chinese Govt and CCP-Linked Companies", https://thenationalpulse.com/politics/harvard-chinese-funding/
7. Breitbart News, "U.S. Prosecutors: Fugitive Chinese Researcher Hiding in San Francisco Consulate",
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2020/07/23/us-prosecutors-fugitive-chinese-researcher-hiding-san-francisco-consulate
8. Business Insider, "People are burning documents at the Chinese Consulate in Houston, as Beijing says the US abruptly gave it 72 hours to shut it down", https://www.businessinsider.com/china-houston-consulate-document-burning-us-told-quickly-close-2020-7
9. Fox News, "Rubio: Chinese consulate in Houston was 'massive spy center'", https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rubio-chinese-consulate-in-houston-was-massive-spy-center
10. Wired, "Chinese Hackers Charged in Decade-Long Crime and Spying Spree", https://www.wired.com/story/chinese-hackers-charged-decade-long-crime-spying-spree/
11. Center for Security Policy, "Harvard professor's arrest shows Chinese spying via US universities", https://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2020/01/30/harvard-china-spy/
12. Fox News, "Arkansas professor allegedly hid China ties to secure NASA grant money", https://www.foxnews.com/us/arkansas-professor-allegedly-hid-china-ties-to-secure-nasa-grant-money
13. Campus Reform, "Ohio professor the latest to be arrested over China ties", https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=14873
14. Newsweek, "UCLA Professor Stole Missile Secrets for China, Faces 219 Years in Prison", https://www.newsweek.com/ucla-professor-stole-missile-secrets-china-219-years-prison-espionage-1447286
15. Tennessee Star, "UT Knoxville Professor Arrested, Charged for Double-Dealing with Chinese Government and NASA", https://tennesseestar.com/2020/03/02/ut-knoxville-professor-arrested-charged-for-double-dealing-with-chinese-government-and-nasa/
16. USA Today, "Chinese professors among 6 charged with economic espionage", https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/19/china-espionage-technology/27570735/
17. "Chinese professor in US convicted of stealing tech secrets, economic espionage", https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3090827/chinese-professor-us-convicted-stealing-tech
18. CNN, "US intelligence warns China is using student spies to steal secrets", https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/01/politics/us-intelligence-chinese-student-espionage/index.html
19. Washington Times, "Spy school: Chinese military officer busted for posing as Boston University student", https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/1/spy-school-chinese-military-officer-busted-posing-/
20. Washington Times, "China using students as spies", https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/25/china-uses-students-as-spies/
21. Voice of America, "Chinese College Students Being Forced to Spy on US", https://www.voanews.com/student-union/chinese-college-students-being-forced-spy-us
22. NBC News, "Education or espionage? A Chinese student takes his homework home to China", https://www.nbcnews.com/news/china/education-or-espionage-chinese-student-takes-his-homework-home-china-n893881
23. ReMarks by Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper, https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Speeches/Speech/Article/2085577/reMarks-by-secretary-of-defense-Mark-t-Esper-at-the-munich-security-conference/source/GovDelivery/
24. NY Post, "China's new 'social credit system' is a dystopian nightmare", https://nypost.com/2019/05/18/chinas-new-social-credit-system-turns-orwells-1984-into-reality/
25. Yahoo Finance, "'China's goal is to replace you': Barr warns leaders of America's biggest businesses", https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chinas-goal-is-to-replace-you-barr-warns-leaders-of-america-biggest-businesses-202355046.html
###
#10073890 at 2020-07-25 16:35:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12892: S L O W Bread but Crusty Loaf Edition
>>10073870
https://pastebin.com/QXuy1ZKv
https://twitter.com/ABCU_8/status/1286526459872309248
https://wearethene.ws/notable/124526
An OP-ED from ABCU|8 - The American Broadcasting CommUnity
Secretary of State Pompeo Signals Historic Shift in U.S.-China Relations
by Anon
It will be up to future historians to judge President Richard M. Nixon's "opening" of China fifty years ago. America was optimistic over the potential that Maoist China might adopt aspects of capitalism. We believed that with more interaction, China would become more like our liberal democracy. As Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said today, that course seemed inevitable - at the time.
The Vietnam war was still ongoing, and we college students wanted the war to end. Our male peers, after drawing a low number in the draft lottery, were sent overseas, their lives forever changed (or extinguished). So we were eager for the change that Nixon's new Asia policy seemed to signal.
This philosophy has guided American presidents for many terms. They naively treated the country run by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) like a normal nation, trusting it to apply the rule of law internally, and uphold its agreements internationally. However, a realistic assessment by the Trump administration found otherwise. Only the blind or willfully ignorant couldn't see that the CCP's primary goal has always been to rip off other countries through every means possible, to gain advantage for China, with an ultimate goal of Chinese hegemony. [1]
President Donald Trump began the relationship with CCP Chairman Xi Jinpeng cordially. While they dined at Mar-a-Lago, we learned (with trepidation) that Trump sent a cruise missile to bomb an empty warehouse in Syria over chocolate cake. [2] It signalled that America's new president meant business and had command of his military. Months later, Mr. and Mrs. Trump visited Beijing, receiving an honor never before afforded to any other nation's leader: a visit inside the ancient Imperial City, once the home of Chinese emperors, where no commoner was allowed to tread. Trump continued praising Xi effusively - saving Xi's "face" in front of his people, while leaving a generous opening for improved Chinese behavior. This seemed an auspicious start.
In late 2019, the Trump administration negotiated for a fair and reciprocal trade relationship with China, signing the historic Phase One Trade Agreement on January 15, 2020. [3] That very day, America got its first case of COVID-19 - an undesired Chinese import.
Yet many suspected trouble all along. In a February 2020 speech to the National Governors' Association, Mr. Pompeo publicly outlined some concerns. [4] The CCP had targeted governors, grading each as "friendly," "hardline," or "ambiguous" on their willingness to cooperate with CCP goals. Under Xi, he said, "China is moving exactly in the opposite direction - more repression, more unfair competition, more predatory economic practices; indeed, a more aggressive military posture as well… The Chinese Government has been methodical… It's assessed our vulnerabilities, and it's decided to exploit our freedoms to gain advantage over us."
Current news abounds with Chinese students and scientists, employees of the CCP People's Liberation Army, being charged with espionage, intellectual property theft, and other crimes. [5] through [22] The charges are new, but such crimes continue a long-established Chinese pattern of exploiting American openness.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper, at the Munich Security Conference, said, "The prevailing notion of the day was that, if we allowed the PRC [People's Republic of China] into the WTO [World Trade Organization] and other multilateral institutions, China would continue on its path of economic reform and eventually become a Market-oriented trading partner. More broadly, increased engagement with the liberal world order would also spur political opening and help transform the PRC into a responsible global stakeholder. The more skeptical voices argued that, if granted membership, China would use the benefits of free trade and an open international order to grow its economy and access the technology required to build a strong military and security state capable of expanding the reach of their authoritarian rule. These were both credible arguments, but we all know which one is winning right now. It's not the former. In fact, under President Xi's rule, the Chinese Communist Party is heading even faster and further in the wrong direction - more internal repression, more predatory economic practices, more heavy-handedness, and most concerning for me, a more aggressive military posture." [23, 24]
On July 16th, Attorney General William Barr, speaking to business leaders said, "The ultimate ambition of China's rulers isn't to trade with the United States. It is to raid the United States… If you're an American business leader, appeasing the PRC may bring short term rewards, but in the end the PRC's goal is to replace you." [25] Yet many American companies kow-tow to CCP pressure.
It was the last straw when China abrogated all international norms by failing to notify other countries as soon as it learned of a "novel coronavirus" from Wuhan that has since swept the planet. The ensuing closures have wreaked unprecedented economic damage to America and our allies.
America's new hard stance, bluntly confronting the CCP's aggression and taking new measures to protect America from them, is a long-overdue reversal of past administrations' failure to protect the American people from international predators.
\\\\\\\\\\
1. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, Speech at Richard Nixon Presidential Library, July 23, 2020. https://youtu.be/zhY2CH_PyLU
2. The Guardian, "Trump told Xi of Syria strikes over 'beautiful piece of chocolate cake'", https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/12/trump-xi-jinping-chocolate-cake-syria-strikes
3. The White House, "President Donald J. Trump is Signing a LandMark Phase One Trade Agreement with China", https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-signing-landMark-phase-one-trade-agreement-china/
4. State Department, "U.S. States and the China Competition", https://www.state.gov/u-s-states-and-the-china-competition/
5. U.S. Department of Justice, "Researchers Charged with Visa Fraud After Lying About Their Work for China's People's Liberation Army", https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/researchers-charged-visa-fraud-after-lying-about-their-work-china-s-people-s-liberation-army
6. The National Pulse, "Harvard Center Hypes Chinese Communist Party Popularity While Receiving MILLIONS From Chinese Govt and CCP-Linked Companies", https://thenationalpulse.com/politics/harvard-chinese-funding/
7. Breitbart News, "U.S. Prosecutors: Fugitive Chinese Researcher Hiding in San Francisco Consulate",
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2020/07/23/us-prosecutors-fugitive-chinese-researcher-hiding-san-francisco-consulate
8. Business Insider, "People are burning documents at the Chinese Consulate in Houston, as Beijing says the US abruptly gave it 72 hours to shut it down", https://www.businessinsider.com/china-houston-consulate-document-burning-us-told-quickly-close-2020-7
9. Fox News, "Rubio: Chinese consulate in Houston was 'massive spy center'", https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rubio-chinese-consulate-in-houston-was-massive-spy-center
10. Wired, "Chinese Hackers Charged in Decade-Long Crime and Spying Spree", https://www.wired.com/story/chinese-hackers-charged-decade-long-crime-spying-spree/
11. Center for Security Policy, "Harvard professor's arrest shows Chinese spying via US universities", https://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2020/01/30/harvard-china-spy/
12. Fox News, "Arkansas professor allegedly hid China ties to secure NASA grant money", https://www.foxnews.com/us/arkansas-professor-allegedly-hid-china-ties-to-secure-nasa-grant-money
13. Campus Reform, "Ohio professor the latest to be arrested over China ties", https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=14873
14. Newsweek, "UCLA Professor Stole Missile Secrets for China, Faces 219 Years in Prison", https://www.newsweek.com/ucla-professor-stole-missile-secrets-china-219-years-prison-espionage-1447286
15. Tennessee Star, "UT Knoxville Professor Arrested, Charged for Double-Dealing with Chinese Government and NASA", https://tennesseestar.com/2020/03/02/ut-knoxville-professor-arrested-charged-for-double-dealing-with-chinese-government-and-nasa/
16. USA Today, "Chinese professors among 6 charged with economic espionage", https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/19/china-espionage-technology/27570735/
17. "Chinese professor in US convicted of stealing tech secrets, economic espionage", https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3090827/chinese-professor-us-convicted-stealing-tech
18. CNN, "US intelligence warns China is using student spies to steal secrets", https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/01/politics/us-intelligence-chinese-student-espionage/index.html
19. Washington Times, "Spy school: Chinese military officer busted for posing as Boston University student", https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/1/spy-school-chinese-military-officer-busted-posing-/
20. Washington Times, "China using students as spies", https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/25/china-uses-students-as-spies/
21. Voice of America, "Chinese College Students Being Forced to Spy on US", https://www.voanews.com/student-union/chinese-college-students-being-forced-spy-us
22. NBC News, "Education or espionage? A Chinese student takes his homework home to China", https://www.nbcnews.com/news/china/education-or-espionage-chinese-student-takes-his-homework-home-china-n893881
23. ReMarks by Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper, https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Speeches/Speech/Article/2085577/reMarks-by-secretary-of-defense-Mark-t-Esper-at-the-munich-security-conference/source/GovDelivery/
24. NY Post, "China's new 'social credit system' is a dystopian nightmare", https://nypost.com/2019/05/18/chinas-new-social-credit-system-turns-orwells-1984-into-reality/
25. Yahoo Finance, "'China's goal is to replace you': Barr warns leaders of America's biggest businesses", https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chinas-goal-is-to-replace-you-barr-warns-leaders-of-america-biggest-businesses-202355046.html
###
#10066101 at 2020-07-24 18:25:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12882: Hawt August On Tap Edition
Trump vows bases named for Confederate leaders 'will not be changing'
President Donald Trump vowed on Friday that military bases named for Confederate leaders "will not be changing" despite congressional momentum on the issue, another increase in tensions over the issue of Confederate symbolism in the military.
Trump's latest tweet on the topic comes amid reports of White House anger directed at Defense Secretary Mark Esper for last week effectively banning display of the Confederate battle flag at all Defense Department sites.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/07/24/trump-vows-bases-named-for-confederate-leaders-will-not-be-changing/
#10064104 at 2020-07-24 13:44:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12880: Mask On, Mask Off Anthonysan Edition
An OP-ED from ABCU|8 - The American Broadcasting CommUnity
Secretary of State Pompeo Signals Historic Shift in U.S.-China Relations
by Anon
It will be up to future historians to judge President Richard M. Nixon's "opening" of China fifty years ago. America was optimistic over the potential that Maoist China might adopt aspects of capitalism. We believed that with more interaction, China would become more like our liberal democracy. As Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said today, that course seemed inevitable - at the time.
The Vietnam war was still ongoing, and we college students wanted the war to end. Our male peers, after drawing a low number in the draft lottery, were sent overseas, their lives forever changed (or extinguished). So we were eager for the change that Nixon's new Asia policy seemed to signal.
This philosophy has guided American presidents for many terms. They naively treated the country run by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) like a normal nation, trusting it to apply the rule of law internally, and uphold its agreements internationally. However, a realistic assessment by the Trump administration found otherwise. Only the blind or willfully ignorant couldn't see that the CCP's primary goal has always been to rip off other countries through every means possible, to gain advantage for China, with an ultimate goal of Chinese hegemony. [1]
President Donald Trump began the relationship with CCP Chairman Xi Jinpeng cordially. While they dined at Mar-a-Lago, we learned (with trepidation) that Trump sent a cruise missile to bomb an empty warehouse in Syria over chocolate cake. [2] It signalled that America's new president meant business and had command of his military. Months later, Mr. and Mrs. Trump visited Beijing, receiving an honor never before afforded to any other nation's leader: a visit inside the ancient Imperial City, once the home of Chinese emperors, where no commoner was allowed to tread. Trump continued praising Xi effusively - saving Xi's "face" in front of his people, while leaving a generous opening for improved Chinese behavior. This seemed an auspicious start.
In late 2019, the Trump administration negotiated for a fair and reciprocal trade relationship with China, signing the historic Phase One Trade Agreement on January 15, 2020. [3] That very day, America got its first case of COVID-19 - an undesired Chinese import.
Yet many suspected trouble all along. In a February 2020 speech to the National Governors' Association, Mr. Pompeo publicly outlined some concerns. [4] The CCP had targeted governors, grading each as "friendly," "hardline," or "ambiguous" on their willingness to cooperate with CCP goals. Under Xi, he said, "China is moving exactly in the opposite direction - more repression, more unfair competition, more predatory economic practices; indeed, a more aggressive military posture as well… The Chinese Government has been methodical… It's assessed our vulnerabilities, and it's decided to exploit our freedoms to gain advantage over us."
Current news abounds with Chinese students and scientists, employees of the CCP People's Liberation Army, being charged with espionage, intellectual property theft, and other crimes. [5] through [22] The charges are new, but such crimes continue a long-established Chinese pattern of exploiting American openness.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper, at the Munich Security Conference, said, "The prevailing notion of the day was that, if we allowed the PRC [People's Republic of China] into the WTO [World Trade Organization] and other multilateral institutions, China would continue on its path of economic reform and eventually become a Market-oriented trading partner. More broadly, increased engagement with the liberal world order would also spur political opening and help transform the PRC into a responsible global stakeholder. The more skeptical voices argued that, if granted membership, China would use the benefits of free trade and an open international order to grow its economy and access the technology required to build a strong military and security state capable of expanding the reach of their authoritarian rule. These were both credible arguments, but we all know which one is winning right now. It's not the former. In fact, under President Xi's rule, the Chinese Communist Party is heading even faster and further in the wrong direction - more internal repression, more predatory economic practices, more heavy-handedness, and most concerning for me, a more aggressive military posture." [23, 24]
On July 16th, Attorney General William Barr, speaking to business leaders said, "The ultimate ambition of China's rulers isn't to trade with the United States. It is to raid the United States… If you're an American business leader, appeasing the PRC may bring short term rewards, but in the end the PRC's goal is to replace you." [25] Yet many American companies kow-tow to CCP pressure.
It was the last straw when China abrogated all international norms by failing to notify other countries as soon as it learned of a "novel coronavirus" from Wuhan that has since swept the planet. The ensuing closures have wreaked unprecedented economic damage to America and our allies.
America's new hard stance, bluntly confronting the CCP's aggression and taking new measures to protect America from them, is a long-overdue reversal of past administrations' failure to protect the American people from international predators.
\\\\\\\\\\
1. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, Speech at Richard Nixon Presidential Library, July 23, 2020. https://youtu.be/zhY2CH_PyLU
2. The Guardian, "Trump told Xi of Syria strikes over 'beautiful piece of chocolate cake'", https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/12/trump-xi-jinping-chocolate-cake-syria-strikes
3. The White House, "President Donald J. Trump is Signing a LandMark Phase One Trade Agreement with China", https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-signing-landMark-phase-one-trade-agreement-china/
4. State Department, "U.S. States and the China Competition", https://www.state.gov/u-s-states-and-the-china-competition/
5. U.S. Department of Justice, "Researchers Charged with Visa Fraud After Lying About Their Work for China's People's Liberation Army", https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/researchers-charged-visa-fraud-after-lying-about-their-work-china-s-people-s-liberation-army
6. The National Pulse, "Harvard Center Hypes Chinese Communist Party Popularity While Receiving MILLIONS From Chinese Govt and CCP-Linked Companies", https://thenationalpulse.com/politics/harvard-chinese-funding/
7. Breitbart News, "U.S. Prosecutors: Fugitive Chinese Researcher Hiding in San Francisco Consulate",
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2020/07/23/us-prosecutors-fugitive-chinese-researcher-hiding-san-francisco-consulate
8. Business Insider, "People are burning documents at the Chinese Consulate in Houston, as Beijing says the US abruptly gave it 72 hours to shut it down", https://www.businessinsider.com/china-houston-consulate-document-burning-us-told-quickly-close-2020-7
9. Fox News, "Rubio: Chinese consulate in Houston was 'massive spy center'", https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rubio-chinese-consulate-in-houston-was-massive-spy-center
10. Wired, "Chinese Hackers Charged in Decade-Long Crime and Spying Spree", https://www.wired.com/story/chinese-hackers-charged-decade-long-crime-spying-spree/
11. Center for Security Policy, "Harvard professor's arrest shows Chinese spying via US universities", https://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2020/01/30/harvard-china-spy/
12. Fox News, "Arkansas professor allegedly hid China ties to secure NASA grant money", https://www.foxnews.com/us/arkansas-professor-allegedly-hid-china-ties-to-secure-nasa-grant-money
13. Campus Reform, "Ohio professor the latest to be arrested over China ties", https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=14873
14. Newsweek, "UCLA Professor Stole Missile Secrets for China, Faces 219 Years in Prison", https://www.newsweek.com/ucla-professor-stole-missile-secrets-china-219-years-prison-espionage-1447286
15. Tennessee Star, "UT Knoxville Professor Arrested, Charged for Double-Dealing with Chinese Government and NASA", https://tennesseestar.com/2020/03/02/ut-knoxville-professor-arrested-charged-for-double-dealing-with-chinese-government-and-nasa/
16. USA Today, "Chinese professors among 6 charged with economic espionage", https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/19/china-espionage-technology/27570735/
17. "Chinese professor in US convicted of stealing tech secrets, economic espionage", https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3090827/chinese-professor-us-convicted-stealing-tech
18. CNN, "US intelligence warns China is using student spies to steal secrets", https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/01/politics/us-intelligence-chinese-student-espionage/index.html
19. Washington Times, "Spy school: Chinese military officer busted for posing as Boston University student", https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/1/spy-school-chinese-military-officer-busted-posing-/
20. Washington Times, "China using students as spies", https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/25/china-uses-students-as-spies/
21. Voice of America, "Chinese College Students Being Forced to Spy on US", https://www.voanews.com/student-union/chinese-college-students-being-forced-spy-us
22. NBC News, "Education or espionage? A Chinese student takes his homework home to China", https://www.nbcnews.com/news/china/education-or-espionage-chinese-student-takes-his-homework-home-china-n893881
23. ReMarks by Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper, https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Speeches/Speech/Article/2085577/reMarks-by-secretary-of-defense-Mark-t-Esper-at-the-munich-security-conference/source/GovDelivery/
24. NY Post, "China's new 'social credit system' is a dystopian nightmare", https://nypost.com/2019/05/18/chinas-new-social-credit-system-turns-orwells-1984-into-reality/
25. Yahoo Finance, "'China's goal is to replace you': Barr warns leaders of America's biggest businesses", https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chinas-goal-is-to-replace-you-barr-warns-leaders-of-america-biggest-businesses-202355046.html
###
Repost from 12 hours ago for new eyes
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https://wearethene.ws/notable/124526
Thank you stronk frens for helping to distribute anons' writings!
#10061292 at 2020-07-24 03:18:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12876: We Are 100% Sharp+++ Get Over It Edition
An OP-ED from ABCU|8 - The American Broadcasting CommUnity
Secretary of State Pompeo Signals Historic Shift in U.S.-China Relations
by Anon
It will be up to future historians to judge President Richard M. Nixon's "opening" of China fifty years ago. America was optimistic over the potential that Maoist China might adopt aspects of capitalism. We believed that with more interaction, China would become more like our liberal democracy. As Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said today, that course seemed inevitable - at the time.
The Vietnam war was still ongoing, and we college students wanted the war to end. Our male peers, after drawing a low number in the draft lottery, were sent overseas, their lives forever changed (or extinguished). So we were eager for the change that Nixon's new Asia policy seemed to signal.
This philosophy has guided American presidents for many terms. They naively treated the country run by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) like a normal nation, trusting it to apply the rule of law internally, and uphold its agreements internationally. However, a realistic assessment by the Trump administration found otherwise. Only the blind or willfully ignorant couldn't see that the CCP's primary goal has always been to rip off other countries through every means possible, to gain advantage for China, with an ultimate goal of Chinese hegemony. [1]
President Donald Trump began the relationship with CCP Chairman Xi Jinpeng cordially. While they dined at Mar-a-Lago, we learned (with trepidation) that Trump sent a cruise missile to bomb an empty warehouse in Syria over chocolate cake. [2] It signalled that America's new president meant business and had command of his military. Months later, Mr. and Mrs. Trump visited Beijing, receiving an honor never before afforded to any other nation's leader: a visit inside the ancient Imperial City, once the home of Chinese emperors, where no commoner was allowed to tread. Trump continued praising Xi effusively - saving Xi's "face" in front of his people, while leaving a generous opening for improved Chinese behavior. This seemed an auspicious start.
In late 2019, the Trump administration negotiated for a fair and reciprocal trade relationship with China, signing the historic Phase One Trade Agreement on January 15, 2020. [3] That very day, America got its first case of COVID-19 - an undesired Chinese import.
Yet many suspected trouble all along. In a February 2020 speech to the National Governors' Association, Mr. Pompeo publicly outlined some concerns. [4] The CCP had targeted governors, grading each as "friendly," "hardline," or "ambiguous" on their willingness to cooperate with CCP goals. Under Xi, he said, "China is moving exactly in the opposite direction - more repression, more unfair competition, more predatory economic practices; indeed, a more aggressive military posture as well… The Chinese Government has been methodical… It's assessed our vulnerabilities, and it's decided to exploit our freedoms to gain advantage over us."
Current news abounds with Chinese students and scientists, employees of the CCP People's Liberation Army, being charged with espionage, intellectual property theft, and other crimes. [5] through [22] The charges are new, but such crimes continue a long-established Chinese pattern of exploiting American openness.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper, at the Munich Security Conference, said, "The prevailing notion of the day was that, if we allowed the PRC [People's Republic of China] into the WTO [World Trade Organization] and other multilateral institutions, China would continue on its path of economic reform and eventually become a Market-oriented trading partner. More broadly, increased engagement with the liberal world order would also spur political opening and help transform the PRC into a responsible global stakeholder. The more skeptical voices argued that, if granted membership, China would use the benefits of free trade and an open international order to grow its economy and access the technology required to build a strong military and security state capable of expanding the reach of their authoritarian rule. These were both credible arguments, but we all know which one is winning right now. It's not the former. In fact, under President Xi's rule, the Chinese Communist Party is heading even faster and further in the wrong direction - more internal repression, more predatory economic practices, more heavy-handedness, and most concerning for me, a more aggressive military posture." [23, 24]
On July 16th, Attorney General William Barr, speaking to business leaders said, "The ultimate ambition of China's rulers isn't to trade with the United States. It is to raid the United States… If you're an American business leader, appeasing the PRC may bring short term rewards, but in the end the PRC's goal is to replace you." [25] Yet many American companies kow-tow to CCP pressure.
It was the last straw when China abrogated all international norms by failing to notify other countries as soon as it learned of a "novel coronavirus" from Wuhan that has since swept the planet. The ensuing closures have wreaked unprecedented economic damage to America and our allies.
America's new hard stance, bluntly confronting the CCP's aggression and taking new measures to protect America from them, is a long-overdue reversal of past administrations' failure to protect the American people from international predators.
\\\\\\\\\\
1. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, Speech at Richard Nixon Presidential Library, July 23, 2020. https://youtu.be/zhY2CH_PyLU
2. The Guardian, "Trump told Xi of Syria strikes over 'beautiful piece of chocolate cake'", https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/12/trump-xi-jinping-chocolate-cake-syria-strikes
3. The White House, "President Donald J. Trump is Signing a LandMark Phase One Trade Agreement with China", https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-signing-landMark-phase-one-trade-agreement-china/
4. State Department, "U.S. States and the China Competition", https://www.state.gov/u-s-states-and-the-china-competition/
5. U.S. Department of Justice, "Researchers Charged with Visa Fraud After Lying About Their Work for China's People's Liberation Army", https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/researchers-charged-visa-fraud-after-lying-about-their-work-china-s-people-s-liberation-army
6. The National Pulse, "Harvard Center Hypes Chinese Communist Party Popularity While Receiving MILLIONS From Chinese Govt and CCP-Linked Companies", https://thenationalpulse.com/politics/harvard-chinese-funding/
7. Breitbart News, "U.S. Prosecutors: Fugitive Chinese Researcher Hiding in San Francisco Consulate",
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2020/07/23/us-prosecutors-fugitive-chinese-researcher-hiding-san-francisco-consulate
8. Business Insider, "People are burning documents at the Chinese Consulate in Houston, as Beijing says the US abruptly gave it 72 hours to shut it down", https://www.businessinsider.com/china-houston-consulate-document-burning-us-told-quickly-close-2020-7
9. Fox News, "Rubio: Chinese consulate in Houston was 'massive spy center'", https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rubio-chinese-consulate-in-houston-was-massive-spy-center
10. Wired, "Chinese Hackers Charged in Decade-Long Crime and Spying Spree", https://www.wired.com/story/chinese-hackers-charged-decade-long-crime-spying-spree/
11. Center for Security Policy, "Harvard professor's arrest shows Chinese spying via US universities", https://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2020/01/30/harvard-china-spy/
12. Fox News, "Arkansas professor allegedly hid China ties to secure NASA grant money", https://www.foxnews.com/us/arkansas-professor-allegedly-hid-china-ties-to-secure-nasa-grant-money
13. Campus Reform, "Ohio professor the latest to be arrested over China ties", https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=14873
14. Newsweek, "UCLA Professor Stole Missile Secrets for China, Faces 219 Years in Prison", https://www.newsweek.com/ucla-professor-stole-missile-secrets-china-219-years-prison-espionage-1447286
15. Tennessee Star, "UT Knoxville Professor Arrested, Charged for Double-Dealing with Chinese Government and NASA", https://tennesseestar.com/2020/03/02/ut-knoxville-professor-arrested-charged-for-double-dealing-with-chinese-government-and-nasa/
16. USA Today, "Chinese professors among 6 charged with economic espionage", https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/19/china-espionage-technology/27570735/
17. "Chinese professor in US convicted of stealing tech secrets, economic espionage", https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3090827/chinese-professor-us-convicted-stealing-tech
18. CNN, "US intelligence warns China is using student spies to steal secrets", https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/01/politics/us-intelligence-chinese-student-espionage/index.html
19. Washington Times, "Spy school: Chinese military officer busted for posing as Boston University student", https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/1/spy-school-chinese-military-officer-busted-posing-/
20. Washington Times, "China using students as spies", https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/25/china-uses-students-as-spies/
21. Voice of America, "Chinese College Students Being Forced to Spy on US", https://www.voanews.com/student-union/chinese-college-students-being-forced-spy-us
22. NBC News, "Education or espionage? A Chinese student takes his homework home to China", https://www.nbcnews.com/news/china/education-or-espionage-chinese-student-takes-his-homework-home-china-n893881
23. ReMarks by Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper, https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Speeches/Speech/Article/2085577/reMarks-by-secretary-of-defense-Mark-t-Esper-at-the-munich-security-conference/source/GovDelivery/
24. NY Post, "China's new 'social credit system' is a dystopian nightmare", https://nypost.com/2019/05/18/chinas-new-social-credit-system-turns-orwells-1984-into-reality/
25. Yahoo Finance, "'China's goal is to replace you': Barr warns leaders of America's biggest businesses", https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chinas-goal-is-to-replace-you-barr-warns-leaders-of-america-biggest-businesses-202355046.html
###
#10048920 at 2020-07-22 22:58:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12860: Meme @Jack into NeverLand (got diesel?) Edition
Taiwan's Foreign Minister Claims Chinese Aircraft Flying Near Island 'Virtually a Daily Occurrence'
In recent comments to the press, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu claimed Chinese aircraft flying close to the island's areas of control is "virtually a daily occurrence." However, he failed to mention the US is also sending planes near Chinese airspace close to Taiwan on a daily basis.
"What it is doing now is unceasingly preparing to use force to resolve the Taiwan problem," Wu told reporters on Tuesday about Chinese foreign policy, AP reported. He noted that not every encounter between Chinese and Taiwanese aircraft is reported in the media.
"If international society does not give China a sufficiently clear signal, I believe China will take it that international society will not impede it in doing other things," Wu continued. "This is what we are extremely worried about."
Indeed, that is exactly what many Taiwanese and American strategists are afraid will be the case.
Su Chi, president of the Taipei Forum think tank and former secretary general of Taiwan's National Security Council, told the South China Morning Post last month that a potential People's Liberation Army (PLA) offensive to seize Taiwan could be over so quickly, it may be little more than "wishful thinking" to hope the US would be able to halt the attack, much less that it would be willing to jump into a full-scale war with the People's Republic of China at that point.
"Given the military imbalance between Taiwan and the mainland, the absence of cross-strait dialogue and no [efficient communication] mechanism in place between the US and the mainland, I am worried about the situation because anything could happen," Su told the publication.
On Tuesday, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper spoke to the need for better communication with Beijing, telling a virtual audience in a talk hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) think tank that he hoped to travel to China before the end of the year "in order to enhance cooperation on areas of common interest, establish the systems necessary for crisis communications, and reinforce our intentions to openly compete in the international system in which we all belong."
"We've seen [China] build up their military, we've seen them be more assertive, they got hundreds, if not over a thousand, missiles aimed at Taiwan. And we've seen President [Xi Jinping] and his party really take this to a new level," Esper said. "So we remain committed to regional peace and security. We will live up to our commitments to Taiwan, which is all in the interest of a secure and stable region, if you will."
Taiwan's formal name is the Republic of China, reflecting its holdover status from the 1911-12 revolution that ended the Chinese monarchy. However, when the communist Red Army won the Chinese Civil War in 1949, the only part of China that remained under RoC control was the island of Taiwan. Accordingly, Beijing regards Taiwan as a rebellious province, and both governments regard themselves as the sole legitimate representative of the Chinese people.
Wu's comments are a bit one-sided, though. While there have been numerous incidents recently involving Chinese aircraft flying close to Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), there have also been daily patrols by US spy planes and maritime patrol aircraft over the waters off Guangdong Province.
https://sputniknews.com/asia/202007221079958437-taiwans-foreign-minister-claims-chinese-aircraft-flying-near-island-virtually-a-daily-occurrence/
#10036721 at 2020-07-21 22:37:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12844: Q em Boys, Trump Is Trolling, Masks Are Bad 3..2..1.... Edition
US House Approves 2021 Defense Spending Bill White House Threatened to Veto
The US House of Representatives has passed its version of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). US President Donald Trump has threatened to veto the bill if by the time it gets to his desk it still has measures removing the names of Confederate figures from US military installations.
The bill passed 295-125, with 187 Democrats and 108 Republicans voting for it and 43 Democrats, 81 Republicans and the chamber's lone Independent voting against it.
Importantly, the bill passed with 70% approval, which is more than enough to override a potential veto by Trump. Congress can surpass a presidential veto of a bill if two-thirds, or 67%, of federal lawmakers vote in favor of it.
Trump has promised to reject the $740 billion spending bill, which funds the US Defense Department and related agencies, if it contains measures recently added that would remove the names of Confederate figures from US military installations.
However, the measure has the tacit approval of the US military's seniormost officer, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
"The Confederacy, the American Civil War was fought, and it was an act of rebellion," Gen. Mark A. Milley told members of the House Armed Services Committee earlier this month. "It was an act of treason at the time against the Union, against the Stars and Stripes, against the US Constitution, and those officers turned their back on their oath."
Some of those bases include Fort Hood, Fort Bragg, Fort Benning, Fort Gordon, and Camp Pendleton. Earlier this month, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper issued a memorandum effectively banning display of the Confederate battle flag on US bases.
The Confederate States of America was formed in 1861 by several southern US states when they separated from the Union over fears that newly elected US President Abraham Lincoln would take actions that would end the legal enslavement of Black people, whose labor formed the basis of the region's agricultural industry. The Confederacy ended in 1865 with the rebellion's defeat, the capture of its capital at Richmond, Virginia, the surrender of its principal commanders, and the formal ending of Black enslavement.
The recent wave of mass protests against anti-Black racism in American society have heralded the destruction or removal of numerous statues and other monuments commemorating Confederate figures and others known for their racial prejudice as well as forced the redesigning of state flags and the renaming of buildings, roads, locations, sports teams, and other features of American life across the country.
https://sputniknews.com/us/202007211079948206-us-house-approves-2021-defense-spending-bill-white-house-threatened-to-veto/
#10036363 at 2020-07-21 22:03:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12844: Q em Boys, Trump Is Trolling, Masks Are Bad 3..2..1.... Edition
SecDef Wants to Stop Federal Law Enforcement Agents Dressing Like US Troops
The American public should not be confused about the difference between uniformed military personnel and police officers.
That's the belief of Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who is concerned about personnel from across the country wearing camouflage uniforms, Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman told reporters Tuesday. He made the comments after federal agents in Portland, Oregon, were photographed rounding up protesters and escorting them to unMarked vehicles – all while in uniforms similar to those worn by U.S. troops.
"We want a system where people can tell the difference," Hoffman said, adding, "I can say unequivocally there are no Department of Defense assets that have been deployed to, pending deployment to, or we're looking to deploy to Portland."
Portland's Democratic Gov. Kate Brown told PBS NewsHour on Monday that "Trump's troops" had arrived in the city and were "pouring gasoline on a fire."
The personnel in Portland are not troops, but Department of Homeland Security agents dispatched to the city after weeks of protests following the May 25 death of George Floyd in police custody. Floyd's death prompted protests in cities nationwide over racism and police violence toward Black people.
Confusion over who's who in camouflage uniforms hasn't been limited to Oregon. Hoffman said there were concerns about police officers wearing similar uniforms to National Guard troops deployed to respond to protests in June as well.
"There are some law enforcement [who] wear uniforms that make them appear military," Hoffman said. "And the secretary has expressed his concern with this within the administration."
Defense leaders are in the process of reviewing the military's response to protests in the wake of Floyd's death, and Hoffman said Esper made clear that the issue of police officers wearing camouflage uniforms is something the defense secretary "wanted to have looked at."
"He has expressed his concern that in some cases law enforcement appropriately performing law enforcement duties were misconstrued with military personnel, who would not be appropriately doing those [duties]," he added.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/07/21/secdef-wants-stop-federal-law-enforcement-agents-dressing-us-troops.html
#10035339 at 2020-07-21 20:40:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12842: Loser's Don't Make Demands Edition
Esper concerned over federal agents dressed like military troops in U.S. cities
07/21/2020 03:15 PM EDT
Images of federal agents in Portland this week echoed June's protests, when law enforcement used violence against mostly peaceful protesters.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has raised concerns within the administration about federal agents patrolling the streets of U.S. cities in camouflage uniforms similar to those worn by troops in war zones, his spokEsperson said Tuesday.
After nationwide protests over racial injustice and police violence erupted in June, Esper expressed concern that in some cases, federal law enforcement officers were being confused with troops because of their similar uniforms, said Jonathan Hoffman, chief Pentagon spokEsperson. Esper urged efforts to more clearly distinguish between the two, Hoffman said.
"We saw this take place back in June when there were some law enforcement that wear uniforms that make them appear military in appearance," Hoffman said. Esper has told administration officials that "we want a system where people can tell the difference."
Esper may be looking to have a conversation with Attorney General William Barr, acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf and their teams about the issue in the near future, Hoffman said, but did not specify a timeline.
Hoffman's comments come amid rising alarm over federal agents dressed as troops sweeping into Portland, Ore., this week on President Donald Trump's orders. Trump threatened to send additional agents into other major cities, including New York City and Philadelphia, if the "liberal Democrats" in charge don't tamp down on civil unrest.
Hoffman stressed that there are no plans to send active-duty troops to Portland. Federal law enforcement and active-duty military operate under different authorities with regard to their interactions with the U.S. public. Under the Posse Comitatus Act, active-duty troops cannot interact with civilians unless expressly granted an exception by the president under the Insurrection Act.
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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/21/Esper-federal-agents-military-protests-376381
#10035286 at 2020-07-21 20:32:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12842: Loser's Don't Make Demands Edition
In memos to force, Esper issues directions on operational security
By: Aaron Mehta 5 hours ago
WASHINGTON - U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has released a pair of memos to the Department of Defense, outlining concerns about operational security and issuing new guidance on dealing with the media.
One of the memos, entitled "Reinforcing Operations Security and the Importance of Preventing Unauthorized Disclosures," was leaked to Defense News Tuesday morning. In it, Esper writes that "'ongoing reviews reveal a culture of insufficient OPSEC practices and habits at DoD." The existence of both memos was first reported by CNN.
"The Department of Defense (DoD) remains committed to transparency to promote accountability and public trust," Esper writes. However, "Unauthorized disclosures jeopardize our DoD personnel, operations, strategies and policies to the benefit of our adversaries."
A second memo, released concurrently, also lays out guidelines for the force when interacting with members of the news media must be coordinated through DoD public affairs, per CNN. That has echoes of a 2018 attempt made under then-Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis to put strict limits on information sharing with the media.
The memos come two weeks after Esper revealed at a House Armed Services Committee hearing that he had "launched an investigation that is underway to go after leaks," following reports in the media, based on intelligence sources, that Russia was paying insurgents in Afghanistan to target American forces.
At the hearing, Esper also said he is launching a new effort to "remind people" of operational security issues in the Pentagon. The memo obtained by Defense News seems to fall into that category.
The memo comes with five action points:
– A call to not share information with outside sources, even if they previously worked in the building. "Just because someone has a clearance, or previously worked for DoD, does not mean they have a need to know," Esper writes, with the last part underlined.
– Ensure that the "appropriate DoD Public Affairs office" authorizes the release of information to media.
– Comply with the official prepublication review process, which Esper in the memo stresses is required "even after you retire, resign or are dismissed from your Government service or contract."
– Comply with security clearance related obligations.
– Review current DoD wide OPSEC practices to make sure your office is in compliance. As part of this requirement, Esper has ordered that all DoD personnel, including civilians and contractors, take multiple courses hosted online by the Center for Development of Security Excellence within the next 60 days.
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"Not all leaks are created equal. There is a difference between information that puts lives at risk, and information that puts egos at risk. One is always worth chasing, and the other usually isn't."
https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2020/07/21/in-memos-to-force-Esper-issues-directions-on-operational-security/
#10021899 at 2020-07-20 15:24:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12825: The 'Ghost of Shadilay!' Edition
>>10021728
when you tineye the Flynn Real American Hero pic,first pic to come up is of James Millerwhen sorted either by oldest or newest
>https://heavy.com/news/2020/06/james-miller-resigns/
On the evening on June 2, James Miller, an official on the Defense Science Board and a former under secretary of defense for policy, issued a public letter of resignation to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, according to the Washington Post. In the letter, Miller accused Esper of violating his oath of office to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States ... and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same."
Specifically, Miller claimed that "[l]aw-abiding protesters just outside the White House were dispersed using tear gas and rubber bullets - not for the sake of safety, but to clear a path for a presidential photo op," which Esper attended. The incident outside of St. John's Episcopal Church and the following statement from President Donald Trump received widespread condemnation after footage revealed that police dispersed the crowd using tear gas and rubber bullets.
#10019222 at 2020-07-20 06:22:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12821: The Wonky Bucking Board - Anons, Hang On! Edition
>>10019206
>2.) POTUS fires Christopher Wray and appoints former acting DNI Rick Grenell to be acting Director of the FBI.
>3.) POTUS fires Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and appoints Lt. General Flynn to that role..
That's my thoughts, anon. Flynn is military. That's where he needs to be. Lots of black hats need cleaning out in the Pentagon and he is the man to do it.
#10019206 at 2020-07-20 06:19:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12821: The Wonky Bucking Board - Anons, Hang On! Edition
So, based on Sunday's Q Posts is this what we should expect:over the next week or two?
1.) The DC Circuit Court denies Judge Emmett Sullivan's petition for a rehearing en banc in the Flynn case, effectively ending the case, removing the gag order on Flynn, and freeing him to accept a position in the administration.
2.) POTUS fires Christopher Wray and appoints former acting DNI Rick Grenell to be acting Director of the FBI.
3.) POTUS fires Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and appoints Lt. General Flynn to that role..
#9998929 at 2020-07-18 15:20:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12795: Musk Kickin It With Doge Edition
Pentagon Chief Claims US Nuclear Triad Superiority After World's First-Ever A-Bomb Test Anniversary
Thursday Marked the 75th anniversary of the first-ever nuclear test in the world, during which the plutonium-based device was detonated at the Alamogordo Test Range in New Mexico.
Secretary of Defence Mark Esper on Friday said that the US had managed to "maintain a highly capable nuclear triad to deter conflict and deter war".
Speaking at a virtual Pentagon meeting, Esper claimed that the country's nuclear triad is "more capable" than that of "[US] adversaries and competitors".
He pledged that Washington would "continue to maintain that overmatch in the years ahead" by further modernising its strategic bombers, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and nuclear-powered submarines.
The reMarks came a few days after the 75th anniversary of the first-ever nuclear test, during which a plutonium-based device was detonated at the Alamogordo Test Range in New Mexico. Here are some details about the test, part of the so-called Manhattan Project.
https://sputniknews.com/us/202007181079923566-pentagon-chief-claims-us-nuclear-triad-superiority-after-worlds-first-ever-a-bomb-test-anniversary/
#9994669 at 2020-07-18 03:17:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12790: The 'Documents Will Show Intel Officials Were Ignored' Edition
For anyone thinking the Pentagon isn't DS
Pentagon to Consider Stripping Names, Gender Pronouns from Selection Boards
The Defense Department's Personnel and Readiness directorate is weighing whether to strip names and gender pronouns from promotion boards, according to Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
During a remote town hall-style forum from the Pentagon on Friday, Esper said he has directed his team to consider whether to strike identifying information such as names and gender from evaluations and promotion packets to prevent unconscious bias from tainting the decision-making process.
Read More: Pentagon Bans Confederate Flag on Bases Without Mentioning it by Name
"We are trying to root these practices out that might enable unconscious bias. … I've asked [the] directorate to go out and come back within 45 to 60 days to present a plan by which we could strike references to names, references to gender that may trigger unconscious bias. It's to make sure it's a merit-based system and solely a merit-based system," Esper said.
The response was to a question from Army Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Fadeyi, the first sergeant of the 47th Combat Support Hospital at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, who was born in Nigeria and moved to the U.S. at age 5.
"With a name, the gender and possibly race of that soldier would be present for the board members," Fadeyi told Esper, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and his senior enlisted adviser, Chief Master Sgt. Ramón Colón-López.
Esper issued a military-wide directive Wednesday barring the use of photos in promotion boards and ordering a review of hair and grooming standards to eliminate racial bias.
He also promised that the DoD would update its equal opportunity and diversity inclusion policies, conduct research on prejudice and bias across the department and services, and develop training that "enables commanders to have relevant, candid and effective discussion."
"These actions identified today will better ensure a diverse workforce at all levels, an inclusive environment, and equal opportunity for all who serve. But hard work remains as efforts to shift our culture require steadfast attention," Esper said.
The Army announced in June that it would stop using photos in promotion boards, and Navy officials said they planned to review the practice.
The Air Force required them only under some circumstances, but Marine Corps officials said they would continue requiring them for the boards, which review promotions for the enlisted ranks of staff sergeant and above and captain through major general.
The Coast Guard does not require photos and, last year, it dropped gender-specific pronouns and first names from evaluations and promotion packages to eliminate possible bias.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/07/17/pentagon-consider-stripping-names-gender-pronouns-selection-boards.html
#9988722 at 2020-07-17 17:59:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12782: Cabal Don't Lift Bros, Bummer Edition
Pentagon Bans Confederate Flag on Military Bases Without Mentioning It by Name
After two services and a handful of commanders created their own policies banning the Confederate flag on military installations, a new Pentagon memo now blocks its display on Defense Department bases worldwide.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday signed a policy specifying the flags that are cleared to be displayed publicly on military installations. The Confederate flag is not on the list of those cleared to fly.
"With this change in policy, we will further improve the morale, cohesion, and readiness of the force in defense of our great Nation," Esper wrote.
Military leaders have been pressing Esper to put in place a DoD-wide ban on the Confederate flag, The Associated Press reported Friday. President Donald Trump has expressed support for all Americans' right to fly the flag, which is why the policy doesn't mention the Confederate flag by name, the AP reported.
One official told the outlet that the workaround is a creative way to ban the Confederate flag in a manner that may not raise the president's ire. Trump previously said he would block attempts by the Army to rename bases that honor Confederate leaders.
Flags are powerful symbols, especially for the military community, Esper wrote in the new guidance.
"We must always remain focused on what unifies us: our sworn oath to the Constitution and our shared duty to defend the Nation," he wrote. "I am committed to fielding the most powerful military force the world has known by strengthening the bonds of our most valuable resource – our people.
"The flags we fly must accord with the military imperatives of good order and discipline," Esper added, "treating all our people with dignity and respect, and rejecting divisive symbols."
In addition to the U.S. flag, those cleared to be displayed on military installations include:
Flags for U.S. states, territories and Washington, D.C.;
Military service flags;
General or flag officer flags;
Presidentially-appointed or Senate-confirmed civilian flags;
Senior executive service and military department-specific SES flags;
The Prisoner of War/Missing in Action flag;
Flags of other countries, for which the U.S. is an ally or partner, or for official protocol purposes;
Flags of organizations in which the U.S. is a member, such as NATO;
Ceremonial, command, unit or branch flags or guidons.
The guidance applies to any public display or depiction of a flag by service members or Defense Department civilians in workplaces, and public or common-access areas, the memo states. That includes in office buildings, naval vessels, aircraft, government vehicles, hangars, breakrooms, restrooms, open-bay barracks, schoolhouses and outside any government-operated housing.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/07/17/pentagon-bans-confederate-flag-military-bases-without-mentioning-it-name.html
CORRUPT
#9931662 at 2020-07-11 21:47:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12709: Corn Harvest Edition
US ups the ante to bring China to table-Arms race for peace?
Three decades after the end of the Cold War, the arms control and reduction treaties that have contributed to peace have begun to fall apart. The Trump administration is intent on going back to the drawing board and including China, holding that the current regime focusing primarily on the U.S. and Russia does not fit the new realities of the world. But in a hostile climate, trust seems in short supply among the players to get a deal done. The geopolitical calculations also differ greatly from when the previous agreements were inked.
"Despite the actions by the United States to lead the world in reducing reliance on nuclear weapons, U.S. adversaries have gone in the other direction and placed greater emphasis on modernizing … improving, expanding their nuclear arsenals," said Drew Walter, performing the duties of deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear matters, in May.
"We must pursue simultaneous, just-in-time replacement of the forces, warheads and infrastructure that underpins the enterprise," he said in a virtual event for the Virginia-based Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. The U.S. has not tested any nuclear weapons since September 1992. Yet speculation is mounting that China is secretly preparing to restart its own testing.
The U.S. and Russia suspended their Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in early 2019, with Washington formally withdrawing that August. The Trump administration announced its intent this past May to leave the Open Skies Treaty, a 34-nation agreement that lets countries fly over one another's territory to increase transparency and avoid miscalculations. When American and Russian negotiators met in Vienna this June to discuss arms control, U.S. negotiator Marshall Billingslea said any new agreement must include all nuclear weapons, not just strategic ones, and also subject China to restrictions. China, meanwhile, has little incentive to join an arms control treaty at this time.
So Washington looks to have concluded that the only way forward is to break free of existing treaties, engage in an arms race with China, and force decision-makers in Beijing to decide that they would be better off joining a treaty, just as the Soviets did. But there is no guarantee that a new framework can be agreed to, or when that day will even come.
Certain conditions must exist for countries to sign an effective arms control treaty. First, politicians and military officers in charge of the armed forces must recognize the merits. In the years after World War I, major powers signed treaties to limit naval construction. These were made possible by overlapping interests between the U.S. and the U.K. which wanted to thwart Japan's naval rise and a Japan that did not want the West to gain more of a military advantage than it already had.
Decades later, the Soviet Union was motivated by its own economic weakness and a desire to curtail American technological advances when it signed the INF and the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Washington near the end of the Cold War. The second requirement is mutual trust. The INF Treaty became the first-ever treaty to actually reduce deployed nuclear weapons, partly because the Americans and the Soviets agreed to extensive verification procedures to ensure that neither party was cheating. But arms control treaties can also collapse under different conditions – such as when countries develop new weapons and tactics that undermine existing agreements, when they lose trust in each other, or when new powers not bound by existing treaties emerge.
The post-World War I naval treaties ultimately fell apart with the rise of carrier-based aircraft, which they did not sufficiently restrict, as well as a growing rift between Japan and the U.S. over Asia. A similar reality lay behind the collapse of the INF. When North Korea tested a long-range missile for an intermediate operation, the boundaries between long and intermediate blurred, negating the INF's rationale.
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper told the House Armed Services Committee in December that "China has thousands of intermediate-range missiles along their periphery, along their eastern coast," making it necessary for the U.S. to also have such missiles.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Arms-race-for-peace-US-ups-the-ante-to-bring-China-to-table
#9928585 at 2020-07-11 17:22:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12705: The Crazy Bakes Never Stop Edition
'Another phony hit job': Trump slams NYT for 'made up' story about alleged Russian bounties in Afghanistan
A sensational New York Times report which alleged that Russia paid the Taliban to target US forces in Afghanistan was pure fabrication, Donald Trump has claimed after the Pentagon and intel agencies dismissed the story.
The claim that Moscow had placed bounties on US and coalition troops operating in Afghanistan, first reported by the Times last month, has been widely discredited by senior military and intelligence officials. Defense Secretary Mark Esper testified earlier this week that "all the defense intelligence agencies have been unable to corroborate that report."
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley echoed his assessment, telling the House Armed Services Committee that there was no evidence to support the theory that Moscow offered cash rewards to the Taliban.
Responding to their testimony, the US president accused the Times of publishing "another phony hit job" without a real source.
In several subsequent pieces, the Times and other outlets have labored to give the unverified story an air of credibility - always relying on unnamed sources.
Earlier in July, General Kenneth McKenzie, who oversees military operations in the Middle East and Central Asia as the head of US Central Command, said the bounty theory has yet to be substantiated. There are similar misgivings in the intelligence community. An assessment by the National Intelligence Council (NIC) stated that the CIA and the National Counterterrorism Center had "medium confidence" in the reports, while the National Security Agency (NSA) and other spy agencies expressed "lower confidence."
https://www.rt.com/usa/494477-trump-nyt-russia-phony-bounty/
#9919457 at 2020-07-10 22:50:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12693: The Future of Warfare 1956, KEK Edition
future → past
105 days from Freedom Flag post just prior to April 1, 2020 when the announcement of u.s. navy deployment for drug interdiction
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USA Freedom Flag
Q
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28 Mar 2020 - 3:22:45 PM
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News
Joshua Goodman
Associated Press
Erik Avanier, Reporter
Published: April 1, 2020, 7:13 pm
Updated: April 1, 2020, 11:06 pm
MIAMI - President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Navy ships are being moved toward Venezuela as his administration beefs up counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean following a U.S. drug indictment against Nicolás Maduro.
The president's announcement was a break from the daily White House press briefing to discuss the coronavirus pandemic, which has left much of the country in lock-down and which the government warns could cause 100,000 to 240,000 deaths.
"The Venezuelan people continue to suffer tremendously due to Maduro and his criminal control over the country, and drug traffickers are seizing on this lawlessness," Defense Secretary Mark Esper said after the president's announcement.
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https://www.news4jax.com/news/2020/04/01/trump-us-to-deploy-anti-drug-navy-ships-near-venezuela/
#9914626 at 2020-07-10 14:07:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12687: Friday Morn'n Thrillz, Chillz, n Shillz Edition
Defense Secretary Mark Esper Announces Investigation into Pentagon Leaks to Media
Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced Thursday during a congressional hearing he has ordered an investigation into intelligence leaks to the media.
"I've launched an investigation that is underway to go after leaks, whether it's of classified information or unclassified information that is sensitive and also, you know, unauthorized discussions with the media," Esper told lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee. "All those things, again, hurt our nation's security. They undermine our troops, their safety. They affect our relations with other countries. They undermine our national policy," he said.
Esper's decision comes after the recent leak of the existence of intelligence that Russia was allegedly offering bounties to Taliban-linked operatives for U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The Trump administration has not denied that the intelligence existed, but said that it was unverified and uncorroborated and had not been briefed to the president. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA)'s senior staff reportedly were briefed on the intelligence in February, but took no action. Esper also told lawmakers that he never received any briefing with the word "bounty" in respect to Russians and the killing of American men and women in uniform. Esper said, under questioning by Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), "Congressman, to the best of my recollection, I have not received a briefing that included the word bounty." Turner asked Esper if he had received such a briefing, whether he would have briefed the president on it.
Esper responded: If it was a credible report that's important - a credible, corroborated report that had used those words, certainly it would have been brought to my attention by the chain of command, by chairman of the Joint Chief and others for action, and we would have taken upon that action in an interagency effort to make sure that we addressed it. He added: "But at all times we take force protection very seriously and take all those actions regardless of the credibility of a report, we take all that seriously."
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/09/defense-secretary-Mark-Esper-announces-investigation-into-pentagon-leaks-to-media/#
#9910449 at 2020-07-10 00:19:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12682: [I] 9 Comms: Edition
>>9910379
(cont)
The graphic shown on one of the slides includes a pyramid graphic sourced from Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence that states blackface, swastikas and racist jokes are forms of "overt white supremacy." The graphic includes "MAGA," the "celebration of Columbus Day" and "All Lives Matter" as types of socially acceptable or "covert white supremacy."
"The slides copied from a non-government website– included a word cloud with phrases that were intended to spark conversation; however, the document was predecisional and inappropriate for the discussion. The unapproved pages were in no way used as part of the 'Your Voice Matters' listening tour sessions," Smith said.
The Army did not specifically mention the MAGA phrase in its statement, long used by Trump and his supporters, only saying "the Army does not condone the use of phrases that indicate political support."
"The Army is and will continue to remain an apolitical organization," Smith said.
Republican Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama sent a letter to Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy on Wednesday, accusing the service of violating the Hatch Act, which bars federal employees from certain partisan political activities, and demanded an investigation into the matter.
"Including overtly political materials in the invitation for such an event is completely inappropriate and, in this instance and in my view, illegal," Brooks to wrote McCarthy. "Further, the inclusion of such materials serves only to ostracize segments of the workforce and create racial division, rather than minimize it."
In a statement, the Alabama Republican called for all Army personnel who "drafted, approved or sent this racist and politically partisan email, using government resources" to be prosecuted and fired for "blatantly and illegally injecting themselves into partisan political activities on government time using federal taxpayer money."
All of this comes as Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley are set to testify before the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, where they are likely to face questions over the role of the military during last month's nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd.
#9909106 at 2020-07-09 21:38:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12681: Time to UnMark the Mask Agenda! Edition
Global Announcements
>>9822979 BO: After Q posted that long letter CM reminded me there is a setting that allows for longer posts. looking into it
Notables are NOT endorsements
#12680
>>9908386 US to Ban Contractors That Rely on Chinese Technology
>>9908387, >>9908876 Archbishop Carlos Maria Vigano has composed a prayer for President Trump & the USA
>>9908394 Joe Biden Vows 'End to the Era of Shareholder Capitalism'
>>9908434, >>9908510, >>9908438, >>9908729 Supreme Court hands Oklahoma a loss on tribal lands fight
>>9908620 Indian land - good commentary
>>9908793 Court: Half of Oklahoma Is On Native American Land
>>9908449 Esper and Milley say military did not clear Lafayette Park
>>9908459 Albany GA: reports of multiple bomb threats (breaking)
>>9908462 Come bake with us - baking seminar today
>>9908473, >>9908581, >>9909034 Judge refuses to dismiss Flynn case
>>9908475, >>9908567, >>9908727, >>9909076 Covid-19 mask dangers/problems - and mask mandates are unconstitutional!
>>9908500 Recordings of Poroshenko's voice admitting involvement in sabotage in Crimea published (TASS)
>>9908528, >>9908726 Planefags aloft
>>9908573 'Black Lives Matter' mural in Chicago erased to say 'All Lives Matter'
>>9908703 NY Post: G Maxwell's bedsheets & clothes taken by feds to prevent suicide (nude prisoners, now?)
>>9908714 22 mile boat parade for TRUMP with Q flag
>>9908773 New Flynn Transcripts Confirm Mueller Team Lied To The Court And The Country
>>9908849 Seoul mayor found dead (Sputnik)
>>9908622 White House reporter tests positive for COVID-19 after attending briefings
>>9908883 Fed balance sheet below $7 trl, repo drops to zero for first time since Sept 2019
>>9909000 Omar hypocritical, what a surprise….
>>9908994 Mnuchin: The vast majority of PPP loans about $2mil will be forgiven
>>9909060 Anon on Twatter asking about POTUS invoking Nat'l Pres. Sec. Directive 51?
>>9909091 #12680
#12679 reposted in #12680
>>9907918, >>9908024, >>9908100 plainfaggin
>>9908140 Trump to Visit Atlanta Next Week to Tout His Transportation Agenda
>>9907908, >>9907917, >>9907930 What a web they weave
>>9907883 UK police arrest four terrorism suspects in London and Leicester
>>9907863 Army R&D Chief 1956: The Soldier of the Atomic Age will be a mass of scientific equipment.
>>9907858 Reddit admins in panic
>>9907824, >>9907880 U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, through his counsel Beth Wilkinson, has asked for U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to rehear his case
>>9907815 President Trump Signs an Executive Order on the White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative
>>9907800, >>9907900, >>9907905 MSM Articles on Q and 8chan: ~2000 articles as of July 2 2020
>>9907766 Migrant Apprehensions at Border Jump for Second Straight Month
>>9907710 Chinese companies warn cutting projects will hurt ties with Beijing
>>9907698 US Navy reverses unlawful order banning troops from indoor Mass, religious services
>>9907678 The Bee?
>>9907656 Federal agents seize more than 80 luxury cars at Port Everglades bound for Venezuela
>>9907653, >>9907693 Sputnik Deutschland Says Berlin Unable to Explain News Agency's Inclusion in Intel Reports
>>9907649 Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham Is Preparing New Chemical Provocation In Greater Idlib: Russia Warns
>>9907635, >>9907644 Military Situation In Libya On July 9, 2020 (Map Update)
>>9907630 Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley testifying live now
>>9907623, >>9907685 Jean Pigozzi diggz
>>9907605 Pentagon Chief Esper Confirms Probe in Progress Over 'Taliban Bounties' Intel's Leak to Press
>>9907590 Michael Cohen Back In Jail After Allegedly Breaking House Arrest To Eat At A Restaurant
>>9907582 Proposed Settlement with United States and Major Fertilizer Producer will Reduce Acidic Wastewater Generation and Enhance Phosphate Recovery
>>9907575 How Many More Luckin Coffees? SEC To Discuss Listed Chinese Firms' Lax Accounting Standards, Fraud
>>9908589 #12679
#9908589 at 2020-07-09 20:39:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12680: Bake Em Before They Fake Em Edition
>>9908576
#12679 reposted in #12680
>>9907918, >>9908024, >>9908100 plainfaggin
>>9908140 Trump to Visit Atlanta Next Week to Tout His Transportation Agenda
>>9907908, >>9907917, >>9907930 What a web they weave
>>9907883 UK police arrest four terrorism suspects in London and Leicester
>>9907863 Army R&D Chief 1956: The Soldier of the Atomic Age will be a mass of scientific equipment.
>>9907858 Reddit admins in panic
>>9907824, >>9907880 U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, through his counsel Beth Wilkinson, has asked for U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to rehear his case
>>9907815 President Trump Signs an Executive Order on the White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative
>>9907800, >>9907900, >>9907905 MSM Articles on Q and 8chan: ~2000 articles as of July 2 2020
>>9907766 Migrant Apprehensions at Border Jump for Second Straight Month
>>9907710 Chinese companies warn cutting projects will hurt ties with Beijing
>>9907698 US Navy reverses unlawful order banning troops from indoor Mass, religious services
>>9907678 The Bee?
>>9907656 Federal agents seize more than 80 luxury cars at Port Everglades bound for Venezuela
>>9907653, >>9907693 Sputnik Deutschland Says Berlin Unable to Explain News Agency's Inclusion in Intel Reports
>>9907649 Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham Is Preparing New Chemical Provocation In Greater Idlib: Russia Warns
>>9907635, >>9907644 Military Situation In Libya On July 9, 2020 (Map Update)
>>9907630 Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley testifying live now
>>9907623, >>9907685 Jean Pigozzi diggz
>>9907605 Pentagon Chief Esper Confirms Probe in Progress Over 'Taliban Bounties' Intel's Leak to Press
>>9907590 Michael Cohen Back In Jail After Allegedly Breaking House Arrest To Eat At A Restaurant
>>9907582 Proposed Settlement with United States and Major Fertilizer Producer will Reduce Acidic Wastewater Generation and Enhance Phosphate Recovery
>>9907575 How Many More Luckin Coffees? SEC To Discuss Listed Chinese Firms' Lax Accounting Standards, Fraud
>>9908428 #12679
FINAL
#9908576 at 2020-07-09 20:38:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12680: Bake Em Before They Fake Em Edition
>>9908534
tx anon.
#12679 reposted in #12680
>>9907918, >>9908024, >>9908100 plainfaggin
>>9908140 Trump to Visit Atlanta Next Week to Tout His Transportation Agenda
>>9907908, >>9907917, >>9907930 What a web they weave
>>9907883 UK police arrest four terrorism suspects in London and Leicester
>>9907863 Army R&D Chief 1956: The Soldier of the Atomic Age will be a mass of scientific equipment.
>>9907858 Reddit admins in panic
>>9907824, >>9907880 U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, through his counsel Beth Wilkinson, has asked for U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to rehear his case
>>9907815 President Trump Signs an Executive Order on the White House Hispanic Properity Initiative
>>9907800, >>9907900, >>9907905 MSM Articles on Q and 8chan: ~2000 articles as of July 2 2020
>>9907766 Migrant Apprehensions at Border Jump for Second Straight Month
>>9907710 Chinese companies warn cutting projects will hurt ties with Beijing
>>9907698 US Navy reverses unlawful order banning troops from indoor Mass, religious services
>>9907678 The Bee?
>>9907656 Federal agents seize more than 80 luxury cars at Port Everglades bound for Venezuela
>>9907653, >>9907693 Sputnik Deutschland Says Berlin Unable to Explain News Agency's Inclusion in Intel Reports
>>9907649 Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham Is Preparing New Chemical Provocation In Greater Idlib: Russia Warns
>>9907635, >>9907644 Military Situation In Libya On July 9, 2020 (Map Update)
>>9907630 Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley testifying live now
>>9907623, >>9907685 Jean Pigozzi diggz
>>9907605 Pentagon Chief Esper Confirms Probe in Progress Over 'Taliban Bounties' Intel's Leak to Press
>>9907590 Michael Cohen Back In Jail After Allegedly Breaking House Arrest To Eat At A Restaurant
>>9907582 Proposed Settlement with United States and Major Fertilizer Producer will Reduce Acidic Wastewater Generation and Enhance Phosphate Recovery
>>9907575 How Many More Luckin Coffees? SEC To Discuss Listed Chinese Firms' Lax Accounting Standards, Fraud
UPDATED
#9908428 at 2020-07-09 20:22:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12680: Bake Em Before They Fake Em Edition
#12679 reposted in #12680
>>9907918, >>9908024, >>9908100 plainfaggin
>>9908140 Trump to Visit Atlanta Next Week to Tout His Transportation Agenda
>>9907908, >>9907917, >>9907930 What a web they weave
>>9907883 UK police arrest four terrorism suspects in London and Leicester
>>9907863 Army R&D Chief 1956: The Soldier of the Atomic Age will be a mass of scientific equipment.
>>9907858 Reddit admins in panic
>>9907824, >>9907880 U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, through his counsel Beth Wilkinson, has asked for U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to rehear his case
>>9907815 President Trump Signs an Executive Order on the White House Hispanic Property Initiative
>>9907800, >>9907900, >>9907905 MSM Articles on Q and 8chan: ~2000 articles as of July 2 2020
>>9907766 Migrant Apprehensions at Border Jump for Second Straight Month
>>9907710 Chinese companies warn cutting projects will hurt ties with Beijing
>>9907698 US Navy reverses unlawful order banning troops from indoor Mass, religious services
>>9907678 The Bee?
>>9907656 Federal agents seize more than 80 luxury cars at Port Everglades bound for Venezuela
>>9907653, >>9907693 Sputnik Deutschland Says Berlin Unable to Explain News Agency's Inclusion in Intel Reports
>>9907649 Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham Is Preparing New Chemical Provocation In Greater Idlib: Russia Warns
>>9907635, >>9907644 Military Situation In Libya On July 9, 2020 (Map Update)
>>9907630 Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley testifying live now
>>9907623, >>9907685 Jean Pigozzi diggz
>>9907605 Pentagon Chief Esper Confirms Probe in Progress Over 'Taliban Bounties' Intel's Leak to Press
>>9907590 Michael Cohen Back In Jail After Allegedly Breaking House Arrest To Eat At A Restaurant
>>9907582 Proposed Settlement with United States and Major Fertilizer Producer will Reduce Acidic Wastewater Generation and Enhance Phosphate Recovery
>>9907575 How Many More Luckin Coffees? SEC To Discuss Listed Chinese Firms' Lax Accounting Standards, Fraud
#9908289 at 2020-07-09 20:08:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12680: Bake Em Before They Fake Em Edition
Global Announcements
>>9822979 BO: After Q posted that long letter CM reminded me there is a setting that allows for longer posts. looking into it
Notables are NOT endorsements
#12679
>>9907918, >>9908024, >>9908100 plainfaggin
>>9908140 Trump to Visit Atlanta Next Week to Tout His Transportation Agenda
>>9907908, >>9907917, >>9907930 What a web they weave
>>9907883 UK police arrest four terrorism suspects in London and Leicester
>>9907863 Army R&D Chief 1956: The Soldier of the Atomic Age will be a mass of scientific equipment.
>>9907858 Reddit admins in panic
>>9907824, >>9907880 U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, through his counsel Beth Wilkinson, has asked for U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to rehear his case
>>9907815 President Trump Signs an Executive Order on the White House Hispanic Property Initiative
>>9907800, >>9907905, >>9907967 MSM Articles on Q and 8chan: ~2000 articles as of July 2 2020
>>9907766 Migrant Apprehensions at Border Jump for Second Straight Month
>>9907710 Chinese companies warn cutting projects will hurt ties with Beijing
>>9907698 US Navy reverses unlawful order banning troops from indoor Mass, religious services
>>9907678 The Bee?
>>9907656 Federal agents seize more than 80 luxury cars at Port Everglades bound for Venezuela
>>9907653, >>9907693 Sputnik Deutschland Says Berlin Unable to Explain News Agency's Inclusion in Intel Reports
>>9907649 Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham Is Preparing New Chemical Provocation In Greater Idlib: Russia Warns
>>9907635, >>9907644 Military Situation In Libya On July 9, 2020 (Map Update)
>>9907630 Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley testifying live now
>>9907623, >>9907685 Jean Pigozzi diggz
>>9907605 Pentagon Chief Esper Confirms Probe in Progress Over 'Taliban Bounties' Intel's Leak to Press
>>9907590 Michael Cohen Back In Jail After Allegedly Breaking House Arrest To Eat At A Restaurant
>>9907582 Proposed Settlement with United States and Major Fertilizer Producer will Reduce Acidic Wastewater Generation and Enhance Phosphate Recovery
>>9907575 How Many More Luckin Coffees? SEC To Discuss Listed Chinese Firms' Lax Accounting Standards, Fraud
#12679
#12678
>>9907239, >>9907262 planefaggin for mangos
>>9907428 Florida Democratic Rep. Donna Shalala to return $780,000 in PPP money, after bipartisan backlash
>>9907364, >>9907387, >>9907401, >>9907422, >>9907431, >>9907441 The Anti-American Movements Are Communist, not Black
>>9907285 Mitch McConnell says GOP convention may not happen amid COVID-19
>>9907256 China Imposes Limits on Large Transactions After Bank Runs.
>>9907230 Inside the $1.5m luxury nuclear bunker stretching 15 floors below Kansas
>>9907197 3,000 British Rolls-Royce staff apply for voluntary redundancy with two-thirds set to go by the end of August as engineering giant reports £3billion hit
>>9907177 Federal officials take precautions over fear Ghislaine Maxwell might commit suicide
>>9907173 Barr: FBI has made 150 arrests, launched more than 500 investigations related to rioting
>>9907156 Teachers' Unions Rebuff Trump Push to Reopen Schools
>>9907146 de Blasio grabbed a roller Thursday to paint "Black Lives Matter" in front of the namesake Manhattan tower of President Donald Trump
>>9907064 A security guard at a Southern California Market is charged with murder after allegedly fighting with a customer who wasn't wearing a face mask.
>>9907059 DOJ: Roger Stone should report to prison next week
>>9907023 G-Max's sister Christine diggz
>>9906964 Pelosi "People will do what they do." vid
>>9906944 LIVE NOW Kayleigh Presser
>>9906911 Man sentenced to more than 11 years for sex trafficking of minors
>>9906904 It's Happening: Americans Turn to Trump as Democrats Continue to Embrace Lawlessness, Defunding Police, Ongoing Street Violence
>>9906897 1800 tons of imagination traded
>>9906894 Numerous Texas Sheriffs Vow To Not Enforce 'Draconian' Mask Rule
>>9906880 Anti-Brexit Strategist Hired by CCP Puppet Govt in Hong Kong to Lead PR Campaign
>>9906871 Delingpole: Not Terrorism - Just a Randomly Exploding Bus, Claims BBC
>>9906852 Top UK Scientist Equates 'Antisocial' Refusal to Wear a Mask to Drunk Driving
>>9906832 Engelwood, Colorado Passes Mandatory Face Mask Law for Every Citizen Over Age Five
>>9906822 Fugitive Border State Governor Had Mexican, Texas Fake IDs, Say Feds/ Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba
>>9907463 #12678
#9908209 at 2020-07-09 20:01:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12679: Let The "Mask" Party Begin! Edition
>>9908179
>#12679
>>>9907918, >>9908024, >>9908100 plainfaggin
>>>9908140 Trump to Visit Atlanta Next Week to Tout His Transportation Agenda
>>>9907908, >>9907917, >>9907930 What a web they weave
>>>9907883 UK police arrest four terrorism suspects in London and Leicester
>>>9907863 Army R&D Chief 1956: The Soldier of the Atomic Age will be a mass of scientific equipment.
>>>9907858 Reddit admins in panic
>>>9907824, >>9907880 U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, through his counsel Beth Wilkinson, has asked for U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to rehear his case
>>>9907815 President Trump Signs an Executive Order on the White House Hispanic Property Initiative
>>>9907800, >>9907905, >>9907967 MSM Articles on Q and 8chan: ~2000 articles as of July 2 2020
>>>9907766 Migrant Apprehensions at Border Jump for Second Straight Month
>>>9907710 Chinese companies warn cutting projects will hurt ties with Beijing
>>>9907698 US Navy reverses unlawful order banning troops from indoor Mass, religious services
>>>9907678 The Bee?
>>>9907656 Federal agents seize more than 80 luxury cars at Port Everglades bound for Venezuela
>>>9907653, >>9907693 Sputnik Deutschland Says Berlin Unable to Explain News Agency's Inclusion in Intel Reports
>>>9907649 Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham Is Preparing New Chemical Provocation In Greater Idlib: Russia Warns
>>>9907635, >>9907644 Military Situation In Libya On July 9, 2020 (Map Update)
>>>9907630 Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley testifying live now
>>>9907623, >>9907685 Jean Pigozzi diggz
>>>9907605 Pentagon Chief Esper Confirms Probe in Progress Over 'Taliban Bounties' Intel's Leak to Press
>>>9907590 Michael Cohen Back In Jail After Allegedly Breaking House Arrest To Eat At A Restaurant
>>>9907582 Proposed Settlement with United States and Major Fertilizer Producer will Reduce Acidic Wastewater Generation and Enhance Phosphate Recovery
>>>9907575 How Many More Luckin Coffees? SEC To Discuss Listed Chinese Firms' Lax Accounting Standards, Fraud
>#12679
*fixed a missing comma
#9908179 at 2020-07-09 19:58:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12679: Let The "Mask" Party Begin! Edition
#12679
>>9907918, >>9908024, >>9908100 plainfaggin
>>9908140 Trump to Visit Atlanta Next Week to Tout His Transportation Agenda
>>9907908, >>9907917, >>9907930 What a web they weave
>>9907883 UK police arrest four terrorism suspects in London and Leicester
>>9907863 Army R&D Chief 1956: The Soldier of the Atomic Age will be a mass of scientific equipment.
>>9907858 Reddit admins in panic
>>9907824, >>9907880 U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, through his counsel Beth Wilkinson, has asked for U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to rehear his case
>>9907815 President Trump Signs an Executive Order on the White House Hispanic Property Initiative
>>9907800, >>9907905 >>9907967 MSM Articles on Q and 8chan: ~2000 articles as of July 2 2020
>>9907766 Migrant Apprehensions at Border Jump for Second Straight Month
>>9907710 Chinese companies warn cutting projects will hurt ties with Beijing
>>9907698 US Navy reverses unlawful order banning troops from indoor Mass, religious services
>>9907678 The Bee?
>>9907656 Federal agents seize more than 80 luxury cars at Port Everglades bound for Venezuela
>>9907653, >>9907693 Sputnik Deutschland Says Berlin Unable to Explain News Agency's Inclusion in Intel Reports
>>9907649 Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham Is Preparing New Chemical Provocation In Greater Idlib: Russia Warns
>>9907635, >>9907644 Military Situation In Libya On July 9, 2020 (Map Update)
>>9907630 Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley testifying live now
>>9907623, >>9907685 Jean Pigozzi diggz
>>9907605 Pentagon Chief Esper Confirms Probe in Progress Over 'Taliban Bounties' Intel's Leak to Press
>>9907590 Michael Cohen Back In Jail After Allegedly Breaking House Arrest To Eat At A Restaurant
>>9907582 Proposed Settlement with United States and Major Fertilizer Producer will Reduce Acidic Wastewater Generation and Enhance Phosphate Recovery
>>9907575 How Many More Luckin Coffees? SEC To Discuss Listed Chinese Firms' Lax Accounting Standards, Fraud
#12679
Baker hard stop here, tappin yo
updated qbin with notables
https://www2.qanonbin.com/paste/lvCotuorz
~strange out
#9908026 at 2020-07-09 19:44:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12679: Let The "Mask" Party Begin! Edition
>>9907911
Moar Not a bles
>>9907908, >>9907917, >>9907930 What a web they weave
>>9907883 UK police arrest four terrorism suspects in London and Leicester
>>9907863 Army R&D Chief 1956: The Soldier of the Atomic Age will be a mass of scientific equipment.
>>9907858 Reddit admins in panic
>>9907824, >>9907880 U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, through his counsel Beth Wilkinson, has asked for U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to rehear his case
>>9907815 President Trump Signs an Executive Order on the White House Hispanic Property Initiative
>>9907800, >>9907905 >>9907967 MSM Articles on Q and 8chan: ~2000 articles as of July 2 2020
>>9907766 Migrant Apprehensions at Border Jump for Second Straight Month
>>9907710 Chinese companies warn cutting projects will hurt ties with Beijing
>>9907698 US Navy reverses unlawful order banning troops from indoor Mass, religious services
>>9907678 The Bee?
>>9907656 Federal agents seize more than 80 luxury cars at Port Everglades bound for Venezuela
>>9907653, >>9907693 Sputnik Deutschland Says Berlin Unable to Explain News Agency's Inclusion in Intel Reports
>>9907649 Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham Is Preparing New Chemical Provocation In Greater Idlib: Russia Warns
>>9907635, >>9907644 Military Situation In Libya On July 9, 2020 (Map Update)
>>9907630 Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley testifying live now
>>9907623, >>9907685 Jean Pigozzi diggz
>>9907605 Pentagon Chief Esper Confirms Probe in Progress Over 'Taliban Bounties' Intel's Leak to Press
>>9907590 Michael Cohen Back In Jail After Allegedly Breaking House Arrest To Eat At A Restaurant
>>9907582 Proposed Settlement with United States and Major Fertilizer Producer will Reduce Acidic Wastewater Generation and Enhance Phosphate Recovery
>>9907575 How Many More Luckin Coffees? SEC To Discuss Listed Chinese Firms' Lax Accounting Standards, Fraud
#9907911 at 2020-07-09 19:33:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12679: Let The "Mask" Party Begin! Edition
>>9907823
Notables
>>9907824 U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, through his counsel Beth Wilkinson, has asked for U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to rehear his case
>>9907815 President Trump Signs an Executive Order on the White House Hispanic Property Initiative
>>9907800 MSM Articles on Q and 8chan: ~2000 articles as of July 2 2020
>>9907766 Migrant Apprehensions at Border Jump for Second Straight Month
>>9907710 Chinese companies warn cutting projects will hurt ties with Beijing
>>9907698 US Navy reverses unlawful order banning troops from indoor Mass, religious services
>>9907678 The Bee?
>>9907656 Federal agents seize more than 80 luxury cars at Port Everglades bound for Venezuela
>>9907653, >>9907693 Sputnik Deutschland Says Berlin Unable to Explain News Agency's Inclusion in Intel Reports
>>9907649 Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham Is Preparing New Chemical Provocation In Greater Idlib: Russia Warns
>>9907635, >>9907644 Military Situation In Libya On July 9, 2020 (Map Update)
>>9907630 Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley testifying live now
>>9907623, >>9907685 Jean Pigozzi diggz
>>9907605 Pentagon Chief Esper Confirms Probe in Progress Over 'Taliban Bounties' Intel's Leak to Press
>>9907590 Michael Cohen Back In Jail After Allegedly Breaking House Arrest To Eat At A Restaurant
>>9907582 Proposed Settlement with United States and Major Fertilizer Producer will Reduce Acidic Wastewater Generation and Enhance Phosphate Recovery
>>9907575 How Many More Luckin Coffees? SEC To Discuss Listed Chinese Firms' Lax Accounting Standards, Fraud
#9907630 at 2020-07-09 19:06:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12679: Let The "Mask" Party Begin! Edition
Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley testifying live now
#9907605 at 2020-07-09 19:04:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12679: Let The "Mask" Party Begin! Edition
Pentagon Chief Esper Confirms Probe in Progress Over 'Taliban Bounties' Intel's Leak to Press
The New York Times' story citing 'anonymous intelligence' on alleged Russian cash rewards to Taliban*-linked militants for the killing of US and coalition troops in Afghanistan sparked a major crisis in Washington, prompting denials from the White House, Moscow and the Taliban itself, and demands by Democrats for new sanctions against Russia.
The Pentagon has ordered a probe investigating the leaks to media of intelligence about the so-called Afghan bounties story, Defence Secretary Mark Esper has announced.
"[There is] an investigation that is underway to go after leaks, whether it's of classified information, or unclassified information that is sensitive and also unauthorized discussions to the media. All those things hurt our national security, they undermine our troops, their safety, they affect our relations with other countries, they affect our national policy. It's bad, and it's happening all over the government - executive branch, legislative branch to some degree, so it's something we need to get control of," Esper said, speaking before lawmakers in House testimony on the bounties allegations on Thursday.
"All the defence intelligence agencies have been unable to corroborate that report," Esper added, referring to the claims themselves.
https://sputniknews.com/us/202007091079840337-pentagon-chief-Esper-confirms-probe-in-progress-over-taliban-bounties-intel-leak-to-press/
#9906683 at 2020-07-09 17:38:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12677: Dubs of Kek They Don't Have Suicide Hotline On Speed Dial Edition
https://www.c-span.org/video/?473561-1/house-armed-services-hearing-secretary-Esper-general-milley
House Armed Services Hearing with Secretary Esper and General Milley
Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley testified before the House Armed Services Committee on Defense Department authorities related to civilian law enforcement.
#9885553 at 2020-07-07 18:15:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12651: WWG1WGA Edition
Pentagon drafts new policy which would ban the display of Confederate flags at ALL Defense Department workplaces and public spaces after Marines issued similar order last month
A Pentagon policy proposal being circulated among officials would ban the display of the Confederate flag in US Department of Defense workplaces or public areas by service members and civilian personnel.
The policy, which has not yet been finalized or signed by Defense Secretary Mark Esper, would bring the other military services in line with the Marine Corps, which banned Confederate displays on its bases in early June.
The Associated Press obtained a copy of the draft.
It comes as President Donald Trump earlier in the day criticized NASCAR's decision to ban the flag at its races and venues.
http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2020/07/pentagon-drafts-new-policy-which-would.html
#9873323 at 2020-07-06 12:42:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12635: The '"This is not another 4-year election"' Edition
>>9873310
>https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/07/02/duckworth-says-shell-block-military-promotions-until-vindman-gets-consideration.html
In a statement, Duckworth, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who lost both legs in Iraq, said she would block a promotions list with 1,123 names on it until she had confirmation from Defense Secretary Mark Esper that he would not scuttle "the expected and deserved promotion" of Vindman to colonel.
#9868579 at 2020-07-05 23:45:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12629: Three Down - The Rest To Go Edition
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/07/02/duckworth-says-shell-block-military-promotions-until-vindman-gets-consideration.html
Duckworth Says She'll Block Military Promotions Until Vindman Gets Consideration
Sen. Tammy Duckworth said Thursday she was prepared to put a hold on more than 1,100 normally routine military promotions unless Trump impeachment witness Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman gets fair consideration.
In a statement, Duckworth, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who lost both legs in Iraq, said she would block a promotions list with 1,123 names on it until she had confirmation from Defense Secretary Mark Esper that he would not scuttle "the expected and deserved promotion" of Vindman to colonel.
#9843039 at 2020-07-03 20:49:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12597: Indepence Day -1 Edition
Deep State House Panel Votes to Prevent Trump's Germany Withdrawal
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House Armed Services Committee approved a bipartisan amendment seeking to constrain President Donald Trump's ability to withdraw US troops from Germany. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) amendment, offered by Reps. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and Don Bacon (R-Neb.), would block funding to reduce the number of troops in Germany and Europe at large until several certifications are made, The Hill reported. It was approved in a bipartisan, 49-7 vote.
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"At this time, we can't afford to reduce our presence in Europe," Gallego said, adding, "Russia is a major threat to our country and to the free world."
President Trump last month announced that he planned to reduce the US troop presence in Germany from 34,500 to 25,000. Trump has cast the move as a response to Germany not meeting NATO's goal of spending at least 2 percent of its gross domestic product on defense.
Trump on Monday approved the plan to fulfill that order after being briefed by Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley on options, the Pentagon announced on Tuesday.
"The proposal that was approved not only meets the president's directive, it will also enhance Russian deterrence, strengthen NATO, reassure allies, improve US strategic flexibility and US European Command's operational flexibility, and take care of our service members and their families," Chief Pentagon Spokesman Jonathan Hoffman announced in a statement.
The statement did not say when the troops are leaving or where they are going, but Trump has indicated some will go to Poland and some will return to the US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien has also argued in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that forces are needed in the Indo-Pacific region.
Trump's decision to pull troops out of Germany sparked a bipartisan backlash from the Deep State lawmakers who say the troops are necessary to act as a buttress against the fictitious Russian aggression, foster US relationships with its vassals, and coordinate US military invasions globally. Germany is home to the headquarters for US European and Africa commands.
https://fort-russ.com/2020/07/major-deep-state-house-panel-votes-to-prevent-trumps-germany-withdrawal/
#9832163 at 2020-07-02 23:54:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12584: The Mass Awakening Edition
Duckworth to Block Promotions for 1,123 Military Officers Unless Esper Promotes Vindman
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) announced Thursday that she would block the promotions of 1,123 senior military officers until Defense Secretary Mark Esper promises that he will promote Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who is believed to have communicated with the "whistleblower" that sparked Trump's impeachment.
Her office called the move "unprecedented" but said it came in response to reports of "political interference in military matters" by Trump - the commander in chief.
The statement said Trump "may be seeking" to retaliate against Vindman for testifying against him. During the impeachment hearings, Vindman testified that he was listening to the call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and later talked about it to others - including an intelligence official believed to be the whistleblower.
Vindman notably showed up for his testimony in a military uniform that he was not required to wear. An Army spokesman confirmed that Vindman was only required to abide by the dress code of the NSC, where he wore civilian attire. The left praised Vindman as a hero.
Duckworth said in a statement:
When I showed up at basic training, it didn't matter who I was, all that mattered was that I could shoot straight and whether I was capable of leading when it was my turn to be the platoon leader-that's how it's supposed to be.
Our military is supposed to be the ultimate meritocracy. It is simply unprecedented and wrong for any Commander in Chief to meddle in routine military matters at all, whether or not he has a personal vendetta against a Soldier who did his patriotic duty and told the truth-a Soldier who has been recommended for promotion by his superiors because of his performance. I won't just sit by and let it happen, and neither should any of my colleagues. This goes far beyond any single military officer, it is about protecting a merit-based system from political corruption and unlawful retaliation.
The hold on promotions includes everyone above the rank of colonel, except for the Pentagon's chief operating officer nominee.
The statement by Duckworth's office said the senator would lift her hold on the nominations if and when Esper provides written confirmation of:
- Whether the Army Competitive Category promotion board for Lieutenant Colonel (O5) to Colonel (O6) included Lt. Col. Vindman among its selection for promotion to O6,
- If so, whether the Army included Lt. Col. Vindman on its list of promotions to O6 that it sent to the Pentagon, and
- If so, whether Secretary Esper or his designee will (or has) submitted a list of Army promotions to O6 to the White House for approval that includes (or included) Lt. Col. Vindman.
Duckworth's office said her decision was based in part on Trump's threats to use active-duty forces to quell "peaceful civilian protests," using Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley in a "photo op," and deploying military helicopters to "intimidate American civilians."
The statement also accused Trump of insisting on "honoring traitors" who raised arms against the union to "maintain their ability to enslave and kill Black Americans" - a reference to Trump opposing renaming military bases named after Confederate military leaders.
Her statement came on the same day the Atlantic reported that 2020 Democrat nominee Joe Biden is vetting Duckworth as a potential running mate.
Duckworth's move puts Esper in an awkward situation. Esper is already on thin ice with Trump, after he publicly opposed the deployment of active duty forces in response to violent protests that at the time were engulfing cities across the nation in response to the death of George Floyd.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/02/duckworth-to-block-promotions-for-1123-military-officers-unless-Esper-promotes-vindman/
#9815843 at 2020-07-01 20:23:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12563: And You're Buying Which Stairway? Edition
Trump Threatens to Veto Defense Bill Over Renaming of Bases
Donald Trump threatened to veto the annual defense authorization bill if bases named in honor of Confederates are renamed. While Pentagon brass have indicated they are open to the idea of renaming bases that honor Confederate soldiers and politicians, Trump has steadfastly resisted the idea.
Last month, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said that Trump won't sign any bill that renames bases named for Confederates. "It's a non-starter," she said.
But even many Republicans are onboard the name change train.
Politico:
Nonetheless, the Republican-led Senate Armed Services Committee approved an amendment to its version of the National Defense Authorization Act proposed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) that would force the Pentagon to remove names, monuments and paraphernalia honoring the Confederacy from military bases over the next three years.
Senior military leaders including Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy also expressed openness to renaming the 10 Army bases and facilities named after Confederate leaders, but encountered opposition from the president, who tweeted that his administration "will not even consider the renaming of these Magnificent and Fabled Military Installations."
Trump has consistently stood with southern traditionalists on the issues of statues and bases. Of course, this has made it easy for liberals to accuse him of being a racist. But Trump has exercised his considerable power as president to preserve the history at stake.
Trump's veto threat, if realized, would represent his latest display of presidential power aimed at protecting tributes to the Confederacy and other memorials complicated by the country's racist past. He issued an executive order last Friday directing the Justice Department to prioritize the prosecution of protesters who damage federal monuments and to limit federal funding for local governments perceived to not be adequately protecting them.
The mania to change history and go after those who stand up to their skewed version of the past will continue until enough people stand in their way and prevent them from succeeding. But the $740 billion defense bill is not the vehicle for either side's argument in this fight. Why can't Warren offer her own bill to rename the bases rather than attach it to vital legislation?
Politically, she knows that it might not pass the Senate. But does she really have to hold a gun to the head of some Republicans by forcing them to accept the base renaming amendment in a defense authorization package? Try for an up or down vote on the base renaming issue by itself.
Either way, it's going to happen. Trump's veto will be overridden by terrified Republicans who don't want to be seen as "racists" for standing against the mob in an election year. And that's a shame - shame for history and America.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2020/07/01/trump-threatens-to-veto-defense-bill-over-renaming-of-bases-n595054
#9772089 at 2020-06-28 02:10:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12507: Slow Saturday Night Edition
Pentagon reveals plans for Trump's Mt. Rushmore July 4th celebration, and more nationwide
U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has approved a request from the Department of the Interior for military support during Independence Day celebrations for the 244th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America.
Military assets will be used for a variety of Independence Day events on July 4th. A Department of Defense spokesman confirmed the military support in an emailed statement.
"The DOD will provide aerial, musical and ceremonial support to this year's celebration in Washington, D.C." U.S. Army Ltc. Chris Mitchell said. "This year's support will also include a flyover of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, as well an aerial salute to several cities that played roles in the American Revolution."
The DOD confirmation of a flyover at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, comes after President Donald Trump announced in January that the U.S. would resume the practice of displaying fireworks at the monument to the U.S. presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. The last fireworks show at the monument was in 2009 before they were banned out of concern for high fire risks.
In May, Trump announced he would attend the July 4th, Mount Rushmore fireworks display.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/06/pentagon-reveals-plans-for-trumps-mt-rushmore-july-4th-celebration-and-more-nationwide/
#9749175 at 2020-06-26 02:27:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12479: The Q Is A Stargate Edition
https://www.theepochtimes.com/Esper-authorizes-deployment-of-4000-personnel-to-us-mexico-border_3402523.html
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has approved a one-year extension of Pentagon assistance to the Department of Homeland Security, authorizing the deployment of 4,000 U.S. military personnel at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The authorization comes after the Department of Homeland Security requested support in its mission to protect the border. The deployment will start in October and continue until the end of September 2021, with most of the force coming from the National Guard.
The National Guard personnel will operate under a Title 10 status, which authorizes them to carry out federal active-duty military service.
"The duties to be performed by military personnel include the same categories of support as those currently being carried out along the border, including detection and monitoring, logistics, and transportation support to U.S. Customs and Border Protection," Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Chris Mitchell said in a statement.
"Military personnel will not directly participate in civilian law enforcement activities," he added. "DoD and DHS constantly review the situation along the border, adjusting requirements as necessary to maintain the safety and security of the American people."
The current authorized troop level at the southern border is at about 5,000, with 2,600 active duty and 2,400 National Guard, reports Washington Examiner, which means that the new deployment is a decrease in personnel supporting the DHS.
More than 5,000 troops began deploying to the U.S. Mexico border around October 2018 in Texas, Arizona, and California in efforts to "harden the U.S. border with Mexico," the Pentagon announced at the time. The announcement came ahead of an anticipated arrival of a caravan of migrants moving northward from Central America. At the time, troops laid down barbed-wire fencing along the border in an effort to stem the swell of people trying to enter the United States.
#9746652 at 2020-06-25 21:43:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12476: Take The Oath WWG1WGA Edition
Army Won't Ban Confederate Flag Displays Without Pentagon Approval
U.S. Army leaders on Thursday announced an effort to reduce racial bias and foster inclusion in the ranks but will not ban the display of the Confederate flag without Pentagon approval.
Sweeping civil unrest across the country in protest of racial injustice has prompted branches of the U.S. military to take steps to root out discrimination and eliminate symbols of racism.
The Marine Corps and Navy have moved to ban the Confederate flag from their installations, but the Army has not taken similar action.
The service has made recommendations on the issue to Defense Secretary Mark Esper and is awaiting his decision, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told defense reporters at the Pentagon on Thursday.
"The secretary of defense wants to make a uniform decision for the policy for the [Defense] Department," McCarthy said.
The Army on Thursday unveiled Project Inclusion, an effort that will focus on taking meaningful steps to eliminate unconscious bias that exists at the institutional level.
In one such change, the service will do away with official photos as a requirement in the promotion board process for officers beginning in August. The Army will also evaluate a similar move for warrant officers and sergeants.
Following weeks of demonstrations to protest racial injustice and police brutality, Army leaders decided to take "a hard look at ourselves and make sure we are doing all that we can to have a holistic effort to listen to our soldiers, our civilians and our families to enact initiatives that promote diversity, equity and inclusion," McCarthy said.
But looming over the Pentagon are decisions on whether to ban the Confederate flag and to rename installations such as Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and Fort Benning, Georgia, that bear the names of members of the Confederacy.
McCarthy said in early June that he was open to consider renaming these installations, but President Donald Trump tweeted that his administration would not consider "renaming of these Magnificent and Fabled Military Installations."
"The commander in chief put out specific guidance related to bases," McCarthy said. "In the Department of Defense, Secretary Esper wants us to look at all of these challenges that are potentially in front of us and have deliberate conversations so we can make the best recommendations possible."
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/06/25/army-wont-ban-confederate-flag-displays-without-pentagon-approval.html
#9740953 at 2020-06-25 10:12:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12468: The 'Class Action Lawsuits Coming' Edition
https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2020/06/s-korea-us-Mark-70th-anniversary-of-korean-war/
South Korea and the United States on Thursday reaffirmed their commitment to defending "the hard-fought peace" on the divided peninsula as the allies Marked the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War.
Communist North Korea invaded the US-backed South on June 25, 1950, triggering a three-year war that killed millions.
The fighting ended with an armistice that was never replaced by a peace treaty, leaving the peninsula divided by the Demilitarized Zone and the two Koreas still technically at war.
"On this day in 1950, the US-ROK military alliance was born of necessity and forged in blood," US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper and his South Korean counterpart Jeong Kyeong-doo said in a joint statement.
The anniversary comes as inter-Korean ties remain in a deep freeze following a rapid rapprochement in 2018 that brought three summits between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the South's President Moon Jae-in.
Kim on Wednesday suspended plans for military moves aimed at the South, after the North raised tensions last week by demolishing a liaison office on its side of the border that symbolised inter-Korean cooperation.
#9734851 at 2020-06-24 21:58:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12461: Flynn Is Their Biggest Danger Edition
Navy Ship Names Could Fall Under Pentagon's New Diversity Review
The names of U.S. warships could face new scrutiny in coming months as the Pentagon moves forward with a military-wide effort to target racial bias and prejudice in the ranks.
A Defense Department-wide review to improve inclusion and diversity will likely not only look at military installation names, but those of Navy vessels too.
"While I cannot speak for these three groups of leaders who will provide recommendations to the [defense secretary], I would personally expect that at least one of these groups will make specific recommendations regarding the naming of bases and ships," Christopher Garver, a Pentagon spokesman, told Navy Times.
Lisa Lawrence, a Defense Department spokeswoman, said Wednesday that Defense Secretary Mark Esper is moving forward quickly, but deliberately, in setting up the groups that will examine military issues related to diversity.
Like Army installations named for Confederate leaders, the names of at least two Navy ships have been called into question in recent weeks as the country grapples with ongoing protests for an end to racism and police brutality.
Retired Lt. Cmdr. Reuben Keith Green recently laid out his case for renaming the aircraft carrier John C. Stennis in this month's U.S. Naval Institute's Proceedings magazine. Green acknowledged in his piece that the conversation over the carrier's name would be an uncomfortable one, and asked readers to conduct research on the longtime senator before dismissing his argument.
"Stennis's record championing white supremacy is long," Green wrote. "… Most sailors and Navy leaders have little idea of his background, but the Navy, as an institution, has a moral obligation to know. And, it should act."
Stennis opposed Black equality, spending his entire career as a Mississippi prosecutor, judge and state senator "attempting to ensure it did not happen," Green wrote.
The nationwide debate has also resurrected questions over why the Navy has a guided-missile cruiser named for the Battle of Chancellorsville, which the Confederacy won. When Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday announced on social media earlier this month that he directed his staff to craft an order that would ban the Confederate battle flag from all public spaces and work areas aboard Navy bases, ships, aircraft and submarines, one former sailor said renaming the Chancellorsville should be next.
"I never loved the fact that I was serving on a ship named after a Confederate-won battle," the sailor wrote. "What a strange message. Her crew has always deserved better."
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/06/24/navy-ship-names-could-fall-under-pentagons-new-diversity-review.html
Pentagon (cough pentagram) sides with cancel culture
#9707943 at 2020-06-22 17:44:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12426: (You) Have Mail Edition
=Congress Seeks to Expand Israel-US Defence Cooperation to Include Technology Sharing
Israel is already the US's closest ally in the Middle East, with Washington committing to provide Tel Aviv with $38 billion in military aid over ten years in 2016. Israel became a major US non-NATO ally in 1987, making it eligible to receive the latest US military hardware as it became available.
Bipartisan groups of lawmakers in both the House and Senate are working on legislation which would further expand US-Israeli defence cooperation to include a 'US-Israel Operations-Technology Working Group'.
A bill on a 'United States-Israel Military Capability Act of 2020', introduced last month by Senate Armed Services Committee members Gary Peters of Michigan (Democrat) and Tom Cotton of Arkansas (Republican), seeks to increase cooperation between Washington and Tel Aviv on R&D and emergent technologies. The main idea behind the bill is that a joint US-Israeli 'technology working group' will be able to more quickly and systematically find gaps in cooperation and advance the production of new advanced weapons.
A House version of the bill was introduced on June 11, and also sponsored by both parties. That bill is now making its way through the House Armed Services Committee, the Foreign Affairs Committee, and the Intelligence Committee.
In March, Peters and Cotton sent a letter to Pentagon Chief Mark Esper urging him to expand cooperation with Israel to include joint research and development to ensure that Tel Aviv continues to maintain a technological edge over any potential foe.
"Israel," the lawmakers said, "represents America's closest and most reliable ally in the Middle East," and "exhibits an innovation agility and sense of urgency that can help catalyze US defence programs. Not only does Israel possess one of the world's most effective militaries, it is also a technology superpower. Indeed, the Israeli defence innovation sector is a global leader in many of the technologies important to our warfighters."
If approved, the US-Israel Operations-Technology Working Group' may be incorporated in the 2021 National Defence Authorization Act, which at the moment is already looking to secure $740.5 billion in funding for fiscal year 2021. At the moment, that bill already includes funding for the Missile Defence Agency's cooperative programs with Israel as part of the 2016 arms aid pact.
Although relations between Israel and the US cooled at the end of President Barack Obama's tenure, they shot to new highs under Donald Trump, who formally recognized Jerusalem as the country's capital, recognized the occupied Syrian Golan Heights as Israeli territory, and voiced support for Tel Aviv's move to annex large swathes of the West Bank. Additionally, Trump pulled the US out of the Iran nuclear deal after heavy lobbying from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
https://sputniknews.com/military/202006221079690315-congress-seeks-to-expand-israel-us-defence-cooperation-to-include-technology-sharing/
WAKE UP PEOPLE
Report: Israel Passes U.S. Military Technology to China
https://www.military.com/defensetech/2013/12/24/report-israel-passes-u-s-military-technology-to-china
Why the U.S. Can't Get Israel to Break Up With China
For most Israelis, the deals are enticing and the threat seems remote.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/16/us-israel-china-deals/
#9687622 at 2020-06-20 23:38:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12400: Tulsa MAGA Rally Edition
Chinese J-10 fighter jet advances on Taiwan as tensions rise
A Chinese fighter jet approached Taiwan for the fourth consecutive day on Friday, Taiwanese defense officials said, a sign of rising cross-strait tensions as the island deepens its relationship with the U.S.
A People's Liberation Army Air Force Chengdu J-10 fighter jet entered Taiwan's southwest air defense identification zone during the noon hour, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense said.
The aircraft left after receiving radio warnings from Taiwanese patrol planes.
This Marks the sixth such incident this month. Apart from the four-day streak starting Tuesday, Chinese military aircraft was spotted in the area on June 9 and June 12. The incidents involved either a fighter jet or a transport plane. On June 9, Taiwan authorized a C-40A military cargo plane deployed by the U.S. to fly over local airspace. Zhu Fenglian, spokEsperson for China's Taiwan Affairs Office, denounced the flight on June 11, warning the Taiwanese government not to misjudge the mainland's resolve to safeguard national sovereignty.
"We deplore and firmly oppose the act," Zhu said.
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has made clear her stance against China's ambition to unify the island with the mainland. Her administration has been looking to strengthen its ties to the U.S., which the island relies on for defense. With Washington ratcheting up frictions with Beijing, the U.S. has extended support to Taiwan. U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper indicated in a tweet Monday that he will continue to be involved in Taiwanese regional security.
"We remain committed to a democratic Taiwan," wrote Esper.
The U.S. overflight on June 9 was proof of a high-level trust relationship between the U.S. and Taiwan, said Alexander Huang, an associate professor of strategic studies at Taiwan's Tamkang University. But with the threat tensions escalating between the U.S. and China, Taiwan will need to be on the alert for an unintended military clash, Huang added.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Chinese-J-10-fighter-jet-advances-on-Taiwan-as-tensions-rise
#9615294 at 2020-06-14 23:50:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12306: Happy Birthday Q+ Edition
>>9615255
Oh, I have no idea. Here it is.
West Point grads' letter to class of 2020 calls out one of its most powerful alumni: Esper
On the eve of their graduation from the United States Military Academy, a group of hundreds of West Point graduates published a letter Thursday rebuking the politicization of the military.
The letter comes two days before President Trump is scheduled to give an address during a commencement and commissioning ceremony on campus, for which 1,000 cadets have been recalled from sheltering-in-place at home during the coronavirus pandemic.
"By accepting your commission, you incur a moral purpose and obligation to provide for the common defense. In doing so you enable the nation to fulfill the full range of its aspirations," the concerned alumni wrote in the letter, published by Medium. "Today, our Constitutional aspirations remain unfulfilled."
Inspired by what prosecutors say is the murder of a black man, George Floyd, at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer on May 25, and its aftermath, the alumni implored the class of 2020 to show better leadership than the example they have been given.
"We are concerned that fellow graduates serving in senior-level, public positions are failing to uphold their oath of office and their commitment to Duty, Honor, Country," the letter reads, a direct criticism of Defense Secretary Mark Esper, class of 1986. "Their actions threaten the credibility of an apolitical military. We ask you to join us in working to right the wrongs and to hold each other accountable to the ideals instilled by our alma mater and affirmed by each of us at graduation."
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/06/11/west-point-grads-letter-to-class-of-2020-calls-out-one-of-its-most-powerful-alumni-secdef/
#9580881 at 2020-06-12 01:25:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12262: Information Abounds Edition
Barr: Russia may be 'manipulating' the International Criminal Court
The United States authorized sanctions against the leaders of the International Criminal Court, accusing the group of improper politicized targeting of Israel and of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and claiming it is corrupt and manipulated by U.S. foes. President Trump signed an executive order dated Thursday proclaiming that "any attempt by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any United States personnel without the consent of the United States ... constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States." Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and national security adviser Robert O'Brien held a press conference Thursday to announce that the U.S. rejected the "kangaroo court" and denied the legitimacy of its "politically motivated" investigations into the U.S. and Israel. They claimed the ICC was undermining U.S. foreign policy through malign influence by U.S. adversaries, placing the focus on Russia. Although much of recent foreign policy focus in recent months has been on the Chinese Communist Party, a persistent source of concern for the U.S. government has been Russia. The U.S. intelligence community concluded the Kremlin attempted to undermine U.S. elections in 2016 and 2018, and the Trump administration's National Counterintelligence Strategy warned that "Russia remains a significant intelligence threat to United States interests."
The U.S. officials pointed out Thursday that the U.S. is not a signatory of the Rome Statute', the international treaty adopted in 1998 creating The Hague-based ICC. Earlier this year, the ICC opened an investigation into "alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Afghanistan" and another into "alleged crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem." "The ICC's recent decision to authorize an investigation into the conduct of U.S. personnel who were fighting to defeat terrorists in Afghanistan and bring peace and prosperity to the Afghan people validates our longstanding concerns about the ICC," Barr said. "This institution has become, in practice, little more than a political tool employed by unaccountable international elites. These people wield this tool to manipulate and undercut the foreign policies of a democratically accountable sovereign nation."'
Barr said that "we are concerned that foreign powers, like Russia, are also manipulating the ICC in pursuit of their own agenda." Barr did not elaborate on the role of Russia, which withdrew from the ICC in 2016. Russia has long sought to undermine NATO, the broad American and European alliance founded during the Cold War, which emerged as a bulwark against the Soviet Union and has increasingly expanded toward Russia's border. And the international coalition in Afghanistan dubbed "Operation Resolute Support" is NATO-led. The attorney general said the U.S. "has reason to doubt the honesty of the ICC" and that the Justice Department "has received substantial, credible information that raises serious concerns about a long history of financial corruption and malfeasance at the highest levels of the office of the prosecutor," which "calls into question the integrity of the ICC's investigations." Barr said the Justice Department "is investigating - and we are committed to uncovering and, if possible, holding people accountable." Barr said the U.S. sanctions "will ensure that those who assist the ICC's politically motivated investigation of American service members and intelligence officers without the United States's consent will suffer serious consequences."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/barr-russia-may-be-manipulating-the-international-criminal-court
https://www.c-span.org/video/?472979-1/us-sanction-international-criminal-court-officials-war-crimes-investigations
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-blocking-property-certain-persons-associated-international-criminal-court/
#9579409 at 2020-06-11 23:23:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12260: Greg Gutfeld:
>>9579402
In early 2025, a cadre of these disaffected Zoomers launch a protest movement. Beginning in "parks, rallies, protests, and coffee shops" - first in Seattle; then New York City; Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles; Las Vegas; and Austin - a group known as Zbellion begins a "global cyber campaign to expose injustice and corruption and to support causes it deem[s] beneficial."
During face-to-face recruitment, would-be members of Zbellion are given instructions for going to sites on the dark web that allow them to access sophisticated malware to siphon funds from corporations, financial institutions, and nonprofits that support "the establishment." The gains are then converted to Bitcoin and distributed to "worthy recipients" including fellow Zbellion members who claim financial need. Zbellion leadership, says the scenario, assures its members that their Robin Hood-esque wealth redistribution is not only untraceable by law enforcement but "ultimately justifiable," as targets are selected based on "secure polling" of "network delegates." Although its origins are American, by the latter 2020s, Zbellion activities are also occurring across Europe and cities throughout Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, including Nairobi, Kenya; Hanoi, Vietnam; and Amman, Jordan.
In the world of JLASS 2018, Gen Z's most militant members have essentially taken to privately taxing large corporations and other institutions to combat income inequality or, as the war gamers put it, using the "cyber world to spread a call for anarchy."
The JLASS war game emerges in the context of the Pentagon playing a controversial and visible role in the unfolding domestic protests against racism and police brutality in the U.S. National Guard units have been deployed in various locations already, and some active-duty military forces were sent by the Trump administration to the Washington D.C. area.
"I think the sooner that you mass and dominate the battlespace, the quicker this dissipates and we can get back to the right normal," said Secretary of Defense Mark Esper earlier this week during a teleconference call that also saw President Donald Trump deride U.S. governors for their "weak" response to protests over the killing of George Floyd. Trump even declared that he had put Gen. Mark Milley, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, "in charge." Later that day, after security forces drove protesters and clergy from Washington, D.C.'s Lafayette Square with tear gas, Milley, dressed in combat fatigues, followed Trump, Attorney General William Barr, Esper, and others to a roundly condemned photo op in front of St. John's Episcopal Church.
This came amid the backdrop of threats being issued to employ active-duty military to forcefully suppress protests, and the deployment of rapid-reaction units from the 82nd Airborne Division to bases just outside Washington, D.C. With retired admirals and generals, among others, excoriating Trump - and to a lesser extent Esper and Milley - for breeches of long-standing norms in civilian-military relations, it's worth considering how the Pentagon's war gamers chose to focus the military's attention on a generation now demonstrating peacefully in America's streets.
https://theintercept.com/2020/06/05/pentagon-war-game-gen-z/
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#9577672 at 2020-06-11 20:37:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12258: Board Under Attack, The Hole Runs Deep Edition
https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/2020/06/prelude-to-detroit-unholy-alliance-of.html?fbclid=IwAR3wJrYcEwqNs1PIcJNszzLA0nOu52NyhKosgdoHFShfVBjYvaBsdWRURH4
Prelude To Detroit: The Unholy Alliance Of Bill Barr, Mark Esper & Mike Pompeo Falsely Advise Trump To Block ICC War Crimes Prosecutions Of Afghanistan Trafficking Tiny Humans
#9576528 at 2020-06-11 18:47:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12257: Protect The Dough Edition
Senate panel votes to require Pentagon to rename bases named after Confederates
The Republican-led Senate Armed Services Committee has approved an amendment to the annual defense policy bill that would require the Pentagon to rename bases and other assets that are named after Confederate military leaders, a source confirmed to The Hill.
The amendment, offered by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), was approved by voice vote Wednesday during the committee's closed-door Markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the source familiar with the situation said. The amendment would give the Pentagon three years to remove the Confederate names.
The news, which was first reported by Roll Call, comes after President Trump said he would "not even consider" renaming Army bases that are named after Confederate officers.
During a briefing Wednesday, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany also said Trump would veto the NDAA if the massive policy bill mandated changing the names of the bases.
"These Monumental and very Powerful Bases have become part of a Great American Heritage, and a history of Winning, Victory, and Freedom," Trump tweeted.
"Therefore, my Administration will not even consider the renaming of these Magnificent and Fabled Military Installations," he added.
Just two days before Trump's tweets, an Army spokEsperson said Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Defense Secretary Mark Esper were "open" to renaming the 10 bases that are named after Confederate military officers.
The bases, which are in Southern states, are Fort Lee, Fort Hood, Fort Benning, Fort Gordon, Fort Bragg, Fort Polk, Fort Pickett, Fort A.P. Hill, Fort Rucker and Camp Beauregard.
The Army's Monday position was a reversal from as recently as February, when the service said it had no plans to change the name of any base, including those named after Confederate officers.
The about-face came amid nationwide protests over police brutality and racial injustice sparked by the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died when a white police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes. The officer has since been fired and charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
The inclusion of the amendment to force the Pentagon to change the base names, coupled with McEnany's veto threat, potentially puts the White House on a collision course with Congress over what's generally considered a must-pass bill. Republicans disinclined to confront the president still have opportunities to strip the amendment if they want, such as when the bill hits the Senate floor as soon as next week.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/502218-senate-panel-votes-to-require-pentagon-to-rename-bases-named-after
#9575975 at 2020-06-11 17:57:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12256: "We Were All Played" Now Watch "Us" Play the Game Edition
Chairman of Joint Chiefs issues apology for appearing with President Trump in church photo-op: 'I should not have been there'
Speaking out
Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says he's sorry for taking part in President Donald Trump's photo-op at St. John's Church on June 1.
Trump and members of his administration faced criticism after walking from the White House to St. John's Church to pose for a photo. Controversy erupted when, prior to the president's appearance, law enforcement used crowd-dispersing tactics to clear out protesters.
What are the details?
In a video for the National Defense University's commencement ceremony, Milley said, "As senior leaders, everything you do will be closely watched. And I am not immune. As many of you saw, the result of the photograph of me at Lafayette Square last week. That sparked a national debate about the role of the military in civil society.
"I should not have been there. My presence in that moment and in that environment created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics," he continued.
Amid protests, Trump appeared in front of the church with Milley as well as Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
"As a commissioned, uniformed officer, it was a mistake that I have learned from," Milley admitted. "And I sincerely hope we can all learn from it."
Milley added, "We who wear the cloth of our nation come from the people of our nation. And we must hold dear the principles of an apolitical military that is so deeply rooted in the very essence of our Republic."
According to the New York Times, the senior military member also spoke out against the police-involved death of George Floyd.
"I am outraged by the senseless and brutal killing of George Floyd," he said. "His death amplified the pain, the frustration, and the fear that so many of our fellow Americans live with day in [and] day out. The protests that have ensued not only speak to his killing, but also to the centuries of injustice toward African Americans. We should all be proud that the vast majority of protests have been peaceful."
https://www.theblaze.com/news/chairman-joint-chiefs-apology-photo-op
#9547266 at 2020-06-09 16:32:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12219: Tuesday Morning Melania Edition
US Army Is Now Considering Renaming Federal Bases That Honor Confederate Leaders
United States Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy is reportedly now "open" to changing the names of 10 federal bases named after Confederate leaders of the Civil War.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper is also now amenable to discussing the change, Army spokesman Col. Sunset Belinsky told Politico Monday. As recently as February, military officials told the Army Times that there were "no plans to rename any street or installation, including those named for Confederate generals."
The Army has dismissed the issue in the past, arguing that the bases named after generals like Braxton Bragg and John Bell Hood commemorate the individual heroism of soldiers and not that of the Confederacy
https://dailycaller.com/2020/06/09/us-army-considers-renaming-bases-confederate-generals-george-floyd-protests/
#9545697 at 2020-06-09 13:46:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12217: For the Trillionth Time: Freddy Can't Bake Edition
Army to consider changing names of forts named after Confederate generals
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy signaled their willingness to discuss scrapping Confederate names on forts across the country, Army Col. Sunset Belinsky said Monday evening.
They are open to having a bi-partisan dialogue on the renaming bases, according to Belinsky. The Army has 10 posts named after Confederate generals across the south, including major installations at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Fort Benning in Georgia and Fort Hood in Texas.
McCarthy, a former Army Ranger, indicated his willingness to discuss the change after weeks of protests that have spread across the country following the death of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis who pleaded for his life as a white police officer knelt on his neck.
The Army has resisted calls in the past to change names on the installations named after officers who rebelled and fought against the United States in the Civil War.
But times and attitudes are swiftly evolving as the nation heads into its second week of protests following Floyd's death, calls for police reforms grow and locations across the country announce plans to take down or remove Confederate memorials.
McCarthy himself and the military as a whole became embroiled in controversy surrounding police and National Guard response to protesters last week in Washington, DC. McCarthy oversees National Guard units in Washington because it does not have a governor.
McCarthy acknowledged Sunday that National Guard soldiers were involved in the eviction of mostly peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square prior to President Trump's appearance at a nearby church. Esper and Army Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, accompanied Trump.
No Guardsmen used force on the protesters, McCarthy said. Another incident involving National Guard helicopters buzzing protesters in another part of Washington is under investigation, he said. The Pentagon came close to ordering federal troops to confront protesters, according to McCarthy.
The incident prompted several former high-ranking Pentagon officials to warn that the military was being drawn into a politics, risking a constitutional crisis. Former Defense Secretary James Mattis blasted Trump, saying he sought to divide not unite Americans.
Within days, senior military officials acknowledged racial inequities in the military. Before the Lafayette Square incident, USA Today reported that young black airmen were twice as likely to face punishment their white counterparts.
McCarthy acknowledged the racial division in a letter to soldiers and civilians on June 3.
"Our ability to defend this country from all enemies, foreign and domestic, is founded
upon a sacred trust with the American people," McCarthy said. "Racial division erodes that trust."
Last week, the Marine Corps banned the display of the Confederate Battle Flag.
The Navy operates a guided-missile cruiser, the USS Chancellorsville, named after a battle the Confederates won over the United States.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/army-consider-changing-names-forts-012404219.html
#9538440 at 2020-06-08 23:15:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12208: They Ain't Smart Enough To Run, Bummer Edition
>>9538316
>Dr. Steve Pieczenik on General Mattis.
>Contemplated military coup.
>Fire/Force Mark Esper.
>Fire/Force Gen. Milley.
>Trump walk emphasizing USA = Christian country.
>Anglican Church = Roman Catholic Church Lite
>Repetition Compulsion: Understand that people like Colin Powell are the same people who lied about everything, My Lai, Anthrax, WMD, 9/11.
>Biden has senile dementia.
>We are a Republic, not a democracy. Problems/virus/shutdown dealt with imperfectly, but Trump will re-affirm constitutional rights & increase economy.
>He who excuses himself, will accuse himself.
Notable Dr. Steve Pieczenik on General Mattis.
#9538316 at 2020-06-08 23:04:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12208: They Ain't Smart Enough To Run, Bummer Edition
Dr. Steve Pieczenik on General Mattis.
Contemplated military coup.
Fire/Force Mark Esper.
Fire/Force Gen. Milley.
Trump walk emphasizing USA = Christian country.
Anglican Church = Roman Catholic Church Lite
Repetition Compulsion: Understand that people like Colin Powell are the same people who lied about everything, My Lai, Anthrax, WMD, 9/11.
Biden has senile dementia.
We are a Republic, not a democracy. Problems/virus/shutdown dealt with imperfectly, but Trump will re-affirm constitutional rights & increase economy.
He who excuses himself, will accuse himself.
#9536204 at 2020-06-08 20:17:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12205: Treason Is the Reason for our Season Edition
>>9536181
>>9535658
>>9536149
#9522587 at 2020-06-07 21:47:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12187: WW WWG1WGA Sunday Edition
Why did the DC Protest fizzle last night?
Trump/Esper/Barr changed the game on them. No regime change by "protestors" infiltrating crowd or
posting "their own" snipers up high.
Evidence of modern day regime change by way of infiltration of 'peaceful protestors'
Model the ukraine Maiden coup to effect regime change in the United States i.e. overthrow Trump.
Academic paper on analysis of video of the massacre attributes to a FF operation
https://www.academia.edu/8776021/The_Snipers_Massacre_on_the_Maidan_in_ukraine
EsperDOD orders troops disarmed.
Q post
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/06/defense-secretary-Mark-Esper-orders-national-guard-in-d-c-to-disarm-wear-soft-caps-instead-of-helmets/
USSS on camera posting 'good guy' snipers to monitor the crowd. (twitter)
https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1269295500106366978
All NG given with arrest authority by taking oath of US Marshal. (twitter)
https://twitter.com/TheCollectiveQ/status/1269295323891064838
All Air taken out of the 'WH coup"
#9524764 at 2020-06-07 22:55:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12190: Minneapolis City council says Fuck The Police Edition
>>9522587 pb
>>9522833 pb
Pretty much what I pointed out earlier today at…
>>9519007
>>>9506457 (pb) Q post
>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/06/defense-secretary-Mark-Esper-orders-national-guard-in-d-c-to-disarm-wear-soft-caps-instead-of-helmets/
>Do you see what is happening?
>Q
>I believe we can trust Esper when you go back to the Maidan massacre in Ukraine in 2014 and see exactly WHO actually shot into the crowd of protesters. It was snipers that were POSING as riot police.
>Watch Oliver Stone's (yea, I know but trust me on this one) documentary "Ukraine on Fire" for the details. There are videos on youtube that show this, too. The enemy was probably banking on most of the public to NOT know this about the Maidan massacre and Esper, etc took that ploy away from them by ordering soft hats and no firearms.
>By having the NG wear soft hats instead of helmets and not being armed no body could POSE as NG'smen by hiding their face behind a helmet and shoot into the crowd to spark a major chaotic scene with potential loss of lives that would then exponentially escalate the whole situation and make POTUS LOOK LIKE the dictator they would love for many to believe him to be.
#9522587 at 2020-06-07 19:47:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12187: WW WWG1WGA Sunday Edition
Why did the DC Protest fizzle last night?
Trump/Esper/Barr changed the game on them. No regime change by "protestors" infiltrating crowd or
posting "their own" snipers up high.
Evidence of modern day regime change by way of infiltration of 'peaceful protestors'
Model the Ukraine Maiden coup to effect regime change in the United States i.e. overthrow Trump.
Academic paper on analysis of video of the massacre attributes to a FF operation
https://www.academia.edu/8776021/The_Snipers_Massacre_on_the_Maidan_in_Ukraine
EsperDOD orders troops disarmed.
Q post
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/06/defense-secretary-Mark-Esper-orders-national-guard-in-d-c-to-disarm-wear-soft-caps-instead-of-helmets/
USSS on camera posting 'good guy' snipers to monitor the crowd. (twitter)
https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1269295500106366978
All NG given with arrest authority by taking oath of US Marshal. (twitter)
https://twitter.com/TheCollectiveQ/status/1269295323891064838
All Air taken out of the 'WH coup"
#9521147 at 2020-06-07 17:22:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12185: Q Drops Bricks for Anon Wall O' Faith in the Plan Edition
https://nypost.com/2020/06/07/barr-active-duty-troops-were-only-to-be-deployed-as-last-resort/
Attorney General William Barr said there was wide agreement inside the Trump administration that active-duty troops should only be used in American cities to control national protests as a "last resort."
"The decision was made to have at the ready and on hand in the vicinity some regular troops. But everyone agreed that the use of regular troops was a last resort and that as long as matters can be controlled with other resources, they should be," Barr told CBS News' "Face the Nation" in an interview that aired Sunday.
He said he agreed with Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley that the federal government had "adequate resources" available to handle the protesters but wanted the US troops nearby in case they were needed.
He also denied a CBS News report that President Trump last Monday called for the deployment of 10,000 active-duty troops to quell the protests that began after George Floyd died in Minneapolis police custody on May 25.
"The president never asked or suggested that we needed to deploy regular troops at that point. It's been done from time to time in our history. We try to avoid it. And I'm happy that we were able to avoid it on this occasion," Barr said.
He did confirm that "some" 82nd Airborne military police were brought to the area, but not into Washington, DC.
#9519007 at 2020-06-07 14:09:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12183: Getting Back On Track Edition
>>9506457 (pb) Q post
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/06/defense-secretary-Mark-Esper-orders-national-guard-in-d-c-to-disarm-wear-soft-caps-instead-of-helmets/
Do you see what is happening?
Q
I believe we can trust Esper when you go back to the Maidan massacre in Ukraine in 2014 and see exactly WHO actually shot into the crowd of protesters. It was snipers that were POSING as riot police.
Watch Oliver Stone's (yea, I know but trust me on this one) documentary "Ukraine on Fire" for the details. There are videos on youtube that show this, too. The enemy was probably banking on most of the public to NOT know this about the Maidan massacre and Esper, etc took that ploy away from them by ordering soft hats and no firearms.
By having the NG wear soft hats instead of helmets and not being armed no body could POSE as NG'smen by hiding their face behind a helmet and shoot into the crowd to spark a major chaotic scene with potential loss of lives that would then exponentially escalate the whole situation and make POTUS LOOK LIKE the dictator they would love for many to believe him to be.
#9511921 at 2020-06-07 01:21:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12174: Watch Nunes Edition
#12170
>>9508964, >>9509031 planefaggin
>>9509023 Buffalo Officials Duped By Professional Antifa Provocateur - Arrest and Charge Two Police Officers - Righteous Police Team Stand Together and Walk Out
>>9509055 New DJT - LAW & ORDER
>>9509218, >>9509252 The Mail-in voting argument is over
>>9509148 DA declines to prosecute man arrested in St. Patrick's Cathedral vandalism-nypost
>>9509181, >>9509318 Q #4432 and 22 -Defense Secretary Mark Esper Orders National Guard in D.C. to Disarm, Wear Soft Caps Instead of Helmets-breitbart
>>9508905 front of WH live shot-thehill
>>9508967, >>9509255, >>9509473 Updated Live Streams
>>9509210 Fox News Mocked As 'Attack and Dethrone God' Warning Goes Viral on Twitter-sputnik
>>9509290 anon - CNN says "George Floyd's brother to testify before congress on Wed"
>>9509273 D-Day -the day on which an important operation is to begin or a change to take effect.
>>9509373 twatterer - NYPD sources telling me the savages now have stolen police radios and are causing chaos.
>>9509418, >>9509539 NYC protest organizer threatens to take violence to Diamond District: 'Gasoline ... is awfully cheap'
>>9509427 Rowing coach posed as 16-year-old girl to get boys to expose themselves on camera
>>9509507 EAM chatter
>>9509589 #12170
Previously Collected Notables
>>9508080 #12168, >>9508828 #12169
>>9505802 #12165, >>9506562 #12166, >>9507331 #12167
>>9503507 #12162, >>9504261 #12163, >>9505042 #12164
>>9501218 #12159, >>9501966 #12160, >>9502730 #12161
>>9498827 #12156, >>9499605 #12157, >>9500379 #12158
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#9511106 at 2020-06-07 00:38:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12173: Trolling Is Fun? Edition
Global Announcements
>>9502804 HRC FBI Mail Digs, >>9503200, >>9504111
Klausutis/Scarborough diggz https://pastebin.com/FFB6n1VG
DC Live Streams: >>9502052, >>9502349, >>9502360, >>9502852, >>9502855, >>9502856, >>9503587
DC Surveillance Tools:
>>9502289 Bus tracker for arrivals in Washington DC
>>9502398 D.C. traffic cams
>>9501918 Train tracker for DC area
Notables
are not endorsements
#12172
>>9510461 Have you seen Ilhan Omar's MN Congressional District? (video)
>>9510468 Antifa rioters are the tech economy's college discards
>>9510490 Propagandist flyers being shoved through doors in Nantucket Mass tonight, source unknown & in Colorado too >>9510569
>>9510503 Floyd's brother to testify in front of House Judiciary Committee hearing on police brutality
>>9510717 Reminder: probable arsenal for Antifa was found in an LA mansion, last year
>>9510798 Second suspect arrested in murder of sleeping teenager
>>9510817 Florida pedo arrested
>>9510601, >>9510584, >>9510426 Floyd Poster on Obama Foundation twatter May 17th - Floyd died May 25th; Anons offer explanation >>9510439, >>9510805, >>9511045, >>9511047
>>9511070 #12172
#12171
>>9509664 Bernie Sanders' Adviser: D-Day Largest Antifa Operation in History
>>9509720, >>9510012 Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's D-Day Message-y/t
>>9509766 Army intelligence soldier, 38, who was found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in his garage-dailymail.co.uk
>>9509824, >>9509837 What happened to N95 masks California bought for COVID-19 outbreak?-kcra.com June 5
>>9509776 Seal connection in Q's link?
>>9509942 BLM protesters graffiti Abraham Lincoln statue in London
>>9509957 Then and Now: Police Unions
>>9509969 Rally against racism, in support of Black Lives Matter held in Tokyo
>>9510022, >>9510072 LA Mayor Garcetti Calls His Cops 'Killers.' The 'Killers' Just Sent a Reply to the 'Unstable' Mayor
>>9510044 Oregon Governor Praises Protesters While Taking Churches To Court Over Covid Orders
>>9510065 DOD says "Secretary of Defense Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Milley have not "refused" to testify before the HASC as some are reporting."
>>9510086 China would lose 95% of ballistic, cruise capability if it signed US nuclear pact, research shows
>>9510162 Spreadsheet Updated
>>9510203 Twitter Yawns as Celebrities Promote Hate, Violence and yet censors POTUS for "glorifying violence"
>>9510213 WINNING: POTUS still has higher approval rating NOW than Hussein had by this time in his presidency
>>9510247, >>9510343 Police in California respond to 'multiple critical incidents' in Santa Cruz County, suspect in custody
>>9510355 Watch as Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is Booed Out of BLM Protest to Chants of 'Go Home, Jacob, Go Home!'
>>9510376 #12171
#12170
>>9508964, >>9509031 planefaggin
>>9509023 Buffalo Officials Duped By Professional Antifa Provocateur - Arrest and Charge Two Police Officers - Righteous Police Team Stand Together and Walk Out
>>9509055 New DJT - LAW & ORDER
>>9509218, >>9509252 The Mail-in voting argument is over
>>9509148 DA declines to prosecute man arrested in St. Patrick's Cathedral vandalism-nypost
>>9509181, >>9509318 Q #4432 and 22 -Defense Secretary Mark Esper Orders National Guard in D.C. to Disarm, Wear Soft Caps Instead of Helmets-breitbart
>>9508905 front of WH live shot-thehill
>>9508967, >>9509255, >>9509473 Updated Live Streams
>>9509210 Fox News Mocked As 'Attack and Dethrone God' Warning Goes Viral on Twitter-sputnik
>>9509290 anon - CNN says "George Floyd's brother to testify before congress on Wed"
>>9509273 D-Day -the day on which an important operation is to begin or a change to take effect.
>>9509373 twatterer - NYPD sources telling me the savages now have stolen police radios and are causing chaos.
>>9509418, >>9509539 NYC protest organizer threatens to take violence to Diamond District: 'Gasoline ... is awfully cheap'
>>9509427 Rowing coach posed as 16-year-old girl to get boys to expose themselves on camera
>>9509507 EAM chatter
>>9509589 #12170
Previously Collected Notables
>>9508080 #12168, >>9508828 #12169
>>9505802 #12165, >>9506562 #12166, >>9507331 #12167
>>9503507 #12162, >>9504261 #12163, >>9505042 #12164
>>9501218 #12159, >>9501966 #12160, >>9502730 #12161
>>9498827 #12156, >>9499605 #12157, >>9500379 #12158
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#9510398 at 2020-06-06 23:59:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12172: [D] Day Edition
Global Announcements
>>9502804 HRC FBI Mail Digs, >>9503200, >>9504111
Klausutis/Scarborough diggz https://pastebin.com/FFB6n1VG
DC Live Streams: >>9502052, >>9502349, >>9502360, >>9502852, >>9502855, >>9502856, >>9503587
DC Surveillance Tools:
>>9502289 Bus tracker for arrivals in Washington DC
>>9502398 D.C. traffic cams
>>9501918 Train tracker for DC area
Notables
are not endorsements
#12171
>>9509664 Bernie Sanders' Adviser: D-Day Largest Antifa Operation in History
>>9509720, >>9510012 Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's D-Day Message-y/t
>>9509766 Army intelligence soldier, 38, who was found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in his garage-dailymail.co.uk
>>9509824, >>9509837 What happened to N95 masks California bought for COVID-19 outbreak?-kcra.com June 5
>>9509776 Seal connection in Q's link?
>>9509942 BLM protesters graffiti Abraham Lincoln statue in London
>>9509957 Then and Now: Police Unions
>>9509969 Rally against racism, in support of Black Lives Matter held in Tokyo
>>9510022, >>9510072 LA Mayor Garcetti Calls His Cops 'Killers.' The 'Killers' Just Sent a Reply to the 'Unstable' Mayor
>>9510044 Oregon Governor Praises Protesters While Taking Churches To Court Over Covid Orders
>>9510065 DOD says "Secretary of Defense Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Milley have not "refused" to testify before the HASC as some are reporting."
>>9510086 China would lose 95% of ballistic, cruise capability if it signed US nuclear pact, research shows
>>9510162 Spreadsheet Updated
>>9510203 Twitter Yawns as Celebrities Promote Hate, Violence and yet censors POTUS for "glorifying violence"
>>9510213 WINNING: POTUS still has higher approval rating NOW than Hussein had by this time in his presidency
>>9510247, >>9510343 Police in California respond to 'multiple critical incidents' in Santa Cruz County, suspect in custody
>>9510355 Watch as Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is Booed Out of BLM Protest to Chants of 'Go Home, Jacob, Go Home!'
>>9510376 #12171
#12170
>>9508964, >>9509031 planefaggin
>>9509023 Buffalo Officials Duped By Professional Antifa Provocateur - Arrest and Charge Two Police Officers - Righteous Police Team Stand Together and Walk Out
>>9509055 New DJT - LAW & ORDER
>>9509218, >>9509252 The Mail-in voting argument is over
>>9509148 DA declines to prosecute man arrested in St. Patrick's Cathedral vandalism-nypost
>>9509181, >>9509318 Q #4432 and 22 -Defense Secretary Mark Esper Orders National Guard in D.C. to Disarm, Wear Soft Caps Instead of Helmets-breitbart
>>9508905 front of WH live shot-thehill
>>9508967, >>9509255, >>9509473 Updated Live Streams
>>9509210 Fox News Mocked As 'Attack and Dethrone God' Warning Goes Viral on Twitter-sputnik
>>9509290 anon - CNN says "George Floyd's brother to testify before congress on Wed"
>>9509273 D-Day -the day on which an important operation is to begin or a change to take effect.
>>9509373 twatterer - NYPD sources telling me the savages now have stolen police radios and are causing chaos.
>>9509418, >>9509539 NYC protest organizer threatens to take violence to Diamond District: 'Gasoline ... is awfully cheap'
>>9509427 Rowing coach posed as 16-year-old girl to get boys to expose themselves on camera
>>9509507 EAM chatter
>>9509589 #12170
#12169
>>9508244, >>9508379, >>9508588 planefaggin
>>9508257, >>9508296, >>9508308, >>9508365 EAM chatter
>>9508260, >>9508286, >>9508348, >>9508384, >>9508408, >>9508409, >>9508447, >>9508449 "The first arrest will shock the World" chatter
>>9508289 anon - Q was not highlighting Esper in article, he was highlighting Ops Command - re pb notable >>9507413
>>9508353 Trump shatters personal Twitter record: 200 tweets and retweets within 24 hours
>>9508628 DC Traffic cam app has crashed or is taken offline. need confirms next bread
>>9508582 Transcription of the video to add with cap.
>>9508237, >>9508186, >>9508316, >>9508336 Buffalo "old man" unmasked-soc media
>>9508555, >>9508709 LIVE STREAMS Update
>>9508667 new DJT -Wow! 96% Approval Rating in the Republican Party (and I believe this was before the "GREAT" Jobs Numbers yesterday). Thank you!
>>9508683 Taller White House Fence Planned During [Hussain] Occupation
>>9508828 #12169
Previously Collected Notables
>>9508080 #12168
>>9505802 #12165, >>9506562 #12166, >>9507331 #12167
>>9503507 #12162, >>9504261 #12163, >>9505042 #12164
>>9501218 #12159, >>9501966 #12160, >>9502730 #12161
>>9498827 #12156, >>9499605 #12157, >>9500379 #12158
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#9509714 at 2020-06-06 23:24:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12171: LAW & ORDER The [D] Day, Patriots - Q+ Edition
>Defense Secretary Mark Esper Orders National Guard in D.C. to Disarm, Wear Soft Caps Instead of Helmets
What the fuck? If anything happens to these guys, Esper's a criminal. This, after they defended the country in the purest sense?
#9509638 at 2020-06-06 23:19:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12171: LAW & ORDER The [D] Day, Patriots - Q+ Edition
#12167
>>9506612, >>9507155 New Joe M video: MAGA reels
>>9506636 Anon thinking 5D chess: What if we want the NG unarmed and publicly known so that they are not blamed for something [they] have planned against us?
>>9506664 Google CEO announced company will donate $37 million to various anti-racism organizations
>>9506656, >>9506747 Anon: U.S. Marshalls are under DOJ jurisdiction, not DoD
>>9506727 DIG: That site with China's space capabilities is a treasure trove of other China-related information: Africa, pharmaceuticals, trade, military aspirations, banking...
>>9506742 Eyes on: These reporters seem very concerned about the fence around the White House. [Hannah Natanson & Jake Godin]
>>9506797, >>9506926, >>9506988, >>9507268, >>9507290 PF reports + Wheels Up
>>9506840, >>9506818, >>9506818 Anons re: possibility of WH being taken as a tactical move + the movie Olympus Has Fallen + Q2961: Is there a benefit (think public optics) to allowing your enemy to open the front door?
>>9506915 Old article on Mark Esper
>>9506949 "UCMJ crackdown: Why Mattis thinks commanders have gone soft on misconduct" (from 2018 -let's see if Mattis sets the same standards for himself? Bring back Court Martials!)
>>9507032 Devin Nunes flashes 'as many as 10' criminal referrals to Justice Department
>>9507060 India's investigative agency arrests terror funding conspirator in navy espionage racket
>>9507134 Colorado Democratic governor violated state's gift rules, ethics commission finds – accepted a private jet trip, lavish meals
>>9507153 Kek, Democratic group compares Trump to Castro and Chávez in new ad
>>9507139 New Ben Garrison: Treason - It goes to the very top..
>>9507248 Historic pic of disarmed NG in front of the WH
>>9507331 #12167
Previously Collected Notables
>>9505802 #12165, >>9506562 #12166
>>9503507 #12162, >>9504261 #12163, >>9505042 #12164
>>9501218 #12159, >>9501966 #12160, >>9502730 #12161
>>9498827 #12156, >>9499605 #12157, >>9500379 #12158
>>9496586 #12153, >>9497353 #12154, >>9498125 #12155
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#9509635 at 2020-06-06 23:18:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12171: LAW & ORDER The [D] Day, Patriots - Q+ Edition
Global Announcements
>>9502804 HRC FBI Mail Digs, >>9503200, >>9504111
Klausutis/Scarborough diggz https://pastebin.com/FFB6n1VG
DC Live Streams: >>9502052, >>9502349, >>9502360, >>9502852, >>9502855, >>9502856, >>9503587
DC Surveillance Tools:
>>9502289 Bus tracker for arrivals in Washington DC
>>9502398 D.C. traffic cams
>>9501918 Train tracker for DC area
Notables
are not endorsements
#12170
>>9508964, >>9509031 planefaggin
>>9509023 Buffalo Officials Duped By Professional Antifa Provocateur - Arrest and Charge Two Police Officers - Righteous Police Team Stand Together and Walk Out
>>9509055 New DJT - LAW & ORDER
>>9509218, >>9509252 The Mail-in voting argument is over
>>9509148 DA declines to prosecute man arrested in St. Patrick's Cathedral vandalism-nypost
>>9509181, >>9509318 Q #4432 and 22 -Defense Secretary Mark Esper Orders National Guard in D.C. to Disarm, Wear Soft Caps Instead of Helmets-breitbart
>>9508905 front of WH live shot-thehill
>>9508967, >>9509255, >>9509473 Updated Live Streams
>>9509210 Fox News Mocked As 'Attack and Dethrone God' Warning Goes Viral on Twitter-sputnik
>>9509290 anon - CNN says "George Floyd's brother to testify before congress on Wed"
>>9509273 D-Day -the day on which an important operation is to begin or a change to take effect.
>>9509373 twatterer - NYPD sources telling me the savages now have stolen police radios and are causing chaos.
>>9509418, >>9509539 NYC protest organizer threatens to take violence to Diamond District: 'Gasoline ... is awfully cheap'
>>9509427 Rowing coach posed as 16-year-old girl to get boys to expose themselves on camera
>>9509507 EAM chatter
>>9509589 #12170
#12169
>>9508244, >>9508379, >>9508588 planefaggin
>>9508257, >>9508296, >>9508308, >>9508365 EAM chatter
>>9508260, >>9508286, >>9508348, >>9508384, >>9508408, >>9508409, >>9508447, >>9508449 "The first arrest will shock the World" chatter
>>9508289 anon - Q was not highlighting Esper in article, he was highlighting Ops Command - re pb notable >>9507413
>>9508353 Trump shatters personal Twitter record: 200 tweets and retweets within 24 hours
>>9508628 DC Traffic cam app has crashed or is taken offline. need confirms next bread
>>9508582 Transcription of the video to add with cap.
>>9508237, >>9508186, >>9508316, >>9508336 Buffalo "old man" unmasked-soc media
>>9508555, >>9508709 LIVE STREAMS Update
>>9508667 new DJT -Wow! 96% Approval Rating in the Republican Party (and I believe this was before the "GREAT" Jobs Numbers yesterday). Thank you!
>>9508683 Taller White House Fence Planned During [Hussain] Occupation
>>9508828 #12169
#12168
>>9507695, >>9507736 planefaggin, choppa faggin
>>9507413 Esper on his own. Mutiny or sedition? U.S. Code §?894.Art. 94. Mutiny is the most serious of all maritime and military crimes. (anon opine)
>>9507467, >>9507604, >>9507643 anon on Catherine Herridge's post. "media arrest" - two words exposed underneath the top page. comms? (it does have other words exposed, fyi)
>>9507577 Q post 2629 reminder [D] Day, Patriots - Q+
>>9507422 anon says agent provocateur (vid)
>>9507718 Pompeo banner w Emergency #'s given..
>>9507833, >>9507931 'The Calm Before the Storm' - oan corrspndent w vid
>>9507652 Bail Revoked for Attorneys Charged with Molotov Cocktail Attack on NYPD
>>9507855, >>9508015, >>9507959 WORKING BOMB found at NYC 77th precinct
>>9508080 #12168
#9509589 at 2020-06-06 23:16:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12170: REAL PEOPLE TALK Edition
#12170
>>9508964, >>9509031 planefaggin
>>9509023 Buffalo Officials Duped By Professional Antifa Provocateur - Arrest and Charge Two Police Officers - Righteous Police Team Stand Together and Walk Out
>>9509055 New DJT - LAW & ORDER
>>9509218, >>9509252 The Mail-in voting argument is over
>>9509148 DA declines to prosecute man arrested in St. Patrick's Cathedral vandalism-nypost
>>9509181, >>9509318 Q #4432 and 22 -Defense Secretary Mark Esper Orders National Guard in D.C. to Disarm, Wear Soft Caps Instead of Helmets-breitbart
>>9508905 front of WH live shot-thehill
>>9508967, >>9509255, >>9509473 Updated Live Streams
>>9509210 Fox News Mocked As 'Attack and Dethrone God' Warning Goes Viral on Twitter-sputnik
>>9509290 anon - CNN says "George Floyd's brother to testify before congress on Wed"
>>9509273 D-Day -the day on which an important operation is to begin or a change to take effect.
>>9509373 twatterer - NYPD sources telling me the savages now have stolen police radios and are causing chaos.
>>9509418, >>9509539 NYC protest organizer threatens to take violence to Diamond District: 'Gasoline ... is awfully cheap'
>>9509427 Rowing coach posed as 16-year-old girl to get boys to expose themselves on camera
>>9509507 EAM chatter
thanks d'oh
gonna need ya next bread for eyes on
im sure a baker seen my dough post though
and is ready to baker next bread
self-confirm stats
#9509474 at 2020-06-06 23:11:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12170: REAL PEOPLE TALK Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
#12170
>>9508964, >>9509031 planefaggin
>>9509023 Buffalo Officials Duped By Professional Antifa Provocateur - Arrest and Charge Two Police Officers - Righteous Police Team Stand Together and Walk Out
>>9509055 New DJT - LAW & ORDER
>>9509218, >>9509252 The Mail-in voting argument is over
>>9509148 DA declines to prosecute man arrested in St. Patrick's Cathedral vandalism-nypost
>>9509181, >>9509318 Q #4432 and 22 -Defense Secretary Mark Esper Orders National Guard in D.C. to Disarm, Wear Soft Caps Instead of Helmets-breitbart
>>9508905 front of WH live shot-thehill
>>9508967, >>9509255 Updated Live Streams
>>9509210 Fox News Mocked As 'Attack and Dethrone God' Warning Goes Viral on Twitter-sputnik
>>9509290 anon - CNN says "George Floyd's brother to testify before congress on Wed"
>>9509273 D-Day -the day on which an important operation is to begin or a change to take effect.
>>9509373 twatterer - NYPD sources telling me the savages now have stolen police radios and are causing chaos.
#9509462 at 2020-06-06 23:11:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12170: REAL PEOPLE TALK Edition
#12170
>>9508889 d'oh
notables, not endorsements
>>9508905 front of WH live shot-thehill
>>9508964, >>9509031 pf report(s)
>>9508967 Updated Live Streams
>>9508983, >>9509048 TechCrunch writes how to blur faces of protester photos to hid their identity.
>>9509023 Buffalo Officials Duped By Professional Antifa Provocateur - Arrest and Charge Two Police Officers - Righteous Police Team Stand Together and Walk Out-conservativetreehouse
>>9509047, >>9509273, >>9509337 What does the "D" in D-Day mean?
>>9509055 New POTUS twat
>>9509148 DA declines to prosecute man arrested in St. Patrick's Cathedral vandalism-nypost
>>9509181, >>9509318 Q #4432 and 22 -Defense Secretary Mark Esper Orders National Guard in D.C. to Disarm, Wear Soft Caps Instead of Helmets-breitbart
>>9509210 Fox News Mocked As 'Attack and Dethrone God' Warning Goes Viral on Twitter-sputnik
>>9509323 Andy Ngo Twat
>>9509373 NYPD sources telling me the savages now have stolen police radios and are causing chaos.-soc media
>>9509418 NYC protest organizer threatens to take violence to Diamond District: 'Gasoline … is awfully cheap'-foxnews
>>9509427 Rowing coach posed as 16-year-old girl to get boys to expose themselves on camera-yahoonews
here you ga baker…just kept going.
o7
#9509250 at 2020-06-06 23:01:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12170: REAL PEOPLE TALK Edition
#12170
>>9508889 d'oh
notables, not endorsements
>>9508905 front of WH live shot-thehill
>>9508964, >>9509031 pf report(s)
>>9508967 Updated Live Streams
>>9508983, >>9509048 TechCrunch writes how to blur faces of protester photos to hid their identity.
>>9509023 Buffalo Officials Duped By Professional Antifa Provocateur - Arrest and Charge Two Police Officers - Righteous Police Team Stand Together and Walk Out-conservativetreehouse
>>9509055 New POTUS twat
>>9509148 DA declines to prosecute man arrested in St. Patrick's Cathedral vandalism-nypost
>>9509181 Q #4432 and 22 -Defense Secretary Mark Esper Orders National Guard in D.C. to Disarm, Wear Soft Caps Instead of Helmets-breitbart
>>9509210 Fox News Mocked As 'Attack and Dethrone God' Warning Goes Viral on Twitter-sputnik
chek'em'
this should catch you up baker
#9509181 at 2020-06-06 22:57:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12170: REAL PEOPLE TALK Edition
Q4432
National Guard Headfake
Q22
Who controls the NG?
Governor, DOD and in this instance:
AG BARR/DOJ Deputized FL NG as US Marshalls, likely as part of the MultiAgency FBI Counter Terrorism TaskForce created to take down ANTIFA. Esper and DOD do not command the NG deputized by US Marshals.
I think this is what Q referred to with Bretbart/Esper link. The whole Esper/DOD thing is a headfake to obscure the DOJ federalizing of the National guard!!!
Why was the NG recently activated in select cities within the US?
Can the NG work in coordination w/ the marines?
Do conditions need to be satisfied to authorize?
Q 4432 linked article:
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/06/defense-secretary-Mark-Esper-orders-national-guard-in-d-c-to-disarm-wear-soft-caps-instead-of-helmets/
#9508876 at 2020-06-06 22:43:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12170: REAL PEOPLE TALK Edition
#12167
>>9506612, >>9507155 New Joe M video: MAGA reels
>>9506636 Anon thinking 5D chess: What if we want the NG unarmed and publicly known so that they are not blamed for something [they] have planned against us?
>>9506664 Google CEO announced company will donate $37 million to various anti-racism organizations
>>9506656, >>9506747 Anon: U.S. Marshalls are under DOJ jurisdiction, not DoD
>>9506727 DIG: That site with China's space capabilities is a treasure trove of other China-related information: Africa, pharmaceuticals, trade, military aspirations, banking...
>>9506742 Eyes on: These reporters seem very concerned about the fence around the White House. [Hannah Natanson & Jake Godin]
>>9506797, >>9506926, >>9506988, >>9507268, >>9507290 PF reports + Wheels Up
>>9506840, >>9506818, >>9506818 Anons re: possibility of WH being taken as a tactical move + the movie Olympus Has Fallen + Q2961: Is there a benefit (think public optics) to allowing your enemy to open the front door?
>>9506915 Old article on Mark Esper
>>9506949 "UCMJ crackdown: Why Mattis thinks commanders have gone soft on misconduct" (from 2018 -let's see if Mattis sets the same standards for himself? Bring back Court Martials!)
>>9507032 Devin Nunes flashes 'as many as 10' criminal referrals to Justice Department
>>9507060 India's investigative agency arrests terror funding conspirator in navy espionage racket
>>9507134 Colorado Democratic governor violated state's gift rules, ethics commission finds – accepted a private jet trip, lavish meals
>>9507153 Kek, Democratic group compares Trump to Castro and Chávez in new ad
>>9507139 New Ben Garrison: Treason - It goes to the very top..
>>9507248 Historic pic of disarmed NG in front of the WH
>>9507331 #12167
#12166
>>9505853 No surprise, Radical leftist AOC supports 'Defund the Police' movement
>>9505860 Secret Service 'Special Operations Counter Sniper Team' w/ long duffle bags heading into Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation + Institute building a block north of WH
>>9505905 French forces kill al-Qaida's North African commander
>>9505912, >>9505936 Hayward: Democrats Embrace the 'Four Stages of Ideological Subversion
>>9505958 Live: George Floyd's Memorial Service Takes Place In North Carolina | NBC News
>>9505965 Military units providing crowd and riot control will be following training and method covered in US Army Field Manual FM 3-19.15
>>9506025 Flashback from 2017: Donors of Anti-Trump "Resistance" Group Revealed (GS)
>>9505978 Eyes on: Antifa advertising to pay protestors in Lincoln, NE + Omaha, NE - "we want to cause as much chaos and destruction as possible"
>>9505987 Prayer to combat witchcraft attack + digs on Carlo Maria Viganò
>>9506001 POTUS tweets Nunes interview on OAN re: Rosenstein testimony
>>9506005 Article on Archbishop Viganò's letter to President Trump (from Q's post)
>>9506037 DC traffic cams, Antifa movements, Temporary U.S. Marshalls sworn in and other happenings
>>9506046 Report on China's space capabilities
>>9506095, >>9506246 US Army soldier assigned to the 470th Military Intelligence Brigade + wife and 4 kids MURDERED
>>9506188 Provocateurs are already active in Canada. Big turnouts today.
>>9506252 Defense Secretary Mark Esper Orders National Guard in D.C. to Disarm, Wear Soft Caps Instead of Helmets
>>9506270 Ahmadinejad's Back? Veteran Iranian Politician Reportedly Plans to Run for President Again in 2021
>>9506291 All Seattle protesters now eligible for free drive-up COVID-19 testing
>>9506320 NBC News: The suspect in Wednesday night's stabbing of a NYPD officer in Brooklyn was recorded saying "Allahu Akbar" 3 times during the incident, the NYPD says.
>>9506346 Yellow Jackets being replaced by BLM? Macron Govt Fears Black Lives Matter Protests Could Spread Riots Across France
>>9506352 40/60? They lied about all this. What else have they lied about?
>>9506353 RE: @robbystarbuck tweeting the NYT article lb, What they are doing is emotional, familial, financial and racial BLACKMAIL.
>>9506354 Anon: We need to be monitoring Washington DC Facebook Marketplace for Antifa comms
>>9506385 Fake Police Arrested, Allegedly Filming Video to Frame Real Cops as Racist
>>9506453 Planefag dig on spoopy plane registered to Vitali Lapko
>>9506562 #12166
Previously Collected Notables
>>9505802 #12165
>>9503507 #12162, >>9504261 #12163, >>9505042 #12164
>>9501218 #12159, >>9501966 #12160, >>9502730 #12161
>>9498827 #12156, >>9499605 #12157, >>9500379 #12158
>>9496586 #12153, >>9497353 #12154, >>9498125 #12155
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#9508500 at 2020-06-06 22:24:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12169: CASTLE_ROCK_GODSPEED Edition
Disarmed because they will be escorting the President through the streets tonight?
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/06/defense-secretary-Mark-Esper-orders-national-guard-in-d-c-to-disarm-wear-soft-caps-instead-of-helmets/
#9508361 at 2020-06-06 22:18:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12169: CASTLE_ROCK_GODSPEED Edition
#12168
>>9507416 Only In Texas: Man Arrested For Dispersing Protesters With A Chainsaw
>>9507723 'Can't Stand to See This Punk in Office': Snoop Dogg Says He'll Vote For First Time in 2020
>>9507826 2018 Senate Confirms Mark Esper As Defense Secretary, 90-8
>>9507952 US corporate media act as 'mouthpieces of intelligence services' on foreign policy & national security - ex-WSJ journalist to RT
>>9508012 Obama and Hillary Clinton are out here giving speeches about #BlackLivesMatter thanks to the illegal "humanitarian" intervention that they waged alongside their NATO buddies.
NOT NOTABLES
#9508115 at 2020-06-06 22:05:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12169: CASTLE_ROCK_GODSPEED Edition
#12166
>>9505853 No surprise, Radical leftist AOC supports 'Defund the Police' movement
>>9505860 Secret Service 'Special Operations Counter Sniper Team' w/ long duffle bags heading into Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation + Institute building a block north of WH
>>9505905 French forces kill al-Qaida's North African commander
>>9505912, >>9505936 Hayward: Democrats Embrace the 'Four Stages of Ideological Subversion
>>9505958 Live: George Floyd's Memorial Service Takes Place In North Carolina | NBC News
>>9505965 Military units providing crowd and riot control will be following training and method covered in US Army Field Manual FM 3-19.15
>>9506025 Flashback from 2017: Donors of Anti-Trump "Resistance" Group Revealed (GS)
>>9505978 Eyes on: Antifa advertising to pay protestors in Lincoln, NE + Omaha, NE - "we want to cause as much chaos and destruction as possible"
>>9505987 Prayer to combat witchcraft attack + digs on Carlo Maria Viganò
>>9506001 POTUS tweets Nunes interview on OAN re: Rosenstein testimony
>>9506005 Article on Archbishop Viganò's letter to President Trump (from Q's post)
>>9506037 DC traffic cams, Antifa movements, Temporary U.S. Marshalls sworn in and other happenings
>>9506046 Report on China's space capabilities
>>9506095, >>9506246 US Army soldier assigned to the 470th Military Intelligence Brigade + wife and 4 kids MURDERED
>>9506188 Provocateurs are already active in Canada. Big turnouts today.
>>9506252 Defense Secretary Mark Esper Orders National Guard in D.C. to Disarm, Wear Soft Caps Instead of Helmets
>>9506270 Ahmadinejad's Back? Veteran Iranian Politician Reportedly Plans to Run for President Again in 2021
>>9506291 All Seattle protesters now eligible for free drive-up COVID-19 testing
>>9506320 NBC News: The suspect in Wednesday night's stabbing of a NYPD officer in Brooklyn was recorded saying "Allahu Akbar" 3 times during the incident, the NYPD says.
>>9506346 Yellow Jackets being replaced by BLM? Macron Govt Fears Black Lives Matter Protests Could Spread Riots Across France
>>9506352 40/60? They lied about all this. What else have they lied about?
>>9506353 RE: @robbystarbuck tweeting the NYT article lb, What they are doing is emotional, familial, financial and racial BLACKMAIL.
>>9506354 Anon: We need to be monitoring Washington DC Facebook Marketplace for Antifa comms
>>9506385 Fake Police Arrested, Allegedly Filming Video to Frame Real Cops as Racist
>>9506453 Planefag dig on spoopy plane registered to Vitali Lapko
>>9506562 #12166
#12165
>>9505734 Street Level Liberals waking up?
>>9505720 LA Govt Official kicks BLM off porch
>>9505477 1200 Public Health Experts advocate mass gatherings because "White Supremacy" is bigger threat than COVID-19
>>9505467 Swedish Police Chief: "We stand on the side of the Protestors".
>>9505455 Secret Service Sniper Equipment spotted near White House, >>9505468, >>9505648
>>9505358 Following the Pen of Catherine Herridge leads to UCMJ Articles 2 and 88 re Contempt towards officials, >>9505362
>>9505355 Colombia's Supreme Court opens another criminal investigation against former President Alvaro Uribe
>>9505311 CBS Herridge Tweet decoded >>9505321, >>9505557, >>9505651
>>9505245 Anti-Government Protests in Beirut Explode Into Violence
>>9505165 Planewatch, >>9505181, >>9505485, >>9505717
>>9505156 Netanyahu, Gantz said to form mini-security cabinet to discuss West Bank annexation, Iran nuclear program
>>9505147 The DC stream is now streaming
>>9505123 US Launches First Airstrikes Against Taliban Since Ceasefire Ended
>>9505109 Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu's annexation plans
>>9505108 89 former DOD Officials call out Trump's 'inflammatory' threat
>>9505085 Archive.org under attack again
>>9505083 Literature on Coup d'etat
>>9505802 #12165
Previously Collected Notables
>>9503507 #12162, >>9504261 #12163, >>9505042 #12164
>>9501218 #12159, >>9501966 #12160, >>9502730 #12161
>>9498827 #12156, >>9499605 #12157, >>9500379 #12158
>>9496586 #12153, >>9497353 #12154, >>9498125 #12155
>>9494275 #12150, >>9495034 #12151, >>9495818 #12152
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#9508111 at 2020-06-06 22:05:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12169: CASTLE_ROCK_GODSPEED Edition
Global Announcements
>>9502804 HRC FBI Mail Digs, >>9503200, >>9504111
Klausutis/Scarborough diggz https://pastebin.com/FFB6n1VG
DC Live Streams: >>9502052, >>9502349, >>9502360, >>9502852, >>9502855, >>9502856, >>9503587
DC Surveillance Tools:
>>9502289 Bus tracker for arrivals in Washington DC
>>9502398 D.C. traffic cams
>>9501918 Train tracker for DC area
Notables
are not endorsements
#12168
>>9507695, >>9507736 planefaggin, choppa faggin
>>9507413 Esper on his own. Mutiny or sedition? U.S. Code §?894.Art. 94. Mutiny is the most serious of all maritime and military crimes. (anon opine)
>>9507467, >>9507604, >>9507643 anon on Catherine Herridge's post. "media arrest" - two words exposed underneath the top page. comms? (it does have other words exposed, fyi)
>>9507577 Q post 2629 reminder [D] Day, Patriots - Q+
>>9507422 anon says agent provocateur (vid)
>>9507718 Pompeo banner w Emergency #'s given..
>>9507833, >>9507931 'The Calm Before the Storm' - oan corrspndent w vid
>>9507652 Bail Revoked for Attorneys Charged with Molotov Cocktail Attack on NYPD
>>9507855, >>9508015, >>9507959 WORKING BOMB found at NYC 77th precinct
>>9508080 #12168
#12167
>>9506612, >>9507155 New Joe M video: MAGA reels
>>9506636 Anon thinking 5D chess: What if we want the NG unarmed and publicly known so that they are not blamed for something [they] have planned against us?
>>9506664 Google CEO announced company will donate $37 million to various anti-racism organizations
>>9506656, >>9506747 Anon: U.S. Marshalls are under DOJ jurisdiction, not DoD
>>9506727 DIG: That site with China's space capabilities is a treasure trove of other China-related information: Africa, pharmaceuticals, trade, military aspirations, banking...
>>9506742 Eyes on: These reporters seem very concerned about the fence around the White House. [Hannah Natanson & Jake Godin]
>>9506797, >>9506926, >>9506988, >>9507268, >>9507290 PF reports + Wheels Up
>>9506840, >>9506818, >>9506818 Anons re: possibility of WH being taken as a tactical move + the movie Olympus Has Fallen + Q2961: Is there a benefit (think public optics) to allowing your enemy to open the front door?
>>9506915 Old article on Mark Esper
>>9506949 "UCMJ crackdown: Why Mattis thinks commanders have gone soft on misconduct" (from 2018 -let's see if Mattis sets the same standards for himself? Bring back Court Martials!)
>>9507032 Devin Nunes flashes 'as many as 10' criminal referrals to Justice Department
>>9507060 India's investigative agency arrests terror funding conspirator in navy espionage racket
>>9507134 Colorado Democratic governor violated state's gift rules, ethics commission finds – accepted a private jet trip, lavish meals
>>9507153 Kek, Democratic group compares Trump to Castro and Chávez in new ad
>>9507139 New Ben Garrison: Treason - It goes to the very top..
>>9507248 Historic pic of disarmed NG in front of the WH
>>9507331 #12167
#9507976 at 2020-06-06 21:59:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12168: RIP Jared Esquibel Harless Edition
>>9507497
Trump needs to fire Mark Esper for insubordination immediately.
#9507921 at 2020-06-06 21:57:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12168: RIP Jared Esquibel Harless Edition
>>9507826
>>9507826
>Mark Esper
https://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2010/07/16/raytheon-defense-expert-government-relations-unit.aspx
JULY 2010
Esper previously was executive vice president of the Global Intellectual Property Center at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and vice president of the chamber's Europe and Eurasia Department.
Other positions include senior scholar at the National Institute for Public Policy, an executive vice president at the Aerospace Industries Association and chief of staff at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C.
#9507891 at 2020-06-06 21:56:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12168: RIP Jared Esquibel Harless Edition
>>9507497
>>9506457
>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/06/defense-secretary-Mark-Esper-orders-national-guard-in-d-c-to-disarm-wear-soft-caps-instead-of-helmets/
>Do you see what is happening?
I'm sorry Q, but if I were in the guard and you disarmed me during a war I'd tell you all to go fuck yourselves.
#9507826 at 2020-06-06 21:53:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12168: RIP Jared Esquibel Harless Edition
==The Senate votes 90-8 to confirm Army Secretary Mark Esper as secretary of Defense. He succeeds James Mattis, who stepped down in December 2018.
Senate Confirms Mark Esper As Defense Secretary, 90-8
www.c-span.org/video/?c4809274/senate-confirms-Mark-Esper-defense-secreta...
#9507554 at 2020-06-06 21:40:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12168: RIP Jared Esquibel Harless Edition
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/06/defense-secretary-Mark-Esper-orders-national-guard-in-d-c-to-disarm-wear-soft-caps-instead-of-helmets/
Do you see what is happening?
Q
is the what Q was pointing us towards in post 4432?
(cited from linked article)
we have federalized the national guard covertly
This is GOOD! Sworn in under US Marshalls under Barr direct control likely and part of the Directive Barr setup w/ FBI CT+ numerous agencies. They are likely Operating directly under COUNTER TERRORISM TASK FORCE protocols and command as Barr presser early in week announced.
Just moments ago, here in DC. Florida National Guard Soldiers from the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team swear in as temporary U.S. Marshals in support of citizens at the Nation's Capital. pic.twitter.com/p81dz0WQPY
- GEORGE 🇺🇸 (@TheCollectiveQ) June 6, 2020
#9507413 at 2020-06-06 21:34:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12168: RIP Jared Esquibel Harless Edition
>>9506963 lb
>>9506987 lb
>>9507090 lb
Esper:
BREITBART: Defense Secretary Mark Esper Orders National Guard in D.C. to Disarm, Wear Soft Caps Instead of Helmets
by KRISTINA WONG6 Jun 2020
https://archive.vn/Pc1rF
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday ordered National Guard troops in Washington, DC, to disarm and wear soft caps instead of helmets, an official told Breitbart News on Friday afternoon.
The official said the president told Attorney General Bill Barr that he wanted the National Guard to be armed so that they could protect themselves from rioters and looters coming in to the city, butEsper on his owntold the D.C. National Guard leadership to take the weapons of National Guardsmen who were coming in from other states.
"He's not really on board with what the president is trying to do," the official said.
The official saidEsper also on his owndirected the National Guard in D.C. to wear soft caps instead of helmets. Breitbart News queried the Pentagon chief spokesman Jonathan Hoffman on Friday afternoon, but he did not respond by deadline.==
10 U.S. Code §?894.Art. 94. Mutiny or sedition
(a) Any person subject to this chapter who-
(1) with intent to usurp or override lawful military authority, refuses, in concert with any other person, to obey orders or otherwise do his duty or creates any violence or disturbance is guilty of mutiny;
#9507341 at 2020-06-06 21:29:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12168: RIP Jared Esquibel Harless Edition
Global Announcements
>>9502804 HRC FBI Mail Digs, >>9503200, >>9504111
Klausutis/Scarborough diggz https://pastebin.com/FFB6n1VG
DC Live Streams: >>9502052, >>9502349, >>9502360, >>9502852, >>9502855, >>9502856, >>9503587
DC Surveillance Tools:
>>9502289 Bus tracker for arrivals in Washington DC
>>9502398 D.C. traffic cams
>>9501918 Train tracker for DC area
Notables
are not endorsements
#12167
>>9506612, >>9507155 New Joe M video: MAGA reels
>>9506636 Anon thinking 5D chess: What if we want the NG unarmed and publicly known so that they are not blamed for something [they] have planned against us?
>>9506664 Google CEO announced company will donate $37 million to various anti-racism organizations
>>9506656, >>9506747 Anon: U.S. Marshalls are under DOJ jurisdiction, not DoD
>>9506727 DIG: That site with China's space capabilities is a treasure trove of other China-related information: Africa, pharmaceuticals, trade, military aspirations, banking...
>>9506742 Eyes on: These reporters seem very concerned about the fence around the White House. [Hannah Natanson & Jake Godin]
>>9506797, >>9506926, >>9506988, >>9507268, >>9507290 PF reports + Wheels Up
>>9506840, >>9506818, >>9506818 Anons re: possibility of WH being taken as a tactical move + the movie Olympus Has Fallen + Q2961: Is there a benefit (think public optics) to allowing your enemy to open the front door?
>>9506915 Old article on Mark Esper
>>9506949 "UCMJ crackdown: Why Mattis thinks commanders have gone soft on misconduct" (from 2018 -let's see if Mattis sets the same standards for himself? Bring back Court Martials!)
>>9507032 Devin Nunes flashes 'as many as 10' criminal referrals to Justice Department
>>9507060 India's investigative agency arrests terror funding conspirator in navy espionage racket
>>9507134 Colorado Democratic governor violated state's gift rules, ethics commission finds – accepted a private jet trip, lavish meals
>>9507153 Kek, Democratic group compares Trump to Castro and Chávez in new ad
>>9507139 New Ben Garrison: Treason - It goes to the very top..
>>9507248 Historic pic of disarmed NG in front of the WH
>>9507331 #12167
#12166
>>9505853 No surprise, Radical leftist AOC supports 'Defund the Police' movement
>>9505860 Secret Service 'Special Operations Counter Sniper Team' w/ long duffle bags heading into Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation + Institute building a block north of WH
>>9505905 French forces kill al-Qaida's North African commander
>>9505912, >>9505936 Hayward: Democrats Embrace the 'Four Stages of Ideological Subversion
>>9505958 Live: George Floyd's Memorial Service Takes Place In North Carolina | NBC News
>>9505965 Military units providing crowd and riot control will be following training and method covered in US Army Field Manual FM 3-19.15
>>9506025 Flashback from 2017: Donors of Anti-Trump "Resistance" Group Revealed (GS)
>>9505978 Eyes on: Antifa advertising to pay protestors in Lincoln, NE + Omaha, NE - "we want to cause as much chaos and destruction as possible"
>>9505987 Prayer to combat witchcraft attack + digs on Carlo Maria Viganò
>>9506001 POTUS tweets Nunes interview on OAN re: Rosenstein testimony
>>9506005 Article on Archbishop Viganò's letter to President Trump (from Q's post)
>>9506037 DC traffic cams, Antifa movements, Temporary U.S. Marshalls sworn in and other happenings
>>9506046 Report on China's space capabilities
>>9506095, >>9506246 US Army soldier assigned to the 470th Military Intelligence Brigade + wife and 4 kids MURDERED
>>9506188 Provocateurs are already active in Canada. Big turnouts today.
>>9506252 Defense Secretary Mark Esper Orders National Guard in D.C. to Disarm, Wear Soft Caps Instead of Helmets
>>9506270 Ahmadinejad's Back? Veteran Iranian Politician Reportedly Plans to Run for President Again in 2021
>>9506291 All Seattle protesters now eligible for free drive-up COVID-19 testing
>>9506320 NBC News: The suspect in Wednesday night's stabbing of a NYPD officer in Brooklyn was recorded saying "Allahu Akbar" 3 times during the incident, the NYPD says.
>>9506346 Yellow Jackets being replaced by BLM? Macron Govt Fears Black Lives Matter Protests Could Spread Riots Across France
>>9506352 40/60? They lied about all this. What else have they lied about?
>>9506353 RE: @robbystarbuck tweeting the NYT article lb, What they are doing is emotional, familial, financial and racial BLACKMAIL.
>>9506354 Anon: We need to be monitoring Washington DC Facebook Marketplace for Antifa comms
>>9506385 Fake Police Arrested, Allegedly Filming Video to Frame Real Cops as Racist
>>9506453 Planefag dig on spoopy plane registered to Vitali Lapko
>>9506562 #12166
#9507331 at 2020-06-06 21:29:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12167: Do You See What Is Happening? Edition
#12167
>>9506612, >>9507155 New Joe M video: MAGA reels
>>9506636 Anon thinking 5D chess: What if we want the NG unarmed and publicly known so that they are not blamed for something [they] have planned against us?
>>9506664 Google CEO announced company will donate $37 million to various anti-racism organizations
>>9506656, >>9506747 Anon: U.S. Marshalls are under DOJ jurisdiction, not DoD
>>9506727 DIG: That site with China's space capabilities is a treasure trove of other China-related information: Africa, pharmaceuticals, trade, military aspirations, banking...
>>9506742 Eyes on: These reporters seem very concerned about the fence around the White House. [Hannah Natanson & Jake Godin]
>>9506797, >>9506926, >>9506988, >>9507268, >>9507290 PF reports + Wheels Up
>>9506840, >>9506818, >>9506818 Anons re: possibility of WH being taken as a tactical move + the movie Olympus Has Fallen + Q2961: Is there a benefit (think public optics) to allowing your enemy to open the front door?
>>9506915 Old article on Mark Esper
>>9506949 "UCMJ crackdown: Why Mattis thinks commanders have gone soft on misconduct" (from 2018 -let's see if Mattis sets the same standards for himself? Bring back Court Martials!)
>>9507032 Devin Nunes flashes 'as many as 10' criminal referrals to Justice Department
>>9507060 India's investigative agency arrests terror funding conspirator in navy espionage racket
>>9507134 Colorado Democratic governor violated state's gift rules, ethics commission finds – accepted a private jet trip, lavish meals
>>9507153 Kek, Democratic group compares Trump to Castro and Chávez in new ad
>>9507139 New Ben Garrison: Treason - It goes to the very top..
>>9507248 Historic pic of disarmed NG in front of the WH
#9507238 at 2020-06-06 21:23:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12167: Do You See What Is Happening? Edition
LAST CALL
>>9506612 New Joe M video: MAGA reels
>>9506636 Anon thinking 5D chess: What if we want the NG unarmed and publicly known so that they are not blamed for something they have planned against us?
>>9506664 Google CEO announced company will donate $37 million to various anti-racism organizations
>>9506656, >>9506747 Anon: U.S. Marshalls are under DOJ jurisdiction, not DoD
>>9506727 DIG: That site with China's space capabilities is a treasure trove of other China-related information: Africa, pharmaceuticals, trade, military aspirations, banking...
>>9506742 Eyes on: These reporters seem very concerned about the fence around the White House. [Hannah Natanson & Jake Godin]
>>9506797, >>9506926, >>9506988 PF reports + Wheels Up
>>9506840, >>9506818, >>9506818 Anons re: possibility of WH being taken as a tactical move + the movie Olympus Has Fallen + Q2961: Is there a benefit (think public optics) to allowing your enemy to open the front door?
>>9506915 Old article on Mark Esper
>>9506949 "UCMJ crackdown: Why Mattis thinks commanders have gone soft on misconduct" (from 2018 -let's see if Mattis sets the same standards for himself? Bring back Court Martials!)
>>9507032 Devin Nunes flashes 'as many as 10' criminal referrals to Justice Department
>>9507060 India's investigative agency arrests terror funding conspirator in navy espionage racket
>>9507134 Colorado Democratic governor violated state's gift rules, ethics commission finds – accepted a private jet trip, lavish meals
>>9507153 Kek, Democratic group compares Trump to Castro and Chávez in new ad
>>9507139 New Ben Garrison: Treason
#9507021 at 2020-06-06 21:11:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12167: Do You See What Is Happening? Edition
Notables Update
>>9506612 New Joe M video: MAGA reels
>>9506636 Anon thinking 5D chess: What if we want the NG unarmed and publicly known so that they are not blamed for something they have planned against us?
>>9506664 Google CEO announced company will donate $37 million to various anti-racism organizations
>>9506656, >>9506747 Anon: U.S. Marshalls are under DOJ jurisdiction, not DoD
>>9506727 DIG: That site with China's space capabilities is a treasure trove of other China-related information: Africa, pharmaceuticals, trade, military aspirations, banking...
>>9506742 Eyes on: These reporters seem very concerned about the fence around the White House. [Hannah Natanson & Jake Godin]
>>9506797, >>9506926, >>9506988 PF reports + Wheels Up
>>9506840, >>9506818, >>9506818 Anons re: possibility of WH being taken as a tactical move + the movie Olympus Has Fallen + Q2961: Is there a benefit (think public optics) to allowing your enemy to open the front door?
>>9506915 Old article on Mark Esper
>>9506949 "UCMJ crackdown: Why Mattis thinks commanders have gone soft on misconduct" (from 2018 -let's see if Mattis sets the same standards for himself? Bring back Court Martials!)
#9506933 at 2020-06-06 21:06:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12167: Do You See What Is Happening? Edition
Notables Update
>>9506612 New Joe M video: MAGA reels
>>9506636 Anon thinking 5D chess: What if we want the NG unarmed and publicly known so that they are not blamed for something they have planned against us?
>>9506664 Google CEO announced company will donate $37 million to various anti-racism organizations
>>9506656, >>9506747 Anon: U.S. Marshalls are under DOJ jurisdiction, not DoD
>>9506727 DIG: That site with China's space capabilities is a treasure trove of other China-related information: Africa, pharmaceuticals, trade, military aspirations, banking...
>>9506742 Eyes on: These reporters seem very concerned about the fence around the White House. [Hannah Natanson & Jake Godin]
>>9506797 ,>>9506926 PF reports + Wheels Up
>>9506840, >>9506818, >>9506818 Anons re: possibility of WH being taken as a tactical move + the movie Olympus Has Fallen + Q2961: Is there a benefit (think public optics) to allowing your enemy to open the front door?
>>9506915 Old article on Mark Esper
#9506915 at 2020-06-06 21:04:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12167: Do You See What Is Happening? Edition
This is Mark Esper, the Gulf War Army veteran and defense lobbyist who Trump has tapped to lead the Pentagon
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/photos/this-is-Mark-Esper-the-gulf-war-army-veteran-and-defense-lobbyist-who-trump-has-tapped-to-lead-the-pentagon/ss-AADmgxs
Mark T. Esper became the acting secretary of defense on Monday after former acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan stepped down from his post, citing family concerns.
Esper is the former secretary of the Army, and was a lobbyist for the weapons manufacturer Raytheon.
Esper attended West Point with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Visit Business Insider's hompage for more stories.
Who is Mark Esper, the man President Donald Trump has tapped to lead the Pentagon after retired Gen. James Mattis' departure in December and Patrick Shanahan's abrupt resignation last week?
Esper comes to the position after the failed nomination of Patrick Shanahan, who Trump had picked to take over after Mattis resigned over Trump's announcement that he would pull troops from Syria. Shanahan withdrew his nomination last week after his confirmation hearing was stalled for months, and in the midst of a potential conflict with Iran.
Esper is the second acting defense secretary in six months, and will leave his post as secretary of the Army. Trump has nominated Ryan McCarthy, the under secretary of the Army to take Esper's place in the Army's top post, according to The New York Times.
#9506691 at 2020-06-06 20:50:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12167: Do You See What Is Happening? Edition
FUCK Esper
Mark, you spineless slimy traitor. Your life is worthless. Sorry if you have a family. You fucked them over right along with your country.
Mark Esper = Banastre Tarleton
Equally hateable.
UCMJ
MAKE EXAMPLES OUT OF THESE TRAITORS.
#9506603 at 2020-06-06 20:44:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12166: It's Good to be Black! Edition
>>9506457
>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/06/defense-secretary-Mark-Esper-orders-national-guard-in-d-c-to-disarm-wear-soft-caps-instead-of-helmets/
Why is this clown still employed?
Unless…We want them disarmed so they don't get blamed for mass shootings?
#9506589 at 2020-06-06 20:43:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12166: It's Good to be Black! Edition
>>9506457
>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/06/defense-secretary-Mark-Esper-orders-national-guard-in-d-c-to-disarm-wear-soft-caps-instead-of-helmets/
>>9506453
Do (you) see what is happening?
#9506586 at 2020-06-06 20:42:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12167: Do You See What Is Happening? Edition
Global Announcements
>>9502804 HRC FBI Mail Digs, >>9503200, >>9504111
Klausutis/Scarborough diggz https://pastebin.com/FFB6n1VG
DC Live Streams: >>9502052, >>9502349, >>9502360, >>9502852, >>9502855, >>9502856, >>9503587
DC Surveillance Tools:
>>9502289 Bus tracker for arrivals in Washington DC
>>9502398 D.C. traffic cams
>>9501918 Train tracker for DC area
Notables
are not endorsements
#12166
>>9505853 No surprise, Radical leftist AOC supports 'Defund the Police' movement
>>9505860 Secret Service 'Special Operations Counter Sniper Team' w/ long duffle bags heading into Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation + Institute building a block north of WH
>>9505905 French forces kill al-Qaida's North African commander
>>9505912, >>9505936 Hayward: Democrats Embrace the 'Four Stages of Ideological Subversion
>>9505958 Live: George Floyd's Memorial Service Takes Place In North Carolina | NBC News
>>9505965 Military units providing crowd and riot control will be following training and method covered in US Army Field Manual FM 3-19.15
>>9506025 Flashback from 2017: Donors of Anti-Trump "Resistance" Group Revealed (GS)
>>9505978 Eyes on: Antifa advertising to pay protestors in Lincoln, NE + Omaha, NE - "we want to cause as much chaos and destruction as possible"
>>9505987 Prayer to combat witchcraft attack + digs on Carlo Maria Viganò
>>9506001 POTUS tweets Nunes interview on OAN re: Rosenstein testimony
>>9506005 Article on Archbishop Viganò's letter to President Trump (from Q's post)
>>9506037 DC traffic cams, Antifa movements, Temporary U.S. Marshalls sworn in and other happenings
>>9506046 Report on China's space capabilities
>>9506095, >>9506246 US Army soldier assigned to the 470th Military Intelligence Brigade + wife and 4 kids MURDERED
>>9506188 Provocateurs are already active in Canada. Big turnouts today.
>>9506252 Defense Secretary Mark Esper Orders National Guard in D.C. to Disarm, Wear Soft Caps Instead of Helmets
>>9506270 Ahmadinejad's Back? Veteran Iranian Politician Reportedly Plans to Run for President Again in 2021
>>9506291 All Seattle protesters now eligible for free drive-up COVID-19 testing
>>9506320 NBC News: The suspect in Wednesday night's stabbing of a NYPD officer in Brooklyn was recorded saying "Allahu Akbar" 3 times during the incident, the NYPD says.
>>9506346 Yellow Jackets being replaced by BLM? Macron Govt Fears Black Lives Matter Protests Could Spread Riots Across France
>>9506352 40/60? They lied about all this. What else have they lied about?
>>9506353 RE: @robbystarbuck tweeting the NYT article lb, What they are doing is emotional, familial, financial and racial BLACKMAIL.
>>9506354 Anon: We need to be monitoring Washington DC Facebook Marketplace for Antifa comms
>>9506385 Fake Police Arrested, Allegedly Filming Video to Frame Real Cops as Racist
>>9506453 Planefag dig on spoopy plane registered to Vitali Lapko
>>9506562 #12166
#12165
>>9505734 Street Level Liberals waking up?
>>9505720 LA Govt Official kicks BLM off porch
>>9505477 1200 Public Health Experts advocate mass gatherings because "White Supremacy" is bigger threat than COVID-19
>>9505467 Swedish Police Chief: "We stand on the side of the Protestors".
>>9505455 Secret Service Sniper Equipment spotted near White House, >>9505468, >>9505648
>>9505358 Following the Pen of Catherine Herridge leads to UCMJ Articles 2 and 88 re Contempt towards officials, >>9505362
>>9505355 Colombia's Supreme Court opens another criminal investigation against former President Alvaro Uribe
>>9505311 CBS Herridge Tweet decoded >>9505321, >>9505557, >>9505651
>>9505245 Anti-Government Protests in Beirut Explode Into Violence
>>9505165 Planewatch, >>9505181, >>9505485, >>9505717
>>9505156 Netanyahu, Gantz said to form mini-security cabinet to discuss West Bank annexation, Iran nuclear program
>>9505147 The DC stream is now streaming
>>9505123 US Launches First Airstrikes Against Taliban Since Ceasefire Ended
>>9505109 Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu's annexation plans
>>9505108 89 former DOD Officials call out Trump's 'inflammatory' threat
>>9505085 Archive.org under attack again
>>9505083 Literature on Coup d'etat
>>9505802 #12165
#9506562 at 2020-06-06 20:41:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12166: It's Good to be Black! Edition
#12166
>>9505853 No surprise, Radical leftist AOC supports 'Defund the Police' movement
>>9505860 Secret Service 'Special Operations Counter Sniper Team' w/ long duffle bags heading into Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation + Institute building a block north of WH
>>9505905 French forces kill al-Qaida's North African commander
>>9505912, >>9505936 Hayward: Democrats Embrace the 'Four Stages of Ideological Subversion
>>9505958 Live: George Floyd's Memorial Service Takes Place In North Carolina | NBC News
>>9505965 Military units providing crowd and riot control will be following training and method covered in US Army Field Manual FM 3-19.15
>>9506025 Flashback from 2017: Donors of Anti-Trump "Resistance" Group Revealed (GS)
>>9505978 Eyes on: Antifa advertising to pay protestors in Lincoln, NE + Omaha, NE - "we want to cause as much chaos and destruction as possible"
>>9505987 Prayer to combat witchcraft attack + digs on Carlo Maria Viganò
>>9506001 POTUS tweets Nunes interview on OAN re: Rosenstein testimony
>>9506005 Article on Archbishop Viganò's letter to President Trump (from Q's post)
>>9506037 DC traffic cams, Antifa movements, Temporary U.S. Marshalls sworn in and other happenings
>>9506046 Report on China's space capabilities
>>9506095, >>9506246 US Army soldier assigned to the 470th Military Intelligence Brigade + wife and 4 kids MURDERED
>>9506188 Provocateurs are already active in Canada. Big turnouts today.
>>9506252 Defense Secretary Mark Esper Orders National Guard in D.C. to Disarm, Wear Soft Caps Instead of Helmets
>>9506270 Ahmadinejad's Back? Veteran Iranian Politician Reportedly Plans to Run for President Again in 2021
>>9506291 All Seattle protesters now eligible for free drive-up COVID-19 testing
>>9506320 NBC News: The suspect in Wednesday night's stabbing of a NYPD officer in Brooklyn was recorded saying "Allahu Akbar" 3 times during the incident, the NYPD says.
>>9506346 Yellow Jackets being replaced by BLM? Macron Govt Fears Black Lives Matter Protests Could Spread Riots Across France
>>9506352 40/60? They lied about all this. What else have they lied about?
>>9506353 RE: @robbystarbuck tweeting the NYT article lb, What they are doing is emotional, familial, financial and racial BLACKMAIL.
>>9506354 Anon: We need to be monitoring Washington DC Facebook Marketplace for Antifa comms
>>9506385 Fake Police Arrested, Allegedly Filming Video to Frame Real Cops as Racist
>>9506453 Planefag dig on spoopy plane registered to Vitali Lapko
#9506549 at 2020-06-06 20:41:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12166: It's Good to be Black! Edition
>>9506457
>>9506457
>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/06/defense-secretary-Mark-Esper-orders-national-guard-in-d-c-to-disarm-wear-soft-caps-instead-of-helmets/
>Do you see what is happening?
>Q
#9506541 at 2020-06-06 20:40:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12166: It's Good to be Black! Edition
>>9506457
>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/06/defense-secretary-Mark-Esper-orders-national-guard-in-d-c-to-disarm-wear-soft-caps-instead-of-helmets/
Q I know you guys have Cerebro or whatever Project Looking Glass, but are you sure you want our guys at risk like this?
>>9506457
>>9506457
#9506537 at 2020-06-06 20:40:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12166: It's Good to be Black! Edition
>>9506457
cap + archive
>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/06/defense-secretary-Mark-Esper-orders-national-guard-in-d-c-to-disarm-wear-soft-caps-instead-of-helmets/
https://archive.is/Pc1rF
#9506513 at 2020-06-06 20:39:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12166: It's Good to be Black! Edition
>>9506457
>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/06/defense-secretary-Mark-Esper-orders-national-guard-in-d-c-to-disarm-wear-soft-caps-instead-of-helmets/
cap
#9506457 at 2020-06-06 20:37:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12166: It's Good to be Black! Edition
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/06/defense-secretary-Mark-Esper-orders-national-guard-in-d-c-to-disarm-wear-soft-caps-instead-of-helmets/
Do you see what is happening?
Q
#9506434 at 2020-06-06 20:35:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12166: It's Good to be Black! Edition
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/06/defense-secretary-Mark-Esper-orders-national-guard-in-d-c-to-disarm-wear-soft-caps-instead-of-helmets/
>Defense Secretary Mark Esper Orders National Guard in D.C. to Disarm, Wear Soft Caps Instead of Helmets
https://twitter.com/makingmoney541/status/1269365579120549888
>When you have a traitor for a defense secretary….
>Defense Secretary Mark Esper has disarmed the troops.
#9506411 at 2020-06-06 20:33:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12166: It's Good to be Black! Edition
Notables Update
#12166
>>9505853 No surprise, Radical leftist AOC supports 'Defund the Police' movement
>>9505860 Secret Service 'Special Operations Counter Sniper Team' w/ long duffle bags heading into Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation + Institute building a block north of WH
>>9505905 French forces kill al-Qaida's North African commander
>>9505912, >>9505936 Hayward: Democrats Embrace the 'Four Stages of Ideological Subversion
>>9505958 Live: George Floyd's Memorial Service Takes Place In North Carolina | NBC News
>>9505965 Military units providing crowd and riot control will be following training and method covered in US Army Field Manual FM 3-19.15
>>9506025 Flashback from 2017: Donors of Anti-Trump "Resistance" Group Revealed (GS)
>>9505978 Eyes on: Antifa advertising to pay protestors in Lincoln, NE + Omaha, NE - "we want to cause as much chaos and destruction as possible"
>>9505987 Prayer to combat witchcraft attack + digs on Carlo Maria Viganò
>>9506001 POTUS tweets Nunes interview on OAN re: Rosenstein testimony
>>9506005 Article on Archbishop Viganò's letter to President Trump (from Q's post)
>>9506037 DC traffic cams, Antifa movements, Temporary U.S. Marshalls sworn in and other happenings
>>9506046 Report on China's space capabilities
>>9506095, >>9506246 US Army soldier assigned to the 470th Military Intelligence Brigade + wife and 4 kids MURDERED
>>9506188 Provocateurs are already active in Canada. Big turnouts today.
>>9506252 Defense Secretary Mark Esper Orders National Guard in D.C. to Disarm, Wear Soft Caps Instead of Helmets
>>9506270 Ahmadinejad's Back? Veteran Iranian Politician Reportedly Plans to Run for President Again in 2021
>>9506291 All Seattle protesters now eligible for free drive-up COVID-19 testing
>>9506320 NBC News: The suspect in Wednesday night's stabbing of a NYPD officer in Brooklyn was recorded saying "Allahu Akbar" 3 times during the incident, the NYPD says.
>>9506346 Yellow Jackets being replaced by BLM? Macron Govt Fears Black Lives Matter Protests Could Spread Riots Across France
>>9506352 40/60? They lied about all this. What else have they lied about?
>>9506353 RE: @robbystarbuck tweeting the NYT article lb, What they are doing is emotional, familial, financial and racial BLACKMAIL.
>>9506354 Anon: We need to be monitoring Washington DC Facebook Marketplace for Antifa comms
>>9506385 Fake Police Arrested, Allegedly Filming Video to Frame Real Cops as Racist
#9506269 at 2020-06-06 20:22:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12166: It's Good to be Black! Edition
>>9506252
>Defense Secretary Mark Esper Orders National Guard in D.C. to Disarm, Wear Soft Caps Instead of Helmets
Why, because he doesn't want the National Guard to be able to headbutt people? Somehow I doubt that's the reason. Enemy of the People.
#9506252 at 2020-06-06 20:20:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12166: It's Good to be Black! Edition
Defense Secretary Mark Esper Orders National Guard in D.C. to Disarm, Wear Soft Caps Instead of Helmets
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday ordered National Guard troops in Washington, DC, to disarm and wear soft caps instead of helmets, an official told Breitbart News on Friday afternoon.
The official said the president told Attorney General Bill Barr that he wanted the National Guard to be armed so that they could protect themselves from rioters and looters coming in to the city, but Esper on his own told the D.C. National Guard leadership to take the weapons of National Guardsmen who were coming in from other states.
"He's not really on board with what the president is trying to do," the official said.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/06/defense-secretary-Mark-Esper-orders-national-guard-in-d-c-to-disarm-wear-soft-caps-instead-of-helmets/
#9504004 at 2020-06-06 17:51:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12163: Invest In What You Love Edition
Without Consulting Trump White House - Defense Secretary Esper Orders National Guard NOT to Carry Guns or Ammunition in Washington DC
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper broke with his superior, President Trump, this week saying he opposes using the US Military against the violent far left mobs in cities across the United States.
Via WGN - Esper told reporters the Insurrection Act, which would allow Trump to use active-duty military for law enforcement in containing street protests, should be invoked in the United States "only in the most urgent and dire of situations." He declared, "We are not in one of those situations now."
For a week now leftists, looters, thugs and Black Lives Matter have destroyed and torched businesses and government buildings across the country.
Now this...
Secretary Esper ordered the National Guard troops sent to Washington DC to NOT carry any guns or ammunition.
Esper also ordered all active-duty troops out of Washington DC.
Esper reportedly made this order without consulting the White House.
Secretary Esper is now putting National Guardsmen in danger.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/without-consulting-trump-white-house-defense-secretary-Esper-orders-national-guard-not-carry-guns-ammunition-washington-dc/
#9497582 at 2020-06-06 04:52:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12155: October surprise(s) being prepped and warmed Edition
Q is Defense Secretary Mark Esper enemy of the people? Or is this fake news?
Pentagon disarms National Guard activated in D.C., sends active-duty forces home - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/pentagon-disarms-guardsmen-in-washington-dc-in-signal-of-de-escalation/2020/06/05/324da91a-a733-11ea-8681-7d471bf20207_story.html
#9494507 at 2020-06-06 01:12:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12151: Can't Keep Us Down Edition
>>9494477
This part is all you need to know…..stop posting bullshit.
"The order came from Defense Secretary Mark Esper and made without consulting the White House, The Washington Post reported"
#9491485 at 2020-06-05 22:08:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12147: [Lisa Page] Edition
National Guard in Washington D.C. are told NOT to carry guns or ammunition by Defense Secretary Mark Esper as he orders all active-duty troops out of the capital
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8393169/Pentagon-orders-remaining-active-duty-troops-leave-Washington-area.html
#9490829 at 2020-06-05 21:20:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research #12146: Operators active. Pray. Edition
TITLE: Pentagon disarms guardsmen in D.C., in signal of de-escalation
PARTIAL EXCERPT: The Pentagon has told the District of Columbia National Guard and guardsmen from other states who have arrived in the nation's capital as backup to not use firearms or ammunition, a sign of de-escalation in the federal response to protests in the city after the killing of George Floyd, according to officials familiar with the decision.
The Pentagon has told the District of Columbia National Guard and guardsmen from other states who have arrived in the nation's capital as backup not to use firearms or ammunition, a sign of de-escalation in the federal response to protests in the city after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, according to officials familiar with the decision.
The Defense Department, led by Defense Secretary Mark Esper, appears to have made the decision without consulting the White House, where President Donald Trump has ordered a militarized show of force on the streets of Washington since demonstrations in the city were punctured by an episode of looting Sunday. Trump specifically had encouraged the National Guard to be armed.
>Mark Esper, Defense Secretary
>made the decision without consulting WH (POTUS)
>RED6: SEC OF DEF _instruct1
Coincidence? Was Q's post a heads-up?
#9490420 at 2020-06-05 20:50:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research #12146: Operators active. Pray. Edition
Kinda thought this was worth a Re-Post
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has told the District of Columbia National Guard and guardsmen from other states who have arrived in the nation's capital as backup to not use firearms or ammunition, a sign of de-escalation in the federal response to protests in the city after the killing of George Floyd, according to officials familiar with the decision.
The Department of Defense, led by Defense Secretary Mark Esper, appears to have made the decision without consulting the White House, where President Trump has ordered a militarized show of force on the streets of Washington D.C. since demonstrations in the city were punctured by an episode of looting on Sunday. Trump specifically had encouraged the National Guard to be armed.
Initially, a small group of the guardsmen deployed in the city had been carrying guns while standing outside monuments, but the bulk of the forces, such as those working with federal park police at Lafayette Square in front of the White House, didn't carry firearms out of caution. Now, all of the roughly 5,000 guardsmen who have been deployed or are deploying to Washington, D.C., have been told not to use weaponry or ammunition, according to four officials familiar with the order.
"The whole purpose behind that was a purposeful show of de-escalation," said one U.S. defense official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss an order that hasn't been made public yet. "We're here, but we're walking things down."
The White House has not been involved in the decision, a senior administration official said. Trump has encouraged the National Guard to be armed, and wanted them to be as a show of force.
Because the District of Columbia is a special federal jurisdiction without the status of a state, the D.C. National Guard is controlled by the president, who delegated his authority over the forces to Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy. The District's mayor can request the deployment of the D.C. Guard but doesn't have the power to do so herself or control them once deployed.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Pentagon-disarms-guardsmen-in-D-C-in-signal-of-15320290.php
#9490201 at 2020-06-05 20:37:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research #12146: Operators active. Pray. Edition
Pentagon disarms guardsmen in D.C., in signal of de-escalation
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has told the District of Columbia National Guard and guardsmen from other states who have arrived in the nation's capital as backup to not use firearms or ammunition, a sign of de-escalation in the federal response to protests in the city after the killing of George Floyd, according to officials familiar with the decision.
The Department of Defense, led by Defense Secretary Mark Esper, appears to have made the decision without consulting the White House, where President Trump has ordered a militarized show of force on the streets of Washington D.C. since demonstrations in the city were punctured by an episode of looting on Sunday. Trump specifically had encouraged the National Guard to be armed.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Pentagon-disarms-guardsmen-in-D-C-in-signal-of-15320290.php
Countdown til Pentagon says this is fake news……
#9490171 at 2020-06-05 20:34:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research #12146: Operators active. Pray. Edition
Esper Orders Troops Out of D.C.
Pentagon orders remaining active-duty troops to leave DC area
>WASHINGTON - The Pentagon will be sending back the remaining 900 active-duty troops who were sent to the Washington, D.C. area to potentially respond to civil unrest, and they are expected to start heading back to their home bases, a U.S. official told Reuters.
>The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the order had been signed by U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper and that the troops would be heading back to Fort Bragg in North Carolina and Fort Drum in New York.
#9490116 at 2020-06-05 20:29:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12145: One for the History Books Edition
Pentagon disarms guardsmen in D.C., in signal of de-escalation
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has told the District of Columbia National Guard and guardsmen from other states who have arrived in the nation's capital as backup to not use firearms or ammunition, a sign of de-escalation in the federal response to protests in the city after the killing of George Floyd, according to officials familiar with the decision.
The Department of Defense, led by Defense Secretary Mark Esper, appears to have made the decision without consulting the White House, where President Trump has ordered a militarized show of force on the streets of Washington D.C. since demonstrations in the city were punctured by an episode of looting on Sunday. Trump specifically had encouraged the National Guard to be armed.
Initially, a small group of the guardsmen deployed in the city had been carrying guns while standing outside monuments, but the bulk of the forces, such as those working with federal park police at Lafayette Square in front of the White House, didn't carry firearms out of caution. Now, all of the roughly 5,000 guardsmen who have been deployed or are deploying to Washington, D.C., have been told not to use weaponry or ammunition, according to four officials familiar with the order.
"The whole purpose behind that was a purposeful show of de-escalation," said one U.S. defense official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss an order that hasn't been made public yet. "We're here, but we're walking things down."
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Pentagon-disarms-guardsmen-in-D-C-in-signal-of-15320290.php
#9488994 at 2020-06-05 19:24:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12144: DDoS Attacks are Expensive but Pointless Edition
Black Lives Matter Sues Trump, Barr For Clearing Lafayette Square
Black Lives Matter's Washington, D.C., affiliate is suing President Donald Trump over the measures his administration took to disperse protesters in Lafayette Square ahead of his June 1 visit to St. John's Episcopal Church.
In a new federal lawsuit, the affiliate's ACLU lawyers say the government had "no legitimate basis" to clear the square, arguing that the use of flash bombs and rubber bullets against protesters "is a continuation of an unlawful history of oppression of civil rights activists." Attorney General William Barr, Defense secretary Mark Esper, various agency heads, and unidentified law enforcement officers are also named as defendants.
The lawsuit accuses Trump, Barr, and others of constitutional violations and conspiracy to violate civil rights. The plaintiffs are also bringing Bivens claims against law enforcement at the scene, a cause of action available against police for unconstitutional conduct under a 1971 Supreme Court case.
The government's move to clear the square sits at the apex of an ongoing national debate over the use of force against demonstrations prompted by the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers. The ACLU said the Lafayette Square suit is the first of many actions it plans to bring against authorities around the country for what they call police brutality.
BLM and the ACLU claim the decision to clear the square and the dispersal measures used violated free speech rights and the Fourth Amendment right to protection from unwarranted seizure. They claim the defendants' actions were "the manifestation of the very despotism against which the First Amendment was intended to protect."
The status of Lafayette Square will be a major issue in the suit. The complaint says the square is a historic venue frequently used by activists given its proximity to the White House. But government lawyers may counter that it had a special interest in protecting the White House campus during a period of unrest, justifying the actions taken to scatter the crowd.
In a Thursday press conference, Barr situated the June 1 protest within the broader trend of unrest and rioting in the preceding days, much of which centered around the White House. He said he made the decision to extend the perimeter around the White House by one block earlier in the day, after rioters burned a historic building on Lafayette Square over the weekend, attacked St. John's, and wounded police during clashes in the area.
https://freebeacon.com/courts/black-lives-matter-sues-trump-barr-for-clearing-lafayette-square/
#9485557 at 2020-06-05 15:19:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12140: Light NEVER Yields To Darkness Edition
>>9485076 lb
>El Nuevo Rodeo
>5775 Wayzata Blvd Suite 620 in Minneapolis
also this
Lake Street Holdings?, LLC
https://www.yellowpages.com/minneapolis-mn/mip/lake-street-holdings-541913927
and this
Payroll Post LLC
https://minneapolis.opendi.us/5859713.html
and this
ChargeOver
https://www.yellowpages.com/minneapolis-mn/mip/chargeover-545884346
next suite over
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
5775 Wayzata Blvd Ste 630, Minneapolis, MN 55416 (952) 545-5713
https://www.yellowpages.com/minneapolis-mn/mip/raytheon-raytheon-technologies-457347743
https://www.citizensforethics.org/Mark-Esper-raytheon-weapons-lobbyist/
#9485311 at 2020-06-05 15:06:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12140: Light NEVER Yields To Darkness Edition
Pentagon chief Mark Esper risks being sidelined as White House floats replacements
The defence secretary's job is likely safe, but the White House is still looking at options
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy could be next in line if Esper does flame out
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Lara Seligman, Daniel Lippman and Meridith McGraw on politico.com on June 4, 2020
President Donald Trump is unhappy with Pentagon chief Mark Esper. Aides are gossiping about who could replace him. Yet the embattled Defence Secretary may be on his way to a more Trumpian punishment: sidelined within the administration.
Esper's future is in question after he opposed Trump on Wednesday over the president's call to deploy active-duty troops to quash protests taking part throughout the US. In the 24 hours since Esper spoke out, he has met with the president at the White House and has received tepid-at-best endorsements from Trump's team.
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3087775/pentagon-chief-Mark-Esper-risks-being-sidelined
#9484851 at 2020-06-05 14:40:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12139: High Speed Low Drag Friday Bread Edition
Protesters And Black Lives Matter Suing Trump Over Eviction From Lafayette Park
Protesters who were ousted from Washington's Lafayette Park Monday in order for President Donald Trump to walk through the area are suing the president and Attorney General William Barr.
The protesters initiated the suit along with the Washington D.C. chapter of Black Lives Matter and are also naming Defense Secretary Mark Esper and law enforcement heads, Politico reported Thursday.
https://dailycaller.com/2020/06/05/protesters-black-lives-matter-suing-donald-trump-ouster-lafayette-park/
#9484152 at 2020-06-05 13:42:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12139: High Speed Low Drag Friday Bread Edition
#12136
>>9481649 On this day in 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated
>>9481666 Biden's Popularity goes same route as his Mental Fortitude
>>9481679 Dan Scavino's Tweet "Healing, Not Hatred" gets Censored by Twitter.
>>9481697 The other side of "White Privilege", >>9481699, >>9481705
>>9481725 USArmyEurope tweets about #EuropeanHistory & #StrongEurope
>>9481826 Three Chinese Nationals Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Photography of U.S. Naval Installation in Key West, Florida
>>9481878 Good sum-up of what is happening
>>9481908 Slowly, the world is waking up to the Marxist Lie.
>>9481912 Twitter goes further down the Shitter: removes Trump Campaign's Tribute to George Floyd, Citing 'Copyright Claim'
>>9481925 Hypocrisy? Justifying BLM Protests while killing Small Business with COVID measures?
>>9481939 This is what we want, until Communists destroyed this.
>>9481952 You can't buy off your guilt-complex: George Floyd's GoFundMe receives 'Most Donations Ever"
>>9481964 USMC Tweet: To the Left this Time.
>>9482000 Now HRC's campaign spokesman says he wants to defund the police.
>>9482078 CDC Chief call-out to Protestors to take a COVID-19 test if they've been to the Protests
>>9482097 Senate approves 33 subpoenas for ex-Obama officials on Russian probe origins
>>9482182 Hydroxycholoroquine-critical study retracted. The study had little to no data background.
>>9482307 Boris Johnson, UK PM, tweets
>>9482318 MSM Dead Silent on freeing of US Marine from Iran.
>>9482327 Family of slain former Police Captain, David Dom, lead march down MKL Drive.
>>9482412 MN City Council says Police Dept will be dismantled and replaced with a "transformative new model of public safety", >>9482501 Is this because of .. ?
>>9482496 Unite With Pride
>>9482518 #12136
#12135
>>9480830 Twitter-thread about 'CASTLE_ROCK'
>>9480891 Defense Secretary Mark Esper sends home hundreds of Active Duty Soldiers in D.C., >>9480973
>>9480909 New (fake) trend on Twitter: #GoBaldforBLM, >>9481082, >>9481131 This is a real story though
>>9480916 Letter from General Flynn: "I'm not done"
>>9480920 POTUS Schedule for Friday, June 5, 2020
>>9481181 Dig on Kim Komando, >>9481193, >>9481202, >>9481207, >>9481221, >>9481226, >>9481312, >>9481341
>>9481263 Keish a Lance Bottoms 'accepts challenge' from Obama on how to govern her City
>>9481300 Snitches get Stitches: Karen Jr. tries to Dox Patriots
>>9481356 Live Streams of the Protests
>>9481367 Candace Owens: "I DO NOT support George Floyd!" & Here's Why!
>>9481373 Australian Federal Police bust huge child sex abuse ring
>>9481381 New OP: Operation Blank Slate
>>9481388 Article from 9 years ago outlining the Shared Agenda of George Soros and Barack Obama
>>9481458 Open Society + Rockefeller Foundations >> DC Mayor Muriel Bowser
>>9481532 #12135
Previously Collected Notables
>>9479233 #12132, >>9479977 #12133, >>9480781 #12134
>>9476995 #12129, >>9477843 #12130, >>9478434 #12131
>>9474724 #12126, >>9475436 #12127, >>9476146 #12128
>>9472452 #12123, >>9473201 #12124, >>9473944 #12125
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#9483976 at 2020-06-05 13:25:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12138: It's About The Person Standing Next To You Edition
>>9483943
Yeah
This needs more play. James Miller is a scumbag.
Ex-Defense official resigns from Defense Science Board, accuses Esper of violating his oath
James Miller, who served as the undersecretary of Defense for policy from 2012 to 2014, resigned from his position on the Pentagon's science board Tuesday, accusing Secretary of Defense Mark Esper of betraying his oath of office by backing President Trump on the forceable removal of peaceful protesters in Washington, D.C., the previous day.
"Anyone who takes the oath of office must decide where he or she will draw the line: What are the things that they will refuse to do? Secretary Esper, you have served honorably for many years, in active and reserve military duty, as Secretary of the Army, and now as Secretary of Defense," Miller wrote in a letter published in The Washington Post. "You must have thought long and hard about where that line should be drawn. I must now ask: If last night's blatant violations do not cross the line for you, what will?"
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/500822-ex-defense-official-resigns-from-defense-science-board-accuses-Esper
#9483939 at 2020-06-05 13:22:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12138: It's About The Person Standing Next To You Edition
>>9483904
Read what Q posted.
Understand it is line by line how the comms of the US are going to be taken over.
How the military is going to be snuck into hot zones.
How Mark Esper, traitor extraordinaire, is going to issue an order once all comms are secure.
That is not our Plan.
That is their Plan.
We never saw it coming.
#9483886 at 2020-06-05 13:18:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12138: It's About The Person Standing Next To You Edition
>>9483870
No, we do not take orders from Mark Esper, Sec Def, after the military moves in and takes over comms.
Q POSTED THE ENEMY PLAYLIST
INTERRUPT IT
EXPOSE IT
MEME THE EVER LOVING SHIT OUT OF IT
#9483336 at 2020-06-05 12:19:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12138: It's About The Person Standing Next To You Edition
Global Announcements
Klausutis/Scarborough diggz https://pastebin.com/FFB6n1VG
Notables
are not endorsements
#12137
Baker Change
>>9483222 CASTLE UNDER score ROCK. IMO this pertains to the Cheyenne Mountain UNDERground complex
>>9483067 2 of the police officers charged over George Floyd's deadly arrest had been less than 4 days into the job, their lawyers say
>>9482867 twatter Martial Law Poll
>>9482792 Senate Republicans approve subpoenas for ex-Obama officials on Russia probe origins
>>9482769 Here we are! RE: RED 1 - POTUS twitter removal (Q#4414)
>>9482764 Biden claims '10 to 15 percent' of Americans are 'just not very good people'
>>9482759 US conducts first airstrikes against Taliban since Eid ceasefire
>>9482744 Searching Twitter For "Racist" Returns Donald Trump As Top Result
>>9482647 BlackRock Is Bailing Out Its ETFs with Fed Money and Taxpayers Eating Losses; It's Also the Sole Manager for $335 Billion of Federal Employees' Retirement Funds
>>9482617 twatter censorship today. removes pro Trump video posted by Dan Scavino
>>9482616 Tennessee must let all registered voters cast ballots by mail amid coronavirus, judge rules
>>9483281 #12137
#12136
>>9481649 On this day in 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated
>>9481666 Biden's Popularity goes same route as his Mental Fortitude
>>9481679 Dan Scavino's Tweet "Healing, Not Hatred" gets Censored by Twitter.
>>9481697 The other side of "White Privilege", >>9481699, >>9481705
>>9481725 USArmyEurope tweets about #EuropeanHistory & #StrongEurope
>>9481826 Three Chinese Nationals Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Photography of U.S. Naval Installation in Key West, Florida
>>9481878 Good sum-up of what is happening
>>9481908 Slowly, the world is waking up to the Marxist Lie.
>>9481912 Twitter goes further down the Shitter: removes Trump Campaign's Tribute to George Floyd, Citing 'Copyright Claim'
>>9481925 Hypocrisy? Justifying BLM Protests while killing Small Business with COVID measures?
>>9481939 This is what we want, until Communists destroyed this.
>>9481952 You can't buy off your guilt-complex: George Floyd's GoFundMe receives 'Most Donations Ever"
>>9481964 USMC Tweet: To the Left this Time.
>>9482000 Now HRC's campaign spokesman says he wants to defund the police.
>>9482078 CDC Chief call-out to Protestors to take a COVID-19 test if they've been to the Protests
>>9482097 Senate approves 33 subpoenas for ex-Obama officials on Russian probe origins
>>9482182 Hydroxycholoroquine-critical study retracted. The study had little to no data background.
>>9482307 Boris Johnson, UK PM, tweets
>>9482318 MSM Dead Silent on freeing of US Marine from Iran.
>>9482327 Family of slain former Police Captain, David Dom, lead march down MKL Drive.
>>9482412 MN City Council says Police Dept will be dismantled and replaced with a "transformative new model of public safety", >>9482501 Is this because of .. ?
>>9482496 Unite With Pride
>>9482518 #12136
#12135
>>9480830 Twitter-thread about 'CASTLE_ROCK'
>>9480891 Defense Secretary Mark Esper sends home hundreds of Active Duty Soldiers in D.C., >>9480973
>>9480909 New (fake) trend on Twitter: #GoBaldforBLM, >>9481082, >>9481131 This is a real story though
>>9480916 Letter from General Flynn: "I'm not done"
>>9480920 POTUS Schedule for Friday, June 5, 2020
>>9481181 Dig on Kim Komando, >>9481193, >>9481202, >>9481207, >>9481221, >>9481226, >>9481312, >>9481341
>>9481263 Keish a Lance Bottoms 'accepts challenge' from Obama on how to govern her City
>>9481300 Snitches get Stitches: Karen Jr. tries to Dox Patriots
>>9481356 Live Streams of the Protests
>>9481367 Candace Owens: "I DO NOT support George Floyd!" & Here's Why!
>>9481373 Australian Federal Police bust huge child sex abuse ring
>>9481381 New OP: Operation Blank Slate
>>9481388 Article from 9 years ago outlining the Shared Agenda of George Soros and Barack Obama
>>9481458 Open Society + Rockefeller Foundations >> DC Mayor Muriel Bowser
>>9481532 #12135
Previously Collected Notables
>>9479233 #12132, >>9479977 #12133, >>9480781 #12134
>>9476995 #12129, >>9477843 #12130, >>9478434 #12131
>>9474724 #12126, >>9475436 #12127, >>9476146 #12128
>>9472452 #12123, >>9473201 #12124, >>9473944 #12125
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#9482525 at 2020-06-05 10:47:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12137: There is no Shame or Sin in taking Pride in your Race Edition
Global Announcements
Klausutis/Scarborough diggz https://pastebin.com/FFB6n1VG
Notables
are not endorsements
#12136
>>9481649 On this day in 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated
>>9481666 Biden's Popularity goes same route as his Mental Fortitude
>>9481679 Dan Scavino's Tweet "Healing, Not Hatred" gets Censored by Twitter.
>>9481697 The other side of "White Privilege", >>9481699, >>9481705
>>9481725 USArmyEurope tweets about #EuropeanHistory & #StrongEurope
>>9481826 Three Chinese Nationals Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Photography of U.S. Naval Installation in Key West, Florida
>>9481878 Good sum-up of what is happening
>>9481908 Slowly, the world is waking up to the Marxist Lie.
>>9481912 Twitter goes further down the Shitter: removes Trump Campaign's Tribute to George Floyd, Citing 'Copyright Claim'
>>9481925 Hypocrisy? Justifying BLM Protests while killing Small Business with COVID measures?
>>9481939 This is what we want, until Communists destroyed this.
>>9481952 You can't buy off your guilt-complex: George Floyd's GoFundMe receives 'Most Donations Ever"
>>9481964 USMC Tweet: To the Left this Time.
>>9482000 Now HRC's campaign spokesman says he wants to defund the police.
>>9482078 CDC Chief call-out to Protestors to take a COVID-19 test if they've been to the Protests
>>9482097 Senate approves 33 subpoenas for ex-Obama officials on Russian probe origins
>>9482182 Hydroxycholoroquine-critical study retracted. The study had little to no data background.
>>9482307 Boris Johnson, UK PM, tweets
>>9482318 MSM Dead Silent on freeing of US Marine from Iran.
>>9482327 Family of slain former Police Captain, David Dom, lead march down MKL Drive.
>>9482412 MN City Council says Police Dept will be dismantled and replaced with a "transformative new model of public safety", >>9482501 Is this because of .. ?
>>9482496 Unite With Pride
>>9482518 #12136
#12135
>>9480830 Twitter-thread about 'CASTLE_ROCK'
>>9480891 Defense Secretary Mark Esper sends home hundreds of Active Duty Soldiers in D.C., >>9480973
>>9480909 New (fake) trend on Twitter: #GoBaldforBLM, >>9481082, >>9481131 This is a real story though
>>9480916 Letter from General Flynn: "I'm not done"
>>9480920 POTUS Schedule for Friday, June 5, 2020
>>9481181 Dig on Kim Komando, >>9481193, >>9481202, >>9481207, >>9481221, >>9481226, >>9481312, >>9481341
>>9481263 Keish a Lance Bottoms 'accepts challenge' from Obama on how to govern her City
>>9481300 Snitches get Stitches: Karen Jr. tries to Dox Patriots
>>9481356 Live Streams of the Protests
>>9481367 Candace Owens: "I DO NOT support George Floyd!" & Here's Why!
>>9481373 Australian Federal Police bust huge child sex abuse ring
>>9481381 New OP: Operation Blank Slate
>>9481388 Article from 9 years ago outlining the Shared Agenda of George Soros and Barack Obama
>>9481458 Open Society + Rockefeller Foundations >> DC Mayor Muriel Bowser
>>9481532 #12135
#12134
>>9480088 Utah NG Tweet "The oath that we swear.."
>>9480129 New DJT Tweet, thanks Iran for sending Michael home.
>>9480213 Various articles highlighting in detail the connections between Muslim Brotherhood, Hezbollah, PLO, etc with ANTIFA, BLM, ANSWER,and US politicians.
>>9480223 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse this evening
>>9480257 Kanye West Donates $2M for George Floyd's Daughter's College Tuition, Black-Owned Chicago Businesses
>>9480278 Israeli PM Bibi Netanyahu inspects West Bank for new land to capture
>>9480291 Needs verification: Soros Memo outlining the creation of a Federal Police using BLM (from 2016)
>>9480443 Needs extra eyes: is the Lighting video fake?
>>9480596 Resignations in the News, >>9480600, >>9480602, >>9480607, >>9480610
>>9480649 "Fuck off m8, we're full": Australia shakes up foreign investment laws for national security
>>9480781 #12134
Previously Collected Notables
>>9479233 #12132, >>9479977 #12133
>>9476995 #12129, >>9477843 #12130, >>9478434 #12131
>>9474724 #12126, >>9475436 #12127, >>9476146 #12128
>>9472452 #12123, >>9473201 #12124, >>9473944 #12125
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#9481545 at 2020-06-05 07:33:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12136: It's Great to be White Edition
Global Announcements
Klausutis/Scarborough diggz https://pastebin.com/FFB6n1VG
Notables
are not endorsements
#12135
>>9480830 Twitter-thread about 'CASTLE_ROCK'
>>9480891 Defense Secretary Mark Esper sends home hundreds of Active Duty Soldiers in D.C., >>9480973
>>9480909 New (fake) trend on Twitter: #GoBaldforBLM, >>9481082, >>9481131 This is a real story though
>>9480916 Letter from General Flynn: "I'm not done"
>>9480920 POTUS Schedule for Friday, June 5, 2020
>>9481181 Dig on Kim Komando, >>9481193, >>9481202, >>9481207, >>9481221, >>9481226, >>9481312, >>9481341
>>9481263 Keish a Lance Bottoms 'accepts challenge' from Obama on how to govern her City
>>9481300 Snitches get Stitches: Karen Jr. tries to Dox Patriots
>>9481356 Live Streams of the Protests
>>9481367 Candace Owens: "I DO NOT support George Floyd!" & Here's Why!
>>9481373 Australian Federal Police bust huge child sex abuse ring
>>9481381 New OP: Operation Blank Slate
>>9481388 Article from 9 years ago outlining the Shared Agenda of George Soros and Barack Obama
>>9481458 Open Society + Rockefeller Foundations >> DC Mayor Muriel Bowser
>>9481532 #12135
#12134
>>9480088 Utah NG Tweet "The oath that we swear.."
>>9480129 New DJT Tweet, thanks Iran for sending Michael home.
>>9480213 Various articles highlighting in detail the connections between Muslim Brotherhood, Hezbollah, PLO, etc with ANTIFA, BLM, ANSWER,and US politicians.
>>9480223 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse this evening
>>9480257 Kanye West Donates $2M for George Floyd's Daughter's College Tuition, Black-Owned Chicago Businesses
>>9480278 Israeli PM Bibi Netanyahu inspects West Bank for new land to capture
>>9480291 Needs verification: Soros Memo outlining the creation of a Federal Police using BLM (from 2016)
>>9480443 Needs extra eyes: is the Lighting video fake?
>>9480596 Resignations in the News, >>9480600, >>9480602, >>9480607, >>9480610
>>9480649 "Fuck off m8, we're full": Australia shakes up foreign investment laws for national security
>>9480781 #12134
#12133
>>9479384 Drew Brees Caves, Asks For 'Forgiveness' For Saying Americans Should Respect The Flag
>>9479617 Shooting at the Denver Floyd protest
>>9479361 Organizations Funded by George Soros and Open Society Foundations...
>>9479787 Compensation fund for Jeffrey Epstein's victims is APPROVED with no limit on how much each can get from his $634million estate - but they must give up right to sue Ghislaine Maxwell or other co-conspirators
>>9479833 Military Situation In Yemen On June 4, 2020 (Map Update)
>>9479932 Mayor Mendenhall "sided" with the rioters and had the Chief of Police in her "back pocket".
>>9479977 #12133
#12132
>>9478558 'Thank you, Iran!': Trump says 'deal is possible' after Tehran releases US Navy vet
>>9478576 5 ways to block or hide your number when making calls
>>9478582 Liberal magazine Slate declares violence is 'important' for protests, does NOT get censored by Twitter
>>9478589 Baghdad to Reject Talks With Washington to Prolong US Military Presence, Iraqi Politician Says
>>9478608 Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt News Round Up: Midnight Edition
>>9478639, >>9478759 Black Lives Matter and Antifa Rioters Are Pulling People Out of Their Cars In Santa Monica, CA
>>9478645 DS Call to Mutiny: Brennan...The writing is on the wall. Hillary...its time
>>9478680, >>9478711 Antifa Leaders - One of Whom Is Tied to Democratic Party - Assault Marine Reservists
>>9478690 Global Times Op-Ed: "It's Just A Matter Of Time" Before China Surpasses US In National Strength
>>9478730, >>9478813, >>9478937 Planefag reports
>>9478753 With little social distancing, Whitmer marches with protesters
>>9478761 Journalist Accused Of Sexual Assault After Runaway 15-Year-Old Located at His Home
>>9478778 China's Narrative on Coronavirus Contradicted by Leaked Document
>>9478798 Shameless Biden Fundraising Off The Death Of George Floyd
>>9478837 Customs in Baltimore seizes over 14,000 unapproved COVID-19 treatment capsules, several unapproved test kits from China
>>9478864 Murkowski, Mattis criticism ratchets up pressure on GOP over Trump
>>9478927, >>9479006 Soros: anon's Call for Diggs
>>9478930 Provocations in Buffalo
>>9478880 Terrorists threatening Sparta, Illinios homes
>>9479053 Mayor Bowser apparently is being completely un-American.
>>9479233 #12132
Previously Collected Notables
>>9476995 #12129, >>9477843 #12130, >>9478434 #12131
>>9474724 #12126, >>9475436 #12127, >>9476146 #12128
>>9472452 #12123, >>9473201 #12124, >>9473944 #12125
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#9481532 at 2020-06-05 07:30:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12135: Wake Up and Smell the Ashes Edition
#12135
>>9480830 Twitter-thread about 'CASTLE_ROCK'
>>9480891 Defense Secretary Mark Esper sends home hundreds of Active Duty Soldiers in D.C., >>9480973
>>9480909 New (fake) trend on Twitter: #GoBaldforBLM, >>9481082, >>9481131 This is a real story though
>>9480916 Letter from General Flynn: "I'm not done"
>>9480920 POTUS Schedule for Friday, June 5, 2020
>>9481181 Dig on Kim Komando, >>9481193, >>9481202, >>9481207, >>9481221, >>9481226, >>9481312, >>9481341
>>9481263 Keish a Lance Bottoms 'accepts challenge' from Obama on how to govern her City
>>9481300 Snitches get Stitches: Karen Jr. tries to Dox Patriots
>>9481356 Live Streams of the Protests
>>9481367 Candace Owens: "I DO NOT support George Floyd!" & Here's Why!
>>9481373 Australian Federal Police bust huge child sex abuse ring
>>9481381 New OP: Operation Blank Slate
>>9481388 Article from 9 years ago outlining the Shared Agenda of George Soros and Barack Obama
>>9481458 Open Society + Rockefeller Foundations >> DC Mayor Muriel Bowser
#9481343 at 2020-06-05 07:00:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12135: Wake Up and Smell the Ashes Edition
~500
CALL OUT ANY MISSING NOTABLES SO THAT I CAN ADD THEM
#12135
>>9480830 Twitter-thread about 'CASTLE_ROCK'
>>9480891 Defense Secretary Mark Esper sends home hundreds of Active Duty Soldiers in D.C., >>9480973
>>9480909 New (fake) trend on Twitter: #GoBaldforBLM, >>9481082, >>9481131 This is a real story though
>>9480916 Letter from General Flynn "I'm not done"
>>9480920 POTUS Schedule for Friday, June 5, 2020
>>9481181 Dig on Kim Komando, >>9481193 >>9481202 >>9481207 >>9481221, >>9481226, >>9481312
>>9481263 Keish a Lance Bottoms 'accepts challenge' from Obama on how to govern her City
>>9481300 Snitches get Stitches: Karen Jr. tries to Dox Patriots
#9481177 at 2020-06-05 06:38:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12135: Wake Up and Smell the Ashes Edition
>>9481138
Esper = hope
"We've been consumed with a lot of things between now and then, but I do think it's important to speak up," Esper said. "My
hope
is that instead of the violence in the streets we will see peaceful demonstrations that honor George Floyd, that press for accountability for his murder, that move us to reflect about racism in America and that serve as a call for action for us to come together and to address this problem once and for all."
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/03/Mark-Esper-military-deployment-protests-298314
#9481164 at 2020-06-05 06:37:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12135: Wake Up and Smell the Ashes Edition
~300
#12135
>>9480830 Twitter-thread about 'CASTLE_ROCK'
>>9480891 Defense Secretary Mark Esper sends home hundreds of Active Duty Soldiers in D.C., >>9480973
>>9480916 Letter from General Flynn "I'm not done"
>>9480920 POTUS Schedule for Friday, June 5, 2020
Some interesting but unverified stuff floating around in this bread.
#9481138 at 2020-06-05 06:35:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12135: Wake Up and Smell the Ashes Edition
[[E]SPER]'s Personal Act of Insurrection
Brennan Activates Sleeper [[E]SPER] by Tweet on 6-2 (pic attached)
https://twitter.com/JohnBrennan/status/1267971798769053697
Esper stages fake Pentagon Presser/Statement on 6-3
https://www.c-span.org/video/?472733-1/defense-secretary-Esper-support-invoking-insurrection-act
*Note relevant QPROOF:
Literal shadowed type of 'PRES' on Qpost 4397 + [e] from War[e]fare (QPost 4352) = [E]SPER
Yet another astounding QProof combining predictive Markers & 'literal foreshadowing' of type (i.e see attached QPosts for all predictive Markers), pre- Esper's personal act of 'insurrection'.
eXtra sauce on [[E]SPER]]'s relationship w/ Gen. Milly –
"The Pentagon's Invisible Man –
"…and he [Esper] has long been close to Gen. Mark Milley, who now serves as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The Esper-Milley initiative reprogrammed nearly $31 billion in Army funding over a period of five years, according to one estimate. But the Esper-Milley partnership is also crucial for two other reasons: Milley is closer to Trump than Esper, and Milley and Esper both see eye to eye on China and identify it as "the primary challenge" to the United States over the next several decades.
Esper's alliance with Milley is crucial, particularly now with Mike Pompeo under a firestorm of criticism from State Department officers and diplomats who believe their boss is primarily interested in securing his own political future.
Esper, on the other hand, has stayed out of the line of fire, building Pentagon alliances and gaining the trust of uniformed defenders, like Milley, who can protect him. The result is that he's gained valuable allies among senior military officers and Pentagon careerists."
https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/11/Mark-Esper-mike-pompeo-trump-pentagon-invisible-man-winning-washington-power-game/
#9480973 at 2020-06-05 06:22:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12135: Wake Up and Smell the Ashes Edition
>>9480891
Defense Secretary Mark Esper is sending hundreds of active duty soldiers who had been on standby in the Washington, D.C., area back to their home base after reversing course on such a decision the day before.
A senior defense official confirmed to The Hill that the Pentagon "made the decision to return members of some of the active duty units in the capital region to their home base."
The official added that military leaders "are continuously monitoring this dynamic situation," and that the return of the remainder of the active duty service members will be "conditions-based."
The troops - reported by numerous outlets as from the 82nd Airborne Division based in Fort Bragg, N.C. - are part of the roughly 1,600 U.S. forces brought to the D.C. area but never used to respond to civil unrest that came with protests over the Minneapolis police killing of an unarmed black man, George Floyd, last week.
This Marks the second time in as many days that Esper has ordered the troops home. On Wednesday morning, the Pentagon chief instructed forces to return home but changed his command later that day following a White House meeting, asking them to "to remain on alert" in the region for an additional 24 hours.
The change to diminish troop presence in the capital region comes after Esper made a signifiant break from White House messaging. On Wednesday, he told reporters he did not support invoking the Insurrection Act, an 1807 law that would allow President Trump to deploy active-duty troops around the country to respond to the protests.
Trump on Monday threatened to deploy troops to quell protests if governors did not "dominate" and call in their National Guard. But in an interview recorded on Wednesday he indicated he is unlikely to follow through.
"It depends. I don't think we'll have to," Trump told Sean Spicer, his former press secretary, in an interview on Newsmax.
>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/501232-Esper-orders-hundreds-of-active-duty-troops-outside-dc-sent-home-day-after
#9479536 at 2020-06-05 04:46:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12133: The 'The Writing Is On The Wall (for traitors)' Edition
>>9479373
Arrest Mark Esper and the seditious generals behind his public statement immediately that is unacceptable…….they sre not allowed opinions unless asked for by POTUS whom we voted in…….our country will not be run by agroup of generals in the pentagon
#9478055 at 2020-06-05 03:17:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12131: The Red Lines Edition
Bryan Dean Wright BLASTS Defense Secretary Esper for Defying Trump - Allowing MASS ORGANIZED RIOTERS, LOOTERS to Roam and Destroy US Cities
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper broke with his superior President Trump saying he opposes using the US Military against the violent far left mobs in cities across the United States.
Via WGN - Esper told reporters the Insurrection Act, which would allow Trump to use active-duty military for law enforcement in containing street protests, should be invoked in the United States "only in the most urgent and dire of situations." He declared, "We are not in one of those situations now."
For a week now leftists, looters, thugs and Black Lives Matter have destroyed and torched businesses and government buildings across the country.
https://youtu.be/Rdh2YEpvmrI
On Thursday night former CIA officer and Democrat Bryan Dean Wright joined Tucker Carlson to discuss Secretary Esper's opposition to the US President.
Bryan Dean Wright WENT OFF on Esper for REFUSING TO SEE the reality on the ground in dozens of American cities.
The people are under assault.
Our freedoms are under assault.
And Secretary Esper needs to resign if he will not follow the orders of his Commander in Chief!
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/bryan-dean-wright-blasts-defense-secretary-Esper-defying-trump-opposing-use-military-mass-organized-rioters-looters-video/
#9477864 at 2020-06-05 03:05:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12131: The Red Lines Edition
someone with credibility needs to Call Out the INSUBORDINATE JEW Mark Esper
#9477836 at 2020-06-05 03:03:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12131: The Red Lines Edition
ACLU And Black Lives Matter Sue Trump Administration Over Protest Violence
The American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Trump administration and federal law enforcement agencies, saying they violated the constitutional rights of demonstrators who were violently evacuated out of a park Monday to clear the path for a photo op by President Trump.
Court documents accuse officers of conducting a coordinated and "unprovoked charge into a crowd of demonstrators" who had gathered across from the White House in Lafayette Park to protest the killing of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police, as well as broader systemic injustices perpetrated by law enforcement against black people in the United States.
"What happened to our members Monday evening, here in the nation's capital, was an affront to all our rights," said April Goggans, Core Organizer of Black Lives Matter D.C., the lead plaintiff in the case.
As Trump held a press conference in the Rose Garden on Monday afternoon, he threatened to deploy the military to cities he said were besieged by violent protesters, saying the armed forces would "quickly solve the problem for them."
At the same time, U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Park Police, D.C. National Guard, and U.S. Military Police who had been stationed across the street, deployed chemical irritants and shot rubber bullets to disperse what had been a peaceful protest. The confrontation took place well before the Washington, D.C., curfew of 7 p.m. ET.
At the conclusion of Trump's news conference, he walked from the White House to St. John's Church on the opposite side of the park, where he posed briefly for photographers, holding a Bible. He was accompanied by Attorney General William Barr among others.
The basement of the historic church was damaged in a fire Sunday night.
The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of Black Lives Matter D.C., and individual protesters who were in Lafayette Park on Monday evening. It seeks an order barring officials, including Barr and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper from repeating the unlawful activities, and damages for the injuries plaintiffs sustained.
https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/06/04/870141550/aclu-and-black-lives-matter-sue-trump-administration-over-protest-violence
#9475461 at 2020-06-05 01:08:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12127: ALERT Readiness: Severe-Critical Edition
>>9475272
>https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/06/us-military-establishing-central-command-center-to-oversee-riot-responses/
OP cut the text from a stale and moldy caption and left out the current story from the cap
Baker, posting fresh story that link points to
President Donald Trump's cabinet is preparing a "central command center" for coordinating federal responses to rioting across many states in the country.
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany announced on Monday that Attorney General Bill Barr and Defense Secretary Mark Esper would be involved in sending federal assets. McEnany responded to questions about Trump's call on governors to mobilize law enforcement to respond to rioting and "dominate."
"[Trump] has had two briefings with Secretary Esper and A.G. Barr and Gen. Milley was there," she said. "And there will be additional federal assets deployed across the nation. There will be a central command center in conjunction with the state and local governments that will include Gen. Milley, Secretary Esper, and A.G. Barr, but I won't go any further in announcing what actions."
McEnany indicated the Trump cabinet has observed that police lines meant to accompany peaceful protests being "overwhelmed by massive protests that have turned into riots, the peaceful protests need to be distinguished from the riots we've seen."
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She said when law enforcement lines are overwhelmed law enforcement instead goes on the defense.
McEnany's comments came hours before Trump announced on Monday that he had called on all state governors to activate their own state's National Guard units, where appropriate, to stop rioting and violence. Trump said if states did not take measures on their own to stop the rioting, he would order active military to respond.
"Mayors and governors must establish an overwhelming law enforcement presence until the violence has been quelled," Trump said Monday night. "If a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents, then I will deploy the United State military and quickly solve the problem for them."
As Trump raised the call for law enforcement and even military responses to rioting, he invoked cases of buildings burned, cops who had been struck in the face by bricks and a federal employee who was shot and killed in Oakland, Calif.
On Saturday Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced the full mobilization of his state's National Guard units. Walz noted he had seen a shift a difference between peaceful demonstrations and coordinated attacks by "militarized" individuals. He said demonstrations in Minneapolis had become about "attacking civil society, instilling fear and disrupting our great city."
Walz and Minnesota National Guard Adjutant Gen. Jon Jensen also indicated they were aware of federal resources, including active military police units being offered to respond to the rioting.
"While we were not consulted with as it relates to that, I do believe it's a prudent move to provide other options available for the Governor, if the Governor elects to use those resources," Jensen said at the time.
#9475272 at 2020-06-05 00:59:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12127: ALERT Readiness: Severe-Critical Edition
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/06/us-military-establishing-central-command-center-to-oversee-riot-responses/
US military establishing 'central command center' to oversee riot responses
President Donald J. Trump is joined by Vice President Mike Pence, National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien, left; Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Army General Mark A. Milley, right, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019, in the Situation Room of the White House monitoring developments as U.S. Special Operations forces close in on notorious ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's compound in Syria with a mission to kill or capture the terrorist. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
JUNE 02, 2020 RYAN MORGAN
#9473015 at 2020-06-04 23:12:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12124: When The Country Falls Into Chaos, Patriotism Is Born Edition
>>9472870
Mark Esper did it in the open.
And then failed to resign.
#9471069 at 2020-06-04 21:20:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12122: Operators Standing By Edition
Literal shadowed type of 'PRES' + [e] from War[e]fare = [E]SPER
Yet another astounding QProof that combines predictive Markers & 'literal foreshadowing' included all attached QPosts, pre- Esper's personal act of 'insurrection' .
Added sauce on [[E]SPER]] –
https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/11/Mark-Esper-mike-pompeo-trump-pentagon-invisible-man-winning-washington-power-game/
https://www.c-span.org/video/?472733-1/defense-secretary-Esper-support-invoking-insurrection-act
#9457949 at 2020-06-04 01:22:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12105: The 'Seldom Brought Home The Bacon' Edition
White House Press Secretary: 'As of Right Now, Secretary Esper Is Still Secretary Esper'
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany voiced tepid support for Defense Secretary Mark Esper, after he stated Wednesday that he did not support invoking the Insurrection Act, which would allow active-duty troops to act in domestic law enforcement roles.
Esper called the president's confidence of him into question, after he said during a press conference:
The option to use active duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort, and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. We are not in one of those situations now. I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act.
According to Bloomberg News, the administration had not talked about invoking it recently. Still, Esper's statement undermined the deterrence of the president's warnings that he would deploy active duty forces to respond to riots if necessary, especially since Trump had ordered active-duty forces to the Capitol-region on Monday to use if necessary.
Asked whether Esper had ever expressed his views about the Insurrection Act in private, McEnany said that she was not aware of him doing so - which would be a rare instance of the Pentagon chief taking a policy stance on its own, at least without running it by the president.
"With regard to whether the President has confidence, I would say: If he loses confidence in Secretary Esper, I'm sure you all will be the first to know," she said.
"As of right now, Secretary Esper is still Secretary Esper. And should the President lose faith, we will all learn about that in the future," McEnany said.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/03/white-house-press-secretary-as-of-right-now-secretary-Esper-is-still-secretary-Esper/
#9456312 at 2020-06-03 23:39:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12102: Reactions To Rosenstein Edition
#12099
Posted in #12102
>>9453570, >>9453599 planefaggin
>>9453733 Feds investigating whether criminal actors exerting 'command and control' over unrest as bricks thrown at cops
>>9453663 London rioting has started.
>>9453624 Defense Secretary Mark Esper Says He Was Not Aware He Was Accompanying Trump to St. John's for a 'Photo Op'
>>9453604 Looters in Manhattan Pulled Up to Store in $300,000 Rolls Royce SUV to Clean Out Store
>>9453520 Minnesota's attorney general warns that while all four officers involved in the death of George Floyd are now charged, convicting them "will be hard"
>>9453374 Defense Secretary Mark Esper has reversed decision to return active-duty troops deployed near DC to home bases, Army secretary tells AP.
>>9453348 TikTok influencers are covering themselves in their own feces to support #BlackOutTuesday
#9456301 at 2020-06-03 23:38:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12102: Reactions To Rosenstein Edition
#12099
>>9453570, >>9453599 planefaggin
>>9453733 Feds investigating whether criminal actors exerting 'command and control' over unrest as bricks thrown at cops
>>9453663 London rioting has started.
>>9453624 Defense Secretary Mark Esper Says He Was Not Aware He Was Accompanying Trump to St. John's for a 'Photo Op'
>>9453604 Looters in Manhattan Pulled Up to Store in $300,000 Rolls Royce SUV to Clean Out Store
>>9453520 Minnesota's attorney general warns that while all four officers involved in the death of George Floyd are now charged, convicting them "will be hard"
>>9453374 Defense Secretary Mark Esper has reversed decision to return active-duty troops deployed near DC to home bases, Army secretary tells AP.
>>9453348 TikTok influencers are covering themselves in their own feces to support #BlackOutTuesday
#9455580 at 2020-06-03 22:52:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12102: Reactions To Rosenstein Edition
Global Announcements
Klausutis/Scarborough diggz https://pastebin.com/FFB6n1VG
Notables
are not endorsements
#12101
>>9455529 Minneapolis City Council Member Phillipe Cunningham Dig
>>9455503 Steve Hilton: Director Redfield must be fired as I've said for months
>>9455405 , >>9455383, >>9455448 Bill Clinton held up the Bible
>>9455433 , >>9455469 Appeals court mulls making Hillary Clinton testify on emails
>>9455218 , >>9455251 Online viewer numbers during Hussien's shout out to rioters?
>>9455200 WHO to resume HCQ trial
>>9455158 Mail-In votes discarded, never counted in Baltimore Election due to error
>>9455096 Snapchat will stop promoting President Trump's posts
>>9455065 Video: Keyleigh McEnany's Press Briefing today
>>9454985 , >>9455086 James Mattis denounces President Trump. Tribunals soon?
>>9454976 US joins lawsuit against AECOM alleging false claims re hurricane relief
>>9454947 Police arrested 36 for rioting and looting in St. Louis this week
>>9454923 The Debate Now: Does The Coronavirus Still Even Exist?
>>9454887 , >>9455485 George Floyd diggz
>>9454883 , >>9454926, >>9455120 Planefag Reports
>>9454860 Rocky Mount to remove 103-year-old Confederate monument
>>9454857 Breitbart: Tom Cotton on Insurrection Act
>>9454803 , >>9454859, >>9454865, >>9455051 Reactions to Rosenstein news
>>9455516 , >>9455491, >>9455537 Protest Updates II
>>9454884 , >>9454886, >>9454919, >>9455192, >>9455303 Protest Updates I
#12101
#12100 Baker change
>>9454681 17! Trump campaign statement on Snapchat | Donald J. Trump for President
>>9454622 Social justice means beating the hell out of a disabled man
>>9454611 Pompeo Tweets Pic Hosting 'Wanted' Chinese Dissidents & Tiananmen Survivors
>>9454550 Google facing $5 billion lawsuit for tracking 'private' internet use
>>9454517 New vid on DJT YT channel: Healing Not Hate
>>9454427 Hussein's Community Policing Town Hall: Ford Foundation diggz
>>9454308 NYPD chief 'outraged' at Gov. Cuomo for 'sitting in his office'
>>9454286 Planefag Reports
>>9454278 Antifa Attempt To Riot In California Suburb Goes Awry
>>9454239 , >>9454268 Project Veritas to expose Antifa
>>9454236 Anon on shadow presidency
>>9454205 POTUS tweet misspelling - the missing 'Y'?
>>9454151 Video: Jesse Waters - George Floyd - It was a hit
>>9454144 Results from yesterday's DC Presidential Primary
>>9454125 NJ governor admits COVID-19 double standard
>>9454112, >>9454137 Addressing a Former President of the United States
>>9454758 #12100
#12099
>>9453570, >>9453599 planefaggin
>>9453733 Feds investigating whether criminal actors exerting 'command and control' over unrest as bricks thrown at cops
>>9453663 London rioting has started.
>>9453624 Defense Secretary Mark Esper Says He Was Not Aware He Was Accompanying Trump to St. John's for a 'Photo Op'
>>9453604 Looters in Manhattan Pulled Up to Store in $300,000 Rolls Royce SUV to Clean Out Store
>>9453520 Minnesota's attorney general warns that while all four officers involved in the death of George Floyd are now charged, convicting them "will be hard"
>>9453374 Defense Secretary Mark Esper has reversed decision to return active-duty troops deployed near DC to home bases, Army secretary tells AP.
>>9453348 TikTok influencers are covering themselves in their own feces to support #BlackOutTuesday
#12099
#12098
>>9452978 Market Report
>>9452685 Full Vid of NG taking the Knee.
>>9452632 Deutsche anons check in
>>9452598 Murder Investigation Against German in Madeleine McCann Case
>>9452541 Ex-Baltimore mayor, once convicted of embezzlement, now favorite to fill seat of mayor convicted of fraud
>>9453293 #12098
Previously Collected Notables
>>9451710 #12096, >>9452431 #12097,
>>9450175 #12094, >>9450921 #12095, >>9450921 #12095
>>9447869 #12091, >>9448643 #12092, >>9449386 #12093
>>9445562 #12088, >>9446541 #12089, >>9447049 #12090
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#9455125 at 2020-06-03 22:26:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12101: What Does Waters Know? The 'George Floyd Was A Hit' Edition
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/03/Mark-Esper-military-deployment-protests-298314
#9454858 at 2020-06-03 22:09:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12100: Narrative Shift Now Working? Protestors with Covid? KEK Edition
>>9453624
>Defense Secretary Mark Esper told Pentagon reporters at a briefing Wednesday morning that he was not aware he would be accompanying President Trump to St. John's church for a "photo op" on Monday.
I'm DYING-they are all fucking traitors and they are 100% running the show.
>
>He said he was aware he would be visiting the church and National Guard troops on the streets of D.C. but did not expect what took place.
LOLOL the pentagon chief. Do you lost still think you are winning?
#9454772 at 2020-06-03 22:04:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12101: What Does Waters Know? The 'George Floyd Was A Hit' Edition
Global Announcements
Klausutis/Scarborough diggz https://pastebin.com/FFB6n1VG
Notables
are not endorsements
#12100 Baker change
>>9454681 17! Trump campaign statement on Snapchat | Donald J. Trump for President
>>9454622 Social justice means beating the hell out of a disabled man
>>9454611 Pompeo Tweets Pic Hosting 'Wanted' Chinese Dissidents & Tiananmen Survivors
>>9454550 Google facing $5 billion lawsuit for tracking 'private' internet use
>>9454517 New vid on DJT YT channel: Healing Not Hate
>>9454427 Hussein's Community Policing Town Hall: Ford Foundation diggz
>>9454308 NYPD chief 'outraged' at Gov. Cuomo for 'sitting in his office'
>>9454286 Planefag Reports
>>9454278 Antifa Attempt To Riot In California Suburb Goes Awry
>>9454239 , >>9454268 Project Veritas to expose Antifa
>>9454236 Anon on shadow presidency
>>9454205 POTUS tweet misspelling - the missing 'Y'?
>>9454151 Video: Jesse Waters - George Floyd - It was a hit
>>9454144 Results from yesterday's DC Presidential Primary
>>9454125 NJ governor admits COVID-19 double standard
>>9454112, >>9454137 Addressing a Former President of the United States
>>9454758 #12100
#12099
>>9453570, >>9453599 planefaggin
>>9453733 Feds investigating whether criminal actors exerting 'command and control' over unrest as bricks thrown at cops
>>9453663 London rioting has started.
>>9453624 Defense Secretary Mark Esper Says He Was Not Aware He Was Accompanying Trump to St. John's for a 'Photo Op'
>>9453604 Looters in Manhattan Pulled Up to Store in $300,000 Rolls Royce SUV to Clean Out Store
>>9453520 Minnesota's attorney general warns that while all four officers involved in the death of George Floyd are now charged, convicting them "will be hard"
>>9453374 Defense Secretary Mark Esper has reversed decision to return active-duty troops deployed near DC to home bases, Army secretary tells AP.
>>9453348 TikTok influencers are covering themselves in their own feces to support #BlackOutTuesday
#12099
#12098
>>9452978 Market Report
>>9452685 Full Vid of NG taking the Knee.
>>9452632 Deutsche anons check in
>>9452598 Murder Investigation Against German in Madeleine McCann Case
>>9452541 Ex-Baltimore mayor, once convicted of embezzlement, now favorite to fill seat of mayor convicted of fraud
>>9453293 #12098
Previously Collected Notables
>>9451710 #12096, >>9452431 #12097,
>>9450175 #12094, >>9450921 #12095, >>9450921 #12095
>>9447869 #12091, >>9448643 #12092, >>9449386 #12093
>>9445562 #12088, >>9446541 #12089, >>9447049 #12090
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#9454230 at 2020-06-03 21:35:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12100: Narrative Shift Now Working? Protestors with Covid? KEK Edition
#12099
>>9453570, >>9453599 planefaggin
>>9453733 Feds investigating whether criminal actors exerting 'command and control' over unrest as bricks thrown at cops
>>9453663 London rioting has started.
>>9453624 Defense Secretary Mark Esper Says He Was Not Aware He Was Accompanying Trump to St. John's for a 'Photo Op'
>>9453604 Looters in Manhattan Pulled Up to Store in $300,000 Rolls Royce SUV to Clean Out Store
>>9453520 Minnesota's attorney general warns that while all four officers involved in the death of George Floyd are now charged, convicting them "will be hard"
>>9453374 Defense Secretary Mark Esper has reversed decision to return active-duty troops deployed near DC to home bases, Army secretary tells AP.
>>9453348 TikTok influencers are covering themselves in their own feces to support #BlackOutTuesday
#12099
#9454084 at 2020-06-03 21:27:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12100: Narrative Shift Now Working? Protestors with Covid? KEK Edition
Global Announcements
Klausutis/Scarborough diggz https://pastebin.com/FFB6n1VG
Notables
are not endorsements
#12099
>>9453570, >>9453599 planefaggin
>>9453733 Feds investigating whether criminal actors exerting 'command and control' over unrest as bricks thrown at cops
>>9453663 London rioting has started.
>>9453624 Defense Secretary Mark Esper Says He Was Not Aware He Was Accompanying Trump to St. John's for a 'Photo Op'
>>9453604 Looters in Manhattan Pulled Up to Store in $300,000 Rolls Royce SUV to Clean Out Store
>>9453520 Minnesota's attorney general warns that while all four officers involved in the death of George Floyd are now charged, convicting them "will be hard"
>>9453374 Defense Secretary Mark Esper has reversed decision to return active-duty troops deployed near DC to home bases, Army secretary tells AP.
>>9453348 TikTok influencers are covering themselves in their own feces to support #BlackOutTuesday
#12099
#12098
>>9452978 Market Report
>>9452685 Full Vid of NG taking the Knee.
>>9452632 Deutsche anons check in
>>9452598 Murder Investigation Against German in Madeleine McCann Case
>>9452541 Ex-Baltimore mayor, once convicted of embezzlement, now favorite to fill seat of mayor convicted of fraud
>>9453293 #12098
#12097
>>9452181, >>9452107 PF updates
>>9452189 @NSArchive has obtained and published many useful declassified documents about this and related nuclear false alarms.
>>9452174, >>9452204 Facts Vs. Fake. A Worldwide Lockdown of Everything
>>9452131 Trump says if Russia were G7 Member then Problems would be Easier to Solve
>>9452112 2016 St. Louis circuit attorney candidate defends accepting super PAC campaign money from liberal billionaire / Now: The ST LOUIS Judge who let everyone go
>>9452111 "We Built This Country and We ain't going now where" vid
>>9452058 Fear: The Best Tool of the Ruling Class
>>9452030 Sturm Ruger & Co. Vice-Chairman/former CEO sold: $6.09m-June1-2
>>9452010 President's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice Holds Hearing on the Role of the Public Defender
>>9451984 Interested in United States Air Force quantum information science programs and activities? Register now to get involved!
>>9451904, >>9451977, >>9452015 Former Minneapolis mayor with ties to Floyd/Chauvin?/diggz
>>9451895, >>9451915 Californians Object To Islamic Call To Prayer Over Loudspeakers At 4:30AM
>>9451882 The Road To His Second Term vid
>>9451874 U.S. indicts Pilgrim's Pride Corp CEO for alleged chicken price-fixing
>>9451871 Potus: "There has never been a president in the White House who has been more supportive of HBCUs and their mission than President Trump"
>>9451867 Active-duty troops deployed to DC region start to leave
>>9451831 HEATED: Judicial Watch VS Hillary Clinton Over EMAILS at DC Court of Appeals Hearing - AUDIO ONLY
>>9451825 New York State Bar Association: 'Mandatory vaccinations for COVID-19 should be required'
>>9451801 Former United Auto Workers President Gary Jones on Wednesday pleaded guilty to helping steal more than $1 million from rank-and-file workers
>>9451796 Wal-Mart stores in "select locations" have a message for the looters and rioters
>>9452431 #12097
#9453814 at 2020-06-03 21:15:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12099: Suit Up Warriors of the Lord, Liberty Calling Edition
>>9453604
Notables
>>9453570, >>9453599 planefaggin
>>9453604 Looters in Manhattan Pulled Up to Store in $300,000 Rolls Royce SUV to Clean Out Store
>>9453520 Minnesota's attorney general warns that while all four officers involved in the death of George Floyd are now charged, convicting them "will be hard"
>>9453374 Defense Secretary Mark Esper has reversed decision to return active-duty troops deployed near DC to home bases, Army secretary tells AP.
>>9453348 TikTok influencers are covering themselves in their own feces to support #BlackOutTuesday
#9453724 at 2020-06-03 21:12:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12099: Suit Up Warriors of the Lord, Liberty Calling Edition
>>9453624
'Mark Esper YOUR FIRED'
#9453624 at 2020-06-03 21:07:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12099: Suit Up Warriors of the Lord, Liberty Calling Edition
Defense Secretary Mark Esper Says He Was Not Aware He Was Accompanying Trump to St. John's for a 'Photo Op'
Defense Secretary Mark Esper told Pentagon reporters at a briefing Wednesday morning that he was not aware he would be accompanying President Trump to St. John's church for a "photo op" on Monday.
He said he was aware he would be visiting the church and National Guard troops on the streets of D.C. but did not expect what took place.
After the historic church was burned by rioters, Trump walked across the street from the White House with members of his cabinet, including Esper, and stood in front of the church and held up a bible as members of the press corps snapped photos.
"I was not aware a photo op was happening," Esper said. "I do everything I can to stay apolitical."
However, also during the briefing, Esper paid his condolences to George Floyd's family and said that he and members of the military swore an oath to protect freedom of speech.
He also said he does not support invoking the Insurrection Act, which would allow U.S. military to act as domestic law enforcement.
"I've always believed and continue to believe that the National Guard is best suited for performing domestic support to civil authorities in these situations in support of local law enforcement," he said.
"I say this not only as secretary of defense, but also as a former soldier and a former member of the National Guard. The option to use active duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations," he said.
"We are not in one of those situations now. I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act."
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/03/defense-secretary-Mark-Esper-says-he-was-not-aware-he-was-accompanying-trump-to-st-johns-for-a-photo-op/
#9453445 at 2020-06-03 20:59:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12099: Suit Up Warriors of the Lord, Liberty Calling Edition
>>9453374
In other news, Mark Esper has not been forced to resign his commission [yet].
#9453374 at 2020-06-03 20:56:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12099: Suit Up Warriors of the Lord, Liberty Calling Edition
Miami Herald
@MiamiHerald
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has reversed decision to return active-duty troops deployed near DC to home bases, Army secretary tells AP.
https://twitter.com/MiamiHerald/status/1268285105904275456
#9452925 at 2020-06-03 20:33:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12098: The Marathon is Getting Hot Toward the End Edition
Really Q like we are not aware of this. Trump needs to fire Defense Secretary Mark Esper and some ofriends his advisors. Obama lovers.
#9451867 at 2020-06-03 19:14:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12097: Presser A Hit on DS Edition
Active-duty troops deployed to DC region start to leave
Senior defense officials tell the Associated Press that U.S. active-duty soldiers brought in to help if needed with the civil unrest in the nation's capitol are beginning to return to their home base, after two days of more peaceful demonstrations in Washington, D
WASHINGTON (AP) - Active-duty troops brought in to help if needed with the civil unrest in the nation's capitol are beginning to return to their home base, after two days of more peaceful demonstrations in Washington, D.C., senior defense officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The officials said that about 200 soldiers with the 82nd Airborne's immediate response force will be the first to leave on Wednesday, returning to their base at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The remainder of the active-duty troops, who have all been kept at military bases outside the city in northern Virginia and Maryland, will also get pulled home in the coming days if conditions allow, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss imminent troop movements. The active-duty troops were available, but were not used in response to the protests.
The departure of the troops comes as Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters Wednesday that current conditions do not warrant using military forces for law enforcement in containing the protests. President Donald Trump has in recent days talked about using the military to quell violent protests in U.S. cities.
About 1,300 active-duty troops were brought in to the Capitol region early this week as protests turned violent, in the aftermath of the death in Minnesota of a black man, George Floyd, who died after a white police officer pressed his knee to Floyd's neck for several minutes.
The active-duty unit that will be last to remain on alert is the Army's 3rd Infantry Regiment, which is normally most visible as the soldiers who stand at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The troops, known as the Old Guard, are based close to D.C. at Fort Myer, Virginia, and have been on 30-minute alert status. So, they would continue to be prepared to respond to any emergency in the region within a half hour for as long as needed.
Pentagon leaders have consistently said there continues to be no intent to use the active-duty forces in any law enforcement capacity. They would be used to assist the National Guard or other forces.
So far, Indiana has sent about 300 National Guard troops to D.C., Tennessee has sent about 1,000 and South Carolina has sent more than 400.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/active-duty-troops-deployed-to-dc-region-start-to-leave/
Becoming clear that the DS in the pentagon is acting against POTUS's wishes
#9451818 at 2020-06-03 19:11:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12097: Presser A Hit on DS Edition
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/03/defense-secretary-Mark-Esper-says-he-was-not-aware-he-was-accompanying-trump-to-st-johns-for-a-photo-op/
#9451319 at 2020-06-03 18:28:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12096: Hot Kitchen, Big Buns, Kayleigh Up Next Edition
GOP leader backs Esper on opposing Insurrection Act
Senate Majority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) on Wednesday threw his support behind Defense Secretary Mark Esper after the Pentagon chief said he opposes invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807 to deploy active U.S. military on American soil to quell protests.
"I think that these tasks ought to be relegated as much as possible to the state and local authorities, the law enforcement and police," Thune told reporters Wednesday when asked about Esper's opposition to President Trump possibly invoking the Insurrection Act.
"You got national guard in the states they can activate. I know there are instances in the past where they've had to call up active-duty personnel but I think the goal always is to de-escalate, not escalate. So my view is that's the right call," he added.
Thune said the U.S. military should maintain its longstanding tradition of staying nonpolitical.
"I think the Defense Department by and large ought to stay out of the political fray. They've got a job to do and we count on them heavily to do it," he said.
Esper said at a news conference earlier Wednesday that regular active-duty troops should not be used for domestic policing jobs.
"I've always believed and continue to believe that the National Guard is best suited for performing domestic support to civil authorities in these situations in support of local law enforcement," he said.
Media outlets reported earlier in the week that Trump was considering invoking the 213-year-old law to restore peace in cities wracked by social unrest, including riots and looting, over the police killing of George Floyd last week in Minneapolis.
The president announced Monday that he would mobilize "all available federal resources, civilian and military, to stop the rioting and looting, to end the destruction and arson and to protect the rights of law-abiding Americans, including your Second Amendment rights."
Esper on Wednesday pushed back on Trump's consideration of the move, arguing that it should only be used as a "last resort."
"As a former soldier and a former member of the National Guard, the option to use active-duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations," he added. "We are not in one of those situations now. I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act."
Esper and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have come under criticism from former military leaders for appearing with Trump during a controversial photo op in front of St. John's Episcopal Church on Monday.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/500916-gop-leader-backs-Esper-on-opposing-insurrection-act
#9450944 at 2020-06-03 17:59:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12096: Hot Kitchen, Big Buns, Kayleigh Up Next Edition
#12092
>>9447934, >>9448087 Mexican Government Freezes Nearly 2000 Cartel Bank Accounts, moar info on Mexican cartels
>>9447936, >>9447954 53 subpoenas will be issued tomorrow, as per RR hearing
>>9448019 Enraged Italians Abandon Masks, Denounce Pandemic As Scam
>>9448079 Meme fodder: fiery Graham!
>>9448131 Woman charged with inciting riots after posting Facebook Live video
>>9447991, >>9447997, >>9448347, >>9448377, >>9448369, >>9448367, >>9448399, >>9448259, >>9448439, >>9448441, >>9448494, >>9448505, >>9448516, >>9448565,>>9448596 Moar anon commentary on RR hearing
>>9448217, >>9448239, >>9448449, >>9448496 PF reports
>>9448283, >>9448400 Protestors have had enough of the anarchists - video of protestor throwing their bomb back at them
>>9448456 Watch how DC crowd goes from chill and peaceful to loud and crashing on the fences the instant CNN starts filming.
>>9448643 #12092
#12091
>>9447157 Man climbs pole, replaces burned flag at American Legion post in La Mesa
>>9447208, >>9447212, >>9447431, >>9447438, >>9447619 Anons observe that RR is scared shitless
>>9447257, >>9447381, >>9447622, >>9447703 PF reports
>>9447268 POTUS Admin Set To Bar Chinese Passenger Planes To US Starting June 16
>>9447330 Mark Esper, Defense Secretary press conference from this morning
>>9447221, >>9447298, >>9447384, >>9447420, >>9447430, >>9447442, >>9447505, >>9447536, >>9447541, >>9447561, >>9447585, >>9447588, >>9447615, >>9447782 Anons' commentary on RR hearing (will be adding more as they come in)
>>9447453 Jonathan Turley tweets on RR: testified that he would not have signed warrant application in 2017 on Page because of the misconduct of FBI agents + lack of evidence.
>>9447532 Eyes on dude in the back - we see you
>>9447675 Refresher: DOJ/RR docs from JW
>>9447745 Flashback: Comey had concerns about Rosenstein, friend says
>>9447182 WarRoom report
>>9447843 Reminder: McCabe alleges that RR wanted to talk to Comey AFTER he was fired
>>9447869 #12091
Previously Collected Notables
>>9445562 #12088, >>9446541 #12089, >>9447049 #12090
>>9443158 #12085, >>9443870 #12086, >>9445073 #12087
>>9440929 #12082, >>9441683 #12083, >>9442454 #12084
>>9438634 #12079, >>9439355 #12080, >>9440298 #12081
>>9436381 #12076, >>9437100 #12077, >>9437895 #12078
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#9450621 at 2020-06-03 17:39:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12095: Blackburn Activated, Graham's Not A Chinese Astronaut Edition
Defense Secretary Esper Says He Doesn't Support Invoking Insurrection Act
Defense Secretary Mark Esper says he does not support invoking the Insurrection Act to deal with civil unrest in the country. He also responds to criticism about joining President Trump for a photo-op at Saint John's Church in Lafayette Square.
#9450613 at 2020-06-03 17:39:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12095: Blackburn Activated, Graham's Not A Chinese Astronaut Edition
Defense Secretary Breaks With Trump, 'Does Not Support' Invoking Insurrection Act
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said during a Wednesday press conference that he does not support using the Insurrection Act which would allow President Trump to activate the US military for domestic law enforcement during violent, nationwide protests which have turned into riots in major cities.
"I've always believed and continue to believe that the National Guard is best suited for performing domestic support to civil authorities in these situations in support of local law enforcement," said Esper.
"I say this not only as secretary of Defense, but also as a former soldier and a former member of the National Guard, the option to use active duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations," he added. "We are not in one of those situations now. I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act."
On Monday, NBC News reported that President Trump was considering invoking the 212-year-old federal law that would allow him to deploy active-duty US troops in an effort to control riots spreading across the United States which were sparked by the death of George Floyd, an African American who died in police custody after an officer knelt on his neck for over eight minutes.
Speaking outside the White House, Trump said that if the nation's governors don't call up National Guard troops to "dominate the streets," that "I will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem for them."
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/defense-secretary-does-not-support-invoking-insurrection-act
For those who don't know about Esper's past
Pentagon nominee Esper,a former Raytheon lobbyist,must extend recusal, says Warren
https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2019/07/15/pentagon-nominee-Esper-a-former-raytheon-lobbyist-must-extend-recusal/
#9450194 at 2020-06-03 17:13:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12095: Blackburn Activated, Graham's Not A Chinese Astronaut Edition
#12093
>>9448678, >>9448688, >>9448689, >>9448727, >>9448755, >>9448745, >>9448893, >>9448944, >>9449146, >>9449219, >>9449234, >>9449241, >>9449345, >>9449284 Anon commentary on RR hearing continued
>>9448851 Deutsche Bank faces action from NY regulators over Epstein ties
>>9448914 Sad: Sean Hannity and wife divorce after more than 20 years of marriage
>>9448926, >>9449047 Anon says he found smoking gun evidence of George Soros being the mastermind of Antifa
>>9449011 PF reports
>>9449025 Anon's 30k ft view on RR's testimony
>>9449058 Catherine Herridge tweets on RR hearing
>>9449091 Video referenced in Q4379 has been removed due to copyright claim
>>9449113 Posobiec starts a memorial fund for the family of Captain David Dorn, POTUS retweeted
>>9448865, >>9448880, >>9449006, >>9449031, >>9449067, >>9449119, >>9449024, >>9449248, >>9449286 Remember, remember the 5th (or 3rd?) of November..
>>9449277 El Nuevo Rodeo (where Floyd + Chauvin worked) was the campaign HQ of former mayor of Minneapolis!
>>9449316 Graphic: Remember, Rod, FISA works both ways
>>9449386 #12093
#12092
>>9447934, >>9448087 Mexican Government Freezes Nearly 2000 Cartel Bank Accounts, moar info on Mexican cartels
>>9447936, >>9447954 53 subpoenas will be issued tomorrow, as per RR hearing
>>9448019 Enraged Italians Abandon Masks, Denounce Pandemic As Scam
>>9448079 Meme fodder: fiery Graham!
>>9448131 Woman charged with inciting riots after posting Facebook Live video
>>9447991, >>9447997, >>9448347, >>9448377, >>9448369, >>9448367, >>9448399, >>9448259, >>9448439, >>9448441, >>9448494, >>9448505, >>9448516, >>9448565,>>9448596 Moar anon commentary on RR hearing
>>9448217, >>9448239, >>9448449, >>9448496 PF reports
>>9448283, >>9448400 Protestors have had enough of the anarchists - video of protestor throwing their bomb back at them
>>9448456 Watch how DC crowd goes from chill and peaceful to loud and crashing on the fences the instant CNN starts filming.
>>9448643 #12092
#12091
>>9447157 Man climbs pole, replaces burned flag at American Legion post in La Mesa
>>9447208, >>9447212, >>9447431, >>9447438, >>9447619 Anons observe that RR is scared shitless
>>9447257, >>9447381, >>9447622, >>9447703 PF reports
>>9447268 POTUS Admin Set To Bar Chinese Passenger Planes To US Starting June 16
>>9447330 Mark Esper, Defense Secretary press conference from this morning
>>9447221, >>9447298, >>9447384, >>9447420, >>9447430, >>9447442, >>9447505, >>9447536, >>9447541, >>9447561, >>9447585, >>9447588, >>9447615, >>9447782 Anons' commentary on RR hearing (will be adding more as they come in)
>>9447453 Jonathan Turley tweets on RR: testified that he would not have signed warrant application in 2017 on Page because of the misconduct of FBI agents + lack of evidence.
>>9447532 Eyes on dude in the back - we see you
>>9447675 Refresher: DOJ/RR docs from JW
>>9447745 Flashback: Comey had concerns about Rosenstein, friend says
>>9447182 WarRoom report
>>9447843 Reminder: McCabe alleges that RR wanted to talk to Comey AFTER he was fired
>>9447869 #12091
Previously Collected Notables
>>9445562 #12088, >>9446541 #12089, >>9447049 #12090
>>9443158 #12085, >>9443870 #12086, >>9445073 #12087
>>9440929 #12082, >>9441683 #12083, >>9442454 #12084
>>9438634 #12079, >>9439355 #12080, >>9440298 #12081
>>9436381 #12076, >>9437100 #12077, >>9437895 #12078
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#9449420 at 2020-06-03 16:31:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12094: Dems Panicking Edition
Global Announcements
Klausutis/Scarborough diggz https://pastebin.com/FFB6n1VG
Notables
are not endorsements
#12093
>>9448678, >>9448688, >>9448689, >>9448727, >>9448755, >>9448745, >>9448893, >>9448944, >>9449146, >>9449219, >>9449234, >>9449241, >>9449345, >>9449284 Anon commentary on RR hearing continued
>>9448851 Deutsche Bank faces action from NY regulators over Epstein ties
>>9448914 Sad: Sean Hannity and wife divorce after more than 20 years of marriage
>>9448926, >>9449047 Anon says he found smoking gun evidence of George Soros being the mastermind of Antifa
>>9449011 PF reports
>>9449025 Anon's 30k ft view on RR's testimony
>>9449058 Catherine Herridge tweets on RR hearing
>>9449091 Video referenced in Q4379 has been removed due to copyright claim
>>9449113 Posobiec starts a memorial fund for the family of Captain David Dorn, POTUS retweeted
>>9448865, >>9448880, >>9449006, >>9449031, >>9449067, >>9449119, >>9449024, >>9449248, >>9449286 Remember, remember the 5th (or 3rd?) of November..
>>9449277 El Nuevo Rodeo (where Floyd + Chauvin worked) was the campaign HQ of former mayor of Minneapolis!
>>9449316 Graphic: Remember, Rod, FISA works both ways
>>9449386 #12093
#12092
>>9447934, >>9448087 Mexican Government Freezes Nearly 2000 Cartel Bank Accounts, moar info on Mexican cartels
>>9447936, >>9447954 53 subpoenas will be issued tomorrow, as per RR hearing
>>9448019 Enraged Italians Abandon Masks, Denounce Pandemic As Scam
>>9448079 Meme fodder: fiery Graham!
>>9448131 Woman charged with inciting riots after posting Facebook Live video
>>9447991, >>9447997, >>9448347, >>9448377, >>9448369, >>9448367, >>9448399, >>9448259, >>9448439, >>9448441, >>9448494, >>9448505, >>9448516, >>9448565,>>9448596 Moar anon commentary on RR hearing
>>9448217, >>9448239, >>9448449, >>9448496 PF reports
>>9448283, >>9448400 Protestors have had enough of the anarchists - video of protestor throwing their bomb back at them
>>9448456 Watch how DC crowd goes from chill and peaceful to loud and crashing on the fences the instant CNN starts filming.
>>9448643 #12092
#12091
>>9447157 Man climbs pole, replaces burned flag at American Legion post in La Mesa
>>9447208, >>9447212, >>9447431, >>9447438, >>9447619 Anons observe that RR is scared shitless
>>9447257, >>9447381, >>9447622, >>9447703 PF reports
>>9447268 POTUS Admin Set To Bar Chinese Passenger Planes To US Starting June 16
>>9447330 Mark Esper, Defense Secretary press conference from this morning
>>9447221, >>9447298, >>9447384, >>9447420, >>9447430, >>9447442, >>9447505, >>9447536, >>9447541, >>9447561, >>9447585, >>9447588, >>9447615, >>9447782 Anons' commentary on RR hearing (will be adding more as they come in)
>>9447453 Jonathan Turley tweets on RR: testified that he would not have signed warrant application in 2017 on Page because of the misconduct of FBI agents + lack of evidence.
>>9447532 Eyes on dude in the back - we see you
>>9447675 Refresher: DOJ/RR docs from JW
>>9447745 Flashback: Comey had concerns about Rosenstein, friend says
>>9447182 WarRoom report
>>9447843 Reminder: McCabe alleges that RR wanted to talk to Comey AFTER he was fired
>>9447869 #12091
Previously Collected Notables
>>9445562 #12088, >>9446541 #12089, >>9447049 #12090
>>9443158 #12085, >>9443870 #12086, >>9445073 #12087
>>9440929 #12082, >>9441683 #12083, >>9442454 #12084
>>9438634 #12079, >>9439355 #12080, >>9440298 #12081
>>9436381 #12076, >>9437100 #12077, >>9437895 #12078
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com
#9448652 at 2020-06-03 15:50:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12093: Cruz Activated, Klobuchar Crying Edition
Global Announcements
Klausutis/Scarborough diggz https://pastebin.com/FFB6n1VG
Notables
are not endorsements
#12092
>>9447934, >>9448087 Mexican Government Freezes Nearly 2000 Cartel Bank Accounts, moar info on Mexican cartels
>>9447936, >>9447954 53 subpoenas will be issued tomorrow, as per RR hearing
>>9448019 Enraged Italians Abandon Masks, Denounce Pandemic As Scam
>>9448079 Meme fodder: fiery Graham!
>>9448131 Woman charged with inciting riots after posting Facebook Live video
>>9447991, >>9447997, >>9448347, >>9448377, >>9448369, >>9448367, >>9448399, >>9448259, >>9448439, >>9448441, >>9448494, >>9448505, >>9448516, >>9448565,>>9448596 Moar anon commentary on RR hearing
>>9448217, >>9448239, >>9448449, >>9448496 PF reports
>>9448283, >>9448400 Protestors have had enough of the anarchists - video of protestor throwing their bomb back at them
>>9448456 Watch how DC crowd goes from chill and peaceful to loud and crashing on the fences the instant CNN starts filming.
>>9448643 #12092
#12091
>>9447157 Man climbs pole, replaces burned flag at American Legion post in La Mesa
>>9447208, >>9447212, >>9447431, >>9447438, >>9447619 Anons observe that RR is scared shitless
>>9447257, >>9447381, >>9447622, >>9447703 PF reports
>>9447268 POTUS Admin Set To Bar Chinese Passenger Planes To US Starting June 16
>>9447330 Mark Esper, Defense Secretary press conference from this morning
>>9447221, >>9447298, >>9447384, >>9447420, >>9447430, >>9447442, >>9447505, >>9447536, >>9447541, >>9447561, >>9447585, >>9447588, >>9447615, >>9447782 Anons' commentary on RR hearing (will be adding more as they come in)
>>9447453 Jonathan Turley tweets on RR: testified that he would not have signed warrant application in 2017 on Page because of the misconduct of FBI agents + lack of evidence.
>>9447532 Eyes on dude in the back - we see you
>>9447675 Refresher: DOJ/RR docs from JW
>>9447745 Flashback: Comey had concerns about Rosenstein, friend says
>>9447182 WarRoom report
>>9447843 Reminder: McCabe alleges that RR wanted to talk to Comey AFTER he was fired
>>9447869 #12091
#12090
>>9446386 Wuhan chinavirus updates: 10 million people (allegedly) tested in 19 days, only 300 positive cases found
>>9446417 Anon's perspective on [RR]: Q told him to fly, he's landing soon
>>9446437 For Keks, Babylon Bee – Powerful: Protesters Spell Out 'Love' With Burning Homes And Businesses
>>9446464 George PapaD on newsmax at 1:30 EST
>>9446473 Mayor de Blasio Used National Guard to Quarantine Neighborhoods During Virus - Now Refuses National Guard to Prevent Mob Violence, Looting and Arson
>>9446511 Saudi, Russia reach deal on oil cuts, raising pressure for compliance
>>9446534, >>9446592 HRC court audio from yesterday's hearing
>>9446436 Anon on Q's "World War Z" image and interesting parallels with the movie: no coincidences, mistakes to some are roadmaps to others
>>9446575 SpreadsheetAnon update
>>9446579, >>9446766, >>9446912, >>9447015 PF reports
>>9446659, >>9446662, >>9446668 Anon on why the DNC media complex has been smearing POTUS with a "fascist"/"Hitler" label
>>9446665 Military Times: White House may be softening stance on sending troops to states to quell civil unrest
>>9446685 How Antifa uses twitter for its operations
>>9446715 Refresher on RR drops
>>9446581, >>9446734 Former CIA officer Valerie Plame loses primary competition in NM
>>9446741 Secret Service is briefing local law enforcement about possible visits to the Twin Cities this week by former illegitimate President Barack Hussein Obama
>>9446758 Moar digs on El Nuevo Rodeo
>>9446790 Kek: Tech-rights group sues President Trump to stop social-media order
>>9446875 CNN is pushing the narrative that the rioting lessened last night because of Floyd's family, not because of Trump's action
>>9446889 Antifa have but one consistent function: to prevent white people organizing against communism. This was the case in 1930s Germany and it's the case in America today.
>>9446891 Is there a Haiti connection with George Floyd we need to look at? Young Risk Takers described as a political organization?
>>9447049 #12090
#9447883 at 2020-06-03 15:11:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12092: Grassley Activated Edition
Global Announcements
Klausutis/Scarborough diggz https://pastebin.com/FFB6n1VG
Notables
are not endorsements
#12091
>>9447157 Man climbs pole, replaces burned flag at American Legion post in La Mesa
>>9447208, >>9447212, >>9447431, >>9447438, >>9447619 Anons observe that RR is scared shitless
>>9447257, >>9447381, >>9447622, >>9447703 PF reports
>>9447268 POTUS Admin Set To Bar Chinese Passenger Planes To US Starting June 16
>>9447330 Mark Esper, Defense Secretary press conference from this morning
>>9447221, >>9447298, >>9447384, >>9447420, >>9447430, >>9447442, >>9447505, >>9447536, >>9447541, >>9447561, >>9447585, >>9447588, >>9447615, >>9447782 Anons' commentary on RR hearing (will be adding more as they come in)
>>9447453 Jonathan Turley tweets on RR: testified that he would not have signed warrant application in 2017 on Page because of the misconduct of FBI agents + lack of evidence.
>>9447532 Eyes on dude in the back - we see you
>>9447675 Refresher: DOJ/RR docs from JW
>>9447745 Flashback: Comey had concerns about Rosenstein, friend says
>>9447182 WarRoom report
>>9447843 Reminder: McCabe alleges that RR wanted to talk to Comey AFTER he was fired
>>9447869 #12091
#12090
>>9446386 Wuhan chinavirus updates: 10 million people (allegedly) tested in 19 days, only 300 positive cases found
>>9446417 Anon's perspective on [RR]: Q told him to fly, he's landing soon
>>9446437 For Keks, Babylon Bee – Powerful: Protesters Spell Out 'Love' With Burning Homes And Businesses
>>9446464 George PapaD on newsmax at 1:30 EST
>>9446473 Mayor de Blasio Used National Guard to Quarantine Neighborhoods During Virus - Now Refuses National Guard to Prevent Mob Violence, Looting and Arson
>>9446511 Saudi, Russia reach deal on oil cuts, raising pressure for compliance
>>9446534, >>9446592 HRC court audio from yesterday's hearing
>>9446436 Anon on Q's "World War Z" image and interesting parallels with the movie: no coincidences, mistakes to some are roadmaps to others
>>9446575 SpreadsheetAnon update
>>9446579, >>9446766, >>9446912, >>9447015 PF reports
>>9446659, >>9446662, >>9446668 Anon on why the DNC media complex has been smearing POTUS with a "fascist"/"Hitler" label
>>9446665 Military Times: White House may be softening stance on sending troops to states to quell civil unrest
>>9446685 How Antifa uses twitter for its operations
>>9446715 Refresher on RR drops
>>9446581, >>9446734 Former CIA officer Valerie Plame loses primary competition in NM
>>9446741 Secret Service is briefing local law enforcement about possible visits to the Twin Cities this week by former illegitimate President Barack Hussein Obama
>>9446758 Moar digs on El Nuevo Rodeo
>>9446790 Kek: Tech-rights group sues President Trump to stop social-media order
>>9446875 CNN is pushing the narrative that the rioting lessened last night because of Floyd's family, not because of Trump's action
>>9446889 Antifa have but one consistent function: to prevent white people organizing against communism. This was the case in 1930s Germany and it's the case in America today.
>>9446891 Is there a Haiti connection with George Floyd we need to look at? Young Risk Takers described as a political organization?
>>9447049 #12090
#9447869 at 2020-06-03 15:10:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12091: Chairman Graham, It's Time Edition
#12091
>>9447157 Man climbs pole, replaces burned flag at American Legion post in La Mesa
>>9447208, >>9447212, >>9447431, >>9447438, >>9447619 Anons observe that RR is scared shitless
>>9447257, >>9447381, >>9447622, >>9447703 PF reports
>>9447268 POTUS Admin Set To Bar Chinese Passenger Planes To US Starting June 16
>>9447330 Mark Esper, Defense Secretary press conference from this morning
>>9447221, >>9447298, >>9447384, >>9447420, >>9447430, >>9447442, >>9447505, >>9447536, >>9447541, >>9447561, >>9447585, >>9447588, >>9447615, >>9447782 Anons' commentary on RR hearing
>>9447453 Jonathan Turley tweets on RR: testified that he would not have signed warrant application in 2017 on Page because of the misconduct of FBI agents + lack of evidence.
>>9447532 Eyes on dude in the back - we see you
>>9447675 Refresher: DOJ/RR docs from JW
>>9447745 Flashback: Comey had concerns about Rosenstein, friend says
>>9447182 WarRoom report
>>9447843 Reminder: McCabe alleges that RR wanted to talk to Comey AFTER he was fired
#9447860 at 2020-06-03 15:10:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12091: Chairman Graham, It's Time Edition
#12091
>>9447157 Man climbs pole, replaces burned flag at American Legion post in La Mesa
>>9447208, >>9447212, >>9447431, >>9447438, >>9447619 Anons observe that RR is scared shitless
>>9447257, >>9447381, >>9447622, >>9447703 PF reports
>>9447268 POTUS Admin Set To Bar Chinese Passenger Planes To US Starting June 16
>>9447330 Mark Esper, Defense Secretary press conference from this morning
>>9447221, >>9447298, >>9447384, >>9447420, >>9447430, >>9447442, >>9447505, >>9447536, >>9447541, >>9447561, >>9447585, >>9447588, >>9447615, >>9447782 Anons' commentary on RR hearing (will be adding more as they come in)
>>9447453 Jonathan Turley tweets on RR: testified that he would not have signed warrant application in 2017 on Page because of the misconduct of FBI agents + lack of evidence.
>>9447532 Eyes on dude in the back - we see you
>>9447675 Refresher: DOJ/RR docs from JW
>>9447745 Flashback: Comey had concerns about Rosenstein, friend says
>>9447182 WarRoom report
>>9447843 Reminder: McCabe alleges that RR wanted to talk to Comey AFTER he was fired
#9447778 at 2020-06-03 15:04:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12091: Chairman Graham, It's Time Edition
Notables Update
>>9447157 Man climbs pole, replaces burned flag at American Legion post in La Mesa
>>9447208, >>9447212, >>9447431, >>9447438, >>9447619 Anons observe that RR is scared shitless
>>9447257, >>9447381, >>9447622, >>9447703 PF reports
>>9447268 POTUS Admin Set To Bar Chinese Passenger Planes To US Starting June 16
>>9447330 Mark Esper, Defense Secretary press conference from this morning
>>9447221, >>9447298, >>9447384, >>9447420, >>9447430, >>9447442, >>9447505, >>9447536, >>9447541, >>9447561, >>9447585, >>9447588, >>9447615
Anons' commentary on RR hearing (will be adding more as they come in)
>>9447453 Jonathan Turley tweets on RR: testified that he would not have signed warrant application in 2017 on Page because of the misconduct of FBI agents + lack of evidence.
>>9447532 Eyes on dude in the back - we see you
>>9447675 Refresher: DOJ/RR docs from JW
>>9447745 Flashback: Comey had concerns about Rosenstein, friend says
#9447534 at 2020-06-03 14:48:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12091: Chairman Graham, It's Time Edition
Uhm, Sec. Mark Esper said there is no plans for military response. So, Q disinfo and lied again?
#9447511 at 2020-06-03 14:47:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12091: Chairman Graham, It's Time Edition
NOTABLES UPDATE
>>9447157 Man climbs pole, replaces burned flag at American Legion post in La Mesa
>>9447208, >>9447212, >>9447431, >>9447438 Anons observe that RR is scared shitless
>>9447257, >>9447381 PF reports
>>9447268 POTUS Admin Set To Bar Chinese Passenger Planes To US Starting June 16
>>9447330 Mark Esper, Defense Secretary press conference from this morning
>>9447221, >>9447298, >>9447384, >>9447420, >>9447430, >>9447442, >>9447505 Anons' commentary on RR hearing (will be adding more as they come in)
>>9447453 Jonathan Turley tweets on RR: testified that he would not have signed warrant application in 2017 on Page because of the misconduct of FBI agents + lack of evidence.
#9447365 at 2020-06-03 14:38:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12091: Chairman Graham, It's Time Edition
Early Notables
>>9447157 Man climbs pole, replaces burned flag at American Legion post in La Mesa
>>9447208, >>9447212 Anons observe that RR is scared shitless
>>9447257 PF reports
>>9447268 POTUS Admin Set To Bar Chinese Passenger Planes To US Starting June 16
>>9447330 Mark Esper, Defense Secretary press conference from this morning
>>9447221, >>9447243, >>9447298 Anons commentary on RR hearing (will be adding more as they come in)
#9447330 at 2020-06-03 14:35:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12091: Chairman Graham, It's Time Edition
Mark Esper, Defense Secretary press conference from this morning, he state that he and General Milley did not know where they were going during the St. John's photo op and he also stated he does not support a proclamation of Insurrection right now…..so WTF does that mean? How are we going to stop these violent USA hating commies?
#9441069 at 2020-06-03 03:24:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12083: Anons Are Ready Edition
'I wish you the best': US military adviser resigns after Trump's controversial photo-op at church
The former principal deputy under secretary of defence for policy resigned, effective immediately, from the Defence Department's science board.
James Miller's reasoning centered around President Donald Trump's controversial visit to St. John's Episcopal Church, where he posed with a Bible for photographs as protesters in the surrounding area were tear-gassed for the event.
Defence Secretary Mark Esper was also present during the visit.
"You may not have been able to stop President Trump from directing this appalling use of force, but you could have chosen to oppose it," Miller wrote in his resignation letter to Esper, which was obtained by The Washington Post. "Instead, you visibly supported it."
A Department of Defence adviser resigned, effective immediately, from the military's science board citing what he believed to be a violation of conduct from Defence Secretary Mark Esper.
In his resignation letter, James Miller Jr., the former under secretary of defence for policy from 2012 to 2014, recalled that he swore an oath of office to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States ... and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same," similar to what the defence secretary had done before he took office.
"On Monday, June 1, 2020, I believe that you violated that oath," Miller wrote in his letter to Esper, which was obtained by The Washington Post.
Miller's reasoning centered around President Donald Trump's controversial visit to St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, DC, on Monday, where he posed with a Bible for photographs as protesters in the surrounding area were hit with smoke canisters and pepper balls at the event, according to the United States Park Police.
The trip was widely condemned by religious leaders, including Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who called it "baffling and reprehensible."
Esper, along with US Army Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was also present during the visit.
"Law-abiding protesters just outside the White House were dispersed using tear gas and rubber bullets - not for the sake of safety, but to clear a path for a presidential photo op," Miller wrote. "You then accompanied President Trump in walking from the White House to St. John's Episcopal Church for that photo."
"You may not have been able to stop President Trump from directing this appalling use of force, but you could have chosen to oppose it," Miller added. "Instead, you visibly supported it."
In his letter, Miller also queried Esper on where he believed the Constitution's limits were in relation to his duties.
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/us-military-adviser-resigns-after-trump-photo-op-at-church-2020-6?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=sf-bi-main&utm_medium=social&r=US&IR=T
#9438069 at 2020-06-03 00:47:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12079: Expect Us Edition
Senior DoD Official Distances Esper, Milley From Trump's Church Photo-Op, Report Claims
On Monday, US President Donald Trump was seen walking from the White House across Lafayette Park, where protesters had just been dispersed with tear gas, rubber bullets and flash-bang grenades. The president was then spotted in front of St. John's Episcopal Church, damaged in a fire on Sunday night, posing for a prearranged photo opportunity.
US Defence Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley were not aware they would be accompanying US President Donald Trump in his widely-criticized photo-op in front of St. John's Episcopal Church, set on fire Sunday night, a senior Pentagon official told reporters on Tuesday, according to The Hill.
The unnamed Pentagon official said that Esper and Milley, who joined Trump for his walk from the White House to the church after police forces dispersed protesters in the area, had earlier arrived at the White House to inform the president about the readiness of the military to take part in addressing the ongoing nationwide protests.
"Their understanding was they were walking out of the White House to walk through Lafayette Park to review efforts to quell the protesters," the senior DoD official said of Esper and Milley, cited by the outlet. "They were not aware that the park police and law enforcement had made a decision to clear the square".
https://sputniknews.com/us/202006031079503551-senior-dod-official-distances-Esper-milley-from-trumps-church-photo-op-report-claims/
#9437566 at 2020-06-03 00:21:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12078: Antifa Arrests Coming Edition
Attorney General William P. Barr's Statement on Protests in Washington, D.C.
Last night was a more peaceful night in the District of Columbia. Working together, federal and local law enforcement made significant progress in restoring order to the nation's capital.
I am grateful to Chief Peter Newsham and the Metropolitan Police Department for their outstanding work and professionalism. The District is well served by this exceptional police force.
I also thank Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley, and the men and women of the Department of Defense for their support. I am particularly impressed by the citizen-soldiers of the D.C. National Guard, who are committed to serving their community, and did so with great effectiveness last night.
Not least, I am grateful to the many federal law enforcement agencies and personnel who helped protect the District, including the FBI, Secret Service, Park Police, ATF, DEA, Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Marshals Service, Capitol Police, Department of Homeland Security's CBP and Border Patrol units, and others.
There will be even greater law enforcement resources and support in the region tonight. The most basic function of government is to provide security for people to live their lives and exercise their rights, and we will meet that responsibility here in the nation's capital."
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-william-p-barrs-statement-protests-washington-dc
#9435001 at 2020-06-02 21:47:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12075: [GS] Web of Evil Edition
Democrat Governor Northam Rejected White House Request to Deploy Virginia's National Guard to DC
KKK-Blackface Governor Ralph Northam (D) rejected the White House's request to deploy Virginia's National Guard to DC to help quell rioters.
Left-wing terrorists descended upon the White House Sunday night, setting fires around the area.
So the Pentagon on Monday requested that Virginia send in between 3,000 to 5,000 National Guardsmen to bolster enforcement.
Northam said no.
"I am not going to send our men and women in uniform of a very proud National Guard to Washington for a photo-op," Northam said
Via Richmond Times Dispatch:
Gov. Ralph Northam on Monday denied a request from the Trump administration to deploy Virginia's National Guard to "dominate" protesters in Washington, D.C.
The Pentagon on Monday requested that Virginia send between 3,000 and 5,000 members of its National Guard to fight unrest in the nation's capital, which like many cities across the country, has seen peaceful and violent demonstrations in protest of police brutality, particularly toward people of color.
In a call with Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Monday afternoon, Northam declined Esper's request, out of concern that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser had not been consulted.
The Northam administration also expressed concern about President Donald Trump's rhetoric during a call with governors at noon Monday, during which he urged governors to "dominate" protests with an "occupying force," a military reference.
"When this request came in, we quickly learned it had not been made at Mayor Bower's request or coordinated with her, and we have heightened concern based on the President's reMarks that the Administration is looking to use the Guard to escalate - not deescalate - the situation," said Northam chief of staff Clark Mercer in a statement.
US Attorney General Bill Barr on Tuesday warned rioters that law enforcement will be stepping up their response tonight after he walked the streets of DC last night like a boss.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/democrat-governor-northam-rejected-white-house-request-deploy-virginias-national-guard-dc/
#9434488 at 2020-06-02 21:11:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12074: Dues Edition
>>9434442
I am not Secret Service but I assume yes.
>>9434331
Attorney General William P. Barr's Statement on Protests in Washington, D.C.
"Last night was a more peaceful night in the District of Columbia. Working together, federal and local law enforcement made significant progress in restoring order to the nation's capital.
I am grateful to Chief Peter Newsham and the Metropolitan Police Department for their outstanding work and professionalism. The District is well served by this exceptional police force.
I also thank Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley, and the men and women of the Department of Defense for their support. I am particularly impressed by the citizen-soldiers of the D.C. National Guard, who are committed to serving their community, and did so with great effectiveness last night.
Not least, I am grateful to the many federal law enforcement agencies and personnel who helped protect the District, including the FBI, Secret Service, Park Police, ATF, DEA, Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Marshals Service, Capitol Police, Department of Homeland Security's CBP and Border Patrol units, and others.
There will be even greater law enforcement resources and support in the region tonight. The most basic function of government is to provide security for people to live their lives and exercise their rights, and we will meet that responsibility here in the nation's capital."
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-william-p-barrs-statement-protests-washington-dc
#9433102 at 2020-06-02 20:01:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12073: Shill Storm Rages, Anons Be Like Fuck Em Edition
NYC Mayor, VA Gov Reject National Guard Offer After Trump Slams "Lowlifes And Losers" For Riot Chaos
Summary:
President Trump threatens to deploy military
At least nine dead, +4,000 arrested, riots rage in 140 cities as riots rage for the seventh day
National Guard deployed in 29 states
NYC Mayor, VA Gov, DC Gov all reject Trump admin's offer of National Guard
40 cities to impose strict curfews
* * *
Update (1415ET): Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam rejected a request from Secretary of Defence Mark Esper to send up to 5,000 of the state's Army National Guard to Washington, D.C., the Associated Press reported.
Northam's chief of staff, Clark Mercer, told AP that:
"The president's reMarks to the governors heightened our concerns about how the guard would be used."
Additionally, NYC Mayor De Blasio rejected Trump's assistance:
"We do not need, nor do we think it's wise for the National Guard to be in New York City, nor any armed forces."
"When outside armed forces go into communities, no good comes of it. We have seen this for decades," de Blasio said. "They are not trained for the circumstance here."
And DC Mayor Bowser refused help and jabbed back
"I call upon our city and our nation to exercise great restraint even while this President continues to try to divide us."
We wonder at what point they will beg for assistance our the taxpayers in their cities revolt?
Other states were more polite in their rejection with Texa Governor Greg Abbott saying, no military assistance was needed, "Texas can take care of Texans."
* * *
Update (1120ET): More than 18,000 National Guard troops will be assisting law enforcement authorities in 29 states, according to the head of the National Guard, adding that an additional 1,500 National Guard troops from other states will be shifted to Washington, D.C.
The National Guard Chief said there were no reports of injuries to any service members deployed across American cities, despite worsening social unrest on Monday night.
The U.S. military said it had increased force protection level at the Pentagon and military bases in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. Increasing force protection at bases does two things: allows bases to counter-terrorist or other hostile adversaries.
Moments after the news hit that the National Gaurd upped its deployment across the U.S., President Trump tweeted:
More
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/tensions-erupt-nation-burns-following-trump-threats-military-force-against-protesters
#9432483 at 2020-06-02 19:24:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12072: This Is Not A Game, Learn To Play The Game Edition
Top Pentagon Leaders Summoned to Testify on Military's Response to Protests
Defense officials will testify on Capitol Hill next week as criticism mounts over their presence near the White House on Monday, when police and National Guard members used tear gas on peaceful protesters to clear the way for the president to take a photo at a nearby church.
Rep. Adam Smith, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs Chairman Army Gen. Mark Milley have been called to testify before the committee next week.
"I have serious concerns about using military forces to respond to protesters, and I remain gravely concerned about President Trump's seemingly autocratic rule and how it affects the judgment of our military leadership," Smith, D-Washington, said Tuesday.
Esper and Milley, who wore his camouflage utility uniform, have been criticized for appearing in photos with the president at St. John's Episcopal Church near the White House on Monday. The photo op came shortly after protesters were preemptively hit with flash-bang explosives and tear gas ahead of a 7 p.m. curfew in Washington, D.C.
The tactics were used to clear a path before Trump made his way to the church, where he posed with a Bible. Trump had earlier made comments from the White House on national protests and unrest following the death of George Floyd, a black man who died last week while a white police officer kneeled on his neck. He also participated in a call with state governors in which he criticized states' "weak" response to property destruction and violence during the protests.
Esper, who was also on the call, has come under fire for saying that the Pentagon would support efforts to "dominate the battlespace."
Retired Joint Chiefs Chairman Army Gen. Martin Dempsey tweeted Monday night, "America is not a battleground. Our fellow citizens are not the enemy."
Several Democratic lawmakers also spoke out.
"To Secretary Esper: My state is not a 'battlespace,'" Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico said.
Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, who served on the defense and intelligence communities under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, said she's concerned the president and senior Pentagon leaders are using the military to further political objectives.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/06/02/top-pentagon-leaders-summoned-testify-militarys-response-protests.html
#9430847 at 2020-06-02 17:38:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12070: Hit Em Hard Anons, Make Em Feel the Pain Edition
>>9430830
Attorney General William P. Barr's Statement on Protests in Washington, D.C.
Attorney General William P. Barr released the following statement:
"Last night was a more peaceful night in the District of Columbia. Working together, federal and local law enforcement made significant progress in restoring order to the nation's capital.
I am grateful to Chief Peter Newsham and the Metropolitan Police Department for their outstanding work and professionalism. The District is well served by this exceptional police force.
I also thank Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley, and the men and women of the Department of Defense for their support. I am particularly impressed by the citizen-soldiers of the D.C. National Guard, who are committed to serving their community, and did so with great effectiveness last night.
Not least, I am grateful to the many federal law enforcement agencies and personnel who helped protect the District, including the FBI, Secret Service, Park Police, ATF, DEA, Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Marshals Service, Capitol Police, Department of Homeland Security's CBP and Border Patrol units, and others.
There will be even greater law enforcement resources and support in the region tonight. The most basic function of government is to provide security for people to live their lives and exercise their rights, and we will meet that responsibility here in the nation's capital."
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-william-p-barrs-statement-protests-washington-dc
#9430832 at 2020-06-02 17:36:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12070: Hit Em Hard Anons, Make Em Feel the Pain Edition
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-william-p-barrs-statement-protests-washington-dc
Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Attorney General William P. Barr's Statement on Protests in Washington, D.C.
Attorney General William P. Barr released the following statement:
"Last night was a more peaceful night in the District of Columbia. Working together, federal and local law enforcement made significant progress in restoring order to the nation's capital.
I am grateful to Chief Peter Newsham and the Metropolitan Police Department for their outstanding work and professionalism. The District is well served by this exceptional police force.
I also thank Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley, and the men and women of the Department of Defense for their support. I am particularly impressed by the citizen-soldiers of the D.C. National Guard, who are committed to serving their community, and did so with great effectiveness last night.
Not least, I am grateful to the many federal law enforcement agencies and personnel who helped protect the District, including the FBI, Secret Service, Park Police, ATF, DEA, Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Marshals Service, Capitol Police, Department of Homeland Security's CBP and Border Patrol units, and others.
There will be even greater law enforcement resources and support in the region tonight. The most basic function of government is to provide security for people to live their lives and exercise their rights, and we will meet that responsibility here in the nation's capital."
#9430687 at 2020-06-02 17:27:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12070: Hit Em Hard Anons, Make Em Feel the Pain Edition
Top military leaders did not plan to attend Trump's White House 'event,' Pentagon says
Elizabeth Howe June 02, 2020 - 12:45 pm
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley in his battle uniform stood with President Donald Trump at a White House press briefing yesterday during which Trump threatened to deploy active-duty troops to "quell violence" across the nation.
But senior defense officials are now saying Esper and Milley were just passing through downtown D.C. and did not originally plan to attend.
Trump threatens to deploy active-duty troops if states don't stop violent protests
Trump's speech and subsequent photo in front of St. John's Church across the street from the White House Monday night have been criticized as a political stunt. Protestors were reportedly tear-gassed in order to clear the way for the president to walk across to the church. And Esper and Milley walked behind him.
Senior defense officials said Tuesday that Esper's and Milley's participation in the "event at the White House" was not planned they were en route to the FBI field office in downtown to D.C. to "observe and provide leadership" when they were asked to reroute to the White House to provide an update to the president. The unintended White House trip could explain Milley's uniform rather than the dress uniform that service members typically wear to the White House, Milley wore battle fatigues.
Following the update, when the president "indicated an interest in viewing the troops," Esper and Milley followed him outside. According to officials, Esper and Milley were unaware of the president's plans to clear the area and take a photo in front of the church. The photo op was criticized the church's bishop and the city's mayor, among others.
After the event, Esper and Milley walked the streets of downtown D.C. It is unclear whether they ever made it to the FBI headquarters as was the intended destination of their outing.
Earlier this week, Esper was recorded on a White House briefing with the president and governors referring to protests in American cities as a "battlespace." Senior defense officials aimed to defend this word choice, saying that, after 20 years in the service, Esper tends towards a "parlance unique to the professional arms and the military profession." His word choice did not indicate support for Trump's intentions to militarize efforts to suppress protests.
As of Tuesday afternoon, about 20,400 National Guard members had been activated in 28 states to respond to "civil unrest." Senior defense officials said several states agreed to send their own National Guard troops to the nation's capital to bolster the already 1,300 Guard members activated there in addition to civilian law enforcement. Other states declined. This is not unusual, defense officials said, as states must first carefully consider their need for resources.
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said no request for additional armed personnel was made – the Pentagon made these requests without the city's input.
"We did not request an armed guard for any purpose in the District of Columbia," Bowser said Tuesday. "We become concerned about any police or non-police force in our District that does not share our values and are not accountable to the police chief or to me."
In addition to National Guard personnel, active-duty troops have been deployed to the national capital region.
Active-duty military police are being sent to D.C. in response to protests, Pentagon says (https://connectingvets.radio.com/articles/active-duty-military-police-sent-to-dc-response-to-protest)
At this time, senior defense officials said these active-duty troops remain outside the city lines of the nation's capital.
https://connectingvets.radio.com/articles/top-military-leaders-stand-with-trump-troop-deployments
#9424763 at 2020-06-02 04:41:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12063: ANTIFA [coordinated] SAFE ZONES? Edition
Guise what does it mean that AG Barr is walking the streets tonignt???
@MaritaBeans
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2h
And a historical call back for people who study history
kirk schamel
@kirk_schamel
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3h
Replying to
@ebonybowden
I don't see the AG.
Ebony Bowden
@ebonybowden
Replying to
@kirk_schamel
He was a few minutes ahead of him
https://twitter.com/ebonybowden/status/1267624688139763714
Praying Medic Retweeted
Ebony Bowden
@ebonybowden
Attorney General Bill Barr and Defense Secretary Mark Esper both walking around the streets of DC tonight visiting police lines.
https://twitter.com/ebonybowden/status/1267622207074840579
#9422549 at 2020-06-02 01:58:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12060: As The Waves Rise - Take Your Bricks Edition
>>9422467
>More BB roaming DC
Attorney General Bill Barr and Defense Secretary Mark Esper both walking around the streets of DC tonight visiting police lines.
https://twitter.com/ebonybowden/status/1267622207074840579
#9419459 at 2020-06-01 23:16:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12056: Good and Green Edition
Pentagon Orders Active-Duty Military Police Unit to DC Region Amid Protests
The Pentagon has ordered an active-duty battalion of military police soldiers from Fort Bragg, North Carolina to deploy to the Washington, D.C. area as the city braces for more violent demonstrations.
CNN was among the first to report the deployment order for between 200 and 250 MPs from Bragg. A Pentagon official confirmed to Military.com that the MPs are from the XVIII Airborne Corps.
The official did not specify what orders the MPs had been given. ABC reported, citing a Defense official, that the troops were being sent into the D.C. region but only on standby capacity, in the event that they are needed.
The move comes after the Pentagon on Friday put active-duty MP units from Bragg, Fort Drum, New York; Fort Carson, Colorado; and Fort Riley, Kansas on alert to deploy on short notice to reinforce police dealing with civil unrest in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a unarmed black man who died in police custody May 25.
Demonstrators protesting police brutality have clashed with law enforcement in major cities which led to the deployment of thousands of National Guard troops over the weekend.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley joined President Donald Trump on a Monday call with governors that was leaked to news outlets. In the call, Trump urged governors to "get much tougher" on protestors. The call followed days of sometimes-violent clashes between protestors and police.
Trump called the protesters "anarchists" who needed to be arrested and tried. He also told the governors, "most of you are weak."
"They're going to run over and you're going to look like jerks," Trump said.
Esper added that "we need to dominate the battlespace."
"I stand ready, the chairman stands ready, the head of the National Guard stands ready to fully support you in terms of how they mobilize the Guard at doing what they need to do," the defense secretary said.
Trump said Milley was put in charge of the military's response, though he didn't elaborate what role the chairman would play. Kayleigh McEnany, the White House press secretary, later told reporters Milley will oversee a command center, but declined to provide additional details, saying, "I'm not going to get ahead of any actions that will be announced."
The president also on Monday tweeted support for Republican Sen. Tom Cotton's call to send active-duty soldiers to respond to protests.
The boldness of protestors prompted Cotton to call for the deployment of active-duty combat units such as the 101st Airborne Division, 10th Mountain Division, 82nd Airborne Division, 1st Cavalry Division and 3rd Infantry Division to do "whatever it takes to restore order."
Meanwhile the National Guard has presented a less aggressive message in talking about the 17,000 Guard troops deployed in 23 states.
"We are here to protect life and property, and preserve peace, order, and public safety," Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau, said in a statement released today.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/06/01/pentagon-orders-active-duty-military-police-unit-dc-region-amid-protests.html
#9396595 at 2020-05-31 18:33:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12026: ANTIFA...Down She GoesEdition
Pentagon Begins Testing Troops for COVID-19 Antibodies, Despite CDC Warnings
The military has begun testing troops for COVID-19 antibodies, and might soon ask them to "stick your arm out" to draw blood for possible use as a novel coronavirus therapy, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley said Thursday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has urged caution, warning that current antibody tests can yield false positives.
But the military is "doing some antibody testing right now, and we're expanding that," Milley said.
"We'll be doing antibody testing for critical Tier One units, such as those who go into subs or the nuclear triad or some of our quick-reaction forces. So the short answer is, yes, for the antibody testing," Milley said at a virtual town hall meeting from the Pentagon.
He added that testing within the military might contribute to the development of what the CDC calls "convalescent plasma," made from blood drawn from people who have been exposed to COVID-19 and have developed antibodies to fight the virus.
"We may want to ask you to stick your arm out and donate blood," he said. "What that can then do is help others who are severely ill. And if we can do that, then we'll be on a good path toward getting some really powerful therapeutics."
Milley was joined at the town hall by Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who said Wednesday he has been tested for COVID-19 antibodies but does not yet have the results, according to The Associated Press.
Research by the government and commercial labs on the use of antibodies or drugs as therapeutics for the virus has been inconclusive or pointed to potential side effects, such as with the use of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine.
On April 22, a panel of the U.S. National Institutes of Health recommended against the use of hydroxychloroquine for treatment of COVID-19 patients, saying more research is needed.
In an update on antibody, or serological, testing posted Wednesday, the CDC said that the results from current coronavirus tests may still yield false positives and be too inaccurate to be used in making policy decisions on lifting restrictions aimed on preventing the spread of the virus.
"Serologic test results should not be used to make decisions about returning persons to the workplace," it said.
However, more research on antibody testing could play an important role going forward, according to the CDC. "Serologic methods have been developed and will have important public health and clinical uses to monitor and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic," it stated.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/05/31/pentagon-begins-testing-troops-covid-19-antibodies-despite-cdc-warnings.html
#9396558 at 2020-05-31 18:30:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12026: ANTIFA...Down She GoesEdition
Detailed list of National Guard in each city affected by riots:
5,000 National Guard troops in 15 states and DC activated to help quell growing civil unrest
As cities across the nation are burning after several days of rage over what prosecutors say was the murder of a handcuffed black man by Minneapolis police, about 5,000 National Guard troops in 15 states and the District of Columbia have been activated to help quell the unrest.
Another 2,000 Guard members are prepared to activate if needed, according to April Cunningham, a National Guard Bureau spokeswoman.
"State and local law enforcement agencies remain responsible for security," according to a National Guard media release. "The National Guard personnel assigned to these missions are trained, equipped and prepared to assist law enforcement authorities with protecting lives and property of citizens in their state."
National Guard troops "live in the communities they serve, and are there to protect their neighbor's right to protest peacefully," the release states. "Governors have used Guard members many times during response efforts to support local and state law enforcement in a wide range of capacities, to include assisting in upholding the rule of law. While conditions may change the National Guard's ability to respond is constant."
The National Guard troops are responding under the direction of their governor are traditional part time guardsmen operating under State Active Duty orders with state and local law enforcement as the lead agency, according to Army Master Sgt. Michael Houk, a National Guard Bureau spokesman.
The situation on the ground in Minneapolis & St. Paul has shifted & the response tonight will be different as a result. The coordinated @MNNationalGuard, @MnDPS_MSP, & law enforcement presence will triple in size to address a sophisticated network of urban warfare. #MACCMN
- MnDPS_DPS (@MnDPS_DPS) May 30, 2020
National Guard soldiers and airmen have been activated for this situation in Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington state, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C.
Houk told Military Times that the duration of the activations is unknown at this time.
"The National Guard will remain on mission as long as they're needed," he said.
In Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz said he spoke twice with Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sharing notes and asking DoD for additional help that includes signals intelligence to help figure out how the protesters are organizing.
MORE: https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/05/31/5000-national-guard-troops-in-15-states-and-dc-activated-to-help-quell-growing-civil-unrest/
#9380295 at 2020-05-30 18:28:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12005: All for a LARP Edition
Military Could Deploy Troops to Minneapolis 'Very Quickly', Trump Says
Some active-duty US military police officers have reportedly been ordered by the military to prepare to deploy if local authorities request their assistance.
The Pentagon has announced an increase of alert status of some US military units in order to potentially support Minnesota which currently struggled with civil unrest.
The announcement comes as US President Donald Trump said that the military could "very quickly" deploy troops to Minneapolis to respond to the ongoing protests that were sparked by the death of an African-American man named George Floyd.
"We have our military willing, ready and able… We can have our troops on the ground very quickly if they want our military. They are using their National Guard right now," Trump said.
One US official said on condition of anonymity that some active-duty military police officers have already been ordered by the military to prepare to deploy if local authorities ask for their help, Reuters notes.
The Pentagon further noted that some US military units are now on four-hour recall status, though Minnesota governor apparently hasn't yet sent a request for the support of US military troops.
Trump also berated the "radical left", accusing them of staging the riots in question.
"These people are antifa, there is a lot of radical left, bad people and they've got to be taught that you cannot do this," he declared
Earlier, Trump reportedly asked Secretary of Defence Mark Esper for rapid deployment options in case the situation in Minneapolis goes out of control.
How the Protests Started
George Floyd died in police custody after being pinned to the ground and handcuffed by police officers who arrived in response to a call from a grocery store claiming Floyd had tried to pay for his purchase with an allegedly counterfeit banknote.
One of the officers involved in the incident had held a knee to the neck of Floyd, who was saying "I can't breathe" multiple times but was ignored by police.
A wave of protests erupted in Minneapolis after the footage of the incident went viral, to which police responded with tear gas and non-lethal ammunition, while Minnesota Governor Tim Walz ended up calling in the National Guard to help deal with the unrest.
By 30 May, however, Walz said that he didn't have enough troops, and that he is moving to mobilize over a thousand additional National Guard members, for a total of 1,700, adding that he was considering the potential offer of federal military police.
https://sputniknews.com/us/202005301079468909-military-could-deploy-troops-to-minneapolis-very-quickly-trump-says/
#9379838 at 2020-05-30 18:00:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12005: All for a LARP Edition
Pentagon puts elite military police units on standby as Donald Trump prepares to deploy the Army to the streets to quash domestic unrest for the first time since LA riots in 1992
Pentagon tells active-duty military police to be ready to deploy to Minneapolis
Trump communicated orders verbally to Defense Secretary Mark Esper
Minneapolis has seen looting and unrest since death of George Floyd, 46
Cop was filmed pinning Floyd to the ground with his knee on his neck
Insurrection Act of 1807 gives Trump authority to use army for domestic unrest
Last time military was sent to put down riot was in Los Angeles in 1992
Rioting erupted in LA in wake of acquittal of officers who beat Rodney King
As unrest spread across dozens of American cities on Friday, the Pentagon took the rare step of ordering the Army to put several active-duty US military police units on the ready to deploy to Minneapolis, where the police killing of George Floyd sparked the widespread protests.
Soldiers from Fort Bragg in North Carolina and Fort Drum in New York have been ordered to be ready to deploy within four hours if called, according to three people with direct knowledge of the orders.
Soldiers in Fort Carson, in Colorado, and Fort Riley in Kansas have been told to be ready within 24 hours.
The people did not want their names used because they were not authorized to discuss the preparations.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8371717/Pentagon-puts-military-police-alert-Minneapolis.html
#9379476 at 2020-05-30 17:35:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12004: RIOTS ARE A DISTRACTION. FLYNN WAS FRAMED. Edition
Pentagon puts military police on alert to go to Minneapolis at Trump's request
As civil unrest escalates across dozens of American cities over the death of George Floyd, the Pentagon has ordered the U.S. Army, at President Trump's request, to put active-duty military police units on alert to deploy to Minneapolis.
The get-ready orders were delivered Friday, after President Trump had a phone conversation with Defense Secretary Mark Esper, National Security Adviser Robert O' Brien, and several other government officials, asking for military options to squelch the Minneapolis protests that have descended to looting, vandalism, and arson.
Soldiers from Fort Bragg in North Carolina and Fort Drum in New York have been instructed to be prepared to deploy within four hours if necessary, according to sources directly associated with the orders.
The military police units would be deployed under the Insurrection Act of 1807, last used in 1992 during the Los Angeles riots following the Rodney King trial.
Units from Fort Drum are scheduled to head to Minneapolis first. Approximately 800 U.S. soldiers would be deployed if the city requests aid.
https://disrn.com/news/pentagon-puts-military-police-on-alert-to-go-to-minneapolis
#9373674 at 2020-05-30 06:20:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11997: [GS] Edition
>>9373647
TYB
Pentagon puts military police on alert to go to Minneapolis
Soldiers from Fort Bragg in North Carolina and Fort Drum in New York have been ordered to be ready to deploy within four hours if called, according to three people with direct knowledge of the orders.
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. - As unrest spread across dozens of American cities on Friday, the Pentagon took the rare step of ordering the Army to put several active-duty U.S. military police units on the ready to deploy to Minneapolis, where the police killing of George Floyd sparked the widespread protests.
Soldiers from Fort Bragg in North Carolina and Fort Drum in New York have been ordered to be ready to deploy within four hours if called, according to three people with direct knowledge of the orders. Soldiers in Fort Carson, in Colorado, and Fort Riley in Kansas have been told to be ready within 24 hours. The people did not want their names used because they were not authorized to discuss the preparations.
The get-ready orders were sent verbally on Friday, after President Donald Trump asked Defense Secretary Mark Esper for military options to help quell the unrest in Minneapolis after protests descended into looting and arson in some parts of the city.
Trump made the request on a phone call from the Oval Office on Thursday night that included Esper, National Security Advisor Robert O' Brien and several others. The president asked Esper for rapid deployment options if the Minneapolis protests continued to spiral out of control, according to one of the people, a senior Pentagon official who was on the call.
"When the White House asks for options, someone opens the drawer and pulls them out so to speak." the official said.
The person said the military units would be deployed under the Insurrection Act of 1807, which was last used in 1992 during the riots in Los Angeles that followed the Rodney King trial.
"If this is where the president is headed response-wise, it would represent a significant escalation and a determination that the various state and local authorities are not up to the task of responding to the growing unrest," Brad Moss, a Washington D.C.-based attorney, who specializes in national security.
Members of the police units were on a 30-minute recall alert early Saturday, meaning they would have to return to their bases inside that time limit in preparation for deployment to Minneapolis inside of four hours. Units at Fort Drum are slated to head to Minneapolis first, according to the three people, including two Defense Department officials. Roughly 800 U.S. soldiers would deploy to the city if called.
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#9373148 at 2020-05-30 05:35:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11996: Riots Distract From DECLAS Edition
>>9373106
Pentagon Puts Military Police on Alert to Go to Minneapolis
As unrest spread across dozens of American cities on Friday, the Pentagon took the rare step of ordering the Army to put several active-duty U.S. military police units on the ready to deploy to Minneapolis, where the police killing of George Floyd sparked the widespread protests.
Soldiers from Fort Bragg in North Carolina and Fort Drum in New York have been ordered to be ready to deploy within four hours if called, according to three people with direct knowledge of the orders. Soldiers in Fort Carson, in Colorado, and Fort Riley in Kansas have been told to be ready within 24 hours. The people did not want their names used because they were not authorized to discuss the preparations.
The get-ready orders were sent verbally on Friday, after President Donald Trump asked Defense Secretary Mark Esper for military options to help quell the unrest in Minneapolis after protests descended into looting and arson in some parts of the city.
Trump made the request on a phone call from the Oval Office on Thursday night that included Esper, National Security Advisor Robert O' Brien and several others. The president asked Esper for rapid deployment options if the Minneapolis protests continued to spiral out of control, according to one of the people, senior Pentagon official who was on the call.
"When the White House asks for options, someone opens the drawer and pulls them out so to speak." the official said.
The person said the military units would be deployed under the Insurrection Act of 1807, which was last used in 1992 during the riots in Los Angeles that followed the Rodney King trial.
"If this is where the president is headed response-wise, it would represent a significant escalation and a determination that the various state and local authorities are not up to the task of responding to the growing unrest," Brad Moss, a Washington D.C.-based attorney, who specializes in national security.
Members of the police units were on a 30-minute recall alert early Saturday, meaning they would have to return to their bases inside that time limit in preparation for deployment to Minneapolis inside of four hours. Units at Fort Drum are slated to head to Minneapolis first, according to the three people, including two Defense Department officials. Roughly 800 U.S. soldiers would deploy to the city if called.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2020-05-30/pentagon-puts-military-police-on-alert-to-go-to-minneapolis
#9348544 at 2020-05-28 19:11:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11964: The Truth Has Been Laid Out Edition
28 May 2020
Military.com | By Gina Harkins
Members of Congress want to know how the public will be kept safe as the White House moves ahead with plans to hold another military-themed Fourth of July event in the nation's capital during the coronavirus crisis.
Ten Democratic lawmakers representing Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia sent a letter to Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt expressing concern about their support of an event that could bring thousands of people to the National Mall during the pandemic.
Hosting an event like last year's "Salute to America" festivities, which included military flyovers, vehicle displays and musical performances from Defense Department bands, would have "detrimental impacts," they said in the letter. COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, could not only spread throughout the national capital region if the event is held, they said, but also to other states if it again draws out-of-town visitors.
"If a similar gathering is planned this year, there is no doubt that it would exceed public gathering best practices and significantly increase the threat of community spread of COVID-19," the lawmakers wrote to Esper and Bernhardt, who oversees the national parks.
The letter was signed by 10 Democratic lawmakers, including Reps. Don Beyer, Jennifer Wexton and Gerry Connolly of Virginia, Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton of Washington; and Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, along with Reps. David Trone, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin and Steny Hoyer of Maryland.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/05/28/lawmakers-raise-alarms-over-trumps-salute-america-plans.html
#9336460 at 2020-05-27 21:22:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11949: Eyes On SpaceX Edition
Washington - "A group of Democratic lawmakers from the Washington, D.C., area are raising concerns with President Trump's plans to have a second Fourth of July celebration in the nation's capital due to the coronavirus pandemic, urging the Trump administration to put plans for the event on hold.
Maryland's two senators and eight House Democrats who represent the capital region warned Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Interior Secretary David Bernhardt that holding the parade as the region continues its recovery from the coronavirus crisis would have "detrimental impacts" on those who live in the area, as well as those who would travel to Washington to attend the parade.
"Given the current COVID-19 crisis, we believe that such an event would needlessly risk the health and safety of thousands of Americans," they wrote in a letter to Esper and Bernhardt. "Further, this event would come at the cost of millions of taxpayer dollars while we are facing an unprecedented economic downturn due to the pandemic."
cbsnews.com/news/july-4-parade-washington-dc-disapprove-trump-plans/
#9316882 at 2020-05-26 04:34:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11923: The Information Warfare Continues Edition
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/new-legislation-to-increase-technological-cooperation-between-israel-us-629272
New legislation to increase technological cooperation between Israel, US
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WASHINGTON - New bipartisan legislation aims to increase collaboration between Israel and the US in developing defense technology. US Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced the United States-Israel Military Capability Act of 2020 last week.
Peters and Cotton are both members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Their legislation would enhance collaboration on the research and development of technology used for national defense.
The legislation requires the secretary of defense "to establish a working group that includes representatives from the United States Department of Defense, Department of State, intelligence community and their appropriate counterparts as selected by the Israeli government," they said in a statement.
"The working group will evaluate shared security concerns and help forge combined plans to research, develop, procure and field military capabilities to address these threats," the statement reads. "The working group may also seek input from American or Israeli defense manufacturers on how to integrate needed technology from the private sector."
In February, the two senators sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, urging him to establish such a partnership.
"US defense cooperation with Israel is certainly already deep and broad," they wrote. "However, despite laudable ongoing efforts, dangerous US military capability gaps continue to emerge that more systematic and institutionalized US-Israel early cooperative research and development could have prevented."
Israel is the ideal partner for such an arrangement, they said, adding: "Israel represents America's closest and most reliable ally in the Middle East. Israel also exhibits an innovation agility and sense of urgency that can help catalyze US defense programs. Not only does Israel possess one of the world's most effective militaries, it is also a technology superpower."
"As an ally, Israel has both a thriving defense innovation base and extensive real-world experience against modern security threats," Peters said in the statement. "Improving existing cooperation in a systematic way will not only improve our response to national security threats, but save the lives of both American and Israeli service members and citizens."
"For decades, robust defense cooperation has been a cornerstone of the US-Israel relationship," Cotton said in the statement. "This legislation will further strengthen our cooperation in military research and development, helping to secure both the United States and Israel from emerging threats and ensuring that our war fighters maintain a decisive technological advancement over our foes."
And while China is not mentioned in the bill, experts said it was introduced while the US is engaged in an intense military-technology competition with the Chinese Communist Party.
In an analysis in Defense News, Bradley Bowman, senior director of the Center on Military and Political Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, wrote: "The ability of US troops to deter and defeat great power authoritarian adversaries hangs in the balance. To win this competition, Washington must beef up its military cooperative research and development efforts with tech-savvy democratic allies. At the top of that list should be Israel."
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Pathetic. The US is the little whore of her Israeli pimp. Pay up, US cattle tax payers
#9311645 at 2020-05-25 19:00:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11917: For God And Country We Fight The DS, No Fear! Edition
New legislation to increase technological cooperation between Israel, US
The legislation would enhance collaboration on the research and development of technology used for national defense.
WASHINGTON - New bipartisan legislation aims to increase collaboration between Israel and the US in developing defense technology. US Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced the United States-Israel Military Capability Act of 2020 last week.
Peters and Cotton are both members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Their legislation would enhance collaboration on the research and development of technology used for national defense.
The legislation requires the secretary of defense "to establish a working group that includes representatives from the United States Department of Defense, Department of State, intelligence community and their appropriate counterparts as selected by the Israeli government," they said in a statement.
"The working group will evaluate shared security concerns and help forge combined plans to research, develop, procure and field military capabilities to address these threats," the statement reads. "The working group may also seek input from American or Israeli defense manufacturers on how to integrate needed technology from the private sector."
In February, the two senators sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, urging him to establish such a partnership.
"US defense cooperation with Israel is certainly already deep and broad," they wrote. "However, despite laudable ongoing efforts, dangerous US military capability gaps continue to emerge that more systematic and institutionalized US-Israel early cooperative research and development could have prevented."
Israel is the ideal partner for such an arrangement, they said, adding: "Israel represents America's closest and most reliable ally in the Middle East. Israel also exhibits an innovation agility and sense of urgency that can help catalyze US defense programs. Not only does Israel possess one of the world's most effective militaries, it is also a technology superpower."
"As an ally, Israel has both a thriving defense innovation base and extensive real-world experience against modern security threats," Peters said in the statement. "Improving existing cooperation in a systematic way will not only improve our response to national security threats, but save the lives of both American and Israeli service members and citizens."
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/new-legislation-to-increase-technological-cooperation-between-israel-us-629272
Report: Israel Passes U.S. Military Technology to China
24 Dec 2013
Secret U.S. missile and electro-optics technology was transferred to China recently by Israel, prompting anger from the U.S. and causing a senior Israeli defense official to resign.
The head of defense exports for the Israeli Defense Ministry resigned after a U.S. investigation concluded that technology, including a miniature refrigeration system manufactured by Ricor and used for missiles and in electro-optic equipment, was sent to China, according to the Israeli newspaper Maariv.
https://www.military.com/defensetech/2013/12/24/report-israel-passes-u-s-military-technology-to-china
#9310963 at 2020-05-25 17:58:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11916: WTF are You Waiting For? Honor Our Troops! Drop Them 1A Moabs! Edition
PHOTOS: Joe Biden Makes First In-Person Appearance in over 2 Months
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday made his first in-person appearance in over two months by laying a wreath at a veterans park near his Delaware residence for Memorial Day.
Biden, the presumptive Democrat presidential nominee, along with his wife, former second lady Dr. Jill Biden, both wore black masks as they laid the wreath.
"Never forget the sacrifices that these men and women made. Never, ever, ever forget," Biden told reporters, with his voice muffled by his mask.
"It feels good to be out of my house," he added.
Since the Chinese coronavirus began, Biden has swapped live campaign stops for virtual events from Wilmington home, with the shift yielding a series of awkward moments for the gaffe-prone candidate.
In neighboring Maryland, President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participated in a Memorial Day ceremony at Baltimore's Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine.
"To every Gold Star Family here today and all across our land, our debt to you is infinite and everlasting. We stand with you today and all days to come," the president said in his prepared speech.
Earlier Monday, President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and Defense Secretary Mark Esper participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/25/photos-joe-biden-makes-first-in-person-appearance-in-over-2-months/
#9290940 at 2020-05-23 21:54:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11890: COVI[D] 2020 Edition
She's Doing Well:' Esper Discusses Young Sailor Who Took Down Corpus Christi Gunman
Esper discloses the sailor was a woman that took down the gunman
The FBI is crediting sailors at a Texas air station with "potentially saving many innocent lives" when they thwarted what the agency has called a terrorism-related attack at their base Thursday.
"The FBI would like to recognize the bravery and heroism of the [Naval Air Station Corpus Christi] personnel who took quick action to prevent the shooter from entering the base," the agency's office tweeted Thursday.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that, when the gunman tried to get through the gate, he was stopped by a young sailor. The sailor, whose identity has not been released, suffered minor injuries and was released from the hospital Thursday.
"She's doing well, I understand," he told the "Today" show on Friday.
The gunman was killed, said Leah Greeves, the supervisory senior resident agent for the FBI's Corpus Christi office, in a brief Thursday press conference. No additional details about the attacker were released.
Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies are investigating the incident. The FBI has the lead, Esper said.
The gunman is not believed to have been affiliated with the Defense Department, he added.
"We hope to know more in the coming days as to what happened, what this person was motivated by," Esper said. "… But we need to let the facts come out and let the investigators do their job."
Greeves didn't say Thursday what led the FBI to determine the attack was terrorism-related. It Marks the second attack on a Navy installation with ties to terrorism, following the December attack at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida.
That attack, which killed three sailors and injured eight others, was carried out by a Saudi officer training there who had ties to al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, Justice Department officials announced this week.
"I am very concerned about both cases," Esper said on the "Today" show, detailing several new security measures that have been put into place following the Pensacola attack, including barring foreign military students from carrying weapons and limiting their base access.
There could be more policy changes, he added, as the FBI continues investigating the attacks.
"We're looking at additional measures we will take to ensure foreign-inspired terrorists do not have access to our posts, bases and installations – and of course our country," he told Savannah Guthrie.
Officials at the FBI's Houston office say they're working nonstop to investigate this week's attack in Corpus Christi. They ask anyone with information about the incident to call 1800-CALL-FBI.
Greeves said Thursday that there could be a second person of interest at large in the community.
"If you see something, say something," she said.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/05/22/shes-doing-well-Esper-discusses-young-sailor-who-took-down-corpus-christi-gunman.html
#9287984 at 2020-05-23 15:56:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11886: Harvesting Fires Edition
Trump Appoints Big Pharma Exec Connected to Bill Gates to Head Vaccine Developments
15 May 2020
On Friday, Donald Trump announced his appointment of Moncef Slaoui, a former executive with vaccine manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline, to lead "Operation Warp Speed", Trump's plan to fast track the development of vaccines for COVID-19. Slaoui will serve in a volunteer position, assisted by Army Gen. Gustave Perna, the commander of United States Army Materiel Command.
According to the Trump administration, Operation Warp Speed program is focusing on four vaccines, with the hopes of testing and producing 100 million doses by October 2020, 200 million by December, and 300 million doses by January. At Friday's press conference, Slaoui said he believes the goal of vaccines by January 2021 is a "credible goal". Secretary of Defense Mark Esper was more adamant, stating that, "winning matters and we will deliver, by the end of this year, a vaccine
https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/top-news/trump-appoints-big-pharma-exec-connected-bill-gates-head-vaccine-developments/
#9282100 at 2020-05-23 00:37:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11879: The Sessions Paradox Edition
Baltimore Mayor Jack Young (D) is once again demanding President Donald Trump scrap his planned visit to the city on Memorial Day, arguing that he believes the trip is against the law, citing the city's stay-at-home order still being in place due to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.
"We don't need to be spending our resources for the president who's coming here under our orders to stay at home. I think he's violating the law," Young said, according to CBS News Baltimore.
The White House announced this week that President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will travel to Baltimore to visit the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine.
President Trump said in a statement:
The City of Baltimore remains under a Stay at Home order that was put in place to help safeguard our residents from the dangers associated with COVID-19. We have worked closely with our health professionals to educate the public about the benefits of social distancing and staying home, unless leaving for an essential reason, like visiting a doctor or picking up groceries.
On Thursday, Young first called on President Trump to cancel his trip, citing health concerns stemming from the pandemic and the price tag associated with a presidential visit.
Young said, reported CBS Baltimore:
I wish that the President, as our nation's leader, would set a positive example and not travel during this holiday weekend. I would hope that the President would change his mind and decide to remain at home. If he decides, however, to move forward with his scheduled trip to Baltimore we will, of course, be prepared for his visit.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), who has repeatedly criticized the Trump administration, said he will not meet with the president and instead plans to celebrate his birthday with his family. He said:
We are honored that the President and the First Lady have chosen to spend Memorial Day at Fort McHenry. Although Marylanders are encouraged not to gather in large numbers this year - now more than ever - it's important to reflect on the American heroes who sacrificed their lives for our freedom. Monday is the governor's birthday, and he has plans to Mark the day at home with his family.
Joining President Trump and first lady Melania Trump to visit Fort McHenry are Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Interior Secretary David Bernhardt.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/22/baltimore-mayor-doubles-down-trumps-violating-the-law-with-memorial-day-visit/
#9277020 at 2020-05-22 16:25:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11873: Patriots Have No Skin Color, Sleepy Joe, well... Edition
22 May 2020
Military.com | By Gina Harkins
The FBI is crediting sailors at a Texas air station with "potentially saving many innocent lives" when they thwarted what the agency has called a terrorism-related attack at their base Thursday.
"The FBI would like to recognize the bravery and heroism of the [Naval Air Station Corpus Christi] personnel who took quick action to prevent the shooter from entering the base," the agency's office tweeted Thursday.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that, when the gunman tried to get through the gate, he was stopped by a young sailor. The sailor, whose identity has not been released, suffered minor injuries and was released from the hospital Thursday.
"She's doing well, I understand," he told the "Today" show on Friday.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/05/22/shes-doing-well-Esper-discusses-young-sailor-who-took-down-corpus-christi-gunman.html
#9274842 at 2020-05-22 10:29:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11870: The 'Michigan AG Nessel's Attitude Is Unwelcome In This Republic' Edition
Senate Confirms Kenneth Braithwaite to Serve as Next Navy Secretary Arrrr!!
The Senate confirmed Kenneth Braithwaite to serve as the next secretary of the Navy, following the November departure of the last confirmed secretary of the sea services.
Braithwaite is a retired Navy rear admiral and the current U.S. ambassador to Norway. The 1984 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy went to flight school and flew anti-submarine warfare missions in the Pacific and Indian oceans before moving to the public affairs community. He rose through the ranks on active duty and then as a reservist, ultimately becoming the top reserve public affairs officer. In his civilian career, he worked for former Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) between 1997 and 2000 and was a lobbyist for the hospital and healthcare industry.
His name was first floated for the job the same day that former Secretary Richard V. Spencer was fired, with President Donald Trump announcing Braithwaite's name in the same tweet he thanked Spencer for his service. Though Defense Secretary Mark Esper reiterated the intention to nominate Braithwaite to serve as the civilian head of the Navy and Marine Corps the very next day, the White House didn't formally send a nomination to the Senate until Feb. 28, and the Senate Armed Services Committee didn't pursue a confirmation hearing until May 7 - after another acting secretary of the Navy was unceremoniously removed from the job.
During his confirmation hearing in front of the SASC, Braithwaite said that the Navy was in "troubled waters" due to a lack of leadership in recent years and that he hoped to address cultural issues while in the job.
"It saddens me to say: the Department of the Navy is in troubled waters due to many factors, primarily the failings of leadership. Whether [Glenn Defense Marine Asia], ship collisions, judicial missteps or the crisis on USS [Theodore] Roosevelt, they are all indicative of a breakdown in the trust of those leading the service," he told the committee during his opening statement.
"I have witnessed crisis in the Navy before. In 1989, I was aboard the aircraft carrier USS America, sailing with the battleship Iowa, when an explosion killed 47 sailors. That was followed by the Tailhook scandal. These were some dark days for the department."
Later in the hearing, he added that "culture eats strategy for breakfast. Culture is the one thing that creates for an organization a sense of belonging, a sense of good order and discipline. It is my number-one priority, if I'm confirmed, to restore the appropriate culture in the United States Navy," he said in response to questions from Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.).
"I won't say it's broken. I think it's been tarnished. I think the events over the last several years have helped see that to occur. And if I'm confirmed, I will make sure that I get at that - again, predicated on good order and discipline, empowering people to understand their responsibilities along that chain of command."
Arrrrrr!!!
https://news.usni.org/2020/05/21/senate-confirms-kenneth-braithwaite-to-serve-as-next-navy-secretary
#9273538 at 2020-05-22 05:01:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11868: Barack #Obamagate
Kenneth Braithwaite Confirmed as Next Navy Secretary
WASHINGTON – Kenneth Braithwaite was confirmed by the Senate in a voice vote Thursday afternoon to be the 77th Navy Secretary.
Braithwaite is a 1984 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and served in the Navy and then Navy Reserve for 27 years. While serving as the U.S. ambassador to Norway, President Donald Trump nominated him March 2 to be the next Navy secretary.
In his opening statement to members of the Senate Armed Services Committee during his nomination hearing May 7, Braithwaite said the Navy is in "troubled waters" and listed some of the recent failings that he believes have caused a breakdown in trust in Navy leadership. His list included the Fat Leonard scandal, the 2017 collisions of the USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain, as well as "judicial missteps" and the coronavirus outbreak on the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
Braithwaite said if confirmed his top priority would be to "restore the appropriate culture" in the service. Culture is what gives an organization a sense of belonging and good order and discipline, he said.
"[Navy] culture exists. I won't say it's broken. I think it's been tarnished," Braithwaite said. "I think the events over the last several years have helped see that occur."
The Navy's recent secretaries have been embroiled in controversies in the last several months.
Richard Spencer, the last Navy secretary, was fired Nov. 24 by Defense Secretary Mark Esper for his handling of the personnel decision of Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, who was acquitted of murder in 2019 but found guilty of posing in a photo with the dead body of an Islamic State fighter. Spencer had gone around Esper to propose a different strategy to the White House on handling Gallagher and the Navy's review of whether Gallagher would be able to retire with his SEAL trident pin.
Former acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned April 7 after disparaging comments he made to the crew of the Roosevelt about the aircraft carrier's former commander, Capt. Brett Crozier, were leaked online. The Navy announced Wednesday that the ship had left Guam nearly two months after coming into port due to a coronavirus outbreak that infected more than 1,000 sailors aboard the ship.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/05/21/kenneth-braithwaite-confirmed-next-navy-secretary.html
#9242651 at 2020-05-19 20:44:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11829: Price of Rice in DC Mainly @the Pain Edition
>>9242490
Pentagon memo contradicts Esper's year-end coronavirus vaccine goal, per report
Defense Secretary Mark Esper declared Friday that a government task force charged with developing a COVID-19 vaccine would have a widely available injection by the end of the year. But a leaked Pentagon memo shows that behind the scenes, senior leadership have been planning for the possibility that the services could be contending with coronavirus until well into next year.
The memo, first reported by Task and Purpose, warns of not only a resurgence of the virus, but the "real possibility" that a viable vaccine won't be available until "at least the summer of 2021."
"Therefore, we must now re-focus our attention on resuming critical missions, increasing levels of activity, and making necessary preparations should a significant resurgence of COVID-19 occur later this year," the memo reads, though it doesn't bear Esper's signature.
Kenneth Rapuano, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and global security, prepared the memo, Task and Purpose reported.
"We can confirm we continue to develop plans that address operating in the COVID-19 environment," Pentagon spokesman Chris Garver told Military Times on Tuesday, though he could not confirm the specific memo draft. "Senior DoD officials have discussed the development of a plan to reduce Health Protection Conditions around the world and continue the 2020 summer move cycle safely. The plans have not been approved by senior DoD leaders yet, and we're not going to discuss what might be in the final version of those plans."
The memo details requirements for expanded testing, surveillancing and contact tracing procedures, while at the same time preparing for new outbreaks, shortages of personal protection equipment and insufficient immunity to the virus into summer 2021.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/05/19/pentagon-memo-contradicts-secdefs-year-end-coronavirus-vaccine-goal-per-report/
#9242490 at 2020-05-19 20:35:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11829: Price of Rice in DC Mainly @the Pain Edition
CABAL LEAKS
Leaked Pentagon memo warns of 'real possibility' of COVID-19 resurgence, vaccine not coming until summer 2021
The Defense Department should prepare to operate in a "globally-persistent" novel coronavirus (COVID-19) environment without an effective vaccine until "at least the summer of 2021," according to a draft Pentagon memo obtained by Task & Purpose.
"We have a long path ahead, with the real possibility of a resurgence of COVID-19," reads the memo, authored for Secretary of Defense Mark Esper but not yet bearing his signature.
"Therefore, we must now re-focus our attention on resuming critical missions, increasing levels of activity, and making necessary preparations should a significant resurgence of COVID-19 occur later this year."
Despite its grim forecast, the draft document lays out a framework for the U.S. military's proverbial reopening, which includes the resumption of training exercises, increased operational tempo, and the repositioning of forces and supplies to fight the global pandemic.
A Pentagon spokeswoman said the document was outdated but declined to provide more specifics.
The memo was prepared by Kenneth Rapuano, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and global security, and is intended to update previous guidance issued by Esper on April 1, 2020. It's unclear if Esper has seen the memo.
The document has not been officially released, and could see changes since being circulated among the military services at the beginning of May for feedback, a defense official said on condition of anonymity.
"All indications suggest we will be operating in a globally-persistent COVID-19 environment in the months ahead," the memo reads. "This will likely continue until there is wide-scale immunity, through immunization, and some immunity post-recovery from the virus."
The Pentagon framework for operations in a "persistent COVID-19 environment" relies on a number of assumptions, including the chance of successive waves of infection, continued shortages of personal protective equipment, and a lack of a viable treatment or vaccine for COVID-19 until at least next summer.
More waves of infection will occur "in clusters" that will coincide with the seasonal flu season, the memo suggests, while testing "will not provide 100% assurance of the absence" of the virus.
The planning framework detailed in the draft memo also calls for an increase in testing and surveillance, expanded contract tracing capabilities, and the use of a registry "to track and closely monitor outcomes of those infected with COVID-19."
The memo stands in contrast to more optimistic assessments given by Trump administration officials, including Esper, who said Friday the Pentagon would "deliver by the end of this year a vaccine at scale to treat the American people and our partners abroad."
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/coronavirus-vaccine-pentagon-memo
#9213448 at 2020-05-17 18:31:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11792: WWG1WGA GERMANY! Edition
SecDef Keeps Military Stop-Movement Order in Place After Review
The Defense Department has yet to figure out how permanent change-of-station moves will be conducted this summer when and if the stop-movement order, which currently runs through June 30, is lifted, Pentagon chief spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said Friday.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper recently reviewed the June 30 order but came to no decisions, Hoffman said at a Pentagon briefing.
Esper and other officials "did not make a determination to modify or lift the order, and the order is still in place. At the same time, we haven't made a decision to extend it," Hoffman said.
The novel coronavirus pandemic, and the shifting restrictions and guidelines in various jurisdictions to prevent its spread, have vastly complicated the DoD's approach to the peak summer moving season, he added.
U.S. Transportation Command has to take into account local and state restrictions in arranging PCS moves, Hoffman explained. As an example, "we can't move somebody from California to South Carolina if the sending state has issues or the receiving state does."
The DoD also must consider the ability of localities to test for and treat COVID-19, and whether military families arriving back in the States from overseas might have to face extensive screenings or quarantines, he said.
Hoffman noted that waivers and exemptions to the stop-movement order continue to be approved by individual commands, particularly for deployments within combatant commands and basic training.
In a virtual town hall meeting Thursday from the Pentagon, Ramon Colon-Lopez, senior enlisted adviser to Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, and Air Force Master Sgt. Jason France, the senior enlisted leader of TRANSCOM, took questions from service members.
Colon-Lopez said the DoD will continue to evaluate and review the stop-movement order. "Every 15 days, we're conducting a review to make sure that the implementation of practices makes sense," he said.
"And we're taking a common-sense approach to everything that we're doing with regards to the restrictions imposed by COVID-19. Whether it's going to be extended or stopped, it is yet to be determined," Colon-Lopez added.
France said TRANSCOM has told movers that they must adhere to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines while working in service members' homes.
"Those measures include face coverings, minimizing crew size to enable social distancing, the fact that crews must practice good hygiene, and they also must routinely clean frequently touched surfaces in our service members' homes," he said.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/05/17/secdef-keeps-military-stop-movement-order-place-after-review.html
#9203555 at 2020-05-16 22:05:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11779: Potus Trollin for Obamagate, Again! Keep It Going! Edition
POTUS announcement: Moncef Slaoui of GSK and Army General Gustave Perna to oversee vaccine development for "Operation Warp Speed"
President Donald Trump announced Friday at the White House that he has selected two distinguished people to lead his "Operation Warp Speed" project to fast-track the development of a coronavirus vaccine.
The project will be led by Moncef Slaoui, the former head of GlaxoSmithKline's vaccines division, and and Perna will serve as the chief operating officer overseeing the project's logistics.
"I have very recently seen early data with a clinical trial for a coronavirus vaccine and this data made me even more confident..that we will be able to deliver a vaccine by the end of 2020," Slaoui said. "We will do the best we can to do that."
President Trump deemed them "two of the most highly-respected and skilled" officials when making his announcement. He is hopeful that a vaccine will be developed by the end of the year.
"This is an endeavor unlike anything our country has seen since the Manhattan Project...No one has seen anything like we're doing now within our country since the second world war. Incredible," Pres. Trump said. "That means big and it means fast. It's objective is to finish developing and then to manufacture and distribute a proven coronavirus vaccine...prior to the end of the year. I think we're going to have some very good results coming out very quickly."
President Trump was joined in the Rose Garden for his unveiling of "Operation Warp Speed" by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, senior advisor Jared Kushner, Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Surgeon General Jerome Adams, Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and coronavirus task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx.
The President said Saturday "will Mark 30 days since we released the White House guidelines for a safe and phased opening of America." He added that an "essential pillar" of his re-opening strategy is the "development of treatments and vaccines as quickly as possible."
Mr. Trump added that at this point in time, the country is back on track.
"Vaccine or no vaccine, we're back," the President said. "We're starting the process and in many cases, they don't have vaccines and a virus or a flu comes and you fight through it. You haven't seen something like this in almost 100 years, but you fight through it, and people, sometimes...I guess, it looks like they become immune, at least for a short period...But what we'd like to do is the vaccine."
The number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. has surpassed 1,393,890 and the number of fatalities from the virus has eclipsed 84,239.
https://saraacarter.com/pres-trump-introduces-leaders-of-operation-warp-speed-vaccine-development-project/
#9201927 at 2020-05-16 19:19:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11777: The Bread of Kek Edition
Trump mobilizes Reserves and sends them to Southern Border
A Presidential Order concerning the southern border has activated dozens of reserve units and thousands of individuals. After President Trump declared a national emergency in February 2019 this order comes as no surprise.
According to the Order, the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) Reserve Components Medical Corp, Dental Corp, and anesthetist officers will conduct 90-day boots-on-the-ground rotations for up to 24 months. Soldiers under this order must have 12 months dwell but can waive this requirement and deploy nevertheless.
The 151st Aviation Regiment, whose headquarters is in South Carolina, has been ordered to make calls for over 25 individual companies, mainly security forces and engineers, such as Military Police and Sappers. Units will be coming out of South Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and several other states.
Some Americans are worried over the surge as they fear the increased numbers of American troops being used to collect intelligence.
It is unknown for just how long these units will be mobilized. Last year President Trump had stated the following, "The United States is launching enhanced counter-narcotics operations in the Western Hemisphere. The [military] will increase surveillance, seizures of drug shipments, and provide additional support for eradication efforts that are going on right now at a record pace."
"These additional forces will nearly double our capacity to conduct counter-narcotics operations in the region," Defense Secretary Mark Esper added.
https://sofrep.com/news/trump-mobilizes-reserves-and-sends-them-to-southern-border/
#9189947 at 2020-05-15 20:50:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11762: Let Freedom Ring Edition
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/15/super-duper-missile-us-trump-military
>Unveiling the flag forhis newspaceforcein the Oval Office on Friday, Donald Trump said the US was developing a "super duper missile" to outpace military rivals including Russia and China.
>"We have no choice, we have to do it with the adversaries we have out there. We have, I call it the super duper missile and I heard the other night [it's] 17 times faster than what they have right now,"the president said, sitting at the Resolute desk.
>"That's right," said the defense secretary, Mark Esper, standing to Trump's right.
#9189199 at 2020-05-15 20:07:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11761: Cures Already Exist Edition
Transcript - ReMarks by President Trump on Vaccine Development
May 15, 2020
12:40 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Thank you very much. It's very hot today. Please, sit down. This is going to be a very hot one, and we apologize to everybody out there that's going to suffer through it. But you know what? It's better than bad weather.
And it's great to be in the Rose Garden. I want to especially thank this group for joining us as we announce a historic groundbreaking initiative in our ongoing effort to rapidly develop and manufacture a coronavirus vaccine.
We're joined by Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Secretary Mark Esper, Secretary Alex Azar, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley, FDA Director Dr. Stephen Hahn, Director of the National Institute of Health Dr. Francis Collins, Dr. Fauci, Dr. Birx. We're joined by a very terrific group of professionals.
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Tomorrow will Mark 30 days since we released the White House guidelines for a safe and phased opening of America. That's what we're doing. It's the opening of America. We're going to have an amazing year next year. We're going to have a great transition into the fourth quarter.
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…We have 186 it's been updated this morning 186 countries are affected.
And each country that's affected is the same thing. Russia now is badly affected. France is badly affected. You look at what each country – and you can say "affected" or you can say "infected," either way you want to put it.
But you look at these countries. Look at Italy and you look at Spain and you look at all of these great countries, in many cases, how they've – how they've had to fight through this. It's a terrible thing that happened. It could have been stopped at the source. It should have been stopped right at the source, but it wasn't.
Thank you all very much. We appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you.
END 1:16 P.M. EDT
full transcript at link
https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-reMarks-by-president-trump-on-vaccine-developm-1843483753
#9188523 at 2020-05-15 19:19:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11760: Kitchen Functioning at Full Capacity Edition
Official Space Force Flag Unveiled at the White House
The U.S. Space Force now has an official flag.
It was presented during a closed-door ceremony Friday in front of President Donald Trump, becoming the first new service flag in more than 72 years, the White House said.
"Space is going to be the future," Trump said during the event, according to pool reports.
"We're now the leader in space."
Officials in attendance included Gen. John "Jay" Raymond, the new branch's chief of space operations and head of U.S. Space Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Roger Towberman, senior enlisted adviser to the Space Force. Other attendees included Defense Secretary Mark Esper, Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley.
"It's a very historic moment," Esper said.
"The United States has been a spacefaring nation for decades, but we know there are adversaries in the last several years that have weaponized space," he said. "They've made it a warfighting domain. And so with the establishment of Space Force and establishment of Space Command, the United States is now doing what it needs to do to protect our assets in space and ensure that space remains the heavens by which we not only protect America, but we sustain our economy, we sustain our commercial capabilities, we sustain Americans' way of life."
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/05/15/official-space-force-flag-unveiled-white-house.html
#9171101 at 2020-05-14 17:12:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11738: Coates Outed,Treason is On Edition
>>9170915
President Donald Trump has essentially given"Operation Warp Speed"a blank check as the team of government officials, scientists and private companies aim to produce hundreds of millions of doses of a life-saving coronavirus vaccine by early next year.
The goal - which may prove impossible to meet - is to make 100 million doses of the vaccine available by November, 200 million doses by December and 300 million doses by January, a senior administration official said.
"When the President was asked, 'What do you want to put into it?' He said, 'No limit,'" the official said.
Trump insisted Thursday the administration wasn't "overpromising" with its aggressive timeline.
"Whatever you can humanly do, we're going to have," Trump said. "We're going to fast-track it like you've never seen before, if we come up with a vaccine."
At a government agency level, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Defense Secretary Mark Esper are taking the lead. A director of the project is expected to be announced next week, according to a senior administration official.
But Trump, as he declared Thursday, is officially the head of the project.
"You know who is in charge of it? Honestly? I am," Trump said.
The obvious hurdle is quickly developing a vaccine that is effective and safe.
But "Operation Warp Speed" - a name that was chosen by the scientists working on it, who are Star Trek superfans - is also working on all the challenges that surround vaccine deployment. They are already working on solutions to quickly ramp up production, organize distribution and determine who gets the first doses of the vaccine.
"You don't wait until you get an answer before you start manufacturing - you at risk proactively start making it, assuming it's going to work, and if it does, then you can scale up and hopefully get to that timeline," Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, told NBC on Thursday. "So we want to go quickly, but we want to make sure it's safe and it's effective. I think that is doable."
The team is also brainstorming advertising strategies that the administration hopes will be compelling enough to inspire even vaccine skeptics to get a vaccine once it's available.
"The advertising is going to be amazing," the official said.
#9131340 at 2020-05-12 00:36:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11687: We are ready to unleash hell. Memes ready? Edition
After Testing Positive for COVID-19, National Guard Chief Gets Negative Result
The head of the National Guard has tested negative for the novel coronavirus for the second time since learning he had previously tested positive.
Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau, received a negative result for COVID-19 at Walter Reed Military Medical Center on Monday, the Guard said in a statement.
Lengyel first tested positive just ahead of Saturday's Joint Chiefs meeting with President Donald Trump. A second test Lengyel took the same day came back negative; officials said he would self-isolate and be screened again "to confirm his negative status."
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned that some tests are known to produce false negatives. A patient undergoing a real-time diagnostic panel for COVID-19 and subsequently testing negative could still have the virus, the health agency said in March.
"Thank you to all who have expressed concern for my health and safety," Lengyel said in the statement. "I am happy to continue to focus on the efforts of the 46,000 Guardsmen and women who are battling this pandemic in the 50 states, three territories and District of Columbia."
"General Lengyel is continuing his work focused on the National Guard's efforts to fight COVID-19," said Army Master Sgt. W. Michael Houk, spokesman for the Guard Bureau. "As a whole, the National Guard has implemented COVID-19 risk mitigation measures, including reliance on video teleconferencing in place of in-person meetings, maximum telework, required mask wearing when social distancing measures are impractical, and testing as necessary."
He did not say whether Lengyel will continue to self-isolate.
Meanwhile, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday is spending the week quarantined after having contact with a family member who tested positive for the illness, a Defense Department official told Military.com on Sunday. Gilday has tested negative but will remain isolated, the official said.
Gilday and Lengyel were not present at the weekend meeting at the White House with the other Joint Chiefs and several cabinet members.
While the military has put social distancing measures in place in addition to mandatory mask-wearing protocols, Trump was not wearing a mask, nor were general officers or Defense Secretary Mark Esper, according to official White House photos.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/05/11/after-testing-positive-covid-19-national-guard-chief-gets-negative-result.html
#9125651 at 2020-05-11 18:20:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11680: All Holds Barr'd Edition
Navy's Top Admiral Isolating After COVID-19 Exposure; National Guard Chief Tests Positive
Two top U.S. military leaders are now in quarantine after one tested positive for the illness caused by the novel coronavirus and another was exposed to a family member with the disease.
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday is spending the week quarantined after having contact with a family member who tested positive for COVID-19, a Defense Department official said Sunday night. Gilday has tested negative for the illness but will remain isolated, the official said.
The CNO was not present at Saturday's meeting at the White House with the other Joint Chiefs and several cabinet members.
The head of the National Guard, Gen. Joseph Lengyel, also tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, according to the official. A second test Lengyel took the same day came back negative, the official added, and the general is expected to undergo a third test Monday morning "to confirm his negative status."
It's not clear which COVID-19 test was administered to Lengyel, but some are known to produce false negatives. A March fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns those undergoing a real-time diagnostic panel for COVID-19 that some patients who test negative for the virus could have it.
Bloomberg News reported Sunday that Lengyel learned of his positive test just ahead of the Saturday White House meeting after taking a rapid COVID-19 test.
As of Friday, the military had 5,171 confirmed cases of COVID-19 among its uniformed personnel. Two service members, a National Guardsman and a sailor, have died from the illness. More than 110 troops have been hospitalized.
The Navy has seen the most cases across all the military branches, with more than 2,100 sailors testing positive for COVID-19. About half of those cases have been among the crew members of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt.
That entire crew has now been tested for the illness, and the Navy has since stopped reporting the number of positive cases among its members.
Photos of the Saturday meeting at the White House showed the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff sitting without any social distancing measures in the Cabinet Room. No one photographed including the general officers, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper was wearing a mask.
The Pentagon has directed all troops across the military to wear masks when social distancing measures are not possible.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/05/10/navys-top-admiral-isolating-after-covid-19-exposure-national-guard-chief-tests-positive.html
#9106727 at 2020-05-10 08:05:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11655: [CLAS 1-99] x 57 Edition
President Trump Meets With Joint Chiefs and National Security Team - Video and Transcript...
Earlier tonight President Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Secretary of Treasury Steven Munchin and Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell met with the Joint Chiefs' and National Security Team. Mark Meadows (Chief of Staff), Robert O'Brien (NSA), LTG Keith Kellogg (National Security Advisor to the Vice President), Secretary Mike Pompeo (State), Secretary Steven Mnuchin (Treasury), Secretary Mark Esper (Defense), Director Richard Grenell (ODNI).
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. This is the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and we've had a very productive meeting. It's going to continue after you leave. But we've had a very, very productive meeting. Our military is very strong, more - more so than it's been in many, many years. I think I can say "in many, many decades." We've spent one and half trillion dollars rebuilding our military, and it shows it. And we are discussing various things. And, with that, thank you very much. Thank you.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/05/09/president-trump-meets-with-joint-chiefs-and-national-security-team-video-and-transcript/#more-191304
#9100439 at 2020-05-09 22:41:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11648: Xi & Biden Toasting Their Own Destruction Edition
>>9100001
>Pool gathering for meeting
==Pool report on meeting on-going in
Cabinet Room ==
6:26 p.m., and were inside for just over one minute.
The president introduced those in the room as the Joint Chiefs and said they had had a very productive meeting, which would be continuing after we left.
He said they discussed "various things."
The pool was then ushered out and the president did not answer any shouted questions.
Below is meeting attendees via the White House. Chief of Staff Mark Meadow's seat was empty.
I will send a picture in a second report so you can see how the room was spaced.
The following individuals are expected to attend:
The White House
President Donald J. Trump
Mark Meadows, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff
Robert O'Brien, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
LTG Keith Kellogg, Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President
Trump Administration
Secretary Mike Pompeo, Department of State
Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Department of the Treasury
Secretary Mark Esper, Department of Defense
Acting Director Richard Grenell, Director of National Intelligence
General Mark A. Milley, USA, 20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
General John E. Hyten, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
General David L. Goldfein, USAF, Chief of Staff of the Air Force
General David H. Berger, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps
General James C. McConville, USA, Chief of Staff of the Army
Admiral Karl L. Schultz, USCG, Commandant of the Coast Guard
General John W. Raymond, USSF, Chief of Space Operations
#9061471 at 2020-05-07 05:16:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11599: Dni Du Nuffin. The Dark to Light Em UP Edition
US has gunships ready to deliver on Trump's warning to Iran
April 25, 2020
WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) - Even before President Donald Trump's vow to "shoot down" Iranian speedboats if they harass American ships in international waters, the U.S. Navy was bolstering its ability to call in AC-130 gunships and Apache attack helicopters to defend its presence in the Persian Gulf.
A practice run for the new tactics on April 15 drew 11 gunboats from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that crossed the bows and sterns of American vessels at close range. And that prompted Trump's tweet on April 22 saying he'd "instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea."
Going back to the Obama administration, Revolutionary Guard members in small but agile speedboats have harassed U.S. ships, but the encounters usually have ended with warnings from the Americans to back off. As far back as 2007, the Office of Naval Intelligence estimated Iran had a fleet of 1,000 small boats that was growing. In early January 2017 a U.S. Navy guided-missile naval destroyer fired warning shots at four Iranian rapid-attack craft in the Strait of Hormuz.
While attention has turned on the latest confrontation at sea between Iran and the U.S. - and on Trump's vow to stop such close encounters - there's been little focus on the recent moves by the U.S. Central Command to come better-armed with joint Navy, Air Force and Army systems for spotting targets and transferring data.
The live-fire gunship exercises began in March as a first-time effort at coordination between Navy patrol coastal ships, the service's P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft and the Air Force's special operations AC-130 gunships, which are capable of nighttime attacks. Armed with a 30mm Gatling gun and precision-guided munitions, the famed gunships have been used to attack ground targets - but not naval targets - from Vietnam to Grenada, Panama, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Then on April 15, Navy vessels were practicing coordinated operations with Army AH-64E Apache tank-busting attack helicopters when the U.S. says Iranian boats came within 50 yards of the USS Lewis B. Puller and within 10 yards of the bow of the Coast Guard cutter Maui.
Under the new approach, the Apaches can be stationed on the Puller, the Navy's first specially designed floating sea base. The Puller, a destroyer and other, smaller U.S. vessels were practicing spotting targets for the Apaches and transmitting the information. The exercises continued through April 19.
The Apache exercise shows how the Army "can use naval platforms as lily pads to expand their operational range along with providing security in its region of operation," Cmdr. Rebecca Rebarich, the spokeswoman for the Navy's 5th Fleet, said in an email. "The security acts as a deterrent for any threats against the U.S. and allied watercraft."
Helicopters have been used occasionally to escort vessels into the Persian Gulf, including in September 1987 when U.S. special operations choppers based on a frigate shadowed and struck an Iranian vessel laying mines during "Operation Earnest Will," an effort by U.S. and allies to guard oil tankers against attack in the Persian Gulf.
"These exercises show U.S. forces can go on the offensive against Iranian small boats, rather than simply defending against them," said Bryan Clark, a former special assistant to the chief of naval operations who's now a naval analyst for the Hudson Institute. The Navy previously relied on "deck guns and onboard helicopters, which can be overwhelmed by a large boat swarm."
The Apaches can fire Hellfire laser-guided missiles or shoot guns, he said. "Since the helicopter can move fast and is shooting down at the boats, they have an easier time hitting than surface ships trying to hit a fast boat that is bouncing on the water." The AC-130 "essentially can strafe the boats," he said.
Now the question is whether Trump's warning to Iran will deter conflict with Iran or escalate that prospect. What Trump described as an instruction to fire in all cases of harassment has been portrayed by military officials more as an option if captains feel their crews are in danger.
"I'm not going to get into the exact tactics," Defense Secretary Mark Esper said this week on Fox News, "but they need to be well-warned, the Iranians, that we are not going to tolerate that behavior."
https://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/us-has-gunships-ready-to-deliver-on-trump-s-warning-to-iran-1.627376
#9045342 at 2020-05-06 00:39:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11578: The PlanDemic & BlackSky Edition
Drug Smugglers May Have Started COVID-19 Outbreak Aboard Destroyer, SecDef Says
How a Navy destroyer operating in the Pacific picked up coronavirus cases remains a mystery, but the top defense official said this week that a drug-smuggling vessel could be to blame.
The destroyer Kidd became the second deployed Navy warship to head back to port in about a month after dozens of cases of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, broke out among the crew.
More than 30 days passed between the Kidd's last port visit in Hawaii and the first crew member showing COVID-19 symptoms on April 22, USNI News reported, raising the possibility that asymptomatic sailors were unwittingly spreading it. But Defense Secretary Mark Esper said leaders are also considering another possibility behind the outbreak.
"A theory is that they could've picked it up on a counterdrug mission where they pulled over a vessel possibly carrying drugs and they boarded the vessel and may have come in contact with somebody carrying the virus there," Esper told reporters on Tuesday.
The Kidd, which is based out of Washington state, first deployed with the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group in January, but was later tasked with heading to the eastern Pacific for counter-narcotic missions in U.S. Southern Command.
The Trump administration has ramped up those missions in the Western Hemisphere, even as the globe deals with the coronavirus pandemic. Esper said last month when President Donald Trump announced a buildup of military counterdrug operations that criminal organizations will leverage governments being distracted by the coronavirus to move more drugs.
The Kidd is now in San Diego where its crew members are being treated.
"All the proper protocols are being followed to make sure that we get her back to sea as soon as possible," Esper said.
The Navy's other vessel to see a big coronavirus outbreak, the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, has been sidelined in Guam for more than a month. Crew members are starting to move back out to the ship, but nearly all the roughly 4,800 members had to be evacuated and tested for COVID-19 while that ship was disinfected.
More than 1,100 members of the Roosevelt's crew tested positive for the virus. At least 78 members of the Kidd's much-smaller crew of about 300 tested positive. That's according to the last figures the Navy released on the outbreaks on April 30. The service has since stopped sharing updates.
Joint Chiefs Chairman Army Gen. Mark Milley said on Tuesday that he's confident the Navy's strict new protocols for keeping the novel coronavirus off its vessels will help prevent future outbreaks.
On Monday during a virtual event hosted by the Brookings Institution, Esper went as far as to say that deployed Navy ships are the "safest place to be" during the global pandemic.
"Of the 90 ships we have at sea, we've only had two that have been affected," Esper said. "… Two ships out of I think 94 is a pretty good record."
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/05/05/drug-smugglers-may-have-started-covid-19-outbreak-aboard-destroyer-secdef-says.html
#9042020 at 2020-05-05 20:06:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11574: Cinco de Cinco, Knowledge Is Power Edition
Defense Secretary Esper: US 'Had Nothing to Do' With Attempted Raid in Venezuela
Following an attempted coastal assault on western Venezuela by mercenaries attacking from neighboring Colombia over the weekend, US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper told reporters at the Pentagon on Tuesday, "The United States government had nothing to do with what's happened in Venezuela in the last few days."
On Sunday, Venezuelan Interior Minister Nestor Reverol announced on Venezuelan television that "a group of terrorist mercenaries coming from Colombia attempted a sea invasion, with the objective to commit terrorist attacks in our country, assassinate leaders of the revolutionary government and to increase the spiral of violence, generate chaos and confusion among the population, and with this, to attempt a new coup d'état."
Venezuelan officials said they killed eight mercenaries and captured two. The two who were detained were later revealed to be US citizens: Luke Denman and Airan Berry, both former US Special Forces operatives.
The two men operated with a third: Jordan Goudreau, founder of private contracting firm Silvercorp USA, who claimed responsibility for the attack, which he called "Operation Gideon," in a video posted on YouTube on Sunday. Goudreau spoke alongside Javier Nieto, a retired Venezuelan army captain who now opposes the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Juan Guaido, the former head of Venezuela's National Assembly who is held up by Washington as Venezuela's rightful leader, has denied all connection to "Operation Gideon." Likewise, US President Donald Trump told reporters who asked about the operation on Monday that "it has nothing to do with our government."
Guaido has staged several attempted coups d'etat since declaring himself interim president in January 2019, and Washington has implemented severe sanctions and organized sympathetic governments in support of Guaido's attempts. US President Donald Trump placed in charge of that effort Eliot Abrams, who in the 1980s organized similar efforts in several Central American countries by funneling funds and weapons to death squads seeking to overthrow governments that rebelled against Washington's rule.
In February 2019, authorities at Venezuela's Arturo Michelena International Airport in Valencia reported seizing dozens of weapons and other war materiel in a plane that flew from Miami, Florida, in the United States, and was purported to be carrying humanitarian aid.
https://sputniknews.com/latam/202005051079206600-defense-secretary-Esper-us-had-nothing-to-do-with-attempted-raid-in-venezuela/
My spidy senses says this guy is a DS pos
#9021594 at 2020-05-04 05:13:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11548: Late Night Turnin the Q's Edition
Exclusive- Congressman: Nancy Pelosi Blocking Investigation into Chinese Coronavirus Origins, Tax Money to Wuhan Lab
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) told Breitbart News this weekend that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would rather investigate President Donald Trump again than focus on the actual origins of the Chinese coronavirus and U.S. tax dollars that went to the Wuhan Institute of Virology from which intelligence officials increasingly believe the virus leaked.
Appearing on Breitbart News Saturday on SiriusXM 125 the Patriot Channel, Reschenthaler discussed his efforts to investigate tax dollars that flowed through a New York firm to the Wuhan lab. He said that Pelosi and House Democrats are not interested in holding the Chinese Communist Party accountable and, instead, want to focus their oversight efforts on politically harming President Trump again just like they tried and failed with the partisan impeachment last year and earlier this year.
Reschenthaler wrote a letter this week to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper inquiring about a Pentagon grant to EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., a New York firm that has had a history of funding the Wuhan Institute of Virology with subgrants from American taxpayers. The Pentagon grant the congressman was inquiring about was for research into bat-borne zoonotic diseases and their potential as weapons of mass destruction or biological weapons. While it is unclear if that grant saw U.S. taxpayer money flowing from it out to the Wuhan lab, it is known that another grant that EcoHealth Alliance received did partially spend U.S. tax dollars in the Chinese lab.
That grant, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - in particular the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which is run by the now-famous Dr. Anthony Fauci - saw U.S. tax dollars sent to EcoHealth Alliance for researching coronaviruses from bats flow out to the Chinese lab in Wuhan. Some of the money went to other labs around the world too, an NIH official confirmed to Breitbart News last week. But the NIH was so concerned about the money and this lab in Wuhan that the government notified EcoHealth Alliance that it would be investigating the matter and that any funds to the Wuhan lab must be halted while the investigation occurred.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/03/congressman-nancy-pelosi-blocking-investigation-chinese-coronavirus-origins/
#8962953 at 2020-04-29 18:26:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11472: It's Not A Game But Anons Are Going To Play It Out Edition
Army Offers Support to Reservist Under Attack from Coronavirus Conspiracy Theorists
A U.S. Army reservist who competed in the 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan, China last fall, has become the target of conspiracy theorists spreading claims that she is "patient zero" for the coronavirus pandemic.
And now, the Army has stepped up to support her.
Pentagon leaders have denounced claims, initially embraced by the Chinese government, that the deadly virus was somehow connected with U.S. service members visiting China.
Sgt. 1st Class Maatje Benassi competed in the October games, finishing a 50-mile cycling race despite suffering bruised ribs after crashing in the last lap of the race.
Then in March, the Army reservist, assigned to the 312th Observer-Controller-Trainer unit at Fort Meade, Maryland, became the target of American conspiracy theorists who spread rumors on YouTube that she was the source of the pandemic, according to a CNN exclusive report.
Benassi and her husband, Matt, a retired Air Force officer, told CNN Business that, despite never being diagnosed with COVID-19, they now regularly appear in discussions on Chinese social media.
The couple's home address was "posted online and … before they shut down their accounts, their social media inboxes were overrun with messages from believers of the conspiracy," CNN reported.
"It's like waking up from a bad dream going into a nightmare day after day," Maatje Benassi told CNN Business in an exclusive interview.
Military.com tried to reach Benassi for an interview, but Army Reserve Command spokesman Lt. Col. Simon Flake said that she and her husband are not doing any more interviews at this time.
Meanwhile, the Army is working to protect Benassi and her husband from future harassment, according to a statement Army spokeswoman Col. Sunset Belinsky provided to Military.com.
"The Army is providing support to help Sgt. 1st Class Benassi with the public attention," Belinsky said in the statement. "As a matter of policy, the Army would neither confirm nor deny any safety or security measures taken on behalf of an individual; however, as we would with any soldier, the Army will work with the appropriate authorities to ensure that she and her family are properly protected."
Defense Secretary Mark Esper and other Pentagon officials have repeatedly denounced the Chinese government's efforts to deflect responsibility for downplaying the threat of the virus and shot back at China's initial allegation that U.S. service members may have been responsible for the COVID-19 outbreak in China.
"To have somebody … from the Chinese government come out and make a statement like that's completely ridiculous and it's irresponsible, and it doesn't get us to where we need to be," Esper said in a statement that was posted on the Defense Department's "Coronavirus: Rumor Control" webpage.
The Chinese government has since reversed its stance on the issue and intends to let the scientific community determine the origin of the virus over time, Chad Sbragia, deputy assistant secretary of defense for China, told reporters in early April.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/04/29/army-offers-support-reservist-under-attack-coronavirus-conspiracy-theorists.html
#8960752 at 2020-04-29 14:06:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11469: Corney The Star Wars Video Game Commander Edition
>>8960670
>cliff notes please.
>>8960633
>Navy launching broader inquiry into coronavirus stricken aircraft carrier, effectively delaying Navy recommendation of reinstating captain
The Navy will announce Wednesday that it is launching a broader inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the outbreak of the coronavirus aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, effectively delaying the Navy recommendation that Captain Brett Crozier should be reinstated, according to two US defense officials and an official briefed on the matter.
The expected announcement comes after Secretary of Defense Mark Esper previously declined to immediately endorse the Navy's original investigation into the issue which included a recommendation to reinstate the ship's commanding officer, according to those officials.
US officials told CNN that senior Navy officials had recommended Friday that Crozier be reinstated but Esper was not prepared to immediately endorse that recommendation.
Two defense officials told CNN that the Navy had expected Esper to endorse the recommendation last Friday.
A Pentagon spokesman said Friday that Esper "intends to thoroughly review the report and will meet again with Navy leadership to discuss next steps."
Crozier was fired earlier this month for what the then-acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly said was poor judgment by too widely disseminating a warning among Navy officials about the spread of the virus aboard his vessel, a warning that eventually made its way into the press.
Modly resigned days later over his handling of the incident, actions which included a $240,000 trip to Guam where he slammed Crozier and admonished sailors for giving Crozier a rousing send off in public reMarks to the crew.
#8959844 at 2020-04-29 10:34:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11468: Bread flying out the door! Edition
First of all, this was reported first by The New York Times. NPR confirmed it through a U.S. official who is not authorized to talk. The Navy is not saying anything about this, and the Pentagon would only say that Defense Secretary Mark Esper got a verbal update from Navy officials about this case and will review the written investigation. And among the Navy officials who signed off on this reinstatement, we're told, is Adm. Mike Gilday, the top Navy officer. And what's curious is, Adm. Gilday stood next to the acting Navy secretary Thomas Modly earlier this month and said he supported Modly's decision to fire Capt. Crozier.
And again, you'll remember that this all began when Capt. Crozier wrote a letter sounding the alarm about the coronavirus outbreak on his ship and pushing for a swifter action. Military officials were not pleased because his letter went outside the chain of command and ended up in the press. Also, Crozier did not alert his immediate superior to his letter.
#8917366 at 2020-04-25 10:37:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11414: Remember the Yellow Vests, Never Give Up! Edition
How The "West Point Mafia" Runs Washington
by Tyler Durden
Fri, 04/24/2020 - 23:55
"Every West Point class votes on an official motto. Most are then inscribed on their class rings. Hence, the pejorative West Point label "ring knocker." (As legend has it, at military meetings a West Pointer "need only knock his large ring on the table and all Pointers present are obliged to rally to his point of view.") Last August, the class of 2023 announced theirs: "Freedom Is Not Free." Mine from the class of 2005 was "Keeping Freedom Alive." Each class takes pride in its motto and, at least theoretically, aspires to live according to its sentiments, while championing the accomplishments of fellow graduates.
But some cohorts do stand out. Take the class of 1986 ("Courage Never Quits"). As it happens, both Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are members of that very class, as are a surprisingly wide range of influential leaders in Congress, corporate America, the Pentagon, the defense industry, lobbying firms, big pharma, high-end financial services, and even security-consulting firms. Still, given their striking hawkishness on the subject of American war-making, Esper and Pompeo rise above the rest. Even in a pandemic, they are as good as their class motto. When it comes to this country's wars, neither of them ever quits.
Once upon a time, retired Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute (Class of '75), a former US Ambassador to NATO and a senior commander in Iraq and Afghanistan, taught both Esper and Pompeo in his West Point social sciences class. However, it was Pompeo, the class of '86 valedictorian, whom Lute singled out for praise, remembering him as "a very strong student-fastidious, deliberate." Of course, as the Afghanistan Papers, released by The Washington Post late last year, so starkly revealed, Lute told an interviewer that, like so many US officials, he "didn't have the foggiest notion of what we were undertaking in Afghanistan." Though at one point he was President George W. Bush's "Afghan war czar," the general never expressed such doubts publicly and his record of dissent is hardly an impressive one. Still, on one point at least, Lute was on target: Esper and Pompeo are smart, and that's what worries me (as in the phrase "too smart for their own good").
Esper, a former Raytheon lobbyist, had particularly hawkish views on Russia and China before he ever took over at the Pentagon and he wasn't alone when it came to the urge to continue America's wars. Pompeo, then a congressman, exhibited a striking pre-Trump era foreign policy pugnacity, particularly vis-à-vis the Islamic world. It has since solidified into a veritable obsession with toppling the Iranian regime.
Their militarized obsessions have recently taken striking form in two ways: The secretary of defense instructed US commanders to prepare plans to escalate combat against Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, an order the mission's senior leader there, Lt. Gen. Robert "Pat" White, reportedly resisted; meanwhile, the secretary of state evidently is eager to convince President Trump to use the Covid-19 pandemic, now devastating Iran, to bomb that country and further strangle it with sanctions. Worse yet, Pompeo might be just cunning enough to convince his ill-informed, insecure boss (so open to clever flattery) that war is the answer.
The militarism of both men matters greatly, but they hardly pilot the ship of state alone, any more than Trump does (whatever he thinks). Would that it were the case. Sadly, even if voters threw them all out, the disease runs much deeper than them. Enter the rest of the illustrative class of '86.
As it happens, Pompeo's and Esper's classmates permeate the deeper structure of imperial America. And let's admit it, they are, by the numbers, an impressive crew. As another '86 alumnus, Congressman Mark Green (R-TN), bragged on the House floor in 2019, "My class [has] produced 18 general officers...22-plus presidents and CEOs of major corporations...two state legislators...[and] three judges," as well as "at least four deans and chancellors of universities." He closed his reMarks by exclaiming, "Courage never quits, '86!"
However, for all his gushing, Green's list conceals much. It illuminates neither the mechanics nor the motives of his illustrious classmates; that is, what they're actually doing and why. Many are key players in a corporate-military machine bent on, and reliant on, endless war for profit and professional advancement. A brief look at key '86ers offers insight into President Dwight D. Eisenhower's military-industrial complex in 2020-and it should take your breath away."
moar:
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/how-west-point-mafia-runs-washington
70% pepe
#8915849 at 2020-04-25 04:41:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11412: Knight Fever Edition
How The "West Point Mafia" Runs Washington
Every West Point class votes on an official motto. Most are then inscribed on their class rings. Hence, the pejorative West Point label "ring knocker." (As legend has it, at military meetings a West Pointer "need only knock his large ring on the table and all Pointers present are obliged to rally to his point of view.") Last August, the class of 2023 announced theirs: "Freedom Is Not Free." Mine from the class of 2005 was "Keeping Freedom Alive." Each class takes pride in its motto and, at least theoretically, aspires to live according to its sentiments, while championing the accomplishments of fellow graduates. But some cohorts do stand out. Take the class of 1986 ("Courage Never Quits"). As it happens, both Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are members of that very class, as are a surprisingly wide range of influential leaders in Congress, corporate America, the Pentagon, the defense industry, lobbying firms, big pharma, high-end financial services, and even security-consulting firms. Still, given their striking hawkishness on the subject of American war-making, Esper and Pompeo rise above the rest. Even in a pandemic, they are as good as their class motto. When it comes to this country's wars, neither of them ever quits.
Once upon a time, retired Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute (Class of '75), a former US Ambassador to NATO and a senior commander in Iraq and Afghanistan, taught both Esper and Pompeo in his West Point social sciences class. However, it was Pompeo, the class of '86 valedictorian, whom Lute singled out for praise, remembering him as "a very strong student-fastidious, deliberate." Of course, as the Afghanistan Papers, released by The Washington Post late last year, so starkly revealed, Lute told an interviewer that, like so many US officials, he "didn't have the foggiest notion of what we were undertaking in Afghanistan." Though at one point he was President George W. Bush's "Afghan war czar," the general never expressed such doubts publicly and his record of dissent is hardly an impressive one. Still, on one point at least, Lute was on target: Esper and Pompeo are smart, and that's what worries me (as in the phrase "too smart for their own good"). Esper, a former Raytheon lobbyist, had particularly hawkish views on Russia and China before he ever took over at the Pentagon and he wasn't alone when it came to the urge to continue America's wars. Pompeo, then a congressman, exhibited a striking pre-Trump era foreign policy pugnacity, particularly vis-à-vis the Islamic world. It has since solidified into a veritable obsession with toppling the Iranian regime. Their militarized obsessions have recently taken striking form in two ways: The secretary of defense instructed US commanders to prepare plans to escalate combat against Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, an order the mission's senior leader there, Lt. Gen. Robert "Pat" White, reportedly resisted; meanwhile, the secretary of state evidently is eager to convince President Trump to use the Covid-19 pandemic, now devastating Iran, to bomb that country and further strangle it with sanctions. Worse yet, Pompeo might be just cunning enough to convince his ill-informed, insecure boss (so open to clever flattery) that war is the answer.
The militarism of both men matters greatly, but they hardly pilot the ship of state alone, any more than Trump does (whatever he thinks). Would that it were the case. Sadly, even if voters threw them all out, the disease runs much deeper than them. Enter the rest of the illustrative class of '86. As it happens, Pompeo's and Esper's classmates permeate the deeper structure of imperial America. And let's admit it, they are, by the numbers, an impressive crew. As another '86 alumnus, Congressman Mark Green (R-TN), bragged on the House floor in 2019, "My class [has] produced 18 general officers...22-plus presidents and CEOs of major corporations...two state legislators...[and] three judges," as well as "at least four deans and chancellors of universities." He closed his reMarks by exclaiming, "Courage never quits, '86!" However, for all his gushing, Green's list conceals much. It illuminates neither the mechanics nor the motives of his illustrious classmates; that is, what they're actually doing and why. Many are key players in a corporate-military machine bent on, and reliant on, endless war for profit and professional advancement. A brief look at key '86ers offers insight into President Dwight D. Eisenhower's military-industrial complex in 2020-and it should take your breath away.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/how-west-point-mafia-runs-washington
#8912684 at 2020-04-24 23:16:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11408: It Is Time! Edition
Top Navy Leaders Want Crozier Reinstated as Roosevelt's Commanding Officer: Report
The Navy's most-senior leaders have recommended that the captain removed from his job this month after warning about a growing health crisis on his aircraft carrier be reinstated as the ship's commanding officer, The New York Times is reporting.
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday presented his recommendations to acting Navy Secretary James McPherson, Navy officials said in a statement. McPherson is continuing discussions with Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
"No final decisions have been made," the statement reads.
Esper will now review the full report and meet again with Navy leadership "to discuss next steps," said Jonathan Hoffman, the defense secretary's spokesman. He did not mention a timeline for the follow-up meeting.
"[Esper] remains focused on and committed to restoring the full health of the crew and getting the ship at sea again soon," he added.
Hoffman said earlier Friday that Esper was set to meet with Navy leaders and that he would keep an open mind and likely support the service's recommendation.
Reinstating Crozier as the nuclear-powered carrier's skipper would be a rare move for a commanding officer publicly relieved of command. But the fallout from the decision, made by former acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, has left the service facing significant backlash.
The situation has led to several public relations firestorms, first when video emerged of Crozier's crew cheering for him and chanting his name as he walked off their ship. That was followed just days later by a stunning speech Modly made to the crew aboard the Roosevelt in which he insulted Crozier's intelligence, calling him "too naive or too stupid" to command the ship.
Modly's trip, which ran taxpayers more than $240,000 for the 35-hour round-trip flight to Guam, would ultimately cost him his job. He stepped down from his role as acting secretary – the second person to vacate the office amid controversy in less than six months.
Crozier's firing stemmed from a letter he wrote that was published by the San Francisco Chronicle on March 30. In it, Crozier pleaded with the Navy to take seriously the fast-moving spread of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, on his ship.
The virus has since infected at least 840 crew members, including Crozier. One sailor, Aviation Ordnanceman Chief Petty Officer Charles Robert Thacker Jr., died of COVID-19.
In his letter, Crozier urged Navy leaders to evacuate most of the Roosevelt's crew to better isolate the personnel and disinfect the ship.
"We are not at war. Sailors do not need to die," he wrote. "If we do not act now, we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset – our Sailors."
Modly, after first telling reporters Crozier would likely only be punished if he was found to have leaked the letter to the media, later removed the captain from his position. Crozier, Modly said, revealed sensitive information about the ship's readiness while it was deployed, putting its crew at risk.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/04/24/top-navy-leaders-want-crozier-reinstated-roosevelts-commanding-officer-report.html
#8910455 at 2020-04-24 19:49:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11405: Sunlight is the best disinfectant Edition
JUST IN: Navy recommends reinstating fired captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt
The Navy has recommended reinstating Capt. Brett Crozier as commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, according to The New York Times.
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday and acting Navy Secretary James McPherson made the recommendation to Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday when briefing him about the results of the investigation into the coronavirus outbreak aboard the aircraft carrier, according to the Times.
Esper asked for more time to consider whether to reinstate Crozier, the Times added.
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Crozier was removed from his position as the commander of the Roosevelt after a letter he wrote pleading for help with a coronavirus outbreak aboard leaked to the press.
Earlier, the Pentagon had said Esper would be "generally inclined" to support the Navy's recommendation.
"He's going into this with an open mind, and he is generally inclined to support Navy leadership in their decisions," chief Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman told reporters at a briefing before Esper was given the recommendation.
"But he will go into it with an open mind, and we will, once he's briefed, we will see where that takes us."
Developing
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1253772209824333830
#8907448 at 2020-04-24 14:09:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11400: The Great Normie Awakening Edition
This is the plan to get all service members tested for
COVID 19
Meghann Myers
1 day ago
"A nurse at a drive up COVID-19 coronavirus testing station, set up by the University of Washington Medical Center, holds a bag containing a swab used to take a sample from the nose of a person in his or her car. (Ted S. Warren/AP)
The Defense Department has set a goal to be testing 60,000 service members a day for coronavirus by June, but they won't get there all at once. The plan is to start testing the most at-risk and most essential troops first, then work their way toward the rest of the force as testing capacity increases.
Of highest priority are active and Reserve health care workers at field hospitals and other alternative care centers, followed closely by high-end counter-terror units and members of the nuclear triad, including bomber crews, submariners and ballistic missile units.
"It's important to note that testing by itself ... does not enable us at this time to improve our readiness and availability," Air Force Gen. John Hyten, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters Wednesday. "Testing alone does not do that."
But as part of a protocol that includes screening for symptoms, tracking potential exposure and 14-day quarantine periods, it could be the key to deploying units and bringing in new recruits safely.
The ability to test 60,000 troops a day, which would cover all active duty troops in a few weeks, won't happen all at once.
Instead, Hyten said, Defense Secretary Mark Esper has signed off on a four-tier scheme: tier one would include critical national capabilities, like nuclear forces; tier two includes deployed forces, tier three includes forward-deployed or redeploying forces; and tier four is the remainder of the force.
Tier one, along with all new basic trainees, will complete testing this month, Hyten said, adding, "and I think we'll rapidly get into tier two and tier three."
In simpler terms, special operations counter-terror units and nuclear triad units get first priority, followed by those deployed in support of operations outside the U.S., following by troops stationed abroad, including Europe or the Indo-Pacific - as well as troops heading home from deployments - and then everyone else who is currently stateside."
moar:
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/04/22/this-is-the-plan-to-get-all-service-members-tested-for-covid-19/
pepe de ja vu run it anyways new eyes and the iraq
#8895548 at 2020-04-23 14:16:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11387: E-Bake Fight Against the Gore Posters Edition
Iran military chief warns its forces will 'destroy' US warships
if threatened in Persian Gulf
Greg NormanBy Greg Norman | Fox News
Published 33 mins ago
"Secretary Mark Esper: If Iran threatens US warships our commanders will exercise right of self-defense
Defense Secretary Mark Esper joins Martha MacCallum on 'The Story.'
The leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps vowed Thursday that his troops will "destroy any American terrorist force" that threatens the country's ships in the Persian Gulf.
The inflammatory comments from Major General Hossein Salami on Iranian state TV come a day after President Trump warned the Islamic Republic in a tweet that he has "instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea."
Trump was speaking in response to an incident last week in the Persian Gulf's international waters, in which Iranian ships repeatedly crossed in front and behind U.S. vessels at extremely close range and high speeds."
moar:
https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-military-chief-threatens-us-warships-persian-gulf
#8875926 at 2020-04-21 20:30:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General 11362: Dan's The Man, Gates Is Bait Edition
'Exhaustion' and 'attrition' in military medical response to coronavirus as Defense Department discusses widespread testing
Reinforcements are arriving to relieve military medical personnel exposed to the coronavirus, while the nation defends the homeland from adversaries and envisions how to implement widespread testing, U.S. Northern Command's Gen. Terrence O'Shaughnessy told Pentagon reporters Tuesday. Force protection comes first, O'Shaughnessy said. With medical personnel being lost to "exhaustion of the force, the attrition to some degree," the commander has already sent in reinforcements to the medical personnel deployed across a dozen states. "We're flowing in additional assets just to give them enough redundancy," he said, noting how additional personnel are providing troops with downtime while forward deployed. Northcom would not an entertain an end date for the coronavirus response. "We're trying to set them up to be able to sustain their operations, and they can have a battle rhythm," O'Shaughnessy said.
Lt. Gen. Laura Richardson, commander of U.S. Army North, also briefed reporters Tuesday, noting she has visited military medical operations in seven states in the last 10 days. "It makes a difference when you can look folks in the eyeballs," she said, noting its importance to morale. She also has closely monitored procedures for "donning and doffing," or suiting up and removing personal protective equipment. Both leaders underscored how the coronavirus response was using tactics designed for chemical, biological radiation and nuclear hazard environments. "It is the same mindset, and it's the same sort of training," Richardson said. "It's almost like deconing - the decontamination process that you go through, the steps of how you take off your PPE." Troops will remain deployed "as long as necessary," O'Shaughnessy added.
Among the daily coronavirus challenges facing Defense Secretary Mark Esper has been how to implement widespread testing of troops and the civilian population. Limited test production capacity and the need to protect the force are some of the considerations he has discussed with commanders, O'Shaughnessy told the Washington Examiner at Tuesday's briefing. "These are discussions that were underway and that were very robust and mature with the secretary of defense and happening literally daily," said O'Shaughnessy, who oversees some 50,000 deployed troops involved in the COVID-19 domestic response. O'Shaughnessy said he and Esper had discussed how to use a combination of testing and isolation to manage mission assurance as diagnostic testing improves. In recent days, test accuracy has been a problem for the military, with the Navy discovering "false negatives" of asymptomatic individuals. The general also described to the Washington Examiner how the Defense Department might be used to implement testing at a nationwide level. "One of the things we've already seen great success on is, for example, our National Guard and how the National Guard, under the authority of the governors, is able to be part of the state testing," he said. "We see that continuing as we go forward and see more and more robust testing capacity available across the nation."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/exhaustion-and-attrition-in-military-medical-response-to-coronavirus-as-defense-department-discusses-widespread-testing
#8865651 at 2020-04-20 21:17:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11349: Muh Petro Dollar! Edition
Here are the new exemptions to the military's coronavirus travel ban
The Defense Department's stop-movement order has been extended through June, per a defense secretary memo that went out to the force Monday.
Most permanent change-of-station moves, training and temporary duty - as well as some deployments and re-deployments - have been on hold since March 12, as DoD encouraged troops, civilians and families to stay put amid the the coronavirus pandemic.
"While I understand the impact this has on our troops and their families, this is a necessary measure to keep out people safe and our military ready to act," Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters Tuesday, after announcing that he had decided to extend the travel ban.
When asked Saturday whether another ban could come down extending that June 30 end date, Defense Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness Matthew Donovan told reporters, "Never say never."
The original policy threw hundreds of service members into turmoil. Some had handed over the keys to their apartments and sent their families and household goods ahead of them to the next duty station, only to be told their temporary arrangements - hotels, friends' couches - would be extended by two months at least.
Others have not been able to take leave for the birth of a child, as is the case with troops stationed at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Much of the general guidance remains as before: no domestic or international travel unless it's deemed mission essential.
The previous memo gave local commanders the ability to grant exemptions based on hardships and other extenuating circumstances, but the latest version offers more details on the kinds of situations that could constitute an exception.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/04/20/here-are-the-new-exemptions-to-the-militarys-coronavirus-travel-ban/
#8850761 at 2020-04-19 16:02:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11330: Patriot's Day Edition
Did we see this? Potus EO from Sept 19, 2019 on Mondernizing flu vaccines in the US, with discussion on pandemics
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-modernizing-influenza-vaccines-united-states-promote-national-security-public-health/
Secretary of Defense: Mark Esper (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Esper)
Secretary of Health and Human services: Alex Azar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Azar)
(b) In addition to the Co-Chairs, the Task Force shall consist of a senior official from the following executive branch departments, agencies, and offices:
(i) the Department of Defense (DOD);
(ii) the Department of Justice;
(iii) the Department of Agriculture;
(iv) the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA);
(v) the Department of Homeland Security;
(vi) the United States Food and Drug Administration;
(vii) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
(viii) the National Institutes of Health (NIH);
(ix) the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); and
(x) the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
#8849697 at 2020-04-19 13:42:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11329: "She hates Trump to the point of hurting our own nation" Edition
Pentagon To Extend Military Travel Ban To June 30
The Pentagon has extended its domestic and international travel ban to June 30 in an effort to prevent the spread of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, Matthew P. Donovan, under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, announced on April 18.
"We understand the impact this has on our service members and their families. However, this is a necessary measure to keep our people safe and our military ready," Donovan said in a conference call with reporters announcing the extension.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper initially ordered a halt on all movement of U.S. troops for 60 days in March amid concerns over the spread of the CCP virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus, forcing some units already deployed overseas to remain there for longer than expected. The new order, which will see the travel ban extended to more than a month past its original end date of May 11, is yet to be issued by Esper but he is expected to do so on Monday.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/pentagon-to-extend-military-travel-ban-to-june-30_3317676.html
#8848918 at 2020-04-19 10:24:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11328: How fast can one assume a bake? Edition
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/halt-on-military-moves-to-last-through-june-30-1.626529
Halt on military moves to last through June 30
A new directive on the movement of military personnel and their families will bar travel through June 30, but create more flexibility to allow for the deployment of troops serving overseas and some priority troops to change duty stations, a Pentagon official said Saturday.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has yet to issue the order, which aims to curb the spread of the coronavirus by keeping service members and their families in place, according to Matthew Donovan, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness. However, Esper is expected to sign it into effect Monday, Donovan said.
The new order will replace the travel restrictions put into place in March that have stopped thousands of military moves and forced some deployed units to remain overseas longer than anticipated.
#8840400 at 2020-04-18 18:30:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11318: Two If By Sea~ Q Edition
Military Travel Ban Extended Until June 30; Some Restrictions Eased
The Pentagon is extending its ban on most military and domestic travel, including permanent change of station moves, by nearly two months as COVID-19 cases continue to increase across the force.
Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness Matthew Donovan told reporters in a Saturday morning call that an order set to take effect Monday will extend the end date for the travel prohibition from May 11 to June 30. However, he added, there will be increased flexibility for exemptions in the new order as the military enters its busy summer PCS season.
Officials were vague about what restrictions will be eased in the new extension order, which remains in draft form and has yet to be signed by Defense Secretary Mark Esper. Donovan said military deployments and redeployments, largely halted in the initial stop-movement order that took effect March 13, will now move forward on a case-by-case basis, pending the discretion of relevant commanders. Travel for recruiting and entry-level training is also approved, he said.
"Understanding we are approaching our major permanent change of station season, the department will actively provide support options to assist our people," Donovan said. "The new guidance … allows travelers who are in the middle of temporary duty travel or permanent change of station moves to continue on to their home stations or new duty stations. It also exempts travel for medical reasons."
Waivers will continue to be granted for travel deemed necessary because of personal hardship, humanitarian and mission-related reasons, and those who are pending retirement or military separation will be allowed to travel.
"Also, when it meets operational requirements, we will consider in-place assignment extensions or waivers for PCS moves for service members with school-age dependents to minimize school-year disruptions and education costs," he said.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/04/18/military-travel-ban-extended-until-june-30-some-restrictions-eased.html
#8834807 at 2020-04-18 04:10:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11311: It's One Big Club Palindrome Bread Edition
'Creating an accurate picture': US spy agencies investigating Wuhan lab escape coronavirus theory
The U.S. intelligence community is carrying out a full-scale investigation into the theory that the novel coronavirus first detected in China in late 2019 may have originated in a Wuhan government lab through an accidental escape or inadvertent infection, according to a new report. U.S. spies are looking for evidence related to the early COVID-19 outbreak and its possible lab release, with a special focus on the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which researches infectious diseases, including coronaviruses from bats. Analysts are said to be working to determine what the ruling Chinese Communist Party knew and when it knew it in order for the purposes of "creating an accurate picture of what happened," according to sources cited in a Friday report by Fox News.
The report said the inquiry was expected to finish shortly, and that its conclusions would then be presented to President Trump so that the administration could figure out the true depth of China's role in what has become a global pandemic. Intelligence officials told Fox News that at this time they have ruled out the coronavirus being some sort of genetically-engineered Chinese bioweapon. Instead, sources said the virus was likely a natural strain being studied at the lab before making its way into the Wuhan population. Fox News reported U.S. officials are certain the Chinese government went all-out in an effort to conceal the viral outbreak and cited sources who expressed confidence that the World Health Organization either played a role in a cover-up or looked the other way.
Earlier on Friday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed the U.S. government was taking seriously the possibility that the coronavirus escaped from a Wuhan bio lab. "We don't know the answer to the question about the precise origination point, but we do know this: We know that the first sightings of this occurred within miles of the Wuhan Institute of Virology," Pompeo said on Hugh Hewitt's radio show. "We know that this: the history of the facility, the first [Biosafety Level Four] lab, where there's high-end virus research being conducted, took place at that site. We know that the Chinese Communist Party, when it began to evaluate what to do inside of Wuhan, considered whether the WIV was, in fact, the place where this came from." Pompeo also stressed, "most importantly" that "they've not permitted the world's scientists to go into that laboratory to evaluate what took place there, what's happening there even as we speak." The secretary of state further noted: "We still have not had Western access to that facility so that we can properly evaluate what really has taken off all across the world and how that began."
Defense Secretary Mark Esper also weighed in Thursday, confirming that the military was looking into the different coronavirus origin theories. "This is something we've been watching closely now for some time. The results are inconclusive, if you will," Esper said on NBC's TODAY show. "We do know one thing: if the Chinese government, the [Chinese Communist] Party, had been more transparent earlier, it would've helped us in terms of staying ahead of this virus." The defense secretary suggested that "a majority of the views right now is that it was natural, that it was organic, but I think we need to continue to work this." Esper added, "They've been misleading us … from the early days of this virus, so I don't have much faith that they're even be truthful with us now."
Earlier this week, Fox News reported there is "increasing confidence" within the U.S. government that China blamed a wet Market in Wuhan to deflect how the novel coronavirus originated in the nearby government lab. The report said the virus was first transmitted from bat to human, and "patient zero" was a lab employee who was accidentally infected before spreading the disease outside the lab.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/creating-an-accurate-picture-us-spy-agencies-investigating-wuhan-lab-escape-coronavirus-theory
Report of the WHO-China Joint Mission on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/who-china-joint-mission-on-covid-19-final-report.pdf
#8833725 at 2020-04-18 02:54:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11310: Dough Fixed Edition
Pompeo: U.S. Asking China for Access to Wuhan Lab to Determine Coronavirus Origins
The United States is asking Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials for access to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) lab to determine if the novel coronavirus originated there, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo indicated on Friday.
On Friday, Pompeo told Fox News:
We are still asking the Chinese Communist Party to allow experts to get into that virology lab so that we can determine precisely where this virus began. It's not political. This is about science and epidemiology. We need to understand what has taken place so that we can reduce risk to Americans in the days and weeks and months ahead and get the global economy back on track. It's very important.
His comments came after U.S. President Donald Trump indicated on Wednesday that his administration is investigating whether the coronavirus emanated from the lab in Wuhan, adding that he has discussed the issue with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping.
"We are doing a very thorough examination of this horrible situation that happened," Trump declared on Wednesday, adding on Friday, "We're going to find out [what happened]."
Health officials believe the virus originated in Wuhan wet Markets where animals known to transmit coronaviruses are crammed together in putrid conditions and sold for public consumption.
"Scientists have also highlighted that it's possible the virus was brought into the Market, where it then spread to a wider human population," the Telegraph noted this week.
Reuters added on Wednesday:
The source of the virus remains a mystery. General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Tuesday that U.S. intelligence indicates that the coronavirus likely occurred naturally, as opposed to being created in a laboratory in China, but there is no certainty either way.
The U.S. intelligence community is trying to determine whether the virus may have leaked from the Wuhan lab, Gen. Milley said, according to the Washington Times.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper made similar comments on Thursday, telling NBC News about the origins of the coronavirus, "This is something we've been watching closely now for some time, the results are inconclusive."
"A majority of the views right now is that it is natural, it is organic," Esper added.
During an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, Pompeo asked China to "come clean" about the origins of the coronavirus, adding:
What we do know is we know that this virus originated in Wuhan, China. We know there is the Wuhan Institute of Virology just a handful of miles away from where the wet Market was. There is still lots to learn. The United States government is working diligently to figure it out.
Earlier this week, Pompeo did not rule out the possibility of a coronavirus leak from the lab in Wuhan.
"Look, there's still lots of work to be done to find out precisely what happened here, precisely how this came to be," he told Tony Katz of the Morning News.
Consistent with a Breitbart News's assessment, Pompeo indicated that the Beijing-influenced World Health Organization (WHO), an organ of the United Nations, helped China hide the severity of the coronavirus during the early stages of the virus, a move that allowed the disease to spread across the world.
Pompeo told Fox News on Friday:
[China's] authoritarian regime had information, had data. It's very clear now that the Chinese Communist Party and the World Health Organization didn't put that information out into the international space as they're required to do in a timely fashion, and the result of that is that we now have this global pandemic. We are still ... suffering that today.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/17/pompeo-u-s-asking-china-for-access-to-wuhan-lab-to-determine-coronavirus-origins/
#8813169 at 2020-04-16 16:52:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11283: Dems Playing Dirty With Our Money PPP Edition
What's happening here ???
"Relations between President Donald Trump and his General Officers are increasingly strained. It is an open secret that NorthCom intends to sidestep him and seize power in order to manage the epidemic.The military is expected to position itself as a neutral entity, above the political cleavage between Democrats and Republicans, acting only to protect the American people. A faction of the Military Intelligence is reportedly attempting to thwart the plan by threatening to arrest several general officers charged with sex crimes."
https://www.voltairenet.org/article209630.html
"Secretary of Defense Mark Esper secretly signed a Warning Order stating that NorthCom was to stand ready for possible application of the new "Continuity of Government" rules.
These rules are classified Above-Top Secret, meaning that communication is restricted to persons with the highest level of clearance and with a Special Access Program (SAP)."
https://www.voltairenet.org/article209572.html
https://8kun.top/qresearch/res/8809327.html
Is this true? Has the military taken control from POTUS?
#8810591 at 2020-04-16 07:37:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11280: Graveyard Boogie-Woogie Edition
>>8810565
sauce please
related?
The deep US state lurks in the shadows
Historically, in all crises, attempts are made to use the argument of "urgency" to change Power without the public having time to think, and often this is successful.
On January 30, 2020, the WHO declared a "state of public health emergency of international concern". The next day, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper secretly signed a Warning Order stating that NorthCom was to stand ready for possible application of the new "Continuity of Government" rules.
These rules are classified Above-Top Secret, meaning that communication is restricted to persons with the highest level of clearance and with a Special Access Program (SAP).
https://www.voltairenet.org/article209572.html
#8810263 at 2020-04-16 06:22:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11279: This Board Has More Power Than You Can Imagine Edition
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/04/15/threatening-military-intervention-venezuela-during-pandemic
Unbeknownst to most Americans-and as we are grapple with this terrifying pandemic-the Trump administration is currently carrying out the largest military operation in Latin America in 30 years, and has made it clear that alleged Venezuelan "narco-terrorism" is the target. It's worth noting that the last deployment of similar size took place at the time of the 1989 U.S. military intervention in Panama to remove General Manuel Noriega.
President Trump announced the deployment at the beginning of an April 1 COVID-19 press conference. According to Defense Secretary Mark Esper, "included in this force package are Navy destroyers and littoral combat ships, Coast Guard Cutters, P.A. patrol aircraft, and elements of an Army security force assistance brigade." General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, added that there are "thousands of sailors, Coast Guardsman, soldiers, airmen, Marines involved in this operation."
The announcement came a week after U.S. Attorney General William Barr unsealed an indictment against President Nicolás Maduro and 13 other current or former Venezuelan officials. The officials were accused of "narco-terrorism" and millions of dollars in cash rewards were offered for information leading to their capture, including a $15 million reward for Maduro
#8794180 at 2020-04-14 21:58:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11258: Systematic Destruction In Progress! Edition
Defense Department to reorient medical footprint in New York
by Abraham Mahshie | April 14, 2020 05:38 PM
The Pentagon aims to reach 60,000 tests per day by the end of May, said Defense Secretary Mark Esper at a Tuesday press briefing, adding that the underused medical assets deployed to New York City will reconfigure, with personnel embedding in local hospitals.
"The strategy changed," he said. "What's obviously become strained and stressed are these hard-working nurses and doctors and respiratory therapists and everybody who's been at this now for weeks, and they're getting burned out and getting worn down."
Esper said a portion of doctors will be moved off the USNS Comfort hospital ship to embed in local New York City hospitals. The move follows days of increasing calls to reposition medical staff from unused surge hospital beds.
On the West Coast, the hospital ship USNS Mercy, docked in Los Angeles, has already shifted medical personnel and reduced its bed capacity from 1,000 to 250 to adjust to local needs.
"It looks like it has flattened the curve, and so the states have the bed capacity," Esper said of the success of social distancing measures and the rate of infection in New York.
The defense secretary described a new, three-phase plan that includes embedding doctors and nurses into local hospitals, expanding the wing of a hospital - an approach being used in Connecticut - and the initial approach of using military assets to expand hospital bed capacity.
"Our challenge is to keep adapting as we see the states adapt," he said, admitting that defense medical personnel will suffer attrition as more are exposed and become infected by the virus.
Esper said 4,000 military medical personnel have been deployed nationally, including 2,100 in New York City alone.
Hours before the briefing, medical personnel deployed in the New York City surge response, including the Javits Center and Comfort hospital ship, explained why they are still needed.
"They're very busy here in New York City," U.S. Air Force Col. Jennifer Ratcliff told the Washington Examiner in a press call. "The city, I believe, still needs our assets, especially the Navy and now Army in the city."
Chief Nurse Officer Lt. Col. Leslie Curtis said the Javits Center intakes 120 to 150 patients per day and discharges 40 to 50 per day, maintaining an occupancy of some 300 beds, far below its estimated 2,500 capacity.
"We've been bringing in 20, 30 nurses a day, onboarding them through the agencies, and then what they do is shadow for a day or two, and they're put on the schedule," she said. "We have a very, very active, busy floor, taking care of patients."
Esper also announced more medical equipment transfers and purchases for civilian use.
The DOD will release an additional 10 million N95 masks, and a $415 million defense contract was signed to produce 60 decontamination systems. The units can sterilize 5 million N95 masks per day, allowing the masks to be used up to 20 times before disposal.
Ramping up troop testing
Perplexed by the behavior of the virus, the Defense Department is planning to ramp up troop testing drastically.
"We're understanding more about this virus as we look at the Roosevelt," Esper said, describing how of 585 sailors who tested positive on the carrier USS Roosevelt, only 213 are symptomatic.
"Think about that: There are people who have tested positive, over 300, who are just moving around," he said.
In all, 4,769 individuals across the DOD have suffered from the coronavirus, with 200 currently hospitalized and 16 fatalities.
At 950 positive cases, the Navy still has 350 more cases than the next-most affected service. On Monday, one of the sailors who fell sick on board the Roosevelt became the first active-duty service member to die of the virus.
For the first time Tuesday, the Pentagon acknowledged that the Pacific aircraft carrier Roosevelt, now portside in Guam, is "sidelined" as a result of the contagion's spread onboard.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said that in the next 45 days, the Pentagon will drastically ramp up its testing capability from 9,000 per day to 60,000 per day.
"Our desire, our aspiration, is to expand testing," said Milley, with a particular focus on groups that will operate in tighter quarters, such as submarine and bomber teams and basic trainees.
Esper said science will guide the Defense Department's decision-making regarding coronavirus prevention on everything from Marines' haircuts to the operations of Tier I and strategic forces.
"There will be a multitude of factors, but driven by science," he said. "What the scientists, what the doctors are telling us."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/defense-department-to-reorient-medical-footprint-in-new-york
#8748516 at 2020-04-10 19:19:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11200: Anons Don't Speculate and Give MSM Ammo! Edition
DS
'Nothing Off the Table': Pentagon Won't Rule Out Reinstating Fired Navy Captain
The top Navy officer and defense secretary have the same message when it comes to Capt. Brett Crozier being reassigned to the job from which he was removed last week.
"We've taken nothing off the table."
That's what Defense Secretary Mark Esper told CBS News on Friday morning. On Thursday, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday also said he's open to reinstating Crozier as the commanding officer of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt.
"I am taking no options off the table," Gilday told The Associated Press. The CNO hasn't spoken to Crozier, the outlet reported, and isn't facing pressure from anyone about the investigation.
Gilday "just wants to make sure his actions are fair," according to the AP.
The Navy has completed its investigation into Crozier, though the results have not been made public. Crozier was relieved of command April 2. That was after he sent a plea for help with a growing health crisis on his ship to several people outside his chain of command.
Since Crozier's warning, which came in the form of a four-page letter that was later published by the San Francisco Chronicle, nearly 10% of the Roosevelt's crew has tested positive for COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus.
Crozier is one of them. Another member was moved into an intensive care unit Thursday after being found unresponsive in Guam, where thousands of sailors have been moved off the ship to stem the spread of the virus among the crew.
The decision to remove Crozier from his position has been met with controversy. When Crozier left the ship, videos emerged of his crew applauding him, chanting the captain's name as he left.
Former Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, who made the call, has since stepped down after he disparaged the ousted captain in a speech he gave to the crew days later. Modly flew to Guam to make the speech, which media outlets reported cost taxpayers more than $240,000. He resigned Tuesday following mounting pressure from lawmakers and others over his handling of the situation.
Esper told CBS his guidance to Gilday and the new acting Navy secretary, James McPherson, was to ensure no further action is taken against Crozier until after the service's investigation into his actions is complete.
"We'll see where that takes us," he said.
"What I look to do is hear from the chain of command," Esper added. "My inclination is always to support the chain of command and to take their recommendations seriously."
The defense secretary said he expects to hear the Navy's findings and recommendations "in the coming days."
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/04/10/nothing-table-pentagon-wont-rule-out-reinstating-fired-navy-captain.html
#8736068 at 2020-04-09 19:23:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11186: WWG1WGAEdition
'Terrible, Tragic Mistake:' Top General Warns Enemies Not to Test US Military Readiness
The Pentagon's top leaders said Thursday they can see a "light at the end of the tunnel" of the COVID-19 pandemic and stressed that the U.S. military remains a force in readiness, with fewer than 2,000 cases out of more than two million troops available to support contingency operations.
During an internet broadcast Thursday morning, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley warned adversaries that it would be a "terrible, tragic mistake if they thought that ... [they] can take advantage of any opportunities … at a time of crisis."
"The U.S. military is very, very capable to conduct whatever operations are necessary to defend the American people," Milley said. "We will adapt ourselves to operating in a COVID-19 environment. We are already doing that."
As of Thursday, 1,898 service members had confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 389 soldiers, 367 airmen, 164 Marines, 597 sailors and 381 National Guard members.
Given that the Defense Department has 2.3 million troops, including the National Guard and reserve components, the services are "ready today and will be ready tomorrow," Milley said.
"I'm absolutely confident that we are very ready to handle any mission that comes our way," added Defense Secretary Mark Esper during the broadcast. "Why is that? It's because our commanders and NCOs have taken measures to protect our members."
Less than .09 percent of U.S. forces have confirmed COVID-19 infections, and nearly all are "mild or moderate" cases, according to Esper. Sixty-four service members have been hospitalized for the coronavirus.
By contrast, .13 percent of the U.S. population have confirmed cases of the illness.
"We also have far, far, far smaller numbers of hospitalizations. …. I attribute that to the measures we took very early on, going all the way back to 3 February when we issued our first guidance to the field in regard to health protection," Esper said.
According to Esper and Milley, the DoD has more than 50,000 service members responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes 29,400 National Guard members, as well as 17,000 members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and thousands of military medical personnel.
Air Force Gen. John Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs, said Thursday that many of the military medical personnel are now serving in civilian hospitals, filling in for staff members who have become ill or need rest – especially in hard-hit areas like New York City.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/04/09/terrible-tragic-mistake-top-general-warns-enemies-not-test-us-military-readiness.html
#8734874 at 2020-04-09 17:47:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11184: Let's Flatten Their Curve Edition
Pentagon denies ABC News report that intelligence warned of 'cataclysmic' coronavirus pandemic last November
By Jamie McIntyre
April 9, 2020 - 7:16 AM
WHAT, WHEN DID DOD KNOW?: The National Center for Medical Intelligence issued a rare public denial of a report by ABC News, which alleged that "concerns about what is now known to be the novel coronavirus pandemic were detailed in a November intelligence report" by the NCMI, which is part of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
"Analysts concluded it could be a cataclysmic event," according to an unnamed source who told ABC the reports were then "briefed multiple times," to the DIA, the Pentagon's Joint Staff, and the White House.
'NO SUCH PRODUCT' EXISTS: The ABC News report, which alleged that 2019 intelligence depicted an "American government that could have ramped up mitigation and containment efforts far earlier to prepare for a crisis poised to come home," sent Pentagon officials scrambling to find the report in question.
"NCMI and the Defense Intelligence Agency spent considerable time over the last 24 hours examining every possible product that could have been identified as related to this topic and have found no such product," said a defense official last night.
That, in turn, prompted Col. R. Shane Day, a medical doctor and director of the DIA's National Center for Medical Intelligence, to issue a rare public statement.
"As a matter of practice, the National Center for Medical Intelligence does not comment publicly on specific intelligence matters," Day said. "However, in the interest of transparency during this current public health crisis, we can confirm that media reporting about the existence/release of a National Center for Medical Intelligence Coronavirus-related product/assessment in November of 2019 is not correct. No such NCMI product exists."
Esper WOULD HAVE KNOWN: Defense Secretary Mark Esper was questioned about the purported November intelligence assessment by ABC's George Stephanopoulos on last Sunday's episode of This Week.
"Did the Pentagon receive an intelligence assessment on COVID in China last November from the National Center for Medical Intelligence of DIA?" Stephanopoulos asked.
"Oh, I can't recall, George," said Esper, who didn't seem to know what Stephanopoulos was referring to. "But," he said, "we have many people who watch this closely."
"This assessment was done in November, and it was briefed to the NSC in early December to assess the impact on military readiness, which, of course, would make it important to you, and the possible spread in the United States," pressed Stephanopoulos. "So, you would have known if there was briefed to the National Security Council in December, wouldn't you?"
"Yes," Esper agreed, adding, "I'm not aware of that."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/pentagon-denies-abc-news-report-that-intelligence-warned-of-cataclysmic-coronavirus-pandemic-last-november
#8734412 at 2020-04-09 16:43:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11183: Thursday Morning Melania Edition
Just listening to Rush and he mentioned that ABC News had been publicly rebuked by the DIA. Here's the sauce from the Washington Examiner:
WHAT, WHEN DID DOD KNOW?: The National Center for Medical Intelligence issued a rare public denial of a report by ABC News, which alleged that "concerns about what is now known to be the novel coronavirus pandemic were detailed in a November intelligence report" by the NCMI, which is part of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
"Analysts concluded it could be a cataclysmic event," according to an unnamed source who told ABC the reports were then "briefed multiple times," to the DIA, the Pentagon's Joint Staff, and the White House.
'NO SUCH PRODUCT' EXISTS: The ABC News report, which alleged that 2019 intelligence depicted an "American government that could have ramped up mitigation and containment efforts far earlier to prepare for a crisis poised to come home," sent Pentagon officials scrambling to find the report in question.
"NCMI and the Defense Intelligence Agency spent considerable time over the last 24 hours examining every possible product that could have been identified as related to this topic and have found no such product," said a defense official last night.
That, in turn, prompted Col. R. Shane Day, a medical doctor and director of the DIA's National Center for Medical Intelligence, to issue a rare public statement.
"As a matter of practice, the National Center for Medical Intelligence does not comment publicly on specific intelligence matters," Day said. "However, in the interest of transparency during this current public health crisis, we can confirm that media reporting about the existence/release of a National Center for Medical Intelligence Coronavirus-related product/assessment in November of 2019 is not correct. No such NCMI product exists."
Esper WOULD HAVE KNOWN: Defense Secretary Mark Esper was questioned about the purported November intelligence assessment by ABC's George Stephanopoulos on last Sunday's episode of This Week.
"Did the Pentagon receive an intelligence assessment on COVID in China last November from the National Center for Medical Intelligence of DIA?" Stephanopoulos asked.
"Oh, I can't recall, George," said Esper, who didn't seem to know what Stephanopoulos was referring to. "But," he said, "we have many people who watch this closely."
"This assessment was done in November, and it was briefed to the NSC in early December to assess the impact on military readiness, which, of course, would make it important to you, and the possible spread in the United States," pressed Stephanopoulos. "So, you would have known if there was briefed to the National Security Council in December, wouldn't you?"
"Yes," Esper agreed, adding, "I'm not aware of that."
#8733027 at 2020-04-09 12:01:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11182: Anons & Bakers, We are a Team Edition
Volunteers at US Army base in South Korea churn out
hundreds of cloth masks for their community
By KIM GAMEL | STARS AND STRIPES
Published: April 9, 2020
"CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea - As U.S. troops everywhere are increasingly required to wear masks to ward off coronavirus, a group of volunteers has begun churning out cloth coverings to make up for shortages nearly two months into the pandemic in South Korea.
The volunteers, including civilians, military spouses and even some soldiers, set up an assembly line operation at the arts and crafts center Tuesday on Camp Humphreys, which is the main Army garrison on the divided peninsula.
The morale, welfare and recreation division has provided more than 500 yards of fabric, thread, elastic and sewing machines, said Kelly Schmidt, one of the main organizers and the wife of Eighth Army Command Sgt. Maj. Jason Schmidt.
Inside, the cotton fabric allows breathability; outside, the mask is colored black to comply with military standards.
Other colors and patterns also are being used since masks will be provided to the entire community, including children and other family members.
"We're also making to-go kits for people who are not comfortable in the group setting or want to stay home because they have little kids or are working," Schmidt said. "Each kit will make 50 masks."
The need for masks increased after Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced Sunday that U.S. service members must wear something to cover the nose and mouth area when they're unable to maintain six-foot social distancing standards.
The directive applies to all personnel including troops, dependents, civilian employees and contractors, Esper said as concern rose over a spike in coronavirus infections in the ranks."
moar:
https://www.stripes.com/news/volunteers-at-us-army-base-in-south-korea-churn-out-hundreds-of-cloth-masks-for-their-community-1.625413
#8729579 at 2020-04-09 01:47:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11177: Define Propaganda Edition
https://www.Marketwatch.com/story/acting-navy-secretary-resigns-after-calling-fired-carrier-captain-stupid-2020-04-07
WASHINGTON - Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned Tuesday, bringing to a climax an extraordinary drama that he advanced by delivering a profanity-laced upbraiding of the officer he fired as captain of the coronavirus-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt.
In announcing the resignation, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Modly quit on his own accord, "putting the Navy and the sailors above self," so the Navy and the Roosevelt can move forward. The Roosevelt is sidelined in port at Guam as members of the crew are tested for the coronavirus and moved ashore.
"His care for the sailors was genuine," Esper said.
Esper said he briefed President Donald Trump on his conversation with Modly, and with the president's approval he is appointing James McPherson as acting Navy secretary. McPherson, a Navy veteran, is currently serving as undersecretary of the Army. He was confirmed in that position by the Senate last month.
Esper called McPherson a "smart, capable and professional leader who will restore confidence and stability in the Navy during these challenging times."
Esper said he also met with Navy leaders and emphasized three priorities, including putting the health, safety and welfare of the Roosevelt crew first, and working to get the ship back out to sea as soon as safely possible.
#8715902 at 2020-04-07 21:51:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11159: Thug Life Kayleigh - New White House Press Secretary Edition
Acting Navy chief resigns after insulting ousted captain of coronavirus-hit aircraft carrier
Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly offered to resign as he faces criticism for reMarks he made about the USS Theodore Roosevelt's former commander, Capt. Brett Crozier. Modly submitted a resignation letter on Tuesday, which Defense Secretary Mark Esper accepted, after a one-on-one meeting. "Secretary Modly served the nation for many years, both in and out of uniform. I have the deepest respect for anyone who serves our country, and who places the greater good above all else," Esper said in a statement. "We must now put the needs of the Navy, including the crew of the Teddy Roosevelt, first, and we must all move forward together."
Several lawmakers, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, called for Modly to be removed for a speech he gave to the vessel's crew members on Monday, which was leaked to the media, during which he said Crozier was either "too naive or too stupid to be a commanding officer of a ship like this." Crozier was relieved of duty after a letter expressing his worries about a coronavirus outbreak on the ship was published in the media. Officials asserted that Crozier had purposely allowed the letter to be leaked to the media. Undersecretary of the Army James McPherson has been picked to succeed Modly. McPherson is a retired admiral with 26 years of naval service. Esper said in his Tuesday letter that McPherson is "a smart, capable, and professional leader who will restore confidence and stability in the Navy during these challenging times."
The leaked audio of Modly addressing crew members on the USS Theodore Roosevelt soon went viral on the internet. The secretary could be heard blasting Crozier to his former crew. "I'm gonna tell you something, all of you: There is never a situation where you should consider the media a part of your chain of command," Modly said. "Because the media has an agenda, and the agenda that they have depends on which side of the political aisle they sit, and I'm sorry that's the way the country is now, but it's the truth. And so they use it to divide us and use it to embarrass the Navy. They use it to embarrass you." "If he didn't think, in my opinion, that this information wasn't going to get out into the public, in this day and information age that we live in, then he was either … too naive or too stupid to be a commanding officer of a ship like this. The alternative is that he did this on purpose," he added.
Modly offered an apology to Crozier on Monday. "I want to apologize to the Navy for my recent comments to the crew of the TR. Let me be clear, I do not think Captain Brett Crozier is naive nor stupid. I think, and always believed him to be the opposite," he said. Defense officials said that Crozier's removal was because the letter was purposely distributed to the media and was written improperly. "The letter was sent over not-secure, unclassified email even though the ship possesses some of the most sophisticated equipment in the fleet," Modly said at a Pentagon press conference on Thursday.
In addition to the lawmakers who had pushed back on the Navy's decision, sailors aboard Crozier's former ship cheered as he was escorted off the aircraft carrier after it docked in Guam for testing on Thursday night. Videos posted to social media showed throngs of people seeing Crozier off. President Trump said on Monday he was going to "get involved" in the matter and characterized the dispute as "two good people arguing." Sending the letter was a bad decision that caused the families of those aboard the ship to worry, Trump said, adding that "it shows weakness." "Look, the letter shouldn't have been sent. Certainly, they shouldn't have been leaked," Trump said. "This is a military operation. I must tell you, I've heard very good things about the gentlemen, both gentlemen, by the way. I will say this about both gentlemen. And I may look into it only from the standpoint that something should be resolved. I'm hearing good things about both people." The Office of the Secretary of Defense did not comment on the matter when contacted by the Washington Examiner. As of Tuesday, 230 crew members on the ship have tested positive for the coronavirus.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/acting-navy-chief-submits-resignation-after-insulting-ousted-captain-of-coronavirus-struck-aircraft-carrier
https://twitter.com/EsperDoD/status/1247625834011209728
#8715044 at 2020-04-07 19:46:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11158: DS Hyped up the Crisis ~ Reconcile Edition
>>8714960
sputniknews based an cnn report (but at least the sput is more reliable than NY media outlets, kek)
Acting US Navy Secretary Offers to Resign Over Handling of COVID-19-Infected Carrier - Reports
https://sputniknews.com/us/202004071078870822-acting-us-navy-secretary-resigns-over-handling-of-covid-19-infected-carrier—reports/
Acting US Navy Secretary Thomas Modly reportedly submitted his resignation letter Tuesday, just one day after US President Donald Trump told reporters during a White House briefing that he would be willing to get involved in the matter of the COVID-19-infected USS Theodore Roosevelt.
Officials with knowledge of the development told Politico that Modly submitted his resignation letter to US Defense Secretary Mark Esper after a one-on-one meeting earlier in the day. The individual further noted that Modly did not do so as a result of pressure from Esper or the White House.
It is unclear whether Esper has officially accepted Modly's resignation.
Moments before the news broke, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called for Modly to be dismissed from his post, stressing that the US Navy leader "showed a serious lack of sound judgement and strong leadership" when he fired the Roosevelt's now former Capt. Brett Crozier.
"Our oath of office is to protect and defend the Constitution, and therefore our first responsibility is to protect and defend the American people. To that end, our priority is force protection of our men and women in uniform who sacrifice to keep Americans safe. That is exactly what Captain Crozier was doing when he called for help for the men and women in his charge," reads Pelosi' statement.
"Sadly, Acting Secretary Modly's actions and words demonstrate his failure to prioritize the force protection of our troops."
https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1247603081002483712
#8714013 at 2020-04-07 16:54:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11157: Transparency is the only way forward [CONTROLLED MEDIA] Edition
US Sends Military Ships to Caribbean Sea to Disrupt Drug Cartels and Cut Off Socialist Maduro Regime Transfers of Illegal Drugs
US military forces expanded their anti-drug operations in the Caribbean.
According to White House National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien the military mission is to reduce the entry of illegal drugs into the US.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley put drug cartels on notice this past week.
Attorney General William Bar notified the world of the deployment last week saying, "For years, the cartels have used these routes mainly from Colombia, but now also from Venezuela. And these shipping lanes on both coasts have become the primary routes to bring cocaine to the US. "
US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper posted this warning to the Venezuelan cartels last week.
#COVID19 will not stop the @DeptofDefense from protecting the American people from illegal drugs. At the direction of the @POTUS, additional U.S. ships, aircraft, and security forces are underway to disrupt narcotics trafficking. pic.twitter.com/BFTbxqcFGn
- @EsperDoD (@EsperDoD) April 1, 2020
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/us-sends-military-ships-caribbean-sea-disrupt-drug-cartels-cut-off-socialist-maduro-regime-transfers-illegal-drugs/
#8704655 at 2020-04-06 18:58:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11145: W-W-G-1-W-G-A ! ! ! Edition
Acting Navy Secretary blasts ousted USS Theodore Roosevelt's captain as 'naive' and 'stupid' in address to ship's crew
Published 1 hour agoLast Update 10 mins ago
https://www.foxnews.com/us/acting-navy-secretary-ousted-uss-theodore-roosevelt-captain-stupid-naive-coronavirus
In reMarks made to the remaining sailors aboard the ship, acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly slammed the now-ousted captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt as "too naive or too stupid" to be a commanding officer, multiple sources confirmed to Fox News.
Modly fired Capt. Brett Crozier last week for sounding the alarm about the need to offload the sailors onboard the USS Roosevelt due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
Crozier, 50, had authored a letter warning that an outbreak of the sometimes-deadly virus had created a dire situation on the carrier. The letter ended up in the hands of a San Francisco Chronicle reporter, who first reported its contents last week.
"If he didn't think, in my opinion, that this information wasn't going to get out into the public, in this day and information age that we live in, then he was either A, too naive or too stupid to be a commanding officer of a ship like this," Modly said of Crozier. "The alternative is that he did this on purpose."
"Think about that when you cheer the man of the ship who exposed you to that…I understand you love the guy. It's good that you love him. But you're not required to love him," Modly said, adding the letter penned by Crozier had "sensitive information" regarding the condition of the aircraft carrier.
In a fiery address broadcast over the ship's PA system, Modly warned soldiers against disclosing information to the media, saying Crozier's letter was a "betrayal of trust, with me, with his chain of command."
"It was a betrayal. And I can tell you one other thing: because he did that he put it in the public's forum and it is now a big controversy in Washington, D.C.," he said, according to a copy of the reMarks provided to Fox News by Navy officials.
In a fiery address broadcast over the ship's PA system, Modly warned soldiers against disclosing information to the media, saying Crozier's letter was a "betrayal of trust, with me, with his chain of command."
"It was a betrayal. And I can tell you one other thing: because he did that he put it in the public's forum and it is now a big controversy in Washington, D.C.," he said, according to a copy of the reMarks provided to Fox News by Navy officials.
Navy officials said some 173 sailors on the USS Theodore Roosevelt have tested positive for COVID-19, and 61 percent of the crew has been tested in all, with about 2,000 sailors moving ashore.
President Trump said at the White House coronavirus briefing on Saturday that he backed Modly's decision.
"He shouldn't be talking that way in a letter," Trump said of Crozier. "I thought it was terrible what he did."
Defense Secretary Mark Esper told CNN on Sunday that Crozier's removal was warranted, saying, "We hold leaders accountable for their actions."
Crozier had started showing COVID-19 symptoms before he was removed from the warship last Thursday, The New York Times first reported, citing two Naval Academy classmates of Crozier's close to him and his family. Modly ordered Crozier to step down, citing a failure to follow the Navy's chain of command. He accused Crozier of inciting "panic" with the letter.
#8702920 at 2020-04-06 14:15:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11143: Just What Surprises Will This Week Bring? Edition
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper defends the removal of Captain Brett Crozier after he wrote a memo warning about a coronavirus outbreak aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier.
Relieved Captain Of USS Theodore Roosevelt Tests Positive For COVID-19, Reports Say
There is a lot in this video of Jake Tapper grilling Secr of Defense Mark Esper about removing The Captain of the ship. This captain was most likely DS. And, from hearing Esper talk about why it is taking longer to offload the sailors and the sensitivity of the ship, I am thinking there were a few other DS players on board.
this ship was also stationed in the Pacific arena, where a new war on Drug cartels was just underway.
In Vid, you hear clip of POTUS saying the captain could have called and made report…he didn't have to write a letter.
and now the Captain test positive
https://www.ibtimes.com/relieved-captain-uss-theodore-roosevelt-tests-positive-covid-19-reports-say-2953292
#8698326 at 2020-04-06 00:44:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11136: CNN Still Sucks Edition
They get the news so fast ….
Captain removed from coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier reportedly tests positive for COVID-19
Source: Xinhua| 2020-04-06 07:23:37
5:17 PM · Apr 5, 2020
WASHINGTON, April 5 (Xinhua) – Captain Brett Crozier, who has commanded aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt until his recent removal by the Navy for sounding the alarm about a coronavirus outbreak on board, has tested positive for the virus, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
The Times, citing Crozier's Naval Academy classmates, said Crozier exhibited symptoms before he was relieved of his duty on the warship Thursday.
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said Sunday an investigation into Crozier's actions is ongoing. "All the services at times relieve commanders without the benefit of an investigation up front because they've lost confidence in them. It's certainly not unique to the Navy," he said on CNN's "State of the Union" program.
The secretary also confirmed that there have been 155 positive tests among sailors on board the Roosevelt, that more than half of the crew have been tested, and that there have been no hospitalizations.
The Navy planned to evacuate 2,700 of the roughly 5,000 crew members on the vessel, leaving the rest on board to maintain the ship's operation. As of Saturday, 1,548 service members have disembarked the ship, and The Times, citing local hotel association, said at least an additional 400 service members will be moved to Guam hotels Sunday.
Crozier sent a five-page internal letter earlier this week to higher-ranking officials in the chain of command, pleading for help from the Pentagon to contain a COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Roosevelt by transferring 90 percent of the crew onto Guam for quarantine. The ship now docks in Guam.
"We are not at war," the captain wrote in the letter, which was first made public by the San Francisco Chronicle. "Sailors do not need to die. If we do not act now, we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset - our sailors."
Crozier's ousting was announced Thursday by Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, who said the captain allowed "the complexity of his challenge with the COVID breakout on the ship to overwhelm his ability to act professionally when acting professionally was what was needed the most at the time."
"In sending it out pretty broadly, he did not take care to ensure that it couldn't be leaked," Modly said. "And that's part of his responsibility."
President Donald Trump said Saturday that he supported Crozier's firing, adding "it was terrible what he did."
The Democrats, however, condemned the Navy. Democratic lawmakers in both the Senate and the House asked for a probe into the matter.
Immediately following Crozier's ouster Thursday, the Democratic leaders of the House Armed Services Committee issued a statement condemning his removal. "Captain Crozier was justifiably concerned about the health and safety of his crew, but he did not handle the immense pressure appropriately," the lawmakers said, adding that "relieving him of his command is an overreaction."
"Throwing the commanding officer overboard without a thorough investigation is not going to solve the growing crisis aboard the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt," they said.
Democratic senators Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Chris Van Hollen of Maryland wrote a letter co-signed by 15 of their colleagues Friday to Acting Inspector General for the Department of Defense Glenn Fine, urging him to launch a formal investigation into the Navy's response to the COVID-19 outbreak on the Roosevelt, as well as its decision to fire the captain.
"It is essential that your office conduct a comprehensive investigation to avoid any potential conflicts of interest within the Navy chain of command, and we encourage you to evaluate all relevant matters associated with the dismissal and the outbreak on the ship," they wrote in the letter.
Former Vice President Joe Biden criticized the Navy's actions. "I think it's close to criminal the way they're dealing with this guy," Biden said Sunday on ABC's "This Week," adding that Crozier "should have a commendation rather than be fired."
In a Friday tweet hailing the captain, Biden said Crozier "was faithful to his duty-both to his sailors and his country."
"Navy leadership sent a chilling message about speaking truth to power," the former vice president said. "The poor judgment here belongs to the Trump Admin, not a courageous officer trying to protect his sailors."
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http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-04/06/c_138950218.htm
#8695668 at 2020-04-05 21:14:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11133: Tippie Top Days To Come Edition
The @DeptofDefense
memo said people should wear cloth masks "when they cannot maintain six feet of social distance in public areas or work centers."
The new policy is effective immediately.
Anyone on Department of Defense property is required to wear a cloth face mask when they are unable to properly social distance, according to a memo from Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
The Sunday memo said people should wear cloth masks "when they cannot maintain six feet of social distance in public areas or work centers." The new policy is effective immediately.
The guidelines apply to all military personnel, department contractors, civilian employees at the department, family members, and "all other individuals on DoD property, installations, and facilities." It does not apply to service member's personal residences on military property.
"Exceptions to this requirement may be approved by local commanders or supervisors, and then submitted up the chain of command for situational awareness. Security checkpoints may require the lowering of face covers to verify identification," the memo said.
The face mask directive follows the Trump administration recommending the public wear nonmedical face coverings when in public. President Trump said the recommendations were voluntary, and he did not plan to wear a mask.
https://twitter.com/dcexaminer/status/1246908033999003652
#8686713 at 2020-04-04 21:23:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11122: Do not Pray for Easy Lives, Pray to be Stronger Edition
Decentralized leadership raises questions about Trump coronavirus response
The rotating cast of officials appearing behind President Trump to detail the government's response to the coronavirus are leading to new criticisms that they reflect a scattered approach from the White House that too often leaves states fending for themselves.
Top Trump administration officials say the appearances by a broad range of administration officials shows the "all of government" undertaken to combat the coronavirus.
But some current and former government officials see a disconnected strategy where it can be unclear who's in charge of what or whether there is a coordinated long-term plan.
The shifting assignments and addition of officials with unclear responsibilities have contributed to the inefficient distribution of key supplies, those officials argue, which has been exacerbated by Trump's insistence that the federal government merely play a supporting role for states.
"The approach that's been taken at the White House with respect to critical inputs - protective gear, testing kits, ventilators, reagents, skilled personnel - there has never been a clear plan," said Steve Morrison, director of Global Health Policy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
"And the alternative has been a very haphazard patchwork approach that has gone from overpromising and underdelivering multiple times and left the states on their own," added Morrison, a former Clinton administration official.
In recent days, more than a dozen administration officials have appeared behind Trump at the daily briefings.
Attorney General William Barr rolled out new drug interdiction efforts; Defense Secretary Mark Esper spoke about the military pitching in while retaining combat readiness; Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin touched on economic relief for businesses; senior adviser Jared Kushner outlined partnerships with the private sector; and top trade adviser Peter Navarro elaborated on the use of the Defense Production Act.
A White House spokesman rejected criticism that the effort has been disconnected. He identified Vice President Pence as the person in charge of coordinating the entire response, and listed dozens of actions taken by the administration that include travel restrictions, disaster declarations for states and funding for businesses and families impacted by the virus.
"As both the President and Vice President have said, this is a locally executed, state managed, federally supported response to a global pandemic," deputy press secretary Judd Deere said in a statement. "Every level of government needs to deliver solutions and that is what we are doing in partnership. During these difficult times, Americans are receiving comfort, hope and resources from their President, as well as their local officials, because this is an all-of-America effort."
The White House has shifted responsibilities as it scrambled to get its arms around the magnitude of the pandemic, which Trump downplayed for January and most of February.
The White House created a coronavirus task force at the end of January, putting Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar in charge.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/491093-decentralized-leadership-raises-questions-about-trump-coronavirus
#8674109 at 2020-04-03 18:03:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11106: Lag A Drag Keepin On Edition
Cuomo says he plans to call Defense Secretary Mark Esper to resolve row over USNS Comfort refusing to take coronavirus patients after health executives slam it as a 'joke' response amid climbing death toll
By Jennifer Smith and Frances Mulraney For Dailymail.com
18:58 BST 03 Apr 2020 , updated 19:00 BST 03 Apr 2020
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8185719/Cuomo-says-plans-call-Defense-Secretary-Mark-Esper-resolve-row-USNS-Comfort.html
#8658743 at 2020-04-02 06:48:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General: #11087 Notables Doublin Edition
>>8658734
Mark Esper was in "Not taking any shit" mode that's for sure.
#8654879 at 2020-04-02 00:27:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11082: Now Comes the PAIN Edition
Related?
4/1
10:00 (this story originally came out last week - pic used in this article is from Jan.)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - State Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero, one of the most liberal lawmakers in New Mexico and who has been dogged by allegations that she doesn't live in the state, is facing criticism for promoting a Texas cafe during coronavirus restrictions.
https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/local/new-mexico/2020/04/01/coronavirus-new-mexico-rep-faces-heat-plugging-el-paso-desert-moon-cafe/5103092002/
The cafe is owned by her godson, who is also the son of a TX senator.
4:27 pm
Mexico Allows 49 British Passengers to Leave Cruise Ship
MEXICO CITY - Mexico allowed 49 British citizens to disembark from a cruise ship off its Caribbean coast and fly home, and in exchange the cruise line paid for 141 Mexicans stuck in England by coronavirus travel restrictions to fly home, the Mexican government said Wednesday.
The passengers taken off the ship Wednesday were transported to the Yucatan capital of Merida and put on a chartered flight to London.
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/04/01/world/americas/ap-lt-virus-outbreak-mexico-cruise-ship.html
&
5:21 pm
'Thank You China!!!' Mexico Grateful for Coronavirus Medical Supplies
"They have had a commendable attitude with Mexico. They have shared with us all their information, their findings," he said.
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/04/01/world/americas/01reuters-health-coronavirus-mexico-china.html
&
8:02 pm
U.S. will increase military presence in the Caribbean to fight drug trafficking funding Maduro
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said the additional military forces were sent to the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The U.S. Southern Command, based in Doral, leads the operation, which officially started Wednesday, in partnership with 22 partner countries.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article241697396.html
#8652425 at 2020-04-01 21:46:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11079: 4/10/20, He's Got This! Edition
Holy FECK!
Are you hearing the LIVE report by Mark Esper. Defense Secretary?
We're going after all the bad-actors and illegal drug cartels and Venuzuela bastards with the U.S. Military which is already underway.
Thousands of US Navy, US Coast Guard, Marines, Air Force.
The STORM! It's fucking here!
Good lord, anons, pray for our soldiers.
#8647000 at 2020-04-01 11:33:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11072: 2 weeks of PAIN Edition
Stick to the 'chain of command'! Pentagon rejects aircraft
carrier captain's plea to save crew as 100+ sailors
contract Covid-19
1 Apr, 2020 02:30 Updated 5 hours ago
"US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said it was too soon to evacuate an aircraft carrier where over 100 sailors were infected with Covid-19, despite the unusual plea by the ship's captain to quarantine the entire crew.
Asked about removing over 4,000 sailors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt - the first US warship on deployment to report an outbreak of the lethal virus - Esper said it was premature, stating "I don't think we're at that point."
"We're moving a lot of supplies and assistance, medical assistance, out to the carrier in Guam. We're providing additional medical personnel as they need it," Esper told CBS News in an interview on Tuesday, adding that none of the sailors were seriously ill.
The Roosevelt was effectively taken out of commission last week, after several dozen crewmen contracted Covid-19, forcing the ship to divert from its mission in the South China Sea and dock at Guam, where all personnel on board received screenings for the virus. More than 100 ultimately tested positive.
With thousands of seamen living in close proximity on the cramped vessel, the rapidly spreading outbreak prompted the ship's commander, Captain Brett Crozier, to pen a letter to the Defense Department asking that all personnel be allowed to disembark and go into quarantine. The missive was unusual, as the captain skipped several rungs on the chain of command to make the request directly to the Pentagon, likely suggesting its urgency.
"Decisive action is required now in order to... prevent tragic outcomes," Crozier wrote, adding that instead of additional testing for the virus, "our focus now must be on quarantine and isolation."
moar:
https://www.rt.com/usa/484636-Esper-aircraft-carrier-evacuate/
#8645307 at 2020-04-01 05:46:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11069: The Entire World Is Watching Edition
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/490522-defense-chief-says-states-can-use-national-guard-to-enforce-stay-at-home
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday that states have the option of using the National Guard to enforce stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus pandemic.
"[T]hat would be an option for the governors," Esper said on CBS News. "Again, the guard is active in all 50 states and territories. I'm very proud of what our guardsmen are doing, but we have a whole lot more capacity out there in the guard right now to do more."
Esper compared having the National Guard deal with the coronavirus to its duties when a hurricane or another natural disaster strikes the country, saying the force would be used to curb the outbreak's effects.
"You know, we typically think of National Guard dealing with a hurricane in a state or a series of tornadoes, and this case right now, we have 54 hurricanes out there," he said. "And every single state and territory, and we know they're going to grow in size and in their power."
#8643911 at 2020-04-01 03:23:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11068: Scarf Shift Edition
Defense chief says states can use National Guard to enforce stay-at-home orders
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday that states have the option of using the National Guard to enforce stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus pandemic.
"[T]hat would be an option for the governors," Esper said on CBS News. "Again, the guard is active in all 50 states and territories. I'm very proud of what our guardsmen are doing, but we have a whole lot more capacity out there in the guard right now to do more."
Esper compared having the National Guard deal with the coronavirus to its duties when a hurricane or another natural disaster strikes the country, saying the force would be used to curb the outbreak's effects.
"You know, we typically think of National Guard dealing with a hurricane in a state or a series of tornadoes, and this case right now, we have 54 hurricanes out there," he said. "And every single state and territory, and we know they're going to grow in size and in their power."
The reMarks come as a growing number of states order their residents to shelter in their homes to try to blunt the spread of COVID-19, which has infected over 189,000 people and killed at least 3,900 in the U.S. Last weekend the National Guard in Rhode Island began going door-to-door to enforce quarantine orders for those leaving New York.
However, not all areas are expected to use heavy-handed tactics to impose their stay-at-home orders. Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) said Tuesday that her city is unlikely to make arrests to enforce the rule.
"We don't expect that we will have to issue any fines and jail penalties, because we expect the people of the District of Columbia to comply," Bowser said at a press briefing. "The point is not to arrest anybody, the point is for people to stay at home."
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/490522-defense-chief-says-states-can-use-national-guard-to-enforce-stay-at-home
#8633525 at 2020-03-31 10:33:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11054: Not sending their best Edition
A member of the New Jersey National Guard died Saturday after a weeklong battle with the coronavirus, service officials announced Monday. He is the first service member to die from the virus.
Army Capt. Douglas Linn Hickok was a drilling Guardsman and physician assistant originally from Jackson, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday in a news conference. Though Hickok was a member of the New Jersey National Guard, the father of four resided in Pennsylvania and died at a hospital in that state, Murphy said.
"Today is a sad day for the Department of Defense as we have lost our first American service member - active, Reserve or Guard - to coronavirus," Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in a statement. "This is a stinging loss for our military community, and our condolences go out to his family, friends, civilian co-workers and the entire National Guard community. The news of this loss strengthens our resolve to work ever more closely with our interagency partners to stop the spread of [coronavirus]."
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/new-jersey-national-guard-member-is-first-coronavirus-death-in-the-military-1.624269
#8632413 at 2020-03-31 06:01:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11053: Fake News is the Enemy of the People Edition
Pentagon Confirms Over 1,000 COVID-19 Cases Among Military, Orders Bases To Stop Public Reporting
The Department of Defense (DoD) announced a grim milestone Monday - it's total number of COVID-19 cases among US service members, civilian contractors, on-base civilian staff, and family dependents of troops has surpassed 1,000.
"Total DoD Cases (current, recovered and deaths) is 1,087," according to DoD fact sheet released on Monday. The numbers are as follow:
569 military cases
220 civilian cases
190 dependent cases
64 contractor cases
The Pentagon said 569 service members have been infected, among these 26 hospitalizations, and 34 have recovered.
The remainder of total cases involve civilian contractors working on military bases and/or at the Pentagon, as well as dependents. This number is up significantly from Friday's total DoD number of 600.
But it appears we are fast heading toward a near total reporting blockage in terms of DoD-wide cases, and specifically where they originate, and in what branches of the US armed services. As Stars & Stripes reports:
The Defense Department has ordered commanders at all of its installations worldwide to stop announcing publicly new coronavirus cases among their personnel, as the Pentagon said Monday that more than 1,000 U.S. military-linked people had been sickened by the virus.
The order issued by Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday is meant to protect operational security at the Defense Department's global installations, Jonathan Hoffman, the Pentagon's chief spokesman, said in a statement Monday. He said Defense Department leaders worried adversaries could exploit such information, especially if the data showed the outbreak impacted U.S. nuclear forces or other critical units.
This constitutes perhaps the clearest admission thus far throughout the crisis that the coronavirus pandemic is a serious threat to US defense readiness and national security.
https://southfront.org/pentagon-confirms-over-1000-covid-19-cases-among-military-orders-bases-to-stop-public-reporting/
#8627827 at 2020-03-30 22:24:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11047: Backchannels are important News is Untrustworthy [Controlled] Edition
Pentagon Asks US Congress to Classify Future Years Defense Program Spending
The US Department of Defense is seeking to have Congress revoke a previous requirement which forced the Pentagon to release an unclassified version of its projections database containing estimates of future spending on forces, resources and equipment.
Since 1989, the Pentagon has been required by law to annually submit to Congress an unclassified version of the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) database, which details estimates of defense spending over the next five years.
However, the department recently submitted a request to Congress which would rescind that requirement and instead classify the document delivered to the lawmaking body.
"The Department is concerned that attempting publication of unclassified FYDP data might inadvertently reveal sensitive information," the Pentagon said in its March 6 request, which was made public by the Federation of American Scientists' blog on Monday.
The Pentagon argued that the release of the data would allow global adversaries to "derive sensitive information by compilation about the Department's weapons development, force structure, and strategic plans."
While the Pentagon claims that it is attempting to keep government secrets out of the hands of enemies such as China, Center for Strategic and International Studies budget analyst Seamus Daniels expressed via social media that the proposal represents a "serious step backwards in transparency" to the public.
This request from the Department of Defense comes shortly after US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper classified Russia and China as countries that have both "violated the sovereignty of their neighbors, and routinely used coercive strategies against smaller states to gain strategic advantages."
Speaking at the Johns Hopkins University School of International Studies last month, Esper claimed that China had been engaging in the theft of intellectual property and is attempting to "control the economic and security decisions" of other countries with its Belt and Road trade investments.
"Meanwhile, Moscow has turned to hybrid warfare as a means to expand regional influence at the expense of law-abiding nations while also breaking treaty obligations and engaging in malicious cyber operations," he added.
https://sputniknews.com/us/202003301078766692-pentagon-asks-us-congress-to-classify-future-years-defense-program-spending-/
#8624885 at 2020-03-30 17:49:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11043: USA STRONG Edition
Pentagon Launches 'Rumor Control' Site to Combat False Virus Info
The Defense Department has officially launched a webpage on its website to dispel rumors and misinformation regarding the Pentagon's response to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Dubbed "Coronavirus: Rumor Control," the Pentagon will provide its response to myths and fabrications about how the U.S. has responded as coronavirus cases continue to spread within the country and among the ranks, according to officials.
"In times of crisis, it's important to be transparent and push back on false narratives," Pentagon spokeswoman Alyssa Farah told reporters during a briefing Wednesday. "As the secretary, chairman and senior enlisted adviser stated in their town hall yesterday, it's important to go to trusted sources for information.
"Last week, the department pushed back on a false conspiracy theory being promulgated by a senior official in the Chinese Communist Party, blaming U.S. Army soldiers for spreading COVID-19," she said, referring to the World Health Organization's name for the coronavirus. "This is not the only case of misinformation and disinformation springing up during this tense period of time. While we hope nations around the globe – allies and adversaries alike – will come together in this moment to be transparent, the Department of Defense will not hesitate to push back on misinformation."
One falsehood the Pentagon aimed to dispel early on is that it has implemented martial law – or sole military control in replacement of civil authorities – in response to the pandemic.
"In New York, Washington and California, the president has approved mobilizing National Guard troops under Title 32 status, which provides them full access to federal resources, but still allows them to be managed by the state government," according to the website, quoting Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
"To be clear, this is not a move toward martial law, as some have erroneously claimed. Our great National Guard troops are performing tasks such as supporting drive-through testing sites, conducting food delivery to protect vulnerable populations, and helping states plan and coordinate their local responses," Esper said March 23. "Allowing states to maintain control over their National Guard forces is the most effective way to manage their efforts, as it permits each governor to tailor the Guard's activities to best support the needs of their state."
Earlier this month, the White House warned the public to ignore rumors of a national quarantine for the virus, which were circulated by erroneous text messages.
"Text message rumors of a national #quarantine are FAKE," according to a March 15 post on the Twitter page of the National Security Council. "There is no national lockdown."
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/03/27/pentagon-launches-rumor-control-site-combat-false-virus-info.html?ESRC=eb_200330.nl
#8620457 at 2020-03-30 05:35:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11037: Curt Schilling Haz Learned to Play The Game Edition
Chinese Hackers Attacked Foreign Health Care, Military, Oil Networks as Coronavirus Hit China
In January, the 'widespread' assault targeted a vulnerability in virtual desktops, cloud computing, and network applications, FireEye announced. As the coronavirus epidemic reached crisis level in Wuhan, China, in January, a known group of state-backed cyber hackers launched attacks at healthcare companies and other key industries outside the country, according to cybersecurity company FireEye. FireEye announced their findings on the attacks Wednesday morning, calling it "one of the most widespread campaigns we have seen from China-nexus espionage actors in recent years". The Chinese hackers, a group known as APT41, are affiliated with the government but also conduct financial crimes for personal gain. FireEye reports that they targeted a specific known vulnerability in the national vulnerabilities database (CVE-2019-19781 affecting Citrix Application Delivery Controllers) on Jan. 20. The vulnerability could allow attackers to exploit virtual desktop, cloud computing, and networking applications to steal data. The group also hit military installations and oil and gas targets, FireEye said, without naming where or in which countries to protect the identity of their clients.
FireEye says there was a dropoff in the group's cyberattacks five days later, around the Chinese New Year, which occurred on Jan. 25, which is common among China-based threat groups. China began to implement very strict quarantine measures in Hubei province on Jan. 23 suggesting that the activity was going on as the pandemic picked up momentum. There was another drop off between Feb. 2 and 19. "While it is possible that this reduction in activity might be related to the COVID-19 quarantine measures in China, APT41 may have remained active in other ways which we were unable to observe with FireEye telemetry," they write in a blogspot posted Wednesday. Defense One is unable to independently verify their claims. Activity picked up again shortly after Feb. 19, they report. The current wave of attacks "seems to reveal a high operational tempo and wide collection requirements for APT41."
The unprecedented level of remote working and living during the coronavirus pandemic has also seen an increase in cyberattacks, most notably phishing attacks targeting individuals with phony links and emails, according to cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. Attackers are coming from, but are not limited to sources inside China. "We're seeing this from both nation-state actors, notably groups in China we track under PANDA designations, as well as criminal groups," Robert Sheldon, CrowdStrike director of Government Technology Strategy, said in an email to reporters on Monday. PANDA is how CrowdStrike designates advanced persistent threat groups from China. The Pentagon has been worried about increased cyberattacks in light of increased telework. On March 16, during a "virtual town hall, Essye Miller, DOD's principal deputy chief information officer, said that adversaries are "already taking advantage of the situation and the environment that we have on hand."
On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Mark Esper reminded Defense Department personnel in another virtual town hall that working from home carried its own risks. "If you're teleworking, if you're doing anything that involves the networks and IT, be very, very careful of IT vulnerabilities. We are a little bit more exposed when we're doing telework," he said.
https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2020/03/chinese-hackers-attacked-foreign-health-care-military-oil-networks-coronavirus-hit-china/164078/?oref=d-mostread
#8604395 at 2020-03-28 23:29:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11017: We Will Win This War Edition
Dan Scavino
https://twitter.com/Scavino45/status/1244036308424671237
"The ship behind me is a 70,000 ton msg of hope & solidarity to the incredible people of NY: we are here for you, we are fighting for you, and we are with you all the way. You have the unwavering support of the entire nation, the entire gov, & the entire American People."
@POTUS
Donald Trump Sends Off USNS Comfort as 'Message of Solidarity and Hope' to NYC
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/03/28/donald-trump-sends-off-usns-comfort-as-message-of-solidarity-and-hope-to-nyc/
President Donald Trump on Saturday sent off the medical ship USNS Comfort from Norfolk, VA, to New York City to assist in the battle with the coronavirus.
The president said that the medical ship would help New York City with hospital overflow, treating non-infected patients.
The president described the ship as a "70,000-ton message of hope and solidarity" to the people of New York that was "stocked to the brim" with medical equipment.
"We're here for you, we're fighting for you, and we are with you all the way, and always will be," Trump said. "You have the unwavering support of the entire nation."
The USNS Comfort will arrive in New York City on Monday. It has 1,000 medical beds, 12 fully equipped operating rooms, and up to 1,200 doctors, nurses, and medical specialists.
The president stood next to Defense Secretary Mark Esper and watched the ship depart as the military band played.
Trump also suggested he was considering a quarantine of New York City and the surrounding areas.
"We might not have to do it, but there's a possibility that sometime today we'll do a quarantine - short-term, two weeks - on New York, probably New Jersey, certain parts of Connecticut," Trump said to reporters at the White House.
Trump: WRWY
#8599488 at 2020-03-28 16:54:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11010: Thrilla in Vanilla @Ultim8booN vs Hotwheels Edition
>>8599269
Travel Pool is only 7 reports.
Kellyanne Conway, Mark Meadows, Dan Scavino, and Mark Esper
on the C23 plane with POTUS going to Naval Station Norfolk.
https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-white-house-out-of-town-pool-1-jba-departur-1842539873
#8595786 at 2020-03-28 06:33:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11006: Mercy But No Deals! Edition
Global Announcements
>>8579854, >>8580159 Make it easier on the bakers: how to write high-quality research posts
>>8363658 Iwo Jima flag on YouTube for TOR posting
Baker PSA: In light of recent flurry of global activity, anons are encouraged to archive offline
Notables
are not endorsements
#11005
>>8595757 EO to Order the Selected Reserve and Certain Members of the Individual Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty
>>8595655, >>8595691, >>8595729 On March 27, 2013, President Barack Obama appointed Julia Pierson to be the twenty-third director of the Secret Service
>>8595622 Chennai, India: "The city corporation has decided to deploy a remote-controlled drone to spray disinfectant
>>8595597 some 1917 history
>>8595577 Governor, Gretchen "Half" Whitmer
>>8595548, >>8595553 Defense Department has officially launched a webpage on its website to dispel rumors and misinformation regarding the Pentagon's response to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
>>8595381 Payseur companies are parent of FED
>>8595367 100 scientists are stranded on a research ship in the Arctic after the coronavirus pandemic causes countries shut their borders
>>8595359, >>8595388 COLOR REVOLUTIONS diggz
>>8595199 Pope Francis' benediction with an empty plaza
>>8595267 The Money Matrix - Who Owns the FED (UPDATED PART 7/15)
>>8595195 Potus: Moar Fake News!
>>8595194 Lawmakers Leave Washington Without Renewing Expired Surveillance Powers
>>8595140 Potus: Thank you James!
>>8595111, >>8595134 Fake News Memes
>>8595071, >>8595072, >>8595376 Dr Jerry Bitar, Haiti hospital chief kidnapped amid coronavirus emergency
>>8595772 #11005
#11004
>>8594834 PF updates
>>8594841 Potus: They really are corrupt and disgusting.
>>8594820 $2.2 Trillion CARES Act Provides A Lifeline To Small Businesses
>>8594699 The Rev. Joseph Lowery, a legendary leader in America's civil rights movement, died Friday at age 98.
>>8594637 "1917, many many years ago, we were attacked, like nothing before" - POTUS
>>8594636 Refresher: The Story Of Leo Wanta
>>8594624 Dan Scavino Jr.🇺🇸 vid Fake News Jim Acosta
>>8594615 U.S. regulators give banks relief on accounting standard, derivatives rule
>>8594607 @RudyGiuliani describes the process of extracting placenta "Killer Cells" and their effectiveness in attacking cancer and virally infected cells.
>>8594564 COMING ATTRACTIONS
>>8594460 Facts Are Facts on the Fed
>>8594967 #11004
11003
>>8593506 US DoD Orders Preparation of 'Destruction' Campaign Against 'Iranian-Backed Groups' in Iraq
>>8593546 Fox News Cuts Away from White House Coronavirus Task Force Briefing
>>8593567 WATCH thousands of Ukrainians swarm border to get back home ahead of coronavirus lockdown
>>8593543 SPADE 55 graphic
>>8593594, >>8593649 DJT Reissued/correct 65 delta
>>8593595 A screenshot from alleged footage of a counterattack by IDF against Hamas facilitites, 27-28 March, 2020
>>8593511 The speech that would get Donald Trump elected - never gets old
>>8593610 List Of Military Elite Purged And Fired Under Obama
>>8593632 Netanyahu Gives Himself Broad Phone Tapping Powers To Fight "Invisible Enemy" Coronavirus
>>8593683 New DJT
>>8593709 PF Reports
>>8593735 Jeff Bezos: Amazon Will Work with WHO to Fight Coronavirus Epidemic
>>8593818 Spec Ops Forces attend spiritual and moral resiliency course (Good vs. evil).
>>8593877 Alleged Maduro Co-Conspirator Is in DEA Custody
>>8593918, >>8593922, >>8594161 Apotex teams up with EU companies to distribute drug for people with excess IRON Fe, in their blood
>>8593938 Multiple sources tell @ABC Pres. Trump turned to former Yankee Alex Rodriguez for advice this week
>>8593848, >>8594078 German Federal Minister of Health: "It's still the calm before the storm"
>>8594017 U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper just authorized Virginia's request to fund the Virginia National Guard
>>8594035 Moar on The FED
>>8594039 POTUS Schedule for SATURDAY, March 28, 2020
>>8594090 Vaccine-derived virus interference was significantly associated with coronavirus
>>8594215 11003
Previously Collected Notables
>>8592695 #11001, >>8593438 11002
>>8590379 #10998, >>8591173 #10999, >>8591913 #11000, >>8592695 #11001
>>8587207 #10994, >>8587981 #10995, >>8588822 #10996, >>8589592 #10997
>>8584172 #10990, >>8584879 #10991, >>8585754 #10992, >>8586439 #10993
Notables Thread #1, #8960-present: >>7003045
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com (new)
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384), https://8kun.top
#8595553 at 2020-03-28 05:54:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11005: Lag, Drag, Thrills, Shills Late Night Friday Edition
>>8595548
One falsehood the Pentagon aimed to dispel early on is that it has implemented martial law – or sole military control in replacement of civil authorities – in response to the pandemic.
"In New York, Washington and California, the president has approved mobilizing National Guard troops under Title 32 status, which provides them full access to federal resources, but still allows them to be managed by the state government," according to the website, quoting Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
"To be clear, this is not a move toward martial law, as some have erroneously claimed. Our great National Guard troops are performing tasks such as supporting drive-through testing sites, conducting food delivery to protect vulnerable populations, and helping states plan and coordinate their local responses," Esper said March 23. "Allowing states to maintain control over their National Guard forces is the most effective way to manage their efforts, as it permits each governor to tailor the Guard's activities to best support the needs of their state."
Earlier this month, the White House warned the public to ignore rumors of a national quarantine for the virus, which were circulated by erroneous text messages.
"Text message rumors of a national #quarantine are FAKE," according to a March 15 post on the Twitter page of the National Security Council. "There is no national lockdown."
#8595006 at 2020-03-28 04:41:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11005: Lag, Drag, Thrills, Shills Late Night Friday Edition
Global Announcements
>>8579854, >>8580159 Make it easier on the bakers: how to write high-quality research posts
>>8363658 Iwo Jima flag on YouTube for TOR posting
Baker PSA: In light of recent flurry of global activity, anons are encouraged to archive offline
Notables
are not endorsements
#11004
>>8594834 PF updates
>>8594841 Potus: They really are corrupt and disgusting.
>>8594820 $2.2 Trillion CARES Act Provides A Lifeline To Small Businesses
>>8594699 The Rev. Joseph Lowery, a legendary leader in America's civil rights movement, died Friday at age 98.
>>8594637 "1917, many many years ago, we were attacked, like nothing before" - POTUS
>>8594636 Refresher: The Story Of Leo Wanta
>>8594624 Dan Scavino Jr.🇺🇸 vid Fake News Jim Acosta
>>8594615 U.S. regulators give banks relief on accounting standard, derivatives rule
>>8594607 @RudyGiuliani describes the process of extracting placenta "Killer Cells" and their effectiveness in attacking cancer and virally infected cells.
>>8594564 COMING ATTRACTIONS
>>8594460 Facts Are Facts on the Fed
>>8594967 #11004
11003
>>8593506 US DoD Orders Preparation of 'Destruction' Campaign Against 'Iranian-Backed Groups' in Iraq
>>8593546 Fox News Cuts Away from White House Coronavirus Task Force Briefing
>>8593567 WATCH thousands of Ukrainians swarm border to get back home ahead of coronavirus lockdown
>>8593543 SPADE 55 graphic
>>8593594, >>8593649 DJT Reissued/correct 65 delta
>>8593595 A screenshot from alleged footage of a counterattack by IDF against Hamas facilitites, 27-28 March, 2020
>>8593511 The speech that would get Donald Trump elected - never gets old
>>8593610 List Of Military Elite Purged And Fired Under Obama
>>8593632 Netanyahu Gives Himself Broad Phone Tapping Powers To Fight "Invisible Enemy" Coronavirus
>>8593683 New DJT
>>8593709 PF Reports
>>8593735 Jeff Bezos: Amazon Will Work with WHO to Fight Coronavirus Epidemic
>>8593818 Spec Ops Forces attend spiritual and moral resiliency course (Good vs. evil).
>>8593877 Alleged Maduro Co-Conspirator Is in DEA Custody
>>8593918, >>8593922, >>8594161 Apotex teams up with EU companies to distribute drug for people with excess IRON Fe, in their blood
>>8593938 Multiple sources tell @ABC Pres. Trump turned to former Yankee Alex Rodriguez for advice this week
>>8593848, >>8594078 German Federal Minister of Health: "It's still the calm before the storm"
>>8594017 U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper just authorized Virginia's request to fund the Virginia National Guard
>>8594035 Moar on The FED
>>8594039 POTUS Schedule for SATURDAY, March 28, 2020
>>8594090 Vaccine-derived virus interference was significantly associated with coronavirus
>>8594215 11003
11002
>>8592775 2 + 2 = 6? Qpost 3836
>>8592809 Side by side on the FED Restructuring
>>8592820 Richard Branson group snags $37M refi on Virgin Hotel Chicago
>>8592834 Large-Scale "Internet Rationing" Possible, Experts Warn
>>8592849 New POTUS EXTRA A
>>8592782 Unrest starting in China - Hubei Province
>>8592860 Washington Prepares For Healthcare Rationing, Prioritizing Healthy Young People
>>8592885, >>8592899, PF reports
>>8592888 Global Pandemic Response Handing Governments Sweeping Powers They May Never Relinquish
>>8592912 Alec Baldwin melting down
>>8592915 "If Getting Us Into $6 Trillion More Debt Doesn't Matter, Then Why Not $350 Trillion?" - Zerohedge
>>8592964, >>8593069 HOW TRUMP IS OWNING THE FED
>>8593051 POTUS hold his first cabinet meeting, surrounded by generals on 3-13-17. 1111 days ago from today, the day the FED is taken over by Patriots.
>>8593028 DJT says in tonights press conference that we were attacked like nothing that's happened possibly since 1917.
>>8593117 Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson Return To US After Quarantine
>>8593151, >>8593269 FLOWERS DIGGS Mini-Bun
>>8593191 A U.S. Navy hospital ship arrived at the Port of Los Angeles on Friday
>>8593212 There Is Now A Treasury Shortage
>>8593088 Conflict Of Interests Splits Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham Jihadists
>>8593314, >>8593334 Colour revolution, Purple Flowers = Purple Spring = Purple Revolution, clintons-and-soros-launch-america-purple-revolution
>>8593403 Translation: "Enjoy the show"
>>8593425 Trump appoints Jon Voight, Mike Huckabee as Kennedy Center trustees
>>8593430 Shot heard round the world?
>>8593438 1102
Previously Collected Notables
>>8592695 #11001,
>>8590379 #10998, >>8591173 #10999, >>8591913 #11000, >>8592695 #11001
>>8587207 #10994, >>8587981 #10995, >>8588822 #10996, >>8589592 #10997
>>8584172 #10990, >>8584879 #10991, >>8585754 #10992, >>8586439 #10993
Notables Thread #1, #8960-present: >>7003045
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com (new)
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384), https://8kun.top
#8594234 at 2020-03-28 03:26:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11004: April 6, 1917 Edition
Global Announcements
>>8579854, >>8580159 Make it easier on the bakers: how to write high-quality research posts
>>8363658 Iwo Jima flag on YouTube for TOR posting
Baker PSA: In light of recent flurry of global activity, anons are encouraged to archive offline
Notables
are not endorsements
11003
>>8593506 US DoD Orders Preparation of 'Destruction' Campaign Against 'Iranian-Backed Groups' in Iraq
>>8593546 Fox News Cuts Away from White House Coronavirus Task Force Briefing
>>8593567 WATCH thousands of Ukrainians swarm border to get back home ahead of coronavirus lockdown
>>8593543 SPADE 55 graphic
>>8593594, >>8593649 DJT Reissued/correct 65 delta
>>8593595 A screenshot from alleged footage of a counterattack by IDF against Hamas facilitites, 27-28 March, 2020
>>8593511 The speech that would get Donald Trump elected - never gets old
>>8593610 List Of Military Elite Purged And Fired Under Obama
>>8593632 Netanyahu Gives Himself Broad Phone Tapping Powers To Fight "Invisible Enemy" Coronavirus
>>8593683 New DJT
>>8593709 PF Reports
>>8593735 Jeff Bezos: Amazon Will Work with WHO to Fight Coronavirus Epidemic
>>8593818 Spec Ops Forces attend spiritual and moral resiliency course (Good vs. evil).
>>8593877 Alleged Maduro Co-Conspirator Is in DEA Custody
>>8593918, >>8593922, >>8594161 Apotex teams up with EU companies to distribute drug for people with excess IRON Fe, in their blood
>>8593938 Multiple sources tell @ABC Pres. Trump turned to former Yankee Alex Rodriguez for advice this week
>>8593848, >>8594078 German Federal Minister of Health: "It's still the calm before the storm"
>>8594017 U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper just authorized Virginia's request to fund the Virginia National Guard
>>8594035 Moar on The FED
>>8594039 POTUS Schedule for SATURDAY, March 28, 2020
>>8594090 Vaccine-derived virus interference was significantly associated with coronavirus
>>8594215 11003
11002
>>8592775 2 + 2 = 6? Qpost 3836
>>8592809 Side by side on the FED Restructuring
>>8592820 Richard Branson group snags $37M refi on Virgin Hotel Chicago
>>8592834 Large-Scale "Internet Rationing" Possible, Experts Warn
>>8592849 New POTUS EXTRA A
>>8592782 Unrest starting in China - Hubei Province
>>8592860 Washington Prepares For Healthcare Rationing, Prioritizing Healthy Young People
>>8592885, >>8592899, PF reports
>>8592888 Global Pandemic Response Handing Governments Sweeping Powers They May Never Relinquish
>>8592912 Alec Baldwin melting down
>>8592915 "If Getting Us Into $6 Trillion More Debt Doesn't Matter, Then Why Not $350 Trillion?" - Zerohedge
>>8592964, >>8593069 HOW TRUMP IS OWNING THE FED
>>8593051 POTUS hold his first cabinet meeting, surrounded by generals on 3-13-17. 1111 days ago from today, the day the FED is taken over by Patriots.
>>8593028 DJT says in tonights press conference that we were attacked like nothing that's happened possibly since 1917.
>>8593117 Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson Return To US After Quarantine
>>8593151, >>8593269 FLOWERS DIGGS Mini-Bun
>>8593191 A U.S. Navy hospital ship arrived at the Port of Los Angeles on Friday
>>8593212 There Is Now A Treasury Shortage
>>8593088 Conflict Of Interests Splits Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham Jihadists
>>8593314, >>8593334 Colour revolution, Purple Flowers = Purple Spring = Purple Revolution, clintons-and-soros-launch-america-purple-revolution
>>8593403 Translation: "Enjoy the show"
>>8593425 Trump appoints Jon Voight, Mike Huckabee as Kennedy Center trustees
>>8593430 Shot heard round the world?
>>8593438 1102
Previously Collected Notables
>>8592695 #11001,
>>8590379 #10998, >>8591173 #10999, >>8591913 #11000, >>8592695 #11001
>>8587207 #10994, >>8587981 #10995, >>8588822 #10996, >>8589592 #10997
>>8584172 #10990, >>8584879 #10991, >>8585754 #10992, >>8586439 #10993
Notables Thread #1, #8960-present: >>7003045
Notables Aggregators: https://wearethene.ws & https://qnotables.com (new)
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384), https://8kun.top
#8594215 at 2020-03-28 03:25:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11003: 2 + 2 = 6 Edition
NOTES FINALIZED
Notables
are not endorsements
11003
>>8593506 US DoD Orders Preparation of 'Destruction' Campaign Against 'Iranian-Backed Groups' in Iraq
>>8593546 Fox News Cuts Away from White House Coronavirus Task Force Briefing
>>8593567 WATCH thousands of Ukrainians swarm border to get back home ahead of coronavirus lockdown
>>8593543 SPADE 55 graphic
>>8593594, >>8593649 DJT Reissued/correct 65 delta
>>8593595 A screenshot from alleged footage of a counterattack by IDF against Hamas facilitites, 27-28 March, 2020
>>8593511 The speech that would get Donald Trump elected - never gets old
>>8593610 List Of Military Elite Purged And Fired Under Obama
>>8593632 Netanyahu Gives Himself Broad Phone Tapping Powers To Fight "Invisible Enemy" Coronavirus
>>8593683 New DJT
>>8593709 PF Reports
>>8593735 Jeff Bezos: Amazon Will Work with WHO to Fight Coronavirus Epidemic
>>8593818 Spec Ops Forces attend spiritual and moral resiliency course (Good vs. evil).
>>8593877 Alleged Maduro Co-Conspirator Is in DEA Custody
>>8593918, >>8593922, >>8594161 Apotex teams up with EU companies to distribute drug for people with excess IRON Fe, in their blood
>>8593938 Multiple sources tell @ABC Pres. Trump turned to former Yankee Alex Rodriguez for advice this week
>>8593848, >>8594078 German Federal Minister of Health: "It's still the calm before the storm"
>>8594017 U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper just authorized Virginia's request to fund the Virginia National Guard
>>8594035 Moar on The FED
>>8594039 POTUS Schedule for SATURDAY, March 28, 2020
>>8594090 Vaccine-derived virus interference was significantly associated with coronavirus
#8594167 at 2020-03-28 03:21:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11003: 2 + 2 = 6 Edition
'We will prevail': Trump campaign releases ad with Democrats praising handling of coronavirus pandemic
The Trump reelection campaign shared an ad with prominent Democrats and media personalities praising the president's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. President Trump shared the video to his YouTube account on Friday, titling the video "Hope." "In times of struggle, we see the true greatness of the American character. Americans from all walks of life are rallying together to defeat the unseen enemy," the ad begins with reMarks from Trump.
The video then parses moments of praise from members of the administration, including White House coronavirus task force official Anthony Fauci and Defense Secretary Mark Esper, as well as Democratic governors and media pundits. "He said everything that I could've hoped for," California Gov. Gavin Newsom says in the video. "I can tell you the actions he has taken. His team has been on it," also says New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The ad also shows CNN correspondent Dana Bash and MSNBC host Joe Scarborough seemingly praising Trump at different points during the coronavirus pandemic. "He is being the kind of leader that people need," Bash is shown saying. "He did what a president is supposed to do," Scarborough says. More than 591,000 people have tested positive for the coronavirus globally. Of those, at least 26,900 have died from it, and more than 130,900 have recovered. The United States has seen at least 101,000 confirmed cases, with more than 1,500 deaths and 869 reported recoveries.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/we-will-prevail-trump-campaign-releases-ad-with-democrats-praising-handling-of-coronavirus-pandemic
#8594084 at 2020-03-28 03:14:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11003: 2 + 2 = 6 Edition
LAST CALL
11003
>>8593506 US DoD Orders Preparation of 'Destruction' Campaign Against 'Iranian-Backed Groups' in Iraq
>>8593546 Fox News Cuts Away from White House Coronavirus Task Force Briefing
>>8593567 WATCH thousands of Ukrainians swarm border to get back home ahead of coronavirus lockdown
>>8593543 SPADE 55 graphic
>>8593594, >>8593649 DJT Reissued/correct 65 delta
>>8593595 A screenshot from alleged footage of a counterattack by IDF against Hamas facilitites, 27-28 March, 2020
>>8593511 The speech that would get Donald Trump elected - never gets old
>>8593610 List Of Military Elite Purged And Fired Under Obama
>>8593632 Netanyahu Gives Himself Broad Phone Tapping Powers To Fight "Invisible Enemy" Coronavirus
>>8593683 New DJT
>>8593709 PF Reports
>>8593735 Jeff Bezos: Amazon Will Work with WHO to Fight Coronavirus Epidemic
>>8593818 Spec Ops Forces attend spiritual and moral resiliency course (Good vs. evil).
>>8593877 Alleged Maduro Co-Conspirator Is in DEA Custody
>>8593918, >>8593922 Apotex teams up with EU companies to distribute drug for people with excess IRON Fe, in their blood
>>8593938 Multiple sources tell @ABC Pres. Trump turned to former Yankee Alex Rodriguez for advice this week
>>8593848 German Federal Minister of Health: "It's still the calm before the storm"
>>8594017 U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper just authorized Virginia's request to fund the Virginia National Guard
>>8594035 Moar on The FED
>>8594039 POTUS Schedule for SATRUDAY, March 28, 2020
WHAT'S MISSING?
#8594017 at 2020-03-28 03:08:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11003: 2 + 2 = 6 Edition
U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper just authorized Virginia's request to fund the Virginia National Guard to help save lives and protect public health. We are grateful for this support from the federal government and our representatives in Washington-together we will defeat #COVID19.
#8587886 at 2020-03-27 19:21:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10995: Deep State Needs Some Hugs Edition
Gov. Lujan Grisham seeks deployment of Army hospital to N.M.
SANTA FE - Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has formally requested that the U.S. Defense Department deploy a staffed 248-bed U.S. Army combat support hospital (CSH) to Albuquerque as a proactive measure intended to enhance the state's treatment capacity.
"This CSH is urgently needed to support the State of New Mexico's ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which threatens to overwhelm our existing medical treatment facilities and resources," Lujan Grisham wrote Wednesday in a letter to Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
The governor made the request under a federal law that authorizes the U.S. government to provide states with emergency medical assistance.
Lujan Grisham asked that the hospital be placed under the operational control of Brigadier General Michele K. LaMontagne of the New Mexico National Guard.
The governor's request that the hospital be deployed to Albuquerque is part of a comprehensive state response to the COVID-19 health and economic crisis. That response has included stay-at-home instructions and other efforts to prevent spread of the disease, as well as assistance for unemployed workers and distressed businesses.
https://cv.nmhealth.org/2020/03/26/gov-lujan-grisham-seeks-deployment-of-army-hospital-to-n-m/
#8586184 at 2020-03-27 16:48:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10993: Polls Are Good For Potus Edition
After Navy reveals US supercarrier sidelined by coronavirus, defense secretary orders lid on 'mission-specific information'
SUPERCARRIER SIDELINED: First, there were three sailors medevaced from the USS Theodore Roosevelt after testing positive for the coronavirus. Then, five more crew members were flown off the ship as it plied the waters of the Pacific. More than a dozen other sailors were put in isolation. And now, all 5,000 sailors on board will be tested as the massive supercarrier sits pierside in Guam, in what the Navy says was a "previously scheduled port visit."
"We are taking this threat very seriously and are working quickly to identify and isolate positive cases while preventing further spread of the virus aboard the ship," said acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly. "No sailors have been hospitalized or are seriously ill."
The Navy has not identified the source of the initial infections, but the sailors began to show symptoms after the ship made a port call in Da Nang, Vietnam, earlier this month.
LOOSE LIPS: The Navy insists that, if needed, the Roosevelt could be quickly deployed, once infected sailors are removed for quarantine. "We are confident that our aggressive response will keep USS Theodore Roosevelt able to respond to any crisis in the region," Modly said in a statement.
But Defense Secretary Mark Esper is apparently concerned that, in its zeal to be transparent with the American public, the U.S. military may be providing too much intelligence about the state of readiness of U.S. forces around the world. For instance, the United States might not want to broadcast that its most powerful maritime asset in the Pacific is currently, even if only temporarily, sidelined by a viral infection.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/after-navy-reveals-us-supercarrier-sidelined-by-coronavirus-defense-secretary-orders-lid-on-mission-specific-information?utm_source=whatfinger
#8574614 at 2020-03-26 18:51:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10978: Moar From Q Pond Hopping Edition
>https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/coronavirus/pentagon-starting-mythbusters-page-debunk-false-rumors-martial-law
Pentagon starting 'Mythbusters' page to debunk false rumors of martial law
Defense Department aims to stamp out false stories about military takeovers and other misinformation, Esper says
The Pentagon will set up a "Mythbusters" web page to debunk false stories about military takeovers during the COVID-19 pandemic, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday.
"There is no talk of martial law, no talk of quarantine" roles for the American military, Esper said; and yet, rumors to that nature are so persistent that the Pentagon plans to counter them aggressively.
Esper made his reMarks Tuesday afternoon during a live streamed "virtual town hall" meeting for service members, their families, and civilian workers and contractors. Esper was joined on the panel by U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and by Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman, Ramon "CZ" Colon-Lopez.
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"There are multiple sources of disinformation" about how the Pentagon will act during the pandemic, Esper said. The most prevalent rumors are that the military will take over the country during martial law, and that soldiers will enforce a mandatory quarantine. Both scenarios are false, the defense chief said.
The web-based "Mythbusters" page will go online as early as Wednesday, Esper said. Web designers hope to include a portal for viewers to submit rumors and ask that they be verified or debunked.
In the meantime, Milley advised, service members who want accurate information should turn to their own commanders.
"We need to listen closely and rely on the chain of command," Milley said.
- Susan Katz Keating
#8572609 at 2020-03-26 16:50:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10976: Who's Flying This Bitch Anywho? Edition
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said only a general update on cases in the military will now be made public
It comes as 280 service members have now tested positive, a jump in 53 cases in one day
A further 81 civilian employees, 67 dependents and 40 contractors have tested positive
Esper claims releasing information would put troops at risk
He has banned troop movement overseas for 60 days including the return on troops from Afghanistan as promised in a peace deal with the Taliban
The freeze will affect 90,000 service members
The majority of the coronavirus cases in the military are based at home where forces have been deployed to the front lines of the growing crisis
#8567232 at 2020-03-26 03:09:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10969: Night Shift The Bright Shift Edition
US military confirms 1st Covid-19 case INSIDE Pentagon after Marine tests positive
A US Marine has become the first confirmed carrier of the coronavirus within the Pentagon's walls, with the US military announcing that a serviceman has gone into self-isolation after testing positive this week.
The officer's test for Covid-19 came back positive earlier this week, Captain Monica Witt, a spokesman for the US Marine Corps, confirmed Wednesday, according to Defense One.
The Marine is believed to have contracted the deadly illness sweeping through all 50 American states from his spouse, who was displaying flu-like symptoms. Assigned to the plans, policy and operations office of the Marine Corps headquarters, the officer last set foot into the Pentagon building on March 13, and has since been in self-isolation awaiting the outcome of his test.
Once he started feeling unwell himself, the Marine "contacted his assigned medical facility," Witt said, noting that the infected officer's workplace has been disinfected.
A "thorough" investigation was launched to determine the officer's recent contacts, as he could have unwittingly exposed others to the virus that has already infected over 66,000 people in the US alone.
While the Marine has become the first known coronavirus case permeating the US Defense Department's HQ, it might not be the last, since several other staffers have yet to receive their results.
One of those Covid-19 suspects is an employee of the Pentagon's National Military Command Centre - frequently referred to as the 'war room' - from where a nuclear strike can be launched, among other things.
Earlier this week, Defense Secretary Mark Esper further restricted access to the Pentagon building, raising its health protection status to the second highest level. Although the flow of people into the cornerstone of the US defense complex has dwindled, Defense One reported that some 30 percent of its employees still show up to work, citing an internal briefing.
The US military has sounded the alarm over the rapid spread of the virus and its potential to undermine combat readiness. The viral threat has already brought most US overseas operations to a standstill, with Esper ordering all American troops to halt all travel for up to 60 days on Wednesday, except in Afghanistan, where the drawdown of the US contingent continues.
The pandemic also dealt a heavy blow to NATO's 'Defender Europe 2020' war games exercise, which was supposed to feature some 20,000 American soldiers, with the bulk of the exercise set for April and May.
While the drill was not called off altogether, US participation was cut "drastically" and the exercise itself - once touted as the biggest transfer of US soldiers to Europe in over 25 years - has been scaled back significantly.
https://www.rt.com/usa/484117-pentagon-coronavirus-case-first/
#8567176 at 2020-03-26 03:04:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10969: Night Shift The Bright Shift Edition
SecDef Offers Sparse Details on American Woman Recovered in Secretive Military Op
The U.S. military conducted an operation to bring home an American woman who had been the victim of a violent crime in Honduras, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday.
Esper was deliberately vague on the details, but said, "We had a young lady, a young American, who was the victim of a violent crime in Honduras, I believe. She has been returned to the United States."
He did not say when or how the woman was brought out safely from Honduras, which has closed its borders during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
"Out of respect for her and her family, for her privacy, we'll just leave it at that," Esper added at a Pentagon briefing.
He noted that the military last Friday flew home an American women's tackle football team, which had been in Honduras for a competition that was canceled because of the coronavirus threat.
Related: American Woman Rescued in Secretive Military Op, Trump Says
U.S. Southern Command said in a Twitter post that two Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft returned the football team to Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, but it was unclear whether the crime victim was on one of those flights.
Esper spoke a day after President Donald Trump at a White House news conference said the woman had been "horribly treated" and appeared to indicate that a dramatic rescue may have been involved in her return to the U.S.
"We were able to get a young woman released from a certain area who was being horribly accosted, horribly treated," the president added.
Trump said that Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley "took care of it. We went in and we got her out, but that was rough stuff." He thanked Milley "and all the people involved and people who went in to get her," but did not say whether the woman had been held hostage.
Following the late Sunday White House news conference, Pentagon officials and Milley's office declined comment and referred questions to the White House.
The return of the woman and the football team underline the plight of thousands of American tourists and students who have been stranded overseas by the closing of borders by the U.S. and other countries hit by the outbreak.
Some of the stranded citizens have posted Facebook pages such as "Americans Stuck in Peru" and "American Citizens Stranded In Guatemala."
On Sunday, the State Department said that two flights had been chartered to bring Americans out of Guatemala and could possibly arrive Monday.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/03/23/secdef-offers-sparse-details-american-woman-recovered-secretive-military-op.html
#8567015 at 2020-03-26 02:48:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10968: Silent Wars Edition
SecDef Offers Sparse Details on American Woman Recovered in Secretive Military Op
The U.S. military conducted an operation to bring home an American woman who had been the victim of a violent crime in Honduras, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday.
Esper was deliberately vague on the details, but said, "We had a young lady, a young American, who was the victim of a violent crime in Honduras, I believe. She has been returned to the United States."
He did not say when or how the woman was brought out safely from Honduras, which has closed its borders during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
"Out of respect for her and her family, for her privacy, we'll just leave it at that," Esper added at a Pentagon briefing.
He noted that the military last Friday flew home an American women's tackle football team, which had been in Honduras for a competition that was canceled because of the coronavirus threat.
U.S. Southern Command said in a Twitter post that two Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft returned the football team to Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, but it was unclear whether the crime victim was on one of those flights.
Esper spoke a day after President Donald Trump at a White House news conference said the woman had been "horribly treated" and appeared to indicate that a dramatic rescue may have been involved in her return to the U.S.
"We were able to get a young woman released from a certain area who was being horribly accosted, horribly treated," the president added.
Trump said that Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley "took care of it. We went in and we got her out, but that was rough stuff." He thanked Milley "and all the people involved and people who went in to get her," but did not say whether the woman had been held hostage.
Following the late Sunday White House news conference, Pentagon officials and Milley's office declined comment and referred questions to the White House.
The return of the woman and the football team underline the plight of thousands of American tourists and students who have been stranded overseas by the closing of borders by the U.S. and other countries hit by the outbreak.
Some of the stranded citizens have posted Facebook pages such as "Americans Stuck in Peru" and "American Citizens Stranded In Guatemala."
On Sunday, the State Department said that two flights had been chartered to bring Americans out of Guatemala and could possibly arrive Monday.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/03/23/secdef-offers-sparse-details-american-woman-recovered-secretive-military-op.html
#8545193 at 2020-03-24 13:34:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10940: Anons United Amidst Battle Edition
>>8545149
>>8545027
>>8545035
anons opine on guatamala rescue.
SecDef Offers Sparse Details on American Woman Recovered in Secretive Military Op
The U.S. military conducted an operation to bring home an American woman who had been the victim of a violent crime in Honduras, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday.
Esper was deliberately vague on the details, but said, "We had a young lady, a young American, who was the victim of a violent crime in Honduras, I believe. She has been returned to the United States."
He did not say when or how the woman was brought out safely from Honduras, which has closed its borders during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
"Out of respect for her and her family, for her privacy, we'll just leave it at that," Esper added at a Pentagon briefing.
He noted that the military last Friday flew home an American women's tackle football team, which had been in Honduras for a competition that was canceled because of the coronavirus threat.
U.S. Southern Command said in a Twitter post that two Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft returned the football team to Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, but it was unclear whether the crime victim was on one of those flights.
Esper spoke a day after President Donald Trump at a White House news conference said the woman had been "horribly treated" and appeared to indicate that a dramatic rescue may have been involved in her return to the U.S.
"We were able to get a young woman released from a certain area who was being horribly accosted, horribly treated," the president added.
Trump said that Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley "took care of it. We went in and we got her out, but that was rough stuff." He thanked Milley "and all the people involved and people who went in to get her," but did not say whether the woman had been held hostage.
Following the late Sunday White House news conference, Pentagon officials and Milley's office declined comment and referred questions to the White House.
The return of the woman and the football team underline the plight of thousands of American tourists and students who have been stranded overseas by the closing of borders by the U.S. and other countries hit by the outbreak.
Some of the stranded citizens have posted Facebook pages such as "Americans Stuck in Peru" and "American Citizens Stranded In Guatemala."
On Sunday, the State Department said that two flights had been chartered to bring Americans out of Guatemala and could possibly arrive Monday.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/03/23/secdef-offers-sparse-details-american-woman-recovered-secretive-military-op.html
#8537447 at 2020-03-23 23:09:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10930: American Grit Edition
>>8537394
March cont
March 16: President Trump:
👉Held a tele-conference with governors to discuss coronavirus preparedness and response
👉Participated in a call with G7 leaders who committed to increasing coordination in response to the coronavirus and restoring global economic confidence
👉Announced that the first potential vaccine for coronavirus has entered a phase one trial in a record amount of time
👉Announced "15 days to slow the spread" coronavirus guidance
March 16: The FDA announced empowering states to authorize tests developed and used by labs in their states.
Asst. Secretary for Health confirmed the availability of 1 million coronavirus tests, and projected 2 million tests available the next week and 5 million the following
March 17: President Trump announced:
👉CMS expands tele-health benefits for Medicare beneficiaries
👉Relevant Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act penalties will not be enforced
👉The Army Corps of Engineers is on "standby" to assist federal & state govts
March 17: President Trump spoke to fast food executives from Wendy's, McDonald's and Burger King to discuss drive-thru services recommended by CDC
March 17: Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin met with lawmakers to discuss stimulus measures to relieve the economic burden of coronavirus on certain industries, businesses, and American workers
March 17: Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a partnership between USDA, Baylor University, McLane Global, and Pepsi Co. to provide one million meals per weak to rural children in response to widespread school closures
March 17: The Treasury Department:
👉Contributed $10bil through the economic stabilization fund to the Federal Reserve's commercial paper funding facility
👉Deferred $300 billion in tax payments for 90 days without penalty, up to $1mil for individuals & $10mil for business
March 17: The Department of Defense announced it will make available to HHS up to five million respirator masks and 2,000 ventilators
March 18: President Trump announced:
👉Temporary closure of the U.S.-Canada border to non-essential traffic
👉Plans to invoke the Defense Production Act in order to increase the number of necessary supplies needed to combat coronavirus
👉FEMA has been activated in every region at its highest level of response
👉The U.S. Navy will deploy USNS Comfort and USNS Mercy hospital ships
👉All foreclosures and evictions will be suspended for a period of time
March 18: Secretary of Defense Mark Esper confirmed:
👉 1 million masks are now immediately available
👉 The Army Corps of Engineers is in NY consulting on how to best assist state officials
March 18: HHS temporarily suspended a regulation that prevents doctors from practicing across state lines
March 18: President Trump spoke to:
👉Doctors, physicians, and nurses on the front lines containing the spread of coronavirus
👉130 CEOs of the Business Roundtable to discuss on-going public-private partnerships in response to the coronavirus pandemic
March 19: President Trump Announced:
👉Very encouraging progress shown by anti-malaria drug Hydroxychloroquine for fighting coronavirus
👉Carnival Cruise Lines will make ships available for use as hospitals in impacted areas to use for non-coronavirus patients
March 19: Vice President Pence announced tens of thousands of ventilators have been identified that can be converted to treat patients
The State Department issued a global level 4 health advisory, telling Americans to avoid all international travel due to coronavirus
March 19: President Trump directed FEMA to take the lead on the Federal Government's coronavirus response & visited FEMA HQ with Vice President Pence for a video call with Governors
#8499671 at 2020-03-21 09:10:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10883: PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A GREAT MAN Edition
Duterte aligns Philippines with China, says U.S. has lost
Ben Blanchard
7 Min Read
BEIJING (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced his "separation" from the United States on Thursday, declaring he had realigned with China as the two agreed to resolve their South China Sea dispute through talks.
Duterte made his comments in Beijing, where he is visiting with at least 200 business people to pave the way for what he calls a new commercial alliance as relations with longtime ally Washington deteriorate.
"In this venue, your honors, in this venue, I announce my separation from the United States," Duterte told Chinese and Philippine business people, to applause, at a forum in the Great Hall of the People attended by Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli.
"Both in military, not maybe social, but economics also. America has lost."
Duterte's efforts to engage China, months after a tribunal in the Hague ruled that Beijing did not have historic rights to the South China Sea in a case brought by the previous administration in Manila, Marks a reversal in foreign policy since the 71-year-old former mayor took office on June 30.
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Duterte Terminates U.S. Defense Pact, Pleasing Trump but Few Others
Ending the Visiting Forces Agreement between the Philippines and the United States is a deeply unpopular move.
By Nick Aspinwall | February 14, 2020, 3:01 PM
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during a press conference at Malacanang Palace in Manila on Nov. 19, 2019. Ted Aljibe/AFP via Getty Images
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte decided on Tuesday to end a long-standing defense agreement with the United States, signaling a major break in a U.S.-Philippines military alliance that the United States has long seen as essential to countering the rise of China.
The Philippine president officially filed to terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), which gives U.S. troops a legal basis to be present for bilateral exercises in the country, after he had threatened for weeks to end the 21-year-old agreement. Duterte's threats began after Ronald dela Rosa, a senator and former police chief who oversaw the Philippines' deadly drug war at its peak, saw his U.S. visa canceled.
U.S. President Donald Trump shrugged off the move, saying it will "save a lot of money" for the United States. But defense officials and analysts in both countries expressed grave concern the termination would fuel Beijing's aggressive position in the South China Sea, where it asserts sovereignty over areas claimed by other countries, including the Philippines.
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday that ending the defense pact was a "move in the wrong direction," away from American goals to contain Chinese regional expansionism, while two senior officers in the Armed Forces of the Philippines told Rappler the move is unpopular within the military, with one general calling it "disadvantageous."
#8499664 at 2020-03-21 09:08:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10883: PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A GREAT MAN Edition
Why does JW want to change his citizenship?
Duterte aligns Philippines with China, says U.S. has lost
Ben Blanchard
7 Min Read
BEIJING (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced his "separation" from the United States on Thursday, declaring he had realigned with China as the two agreed to resolve their South China Sea dispute through talks.
Duterte made his comments in Beijing, where he is visiting with at least 200 business people to pave the way for what he calls a new commercial alliance as relations with longtime ally Washington deteriorate.
"In this venue, your honors, in this venue, I announce my separation from the United States," Duterte told Chinese and Philippine business people, to applause, at a forum in the Great Hall of the People attended by Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli.
"Both in military, not maybe social, but economics also. America has lost."
Duterte's efforts to engage China, months after a tribunal in the Hague ruled that Beijing did not have historic rights to the South China Sea in a case brought by the previous administration in Manila, Marks a reversal in foreign policy since the 71-year-old former mayor took office on June 30.
Duterte Terminates U.S. Defense Pact, Pleasing Trump but Few Others
Ending the Visiting Forces Agreement between the Philippines and the United States is a deeply unpopular move.
By Nick Aspinwall | February 14, 2020, 3:01 PM
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during a press conference at Malacanang Palace in Manila on Nov. 19, 2019. Ted Aljibe/AFP via Getty Images
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte decided on Tuesday to end a long-standing defense agreement with the United States, signaling a major break in a U.S.-Philippines military alliance that the United States has long seen as essential to countering the rise of China.
The Philippine president officially filed to terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), which gives U.S. troops a legal basis to be present for bilateral exercises in the country, after he had threatened for weeks to end the 21-year-old agreement. Duterte's threats began after Ronald dela Rosa, a senator and former police chief who oversaw the Philippines' deadly drug war at its peak, saw his U.S. visa canceled.
U.S. President Donald Trump shrugged off the move, saying it will "save a lot of money" for the United States. But defense officials and analysts in both countries expressed grave concern the termination would fuel Beijing's aggressive position in the South China Sea, where it asserts sovereignty over areas claimed by other countries, including the Philippines.
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday that ending the defense pact was a "move in the wrong direction," away from American goals to contain Chinese regional expansionism, while two senior officers in the Armed Forces of the Philippines told Rappler the move is unpopular within the military, with one general calling it "disadvantageous."
#8496684 at 2020-03-21 02:31:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10879: Night Shift Intensifies Edition
The Latest: 4,000 US National Guard reservists in 31 states, 3/20/20
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Mark Esper says more than 4,000 National Guard reservists have been deployed in 31 states to help battle the coronavirus.
Esper told Fox News that the Army Corps of Engineers were in New York three days ago working to help identify sites, such as college dorms or hotels, that it could renovate for hospital beds. Esper says the military also is preparing Army units to assemble field hospitals.
Esper, who has spoken with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, says the Comfort hospital ship will be in New York. He says the Mercy hospital ship will be deployed early next week on the West Coast.
He adds 67 U.S. service members are infected with coronavirus and that 1,500 Americans are quarantined on four U.S. bases in an effort to lighten the burden on the nation's civilian medical facilities.
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2020/mar/20/the-latest-4000-us-national-guard-reservists-in-31/
#8481984 at 2020-03-20 00:35:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10859: Really, DS? REALLY, CABAL? All your comms are belong to us WE ARE Q! Edit
>>8481952
PBS newshour just interrogated Mark Esper over a news report of supposed drill connected to this pandemic.
#8477603 at 2020-03-19 18:19:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10854: Weapons of Mass Deception On Notice Edition
>>8477560
Anon not everyone goes to twatter.
Helpful to fellow Anons to also include links in twats.
CSAF letter to commanders
https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2117749/csaf-letter-to-commanders/
Wing Commanders (and Civilian Equivalents),
Every one of you is dealing with the COVID-19 virus and the latest movement restrictions directed by Defense Secretary Mark Esper. Many of you will likely have an individual on your base or in your community who will test positive for the virus in the weeks ahead. In addition, you are dealing with daily closures of schools, child development centers and the challenge of staying connected with local community leaders, health agencies and state governance. Every day brings new challenges and opportunities and no situation presents a one-size-fits-all approach. You must tailor your response to fit your community situation. This is especially true in our Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve where Airmen and families are not co-located with a main operating base.
Commanding your wings when things are going well is a pleasure ... but rarely remembered. Commanding during a crisis is an opportunity of a lifetime for you, your Chief and your Spouse (or volunteer lead spouse) to rise to the occasion and lead through the storm. This is a time that will be remembered by all. Having commanded during a number of similar crises, I wanted to offer a few thoughts for your consideration. They are not all inclusive nor are they a checklist. Take them as intended ... advice from your CSAF, as you lead your wing with confidence, poise and purpose.
Success begins and ends with your Squadron Commander cadre. You and your Group Commanders must arm them with commander's intent and information if your wing is to succeed. They must maintain 100% contact with the Airmen and families entrusted to your care. Information flow is key and you can only do so much. Arm them and support them and you will set the conditions to win. Try to do everything at your level and you will have someone fall through the cracks. Provide your commander's intent and then step back as they execute.
Set proper expectations. Your Airmen and families will appreciate candor, not coddling. We don't know when this will end. We don't know a lot. Don't make things up. Tell them what you do know and share what you don't. Not your job to fix this. Your job is to lead.
This is when you make your money as a commander. The organization is going to ride on your calm, cool, collected and measured, while intense, approach to the crisis. If you are frazzled and all over the map, you are part of the problem. If you are the adult in the room that provides direction but empowers your subordinate leaders to take action, you win. Your wing will remember this time and how you responded for the remainder of your tour and beyond.
Your Vice can focus down and in, according to your stated commander's intent. You need to be up and out with local community leaders, state leadership and health agencies. They are facing similar challenges. Where possible, you should build on the relationships already established to band together as one team. Our families live, work and play in the community. Now's the time to work closely with Mayors, the Governor, and Inter-Agency teams to weather the storm. You are stronger together.
You must take care of yourself so you can take care of others. Doesn't do us any good if you work 14 hour days and then catch the virus or go down for the count. Show the way by your strict adherence to the CDC ROE and demand your leadership team do the same. We're in this for a few months, maybe longer ... nobody knows. Get your personal OPTEMPO right so you can lead by example and have the physical and mental fitness to endure.
That's enough for this APAN. We've established a website just for you with the most up-to-date information and shared lessons from your teammates. I highly encourage aggressive cross-talk across wings regardless of component or MAJCOM. Like you, I've never met a good idea I didn't want to steal. Our CAT team has the stick here under the A3, Lt Gen Mark Kelly. Let's keep the comm lines wide open.
This crisis affords you an unprecedented opportunity to show your wing what leadership in a crisis looks like. It is your command team (commander + senior NCO + volunteer lead spouse) taking charge and showing calm, steady, proactive leadership. It is you and your Group Commanders empowering your Squadron Commander cadre to take care of the Airmen and families entrusted to their care. We completely trust you and appreciate your leadership during this difficult time. COVID-19 is a worthy adversary. We must take it head on at every echelon of command.
Fight's on!
Gen. David L Goldfein,
USAF Chief of Staff
#8470673 at 2020-03-19 02:43:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10845: United And Strong Edition
The U.S. Air Force Makes a Heroic Coronavirus Airlift Across the Atlantic
The U.S. Air Force just flew 500,000 coronavirus test swabs from Italy to Tennessee, the Pentagon announced. The shipment is said to be the first of many such flights, as the military pitches in to help with the coronavirus outbreak. The mission, using a C-17 cargo plane, originated in Aviano, Italy, and landed in Memphis, Tenn., early Tuesday morning. The test swabs will be assembled with the rest of the COVID-19 test kits and flown across the country, says Air Force Brig. Gen. Dr. Paul Friedrichs, the Joint Staff surgeon.
Defense One: "There's multiple parts to testing," Air Force Brig. Gen. Dr. Paul Friedrichs, the Joint Staff surgeon, said at the same briefing. "The first is the swabs that are used to collect the sample from the individual who's being tested, then there's a liquid ... that you put the swab into. That's what composed what we brought over from Italy." These types of swabs are made by companies in the U.S. and overseas, he said. "This is a great example of how nations are working together to ensure that we're meeting the global demand," Friedrichs said.
Some lawmakers were asking the president to use the military in the crisis. But Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in a press conference, "We want to be the last resort" when it comes to fighting the pandemic. What the military can do, is ship badly-needed supplies to "hot zones" where COVID-19 has broken out. Defense One: The Defense Department will immediately release 1 million N95 respirator masks to the Department of Health & Human Services, or HHS, and may eventually provide eventually up to 5 million, Esper said at the Pentagon on Tuesday. The department is also ready to provide some 2,000 room ventilators and is considering activating National Guard and Reserve units to help with the nationwide response. Exactly what those units would be called to do, however, remains unclear. The secretary urged state and local officials to seek their own solutions first. "In some ways, we want to be the last resort," Esper said. Those supplies will be released by DHS and HHS on an as-needed basis.
There's a reason the swabs were flown to Memphis. Gen. Dave Goldfein, the Air Force chief of staff, confirmed that military cargo planes were moving coronavirus testing kits, but did not give specific details during a Wednesday briefing at the Pentagon. The general acknowledged that "we've just made a pretty significant movement into Memphis." The mission was flown by a C-17 cargo plane using the call "Reach 911," which landed early Tuesday morning at Memphis International Airport, a major FedEx hub. Shipping the kits to Memphis allows them to be quickly transferred to commercial aircraft and distributed around the country, according to people familiar with the mission. Esper was echoing the president when he said there wasn't that much the military could do during the crisis. But whatever can be done, they will do.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/u-s-air-force-flew-half-a-million-coronavirus-test-swabs-from-italy-to-tennessee/
#8458071 at 2020-03-18 03:50:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10829: Can you rely on being able to board a plane and fly away? Edition
U.S. military begins mobilizing medical assistance for civilians, including 5 million respirators
'The Navy also will prepare floating hospital ships for potential deployment.'
The U.S. military on Tuesday rushed into action to fight the coronavirus, preparing its floating ship hospitals for possible civilian use, offering up its labs for testing and unleashing as many as 5 million badly needed respirator masks from its stockpiles. Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced the Pentagon's plan as the number of cases and deaths across America crept higher and the government put its full resources toward slowing the spread of the virus. "First, the Department of Defense will make available up to 5 million N95 respirator masks and other personal protective equipment from our own strategic reserves to the Department of Health and Human Services for distribution," Esper explained in his announcement. "Next, we are prepared to distribute to HHS up to 2,000 deployable ventilators for use as needed," he said. "These machines are different from their civilian equivalents and require special training to operate, but we are committed to supporting HHS's requirements in any way we can." "Third, the Department has made our 14 certified coronavirus testing labs available to test non-DOD personnel as well, and we will soon offer two additional labs for that purpose." "Finally, we are considering activating National Guard and Reserve units to assist states with planning, logistics and medical support as needed."
The USNS Mercy and the USNS Comfort hospital ships could be deployed to provide medical care to help relieve hospitals. Esper said the ships could service trauma cases in order to free up space at hospitals for people with infectious diseases.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/health/us-military-lend-medical-assistance-nation-confronts-coronavirus
#8454455 at 2020-03-17 22:36:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10824: The Deeper We Go...... Edition
>>8454285
Mark Esper: "I am sick."
#8454285 at 2020-03-17 22:23:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10824: The Deeper We Go...... Edition
SORRY GUISE - Mark Esper SAID ONLY 18 STATES
Sauce - BRET BAIER show Interview with Esper just now.
NOT A CORRECT DECODE
COMPLETE JUNK AKSHOOLEE
#8451326 at 2020-03-17 18:04:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10820: Who Is The Badest MoFo on the Planet? Edition
PENTAGON DEFENSE secretary TO QUARANTINE
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Just in: Pentagon will physically separate Defense Secretary Mark Esper & US military's top officer Gen. Mark Milley amid the coronavirus outbreaks, Chief DoD spox Jonathan Hoffman says. Staffs will communicate via teleconference. DoD will screen those who go into Esper's suite
https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/pentagon-defense-secretary-to-quarantine/
#8432765 at 2020-03-16 03:32:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10796: Sunday Evening Edition
'Florida could be back in the running to host Space Command headquarters'
Florida could be back in the running to host the headquarters of U.S. Space Command after the Air Force announced last week a decision to re-open the selection process. Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett told the House Armed Services Committee last Wednesday of the decision to open applications, seeming to invalidate a shortlist released last year delineating the six locations - four in Colorado, one in Californiaand one in Alabama - that were finalists to host the headquarters of the nation's 11th combatant command. The recently formed command would coordinate space-related military activities across branches of service.
Florida, like other locations across the country, had prepared an aggressive campaign to snag the headquarters, despite Colorado's position as the clear front runner. The current Air Force Space Command is based in Colorado Springs. "We have the workforce, we have the infrastructure, we have the history of space launches and space exploration," said Rep. Michael Waltz, R-St. Augustine, who has led much of the push in Congress. "Florida will be at the tip of the spear of the 21st century space race and I couldn't be more excited to make our case." In May, Florida leaders said they were "misled" about the process for the headquarters selection following the release of the shortlist. But Space Florida, the state's spaceport authority, has continued to meet with military communities and installations across the state. Space Florida also hired a consultant for about $200,000 to aid in those efforts and has been working to develop a strong proposal outlining why the state would be a good location for the future command.
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said at a Senate Armed Services Committee meeting last week that the decision to reopen the competition was made by him because of complaints from members of Congress that the previous process had not been fair and transparent enough. The Air Force is expected to release its set of guidelines for what states need to include in their proposals by the spring. A decision on the new command location could come at the end of the year or in early 2021.
Florida is already home to three other combatant commands, Southern Command near Miami, and Central Command and Special Operations Command in Tampa. It also has a robust military community and is home to Kennedy Space Center, Patrick Air Force Base and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station - soon to be renamed to Patrick Space Force Base and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
It's clear why Florida would want Space Command, said Space Florida's Dale Ketcham. The Pentagon has estimated it would cost about $84 million to set up the unit, which would be comprised of about 1,200 personnel. Space Florida has not performed an economic estimate on the potential impact of basing the command in the state. "We know it's something we want that would be of real value based on existing combatant command," said Ketcham, who is Space Florida's vice president of government and external relations.
But one of its biggest selling points, he said, will likely be large presence of commercial space in Florida. SpaceX, Blue Origin and Boeing are all increasing their operational footprints on the Space Coast. "I think there is a growing recognition that national security requirements in space will want to rely increasingly on the commercial space Marketplace to meet those requirements," Ketcham said, "and nowhere is that commercial space Marketplace growing more vibrantly and aggressively than here in Florida."
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/03/florida-could-be-back-in-the-running-to-host-space-command-headquarters/
#8420273 at 2020-03-15 02:57:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10780: DS Running For COV[er]ID-19 Death Blossom Edition
Barrage of rockets hit Iraqi base holding US troops: Report
A series of rockets were launched at an Iraqi base housing U.S. personnel on Saturday. The Associated Press reported that at least 25 rockets hit Camp Taji, which was attacked by an Iranian-backed militia group on Wednesday, at around 11 a.m., wounding three coalition members and two Iraqi officials. Iraqi security forces have reportedly made arrests for the attack. Jonathan Hoffman, the chief spokesman for the Pentagon, later told the Associated Press that three American service members were also wounded in the attack. Two were reportedly "seriously wounded" and are currently hospitalized. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper echoed statements he made last week in response, saying, "You cannot attack and wound American service members and get away with it. We will hold them accountable."
The Iraqi military called the act a "brutal aggression" as it left a number of personnel in "critical condition." However, Iraqi officials did not provide a specific number. Previous assaults on Iraqi military bases containing U.S. personnel have occurred during the night. On Friday, the United States launched retaliatory attacks against an Iranian-backed militia group, Kata'ib Hezbollah, targeting five weapons storage facilities after a series of strikes hit Camp Taji days earlier. The attacks led to the deaths of two U.S. soldiers and one British soldier, wounding a dozen others. "The United States will not tolerate attacks against our people, our interests, or our allies," Esper said of the incident. "As we have demonstrated in recent months, we will take any action necessary to protect our forces in Iraq and the region." "These terror groups must cease their attacks on U.S. and coalition forces or face consequences at a time and place of our choosing," Esper also said in a statement.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/barrage-of-rockets-hit-iraqi-base-holding-us-troops-report
#8403421 at 2020-03-13 19:14:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10758: Whose In Your Brackets?! Edition
US Moves Patriot Missiles To Iraq - Outraged Baghdad Says "Consequences" Coming After Airstrikes
With coronavirus pandemic dominating the world's attention, it's easy to forget that the US is essentially in a state of war with Iran, just Thursday night conducting a major aerial bombing campaign against multiple Iran-backed militia targets across southern Iraq.
In response to prior rocket attacks on Camp Taji which killed two Americans on Wednesday the Pentagon declared that "all options are on the table" - suggesting there could be more strikes to come. The Pentagon said it initiated a "proportional" response against five Kata'ib Hezbollah weapons facilities.
Iraq's government immediately condemned the attacks as not only unauthorized violations of its airspace, but as having killed and wounded several Iraqi security force personnel.
Top US forces general in the region, Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, brushed Baghdad's condemnation aside, essentially saying it was Iraqi forces' fault for being there. Many officers in the Iraqi Army essentially see Khatib Hezbollah as a de facto extension of national forces.
Reuters reports:
Iraq condemned overnight U.S. air strikes on Friday, saying they killed six people and warning of dangerous consequences for what it called a violation of sovereignty and targeted aggression against the nation's regular armed forces.
The foreign ministry further summoned the US and UK ambassadors following the attacks. But the Pentagon is not backing down.
"These locations that we struck are clear locations of terrorist bases," McKenzie said Friday. When asked about Iraq's fierce response, he said, "If Iraqi military forces are there, I would say it's probably not a good idea to position yourself with Khatib Hezbollah in the wake of a strike that killed Americans and Coalition members."
Meanwhile, the Pentagon is moving Patriot air defense missile systems into Iraq to better defensed US personnel against any potential Iranian strike, even at a moment when Tehran's real focus remains on combating the deadlier Covid-19 outbreak in its midst.
It was also reported Friday that Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has agreed to keep two aircraft carriers in the Gulf region "for a period of time". They've been identified as the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the USS Harry S. Truman.
The US rarely maintains two carriers there, with the last instance coming about eight years ago, in 2012.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-moves-patriot-missiles-iraq-baghdad-outraged-over-latest-strikes-against-militias
#8403215 at 2020-03-13 18:59:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10758: Whose In Your Brackets?! Edition
Before the China trade deal was signed, the administration generally talked nice about China.
Is it any coincidence that immediately AFTER it was signed, Secretary Pompeo and Secretary Esper said some pretty heavy-duty things about China (which are true, BTW). And now China is escalating the trash-talk.
Anons don't believe in coincidence.
Somebody explain this sequence for us.
Pompeo speech on US & China Competition
https://www.state.gov/u-s-states-and-the-china-competition/
Pompeo warns governors of Chinese infiltration
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pompeo-warns-governors-of-china-infiltration
Esper: China Threat is Pentagon's #1 priority
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/26/Mark-Esper-china-threat-pentagons-highest-priority/
Esper: Wake up to China threat
https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2020/02/16/pentagon-chief-Mark-Esper-cautions-world-wake-up-to-china-threat/
Ourguys starting blasting China (verbally) around Feb 8 this year.
#8403112 at 2020-03-13 18:50:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10758: Whose In Your Brackets?! Edition
U.S. military presence in Europe will be paid by European taxpayers
It would be naive to believe that the U.S. will leave Europe. Washington's behavior suggests otherwise. The United States intends to maintain and expand its military presence in Europe, to surround Russia with controlled military facilities.
As it was reported, the European Deterrence Initiative (EDI), aimed to strengthen the American military presence on the eastern borders of NATO, will lose about a quarter of its funding in 2021.
Donald Trump intends to use saved funds to build a wall on the border with Mexico. A decrease in the EDI fund, as conceived by Washington, should not lead to a weakening of the American presence in Europe. But payers for this presence will not be the Americans, but the Europeans.
As we know, new fiscal year in the United States begins on the 1st of October. So the process of preparing is actively going. A budget request for funding of the European Deterrence Initiative was formed on the 12th of February. Comparing it with the request for 2019, we can trace what kinds of adjustments were made to the EDI funding.
Primarily, the total cost of the program has changed. Pentagon asked for almost 6 billion dollars last year, and this year - only 4.5 billion dollars. So the decline continues for the second year in a row.
As we know, the EDI support increased U.S. investment to EU security across five main categories: (1) presence; (2) training and exercises; (3) infrastructure; (4) prepositioned equipment; and (5) building partner capacity.
However, if expansion continues, it will not be enough. Training and exercises directed funding will decrease most of all the areas of the EDI this year, (funding will be cut from 600 to 294 million dollars - more than doubled).
This item of expenditures exceeded $ 2 billion this year and in a new draft it is less than 1.5 billion.
By the way, infrastructure development will receive only 100 million less (compared with last year's budget). This area of activity is mainly financed by investments in military construction, which includes 15 projects in 2021.
In particular, Pentagon's plan is to build two storage facilities in Germany as a part of the RADR (Rapid Airfield Damage Repair) program, which aims to restore airfields in case of enemy bombardments. Romania will receive the largest allocation - four projects totaling 130.5 million dollars.
Scary fact is that Poland and the Baltic countries do not appear on the list of countries to be funded under the EDI program for this year. Given the fact that these countries border with Russia, they will be the first to stop Russian aggression against NATO in case of war. That's why Pentagon's decision to deprive the Baltic countries of funding is completely unacceptable.
They were mentioned in the military development program last time in 2019. Pentagon approved the construction of five facilities in Poland and two centers of the U.S. Special Forces (SOF) in Estonia. But the money did not reach there.
Unfortunately, in September last year Pentagon published a list of projects whose implementation was delayed due to the redistribution of funds in favor of the construction of the Trump's wall.
Both Polish and Estonian objects were among them. But there was another effective way to reduce costs for Washington - to shift them to Europeans. It's no secret that Trump is satisfied with this.
That is why current United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, speaking about the redistribution of funds in favor of the wall on the border with Mexico, directly invited the European allies to finish the military projects themselves. And a new request for funding the European Deterrence Initiative says that "EDI allows to more efficiently and fairly distribute the burden between all investments."
Does it mean that the contribution of the Europeans to NATO's common defense will be increased proportionally with decrease in the contribution of the Americans?
It would be naive to believe that the U.S. will leave Europe. Washington's behavior suggests otherwise. The United States intends to maintain and expand its military presence in Europe, to surround Russia with controlled military facilities. But Washington will do this not for their money, but for the money of the European taxpayers.
By the way, in case of war between NATO and Russia, the Americans will also fight on European territory using European armies.
https://theduran.com/u-s-military-presence-in-europe-will-be-paid-by-european-taxpayers/
#8399763 at 2020-03-13 13:40:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10753: Friday the 13th AYPsyOpsABTU Edition
Pentagon seeks to reconsider parts of $10B cloud contract given to Microsoft over Amazon
By Emily Birnbaum and Marty Johnson - 03/13/20 08:01 AM EDT
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/487394-pentagon-seeks-to-reconsider-parts-of-10b-cloud-contract-given-to-microsoft
The Pentagon on Thursday said it hopes to reevaluate its decision to award a $10 billion cloud-computing contract to Microsoft over Amazon, court documents filed late Thursday show.
The surprising announcement is only the latest twist in a years-long saga over the lucrative contract, and it could signal a potential victory for Amazon, which is suing to halt or overhaul the contract after it was awarded to Microsoft last year.
Amazon claims the process was improperly influenced by President Trump, who publicly and privately indicated that he did not want the contract to go to Amazon, which is owned by a frequent target of the president's criticism, Jeff Bezos.
In the U.S. Court of Federal Claims filings on Thursday, the Pentagon asked a federal judge for "120 days to reconsider certain aspects of the challenged agency decision."
"DoD does not intend to conduct discussions with offerors or to accept proposal revisions with respect to any aspect of the solicitation other than price scenario," the filing reads.
In a statement, an Amazon Web Services spokesman celebrated the decision. "We are pleased that the DoD has acknowledged 'substantial and legitimate' issues that affected the JEDI award decision, and that corrective action is necessary," the spokEsperson said.
The Court of Federal Claims case has attracted significant attention over Amazon's inflammatory allegations about Trump, who reportedly said he wanted to "screw Amazon" by keeping the contract away from his rival's company. Amazon has asked the court to depose Trump as well as Defense Secretary Mark Esper and former Defense Secretary James Mattis.
But the bulk of Amazon's argument relies on the technical details of the deal, as the tech giant claims the Pentagon unfairly changed how it was evaluating the award at the eleventh hour.
The Pentagon says it wants to reassess the technical details around its original evaluation, particularly around pricing.
"A remand here is in the interests of justice because it will provide the agency with an opportunity to reconsider the award decision at issue in light of AWS's allegations, this Court's opinion, and any new information gathered during the proposed remand," the filing reads.
While the DOD's request is a success for Amazon, the government said in the filing that Amazon plans to object to the motion, which focuses mainly on technical details and does not address the political interference issue. Amazon's objection would likely function as an accountability mechanism to ensure the Pentagon broadens the scope of its reevaluation and sticks to what it hopes to do.
The cloud-computing contract, called Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI), is currently on hold after the Court of Federal Claims judge ordered the Pentagon to halt work on it until the case is resolved.
Industry watchers were stunned by the Pentagon's decision to award the contract to Microsoft last October, pointing out that Amazon seemed to be best-positioned to take on the task given its substantial work with the CIA. But Microsoft is also a popular cloud-computing partner for the federal government and the Pentagon has maintained that the company was simply best-equipped to create the DOD's cloud infrastructure.
Microsoft has maintained that the Pentagon made the right decision. But the federal judge overseeing the case said earlier this month that Amazon is "likely to succeed on the merits" of one of its main arguments, saying the Pentagon erred in how it evaluated prices for competing proposals from the two tech companies.
#8395366 at 2020-03-13 01:31:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10748: BRING ON THE NIGHTSHIFT - BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE USMC Edition
>>8395328
The U.S. military launched multiple strikes using coalition warplanes targeting multiple bases used by Iranian-backed Shia militias believed to be behind the rocket attack on Camp Taji, Iraq, the day before that killed two Americans and one British soldier, a senior U.S. military source told Fox News.
The launch began after 1 a.m. Baghdad time.
The U.S. military strike was "proportional," according to the U.S. military source, and hit multiple bases used by the Kata'eb Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militia that fired 30 Katyusha rockets yesterday at the Taji Base, which housed American and British troops. Of the 12 troops wounded yesterday, five are in serious condition.
15 rockets hit base in Iraq housing US troopsVideo
"The U.S. does not want to escalate the conflict with Iran," the U.S. military source told Fox News, but wanted to send a deterrent message, according to a message telegraphed by the Defense Secretary and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs during a briefing to Pentagon press earlier Thursday. President Trump authorized the strike earlier in the day.
The Pentagon released a statement following the strikes, confirming that they were conducted in response to the rocket attacks on Wednesday.
"Earlier this evening, the United States conducted defensive precision strikes against Kata'ib Hizbollah (KH) facilities across Iraq," the Defense Department said. "These strikes targeted five weapon storage facilities to significantly degrade their ability to conduct future attacks against Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) coalition forces. These weapons storage facilities include facilities that housed weapons used to target U.S. and coalition troops."
"These strikes were defensive, proportional, and in direct response to the threat posed by Iranian-backed Shia militia groups (SMG) who continue to attack bases hosting OIR coalition forces," the Pentagon added.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said: "The United States will not tolerate attacks against our people, our interests, or our allies. As we have demonstrated in recent months, we will take any action necessary to protect our forces in Iraq and the region."
The U.S. has two aircraft carriers in the region: USS Harry S Truman in the Arabian Sea and USS Dwight D Eisenhower in the Red Sea. But these strikes did not involve Tomahawk cruise missiles, Fox News is told, just multiple aircraft, but it is not clear what jets were used and from which bases they launched.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-military-strike-iran-backed-shia-militias-that-killed-2-us-1-british-service-members-defense-official
#8395284 at 2020-03-13 01:22:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10748: BRING ON THE NIGHTSHIFT - BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE USMC Edition
DOD announces broad travel restrictions for countries affected by coronavirus
By JOSEPH DITZLER | STARS AND STRIPES
Published: March 12, 2020
"The Defense Department imposed travel restrictions effective Friday and, in some cases, banned travel for 60 days to countries affected by COVID-19, according to a memo from Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
The order encompasses eight countries in Asia, Europe and the Middle East - including several locations where the United States has a substantial military presence.
The order essentially bans travel to, through or from China, Italy, Iran and South Korea - all of which are under a Travel Health Notice Level 3 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Esper's memo. A CDC level 3 advisory means a widespread community transmission of the disease is occurring.
The "stop movement" order applies to all uniformed service members, DOD civilians and family members, encompassing "all forms of official travel," including permanent changes of station, temporary duty and government-funded leave.
For uniformed personnel, the order also bans personal leave and other non-official travel.
Official travel to countries under a level 2 CDC travel advisory - which includes Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom and Bahrain - are deferred for anything other than essential missions. Level 2 means a sustained community spread of the disease is underway."
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/dod-announces-broad-travel-restrictions-for-countries-affected-by-coronavirus-1.622101
#8393483 at 2020-03-12 22:13:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10745: Future Proves Past Edition
Looked at notables and did not see this there.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-iran/trump-authorizes-military-to-respond-after-deadly-attack-blamed-on-iran-backed-militia-idUSKBN20Z251
WORLD NEWS MARCH 12, 2020 / 8:46 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Trump authorizes military to respond after deadly attack blamed on Iran-backed militia
Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali
5 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has authorized the U.S. military to respond to Wednesday's rocket attack in Iraq that killed two American troops and a British service member, the Pentagon said on Thursday, blaming Iran-backed militia.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stopped short of blaming Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah or naming any specific militia.
But they were clear that they believe Iran backed the fighters who carried out the attack, and warned that all options were on the table - language suggesting the United States, Iran and the forces Tehran backs were again on a path toward renewed confrontation inside of Iraq.
"I have spoken with the president. He's given me the authority to do what we need to do, consistent with his guidance," Esper told reporters at the Pentagon.
Asked if a U.S. response could include strikes inside Iran, Esper hinted that strikes against the militia itself were the priority.
"I'm not going to take any option off the table right now, but we are focused on the group - groups - that we believe perpetrated this in Iraq, as the immediate (focus)," he said.
Trump told reporters at the White House it was not "fully determined it was Iran" and declined to say what the United States might do.
"We'll see what the response is," he said.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack and Iran has not commented.
The United States has repeatedly and publicly warned that killing Americans overseas constituted a red line that would trigger a U.S. response.
"We gotta hold the perpetrators accountable. You don't get to shoot at our bases and kill and wound Americans and get away with it," Esper said.
Washington blamed Kataib Hezbollah for a strike in Iraq in December that killed a U.S. contractor, leading to a cycle of tit-for-tat confrontations that culminated in January's U.S. killing of top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and a retaliatory Iranian missile attack that left more than 100 U.S. troops with brain injuries.
Wednesday would have been Soleimani's 63rd birthday.
In the latest attack, some 14 U.S.-led coalition personnel were wounded, including American, British, Polish and others. Private industry contractors were among the wounded. Milley said five of the wounded were categorized as "urgent," suggesting serious injuries that could require rapid medical evacuation.
Britain named its fallen service member as Lance Corporal Brodie Gillon, a 26-year-old with the Irish Guards Battle Group.
The United States has not yet identified the U.S. service members killed.
LIKELY CULPRIT?
Earlier on Thursday, U.S. Marine General Kenneth McKenzie, head of the military's Central Command, noted that only Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah had been known to wage such an attack in the past.
"While we are still investigating the attack, I will note that the Iranian proxy group Kataib Hezbollah is the only group known to have previously conducted an indirect fire attack of this scale against U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq," McKenzie told a U.S. Senate hearing.
The U.S.-led military coalition in Iraq says 18 107 mm Katyusha rockets struck Iraq's Taji military camp.
A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a total of 30 of the rockets were fired from a nearby truck and that only 18 of them landed at the Iraqi base.
Milley said the truck yielded evidence about those responsible.
"We have good indication based on forensics of where (the attack) was fired from, who did the firing and so on and so forth," Milley said, adding that "we have pretty good confidence we know who did this."
In a sign of concern that tensions between the United States and Iran could be headed toward open conflict, the Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday to limit Trump's ability to wage war against Iran.
The Republican president has been engaged in a maximum-pressure campaign of renewed sanctions and near-constant rhetoric against Iran, after pulling the United States out of the international nuclear deal reached during the administration of his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama.
Tensions between Washington and Tehran have mostly played out on Iraqi soil in recent months.
Iran-backed paramilitary groups have regularly been rocketing and shelling bases in Iraq that host U.S. forces and the area around the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
#8390083 at 2020-03-12 16:50:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10741: Shills Be Like The NBA: Got No Game Edition
Trump authorizes Pentagon 'to do what we need to do' after deadly attack on US & UK troops in Iraq - Defense Secretary Esper
US President Donald Trump has given the military permission to avenge the deaths of two US troops and a British serviceman in a rocket attack on Camp Taji outside the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, Defense Secretary Mark Esper confirmed.
"I have spoken with the president. He's given me the authority to do what we need to do, consistent with his guidance. And, you know - if that becomes the case," Esper told journalists.
He refused to disclose any details of a possible military response, only saying that he was "not going to take any option off the table right now," and that the Pentagon was "focused" on the Iraq-based military groups that could be responsible for the attack.
A high-ranked US general earlier insisted that the Pentagon knew with a "high degree of certainty" who the perpetrators of the rocket strike were.
https://www.rt.com/news/482964-iraq-trump-us-retaliation/
#8378996 at 2020-03-11 18:56:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10727: PandemicDamnepicDempanic Edition
US Army Cites Cybersecurity Concerns In Scrapping Planned Purchase of Israeli Military Tech
US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, a former lobbyist for Raytheon, may soon step in to reverse the decision following pressure from Israel, given that Raytheon co-develops the system with Israeli firms
After spending $373 million to buy two batteries of the Israeli-made Iron Dome missile defense system, the U.S. Army has announced that it is unable to integrate the batteries it purchased with its other air defense systems because Israel has refused to provide the Army with the source code. The Army asserted that without the source code, the system could not be integrated without causing grave cybersecurity vulnerabilities. As a result, the Army has now scrapped its plans to purchase an additional $600 million worth of Iron Dome components.
Adding insult to injury is the fact that the Iron Dome system itself was largely financed by U.S. taxpayers after Congress authorized over $1.5 billion in taxpayer funds to be used by Israel for the development and production of the Iron Dome system, which has suffered from a series of embarrassing failures since it entered the Market.
It remains to be seen if the other countries that have signed deals with Israel to purchase Iron Dome, including Azerbaijan and India, will take notice of the U.S. Army's decision and similarly scrap those plans given Israel's apparent refusal to provide the source code to even its closest military ally following purchase.
News of the Army's decision was made public last Thursday when Gen. Mike Murray, commander of Army Futures Command, spoke to the House Armed Services Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee. "We believe we cannot integrate them into our air-defense system based upon some interoperability challenges, some cyber[security] challenges and some other challenges. So what we ended up having is two stand-alone batteries that will be very capable, but they cannot be integrated," Murray told the subcommittee.
Murray further stated that it would prove "exceptionally difficult to integrate Iron Dome into our layered air-defense architecture [and] to get Iron Dome to talk to other systems [and] other radars, specifically the Sentinel radar." "What you're probably - almost certainly - going to see is two stand-alone systems. And if the best we can do is stand-alone systems, we do not want to buy another two batteries," Murray added.
If future international purchases of Iron Dome are to be impacted by the U.S. Army's decision, it will not only be a setback for Israel's defense industry, but also that of the United States, given that U.S. weapons manufacturer Raytheon produces some of the system's components and Markets the systems within the United States. Notably, current U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper is a former lobbyist for Raytheon, a company that closely collaborates with Israel's defense industry on other systems as well, such as "David's Sling."
Esper's history may be a factor in a potential reversal of the Army's recent decision, which was urged by Israel's Defense Ministry following Gen. Murray's statements before Congress. Israel's Defense Ministry asked the Army to reconsider their decision to halt future purchases and overlook the existing cybersecurity hurdles in integrating those already purchased "as it would express confidence and recognition of the system's 'exceptional capabilities' and the quality of Israel's defense industries," the Jerusalem Post reported.
Israel's decision to not reveal the source code of a system the U.S. helped finance and subsequently purchased is striking, particularly given that their refusal to do so has resulted in the loss of considerable revenue and the potential collapse of future international sales of the system. Israel's history of using backdoors in software for intelligence and military purposes, including at sensitive U.S. government facilities, raise obvious concerns about the motive for such a decision.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/us-army-cites-cybersecurity-concerns-scrapping-purchase-israel-iron-dome/265644/
#8369241 at 2020-03-10 19:03:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10714: ES X2 Comb Your Hair Edition
SecAf Reveals When New US Space Command HQ Will Be Selected
As the U.S. Space Force begins to redesignate Air Force units with a space-only mission and to realign and rename bases accordingly, it will also restart its search for a permanent headquarters for U.S. Space Command, the military's 11th combatant command, which stood up in August.
"We will be issuing an invitation for communities to come forward and identify that they would like to [be considered]," Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett said Tuesday. She first disclosed the move last week during a House Armed Services Committee hearing.
The Pentagon will make its choice "late in the year, or early next year," she said during an Air Force Association event in Washington, D.C.
The new process is a result of staff and personnel movements between Space Command and the U.S. Space Force, Barrett said. The newest military branch, which falls under the Department of the Air Force, was signed into law in December.
"That reshuffles what would be the command headquarters operation, so we are reevaluating and restarting that process," she said.
The secretary's latest comments come after Defense Secretary Mark Esper last week disclosed that some lawmakers whose states are vying to host SPACECOM felt the process wasn't transparent enough.
"During my talks on the Hill prior to my nomination, particularly after my hearing here, I visited the House and heard from members on both sides of the aisle that they thought the process that had been run was unfair and not transparent," Esper said during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing March 4. "So I directed at that time that we pause in place ,.. [and] we directed it be revisited and a different approach be taken."
Leaders are expected to disclose how candidate bases may be selected "this spring," Barrett said. Bases will be scored based on criteria that could be based on "talent and infrastructure" but may also include "things like the quality of schools and the ability of spouses to get jobs, so the occupational reciprocity of the states," Barrett said.
In May 2019, the Air Force announced it was weighing four Colorado locations, including Buckley Air Force Base, Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Peterson Air Force Base and Schriever Air Force Base, to accomodate SPACECOM. Other options are the Army's Redstone Arsenal in Alabama and Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
A decision was originally due this summer.
But that February, nearly a dozen elected officials tried to petition the Defense Department and President Donald Trump to have Space Command placed in Florida.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, said he would formally ask the president to locate the department's unified combatant command for space at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/03/10/secaf-reveals-when-new-us-space-command-hq-will-be-selected.html
#8363814 at 2020-03-10 02:12:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10707: Can't Watch Fake News All Day ~ Dig, Meme, Pray! Edition
US starts pulling out troops from Afghanistan - report
American troops have reportedly begun their initial troop withdrawal as part of the US-Taliban peace agreement, with hundreds of soldiers leaving the country on Monday with no plans for replacements.
Speaking to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity, a US official confirmed the beginning steps of the withdrawal process have begun, with plans to drop the number of US troops in the country from 13,000 to 8,600.
According to the signed peace agreement, the withdrawal process for US troops had to begin 10 days within the signing of the agreement, which took place on February 29. Defense Secretary Mark Esper approved the withdrawal on March 2. Once troop levels hit 8,600, the conditions in the country will be reassessed before further troops are pulled.
The peace agreement was signed last month by US peace envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and one of the Taliban's senior leaders, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, in Qatar's capital Doha.
Troops are to be pulled over the course of 135 days from five bases, and the remaining soldiers within 14 months should the country remain stable enough to not need US presence. The pact also promised lifting sanctions on Taliban members by August.
Although the group's leader Hibatullah Akhundzada ordered his fighters to follow the rules of the agreement, they did not follow orders and continued attacks on Afghan forces. US troops responded with strikes.
Another aspect of the deal that may be jeopardized is the promised release of 5,000 imprisoned Taliban fighters. President Ashraf Ghani has said he will only release the men if he gets "an executive guarantee so that these people will not return to violence."
Under the agreement, the prisoners are to be released by March 10.
https://www.rt.com/news/482686-us-afghanistan-troops-pullout/
#8350025 at 2020-03-08 19:10:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10690: Potus Strums While The Temple Burns Edition
Esper says new virus won't prevent military operations
WASHINGTON - The U.S. military and its warfighting command centers in the Pentagon are prepared to continue operations even if there is a local outbreak of the new coronavirus, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Thursday, as the department began finalizing its response plans.
Although only one soldier and a handful of family members and Defense Department civilians have so far tested positive for the virus, tens of thousands of troops are in countries and regions that have been hardest hit, including South Korea and portions of Europe.
The nation's more than 2.1 million active duty, Guard and Reserve forces are spread all around the globe. And they are one of the nation's last lines of defense against any outside threats or disasters during an outbreak, as well as a force that could be used as a last-resort to maintain order or enforce quarantines within the U.S. in the case of a pandemic.
"Our national military command center has the capability to go for weeks at a time if they have to be locked down inside the building if we have some type of outbreak," Esper told reporters during a Pentagon press conference. He said the Pentagon is finalizing plans to prevent the spread of the virus across the force and military installations and also mitigate it in the event of any outbreak.
Already on Thursday, workers were wiping down doorknobs at the Mark Center, a major Defense Department complex in northern Virginia, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff had set up a 24-hour operations center inside the Pentagon to track the virus and any impact on the military.
Esper said that U.S. Forces Korea, where the solder and his wife and child tested positive, has set up a good model for other military commands to follow.
Army Gen. Robert Abrams, top commander of U.S. forces in Korea, has implemented restrictions on off-base travel - to include non-essential social events and "eat-in seated dining" - and allowed non-essential civilian workers and contractors to stay home. Abrams has also kept up a constant barrage of information to the troops, ranging from simple hygiene procedures to updates and even photos on Twitter of his visits with personnel affected by the virus.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/coronavirus/2020/03/06/Esper-says-new-virus-wont-prevent-military-operations/
#8331586 at 2020-03-06 10:08:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10666: Someone Bless This Ebil Trip Bread Edition
A World No Longer Shaped By Atlantic Powers
Authored by M.K.Bhadrakumar via Counterpunch.org,
The annual Munich Security Conference that took place February 14-16 this year turned out to be an iconic event, drawing comparison with the one held in the same Bavarian city on February 10, 2007, where in a prophetic speech Russian President Vladimir Putin had criticized the world order characterized by the United States' global hegemony and its "almost uncontained hyper use of force - military force - in international relations."
If Putin's 2007 Munich speech was prescient about an incoming new Cold War and the surge of tensions in Russia's relations with the West, 13 years later, at the event this year, we witnessed that the transatlantic ties that evolved through the two world wars in the last century and blossomed into a full-fledged alliance system have reached a crossroads.
Deep cracks have appeared in the transatlantic relationship. In an extraordinary opening address, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, an éminence grise in European diplomacy, accused Washington of rejecting "the very concept of an international community."
Steinmeier acknowledged that there is no return to the halcyon days of close transatlantic partnership, as Europe and the U.S. are drifting away from each other. He warned, "If the European project fails, the lessons of German history, but perhaps also European history, will be called into question."
Having said that, Steinmeier did not advocate that Europe could go it alone, either. Rather, "only a Europe that can and wants to protect itself credibly will be able to keep the U.S. in the alliance."
But he regretted that "Europe is no longer as vital to the U.S. as it used to be. We must guard against the illusion that the United States' dwindling interest in Europe is solely down to the current administration... For we know that this shift began a while ago, and it will continue even after this administration."
The theme of European independence-Europe becoming a sovereign, strategic and political power-was also the leitmotif of a speech by French President Emmanuel Macron who brought a rare dynamism into the European debate, fighting spiritedly for a common European foreign and security policy. The German policymakers have signaled broad agreement with Macron's idea that Europe must take charge of its own destiny.
In contrast, the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had earlier insisted that the talk about the demise of the West is "grossly exaggerated," and, in fact, "the West is winning. We are collectively winning. We are doing it together."
Meanwhile, two subplots that kept appearing in the discussions were, one, the continued relevance of multilateralism in the international system and, two, deep anxiety over the current global security environment.
Steinmeier framed the concerns sharply, saying, "the idea of international community is not outmoded," adding that "withdrawing into our national shells leads us into a dead end, into a truly dark age."
All in all, these sharp exchanges between the Europeans and some of the American delegation confirmed, more than ever, the weakness and disunity of the West. A Politico report on the Munich Security Conference noted, "The two sides aren't just far apart on the big questions facing the West (threats from Russia, Iran, China), they're in parallel universes."
One major issue that divided Munich was China. Neither Pompeo nor Defense Secretary Mark Esper left any doubt that Washington considers China to be a nefarious force in the world, representing a significant long-term threat. But that view is not shared by many countries in the EU. The underlying question is what posture the Western alliance should take toward China, which is a fundamental one with far-reaching consequences. Europe is deeply worried about the consequences that spurning Beijing would have on trade and investment.
It became apparent at the conference that there was no acceptance of Pompeo's plea that China is the new enemy. His cautioning against the involvement of the Chinese tech company Huawei in the upcoming 5G rollout met with stony silence by European allies. The policy toward China could emerge as the biggest transatlantic divide.
Can the West regain its influence? The crux of the matter is that with the decline in material wealth and the decay of moral values, the capacity to influence has shrunk. And the West's form of economic organization is no longer as appealing as it once was. Also, with the rise of China, rapid development of India, and the resurgence of Russia, a new dynamic of global power is taking shape.
Moar
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/world-no-longer-shaped-atlantic-powers
#8316920 at 2020-03-04 18:17:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10647: WWF Presents Biden Burnie SmackDown Edition
And so it begins, U.S. troops start to withdraw from Afghanistan
Hardly a week has passed since the conditional peace treaty between the U.S. and the Taliban, and American troops are already leaving the country.
Despite evidence that the Taliban have resumed attacks on Afghan government forces, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has given the order for the United States to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan.s.
Esper, speaking to the media on Monday, said that the troop withdrawal order to Army Gen. Scott Miller, the commander of U.S. forces in Kabul, is in keeping with the peace deal with the Taliban. The peace deal calls for an American troop reduction to begin within 10 days of the deal's signing.
"My instructions to the commander [were]: 'Let's get moving, let's show our full faith and effort to do that,'" Esper said in Washington with the Joint Chiefs General Milley also in attendance. "I've said on many occasions that I'm comfortable we can still conduct all the missions we need to conduct [with] 8,600 [troops]."
The Americans are to cut 4,000 troops in Afghanistan within the first 135 days according to the terms of the deal. There are currently 13,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan; the remaining 8,600 would leave within 14 months.
https://sofrep.com/news/and-so-it-begins-u-s-troops-start-to-withdraw-from-afghanistan/
#8314314 at 2020-03-04 06:54:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10644: Late Night Best is Yet to Come Edition
>>8314041
>Watch General Milley take the cap off the water bottle in the first min of the video and not take a drink . He looks around at the press like a real Army General too like " you faggots better be paying attention". I fukin love this guy and Mark Esper too he puts off a badass vibe .Love this Q team team .
u sound like a pathetic submissive beta fag cuck dreaming of getting pounded … absent father syndrome …
Esper is one the Trump's Deep State handlers, undermining his policies at every turn
#8314041 at 2020-03-04 05:47:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10644: Late Night Best is Yet to Come Edition
Watch General Milley take the cap off the water bottle in the first min of the video and not take a drink . He looks around at the press like a real Army General too like " you faggots better be paying attention". I fukin love this guy and Mark Esper too he puts off a badass vibe .Love this Q team team .
https://twitter.com/DeptofDefense/status/1234513623696822272
#8309483 at 2020-03-03 19:15:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10638: Potus Living Rent Free in DNC HeadsEdition
IT"S SUPER TUESDAY.
GO VOTE
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/joint-statement-doj-dos-dod-dhs-odni-fbi-nsa-and-cisa-preparations-super-tuesday
Joint Statement from DOJ, DOS, DOD, DHS, ODNI, FBI, NSA, and CISA on Preparations for Super Tuesday
U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray, U.S. Cyber Command Commander and National Security Agency Director Gen. Paul Nakasone, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Christopher Krebs today released the following joint statement:
"Tomorrow, millions of voters in more than a dozen states and territories will cast their votes in presidential primaries. 'Super Tuesday' will see more Americans head to the polls than any other day of the primary season. We continue to work with all 50 states, U.S. territories, local officials, political parties and private sector partners to keep elections free from foreign interference.
"Americans must also remain aware that foreign actors continue to try to influence public sentiment and shape voter perceptions. They spread false information and propaganda about political processes and candidates on social media in hopes to cause confusion and create doubt in our system. We remain alert and ready to respond to any efforts to disrupt the 2020 elections. We continue to make it clear to foreign actors that any effort to undermine our democratic processes will be met with sharp consequences.
"The level of coordination and communication between the federal government and state, local and private sector partners is stronger than it's ever been. Our Departments and Agencies are working together in an unprecedented level of commitment and effort to protect our elections and to counter malign foreign influence, but voters have a role to play too.
"We encourage all voters going to the polls to check your voter registration and know ahead of time when to vote, where to vote, what's on your ballot, and whether your state requires identification. Your state or local election official's office is the most trusted source for election material. A well-informed and vigilant republic is the best defense against disinformation."
#8303018 at 2020-03-02 23:48:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10629: CDC Fear Spreaders Edition
US troops to begin Afghanistan withdrawal within 10 days, Esper says
Defense Secretary Mark Esper notified the first U.S. commander in Afghanistan that his forces can proceed with plans to withdraw from the country on Monday.
Esper announced he had notified Gen. Scott Miller, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, that Miller has Esper's approval to begin pulling troops from the county. Esper described the order as a good-faith measure towards a U.S.-Taliban peace agreement during a Pentagon press conference.
#8302314 at 2020-03-02 22:25:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10629: CDC Fear Spreaders Edition
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https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/joint-statement-from-dos-doj-dod-dhs-odni-fbi-nsa-and-cisa-on-preparations-for-super-tuesday
March 2, 2020
Joint Statement from DOS, DOJ, DOD, DHS, ODNI, FBI, NSA, and CISA on Preparations for Super Tuesday
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray, U.S. Cyber Command Commander and National Security Agency Director Gen. Paul Nakasone, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Christopher Krebs today released the following joint statement:
Tomorrow, millions of voters in more than a dozen states and territories will cast their votes in presidential primaries. 'Super Tuesday' will see more Americans head to the polls than any other day of the primary season. We continue to work with all 50 states, U.S. territories, local officials, political parties, and private sector partners to keep elections free from foreign interference.
Americans must also remain aware that foreign actors continue to try to influence public sentiment and shape voter perceptions. They spread false information and propaganda about political processes and candidates on social media in hopes to cause confusion and create doubt in our system. We remain alert and ready to respond to any efforts to disrupt the 2020 elections. We continue to make it clear to foreign actors that any effort to undermine our democratic processes will be met with sharp consequences.
The level of coordination and communication between the federal government and state, local, and private sector partners is stronger than it's ever been. Our departments and agencies are working together in an unprecedented level of commitment and effort to protect our elections and to counter malign foreign influence, but voters have a role to play too.
We encourage all voters going to the polls to check your voter registration and know ahead of time when to vote, where to vote, what's on your ballot, and whether your state requires identification. Your state or local election official's office is the most trusted source for election material. A well-informed and vigilant republic is the best defense against disinformation.
#8302246 at 2020-03-02 22:16:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10628: Anons on Bernie Bros! Edition
>>8302187
>>8302209
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray, U.S. Cyber Command Commander and National Security Agency Director Gen. Paul Nakasone, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Christopher Krebs today released the following joint statement:
"Tomorrow, millions of voters in more than a dozen states and territories will cast their votes in presidential primaries. 'Super Tuesday' will see more Americans head to the polls than any other day of the primary season. We continue to work with all 50 states, U.S. territories, local officials, political parties, and private sector partners to keep elections free from foreign interference.
Americans must also remain aware that foreign actors continue to try to influence public sentiment and shape voter perceptions. They spread false information and propaganda about political processes and candidates on social media in hopes to cause confusion and create doubt in our system. We remain alert and ready to respond to any efforts to disrupt the 2020 elections. We continue to make it clear to foreign actors that any effort to undermine our democratic processes will be met with sharp consequences.
The level of coordination and communication between the federal government and state, local, and private sector partners is stronger than it's ever been. Our departments and agencies are working together in an unprecedented level of commitment and effort to protect our elections and to counter malign foreign influence, but voters have a role to play too.
We encourage all voters going to the polls to check your voter registration and know ahead of time when to vote, where to vote, what's on your ballot, and whether your state requires identification. Your state or local election official's office is the most trusted source for election material. A well-informed and vigilant republic is the best defense against disinformation."
https://breaking911.com/dos-doj-dod-dhs-odni-fbi-nsa-and-cisa-release-statement-ahead-of-super-tuesday/
#8300050 at 2020-03-02 17:48:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10626 WW Silent War: Q Still Trending/Full Steam Ahead 24/7 Edition
US will not provide air support to Turkey in Syria: Pentagon
The United States will not provide air support to Turkey in the war-torn Syrian province of Idlib, Pentagon Chief Mark Esper has said.
Speaking to reporters in Washington on Monday, Esper said that the US would be seeking to increase humanitarian aid deliveries to Turkey following last week's deadly attack which killed 33 Turkish troops. Asked if US assistance would include air support, he responded "No."
The secretary of defence also confirmed that he has spoken to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg about the situation in Syria, and that NATO was ready for anything that might happen.
On Saturday, President Trump said the US had been speaking with President Erdogan of Turkey "a lot" over the situation in Idlib, and confirmed that the two countries were discussing Ankara's request for the temporary deployment of US Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems on Turkey's border with Syria.
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/us-will-not-provide-air-support-to-turkey-in-syria-pentagon/
#8292467 at 2020-03-01 17:43:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10616: Celebs Are Falling Over Edition
U.S. moves high-level U.S. meeting on China tech, possible new Huawei curbs to March: sources
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Trump administration officials have rescheduled for March 11 a critical meeting to discuss potential new U.S. restrictions on sales of technology to Huawei and China, people familiar with the matter said.
The cabinet-level meeting had been set for Friday but was postponed. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin are among those expected to attend the meeting, now scheduled for next month, the people said.
Deputies from numerous agencies met to discuss the agenda last week but gave no recommendations on how to handle various proposals tied to China, Huawei's telecommunications equipment and commercial aircraft parts, the people said.
One outcome was clear after President Donald Trump's tweets last week blasting a proposal to prevent General Electric Co from selling engines for China's new passenger jet. As a senior U.S. official told Reuters, the Commerce Department "fully intends" to comply with the president's directive to allow the sales. GE produces the engines with France's Safran .
The White House National Security Council did not respond to a request for comment. Huawei has said it does not comment on speculation.
The people with knowledge of the matter spoke on condition of anonymity because the government deliberations are not public. The commerce, state, defense and treasury departments did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Among topics on the agenda for the meeting are ways to expand U.S. authority to stop more foreign shipments of products with U.S. technology to Huawei Technologies Ltd. The possible changes are designed to address frustration by some in the administration that the company's placement on a U.S. trade blacklist in May failed to cut off supplies to the world's largest telecommunications equipment maker.
The United States says Huawei is involved in activities contrary to national security and foreign policy interests. Huawei denies the claims.
Reuters reported exclusively in November that Washington was considering altering rules to expand its power to restrict the foreign shipment of products with U.S. technology to Huawei.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/u-moves-high-level-u-233415276.html
#8285623 at 2020-02-29 21:07:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10607: Anons Wear Many Hats Edition
Navy secretary pick Braithwaite gets official nod from Trump
https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2020/02/28/navy-secretary-pick-braithwaite-gets-official-nod-from-trump/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NAV%20DNR%202.28.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Navy%20-%20Daily%20News%20Roundup
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday officially announced his intent to nominate Kenneth "K.J." Braithwaite as Navy secretary. Braithwaite is currently the U.S. ambassador to Norway.
Braithwaite, a former Navy spokesman and rear admiral, would assume the job after the sudden firing of former financier Richard V. Spencer. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in November that he recommended Braithwaite to Trump for the job.
The nomination of Braithwaite comes as the Navy and the Office the Secretary of Defense are at odds about the sea service's budget.
While Esper has been reluctant to realign the budget to help the Navy's recapitalization efforts, as he is charged with considering the whole of the military, acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly told House lawmakers Thursday that assuming there will be a flat budget in fiscal 2021, the Navy will need more than $120 billion over the next 10 years to implement the Navy and Marine Corps' integrated force structure assessment.
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., has not announced a confirmation hearing date for Braithwaite, though one is expected soon. Inhofe has pressed Trump to expeditiously nominate civilians like Braithwaite as the Pentagon grapples with a host of vacant leadership positions.
As ambassador, Braithwaite focused on the security of the Arctic, a region that's seeing an uptick in Russian and NATO activity. He also both pressured Norway to meet the NATO defense-spending target of 2 percent of gross domestic product, and he reassured the Nordic nation that the administration remains committed to the alliance.
A Michigan native and a 1984 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Braithwaite was an anti-submarine warfare pilot who tracked Soviet submarines in the Pacific and Indian oceans for a Hawaii-based patrol squadron. From there, he served in various communications and legislative affairs roles before leaving active service in 1993 and the Naval Reserve in 2011.
In January, CBS News reported that Braithwaite appeared to have previously undisclosed ties to political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica in the year before he was nominated as ambassador, in 2017.
Kenneth Braithwaite
Navy bio: https://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio_ret.asp?bioID=389
Article Nov 2019: https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2019/11/27/meet-kenneth-braithwaite-pick-for-navy-secretary-and-staunch-trump-ally/
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Braithwaite
#8283746 at 2020-02-29 17:42:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10605: Awakening Greatly Saturday Edition
Trump Moves Ahead with Plan to Nominate Kenneth Braithwaite for Navy Secretary
The president will nominate retired Rear Adm. Kenneth Braithwaite to lead the Navy and Marine Corps, the White House announced Friday – about a month after reports emerged that the ambassador could have undisclosed ties to the scandal-tinged political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica.
President Donald Trump wants Braithwaite, current U.S. ambassador to Norway, to serve as his next Navy secretary. The job was vacated by Richard V. Spencer more than three months ago after a clash with Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who claimed Spencer offered the White House a secret deal regarding the case of controversial Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher.
Braithwaite, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate who deployed to Iraq during the initial 2003 invasion, currently serves as the ambassador to Norway. CBS News reported last month that it had obtained documents suggesting Braithwaite might have had a contractual relationship with Cambridge Analytica, a now-defunct British consulting firm that gathered personal data of millions of Facebook users without their consent.
Braithwaite denies the claims. He would have had to disclose paid and unpaid jobs he had outside the government for two years leading up to his Senate confirmation to serve as an ambassador. Braithwaite did not disclose any positions with Cambridge Analytica, according to CBS, and denies he worked with the firm.
The White House did not comment on the report at the time and made no mention of it in Friday's announcement to move ahead with the nomination.
Trump, in a November tweet, called Braithwaite "a man of great achievement and success."
"I know Ken will do an outstanding job!" he said.
Braithwaite will again face Senate confirmation to serve as Navy secretary.
The retired flag officer left the Navy in 2011. He served as a naval aviator, tracking Russian submarines while assigned to Patrol Squadron 17 and Patrol Wing 2.
In the late 1980s, Braithwaite made a career switch into public affairs, serving as the Navy Reserve's top spokesman and adviser to the service's chief of information. In that role, he deployed to Iraq during the initial 2003 invasion as commanding officer of Fleet Combat Camera Atlantic Reserve. Braithwaite also led a team in Pakistan after a deadly 2005 earthquake.
He later pursued a master's degree in government administration from the University of Pennsylvania.
Braithwaite's nomination was one of several announced by the White House on Friday. Others include Kendel Ehrlich, former first lady of Maryland, to be director of the Department of Justice's office of Sex Offenders, Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking; and Senate Appropriations Committee staff member Christopher Hanson to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/02/28/trump-moves-ahead-plan-nominate-kenneth-braithwaite-navy-secretary.html
#8283730 at 2020-02-29 17:40:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10605: Awakening Greatly Saturday Edition
US-Taliban sign historic troop withdrawal deal in Doha
KABUL/DOHA (Reuters) – The United States signed a deal with Taliban insurgents on Saturday that could pave the way toward a full withdrawal of foreign soldiers from Afghanistan over the next 14 months and represent a step toward ending the 18-year-war in the nation. While the agreement creates a path for the United States to gradually pull out of its longest war, many expect the talks to come between the Afghan sides may be much more complicated.
The deal was signed in the Qatari capital Doha by U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban political chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was on hand to witness the ceremony.
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that while the accord would be a good step, the road ahead would not be easy.
"This is a hopeful moment, but it is only the beginning. The road ahead will not be easy. Achieving lasting peace in Afghanistan will require patience and compromise among all parties," said Esper, who met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul where they announced a joint declaration in parallel to the U.S.-Taliban accord.
The United States said it is committed to reducing the number of its troops in Afghanistan to 8,600 – from the current 13,000 – within 135 days of signing the deal, and working with its allies to proportionally reduce the number of coalition forced in Afghanistan over that period, if the Taliban adhere to their commitments. A full withdrawal of all U.S. and coalition forces would occur within 14 months of the deal getting signed, if the Taliban hold up their end of the deal, the joint statement said.
For U.S President Donald Trump, the Doha deal represents a chance to make good on his promise to bring U.S. troops home. But security experts have also called it a foreign policy gamble that would give the Taliban international legitimacy. "Today is a monumental day for Afghanistan," the U.S. Embassy in Kabul said on Twitter. "It is about making peace and crafting a common brighter future. We stand with Afghanistan."
Ghani said he hoped the Doha deal paves the way towards lasting peace. "We hope the U.S.-Taliban peace will lead to a permanent ceasefire…The nation is looking forward to a full ceasefire," he told a news conference in Kabul.
The Afghan government said it stood ready to negotiate and conclude a ceasefire with the Taliban, and it affirmed its support for the phased withdrawal of U.S. and coalition forces subject to the Taliban's fulfilment of its commitments. It also said that it remained committed to preventing militant groups from using its soil to threaten the security of the United States, its allies and other countries.
Separately, NATO pledged to adjust the coalition troop levels in the first phase too, bringing down NATO's numbers to about 12,000 from roughly 16,000 troops at present.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/US-Taliban-sign-historic-troop-withdrawal-deal-in-Doha
#8282859 at 2020-02-29 15:19:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10604: One Giant Leap Day For Mankind Edition
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (C), U.S Secretary of Defense Mark Esper (R) and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg hold a joint press conference on the declaration of a peace deal at the presidential palace in Kabul, on Saturday.
Are (((you))) not entertained?
#8282574 at 2020-02-29 14:02:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10603: DDOS, Yeah, We Hatin! Edition
>>8282567
>>8282563
>>8282556
>>8282549
>>8282253
>>8282377
3. Maintaining a communications channel
Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, the Taliban's former ambassador to Pakistan, speaks to the press ahead of Saturday's signing ceremony with the United States in Qatar.
Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images
The U.S. and the Taliban are expected to continue the lines of communications they have already established during the talks in Doha, both to support implementation of the agreement and to de-conflict their respective military operations against ISIS in eastern Afghanistan.
Suspicions that there was a secret annex to the deal that also involved sharing intelligence with the Taliban prompted a cautionary letter to Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper this week from 22 House Republicans. They demanded that any deal between the U.S. and the Taliban be made public with no secret annexes or side deals, including one for intelligence sharing or a joint counterterrorism center with the Taliban.
"This would be a farce," the lawmakers wrote, "and put American lives at risk."
A State Department official on Thursday denied the U.S. was entering into any kind of "cooperative partnership" with the Taliban.
4. Prisoner swaps
The Afghan government has also agreed to release 5000 Taliban prisoners as a goodwill gesture in exchange for a 1000 Afghan security forces held by the Taliban.
"We have absolutely committed to helping mediate and resolve this tough issue," says a State Department official, referring to the release of Taliban prisoners. "There are some people that we're not concerned about. There's some people we may be more concerned about."
The same official expressed admiration for the care Taliban leaders have shown for freeing their fighters, while adding, "The agreement makes explicit that those who are released need to make commitments that they won't go back to the battlefield and that they will support the agreement."
While noting the need for early action on releasing prisoners to build confidence among the Taliban in the peace process, the official said both the numbers of prisoners and the timeline for their release are "aspirational" and will depend on "Taliban performance."
#8282556 at 2020-02-29 13:58:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10603: DDOS, Yeah, We Hatin! Edition
>>8282549
>>8282253
>>8282377
The Taliban "will not allow any of its members, other individuals or groups, including al-Qa'ida, to use the soil of Afghanistan to threaten the security of the United States and its allies."
The U.S. will "request the recognition and endorsement of the UN Security Council for this agreement."
The Afghan government will also begin negotiations with the Taliban to map out a political settlement which would establish the role the Taliban would play in a future Afghanistan. These negotiations are expected to start next month. One of the first tasks in these intra-Afghan talks will be to achieve a lasting ceasefire in Afghanistan.
Separately, in Kabul, Afghanistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg signed a joint declaration with the Afghan government - represented by President Ashraf Ghani - that commits the Afghans to these up-coming negotiations with the Taliban and to provide Afghanistan with security guarantees as this process unfolds.
This deal has been worked out by US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad and the Taliban over months of negotiations in Doha, Qatar. The U.S. and Taliban had reached an agreement last summer. President Trump walked away from that near-deal after a U.S. servicemember was killed in a September car bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan.
The possibly historic agreement has been 18 months in the making. It follows nine rounds of on-again, off-again talks in Doha - the Qatari capital where the Taliban maintains an office - that began in 2018. An earlier agreement that was to be signed last September was scuttled by the Trump administration after a U.S. service member was killed in Afghanistan.
Only the U.S., led by Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, and the Taliban have taken part in the negotiations, an arrangement that New York University's Barnett Rubin says was designed by the Taliban and resisted until recently by the U.S.
"Since 2010 [the Taliban] always insisted there would be two stages: international and then intra-Afghan," says Rubin, who served from 2009-2013 as special advisor to the State Department's Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan and now directs the Afghanistan Pakistan Regional Program at NYU's Center on International Cooperation.
The Taliban's rule in Afghanistan, which lasted just five years, ended abruptly with the invasion of a U.S.-led military coalition shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Their overthrow was in reprisal for having harbored Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaida, whose militants hijacked and crashed four American airliners in those attacks.
Over the past three years, the Taliban have fought U.S. and Afghan forces to what Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley calls "a state of strategic stalemate."
President Trump has repeatedly vowed to end America's involvement in the war in Afghanistan, the most prolonged of all U.S. conflicts. Yet, within months of assuming the presidency, Trump added 4,000 U.S. troops to the 8,900 American forces already deployed there.
More than 2,400 Americans have died in Afghanistan during nearly 18 years of fighting at an estimated cost to the U.S. Treasury of nearly $1 trillion.
The deal signed in Doha follows a week-long "reduction in violence" period, during which Taliban fighters promised to suspend major attacks and U.S. forces agreed to suspend offensive operations, except attacks against Islamic State insurgents. Local observers have described an 80% drop in violence since the lull in warfare began last Sunday.
"We have seen just these last six days a significant reduction in violence in Afghanistan," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Friday, shortly before flying to the Doha signing ceremony. Earlier in the week, Pompeo called the partial truce "imperfect," but said "it's working."
#8275869 at 2020-02-28 18:46:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10595: Make It Rain Edition
Turkey Set for Lone War as US Dismisses Idea of Reentry
Esper: I don't see any likelihood that we would be back
Turkey's repeated escalations in Syria's Idlib Province came at least in part with US officials endorsing them and the idea of confronting Russia. But as Turkey risks blowing this up into a whole new war, it's a war that they'll be fighting alone.
US officials are making clear they aren't considering joining the war in any real way. Defense Secretary Mark Esper in particular said that "I don't see any likelihood that we would be back along the border."
There were few reasons to think the US would want to get sucked back into a war in Syria, particularly one against Russia. This is likely why Turkey, in the recent flare-up, was trying to play this up as a fight against the Assad government, and not Russia.
That makes sense, of course, because Turkey's military is in a decent position to fight a one-on-one conflict with war-weary Syria over Idlib Province. Fighting Russia is something else entirely, especially with the US not interested in getting sucked in.
Erdogan's bellicose threats against Syria, however, are going to make it difficult for his military to keep this conflict limited. To hear Erdogan tell it, he is willing to risk everything over Idlib, and that doesn't sound nearly so good if they are at serious risk of a big, costly war.
https://news.antiwar.com/2020/02/27/turkey-set-for-lone-war-as-us-dismisses-idea-of-reentry/
#8275134 at 2020-02-28 17:18:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10594: Maga Q Edition
US says Chinese warship fired military laser at US aircraft
What's going on in the South China Sea?
Washington (CNN) - The US Navy said Thursday that a Chinese military warship fired a military grade laser at US Navy P-8 surveillance aircraft last week while it was flying over the Pacific Ocean, an action that the US Navy called "unsafe and unprofessional."
The People's Republic of China "navy destroyer's actions were unsafe and unprofessional," US Pacific Fleet said in a statement Thursday.
"Weapons-grade lasers could potentially cause serious harm to aircrew and mariners, as well as ship and aircraft systems," the statement added.
Military-grade laser beams, occasionally known as "dazzlers," omit a powerful beam of light that can travel great distances and be used to illuminate aircraft cockpits, temporarily blinding pilots.
Defense officials told CNN that a formal diplomatic protests known as a démarche is expected to be issued.
The incident comes amid ongoing tensions between the US and Chinese militaries.
The Pentagon has repeatedly said that China represents an increasingly serious threat to regional security, saying that major Chinese investments in its military are aimed at achieving regional dominance.
"Over time, we have watched them seize and militarize islands in the South China Sea, and rapidly modernize their armed forces, while seeking to use emerging technologies to alter the landscape of power and reshape the world in their favor … and often at the expense of others," US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said earlier this month.
Chinese lasers injure US military pilots in Africa, Pentagon says
The US has similarly issued such diplomatic protests in the past due to what the US said was Chinese military forces using lasers against US aircraft.
One such incident took place in the East African nation of Djibouti where both the US and China maintain military bases. US officials in 2018 accused Chinese forces stationed in Djibouti of injuring US pilots with a laser that was fired at a US C-130J aircraft.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/27/politics/chinese-laser-us-aircraft/index.html
#8273845 at 2020-02-28 14:22:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10592: Blessed Are the Note Takers Edition
Legislators from both parties warn Pentagon not to move money to fund President Trump's border wall
https://www.kcra.com/article/legislators-from-both-parties-warn-pentagon-not-to-move-money-to-fund-president-trumps-border-wall/31116296
WASHINGTON -
Lawmakers from both parties told Pentagon leaders Wednesday that the Defense Department is undermining its own efforts to get military money by diverting billions of dollars for the construction of President Donald Trump's U.S.-Mexico border wall
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and the committee's top Republican warned Defense Secretary Mark Esper that overturning congressional funding decisions to shift money for the wall is an enormous problem that will have consequences.
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The plan to shift money has triggered rare Republican opposition to one of Trump's priorities.
Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, said the result may be that Congress will place greater restrictions on the Pentagon's ability to move money around to meet military needs. The chairman, Democratic Rep. Adam Smith of Washington, said the money transfer is "very, very damaging to the Pentagon."
"The message it sends is the Pentagon has plenty of money," said Smith, adding that it "undercuts any arguments for any need for resources."
The Pentagon announced this month that it was slashing billions of dollars in funding for Navy and Air Force aircraft and other military programs to free up money for the construction of the wall.
Esper approved the $3.8 billion border wall request from the Department of Homeland Security, and the Pentagon acknowledged that more cuts could be coming to provide additional dollars for the wall. Trump has repeatedly claimed that Mexico is paying for his promised "big beautiful wall," but that has never happened.
#8270429 at 2020-02-28 02:52:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10588: Bake It to Make It Edition
Turkish Parliament - Turkish Soldiers Killed In Idlib
>>8269488 PB
Turkish soldiers killed in Idlib, Ankara holds urgent meeting
(yetkin report Feb 28 2020) (Russia)
https://yetkinreport.com/en/2020/02/28/turkish-soldiers-killed-in-idlib-ankara-holds-urgent-meeting/
Twenty nine Turkish soldiers have been killed in attacks in Syria's Idlib, officials sources have confirmed, with the government announcing that it has responded to the offence by the Assad regime.
Ankara has decided to retaliate the attacks, said Fahrettin Altun, the communications director of the Turkish Presidency, following a top-level meeting in Ankara late on Feb. 27.
"All known targets of the [Syrian] regime have been hit by our air forces and back-up land forces," he said.
Rahim Do?an, the governor of the border province of Hatay in southeastern Turkey confirmed that 29 Turkish soldiers were killed and 36 others were wounded.
The injured soldiers were hospitalized in Hatay.
Reuters news agency quoted the Syrian Observatory, a war monitor, as saying that at least 34 Turkish soldiers were killed in air strikes in Idlib.
"We have martyrs, it is true but currently I cannot confirm any number of casualties," a military source told YetkinReport, responding to a question on the Syrian Observatory claim.
Both the Turkish government and the main opposition held emergency meetings in Ankara following the reports.
President Tayyip Erdo?an called on Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu, National Intelligence Service (M?T) head Hakan Fidan and top generals for a meeting. Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu also held a meeting with party seniors and requested to meet with the defense minister.
Akar talked on the phone with his with his U.S. counterpart, Mark Esper, as Çavu?o?lu spoke with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.
Reuters claimed that Turkey would stop preventing Syrian refugees from moving to Europe.
Turkish parliament speaker Mustafa ?entop cut short a visit and returned to Ankara. Responding to YetkinReport on whether a mandate on a military act on Syria would be voted on in parliament, ?entop said "currently there is no such a plan."
CHP leader K?l?çdaro?lu also told YetkinReport that "We do not have such an information. We should act in commonsense. Now we are trying to receive sound information."
?entop had held a meeting with Erdo?an at the presidential complex on Feb. 26, one day before the president met with both his ruling Justice and Development Party (Ak Party) lawmakers and Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and his election ally.
As the recent attacks took place, a Russian foreign ministry team was in Ankara in talks with their Turkish counterparts on the Syria issue. A simultaneous announcement by Moscow, Syrian regime's biggest supporter, that a scheduled March 5 meeting between Erdo?an and Russian President Vladimir Putin would not be held raised tension between the two capitals.
Russian state television also said Turkish forces and Turkey-supporter group, which it deemed "terrorists," fired rockets at Russian and Syrian fighter jets in Syria and "counter measures were taken."
Turkish officials announced that no Russian jets were targeted.
This followed reports that Turkey-backed forces took over Saraqib, a northern Syrian town on the key M5 highway that links Damascus to Aleppo and fierce clashes erupted there.
The Turkish government has been awaiting more support from the U.S. and NATO on the Syrian issue. Deploying Patriot missile systems in Turkey or utilizing the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean could be forms of such support. Currently, a U.S. cruiser with missile firing capacity is in Black Sea. Ankara is angry, but raising tensions with Russia to a further level is also a source of concern.
#8269418 at 2020-02-28 00:54:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10586: Godspeed Patriots Edition
>>8268226
>The Pentagon will soon begin fielding 5G prototypes with private companies following the filing of the department's final requests for proposals in the coming weeks, US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper revealed.
Really Q?
Can someone be straight with us?
What the hell is it about these companies that they feel the need to put us in the middle of their every thousand food grid of polls?
As if they have some kind of right.
Really?
Did you see what the Chinese are doing with that muther fucking grid?
They have a ton of drones flying around.
People get out of their cars in some parking lot, the drone flies up holding a two foot by three foot paper sheet with one of those QR codes on it, demands the passengers step out of the car to aim their cell phone at the QR code.
Really Q.
Not in America.
Love /our guys/, love Trump, love America.
NO 5G grids unless the Military explains WHY they NEED them.
Unless you got some dire need you ain't talking about, … something we do not understand?
If you do, best explain.
Otherwise….
Keep them OUT.
Government doesn't want to talk to the people like people were grown ups?
Government evils sons of bitches can go to hell.
The drones and the towers will make great target practice for the next generation. Sniping practice.
Jesus in Heaven what is wrong with our leaders????????????????
#8268226 at 2020-02-27 22:45:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10585: 'Chocker' Edition
The Pentagon will soon begin fielding 5G prototypes with private companies following the filing of the department's final requests for proposals in the coming weeks, US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper revealed.
As the US continues to attempt to guide countries away from Chinese tech giant Huawei's 5G services, Esper informed the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday that the Pentagon will attempt to invest in its own 5G technology and begin the process of testing and experimentation.
https://sputniknews.com/military/202002271078422442-us-department-of-defense-to-begin-testing-5g-tech-prototypes-/
#8266288 at 2020-02-27 19:14:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10583: We Love Our Trainfags Edition
Congressional Republicans Warn Trump Against Inking Peace Deal With Taliban
Lawmakers demand release of secret side deals
A group of more than 20 leading Republican lawmakers are warning the Trump administration against signing a landMark peace accord with the Taliban in Afghanistan, saying that it would jeopardize America's national security interests.
In a letter sent Wednesday to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, members of Congress led by Rep. Liz Cheney (R., Wyo.) expressed their "serious concerns" about rumors the Trump administration is on the cusp of inking a peace accord with the Taliban, which the lawmakers maintain cannot be trusted to uphold the accord.
The lawmakers, all of whom are typically aligned with the administration on national security issues, are demanding they receive assurances the administration "will not place the security of the American people into the hands of the Taliban," according to a copy of the letter obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
The lawmakers are also demanding the release of so-called secret annexes in the draft agreement that they claim establish a set of unknown side deals with the Taliban, a move reminiscent of the Obama administration's secret agreements with Iran when the Iran nuclear deal was being negotiated.
The Trump administration has been working for months to lay the groundwork for a landMark peace deal with the Taliban that would see American forces finally leave the country after nearly two decades of war. Afghanistan is currently in the middle of a reduction in violence agreement that has seen the Taliban and U.S. coalition forces lay down arms in the lead-up to a peace deal.
While President Donald Trump has vowed to bring American forces home from Afghanistan, those efforts have been complicated by the Taliban's continued support for terrorism. GOP critics say it is foolish to trust a group that harbored the 9/11 terrorist attackers and murdered scores of American military personnel.
"We have serious concerns about reports that the United States is preparing to sign a deal with the Taliban, the terrorists who harbored al-Qaeda before and after the attacks of 9/11," wrote the lawmakers, including Reps. Cheney, Dan Crenshaw (R., Texas), Jim Banks (R., Ind.), Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.), Mike Rogers (R., Ala.), and Adam Kinzinger (R., Ill.), among others.
"Trump has a proven track record of putting America's security first and ensuring our country stays out of bad deals that aid our adversaries," the lawmakers wrote. "In keeping with this policy, we are seeking assurances that you will not place the security of the American people into the hands of the Taliban, and undermine our ally, the current Government of Afghanistan."
The United States "cannot rely on these terrorists to safeguard their security," the lawmakers wrote in a direct rebuke of senior U.S. officials who have been working with the Taliban to cement a deal that legitimizes its role in the Afghan government.
If America signs a deal to massively drawdown its troop presence in Afghanistan, the Taliban could use this vacuum to foment terrorism and wrench control of the country, the lawmakers maintain.
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/congressional-republicans-warn-trump-against-inking-peace-deal-with-taliban/
#8265817 at 2020-02-27 18:17:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10582: What's In Your Closet? Edition
Pentagon Leaders Can't Say If Any Secret Annexes in Afghan Peace Dea
Esper, Gen. Milley both claim they weren't told about anything
Arguments about the Afghanistan peace deal that the US is about to sign with the Taliban continue, with substantial concerns that secret annexes exist to the peace language which would threaten the deal's sustainability.
Recent reports claimed that among a series of secret annexes, the US included language saying they're not actually going to leave Afghanistan militarily, and that this seeming deal-breaker was accepted on the grounds it would be a secret.
Pressed on the matter, top Pentagon figures claimed complete ignorance on it. Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Gen. Mark Milley both claimed to have no idea if there were ultimately any secret annexes.
Esper said he knew there were/are annexes to the final deal, but that he doesn't know if any of them are formally secret or not, saying he would ask the Secretary of State at some point.
https://news.antiwar.com/2020/02/26/pentagon-leaders-cant-say-if-any-secret-annexes-in-afghan-peace-deal/
#8256656 at 2020-02-26 19:35:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10571: They Are Coming For You DS Edition
#10569
>>8255279, >>8255778 planefaggin
>>8255790 The Department of Justice Creates Section Dedicated to Denaturalization Cases
>>8255783 MEME AMMO
>>8255757 Largest Oil Refinery on West Coast Erupts in Flames
>>8255709 California reservoir ordered to be drained over fears earthquake could collapse dam
>>8255673 Virus slowing in China already though we haven't believed anything the Chinese have told us yet
>>8255672 It Is Time To Rebrand The Presidential State Car From "The Beast" To A New Name
>>8255592 Regeneron Pharma. Inc, President/Chief Scientific Ofcr. sold: $49.63m-Feb 24
>>8255545, >>8255576 Iger diggz
>>8255544 Prison officials 'fear Harvey Weinstein may try to kill himself like Jeffrey Epstein and could house him in a private section of Rikers Island with round-the-clock surveillance
>>8255452 Extra Space Storage, Inc. Chairman sold: $21.53m-Feb 24-25
>>8255444 Directed InfraRed CounterMeasure = DIRCM v. heat seeking missiles. Would be very surprised if AF One doesn't have such tech (or better).
>>8255255, >>8255284, >>8255290, >>8255328, >>8255333 Call to diggz Carona, Switzerland/underground
>>8255202 Former Atomwaffen Division Leader Arrested for Swatting Conspiracy
>>8255155, >>8255458 So all you Q supporters, You have a pandemic virus implementing population control in front of you literally, Why has Q been 100% silent. How does that feel?/bun of replies
>>8255110 DA: 69 defendants may have been convicted on false evidence from Gerald Goines/Houston
>>8255098, >>8255108, >>8255129 Potus twat/cap
>>8255812 #10569
#10568
>>8255011, >>8255031, >>8255037, >>8255042 Court sides with Trump in 'sanctuary cities' grant fight
>>8255010 CBP Field Operations Arrests Local Man with $1.6 Million in Methamphetamine at Anzalduas International Bridge
>>8254819, >>8254822, >>8254831, >>8254840 QAnon May Be Resting, But It Will Never Die
>>8254781 DOJ appoints new BOP head.
>>8254747, >>8254770 U.S. Army Corps suspends key study of city storm protections
>>8254697, >>8254722, >>8254735 DISNEY , INDIA & MODI CORP
>>8254677 Colorado ski resort sees 17 cases of employees with mumps
>>8254666 Billions of devices-many of them already patched-are affected by a Wi-Fi vulnerability that allows nearby attackers to decrypt sensitive data sent over the air, researchers said on Wednesday at the RSA security conference.
>>8254642 Searchable Sites with info about Charities/Foundations/Philanthropies
>>8254632, >>8254655 @chuckwoolery Just Like Her Corrupt Brother Rod Rosenstein - The CDC's Dr. Nancy Messonnier, Drops a Bomb on President Trump While On International Trip
>>8254630 Live: Mark Esper testifies on 2021 defense budget
>>8254602 A facial-recognition company that contracts with powerful law-enforcement agencies just reported that an intruder stole its entire client list, according to a notification the company sent to its customers.
>>8254595 Salesforce announcing that co-CEO Keith Block would be stepping down from his role after just 18 months, the acquisition of cloud software firm Velocity for $1.33 billion and revenue and earnings that beat expectations.
BC
>>8254587 BP quits three key U.S. petroleum groups over climate divergences
>>8254520, >>8254567, >>8254600, >>8254713, >>8255038 planefag reporting
>>8254471 Don Jr. twat sauce from LB (>>8254249)
>>8254444 anon post graphic on born alive bill and 1 year delta.
>>8254437 Niger: Police rescue 232 victims of human trafficking
>>8254387, >>8254801 Project Veritas video
>>8254355 James Okeefe twat BREAKING: Senior @ABC correspondent David Wright(@WrightUps) reveals he is a "Socialist,"...
>>8255998 #10568
Previously Collected Notables
>>8253528 #10566, >>8254297 #10567
>>8250469 #10562, >>8251193 #10563, >>8251976 #10564, >>8252714 #10565
>>8247348 #10558, >>8248134 #10559, >>8248921 #10560, >>8250452 #10561
>>8244122 #10554, >>8244911 #10555, >>8245745 #10556, >>8246579 #10557
Notables Thread #1, #8960-present: >>7003045
Notables Aggregator: https://wearethene.ws
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384), https://8kun.top
#8255998 at 2020-02-26 18:21:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10570: Cyclops VS Psyops Edition
#10568
>>8255011, >>8255031, >>8255037, >>8255042 Court sides with Trump in 'sanctuary cities' grant fight
>>8255010 CBP Field Operations Arrests Local Man with $1.6 Million in Methamphetamine at Anzalduas International Bridge
>>8254819, >>8254822, >>8254831, >>8254840 QAnon May Be Resting, But It Will Never Die
>>8254781 DOJ appoints new BOP head.
>>8254747, >>8254770 U.S. Army Corps suspends key study of city storm protections
>>8254697, >>8254722, >>8254735 DISNEY , INDIA & MODI CORP
>>8254677 Colorado ski resort sees 17 cases of employees with mumps
>>8254666 Billions of devices-many of them already patched-are affected by a Wi-Fi vulnerability that allows nearby attackers to decrypt sensitive data sent over the air, researchers said on Wednesday at the RSA security conference.
>>8254642 Searchable Sites with info about Charities/Foundations/Philanthropies
>>8254632, >>8254655 @chuckwoolery Just Like Her Corrupt Brother Rod Rosenstein - The CDC's Dr. Nancy Messonnier, Drops a Bomb on President Trump While On International Trip
>>8254630 Live: Mark Esper testifies on 2021 defense budget
>>8254602 A facial-recognition company that contracts with powerful law-enforcement agencies just reported that an intruder stole its entire client list, according to a notification the company sent to its customers.
>>8254595 Salesforce announcing that co-CEO Keith Block would be stepping down from his role after just 18 months, the acquisition of cloud software firm Velocity for $1.33 billion and revenue and earnings that beat expectations.
BC
>>8254587 BP quits three key U.S. petroleum groups over climate divergences
>>8254520, >>8254567, >>8254600, >>8254713, >>8255038 planefag reporting
>>8254471 Don Jr. twat sauce from LB (>>8254249)
>>8254444 anon post graphic on born alive bill and 1 year delta.
>>8254437 Niger: Police rescue 232 victims of human trafficking
>>8254387, >>8254801 Project Veritas video
>>8254355 James Okeefe twat BREAKING: Senior @ABC correspondent David Wright(@WrightUps) reveals he is a "Socialist,"...
>>8255055 #10568
#8255859 at 2020-02-26 18:03:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10570: Cyclops VS Psyops Edition
Global Announcements
>>8227327 Iwo Jima flag on YouTube for TOR posting
Anons, plz no jpegs, tx
Notables
are not endorsements
#10569
>>8255279, >>8255778 planefaggin
>>8255790 The Department of Justice Creates Section Dedicated to Denaturalization Cases
>>8255783 MEME AMMO
>>8255757 Largest Oil Refinery on West Coast Erupts in Flames
>>8255709 California reservoir ordered to be drained over fears earthquake could collapse dam
>>8255673 Virus slowing in China already though we haven't believed anything the Chinese have told us yet
>>8255672 It Is Time To Rebrand The Presidential State Car From "The Beast" To A New Name
>>8255592 Regeneron Pharma. Inc, President/Chief Scientific Ofcr. sold: $49.63m-Feb 24
>>8255545, >>8255576 Iger diggz
>>8255544 Prison officials 'fear Harvey Weinstein may try to kill himself like Jeffrey Epstein and could house him in a private section of Rikers Island with round-the-clock surveillance
>>8255452 Extra Space Storage, Inc. Chairman sold: $21.53m-Feb 24-25
>>8255444 Directed InfraRed CounterMeasure = DIRCM v. heat seeking missiles. Would be very surprised if AF One doesn't have such tech (or better).
>>8255255, >>8255284, >>8255290, >>8255328, >>8255333 Call to diggz Carona, Switzerland/underground
>>8255202 Former Atomwaffen Division Leader Arrested for Swatting Conspiracy
>>8255155, >>8255458 So all you Q supporters, You have a pandemic virus implementing population control in front of you literally, Why has Q been 100% silent. How does that feel?/bun of replies
>>8255110 DA: 69 defendants may have been convicted on false evidence from Gerald Goines/Houston
>>8255098, >>8255108, >>8255129 Potus twat/cap
>>8255812 #10569
#10568
>>8255011, >>8255031, >>8255037, >>8255042 Court sides with Trump in 'sanctuary cities' grant fight
>>8255010 CBP Field Operations Arrests Local Man with $1.6 Million in Methamphetamine at Anzalduas International Bridge
>>8254819, >>8254822, >>8254831, >>8254840 QAnon May Be Resting, But It Will Never Die
>>8254781 DOJ appoints new BOP head.
>>8254747, >>8254770 U.S. Army Corps suspends key study of city storm protections
>>8254697, >>8254722, >>8254735 DISNEY , INDIA & MODI CORP
>>8254677 Colorado ski resort sees 17 cases of employees with mumps
>>8254666 Billions of devices-many of them already patched-are affected by a Wi-Fi vulnerability that allows nearby attackers to decrypt sensitive data sent over the air, researchers said on Wednesday at the RSA security conference.
>>8254642 Searchable Sites with info about Charities/Foundations/Philanthropies
>>8254632, >>8254655 @chuckwoolery Just Like Her Corrupt Brother Rod Rosenstein - The CDC's Dr. Nancy Messonnier, Drops a Bomb on President Trump While On International Trip
>>8254630 Live: Mark Esper testifies on 2021 defense budget
>>8254602 A facial-recognition company that contracts with powerful law-enforcement agencies just reported that an intruder stole its entire client list, according to a notification the company sent to its customers.
>>8254595 Salesforce announcing that co-CEO Keith Block would be stepping down from his role after just 18 months, the acquisition of cloud software firm Velocity for $1.33 billion and revenue and earnings that beat expectations.
>>8254587 BP quits three key U.S. petroleum groups over climate divergences
>>8254520, >>8254567, >>8254600, >>8254713, >>8255038 planefag reporting
>>8254471 Don Jr. twat sauce from LB (>>8254249)
>>8254444 anon post graphic on born alive bill and 1 year delta.
>>8254437 Niger: Police rescue 232 victims of human trafficking
>>8254387, >>8254801 Project Veritas video
>>8254355 James Okeefe twat BREAKING: Senior @ABC correspondent David Wright(@WrightUps) reveals he is a "Socialist,"...
>>8255055 #10568
#8255062 at 2020-02-26 16:18:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10569: Dems Block Born Alive Edition
Global Announcements
>>8227327 Iwo Jima flag on YouTube for TOR posting
Anons, plz no jpegs, tx
Notables
are not endorsements
#10568
>>8255011, >>8255031, >>8255037, >>8255042 Court sides with Trump in 'sanctuary cities' grant fight
>>8255010 CBP Field Operations Arrests Local Man with $1.6 Million in Methamphetamine at Anzalduas International Bridge
>>8254819, >>8254822, >>8254831, >>8254840 QAnon May Be Resting, But It Will Never Die
>>8254781 DOJ appoints new BOP head.
>>8254747, >>8254770 U.S. Army Corps suspends key study of city storm protections
>>8254697, >>8254722, >>8254735 DISNEY , INDIA & MODI CORP
>>8254677 Colorado ski resort sees 17 cases of employees with mumps
>>8254666 Billions of devices-many of them already patched-are affected by a Wi-Fi vulnerability that allows nearby attackers to decrypt sensitive data sent over the air, researchers said on Wednesday at the RSA security conference.
>>8254642 Searchable Sites with info about Charities/Foundations/Philanthropies
>>8254632, >>8254655 @chuckwoolery Just Like Her Corrupt Brother Rod Rosenstein - The CDC's Dr. Nancy Messonnier, Drops a Bomb on President Trump While On International Trip
>>8254630 Live: Mark Esper testifies on 2021 defense budget
>>8254602 A facial-recognition company that contracts with powerful law-enforcement agencies just reported that an intruder stole its entire client list, according to a notification the company sent to its customers.
>>8254595 Salesforce announcing that co-CEO Keith Block would be stepping down from his role after just 18 months, the acquisition of cloud software firm Velocity for $1.33 billion and revenue and earnings that beat expectations.
>>8254587 BP quits three key U.S. petroleum groups over climate divergences
>>8254520, >>8254567, >>8254600, >>8254713, >>8255038 planefag reporting
>>8254471 Don Jr. twat sauce from LB (>>8254249)
>>8254444 anon post graphic on born alive bill and 1 year delta.
>>8254437 Niger: Police rescue 232 victims of human trafficking
>>8254387, >>8254801 Project Veritas video
>>8254355 James Okeefe twat BREAKING: Senior @ABC correspondent David Wright(@WrightUps) reveals he is a "Socialist,"...
>>8255055 #10568
#8255055 at 2020-02-26 16:17:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10568: Godspeed Edition
#10568
>>8255011, >>8255031, >>8255037, >>8255042 Court sides with Trump in 'sanctuary cities' grant fight
>>8255010 CBP Field Operations Arrests Local Man with $1.6 Million in Methamphetamine at Anzalduas International Bridge
>>8254819, >>8254822, >>8254831, >>8254840 QAnon May Be Resting, But It Will Never Die
>>8254781 DOJ appoints new BOP head.
>>8254747, >>8254770 U.S. Army Corps suspends key study of city storm protections
>>8254697, >>8254722, >>8254735 DISNEY , INDIA & MODI CORP
>>8254677 Colorado ski resort sees 17 cases of employees with mumps
>>8254666 Billions of devices-many of them already patched-are affected by a Wi-Fi vulnerability that allows nearby attackers to decrypt sensitive data sent over the air, researchers said on Wednesday at the RSA security conference.
>>8254642 Searchable Sites with info about Charities/Foundations/Philanthropies
>>8254632, >>8254655 @chuckwoolery Just Like Her Corrupt Brother Rod Rosenstein - The CDC's Dr. Nancy Messonnier, Drops a Bomb on President Trump While On International Trip
>>8254630 Live: Mark Esper testifies on 2021 defense budget
>>8254602 A facial-recognition company that contracts with powerful law-enforcement agencies just reported that an intruder stole its entire client list, according to a notification the company sent to its customers.
>>8254595 Salesforce announcing that co-CEO Keith Block would be stepping down from his role after just 18 months, the acquisition of cloud software firm Velocity for $1.33 billion and revenue and earnings that beat expectations.
>>8254587 BP quits three key U.S. petroleum groups over climate divergences
>>8254520, >>8254567, >>8254600, >>8254713, >>8255038 planefag reporting
>>8254471 Don Jr. twat sauce from LB (>>8254249)
>>8254444 anon post graphic on born alive bill and 1 year delta.
>>8254437 Niger: Police rescue 232 victims of human trafficking
>>8254387, >>8254801 Project Veritas video
>>8254355 James Okeefe twat BREAKING: Senior @ABC correspondent David Wright(@WrightUps) reveals he is a "Socialist,"...
#10568
#8255012 at 2020-02-26 16:10:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10568: Godspeed Edition
#10568
>>8254819, >>8254822, >>8254831, >>8254840 QAnon May Be Resting, But It Will Never Die
>>8254781 DOJ appoints new BOP head.
>>8254747, >>8254770 U.S. Army Corps suspends key study of city storm protections
>>8254697, >>8254722, >>8254735 DISNEY , INDIA & MODI CORP
>>8254677 Colorado ski resort sees 17 cases of employees with mumps
>>8254666 Billions of devices-many of them already patched-are affected by a Wi-Fi vulnerability that allows nearby attackers to decrypt sensitive data sent over the air, researchers said on Wednesday at the RSA security conference.
>>8254642 Searchable Sites with info about Charities/Foundations/Philanthropies
>>8254632, >>8254655 @chuckwoolery Just Like Her Corrupt Brother Rod Rosenstein - The CDC's Dr. Nancy Messonnier, Drops a Bomb on President Trump While On International Trip
>>8254630 Live: Mark Esper testifies on 2021 defense budget
>>8254602 A facial-recognition company that contracts with powerful law-enforcement agencies just reported that an intruder stole its entire client list, according to a notification the company sent to its customers.
>>8254595 Salesforce announcing that co-CEO Keith Block would be stepping down from his role after just 18 months, the acquisition of cloud software firm Velocity for $1.33 billion and revenue and earnings that beat expectations.
>>8254587 BP quits three key U.S. petroleum groups over climate divergences
>>8254520, >>8254567, >>8254600, >>8254713 planefag reporting
>>8254471 Don Jr. twat sauce from LB (>>8254249)
>>8254444 anon post graphic on born alive bill and 1 year delta.
>>8254437 Niger: Police rescue 232 victims of human trafficking
>>8254387, >>8254801 Project Veritas video
>>8254355 James Okeefe twat BREAKING: Senior @ABC correspondent David Wright(@WrightUps) reveals he is a "Socialist,"...
#10568
#8254905 at 2020-02-26 15:54:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10568: Godspeed Edition
>>8254887
Not A Bulls
>>8254819, >>8254822, >>8254831, >>8254840 QAnon May Be Resting, But It Will Never Die
>>8254747, >>8254770 U.S. Army Corps suspends key study of city storm protections
>>8254697, >>8254722, >>8254735 DISNEY , INDIA & MODI CORP
>>8254677 Colorado ski resort sees 17 cases of employees with mumps
>>8254666 Billions of devices-many of them already patched-are affected by a Wi-Fi vulnerability that allows nearby attackers to decrypt sensitive data sent over the air, researchers said on Wednesday at the RSA security conference.
>>8254642 Searchable Sites with info about Charities/Foundations/Philanthropies
>>8254632, >>8254655 @chuckwoolery Just Like Her Corrupt Brother Rod Rosenstein - The CDC's Dr. Nancy Messonnier, Drops a Bomb on President Trump While On International Trip
>>8254630 Live: Mark Esper testifies on 2021 defense budget
>>8254602 A facial-recognition company that contracts with powerful law-enforcement agencies just reported that an intruder stole its entire client list, according to a notification the company sent to its customers.
>>8254595 Salesforce announcing that co-CEO Keith Block would be stepping down from his role after just 18 months, the acquisition of cloud software firm Velocity for $1.33 billion and revenue and earnings that beat expectations.
>>8254587 BP quits three key U.S. petroleum groups over climate divergences
>>8254520, >>8254567, >>8254600, >>8254713 planefag reporting
>>8254471 Don Jr. twat sauce from LB (>>8254249)
>>8254444 anon post graphic on born alive bill and 1 year delta.
>>8254437 Niger: Police rescue 232 victims of human trafficking
>>8254387, >>8254801 Project Veritas video
>>8254355 James Okeefe twat BREAKING: Senior @ABC correspondent David Wright(@WrightUps) reveals he is a "Socialist,"...
#8254764 at 2020-02-26 15:37:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10568: Godspeed Edition
>>8254708
Notables
>>8254697, >>8254722, >>8254735 DISNEY , INDIA & MODI CORP
>>8254677 Colorado ski resort sees 17 cases of employees with mumps
>>8254666 Billions of devices-many of them already patched-are affected by a Wi-Fi vulnerability that allows nearby attackers to decrypt sensitive data sent over the air, researchers said on Wednesday at the RSA security conference.
>>8254642 Searchable Sites with info about Charities/Foundations/Philanthropies
>>8254632, >>8254655 @chuckwoolery Just Like Her Corrupt Brother Rod Rosenstein - The CDC's Dr. Nancy Messonnier, Drops a Bomb on President Trump While On International Trip
>>8254630 Live: Mark Esper testifies on 2021 defense budget
>>8254602 A facial-recognition company that contracts with powerful law-enforcement agencies just reported that an intruder stole its entire client list, according to a notification the company sent to its customers.
>>8254600 planefaggin
>>8254595 Salesforce announcing that co-CEO Keith Block would be stepping down from his role after just 18 months, the acquisition of cloud software firm Velocity for $1.33 billion and revenue and earnings that beat expectations.
>>8254587 BP quits three key U.S. petroleum groups over climate divergences
>>8254520, >>8254567 planefag reporting
>>8254471 Don Jr. twat sauce from LB (>>8254249)
>>8254444 anon post graphic on born alive bill and 1 year delta.
>>8254437 Niger: Police rescue 232 victims of human trafficking
>>8254387 Project Veritas video
>>8254355 James Okeefe twat BREAKING: Senior @ABC correspondent David Wright(@WrightUps) reveals he is a "Socialist,"...
#8254630 at 2020-02-26 15:19:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10568: Godspeed Edition
Live: Mark Esper testifies on 2021 defense budget
House Armed Services Committee holds hearing on "The FY21 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Dept of Defense." Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs Chair General Mark Milley testify.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GxkAJzikyo
#8243073 at 2020-02-25 13:44:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10553: Tava in the morning Edition
John Noname actively worked against the US military going in to find POWs in years of sitings of them, biggest betrayal of all time!
New Hampshire Senators Call on Esper to Honor 'Lost 74' on Vietnam Wall
24 Feb 2020
The New Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester | By Shawne Wickham
New Hampshire's two U.S. senators have signed on to a bipartisan letter urging Defense Secretary Mark Esper to add the names of the 74 American sailors who died aboard the USS Frank E. Evans in 1969 to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington.
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., both members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, are leading a dozen lawmakers who requested a meeting with Esper to discuss the matter.
Noting that last year Marked the 50th anniversary of the loss of the sailors during a training exercise off the coast of Vietnam, the senators said honoring their sacrifice "is long overdue."
During international maneuvers on June 3, 1969, the Evans collided with a much larger Australian aircraft carrier and the smaller ship was cut in half.
Seventy-four sailors died, including two young men from New Hampshire: Ronald Arthur Thibodeau of Manchester and Gary Joseph Vigue of Farmington. Both were married and had young sons.
The military did not include the "Lost 74" sailors' names on the Vietnam wall in Washington, D.C., because the accident happened outside the designated combat zone.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/02/24/new-hampshire-senators-call-Esper-honor-lost-74-vietnam-wall.html
Typed in John McCain betrayed MIA Viêt Nam, lots is sites popped up besides this one
http://www.mccainbetrayspows.org/home/4530777103
#8239644 at 2020-02-25 02:38:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10549 The "Listen Carefully" Edition
Freaky anons
Pentagon's new rules for autonomous weapons, combat AI called 'ethics-washing project
By Ben Wolfgang and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times - Monday, February 24, 2020
The Pentagon on Monday rolled out a sweeping set of ethical guidelines to govern the use of artificial intelligence on the battlefield, Marking a major step forward in the military's campaign to establish firm controls over 21st-century technology and ensure that humans retain control over machines.
The principles, developed after 15 months of consultation with top technology industry leaders, call for the responsible use of all AI, concrete rules to trace the implementation of all systems and how they behave, and a blanket policy that says a human monitor can at all times override the AI technology. Military officials also said they will try to ensure that all AI capabilities do not develop or show "unintended bias" in how they behave or in whom they target, and the Pentagon stressed that AI will be employed only in a given situation after an explicit, well-defined purpose has been laid out and is thoroughly understood by all involved.
The effort dramatically demonstrates how machine learning and vast data-crunching technologies are changing the face of modern warfare and posing ethical problems that could scarcely have been conceived just a generation ago.
Drones, autonomous tanks and planes, missile systems that can track incoming fire with little to no human involvement and other artificial intelligence will revolutionize warfare and slowly erase the lines between humans and technology on the battlefield, military strategists say.
Technology leaders in Silicon Valley, ethicists and a host of other critics warn that the military is running the risk of implementing unproven technology before writing a rulebook to govern it. The Defense Department has struggled to quell those concerns while beefing up its AI development, which already includes research centers across the country and a push on Capitol Hill for more money to fund projects.
The effort has gained urgency as rivals such as China make artificial intelligence a centerpiece of their economic and military strategies in the decades to come.
In developing the guidelines, Pentagon officials cast their mission as a broad responsibility to set the tone and lead the world on responsible use of AI.
"AI technology will change much about the battlefield of the future, but nothing will change America's steadfast commitment to responsible and lawful behavior," said Defense Secretary Mark Esper. "The adoption of AI ethical principles will enhance the department's commitment to upholding the highest ethical standards as outlined in the DoDAI Strategy, while embracing the U.S. military's strong history of applying rigorous testing and fielding standards for technology innovations."
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/24/pentagon-adopts-new-ethical-principles-for-using-a/
#8239168 at 2020-02-25 01:59:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10548: Mueller Team BOOM Edition
US wargames in South Korea might be scaled back over coronavirus fears - or lack of funding deal with Seoul
News that US and South Korea are considering downsizing combined military drills - ostensibly due to coronavirus concerns - comes as the Pentagon is trying to twist Seoul's arm into paying billions for upkeep of US garrisons.
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper made a comment about coronavirus figuring into considerations about the drills at the press conference following a meeting at the Pentagon with his South Korean counterpart Jeong Kyeong-doo.
Looming over the possible downsizing, however, is the unresolved issue of funding for US troops in South Korea. Seoul currently contributes just under $1 billion for upkeep of US troops, which have been garrisoned on South Korean soil since the 1953 armistice. At President Donald Trump's insistence, the Pentagon has pushed for that amount to increase, reportedly to around $5 billion - a deal Seoul is apparently finding hard to swallow.
"Shouldering the cost of our common defense cannot fall disproportionately to the American taxpayer," Esper said at the Monday evening press conference, arguing for a "more sustainable and equitable means of sharing" it.
As "a global economic powerhouse and an equal partner in the preservation of peace on the peninsula," Esper added, "South Korea can and should contribute more to its defense."
The $5 billion number would be more in league with what was reported last year, when Trump was said to demand a "cost plus 50" percent renegotiation of basing agreements with allies like South Korea, Germany and Japan. The White House has denied those reports, however.
None of that is to say that coronavirus is not a legitimate concern for the Pentagon. South Korea is second in the world after China for the number of COVID-19 infections - 800 confirmed cases and eight deaths, as of Monday. At least a dozen members of the military have been diagnosed. The Korean defense ministry even shut down its briefing room on Tuesday, after a local news camera operator was admitted to a hospital with symptoms.
https://www.rt.com/news/481593-pentagon-korea-coronavirus-costs/
#8231736 at 2020-02-24 05:50:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10539: Yuge in India Edition
"Sick People" - Russian Lawmakers Blast US For Nuclear War Exercise
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper participated in a war exercise late last week at the United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) HQ in Omaha, Nebraska, which featured how the Pentagon would respond to a Russian nuclear attack on Europe, reported Defense One.
"We conducted a mini-exercise," a senior defense official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. "The scenario included a European contingency where you are conducting a war with Russia and Russia decides to use a low-yield limited nuclear weapon against the site on NATO territory, and then you go through the conversation that you would have with the secretary of defense and then with the president ultimately to decide how to respond."
"During the exercise, we simulated responding with a nuclear weapon," the official said.
News of the "mini-exercise" immediately traveled to Moscow. Russian lawmakers called the Pentagon's nuclear war simulation completely outrageous:
Senator Sergei Tsekov called organizers and participants of the exercise "sick people," telling RBC News on Saturday, that he was "very surprised, frankly, very much, that they are doing this and also declare it. Although, on the other hand, judging by their current state and current actions, why be surprised?"
Alexander Sherin, the deputy head of the Duma's defense committee, told HCH news on Saturday that the US' nuclear war simulation with Russia has several objectives:
"Firstly, the population is getting used to such an incredible scenario for resolving the conflict as a nuclear strike between the Russian Federation and the NATO bloc. Secondly, an attempt to intimidate the population of Europe and justify the presence of American bases in European countries as guarantors of security and defenders in the event of a nuclear attack from Russia," Sherin said.
He said it would be foolish for Moscow to launch nuclear strikes on European countries because the fallout would flow back into Russia.
Sherin says the reason the US nonchalantly leaks its nuclear war exercises to the media is because it has never had a major war on its soil, unlike Europe and Russia.
The latest drill comes as President Trump's gargantuan military budget of more than $740 billion has allocated a whopping $44 billion for nuclear weapons.
Peter Kuznick, the director of the American University's Nuclear Studies Institute, told RT News there is no such thing of limited nuclear war.
Kuznick said how these things play out is that both sides will continue shooting atomic weapons at one another until the human civilization is completely wiped out.
The exercise comes weeks after we reported the US added a 'low yield' nuclear weapon to its submarine arsenal in a controversial first in decades.
Trump's soaring military budget has led to the most significant increase in global military spending in more than a decade suggests governments across the world are preparing for the next big conflict.
https://www.zerohedge.com/Markets/sick-people-russian-lawmakers-blast-us-nuclear-war-exercise
#8226704 at 2020-02-23 17:47:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10532: Together We're Invinsible Edition
Dangerous games: US NUKES Russia in 'mini exercise' attended by Pentagon chief
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper played himself in a drill at the US Strategic Command HQ in Nebraska, which featured a bizarre scenario of America nuking Russia in response to its own nuclear strike against a 'NATO ally'.
US military exercises simulating various crises are not that uncommon, yet, out of all plausible scenarios, this particular drill apparently simulated a highly unrealistic one. The classified exercise conducted at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha on Thursday focused on an imaginary nuclear conflict between the US and Russia in Europe.
According to the drill scenario, Moscow somehow decided to use a low-yield nuclear weapon against a site "on the NATO territory" somewhere in Europe, a senior Pentagon official confirmed to journalists on condition of anonymity. The fact that Europe is Russia's biggest trading partner and Moscow would never wish to have a full-blown conflict on its doorstep requiring the use of nuclear weapons apparently never bothered the US military.
Instead, the exercise conveniently used America's traditional boogeyman as a target for "simulated responding with a nuclear weapon." The officials did not reveal what exact type of nuclear weapon was used and what particular site in Russia the US military decided to strike as part of the drills, limiting itself to describing this response as "limited."
The Thursday drill might actually not be the weirdest one the Pentagon has staged. A book 'The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War' by American journalist and author, Fred Kaplan, describes an even more eyebrow-raising exercise conducted during the Obama-era when the US military decided to nuke Belarus in response to Russia's attack. One is left to wonder if they remembered that Belarus is actually another independent state even though it is Moscow's close ally.
The latest drill comes as the Trump administration seeks approval from Congress for its 2021 Fiscal Year budget request, which includes a whopping $44 billion reserved for maintaining America's nuclear arsenal and buying new nuclear weapons.
The Pentagon's wild games might look even more disturbing in the light of the fact that America has just recently deployed "low-yield" nuclear missiles on its submarines in the name of deterrence. Yet, the move appears to be more of another step toward nuclear apocalypse on the part of the US, particularly since its latest nuclear doctrine adopted in 2018 permits the use of nuclear weapons in quite a wide range of situations.
Unlike the American one, which allows the US military to treat almost any use of military force against them as a reason to deploy nukes, the Russian doctrine says Moscow can only do that in the case of foreign aggression involving the use of weapons of mass destruction or if the very existence of the nation is at stake.
Washington is really playing with fire, Peter Kuznick, the director of the American University's Nuclear Studies Institute, believes. The situation on the world stage is as "precarious" as never before, he told RT. And yet, the US military stubbornly continues to play out a twisted scenario that is nothing but a countdown to doomsday.
"Over the years, they simulated this kind of a limited nuclear war. What usually happens is that it escalates out of control. There is almost no scenario in which a limited nuclear war ends after each side shoots off one nuclear weapon. A much more likely scenario is that it continues to escalate and then we are all finished."
Kuznick explained that the US and Russia together possess 93 percent of the world's nuclear weapons. And, yet, America's President Donald Trump still welcomes a potential nuclear arms race. The analyst called such an approach "insanity" and said that we already "have enough nuclear arms to trigger a nuclear winter and wipe out all the life on the planet."
https://www.rt.com/usa/481482-us-nukes-russia-pentagon-games/
#8216821 at 2020-02-22 15:54:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10519: Trust God, Clean House, and Work With Others Edition
Libya Asks U.S. to Set Up Military Base Against Russia
(Bloomberg) – Libya's security chief called on the U.S. to set up a base in the North African country to counter Russia's expanding influence in Africa.
Fathi Bashagha, the interior minister for the Tripoli-based administration, said his government proposed hosting a base after Secretary of Defense Mark Esper laid out plans to scale back the U.S. military presence on the continent and re-focus deployments globally on confronting Russia and China. Bashagha's government has been engaged in a months-long battle with forces trying to seize the capital led by eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar, who's backed by Russian mercenaries.
"The redeployment is not clear to us," Bashagha said, speaking in a phone interview with Bloomberg on Friday. "But we hope that the redeployment includes Libya so it doesn't leave space that Russia can exploit."
The oil-rich nation across the Mediterranean from Europe has been one of the main stages for Russia's push for influence over the past year. More than a thousand mercenaries deployed by a confidant of President Vladimir Putin have backed Haftar's offensive to capture the capital from the internationally recognized government.
Bashagha warned that Russia's backing of Haftar was part of a broader push for influence.
"The Russians aren't in Libya just for Haftar," he said. "They have a big strategy in Libya and Africa."
Gate to Africa
Esper's plan to pull troops from Africa provoked criticism in Congress, with 11 lawmakers led by House Armed Services Committee Vice Chairman Anthony Brown, a Democrat, noting in a letter last month that Russia and China were investing in the continent to strengthen their influence. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a top ally of President Donald Trump, was among a bipartisan group of lawmakers who confronted Esper on the sidelines of a security conference in Munich and said they wouldn't back the plan, NBC reported on Tuesday.
In late January, Esper said the U.S. wouldn't withdraw all of its troops from Africa, but acknowledged a review is under way to account for a new strategy that makes countering Russia and China the priority. The U.S. has about 6,000 troops in Africa, including those guarding diplomatic facilities, according to a defense official.
"Libya is important in the Mediterranean: it has oil wealth and a 1,900-kilometer coast and ports which allow Russia to view it as the gate to Africa," Bashagha said. "If the U.S. asks for a base, as the Libyan government we wouldn't mind – for fighting terrorism, organized crime and keeping foreign countries that intervene at a distance. An American base would lead to stability."
Benghazi Attack
The U.S. hasn't had forces in Libya since last April, when it withdrew them as Haftar's forces marched toward the capital. The country has been in turmoil since a 2011 U.S.-led and NATO-backed uprising ousted long-time autocrat Moammer al-Qaddafi. The following year, a jihadist-led mob attacked the U.S. consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi, killing the American ambassador, Christopher Stevens. In a 2016 interview with Fox News, then-President Barack Obama said that failing to plan for the aftermath of Qaddafi's ouster was the worst mistake of his presidency.
"We hope that the U.S. can move on from this regretful incident," Bashagha said of the attack on the embassy. "All Libyans regret it. It wasn't the Libyan people but a small group of criminals that did it."
Since April, control of the country has been divided between Haftar's forces, who are also backed by Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, and the UN-recognized government, which gets military support from Turkey. The war prompted the U.S. to withdraw a counter terrorism contingent from Tripoli that had been assisting in the fight against Islamic State militants in Africa.
Bashagha warned that arms pouring into the country despite a United Nations arms embargo could find their way to neighboring Egypt, where weapons smuggled out of Libya have reached Islamic State militants in Sinai and the neighboring Palestinian Gaza Strip.
https://news.yahoo.com/libya-asks-u-set-military-152133277.html
#8211840 at 2020-02-22 01:03:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10513: Ships, Squalls, Storms And Signals Edition
US Will No Longer Tolerate Russia's "Non-Compliance" Of Open Skies Treaty: Esper
US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has slammed Russia's longtime "non-compliance" to the Open Skies treaty, months after the Trump administration expressed a desire to nix it along with the recently defunct Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF).
Esper told reporters at US Strategic Command on Thursday that the US has yet to finally determine whether it will stay the course with the treaty, but underscored that Washington "can't continue" to tolerate Russian "noncompliance" with the treaty.
"So far, no formal final decision has been made. In due course we will be getting together to do that, to decide the best path forward for our nation," Esper said.
"I take no view one way or the other with regard to arms control in general. They should be in our national interests if we're going to enter an agreement or continue an agreement. The place where we begin is compliance with what's happening on those agreements." Esper continued.
The Trump administration notified NATO in late November that the US is mulling pulling out of the treaty unless Russian non-compliance issues are rectified.
The Americans and Russians have for years quarrelled over specifics, including what reconnaissance cameras and equipment should be allowed, but more importantly Russia's restriction of US overflights near Kaliningrad and Georgia, as detailed in the following:
U.S. critics of the treaty have raised concerns about Russian compliance with the treaty, citing, in particular, Russia's refusal to allow observation flights within 500 kilometers of Kaliningrad or within a 10-kilometer corridor along Russia's border with the Georgian border-conflict regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The United States has reciprocated by restricting flights over the Pacific Fleet in Hawaii and the missile defense interceptor fields in Fort Greely, Alaska.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-will-no-longer-tolerate-russias-noncompliance-open-skies-treaty-pentagon-chief
I don't trust this guy
Pentagon nominee Esper, a former Raytheon lobbyist
he served as a Senate staffer, chief of staff at The Heritage Foundation, and Raytheon's top lobbyist.
https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2019/07/15/pentagon-nominee-Esper-a-former-raytheon-lobbyist-must-extend-recusal/
#8209584 at 2020-02-21 20:57:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10510: Las Vegas Rally Live - WRWY Vegas Edition
US 'Playing Games' With Taliban Peace Talks, Has 'No Intention of Leaving Afghanistan' - Academic
For the second time in a year, US and Taliban leaders are making an attempt at brokering peace in Afghanistan - or are they? One expert told Sputnik Washington is "playing games" with the Taliban in an attempt to blunt the militia group's attacks, stall its momentum and force its resistance to collapse, as the US never intends to leave the country.
The deal will tentatively be signed by US and Taliban leaders on February 29, provided the week prior sees a "reduction in violence," US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Friday. If the truce lasts, nationwide peace talks would begin within 10 days of the signing - another monumental achievement, since the Taliban has so far refused to talk with the government in Kabul that replaced it when US forces and local allies overthrew the militia group in late 2001. The Taliban would also have to forswear support for terrorist groups in the country, which include the Haqqani Network, Islamic State-Khorasan and, of course, its own terrorist tactics.
However, those talks could yield a new government in Kabul, the Associated Press reported. US troops would begin a phased withdrawal over the course of 18 months. There are roughly 13,000 US troops in Afghanistan, who have been fighting an 18-year-long war that Washington has been forced to admit it no longer knows if it's winning or not. US Defense Secretary Mark Esper is quoted as saying the deal would only reduce US troop levels to 8,600 - roughly what they were when US President Donald Trump took office in 2017.
University of Illinois Professor of International Law Francis Boyle told Radio Sputnik's By Any Means Necessary Friday that the precise details haven't yet been made public, and when they become public he may change his mind, but that "from what's been leaked in the press, I can't say I'm overly optimistic."
"All Trump has done right now is to agree to withdraw to the level of troops that [former US President Barack] Obama had in there. So I can't say I'm terribly optimistic right now without reading the details ... It could be that the American strategy here is to sort of play games with the ousted Taliban government with no real intention of leaving Afghanistan that we illegally invaded in the first place in order to better steal all the oil and gas in Central America."
"It appears the United States government is still trying to come up with pretext to keep US military forces there under one bogus reason or another. So far, from what I've read in the public record, it does not appear we've actually agreed to withdraw fully at the end of this process, as happened in the Paris Peace Accord" that ended the US war in Vietnam in 1973. Boyle noted that agreement made clear the US expected the South Vietnamese puppet government to quickly fall to communist forces seeking to reunite the country - which it did, less than two years later.
"I don't think the United States government is planning to do [to Afghanistan] what it did to Vietnam," he said.
"It looks like US strategy is trying to lull the Taliban resistance into a situation where the Taliban army and the resistance gradually collapses and we're still there," the academic told hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman. Indeed, one of the Trump administration's primary terms is a weeklong lull in Taliban attacks prior to the signing of the agreement - something that didn't happen during the last attempt in September 2019.
"As for [Afghan President Ashraf] Ghani, look: it's well known that Ghani is a CIA asset and a CIA puppet, as [former Afghan President Hamid] Karzai was before him. That whole government is a joke and a fraud; it's nothing more than a Potemkin Village of a government, pretty much like South Vietnam was. We fully keep Ghani in power, as we did Karzai. They're nothing more than the mayor of Kabul as far as we are concerned."
https://sputniknews.com/analysis/202002211078374620-us-playing-games-with-taliban-peace-talks-has-no-intention-of-leaving-afghanistan—academic/
#8196389 at 2020-02-20 18:44:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10493: Hot Anons Make A Burning Kitchen Edition
Top Pentagon official leaving Trump administration
A top Defense Department official is set to leave the administration following a resignation request from President Trump.
John Rood, undersecretary of Defense for policy at the Pentagon, will exit his post by the end of the month, Pentagon press secretary Alyssa Farah said. James Anderson, a senior Pentagon official, will serve as Rood's acting replacement until a permanent one is confirmed.
Rood, who assumed his position in 2018, serves as a principal adviser to Defense Secretary Mark Esper and coordinates national security policy within the Pentagon as part of his role. He also oversees areas that deal with the country's partnership with foreign allies.
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Rood indicated that his resignation was in response to a request from the president, according to a copy of his resignation letter shared by Breaking Defense.
"Senior administration officials appointed by the president serve at the pleasure of the president, and therefore, as you have requested I am providing my resignation," he wrote.
Trump in a tweet Wednesday morning thanked Rood for his service.
I would like to thank John Rood for his service to our Country, and wish him well in his future endeavors! https://t.co/kPA1rYCKvp
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 19, 2020
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Esper also thanked Rood for his service, saying in a statement that he "played a critical role on a wide range of DoD issues, including… efforts to increase burden sharing by our NATO allies."
CNN first reported that Rood was leaving the department after losing support among national security officials.
Rood played a role in initially certifying to Congress that Ukraine had taken actions to make institutional reforms within its government in order to receive $250 million in security assistance from the U.S.
"The United States remains committed to assisting with the implementation of these reforms to bolster Ukraine's ability to defend its territorial integrity in support of a secure and democratic Ukraine," Rood wrote, according to a letter previously obtained by The Hill.
The letter undermined the justification that some Trump administration members gave for withholding military assistance. Some officials had said that the block in funding was a product of a push for corruption reform.
Rood reportedly also emailed Esper just hours after Trump's July 25 phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. In the email, Rood informed the Pentagon chief of an upcoming meeting that would address Trump's "concern about endemic corruption in Ukraine and his reported view that US should cease providing security assistance," according to CNN.
Rood asserted that "placing a hold on security assistance at this time would jeopardize this unique window of opportunity and undermine our defense priorities with a key partner in the strategic competition with Russia."
Trump's move to block military aid for Ukraine and press the country's president for investigations of his political rivals was at the center of the House impeachment. The Senate voted to acquit the president of the impeachment articles.
Rood had reportedly become a source of frustration among Defense officials, who alleged in a Foreign Policy article in December that he was responsible for a toxic work environment.
The magazine reported that nearly a dozen former and current Pentagon officials said Rood was to blame for an increase in departures.
Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said at the time that the department had the "utmost confidence" in Rood.
-Updated at 12:33 p.m.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/483597-top-pentagon-official-leaving-trump-administration-report
#8193423 at 2020-02-20 11:13:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10489: Victoria's Deepest Secrets DIGG ANONS Edition
New Space Force's Purchasing Projected at $4.7 Billion by 2025
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/new-space-force-s-purchasing-projected-at-4-7-billion-by-2025-1.1392916
https://archive.is/wip/BHeVK
1h ago
Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) – The new U.S. Space Force could see procurement reach $4.7 billion in fiscal 2025 as it expands steadily from the $2.4 billion requested for acquisitions in the coming year, according to projections by the White House budget office.
The funding reflects the priority that President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper are placing on the new force, starting with a total proposed budget of $15.4 billion for fiscal 2021. The Air Force previously oversaw offensive and defensive operations in space and was the primary buyer of launch services.
The Pentagon request sent to Congress this month includes $2.4 billion for Space Force procurement of satellites, terminals, ground control stations, launch services and communications security.
The procurement funding is estimated to grow to $2.7 billion in 2022, $3.4 billion in 2023, $4 billion in 2024 and $4.7 billion in fiscal 2025, according to Office of Management and Budget projections released with the Defense Department's five-year budget plan.
Within the procurement funding, $1 billion would pay for three national security satellite launches in fiscal 2021, $1.4 billion for five launches a year in 2022 and 2023, $1.6 billion for six in 2024 and $1.9 billion for seven in 2025, according to a separate breakdown by the Air Force.
"The Space Force's intent is to compete as much as possible all launch service procurements where more than one certified provider can service" the missions, according to a budget document.
The eligible competitors at this point are Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin LLC, Northrop Grumman Corp., Elon Musk's SpaceX and the United Launch Alliance, a partnership of Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp.
United Launch Alliance and SpaceX have competed for the current phase of launches. The Air Force plans to select two of the eligible contractors in May to compete for subsequent launches.
#8187517 at 2020-02-19 23:23:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10481: Say Want Again Edition
@UaNews_online
Pentagon's Top Policy Official Who Certified Ukraine Aid Leaves Office
U.S. President Donald Trump said John Rood has left his position as the top policy official at the Defense Department after just two years, the latest in a series of key departures from his administration following the Senate impeachment trial.
"I would like to thank John Rood for his service to our Country, and wish him well in his future endeavors," Trump said in a tweet on February 19.
Bloomberg News reported earlier in the day, citing anonymous sources, that Rood had faced pressure to resign after officials lost confidence in his ability to carry out the president's agenda.
Rood, who was appointed undersecretary of defense for policy in January 2018, gave Congress the green light in May to approve $250 million in security assistance to Ukraine, which is fighting Russia-backed forces in its eastern provinces.
The White House at Trump's behest blocked the aid, a decision that was at the heart of the Democrats' impeachment trial of the president.
In an e-mail on July 25, Rood warned Defense Secretary Mark Esper not to withhold military aid to Ukraine, where more than 13,000 people have been killed in a six-year war.
The message was sent the same day that Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, thanked Trump during a phone conversation for U.S. military support and said his country was ready to buy more anti-tank weapons.
Trump, a Republican, responded that he would like Zelenskiy to "do us a favor though" and investigate Joe Biden, a political rival, and his son Hunter Biden, who worked for a Ukrainian gas company.
Democrats said Trump's investigation request amounted to a quid pro quo for military aid and launched an impeachment inquiry.
Trump was acquitted by the Senate on charges of of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress earlier this month.
The president immediately moved to oust officials who had given critical testimony during the impeachment hearings, including Lieutenant Colonel Alex Vindman, the Ukraine adviser at the National Security Council, and Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union.
https://twitter.com/UaNews_online/status/1230271481914880000
#8186332 at 2020-02-19 21:09:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10480: Assange & Blago Special Edition
Pentagon's top policy official John Rood resigns at Trump's request
Rood reportedly raised concerns about the freeze on military aid to Ukraine last year
John Rood, the Pentagon's top policy official who reportedly raised concerns about the freeze on military aid to Ukraine last year - the issue at the heart of Donald Trump's impeachment - has resigned at the request of the president.
The Trump administration's delay in releasing that aid was central to the president's impeachment by the House on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The Senate voted to acquit the president. But in the wake of the Senate trial, an emboldened Trump has gone after officials he has perceived as being disloyal.
Rood, the undersecretary of defense for policy, appears to be the latest official to be purged. He had certified last year that the defense department had seen enough anti-corruption progress in Ukraine to justify releasing congressionally authorized aid.
Earlier this month, the Trump administration also fired Gordon Sondland, the ambassador to the EU, and Lt Col Alexander Vindman from his White House post, who both delivered testimony deemed damaging to Trump during the impeachment inquiry.
At the time, Vindman's lawyer, David Pressman, said: "He followed orders, he obeyed his oath, and he served his country. And for that, the most powerful man in the world - buoyed by the silent, the pliable and the complicit - has decided to exact revenge."
Rood's letter of resignation did not mention Ukraine but said that he was leaving at Trump's request.
"It's my understanding from Secretary Esper that you requested my resignation," Rood said in his letter to Trump, adding that he will step down as of 28 February.
Mark Esper, the defense secretary, said Rood had played "a critical role'' on issues such as nuclear deterrence, Nato, missile defense and the National Defense Strategy.
Trump tweeted on Wednesday that he wanted to "thank John Rood for his service to our Country, and wish him well in his future endeavors!"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/19/john-rood-pentagon-official-resigns-trump-request
#8184122 at 2020-02-19 16:37:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10477: Iwo Jima Remembered Edition
Top Pentagon policy official involved in certifying Ukraine aid steps down
John Rood, the undersecretary of defense for policy, has lost the support of senior national security leadership and has been asked to step down, a source familiar with the matter told CNN on Wednesday. Rood was involved in certifying to Congress that Ukraine was eligible to receive $250 million in security assistance. The certification undercut the argument the Trump administration made for withholding the aid.
Shortly after President Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 25, Rood emailed Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to fill him in on an upcoming meeting '"to discuss the President's concern about endemic corruption in Ukraine and his reported view that US should cease providing security assistance," according to emails. "Placing a hold on security assistance at this time would jeopardize this unique window of opportunity and undermine our defense priorities with a key partner in the strategic competition with Russia,"' he wrote in one of the emails. Rood joined the administration in early 2018, working under then-Defense Secretary James Mattis. He has also served in several policy positions at the Pentagon in prior administrations and as an analyst for the CIA.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/top-pentagon-policy-official-involved-in-certifying-ukraine-aid-steps-down
https://www.defense.gov/Our-Story/Biographies/Biography/Article/1418413/john-c-rood/
#8182977 at 2020-02-19 12:53:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10475: Grave Yard Discusses but not CON-Cern'd Edition
Top Pentagon policy official expected to depart administration
(CNN)The Pentagon's top policy official is expected to depart his post soon, according to two sources familiar with the matter. John Rood, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, lost support among senior national security leadership and has been asked for his resignation, one of the sources said.
Rood is the Pentagon's top policy official and oversees aspects of the Pentagon's relationship with US allies and partners. Rood was involved in certifying to Congress that Ukraine had embarked on significant reforms to justify its receipt of $250 million in security assistance. That certification undermined one of the justifications – concerns about corruption in Kiev – that some members of the Trump administration made to defend blocking aid to Ukraine.
Hours after Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which kicked off impeachment proceedings, Rood emailed Secretary of Defense Mark Esper – who had been in the job two days – informing him about an upcoming deputies meeting, "to discuss the President's concern about endemic corruption in Ukraine and his reported view that US should cease providing security assistance," according to emails reviewed by CNN.
Rood notes in his email to the secretary that "placing a hold on security assistance at this time would jeopardize this unique window of opportunity and undermine our defense priorities with a key partner in the strategic competition with Russia."
The Pentagon declined to comment on the expected departure.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/19/politics/john-rood-pentagon-official-depart/index.html
#8177363 at 2020-02-18 23:15:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10468: Welcoming POTUS to the Hotel California Edition
Trump Administration Designates Five Chinese Media Companies as 'Official Government Entities'
The Trump administration designated five Chinese media companies "official government entities" on Tuesday.
This means that the company and their employees must register U.S. with the State Department under the Foreign Missions Act.
"Entities designated as foreign missions must adhere to certain administrative requirements that also apply to foreign embassies and consulates in the United States," according to State Department documents obtained by Fox News. "At this time, they must inform the State Department of their personnel rosters as well as their real estate holdings."
The Hill reports that "the media outlets designated by the U.S. as "foreign missions" include Xinhua News Agency, China Global Television Network, China Radio International, China Daily Distribution Corporation and Hai Tian Development USA. All are considered controlled by or mouthpieces for the government."
On Saturday, Defense Secretary Mark Esper referred to China as a growing threat at an international security.
"The Chinese Communist Party is heading even faster and further in the wrong direction - more internal repression, more predatory economic practices, more heavy-handedness, and most concerning for me, a more aggressive military posture," Esper said.
"While we often doubt the transparency and forthrightness of Beijing, when it comes to their security aims, we should take the Chinese government at its word. They have said that by 2035, the PRC intends to complete its military modernization, and, by 2049, it seeks to dominate Asia as the preeminent global military power," he added.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/trump-administration-designates-five-chinese-media-companies-as-official-government-entities/
#8170328 at 2020-02-18 04:30:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10459: Shall We Play A Game Over? Edition
Medical Martial Law
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) has issued an executive order (EO) calling on the United States Northern Command to start preparing for a full-blown pandemic of the Wuhan coronavirus (CoVid-19) here on American soil.
According to a service-wide message issued this past week to the Navy and Marine Corp, Defense Secretary Mark Esper has officially approved the EO, which orders commanders to get ready for "widespread outbreaks" of the Wuhan coronavirus (CoVid-19). They're also reportedly being told to prepare for having to forcibly confine service members "with a history of travel to China."
Similar to what communist China is doing by implementing medical martial law, the U.S. military under President Donald Trump is implementing what's known as the Department of Defense Global Campaign plan for Pandemic Influenza and Infectious Diseases 3551-13, which the Military Times describes as "the Pentagon's blueprint for planning and preparing for widespread dispersion of influenza and previously unknown diseases."
https://dcdirtylaundry.com/u-s-military-preparing-to-implement-medical-martial-law-due-to-coronavirus-pandemic/
#8170165 at 2020-02-18 04:14:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10459: Shall We Play A Game Over? Edition
>>8170064
This is a republished article from NN:
https://www.naturalnews.com/2020-02-16-us-military-preparing-to-implement-medical-martial-law-coronavirus-pandemic.html
The sauce's sauce says nothing about martial law:
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/02/13/us-military-prepping-for-coronavirus-pandemic/
US military prepping for coronavirus pandemic
U.S. Northern Command is executing plans to prepare for a potential pandemic of the novel coronavirus, now called COVID19, according to Navy and Marine Corps service-wide messages issued this week.
An executive order issued by the Joint Staff and approved by Defense Secretary Mark Esper this month directed Northern Command and geographic combatant commanders to initiate pandemic plans, which include ordering commanders to prepare for widespread outbreaks and confining service members with a history of travel to China.
The Navy and Marine Corps messages, issued Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, reference an executive order directing U.S. Northern Command to implement the Department of Defense Global Campaign plan for Pandemic Influenza and Infectious Diseases 3551-13.
The document serves as the Pentagon's blueprint for planning and preparing for widespread dispersion of influenza and previously unknown diseases.
U.S. Northern Command said Wednesday it was directed the Joint Staff Feb. 1 to commence "prudent planning" in their assigned role synchronizing the department's plans for pandemic flu and disease.
But in no way "does the planning indicate a greater likelihood of an event developing. As military professionals, planning for a range of contingencies is something we owe the American people," Navy Lt. Cmdr. Mike Hatfield said.
#8158462 at 2020-02-16 23:54:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10444: 'God, Family, and Country' Matters Most 17+ Edition
Global Announcements
>>8099282 Iwo Jima flag on YouTube for TOR posting
>>8139388 , >>8139368, >>8138996, >>8129996 CM - Thinks he's fixed the issue
Anons, plz no jpegs, tx
Notables
are not endorsements
#10443
>>8158372 Prince Andrew openly groped girls (at) Epstein's "Pedophile Island"
>>8158279 Prager U: What is Space Force all about?
>>8158252 Clint Bowyer: I judge people on how they treat me and others (@POTUS)
>>8158189 Bill Barr (B2): Over the target, taking flak!
>>8158145 POTUS takes Pepe along for the ride!
>>8158093, >>8158272 Topless protesters arrested at Bernie Sanders Nevada rally
>>8158118 Gov't Officials Seize Vet's Guns in Mistaken Identification In Red Flag Law Execution
>>8158112 God's promise appears at #Daytona500
>>8158104 Trump at Daytona: No Matter Who Wins, 'God, Family, and Country' Matters Most
>>8158032, >>8158117 Buttigieg's campaign Niger(ian) rigging election
>>8157988 Jaguars jumbotron operator arrested on child porn charges
>>8157870 A call to action: Guard Barr
>>8157841, >>8157925, >>8157995, >>8158389 Planefag reports
>>8158455 #10443
#10442
>>8157141 Sky Eyes
>>8157159, >>8157229, >>8157237, >>8157530, >>8157597 legit planefaggin
>>8157543 Eyes in the Sky, Eyes on the Sky, Mile High Club, Planefags are not Concerfags, remember?
>>8157134 NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer says "it's the calm before the storm."
>>8157164 Country singer Daniel Lee Martin found dead in Pasco home by deputies serving warrant for child sex abuse charges
>>8157197 U.S. peach grower awarded $265 million from Bayer, BASF in weedkiller lawsuit
>>8157277 @USArmy - combat engineers paratroopers demonstrating how to knock on enemy doors.
>>8157272 Q sign spotted (twatter post)
>>8157312 CBP officers intercepted more than 1,500lbs of liquid meth at the Ysleta port of entry in El Paso this week
>>8157438 Syrian forces seize most of Aleppo province, ahead of Turkey-Russia talks
>>8157482, >>8157468, >>8157575 RSA Conference 2010 Keynote - James Bidzos Speaker : Robert Mueller
>>8157535 Weekend @ Boinies
>>8157674 #10442
#10441
>>8156396, >>8156191, >>8156222, >>8156228, >>8156433, >>8156651 AF1 and Daytona speedway pics and vids
>>8156558 vid of POTUS pov in lap car
>>8156653 POTUS and FLOTUS start your engines
>>8156668, >>8156685, >>8156719, >>8156738, >>8156780 Storch digs re: whistleblower
>>8156827, >>8156893 The Beast Daytona vids
>>8156813, >>8156862 DOJ opens news investigation into James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Peter Strzok, former top DOJ official says,
>>8156856 and Brennan under DOJ scurtiny as well
>>8156446 Holder posting a twat at 9:11am. Sept 11 and FISA connection.
>>8157205 #10441
#10440
>>8155391 USAF AUTHORISES LIMITED DISCLOSURE OF SUPERCAVITATING, ANTIGRAVITY HYBRID AIR/WATER/SPACE CRAFT
>>8155386, >>8155435, >>8155482, >>8155558, >>8155742, >>8155957, >>8156034 Planefag updates
>>8155359 Cardinal Zen: Vatican Is 'Giving Everything' to China's Communists
>>8155438 Daughter of former US ambassador charged with murder
>>8155527, >>8155549 AF1 flyover/landing Daytona 500
>>8155557 Dozens of civilians killed in Saudi-UAE-led air raids in Yemen
>>8155351 Pentagon Chief Mark Esper Cautions World: 'Wake Up' to China Threat
>>8155331 [D]AYTONA [5]00
>>8155430 Oligarch Buys Political Party - Seeks to Become President
>>8155660 Judge takes rare step to help serve elusive Ghislaine Maxwell with lawsuit
>>8155718 over 6000 bodies found in 6 graves in Burundi
>>8155764 Four Killed in Tourist Plane Crash in France
>>8155810 London Police Deploying Facial Recognition Cameras Across City
>>8155869 Haiti: 15 babies & children died in a fire in a group home run by US church
>>8156029 The Pope with have a terrible May.
>>8156082 #10440
Previously Collected Notables
>>8157772
>>8151325 #10434, >>8152939 #10436, >>8153726 #10437, >>8154405 #10438
>>8148268 #10430, >>8149015 #10431, >>8149768 #10432, >>8150521 #10433
>>8145198 #10426, >>8145905 #10427, >>8146664 #10428, >>8147446 #10429
Notables Thread #1, #8960-present: >>7003045
Notables Aggregator: https://wearethene.ws
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384), https://jthnx5wyvjvzsxtu.onion
#8157723 at 2020-02-16 22:21:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10443: #17 In The Lead Edition
Global Announcements
>>8099282 Iwo Jima flag on YouTube for TOR posting
>>8139388 , >>8139368, >>8138996, >>8129996 CM - Thinks he's fixed the issue
Anons, plz no jpegs, tx
Notables
are not endorsements
#10442
>>8157141 Sky Eyes
>>8157159, >>8157229, >>8157237, >>8157530, >>8157597 legit planefaggin
>>8157543 Eyes in the Sky, Eyes on the Sky, Mile High Club, Planefags are not Concerfags, remember?
>>8157134 NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer says "it's the calm before the storm."
>>8157164 Country singer Daniel Lee Martin found dead in Pasco home by deputies serving warrant for child sex abuse charges
>>8157197 U.S. peach grower awarded $265 million from Bayer, BASF in weedkiller lawsuit
>>8157277 @USArmy - combat engineers paratroopers demonstrating how to knock on enemy doors.
>>8157272 Q sign spotted (twatter post)
>>8157312 CBP officers intercepted more than 1,500lbs of liquid meth at the Ysleta port of entry in El Paso this week
>>8157438 Syrian forces seize most of Aleppo province, ahead of Turkey-Russia talks
>>8157482, >>8157468, >>8157575 RSA Conference 2010 Keynote - James Bidzos Speaker : Robert Mueller
>>8157535 Weekend @ Boinies
>>8157674 #10442
#10441
>>8156396, >>8156191, >>8156222, >>8156228, >>8156433, >>8156651 AF1 and Daytona speedway pics and vids
>>8156558 vid of POTUS pov in lap car
>>8156653 POTUS and FLOTUS start your engines
>>8156668, >>8156685, >>8156719, >>8156738, >>8156780 Storch digs re: whistleblower
>>8156827, >>8156893 The Beast Daytona vids
>>8156813, >>8156862 DOJ opens news investigation into James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Peter Strzok, former top DOJ official says,
>>8156856 and Brennan under DOJ scurtiny as well
>>8156446 Holder posting a twat at 9:11am. Sept 11 and FISA connection.
>>8157205 #10441
#10440
>>8155391 USAF AUTHORISES LIMITED DISCLOSURE OF SUPERCAVITATING, ANTIGRAVITY HYBRID AIR/WATER/SPACE CRAFT
>>8155386, >>8155435, >>8155482, >>8155558, >>8155742, >>8155957, >>8156034 Planefag updates
>>8155359 Cardinal Zen: Vatican Is 'Giving Everything' to China's Communists
>>8155438 Daughter of former US ambassador charged with murder
>>8155527, >>8155549 AF1 flyover/landing Daytona 500
>>8155557 Dozens of civilians killed in Saudi-UAE-led air raids in Yemen
>>8155351 Pentagon Chief Mark Esper Cautions World: 'Wake Up' to China Threat
>>8155331 [D]AYTONA [5]00
>>8155430 Oligarch Buys Political Party - Seeks to Become President
>>8155660 Judge takes rare step to help serve elusive Ghislaine Maxwell with lawsuit
>>8155718 over 6000 bodies found in 6 graves in Burundi
>>8155764 Four Killed in Tourist Plane Crash in France
>>8155810 London Police Deploying Facial Recognition Cameras Across City
>>8155869 Haiti: 15 babies & children died in a fire in a group home run by US church
>>8156029 The Pope with have a terrible May.
>>8156082 #10440
#8156938 at 2020-02-16 20:47:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10442: The Beast of Burnin. The Top Speed Unknown Edition
Global Announcements
>>8099282 Iwo Jima flag on YouTube for TOR posting
>>8139388 , >>8139368, >>8138996, >>8129996 CM - Thinks he's fixed the issue
Anons, plz no jpegs, tx
Notables
are not endorsements
#10441
>>8156396, >>8156191, >>8156222, >>8156228, >>8156433, >>8156651 AF1 and Daytona speedway pics and vids
>>8156558 vid of POTUS pov in lap car
>>8156653 POTUS and FLOTUS start your engines
>>8156668, >>8156685, >>8156719, >>8156738, >>8156780 Storch digs re: whistleblower
>>8156827,>>8156893 The Beast Daytona vids
>>8156813, >>8156862 DOJ opens news investigation into James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Peter Strzok, former top DOJ official says,
>>8156856 and Brennan under DOJ scurtiny as well
>>8156901 #10441
#10440
>>8155391 USAF AUTHORISES LIMITED DISCLOSURE OF SUPERCAVITATING, ANTIGRAVITY HYBRID AIR/WATER/SPACE CRAFT
>>8155386, >>8155435, >>8155482, >>8155558, >>8155742, >>8155957, >>8156034 Planefag updates
>>8155359 Cardinal Zen: Vatican Is 'Giving Everything' to China's Communists
>>8155438 Daughter of former US ambassador charged with murder
>>8155527, >>8155549 AF1 flyover/landing Daytona 500
>>8155557 Dozens of civilians killed in Saudi-UAE-led air raids in Yemen
>>8155351 Pentagon Chief Mark Esper Cautions World: 'Wake Up' to China Threat
>>8155331 [D]AYTONA [5]00
>>8155430 Oligarch Buys Political Party - Seeks to Become President
>>8155660 Judge takes rare step to help serve elusive Ghislaine Maxwell with lawsuit
>>8155718 over 6000 bodies found in 6 graves in Burundi
>>8155764 Four Killed in Tourist Plane Crash in France
>>8155810 London Police Deploying Facial Recognition Cameras Across City
>>8155869 Haiti: 15 babies & children died in a fire in a group home run by US church
>>8156029 The Pope with have a terrible May.
>>8156082 #10440
#10439
>>8154582 meme farmer update
>>8154606, >>8154777, >>8154802 U.S. Marines Tweet: "Aerial Pit-Stop" and Q drops #252,263-"fly Roths fly"
>>8154621 anon on 2 yr delta's Clowns in America
>>8154656 DoD Tweet
>>8154672 pf report
>>8154675, >>8154757 Gowdy on MariaB
>>8154714 Dean Koontz book fortells coronvirus-Wuhan-400: soc. media
>>8154775, >>8154892 Canary Palm.. Q drop #781
>>8154828 Daytona Int'l Speedway Tweet-Air Force Thunderbirds in attendance
>>8154839 Ted Cruz Twat: "Good Q..."
>>8154881 Elton John Breaks Down In Tears As He's Escorted Off Stage Mid-Concert After Losing His Voice-yahoo.com- kek
>>8154871, >>8154913, >>8154916 Q drop #500 DEFCON Stringer, #3717-dup drop, #952-Snowden Subcontractor
>>8154896 500 Google Chrome extensions found to be spreading malware-feb 14
>>8154920, >>8154848 Q drop #3866 and Hannity Twat from feb 14
>>8154947 Bill Gates spreading moar fear pron on corona virus-ZH
>>8154977, >>8155037, >>8155078,>>8155116 Racecar is a Palindrome
>>8154985 Conway: Bloomberg's alleged comments to women 'far worse' than Trump 'Access Hollywood' tape-foxnews
>>8155023 Watch Klobuchar & Steyer Get Stumped When Simply Asked To Name Mexico's President-zh
>>8155044 anon on Victory lap for POTUS and twatter trends
>>8155082, >>8155136, >>8155166 U.S. Marines Twat: Gratata
>>8155123 KANSAS Twat
>>8155148 NEW POTUS tweet
Previously Collected Notables
>>8151325 #10434, >>8152939 #10436, >>8153726 #10437, >>8154405 #10438
>>8148268 #10430, >>8149015 #10431, >>8149768 #10432, >>8150521 #10433
>>8145198 #10426, >>8145905 #10427, >>8146664 #10428, >>8147446 #10429
>>8142104 #10422, >>8142886 #10423, >>8143671 #10424, >>8144451 #10425
Notables Thread #1, #8960-present: >>7003045
Notables Aggregator: https://wearethene.ws
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384), https://jthnx5wyvjvzsxtu.onion
#8156129 at 2020-02-16 19:13:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10441 POTUS Victory Lap Edition
Global Announcements
>>8099282 Iwo Jima flag on YouTube for TOR posting
>>8139388 , >>8139368, >>8138996, >>8129996 CM - Thinks he's fixed the issue
Anons, plz no jpegs, tx
Notables
are not endorsements
10440
>>8155391 USAF AUTHORISES LIMITED DISCLOSURE OF SUPERCAVITATING, ANTIGRAVITY HYBRID AIR/WATER/SPACE CRAFT
>>8155386, >>8155435, >>8155482, >>8155558, >>8155742, >>8155957, >>8156034 Planefag updates
>>8155359 Cardinal Zen: Vatican Is 'Giving Everything' to China's Communists
>>8155438 Daughter of former US ambassador charged with murder
>>8155527, >>8155549 AF1 flyover/landing Daytona 500
>>8155557 Dozens of civilians killed in Saudi-UAE-led air raids in Yemen
>>8155351 Pentagon Chief Mark Esper Cautions World: 'Wake Up' to China Threat
>>8155331 [D]AYTONA [5]00
>>8155430 Oligarch Buys Political Party - Seeks to Become President
>>8155660 Judge takes rare step to help serve elusive Ghislaine Maxwell with lawsuit
>>8155718 over 6000 bodies found in 6 graves in Burundi
>>8155764 Four Killed in Tourist Plane Crash in France
>>8155810 London Police Deploying Facial Recognition Cameras Across City
>>8155869 Haiti: 15 babies & children died in a fire in a group home run by US church
>>8156029 The Pope with have a terrible May.
>>8156082 #10440
#10439
>>8154582 meme farmer update
>>8154606, >>8154777, >>8154802 U.S. Marines Tweet: "Aerial Pit-Stop" and Q drops #252,263-"fly Roths fly"
>>8154621 anon on 2 yr delta's Clowns in America
>>8154656 DoD Tweet
>>8154672 pf report
>>8154675, >>8154757 Gowdy on MariaB
>>8154714 Dean Koontz book fortells coronvirus-Wuhan-400: soc. media
>>8154775, >>8154892 Canary Palm.. Q drop #781
>>8154828 Daytona Int'l Speedway Tweet-Air Force Thunderbirds in attendance
>>8154839 Ted Cruz Twat: "Good Q..."
>>8154881 Elton John Breaks Down In Tears As He's Escorted Off Stage Mid-Concert After Losing His Voice-yahoo.com- kek
>>8154871, >>8154913, >>8154916 Q drop #500 DEFCON Stringer, #3717-dup drop, #952-Snowden Subcontractor
>>8154896 500 Google Chrome extensions found to be spreading malware-feb 14
>>8154920, >>8154848 Q drop #3866 and Hannity Twat from feb 14
>>8154947 Bill Gates spreading moar fear pron on corona virus-ZH
>>8154977, >>8155037, >>8155078,>>8155116 Racecar is a Palindrome
>>8154985 Conway: Bloomberg's alleged comments to women 'far worse' than Trump 'Access Hollywood' tape-foxnews
>>8155023 Watch Klobuchar & Steyer Get Stumped When Simply Asked To Name Mexico's President-zh
>>8155044 anon on Victory lap for POTUS and twatter trends
>>8155082, >>8155136, >>8155166 U.S. Marines Twat: Gratata
>>8155123 KANSAS Twat
>>8155148 NEW POTUS tweet
Previously Collected Notables
>>8151325 #10434, >>8152939 #10436, >>8153726 #10437, >>8154405 #10438
>>8148268 #10430, >>8149015 #10431, >>8149768 #10432, >>8150521 #10433
>>8145198 #10426, >>8145905 #10427, >>8146664 #10428, >>8147446 #10429
>>8142104 #10422, >>8142886 #10423, >>8143671 #10424, >>8144451 #10425
Notables Thread #1, #8960-present: >>7003045
Notables Aggregator: https://wearethene.ws
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384), https://jthnx5wyvjvzsxtu.onion
#8156082 at 2020-02-16 19:08:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10440: Day of Thunder pt 2 TOR Edition
Notables
Earth is round
>>8155391 USAF AUTHORISES LIMITED DISCLOSURE OF SUPERCAVITATING, ANTIGRAVITY HYBRID AIR/WATER/SPACE CRAFT
>>8155386, >>8155435, >>8155482, >>8155558, >>8155742, >>8155957, >>8156034 Planefag updates
>>8155359 Cardinal Zen: Vatican Is 'Giving Everything' to China's Communists
>>8155438 Daughter of former US ambassador charged with murder
>>8155527, >>8155549 AF1 flyover/landing Daytona 500
>>8155557 Dozens of civilians killed in Saudi-UAE-led air raids in Yemen
>>8155351 Pentagon Chief Mark Esper Cautions World: 'Wake Up' to China Threat
>>8155331 [D]AYTONA [5]00
>>8155430 Oligarch Buys Political Party - Seeks to Become President
>>8155660 Judge takes rare step to help serve elusive Ghislaine Maxwell with lawsuit
>>8155718 over 6000 bodies found in 6 graves in Burundi
>>8155764 Four Killed in Tourist Plane Crash in France
>>8155810 London Police Deploying Facial Recognition Cameras Across City
>>8155869 Haiti: 15 babies & children died in a fire in a group home run by US church
>>8156029 The Pope with have a terrible May.
#8156036 at 2020-02-16 19:02:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10440: Day of Thunder pt 2 TOR Edition
NOTABLES
>>8155391 USAF AUTHORISES LIMITED DISCLOSURE OF SUPERCAVITATING, ANTIGRAVITY HYBRID AIR/WATER/SPACE CRAFT
>>8155386, >>8155435, >>8155482, >>8155558, >>8155742, >>8155957 Planefag updates
>>8155359 Cardinal Zen: Vatican Is 'Giving Everything' to China's Communists
>>8155438 Daughter of former US ambassador charged with murder
>>8155527, >>8155549 AF1 flyover/landing Daytona 500
>>8155557 Dozens of civilians killed in Saudi-UAE-led air raids in Yemen
>>8155351 Pentagon Chief Mark Esper Cautions World: 'Wake Up' to China Threat
>>8155331 [D]AYTONA [5]00
>>8155430 Oligarch Buys Political Party - Seeks to Become President
>>8155660 Judge takes rare step to help serve elusive Ghislaine Maxwell with lawsuit
>>8155718 over 6000 bodies found in 6 graves in Burundi
>>8155764 Four Killed in Tourist Plane Crash in France
>>8155810 London Police Deploying Facial Recognition Cameras Across City
>>8155869 Haiti: 15 babies & children died in a fire in a group home run by US church
#8155903 at 2020-02-16 18:48:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10440: Day of Thunder pt 2 TOR Edition
Notables
>>8155391 USAF AUTHORISES LIMITED DISCLOSURE OF SUPERCAVITATING, ANTIGRAVITY HYBRID AIR/WATER/SPACE CRAFT
>>8155386, >>8155435, >>8155482, >>8155558, >>8155742 Planefag updates
>>8155359 Cardinal Zen: Vatican Is 'Giving Everything' to China's Communists
>>8155438 Daughter of former US ambassador charged with murder
>>8155527, >>8155549 AF1 flyover/landing Daytona 500
>>8155557 Dozens of civilians killed in Saudi-UAE-led air raids in Yemen
>>8155351 Pentagon Chief Mark Esper Cautions World: 'Wake Up' to China Threat
>>8155331 [D]AYTONA [5]00
>>8155430 Oligarch Buys Political Party - Seeks to Become President
>>8155660 Judge takes rare step to help serve elusive Ghislaine Maxwell with lawsuit
>>8155718 over 6000 bodies found in 6 graves in Burundi
>>8155764 Four Killed in Tourist Plane Crash in France
>>8155810 London Police Deploying Facial Recognition Cameras Across City
>>8155869 Haiti: 15 babies & children died in a fire in a group home run by US church
#8155756 at 2020-02-16 18:30:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10440: Day of Thunder pt 2 TOR Edition
Behold my notables
BAKERS DISCRETION
>>8155391 USAF AUTHORISES LIMITED DISCLOSURE OF SUPERCAVITATING, ANTIGRAVITY HYBRID AIR/WATER/SPACE CRAFT
>>8155386, >>8155435, >>8155482, >>8155558, >>8155742 Planefag updates
>>8155359 Cardinal Zen: Vatican Is 'Giving Everything' to China's Communists
>>8155438 Daughter of former US ambassador charged with murder
>>8155527, >>8155549 AF1 flyover/landing Daytona 500
>>8155557 Dozens of civilians killed in Saudi-UAE-led air raids in Yemen
>>8155351 Pentagon Chief Mark Esper Cautions World: 'Wake Up' to China Threat
>>8155331 [D]AYTONA [5]00
>>8155430 Oligarch Buys Political Party - Seeks to Become President
>>8155660 Judge takes rare step to help serve elusive Ghislaine Maxwell with lawsuit
>>8155718 over 6000 bodies found in 6 graves in Burundi
#8155587 at 2020-02-16 18:13:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10440: Day of Thunder pt 2 TOR Edition
Notables
>>8155391 USAF AUTHORISES LIMITED DISCLOSURE OF SUPERCAVITATING, ANTIGRAVITY HYBRID AIR/WATER/SPACE CRAFT
>>8155386, >>8155435, >>8155482, >>8155558 Planefag updates
>>8155359 Cardinal Zen: Vatican Is 'Giving Everything' to China's Communists
>>8155438 Daughter of former US ambassador charged with murder
>>8155527, >>8155549 AF1 flyover/landing Daytona 500
>>8155557 Dozens of civilians killed in Saudi-UAE-led air raids in Yemen
>>8155351 Pentagon Chief Mark Esper Cautions World: 'Wake Up' to China Threat
>>8155331 [D]AYTONA [5]00
>>8155430 Oligarch Buys Political Party - Seeks to Become President
#8155562 at 2020-02-16 18:11:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10440: Day of Thunder pt 2 TOR Edition
>>8155473
>>8155351 Pentagon Chief Mark Esper Cautions World: 'Wake Up' to China Threat
>>8155331 [D]AYTONA [5]00
>>8155430 Oligarch Buys Political Party - Seeks to Become President
#8155351 at 2020-02-16 17:47:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10440: Day of Thunder pt 2 TOR Edition
Pentagon Chief Mark Esper Cautions World: 'Wake Up' to China Threat
China steals Western capabilities, intimidates smaller nation states and seeks "advantage by any means and at any cost," U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper cautioned on Saturday as he cast the world's most populous nation as a disruptive threat to world order.
Esper used an address at the 2020 Munich Security Conference in Germany to give a comprehensive condemnation of China that he said topped the Pentagon's list of potential adversaries, followed by Russia and "rogue states" such as North Korea and Iran.
"The Chinese Communist Party is heading even faster and further in the wrong direction - more internal repression, more predatory economic practices, more heavy-handedness, and most concerning for me, a more aggressive military posture," he said.
He said Beijing has made clear its long-term intentions and said Europe and the rest of the world must "wake up" to the threats that China poses.
He also accused Beijing of deploying a "nefarious strategy" through the telecommunications firm, Huawei.
The warnings follow a similar one made last September in London when Esper cautioned European allies to be wary of China's growing global influence, as Breitbart News reported.
On that occasion Esper said countries that grow too dependent on Chinese investment and trade become susceptible to coercion and retribution when they cross Beijing.
Esper was making the case for the Trump administration's argument for doing more to counter what he called efforts by China and Russia to "disrupt the international order" to gain advantage.
He returned to that theme again on Saturday, oulining the risks involved.
"The Communist Party and its associated organs, including the People's Liberation Army, are increasingly operating in theaters outside its borders, including Europe, and seeking advantage by any means, and at any cost," he said.
"While we often doubt the transparency and forthrightness of Beijing, when it comes to their security aims, we should take the Chinese government at its word," he said. "They have said that by 2035, the PRC intends to complete its military modernization, and, by 2049, it seeks to dominate Asia as the preeminent global military power."
With words that echoed the Trump administration's criticisms of Iran, Esper said China represses its people and threatens its neighbors.
"We want China to behave like a normal country," Esper said, adding "and that means the Chinese government needs to change its policies and behaviors."
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, speaking at the conference later in the day, dismissed the U.S. criticisms, and accused Washington of engaging in a "smear campaign" against Beijing.
Wang said Esper's comments about the Communist single-party state's intentions were "not based on facts."
"I can categorically say that all accusations against China are lies," Wang said, adding: "But if we replace the subject of the lie from China to America, maybe those lies become facts."
https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2020/02/16/pentagon-chief-Mark-Esper-cautions-world-wake-up-to-china-threat/
#8149937 at 2020-02-16 01:08:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10433: Presidents Day Weekend Edition
World Needs to 'Wake up to the Challenges' Posed by Chinese Regime: Defense Chief
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper framed the Chinese regime as "Pentagon's top concern" on Feb. 15, saying that Beijing's aggressive commercial and military postures have posed a challenge to the world.
"The Communist Party and its associated organs ... are increasingly operating in theaters outside its borders, including Europe, and seeking advantage by any means, and at any cost," he told the world's leading policy makers at the Munich Security Conference in Germany.
"While we often doubt the transparency and forthrightness of Beijing, when it comes to their security aims, we should take the Chinese government at its word," he said, citing Beijing's ambition to complete military modernization by 2035, and to assert preeminent military power in Asia by 2049.
Esper said that it is essential for the international community to "wake up to the challenges" as Chinese Communist Party heads "even faster and further in the wrong direction," with "internal repression, more predatory economic practices," and "more aggressive military posture."
He called out Huawei, the Chinese telecom giant, as one such example and a "poster child" for the regime's rampant technology theft.
Huawei has been at the forefront of the 5G development and has sought to export 5G networks worldwide. U.S. officials and lawmakers have sounded the alarm that company's equipment poses an espionage risk due to the company's close ties with the Chinese military, as well as the fact that Chinese law compels companies to cooperate with intelligence agencies when asked.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world-needs-to-wake-up-to-the-challenges-by-chinese-regime-defense-chief_3239399.html
#8149052 at 2020-02-15 23:23:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10432: Fresh Toons Edition
#10428
>>8145990, >>8146134, >>8146278, >>8146289, >>8146305, >>8146543, >>8146567 PF Reports - Nellis AFB chatter
>>8146017 New @SidneyPowel: Did the 4 prosecutors set this up to damage Barr's cred? Yes
>>8146050 China disinfects BANK NOTES and quarantines them for 14 days
>>8146061 Author Lee Smith: "It Now Appears FBI was Exchanging Information with the Clinton Campaign as Well"
>>8146081 @ US Department of the Interior tweets photo of Evergreen trees
>>8146089 Mark Esper: 'Rising threat' China tops US's adversary list
>>8146090, >>8146103 Senate Requests Interviews with Deep State Actors
>>8146114, >>8146285 Prince Andrew stayed at Peter Nygard's mansion and private island
>>8146199, >>8146167 Robet Deniro and Peter Nygard
>>8146132 Treat us like something between a telco and a newspaper, says Facebook's Zuckerberg
>>8146140 3 missing teen girls from Seattle found in Oregon with Calif. fugitive
>>8146217 Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Friday there is no investigation into Vindman
>>8146227 Drudge: Michael Bloomberg Considering Hillary Clinton as Running Mate
>>8146171 Dem U.S. Senate candidate unveils campaign logo: The guillotine
>>8146253 Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities
>>8146266 VOTE IN WISCONSIN: Dems Looking to Steal WI Supreme Court Seat Next Week in Non-Partisan Primary (Feb 18th)
>>8146320 Morning Joe idiots talk of 'Memers' @4:15 hear Mika say "Memers??" (ytube)
>>8146345 Sausage comms, Nunes, and Misfud graphic
>>8146356 Pentagon Offers Iraq a Partial Military Pullout
>>8146384 Federal Prosecutor Barr Tapped to Review Flynn Case Assumed Office the same day as DJT "...the calm before the storm." Coincidence?
>>8146392 Netflix Reportedly Pulls Plug on Corey Feldman Documentary, Claims 'Too Dangerous'
>>8146416 Vietnamese children traffic network from Holland to Britain Digg
>>8146440 Ukraine's Zelensky wants to hold elections in Ukraine in October, 'in Crimea as well'
>>8146193, U.S. Embassy: Americans aboard quarantined ship to fly home
>>8146505 Duterte urged to compel water firms to pay P2 billion fine
>>8146528 Caroline Flack, the former host of the British version of Love Island, has died
>>8146560 No democracy can survive censorship.
>>8146602 Adjutants General Ignore OSD & Lobby Congress For Space Guard
>>8146579, >>8146640 Moar on DJT "authotized" McCabe tweet mispelling
>>8146628 NYC will pay out more than $5.5 MILLION to 352 people in class action against disgraced Brooklyn prosecutor who wiretapped her bf
>>8146664 #10428
#10427
>>8145290 SF Mayor Admits Fling with Ex Homeless Chief and admits to Kickbacks-daily mail
>>8145326, >>8145382 anons on Evergreen = Stem cells
>>8145339, >>8145415 Mike Bloomberg 'wants Hillary Clinton as his running mate', sources close to his campaign tell Drudge-dailymail
>>8145367 The World Bank loses another chief economist- economist-feb 13
>>8145355 Secretary Pompeo reMarks at the Munich Security Conference-vid
>>8145432 Operation Rubicon-BND and C_A op to purchase Crypto AG-codenamed MINERVA
>>8145671 PF Reports - SAM074 over Munich
>>8145588 Lisa Page: Is she Going to Testify against BHO. Anon digg on her latest twat.
>>8145631 New Belgian government formation: Justice minister throws in the towel
>>8145688 Facepalm: Hillary's Being Considered as a Dem's Running Mate
>>8145604, >>8145607, >>8145724, >>8145739 Potus Tweet misspellings- help anons
>>8145753 Spanish socialist govt moves to let doctors kill sick patients
>>8145754, >>8145867 What legitimate interest would MiniMike have in Vietnam? Schools and Children?
>>8145833 A UK judge steps down after allegedly sending X-rated texts, porn to a female court worker
>>8145905 #10427
Previously Collected Notables
>>8145198 #10426, >>8145905 #10427
>>8142104 #10422, >>8142886 #10423, >>8143671 #10424, >>8144451 #10425
>>8139060 #10418, >>8139853 #10419, >>8140610 #10420, >>8141362 #10421
Notables Thread #1, #8960-present: >>7003045
Notables Aggregator: https://wearethene.ws
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384), https://jthnx5wyvjvzsxtu.onion
#8148290 at 2020-02-15 21:56:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10431: Better Hire a Taster Edition
#10428
>>8145990, >>8146134, >>8146278, >>8146289, >>8146305, >>8146543, >>8146567 PF Reports - Nellis AFB chatter
>>8146017 New @SidneyPowel: Did the 4 prosecutors set this up to damage Barr's cred? Yes
>>8146050 China disinfects BANK NOTES and quarantines them for 14 days
>>8146061 Author Lee Smith: "It Now Appears FBI was Exchanging Information with the Clinton Campaign as Well"
>>8146081 @ US Department of the Interior tweets photo of Evergreen trees
>>8146089 Mark Esper: 'Rising threat' China tops US's adversary list
>>8146090, >>8146103 Senate Requests Interviews with Deep State Actors
>>8146114, >>8146285 Prince Andrew stayed at Peter Nygard's mansion and private island
>>8146199, >>8146167 Robet Deniro and Peter Nygard
>>8146132 Treat us like something between a telco and a newspaper, says Facebook's Zuckerberg
>>8146140 3 missing teen girls from Seattle found in Oregon with Calif. fugitive
>>8146217 Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Friday there is no investigation into Vindman
>>8146227 Drudge: Michael Bloomberg Considering Hillary Clinton as Running Mate
>>8146171 Dem U.S. Senate candidate unveils campaign logo: The guillotine
>>8146253 Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities
>>8146266 VOTE IN WISCONSIN: Dems Looking to Steal WI Supreme Court Seat Next Week in Non-Partisan Primary (Feb 18th)
>>8146320 Morning Joe idiots talk of 'Memers' @4:15 hear Mika say "Memers??" (ytube)
>>8146345 Sausage comms, Nunes, and Misfud graphic
>>8146356 Pentagon Offers Iraq a Partial Military Pullout
>>8146384 Federal Prosecutor Barr Tapped to Review Flynn Case Assumed Office the same day as DJT "...the calm before the storm." Coincidence?
>>8146392 Netflix Reportedly Pulls Plug on Corey Feldman Documentary, Claims 'Too Dangerous'
>>8146416 Vietnamese children traffic network from Holland to Britain Digg
>>8146440 Ukraine's Zelensky wants to hold elections in Ukraine in October, 'in Crimea as well'
>>8146193, U.S. Embassy: Americans aboard quarantined ship to fly home
>>8146505 Duterte urged to compel water firms to pay P2 billion fine
>>8146528 Caroline Flack, the former host of the British version of Love Island, has died
>>8146560 No democracy can survive censorship.
>>8146602 Adjutants General Ignore OSD & Lobby Congress For Space Guard
>>8146579, >>8146640 Moar on DJT "authotized" McCabe tweet mispelling
>>8146628 NYC will pay out more than $5.5 MILLION to 352 people in class action against disgraced Brooklyn prosecutor who wiretapped her bf
>>8146664 #10428
#10427
>>8145290 SF Mayor Admits Fling with Ex Homeless Chief and admits to Kickbacks-daily mail
>>8145326, >>8145382 anons on Evergreen = Stem cells
>>8145339, >>8145415 Mike Bloomberg 'wants Hillary Clinton as his running mate', sources close to his campaign tell Drudge-dailymail
>>8145367 The World Bank loses another chief economist- economist-feb 13
>>8145355 Secretary Pompeo reMarks at the Munich Security Conference-vid
>>8145432 Operation Rubicon-BND and C_A op to purchase Crypto AG-codenamed MINERVA
>>8145671 PF Reports - SAM074 over Munich
>>8145588 Lisa Page: Is she Going to Testify against BHO. Anon digg on her latest twat.
>>8145631 New Belgian government formation: Justice minister throws in the towel
>>8145688 Facepalm: Hillary's Being Considered as a Dem's Running Mate
>>8145604, >>8145607, >>8145724, >>8145739 Potus Tweet misspellings- help anons
>>8145753 Spanish socialist govt moves to let doctors kill sick patients
>>8145754, >>8145867 What legitimate interest would MiniMike have in Vietnam? Schools and Children?
>>8145833 A UK judge steps down after allegedly sending X-rated texts, porn to a female court worker
>>8145905 #10427
Previously Collected Notables
>>8145198 #10426, >>8145905 #10427
>>8142104 #10422, >>8142886 #10423, >>8143671 #10424, >>8144451 #10425
>>8139060 #10418, >>8139853 #10419, >>8140610 #10420, >>8141362 #10421
Notables Thread #1, #8960-present: >>7003045
Notables Aggregator: https://wearethene.ws
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384), https://jthnx5wyvjvzsxtu.onion
#8147586 at 2020-02-15 20:39:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10430: The First President Ever to Win the Daytona 500 Edition
US & Taliban Reach Major Truce Deal; Features Eventual Release Of 5,000 Taliban Prisoners
A senior US official announced Friday that a ceasefire deal with the Taliban has been agreed to after 16 months of controversial direct State Department and Taliban negotiations, AP reports, as part of the continuing Trump administration saga to finally get out America's 18-year war.
The deal is being described as "very specific" - a positive sign considering recent perhaps more ambiguous ceasefire attempts have quickly failed before even getting off the ground - and includes a seven day "reduction of violence" nationwide which is to be a precursor to all-Afghan peace talks within 10 days.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper had first hinted at the deal in comments on Friday, saying Washington had "negotiated a proposal for a seven-day reduction in violence."
According to the AP, the end goal if this new deal sticks would "initiate the peace negotiations and the withdrawal of U.S. troops".
The AP describes the conditional precursor as follows:
The official, who was not authorized to publicly discuss the matter and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the Taliban had committed to a halt in roadside and suicide bombings as well as rocket attacks. The official said the U.S. would monitor the truce and determine if there were any violations.
The deal will not impact ongoing counter-terror operations against Islamic State and al-Qaeda terrorists still in Afghanistan, and is part of a broader White House policy that seeks to separate and turn the Taliban against these other Islamist insurgent rivals.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Esper met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on the sidelines of an international security summit in Munich on Friday, where details were discussed in private.
The deal is also said to involve a good faith agreement for the US and Afghan national government to provide for the release of some 5,000 Taliban prisoners after the ceasefire sticks.
But the initial "reduction in violence" stipulation will be the key litmus test, considering past attempts have failed, with major bombings in Kabul having followed prior deals. There's also the likelihood that the Taliban doesn't have control of all of its own factions, and the possibility that dissenting leaders could seek to sabotage it.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-taliban-reach-major-truce-agreement-features-eventual-release-5000-taliban
#8147486 at 2020-02-15 20:29:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10430: The First President Ever to Win the Daytona 500 Edition
#10428
>>8145990, >>8146134, >>8146278, >>8146289, >>8146305, >>8146543, >>8146567 PF Reports - Nellis AFB chatter
>>8146017 New @SidneyPowel: Did the 4 prosecutors set this up to damage Barr's cred? Yes
>>8146050 China disinfects BANK NOTES and quarantines them for 14 days
>>8146061 Author Lee Smith: "It Now Appears FBI was Exchanging Information with the Clinton Campaign as Well"
>>8146081 @ US Department of the Interior tweets photo of Evergreen trees
>>8146089 Mark Esper: 'Rising threat' China tops US's adversary list
>>8146090, >>8146103 Senate Requests Interviews with Deep State Actors
>>8146114, >>8146285 Prince Andrew stayed at Peter Nygard's mansion and private island
>>8146199, >>8146167 Robet Deniro and Peter Nygard
>>8146132 Treat us like something between a telco and a newspaper, says Facebook's Zuckerberg
>>8146140 3 missing teen girls from Seattle found in Oregon with Calif. fugitive
>>8146217 Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Friday there is no investigation into Vindman
>>8146227 Drudge: Michael Bloomberg Considering Hillary Clinton as Running Mate
>>8146171 Dem U.S. Senate candidate unveils campaign logo: The guillotine
>>8146253 Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities
>>8146266 VOTE IN WISCONSIN: Dems Looking to Steal WI Supreme Court Seat Next Week in Non-Partisan Primary (Feb 18th)
>>8146320 Morning Joe idiots talk of 'Memers' @4:15 hear Mika say "Memers??" (ytube)
>>8146345 Sausage comms, Nunes, and Misfud graphic
>>8146356 Pentagon Offers Iraq a Partial Military Pullout
>>8146384 Federal Prosecutor Barr Tapped to Review Flynn Case Assumed Office the same day as DJT "...the calm before the storm." Coincidence?
>>8146392 Netflix Reportedly Pulls Plug on Corey Feldman Documentary, Claims 'Too Dangerous'
>>8146416 Vietnamese children traffic network from Holland to Britain Digg
>>8146440 Ukraine's Zelensky wants to hold elections in Ukraine in October, 'in Crimea as well'
>>8146193, U.S. Embassy: Americans aboard quarantined ship to fly home
>>8146505 Duterte urged to compel water firms to pay P2 billion fine
>>8146528 Caroline Flack, the former host of the British version of Love Island, has died
>>8146560 No democracy can survive censorship.
>>8146602 Adjutants General Ignore OSD & Lobby Congress For Space Guard
>>8146579, >>8146640 Moar on DJT "authotized" McCabe tweet mispelling
>>8146628 NYC will pay out more than $5.5 MILLION to 352 people in class action against disgraced Brooklyn prosecutor who wiretapped her bf
>>8146664 #10428
#10427
>>8145290 SF Mayor Admits Fling with Ex Homeless Chief and admits to Kickbacks-daily mail
>>8145326, >>8145382 anons on Evergreen = Stem cells
>>8145339, >>8145415 Mike Bloomberg 'wants Hillary Clinton as his running mate', sources close to his campaign tell Drudge-dailymail
>>8145367 The World Bank loses another chief economist- economist-feb 13
>>8145355 Secretary Pompeo reMarks at the Munich Security Conference-vid
>>8145432 Operation Rubicon-BND and C_A op to purchase Crypto AG-codenamed MINERVA
>>8145671 PF Reports - SAM074 over Munich
>>8145588 Lisa Page: Is she Going to Testify against BHO. Anon digg on her latest twat.
>>8145631 New Belgian government formation: Justice minister throws in the towel
>>8145688 Facepalm: Hillary's Being Considered as a Dem's Running Mate
>>8145604, >>8145607, >>8145724, >>8145739 Potus Tweet misspellings- help anons
>>8145753 Spanish socialist govt moves to let doctors kill sick patients
>>8145754, >>8145867 What legitimate interest would MiniMike have in Vietnam? Schools and Children?
>>8145833 A UK judge steps down after allegedly sending X-rated texts, porn to a female court worker
>>8145905 #10427
Previously Collected Notables
>>8145198 #10426, >>8145905 #10427
>>8142104 #10422, >>8142886 #10423, >>8143671 #10424, >>8144451 #10425
>>8139060 #10418, >>8139853 #10419, >>8140610 #10420, >>8141362 #10421
Notables Thread #1, #8960-present: >>7003045
Notables Aggregator: https://wearethene.ws
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384), https://jthnx5wyvjvzsxtu.onion
#8146697 at 2020-02-15 18:51:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10429: Mini Mike's VP Says He Didn't Kill Himself Edition
Global Announcements
>>8099282 Iwo Jima flag on YouTube for TOR posting
>>8139388 , >>8139368, >>8138996, >>8129996 CM - Thinks he's fixed the issue
Anons, plz no jpegs, tx
Notables
are not endorsements
#10428
>>8145990, >>8146134, >>8146278, >>8146289, >>8146305, >>8146543, >>8146567 PF Reports - Nellis AFB chatter
>>8146017 New @SidneyPowel: Did the 4 prosecutors set this up to damage Barr's cred? Yes
>>8146050 China disinfects BANK NOTES and quarantines them for 14 days
>>8146061 Author Lee Smith: "It Now Appears FBI was Exchanging Information with the Clinton Campaign as Well"
>>8146081 @ US Department of the Interior tweets photo of Evergreen trees
>>8146089 Mark Esper: 'Rising threat' China tops US's adversary list
>>8146090, >>8146103 Senate Requests Interviews with Deep State Actors
>>8146114, >>8146285 Prince Andrew stayed at Peter Nygard's mansion and private island
>>8146199, >>8146167 Robet Deniro and Peter Nygard
>>8146132 Treat us like something between a telco and a newspaper, says Facebook's Zuckerberg
>>8146140 3 missing teen girls from Seattle found in Oregon with Calif. fugitive
>>8146217 Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Friday there is no investigation into Vindman
>>8146227 Drudge: Michael Bloomberg Considering Hillary Clinton as Running Mate
>>8146171 Dem U.S. Senate candidate unveils campaign logo: The guillotine
>>8146253 Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities
>>8146266 VOTE IN WISCONSIN: Dems Looking to Steal WI Supreme Court Seat Next Week in Non-Partisan Primary (Feb 18th)
>>8146320 Morning Joe idiots talk of 'Memers' @4:15 hear Mika say "Memers??" (ytube)
>>8146345 Sausage comms, Nunes, and Misfud graphic
>>8146356 Pentagon Offers Iraq a Partial Military Pullout
>>8146384 Federal Prosecutor Barr Tapped to Review Flynn Case Assumed Office the same day as DJT "...the calm before the storm." Coincidence?
>>8146392 Netflix Reportedly Pulls Plug on Corey Feldman Documentary, Claims 'Too Dangerous'
>>8146416 Vietnamese children traffic network from Holland to Britain Digg
>>8146440 Ukraine's Zelensky wants to hold elections in Ukraine in October, 'in Crimea as well'
>>8146193, U.S. Embassy: Americans aboard quarantined ship to fly home
>>8146505 Duterte urged to compel water firms to pay P2 billion fine
>>8146528 Caroline Flack, the former host of the British version of Love Island, has died
>>8146560 No democracy can survive censorship.
>>8146602 Adjutants General Ignore OSD & Lobby Congress For Space Guard
>>8146579, >>8146640 Moar on DJT "authotized" McCabe tweet mispelling
>>8146628 NYC will pay out more than $5.5 MILLION to 352 people in class action against disgraced Brooklyn prosecutor who wiretapped her bf
>>8146664 #10428
#10427
>>8145290 SF Mayor Admits Fling with Ex Homeless Chief and admits to Kickbacks-daily mail
>>8145326, >>8145382 anons on Evergreen = Stem cells
>>8145339, >>8145415 Mike Bloomberg 'wants Hillary Clinton as his running mate', sources close to his campaign tell Drudge-dailymail
>>8145367 The World Bank loses another chief economist- economist-feb 13
>>8145355 Secretary Pompeo reMarks at the Munich Security Conference-vid
>>8145432 Operation Rubicon-BND and C_A op to purchase Crypto AG-codenamed MINERVA
>>8145671 PF Reports - SAM074 over Munich
>>8145588 Lisa Page: Is she Going to Testify against BHO. Anon digg on her latest twat.
>>8145631 New Belgian government formation: Justice minister throws in the towel
>>8145688 Facepalm: Hillary's Being Considered as a Dem's Running Mate
>>8145604, >>8145607, >>8145724, >>8145739 Potus Tweet misspellings- help anons
>>8145753 Spanish socialist govt moves to let doctors kill sick patients
>>8145754, >>8145867 What legitimate interest would MiniMike have in Vietnam? Schools and Children?
>>8145833 A UK judge steps down after allegedly sending X-rated texts, porn to a female court worker
>>8145905 #10427
#8146664 at 2020-02-15 18:46:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10428: Show Me Your Meme Face Edition
#10428
>>8145990, >>8146134, >>8146278, >>8146289, >>8146305, >>8146543, >>8146567 PF Reports - Nellis AFB chatter
>>8146017 New @SidneyPowel: Did the 4 prosecutors set this up to damage Barr's cred? Yes
>>8146050 China disinfects BANK NOTES and quarantines them for 14 days
>>8146061 Author Lee Smith: "It Now Appears FBI was Exchanging Information with the Clinton Campaign as Well"
>>8146081 @ US Department of the Interior tweets photo of Evergreen trees
>>8146089 Mark Esper: 'Rising threat' China tops US's adversary list
>>8146090, >>8146103 Senate Requests Interviews with Deep State Actors
>>8146114, >>8146285 Prince Andrew stayed at Peter Nygard's mansion and private island
>>8146199, >>8146167 Robet Deniro and Peter Nygard
>>8146132 Treat us like something between a telco and a newspaper, says Facebook's Zuckerberg
>>8146140 3 missing teen girls from Seattle found in Oregon with Calif. fugitive
>>8146217 Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Friday there is no investigation into Vindman
>>8146227 Drudge: Michael Bloomberg Considering Hillary Clinton as Running Mate
>>8146171 Dem U.S. Senate candidate unveils campaign logo: The guillotine
>>8146253 Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities
>>8146266 VOTE IN WISCONSIN: Dems Looking to Steal WI Supreme Court Seat Next Week in Non-Partisan Primary (Feb 18th)
>>8146320 Morning Joe idiots talk of 'Memers' @4:15 hear Mika say "Memers??" (ytube)
>>8146345 Sausage comms, Nunes, and Misfud graphic
>>8146356 Pentagon Offers Iraq a Partial Military Pullout
>>8146384 Federal Prosecutor Barr Tapped to Review Flynn Case Assumed Office the same day as DJT "...the calm before the storm." Coincidence?
>>8146392 Netflix Reportedly Pulls Plug on Corey Feldman Documentary, Claims 'Too Dangerous'
>>8146416 Vietnamese children traffic network from Holland to Britain Digg
>>8146440 Ukraine's Zelensky wants to hold elections in Ukraine in October, 'in Crimea as well'
>>8146193, U.S. Embassy: Americans aboard quarantined ship to fly home
>>8146505 Duterte urged to compel water firms to pay P2 billion fine
>>8146528 Caroline Flack, the former host of the British version of Love Island, has died
>>8146560 No democracy can survive censorship.
>>8146602 Adjutants General Ignore OSD & Lobby Congress For Space Guard
>>8146579, >>8146640 Moar on DJT "authotized" McCabe tweet mispelling
>>8146628 NYC will pay out more than $5.5 MILLION to 352 people in class action against disgraced Brooklyn prosecutor who wiretapped her bf
#10428
#8146634 at 2020-02-15 18:42:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10428: Show Me Your Meme Face Edition
Notables
LAST CALL
#10428
>>8145990, >>8146134, >>8146278, >>8146289, >>8146305, >>8146543, >>8146567 PF Reports - Nellis AFB chatter
>>8146017 New @SidneyPowel: Did the 4 prosecutors set this up to damage Barr's cred? Yes
>>8146050 China disinfects BANK NOTES and quarantines them for 14 days
>>8146061 Author Lee Smith: "It Now Appears FBI was Exchanging Information with the Clinton Campaign as Well"
>>8146081 @ US Department of the Interior tweets photo of Evergreen trees
>>8146089 Mark Esper: 'Rising threat' China tops US's adversary list
>>8146090, >>8146103 Senate Requests Interviews with Deep State Actors
>>8146114, >>8146285 Prince Andrew stayed at Peter Nygard's mansion and private island
>>8146199, >>8146167 Robet Deniro and Peter Nygard
>>8146132 Treat us like something between a telco and a newspaper, says Facebook's Zuckerberg
>>8146140 3 missing teen girls from Seattle found in Oregon with Calif. fugitive
>>8146217 Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Friday there is no investigation into Vindman
>>8146227 Drudge: Michael Bloomberg Considering Hillary Clinton as Running Mate
>>8146171 Dem U.S. Senate candidate unveils campaign logo: The guillotine
>>8146253 Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities
>>8146266 VOTE IN WISCONSIN: Dems Looking to Steal WI Supreme Court Seat Next Week in Non-Partisan Primary (Feb 18th)
>>8146320 Morning Joe idiots talk of 'Memers' @4:15 hear Mika say "Memers??" (ytube)
>>8146345 Sausage comms, Nunes, and Misfud graphic
>>8146356 Pentagon Offers Iraq a Partial Military Pullout
>>8146384 Federal Prosecutor Barr Tapped to Review Flynn Case Assumed Office the same day as DJT "...the calm before the storm." Coincidence?
>>8146392 Netflix Reportedly Pulls Plug on Corey Feldman Documentary, Claims 'Too Dangerous'
>>8146416 Vietnamese children traffic network from Holland to Britain Digg
>>8146440 Ukraine's Zelensky wants to hold elections in Ukraine in October, 'in Crimea as well'
>>8146193, U.S. Embassy: Americans aboard quarantined ship to fly home
>>8146505 Duterte urged to compel water firms to pay P2 billion fine
>>8146528 Caroline Flack, the former host of the British version of Love Island, has died
>>8146560 No democracy can survive censorship.
>>8146602 Adjutants General Ignore OSD & Lobby Congress For Space Guard
>>8146579 Moar on DJT McCabe mispelling
#10428
#8146480 at 2020-02-15 18:21:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10428: Show Me Your Meme Face Edition
Notables
Anything missed?
#10428
>>8145990, >>8146134, >>8146278, >>8146289, >>8146305 PF Reports - A call sign disaeared
>>8146017 New @SidneyPowel: Did the 4 prosecutors set this up to damage Barr's cred? Yes
>>8146050 China disinfects BANK NOTES and quarantines them for 14 days
>>8146061 Author Lee Smith: "It Now Appears FBI was Exchanging Information with the Clinton Campaign as Well"
>>8146081 @ US Department of the Interior tweets photo of Evergreen trees
>>8146089 Mark Esper: 'Rising threat' China tops US's adversary list
>>8146090, >>8146103 Senate Requests Interviews with Deep State Actors
>>8146114,>>8146285 Prince Andrew stayed at Peter Nygard's mansion and private island
>>8146199, >>8146167 Robet Deniro and Peter Nygard
>>8146132 Treat us like something between a telco and a newspaper, says Facebook's Zuckerberg
>>8146140 3 missing teen girls from Seattle found in Oregon with Calif. fugitive
>>8146217 Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Friday there is no investigation into Vindman
>>8146227 Drudge: Michael Bloomberg Considering Hillary Clinton as Running Mate
>>8146171 Dem U.S. Senate candidate unveils campaign logo: The guillotine
>>8146253 Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities
>>8146266 VOTE IN WISCONSIN: Dems Looking to Steal WI Supreme Court Seat Next Week in Non-Partisan Primary (Feb 18th)
>>8146320 Morning Joe idiots talk of 'Memers' @4:15 hear Mika say "Memers??" (ytube)
>>8146345 Sausage comms, Nunes, and Misfud graphic
>>8146356 Pentagon Offers Iraq a Partial Military Pullout
>>8146384 Federal Prosecutor Barr Tapped to Review Flynn Case Assumed Office the same day as DJT "...the calm before the storm." Coincidence?
>>8146392 Netflix Reportedly Pulls Plug on Corey Feldman Documentary, Claims 'Too Dangerous'
>>8146416 Vietnamese children traffic network from Holland to Britain Digg
>>8146440 Ukraine's Zelensky wants to hold elections in Ukraine in October, 'in Crimea as
#10428
#8146291 at 2020-02-15 17:55:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10428: Show Me Your Meme Face Edition
#10428
>>8145990, >>8146134, >>8146278 PF Reports - Canadian C-130 headed to land in Miami.
>>8146017 New @SidneyPowel: Did the 4 prosecutors set this up to damage Barr's cred? Yes
>>8146050 China disinfects BANK NOTES and quarantines them for 14 days
>>8146061 Author Lee Smith: "It Now Appears FBI was Exchanging Information with the Clinton Campaign as Well"
>>8146081 @ US Department of the Interior tweets photo of Evergreen trees
>>8146089 Mark Esper: 'Rising threat' China tops US's adversary list
>>8146090, >>8146103 Senate Requests Interviews with Deep State Actors
>>8146114 Prince Andrew stayed at Peter Nygard's mansion
>>8146199, >>8146167 Robet Deniro and Peter Nygard
>>8146132 Treat us like something between a telco and a newspaper, says Facebook's Zuckerberg
>>8146140 3 missing teen girls from Seattle found in Oregon with Calif. fugitive
>>8146217 Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Friday there is no investigation into Vindman
>>8146227 Drudge: Michael Bloomberg Considering Hillary Clinton as Running Mate
>>8146171 Dem U.S. Senate candidate unveils campaign logo: The guillotine
>>8146253 Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities
>>8146266 VOTE IN WISCONSIN: Dems Looking to Steal Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat Next Week in Non-Partisan Primary
#10428
#8146089 at 2020-02-15 17:32:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10428: Show Me Your Meme Face Edition
Mark Esper: 'Rising threat' China tops US's adversary list
Pentagon chief's condemnation of Beijing denounced by Chinese foreign minister accusing Washington of 'smear campaign'.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/Mark-Esper-rising-threat-china-tops-adversary-list-200215103118539.html
#8144754 at 2020-02-15 15:00:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10426: A Triumphant Mr.Trump Emerges Edition
Philippines' Duterte says Trump deserves to be re-elected
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday that Donald Trump deserved to be re-elected, praising the U.S. president's reaction to his decision to end a decades-old military agreement with the United States.
Trump said on Wednesday he did not mind Duterte's decision to end the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) even as his defence secretary, Mark Esper, called the move "unfortunate" as Washington and its allies press China to abide by "international rules" in Asia.
"It is President Trump's circumspect and judicious reaction to the termination of the VFA that made President Duterte give the following reMarks: 'President Trump is a good president and he deserves to be re-elected'," presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said in a statement.
The VFA is important to the overall U.S.-Philippines alliance and sets out rules for U.S. soldiers operating in the Philippines, a former U.S. territory.
Washington has described the relationship between the two countries as "iron-clad," despite Duterte's complaints that include allegations of U.S. hypocrisy and ill-treatment.
Trump has frequently expressed a desire to bring U.S. military forces home from decades-long deployments abroad and has strong-armed some allies into paying more for the right to U.S. defence.
Trump has said that the United States helped the Philippines defeat Islamic State militants.
In his comments about the VFA on Wednesday, Trump added that he had "a very good" relationship with Duterte.
Duterte's decision, sparked by the revocation of a U.S. visa held by a former police chief who led his bloody war on drugs, could complicate U.S. military interests in the Asia-Pacific region as China's ambitions rise.
The firebrand leader, who favours closer ties with China and Russia, has said it was time for the Philippines to be militarily independent.
Some Philippine lawmakers hope the VFA can be saved in the 180 days before the termination takes effect, and expressed concern that without it, two other U.S. military agreements will become useless.
https://in.reuters.com/article/philippines-usa-defence/philippines-duterte-says-trump-deserves-to-be-re-elected-idINKBN2090JY
#8140241 at 2020-02-15 01:37:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10420: The [slam-dunk] Edition
Official says US, Taliban reach Afghanistan truce agreement
MUNICH - A senior U.S. official said Friday the United States and the Taliban have reached a truce agreement that will take effect "very soon" and could lead to withdrawals of American troops from Afghanistan. The official said the agreement for a seven-day "reduction in violence" to be followed by the start of all-Afghan peace talks within 10 days is "very specific" and covers the entire country, including Afghan government forces. There were indications a formal announcement could come as early as the weekend. The official, who was not authorized to publicly discuss the matter and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the Taliban had committed to a halt in roadside and suicide bombings as well as rocket attacks. The official said the U.S. would monitor the truce and determine if there were any violations.
Should the Taliban comply, the "reduction in violence" agreement would be followed by the signing of an agreement that would initiate peace negotiations that include all Afghan sides. A Taliban official familiar with the deal said that the second agreement would be signed on Feb. 29 and that the inter-Afghan dialogue would begin on March 10. The officials said Germany and Norway have offered to host the talks but there has been no decision on the venue. That Taliban official added that the withdrawal of foreign troops would start gradually and would be phased over 18 months.
President Donald Trump previously called off the peace talks because of an attack that killed two Americans. U.S. officials have not publicly spelled out their timetable for an initial drawdown of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, but the expectation is that a reduction from the current total of about 12,000 to approximately 8,600 will begin after the signing of a U.S.-Taliban deal. That initial reduction is likely to stretch out over a period of weeks or months. The new developments came as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper met Friday in Munich with Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani. They spoke on the sidelines of an international security forum in Munich. A truce had been widely anticipated, and Trump agreed in principle to the deal, according to U.S. officials. The final details were hammered out in recent days by U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban representatives in Doha, Qatar. Khalilzad was in Munich and attended Pompeo and Esper's meeting as did Gen. Scott Miller, the commander of the U.S.-led international force in Afghanistan.
#8135553 at 2020-02-14 18:18:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10414: Watch What Happens Next! Edition
When Will US Troops Leave Afghanistan? Deal With Taliban Reported
Peace negotiations began in July 2018
The agreement could open the way for the U.S. to begin withdrawing troops, which have been in the country since October 2001
President Trump has agreed to the pact in principle
The United States and Taliban reportedly reached a truce Friday that could lead to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
A senior U.S. official at the Munich Security Conference told the Associated Press the seven-day agreement would take effect "very soon" and be followed by peace talks covering the entire country to set its political future.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper are attending the conference and met Friday with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on the sidelines of the security forum. U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and Gen. Scott Miller, who heads the international military force in Afghanistan, also attended the meeting.
The official said President Trump has agreed to the deal in principle. Final details were worked out in Doha, Qatar, by Khalilzad, Taliban negotiator Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.
The Taliban earlier this week issued an ultimatum, threatening to walk away from the negotiating table if the U.S. did not respond to its offer of a seven-day pause to hostilities rather than a full ceasefire that would blunt their battlefield progress should the U.S. or Kabul renege on any deal. U.S. officials denied the ultimatum had forced their hand.
U.S. troops have been in Afghanistan since Oct. 7, 2001, sent in the wake of the 9/11 al-Qaida attacks on New York and Washington that killed nearly 3,000 people. Then-President George W. Bush blamed Osama bin Laden for orchestrating the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon and targeted the Taliban, which had been in control of the Afghan government since 1996, for harboring bin Laden and his followers.
Direct peace talks began in July 2018 without the Afghan government's involvement. A peace summit set for Sept. 11, the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, at Camp David was canceled following the death of a U.S. soldier in a car bombing in Kabul.
https://www.ibtimes.com/when-will-us-troops-leave-afghanistan-deal-taliban-reported-2922497
#8135341 at 2020-02-14 18:01:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10414: Watch What Happens Next! Edition
US & Taliban reach reduction of violence deal that 'could lead to troop withdrawal' - official
The United States has reached a reduction of violence agreement with the Taliban that could lead to a US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, Reuters quoted a senior administration official as saying on Friday.
The agreement for a seven-day "reduction in violence" to be followed by the start of all-Afghan peace talks within 10 days is "very specific" and covers the entire country including Afghan forces, AP reported.
The developments come as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper met Friday in Munich, Germany with Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani. They spoke on the sidelines of an international security forum.
https://www.rt.com/newsline/480885-us-taliban-agreement-afghanistan/
#8134442 at 2020-02-14 16:48:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10413: Sometimes A Leak Turns Into A Flood Edition
>>8134409
U.S. reportedly reaches Afghanistan truce with Taliban
The U.S. reached an initial deal with the Taliban on Friday that could begin a drawdown of American troops from Afghanistan, the AP reports, citing a senior U.S. official.
The big picture: Top administration officials, including President Trump, had signaled recently that the agreement - announced at the Munich Security Conference - could be reached soon, allowing the gradual end to a nearly two-decade war that has cost thousands of American lives.
The "very specific" deal includes the entire country and allows for a seven-day "reduction of violence" to act as the precursor to all-Afghan peace talks within 10 days.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Thursday that the U.S. and Taliban had "negotiated a proposal for a seven-day reduction in violence."
The conditions are vague. If the administration deems they've been met, it could sign a deal with the Taliban. The U.S. would then withdraw some troops and the Taliban would enter negotiations with the Afghan government about the country's political future.
Between the lines, via Axios' Dave Lawler: Trump is not the first American president to want to end the conflict.
"President Bush wanted out, President Obama wanted out, President Trump wants out," says Michael Morell, who held top roles at the CIA under both Bush and Obama. "Nobody can see a path to this ending, and the American people are getting tired of it."
"What's held them back is a belief that once we leave, the Taliban's going to take over … and offer al-Qaeda safe haven again."
"That is a risk that President Bush wasn't willing to take, President Obama wasn't willing to take, and President Trump earlier in his term wasn't willing to take," says Morell, who hosts the Intelligence Matters podcast.
https://www.axios.com/afghanistan-us-taliban-truce-deal-822fe7ef-e4af-4b9f-9806-8a15a6207d35.html
#8127243 at 2020-02-13 21:28:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10403: The SEVENTEEN Times Edition
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/mike-pompeo-sees-breakthrough-in-taleban-talks-wants-significant-reduction-in
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - The United States has had "a pretty important breakthrough" in peace talks with the Taleban over the past couple of days, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday (Feb 13), but he cautioned that Washington wants to see a significant fall in violence in Afghanistan before starting wider discussions.
Defence Secretary Mark Esper said earlier that the United States and the Taleban have been negotiating a proposal for a seven-day reduction in violence, in what lawmakers said was a test for the hardline insurgents.
#8126647 at 2020-02-13 20:27:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10403: The SEVENTEEN Times Edition
WATCH: Defense Secretary Esper discusses potential 7-day deal with Taliban
229 views-Feb 13, 2020
PBS NewsHour
While giving a press conference on Thursday, Feb. 13, at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that the U.S. and the Taliban had negotiated a seven-day reduction in violence. He also said that NATO had agreed to expand its role in the Middle East to combat ISIS and promote stability in the region.
https://youtu.be/Y7sRtWdkHSg
#8126054 at 2020-02-13 19:22:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10402: Democrats Call On Barr To Resign. REALLY? Edition
US, Taliban Reach Deal for 7-Day 'Reduction of Violence,' SecDef Says
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Thursday that a tentative deal has been reached between the U.S. and the Taliban on a seven-day "reduction of violence" in Afghanistan.
"The U.S. and the Taliban have negotiated a proposal for a seven-day reduction in violence" Esper said in a brief statement and news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels. The deal appears to fall short of a full ceasefire.
"I think peace deserves a chance," he said. "The best, if not only, solution in Afghanistan is a political agreement."
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/02/13/us-taliban-reach-deal-7-day-reduction-violence-secdef-says.html
#8125608 at 2020-02-13 18:41:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10401: Another Buttplug from the rear Edition
U.S., Taliban Negotiate Short-Term Deal To Reduce Violence
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper revealed Thursday that the U.S. and Taliban reached a deal "for a seven-day reduction in violence," he told reporters during a visit to Brussels where he's meeting with North Atlantic Treaty Organization defense ministers.
"The United States and the Taliban have negotiated a proposal for a seven-day reduction in violence. I am here today consulting with allies about this proposal and we've had a series of productive bilateral and collective meetings about the path forward," Sec. Esper said during a news conference.
US DefSec Mark Esper at NATO: "The United States & the Taliban have negotiated a proposal for a seven-day reduction in violence. I am here today consulting with allies about this proposal & we've had a series of productive bilateral & collective meetings about the path forward." pic.twitter.com/mlauJiUGwN
- TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) February 13, 2020
He continued, "We've said all along that the best if not only solution in Afghanistan is a political agreement. Progress has been made on this front and I will have more to report on that soon, I hope."
This is a welcoming development and I am pleased that our principal position on peace thus far has begun to yield fruitful results. Our primary objective is to end the senseless bloodshed.
- Ashraf Ghani (@ashrafghani) February 11, 2020
The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan will manage the next steps in a manner that positively supports the overall peace process and will report to the public.
- Ashraf Ghani (@ashrafghani) February 11, 2020
President Donald Trump is committed to downsizing the number of U.S. troops remaining in Afghanistan and establishing peace with the Taliban. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani spoke this week with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who reported "notable progress" in the bilateral peace talks.
"This is a welcoming development and I am pleased that our principal position on peace thus far has begun to yield fruitful results. Our primary objective is to end the senseless bloodshed," Pres. Ghani wrote on Twitter Tuesday.
https://saraacarter.com/u-s-taliban-negotiate-short-term-deal-to-reduce-violence/
#8123567 at 2020-02-13 14:30:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10399: I Don't Feel No Ways Tired! Edition
Military Times:
US Military Prepping for Coronavirus Pandemic
U.S. Northern Command is executing plans to prepare for a potential pandemic of the novel coronavirus, now called COVID19, according to Navy and Marine Corps service-wide messages issued this week.
An executive order issued by the Joint Staff and approved by Defense Secretary Mark Esper this month directed Northern Command and geographic combatant commanders to initiate pandemic plans, which include ordering commanders to prepare for widespread outbreaks and confining service members with a history of travel to China.
The Navy and Marine Corps messages, issued Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, reference an executive order directing U.S. Northern Command to implement the Department of Defense Global Campaign plan for Pandemic Influenza and Infectious Diseases 3551-13.
The document serves as the Pentagon's blueprint for planning and preparing for widespread dispersion of influenza and previously unknown diseases.
U.S. Northern Command said Wednesday it was directed the Joint Staff Feb. 1 to commence "prudent planning" in their assigned role synchronizing the department's plans for pandemic flu and disease.
But in no way "does the planning indicate a greater likelihood of an event developing. As military professionals, planning for a range of contingencies is something we owe the American people," Navy Lt. Cmdr. Mike Hatfield said.
"We coordinate with other combatant commands to assess potential impacts in the event of a pandemic and we ensure the U.S. military is poised to respond as required," Hatfield said in a statement. "The military profession fosters a culture of planning, and the fact that we are coordinating planning efforts across the geographical combatant commands is consistent with how we prepare to respond, if directed."
According to the Marine Corps message MARADMIN 082/20, commanders are to review their disease containment plans and take "preparatory and precautionary actions" to protect service members, installations and ships.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/02/13/us-military-prepping-for-coronavirus-pandemic/
Note: Hope to add an image to the file after…
#8105810 at 2020-02-11 22:54:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10376: Tales of Aesop Edition
Trump suggests military should consider additional discipline for Vindman
President Trump on Tuesday suggested the military should consider additional disciplinary action against Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who provided damaging testimony against Trump in the impeachment inquiry and was reassigned from his White House job last week.
"We sent him on his way to a much different location, and the military can handle him any way they want," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "Gen. Milley has him now. I congratulate Gen. Milley. He can have him."
Gen. Mark Milley is the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Asked specifically if the Pentagon should pursue further action against Vindman, Trump said it would be "up to the military."
"But if you look at what happened, they're going to certainly, I would imagine, take a look at that," he said.
The president's comments on Tuesday signaled he was open to additional punishment for officials who testified against him in the impeachment inquiry. Some of his allies have sought to cast the ouster of witnesses like Vindman as justifiable reassignments rather than retribution.
Trump added that there were more departures to come, but it was unclear if he was referring specifically to impeachment witnesses.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday signaled there would be no punishment for Vindman, saying the Pentagon protects service members from retribution.
"We protect all of our persons, service members, from retribution or anything like that. We've already addressed that in policy and other means," Esper told reporters at the Pentagon during a press conference with his Colombian counterpart.
Vindman had been working temporarily at the White House as a member of the national security council when he was dismissed. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland was fired later the same day.
Both officials were among those who testified about Trump's conduct toward Ukraine during House impeachment inquiry hearings last year. The House ultimately impeached Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, alleging he withheld security aid from Ukraine to pressure the country to investigate his political rivals.
The Senate acquitted Trump last week in a party-line vote.
Vindman proved to be one of Democrats' most memorable witnesses. A Purple Heart recipient, Vindman testified that he believed Trump's conduct on a July 25 call with the Ukrainian president was inappropriate and that he reported it to his superior.
Trump has mocked Vindman for wearing his military uniform during the hearing and complained about the contents of his testimony.
On Tuesday, the president accused Vindman of leaking and going outside the chain of command.
"I obviously wasn't happy with the job he did," Trump said. "What was said on the call was totally appropriate. I call it a perfect call, I always will call it a perfect call."
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/482638-trump-suggests-military-should-consider-additional-discipline-for
#8096573 at 2020-02-10 23:28:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10364: AF1 Wheels Down in NH! Rally On! Edition
Why ask mad dog about the cloud?
(CNN)Amazon has asked a federal court for permission to get testimony from President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper as part of its ongoing protest over the Defense Department's handling of a multibillion-dollar cloud computing contract, according to a court filing unsealed Monday.
The document also seeks permission to depose former Defense Secretary James Mattis and what he may have known about Trump's attitude toward the contract, known as the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure….
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/10/tech/amazon-trump-defense-contract/
#8095868 at 2020-02-10 22:16:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10363: Rally Dues! Edition
10 Feb 2020
The Associated Press | By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Amazon wants to depose President Donald Trump over the tech company's losing bid for a $10 billion military contract.
The Pentagon awarded the cloud computing project to Microsoft in October. Amazon later sued, arguing that Trump's interference and bias against the company harmed Amazon's chances of winning.
The Pentagon was preparing to make its final decision when Trump publicly waded into the fray in July, saying he had heard complaints about the process and that the administration would "take a very long look." He said other companies told him that the contract "wasn't competitively bid."
Amazon is looking for more information about what happened before and after that review, including an alleged comment that surfaced in a book last year that said Trump privately told then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to "screw Amazon" out of the contract.
The company said in a federal court filing in Washington on Monday that Trump has a "well-documented personal animus towards" Amazon, its CEO Jeff Bezos and The Washington Post, which Bezos owns. Amazon says that Trump is the only who can testify about the "totality of his conversations and the overall message he conveyed" about the bidding process.
Amazon is also asking to depose Mattis, current Defense Secretary Mark Esper and other government officials in its filing Monday with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/02/10/amazon-wants-depose-president-trump-over-loss-military-contract.html
#8093782 at 2020-02-10 19:08:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10360: Q Dropping Bombs! Edition
The nest Hoax?
Amazon wants to depose Trump in challenge over $10B Pentagon contract
"AWS seeks leave to notice the depositions of seven individuals who were instrumental in the JEDI source selection and played pivotal roles in the ultimate JEDI Contract award," AWS said in a court document that was unsealed Monday. Those individuals are Trump, former Defense Secretary James Mattis, current Defense Secretary Mark Esper, DoD Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy, and other individuals whose names were redacted.
In a statement to Fox News, an AWS spokEsperson implied that Trump specifically blocked Amazon from getting the lucrative deal due to personal issues.
"President Trump has repeatedly demonstrated his willingness to use his position as President and Commander in Chief to interfere with government functions - including federal procurements - to advance his personal agenda," the statement said, questioning whether Trump "should be allowed to use the budget of the DoD to pursue his own personal and political ends."
In court filings, AWS said that Trump has a "well-documented personal animus towards" Amazon, CEO Jeff Bezos, and the Bezos-owned Washington Post. AWS claims that Trump once ordered Mattis to "screw Amazon" out of the contract.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/amazon-wants-to-depose-trump-in-challenge-over-10b-pentagon-contract
#8078176 at 2020-02-08 23:56:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10340: The "It's Time" Edition
>>8077020
Looks like it (vote tallies) all got Computer Fried
Fried=Cooked
Cooked=Rigged
Nobody knows who the real winner is'
Potus tweeted out fried 2x, important point.
1-Trump formed but disbanded the election fraud commission, many states unwilling to cooperate (DS?)
'The Democrats, both on and off the commission, made very clear that they were not interested in determining the scope and extent of voter fraud and, indeed, they were trying to stop the commission in its tracks', Kobach said
2-Assigns DHS to Lead and monitor election security measures (interDepartmental). Potus commissions MIL CyberCommand
The operation Marked the first muscle-flexing by U.S. Cyber Command, with intelligence from the National Security Agency, under new authorities it was granted by President Trump and Congress last year to bolster offensive capabilities.
Before the midterms, the United States Cyber Command created a so-called Russia Small Group of American officials to disrupt election influence campaigns
3- Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan, Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire, FBI Director Christopher Wray, U.S. Cyber Command Commander and NSA Director Gen. Paul Nakasone, and CISA Director Christopher Krebs today released the following joint statement:
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2019/11/05/joint-statement-doj-dod-dhs-dni-fbi-nsa-and-cisa-ensuring-security-2020-elections
4-DHS stated for 2020 they will use the same working groups as they did in 2018.
So after forming a Commission that Ds would not cooperate with. Potus puts MIL CyberCommand + (NSA) on DHS Election Security Group. 2018 Elections as many recall were going great Early….We held Senate and Ds won house only with 'manual' fraud, recounts and adding new fake ballots (harvesting). It appears though the Cyber Component was in fact safe, and protected. When Ds realized this early, they focused mainly on the West Coast to buy time for manually rigging, they were successful. (remember the fires, shooting too–warnings).
So knowing full well the reporting App would be compromised, the CC+NSA determined the App Servers were frying/cooking/rigging votes at which time they fried their App systems and ensured the rigged votes and the App fraud could not be utilized.
So going forward noone is going to use the App and cyber fraud should be in check, so Ds have manual illegal voting and harvesting, etc. to cheat. You see some positive exposure by JW, etal, and FBI, DHS is finding tons of fake I.D.s and such, and DOJ, DHS is doing what they can with D states lax voter i.d. laws, etc. We however do need something major to combat this en masse.
The whole Iowa debacle did create a backlash for lack of paper trails, so Potus, etal. is in a position to push common sense measure. This is organized stuff the fraud so taking out some key players before Nov. may be part of the plan. Anons have also speculated that there is evidence of Fraud in Broward with the pipe bomb ff?, whereby ballots were forensically Marker. Q mentioned paper ballots CoC, how many are printed, etc.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-dismantles-voter-fraud-commission-heres-what-the-controversial-group-did
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-cyber-command-operation-disrupted-internet-access-of-russian-troll-factory-on-day-of-2018-midterms/2019/02/26/1827fc9e-36d6-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html
#8065365 at 2020-02-07 22:03:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10323: Patriot Weekend Ahead Edition
>>8064963
>Key impeachment witness Vindman fired by NSC, escorted off WH grounds days after Senate acquits Trump
Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Mark Esper appeared to welcome the speculation that Vindman could be reassigned back to the Pentagon.
Vindman testifies he's been excluded from meetings since participation in impeachment inquiryVideo
"We welcome back all of our service members wherever they served to any assignment they're given," Esper told reporters Friday. "[A]s I said, we protect all of our persons, servicemembers from retribution or anything like that. We have already addressed that in policy and other means."
Vindman was an important witness for Democrats during the House impeachment inquiry. Vindman raised concerns over Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in which he pressed Kiev to launch an investigation concerning presidential candidate Joe Biden's family.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., on Friday blasted the removal of Vindman, calling it a "subversion of justice."
#8064086 at 2020-02-07 20:26:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10322: Cyborgs, Trolls and Bots Edition
US Defense Department Offers 11 More Bases to Host Coronavirus Evacuees
The US Defense Department announced Thursday that 11 more bases may be made available to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to quarantine more evacuees from China amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Thursday declared that 11 military installations near major airports will be made available for people coming from China "should HHS facilities become filled," Military.com reported.
The potential installations include the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii, the Great Lakes Training Center Navy Base in Illinois, the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth in Texas, the Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Georgia, Fort Hamilton in New York, the Naval Base Kitsap in Washington, the Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, DC, the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey, the Fort Custer Training Center in Michigan and the March Air Reserve and Travis Air Force Bases in California.
The March Air Reserve and Travis Air Force Bases are already hosting coronavirus evacuees, as are the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in California, Fort Carson in Colorado, Lackland Air Force Base in Texas and Camp Ashland in Nebraska. Around 200 evacuees arrived at the March Air Reserve Base last week, according to Military.com. On Wednesday, around 350 evacuees arrived at Travis AFB. Although none of the travelers have shown any symptoms associated with the coronavirus, they will remain quarantined at the base for the next two weeks.
"Under the request, DoD support at each location will be limited to providing housing support for up to 20 people as they undergo a period of quarantined observation," the Pentagon recently said, referring to the installations already housing evacuees.
The HHS is responsible for the transportation, care and security of all evacuees and must make sure that no "evacuated personnel are transferred to any DoD installation if they are infected or ill," the Pentagon declared earlier this week. Additionally, military and DoD personnel are not allowed to have direct contact with evacuees.
Officials confirmed last week that using the bases as quarantine centers will not affect military readiness.
"The department's primary responsibility is the safety of our force, our families and our base communities," officials stated. "DoD personnel will follow guidance in the memorandum, 'Force Health Protection Guidance for the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak,' to reduce risk."
The quarantine measures were announced on January 31, with Alex Azar, the US secretary of HHS, explaining that any foreign nationals, other than immediate family of US citizens and permanent residents, who have traveled to China within the past 14 days could be denied entry into the US. As for US citizens who have been in China's Hubei Province, where the virus originated, they "will be subject to up to 14 days of mandatory quarantine to ensure they're provided proper medical care and health screening."
The coronavirus has infected more than 31,000 people worldwide, but just 12 within the US. Only 317 infections have been reported outside of mainland China. The virus has led to 638 deaths, 618 of which occurred in Hubei Province, according to the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science.
https://sputniknews.com/military/202002071078257849-us-defense-department-offers-11-more-bases-to-host-coronavirus-evacuees/
#8048458 at 2020-02-06 15:41:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10302: The Hunt Is On Edition
Pentagon designates a 5th US military base for Chinese coronavirus evacuees
The Pentagon is using Camp Ashland in Nebraska to quarantine up 75 individuals possibly infected with the coronavirus, the Defense Department announced Wednesday.
Americans evacuated overseas in need of quarantine will be flown to a remote spot at Eppley Airfield in Omaha as soon as Thursday, according to Defense Secretary Mark Esper, and will be transported to the camp.
"DOD personnel will not be in direct contact with the evacuees and will minimize contact with personnel supporting the evacuees," the announcement read. "Should routine monitoring of the evacuees identify ill individuals, [the DepartmentHealth and Human Services] HHS has procedures in place to transport them to a local civilian medical facility. HHS will also ensure that no evacuated personnel are transferred to any DOD installation if they are infected or ill."
Nebraska National Guard officials have prepared three buildings with 85 beds at the camp, and Guard officials said evacuees won't be interacting with guardsmen or employees there.
The HHS also said that planes will arrive at bases in California and Texas. All passengers will be screened for symptoms and are subject to 14 days of mandatory quarantine. It typically takes about two weeks before seeing symptoms of the coronavirus, which part of the reason it has spread so fast.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/02/pentagon-designates-a-5th-us-military-base-for-chinese-coronavirus-evacuees/
#8043973 at 2020-02-06 02:38:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10296: The Deep Stank In The Stanktuary City Edition
"The Pentagon has saved $5 billion through cuts to the departmentwide offices known as the "fourth estate," Defense Department Secretary Mark Esper said during a keynote address at the Reagan National Defense Forum.
"In just four months of work we have saved over $5 billion. By decreasing overhead, divesting legacy activities and reducing lower-priority programs, we are able to invest more in the war-fighting requirements of the services. We can't do this without the backing of Congress," he said. "When our budget comes to the Hill next year, I ask you to support our proposals and enact the legislative changes needed to get these reforms across the finish line. And to be clear, this is just the beginning."
The so-called fourth estate includes 27 agencies, such as the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Defense Information Systems Agency and the Missile Defense Agency. A September 2018 report from the Government Accountability Office estimated those agencies collectively have an annual budget of at least $106 billion."
defensenews.com/smr/reagan-defense-forum/2019/12/07/Esper-points-to-5-billion-in-night-court-cuts/
#8036778 at 2020-02-05 18:25:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10287: Q'd for a BUCKLE UP! Edition
Seems they could be separating the wheat form the chaff …so to speak..how many of these people all over the world work for and are loyal to the DS…Just a hypothesis on my part
Pentagon Designates Four Additional Military Bases as Coronavirus Quarantine Centers
Four US bases are prepared to assist the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and house US citizens who may have been exposed to the Wuhan coronavirus overseas, Pentagon officials revealed Saturday.
According to Military.com, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper approved an HHS request to house around 1,000 people who may have been exposed to the deadly virus while traveling abroad.
"HHS officials requested the Defense Department to provide several facilities capable of housing at least 250 people in individual rooms through Feb. 29, 2020," officials said Saturday. The four bases are the 168th Regiment, Regional Training Institute, in Fort Carson, Colorado; the Travis Air Force Base in California; the Lackland Air Force Base in Texas; and the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in California. The US Defense Department (DOD) will also provide medical care, transportation and security for citizens housed on the bases.
"DOD personnel will not be directly in contact with the evacuees and evacuees will not have access to any base location other than their assigned housing," officials said in the statement, Military.com reported. "In accordance with CDC [US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] guidelines, all evacuees will be monitored for a period of 14 days. Should routine monitoring of the evacuees identify ill individuals, HHS has procedures in place to transport them to a local civilian hospital."
The March Air Reserve Base in California is already housing around 200 US citizens who were evacuated from China and are now subject to a two-week quarantine on the base.
Officials also confirmed that using the bases as quarantine centers will not affect military readiness.
https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/76175/pentagon-designates-four-additional-military-bases-as-coronavirus-quarantine.html
#8024490 at 2020-02-04 22:41:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10271: There is Potus Playing the Dems and then, well, there is HOPE! Edition
WashingtonExaminer OpEd
Mark Esper should be designated survivor
by Tom Rogan
February 04, 2020 04:47 PM
https://twitter.com/TomRtweets/status/1224812251070287872
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/Mark-Esper-for-state-of-the-union-designated-survivor
#8022479 at 2020-02-04 18:30:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10268: Biblical?! Edition
Is the cabal flooding mil bases with conornavirus infected to weaken mil?
Military Bases May Be Asked to House Even More Coronavirus Evacuees
The Pentagon is preparing to house as many as 1,000 more coronavirus evacuees from China in what would effectively be a 14-day quarantine at four U.S. military bases, chief spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said Monday.
But he "wouldn't rule out more" evacuees, he said, should the virus continue to spread.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper held discussions with Air Force Gen. Terrence O'Shaughnessy, head of U.S. Northern Command, centered on arrangements for the additional evacuees and assurances the command has the necessary resources, Hoffman said at a briefing.
The 1,000 evacuees taken to the four bases will be in addition to the nearly 200 who arrived last week at March Air Reserve Base in California.
Charter flights are expected to leave the U.S. for China throughout the week to evacuate American citizens from Wuhan in central Hubei province, where the coronavirus is believed to have originated, according to the State Department.
The charters will take the evacuees to Travis Air Force Base and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in California; Fort Carson in Colorado; and Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.
Hoffman said about 198 evacuees are currently at March and will be monitored by the Department of Health and Human Services and local health officials for 14 days from their arrival. Similar restrictions will be in effect at the other four bases, he added.
There have been no reports of confirmed cases of coronavirus among the evacuees at March.
Efforts are being made to provide each evacuee with an individual bathroom and access to quality care at local hospitals should they show symptoms of the pneumonia-like coronavirus, Hoffman said. He stressed that DoD personnel will have no contact with the evacuees.
Hoffman said he "wouldn't rule out" requests for more assistance from the military.
Last week, Adm. Phil Davidson, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, banned travel to China for all service members and civilians in his command and ordered those in China to leave immediately.
Hoffman didn't have figures on how many command personnel are in China on leave, but said there are still flights out they could take. Once back at the command, the personnel will be monitored for 14 days.
The latest report Monday from the World Health Organization in Geneva said there had been 361 deaths from coronavirus in China; the number of confirmed cases there had risen to more than 17,230.
Outside of China, 153 cases had been confirmed in 23 countries, including at least 11 in the U.S., the WHO said.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/02/04/military-bases-may-be-asked-house-even-more-coronavirus-evacuees.html
#8003414 at 2020-02-02 20:55:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10243: SuperB read I Edition
France to send 600 more troops to Africa's Sahel as frustration on the ground grows & allies cut back participation
Paris will deploy an additional 600 soldiers to fight jihadists in Africa while also facing challenges in getting allies on board with its combat mission in the Sahel region.
With these additional troops, the number of French soldiers stationed in the region south of the Sahara Desert will increase to 5,100 by the end of February, Defense Minister Florence Parly said in a statement on Sunday. The move is set to strengthen the forces involved in the Paris-led Operation Barkhane, targeted against diverse jihadist groups, like the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS), which is linked to Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and Syria.
"The fight against terrorism is our priority. In the Sahel, France is on the front line," Parly said.
Most of the reinforcements will be deployed to secure the cross-border zone between Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. Another part of the newly deployed contingent will work with the armies of the G5 Sahel states, a group comprising five neighbors, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Chad. Paris also intends to extend the EU training mission in the region.
The military presence in the Sahel has come at a cost, however. In November, 13 French soldiers died in a helicopter collision while pursuing militants in Mali. The tragedy sparked renewed attention on the mission in Africa and prompted President Emmanuel Macron to promise sending 220 more soldiers to the region in January.
Operation Barkhane doesn't seem to be facing strong opposition in France. Even the head of the right-wing National Rally, Marine Le Pen, who is usually very critical of Macron's policies, supported the troop increase in the Sahel.There are, however, some critics calling for the French soldiers to be brought back home. Jean-Luc Melenchon, the leader of the left-wing La France Insoumise party, has argued that the operation does not have a "clear political objective" and called for the withdrawal of troops.
There have also been growing protests in the countries like Mali and Niger demanding for the French troops to leave. Burning the French national flags and carrying placards that read 'Get out, France,' the demonstrators argued that Paris cannot protect the people on the ground and only adds to violence in the African states.
Paris has been struggling to keep its allies on board in the Sahel mission. Last week, Parly warned US Defense Secretary Mark Esper that the planned cuts to US military operations in Africa will "severely limit" the effectiveness of the fight against militants. In December, German media revealed that Berlin had turned down France's call to create a joint task force in Mali.
https://www.rt.com/news/479902-france-troops-africa-sahel-mali/
#7998537 at 2020-02-02 05:33:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10237: Late Night Shift Engaged Edition
4 More Military Bases Tapped to House Coronavirus Evacuees
Four U.S. bases are on standby to assist the Department of Health and Human Services with housing those fleeing the novel coronavirus threat, Pentagon officials said Saturday.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper approved an HHS request Saturday to house 1,000 people who may require quarantine following overseas travel, according to a Defense Department statement.
"HHS officials requested the Defense Department to provide several facilities capable of housing at least 250 people in individual rooms through Feb. 29, 2020," officials said.
Tapped for the contingency were The 168th Regiment, Regional Training Institute, in Fort Carson, Colorado; Travis Air Force Base, California; Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California.
March Air Reserve Base in California has already taken in some 200 Americans evacuated from China, the epicenter of the new disease. The Associated Press reported that those travelers are subject to a two-week quarantine on the base.
Under the new agreement, the Defense Department would provide housing while HHS would provide medical and standard care, transportation and security for evacuees.
"DOD personnel will not be directly in contact with the evacuees and evacuees will not have access to any base location other than their assigned housing," officials said in the statement. "In accordance with CDC guidelines, all evacuees will be monitored for a period of 14 days. Should routine monitoring of the evacuees identify ill individuals, HHS has procedures in place to transport them to a local civilian hospital."
Using the bases as quarantine centers, if needed, will not have a negative impact on military readiness or other critical operations, officials said.
"The department's primary responsibility is the safety of our force, our families and our base communities," the release stated. "DOD personnel will follow guidance in the memorandum, 'Force Health Protection Guidance for the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak,' to reduce risk."
Late Friday, officials with U.S. Indo-Pacific Command told Military.com that U.S. troops were being directed to leave China, and that travel to the country had been banned.
The federally ordered quarantine at March was the first such federal order since 1963, the AP reported, highlighting the gravity of the threat posed by the new disease.
To date, more than 250 people have died from novel coronavirus, and more than 12,000 cases have been confirmed.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/02/01/4-more-military-bases-tapped-house-coronavirus-evacuees.html
#7994477 at 2020-02-01 22:31:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10232: Land Of Hope And Glory : First Day Of Freedom Edition
Pentagon to prepare coronavirus quarantine housing for 1,000 people
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has instructed the Pentagon to ready military housing for 1,000 people as it prepares to quarantine those who may have the new coronavirus. "Earlier today, we have learned that Defense Secretary Mark Esper approved a request from the Department of Health and Human Services to provide DOD housing support for up to 1,000 people who may need to be quarantined as they travel back to the United States and may have been in places where they could've been exposed to the coronavirus," said CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr.
The news comes after Massachusetts confirmed the eighth U.S. case of the coronavirus, which has killed more than 250 and infected more than 1,000 people in China. "It's a stark, sudden reminder of just how much this public health situation is really expanding its impact," added Starr. This week, 195 Americans were put under quarantine after returning on a State Department-chartered plane that brought the passengers home from Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pentagon-prepares-quarantine-housing-for-1-000-people-who-may-have-coronavirus
Eighth case of coronavirus confirmed in US day after public health emergency declared
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/eighth-case-of-coronavirus-confirmed-in-us-day-after-public-health-emergency-declared
'They can leave': CDC won't quarantine 195 Americans flown home from 'epicenter' of coronavirus
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/they-can-leave-cdc-wont-quarantine-195-americans-flown-home-from-epicenter-of-coronavirus
#7980829 at 2020-01-31 20:18:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10214: About That Wall Edition
Bring back landmines? Shock at Trump paving way for internationally-banned weapons ignores that rival Obama banned them in US
US President Donald Trump has overturned an order banning landmines passed by his predecessor, Barack Obama, whose mere signature seems to Mark even the most benign legislation as a target for presidential wrath.
Trump has reversed a 2014 order that banned the use, production, stockpiling, and transfer of anti-personnel mines, saying that the ban posed an unacceptable risk to US troops, White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham announced on Friday.
"Landmines are an important tool that our forces need to have available to them in order to ensure mission success and in order to reduce risk to forces," Defense Secretary Mark Esper declared in a press conference shortly before the official announcement, acknowledging the need to account for "both the safety of [mine] employment and the safety to civilians and others after a conflict."
https://www.rt.com/usa/479782-trump-reverses-obama-ban-landmines/
#7975957 at 2020-01-31 09:28:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10108: Big Peach Mint Vote Pray Anons! Edition
number keeps growing.. now 64
https://nypost.com/2020/01/30/pentagon-now-says-64-us-troops-suffered-traumatic-brain-injuries-in-iran-strike/
A little over a week after the Jan. 8 attack, the military had said 11 service members were injured with "concussion symptoms from the blast."
Then, on Jan. 24, officials updated the number of injured troops to 34.
Milley said it's possible symptoms of traumatic brain injury, or TBI, stemming from the Jan. 8 strike won't become apparent for a year or two.
"We're early in the stage of diagnosis, we're early in the stage of therapy for these troops," Milley said.
The missile attack on the Al Asad air base was carried out by Iran in retaliation for the US drone strike that killed its top General, Qassem Soleimani, on Jan. 3.
President Trump initially said no US service members were injured or killed - a discrepancy the military attributed to symptoms not being immediately reported or, in some cases, only becoming known days later.
"[TBI] manifests itself over time... I still believe that morning there were no casualties reported," Defense Secretary Mark Esper said at the press conference Thursday.
The Pentagon is studying ways to improve diagnosis and treatment and also to prevent brain injuries on the battlefield, Esper told reporters.
When the Pentagon reported Jan. 17 that the 11 injured troops had been evacuated out of Iraq, Trump said, "I heard they had headaches and a couple of other things ... and I can report it is not very serious."
#7966957 at 2020-01-30 18:50:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10196: "State of the Union" ~Q Edition
US Working With Baghdad to Deploy Patriots in Iraq After Iran Missile Strike - Pentagon
Iran launched retaliatory strikes targeting US military bases in Iraq on January 8 in response to the US drone strike assassination of Revolutionary Guard Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad on January 3.
The US is working on delivering Patriot missile systems to Iraq in the wake of Iran's ballistic missile attack, but needs "permission" from the Iraqi government to do so, Secretary of Defence Mark Esper said Thursday.
Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley confirmed that the US was "working with the Iraqi government" on the issue, but said that "the mechanics of it all" still need to be worked out.
That process is "ongoing," Milley said.
Pentagon to Brief Congress as Traumatic Brain Injuries Mount
Commenting on the new DoD report released this week which revealed that some 50 US servicemembers required treatment for traumatic brain injuries following the January 8 Iranian strikes, Secretary Esper said President Trump was fully aware of the seriousness of these injuries, and promised to brief Capitol Hill on the matter later in the day.
On Tuesday, the Pentagon revised upward earlier released figures regarding traumatic brain injuries sustained during the Iranian missile strike, with the US military previously estimating that only 34 troops had received injuries.
Last week, President Trump appeared to play down the extent of the traumas, telling reporters that he had been told that they were limited to "headaches and a couple of other things." Trump said he didn't consider the injuries "very serious" relative to other injuries he'd seen, such as "people with no legs and no arms."
On the morning of January 8, Iran launched several dozen missile at US military bases in Iraq, hitting the Erbil Airbase in the country's north, and the Ayn al-Asad Airbase west of Baghdad. Iran is reported to have provided advance warning to Iraq, who presumably warned the US forces stationed in the country, allowing them to take shelter in prepared bunkers. Although they did not kill any US troops, the missile strikes did cause substantial damage to base infrastructure.
The US military later said that no air defences were deployed at either of the bases.
https://sputniknews.com/world/202001301078181951-us-working-with-baghdad-to-deploy-patriots-in-iraq-after-iran-missile-strike-pentagon/
#7962153 at 2020-01-30 05:28:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10190: Late Night Peach Mint Drain! Let It Go!Edition
"Gen. John Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Wednesday that he hopes to see "significant improvement" this year on loosening classification standards in the infamously overclassified Pentagon.
Hyten said the process, which has the backing of Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, will attempt to make it easier to communicate with industry, the public and internally at the Defense Department.
"In many cases in the department, we're just so overclassified it's ridiculous, just unbelievably ridiculous," Hyten told the audience at an Air Force Association event.
To underline his point, Hyten said when he was head of U.S. Strategic Command, he invited Adm. Harry Harris, then the head of U.S. Pacific Command, to a briefing - one so classified that their deputy commanders, both three-star officers, were not allowed to attend. If "the only people in the room are four-stars, you really can't get any work done," he noted."
defensenews.com/pentagon/2020/01/29/unbelievably-ridiculous-four-star-general-seeks-to-clean-up-pentagons-classification-process/
#7950626 at 2020-01-29 04:22:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10175: Timing is EVERYTHING - The USMCTA Edition
Pentagon To Pursue "Very Aggressive" Expansion Of Hypersonic Weapons Testing
Over the past couple of years Putin and the Russian Defense Ministry have greatly hyped their hypersonic weapons program, even semi-frequently releasing images and videos of hypersonic missiles prototypes in action. China too has over the past months touted that it's testing hypersonic surface-to-surface missiles which US officials fear could significantly shift the balance of power in the Pacific region.
And now the Pentagon has announced its own classified hypersonics program will undergo a "very aggressive" expansion over the course of the next year.
Citing defense officials in a new report, Bloomberg reports this includes plans for at least "four initial flight tests of prototypes for glide bombs that can fly five times the speed of sound and maneuver en route," and further extra funding and research under the newly established Hypersonics Transition Office.
In official statements last Friday Defense Secretary Mark Esper appeared to peripherally reference the program while previewing that the next Pentagon budget proposal will be aimed at drastically increasing funding for experimental and cutting edge defense technology, surpassing the already bloated current 5-year $5 billion budget. He referenced a developing "great-power competition" with China.
"We have significantly ramped up flight testing and other experimentation so that we can accelerate the delivery of this capability - in all its forms - to our warfighters years earlier than previously planned," Esper said.
Among the few specifics that Bloomberg was able to glean from top officials, include the following plans:
Frequent testing efforts: Mike White, the Defense Department's assistant director for hypersonics, said "We have plans to fly prototypes for land-, sea- and air-launched concepts being developed across our portfolio."
The Navy, Army and Air Force, along with the Pentagon's special advanced research agency, are all developing hypersonics.
Lockheed Martin and Raytheon are deeply involved as the prime contractors.
The Army is working on a "Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon".
Schools like Purdue, Notre Dame, Texas A&M, and the University of Minnesota are set to receive major Congressional funding grants to pursue research into hypersonics.
White said this year will Mark a significant transition where design and weapons concepts will "have been matured" as actual testing ramps up past the mere development phase, much of which was set in place in 2017 and 2018.
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/pentagon-pursue-very-aggressive-expansion-hypersonic-weapons-testing
#7937259 at 2020-01-28 04:28:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10158: The Funkelicious Edition
Esper Won't Rule Out Troop Drawdown in Africa as France Urges Troops to Stay
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday that U.S. strategic goals could include drawing down troops in Africa despite French pleas that American support is "critical" to countering the growing strength of terror groups in the region with links to the Islamic State and al-Qaida.
"My aim is to adjust our footprint in many places," including Africa, to free up forces for a "great power competition" against China and Russia, he said at a joint Pentagon news conference with French Defense Minister Florence Parly.
Esper said no final decisions have been made on withdrawing the estimated 6,000 U.S. troops in Africa, but said the priority must be either to bring the troops home or reposition them for a possible great power conflict.
He declined comment on whether the U.S. would abandon the drone base recently built in Niger at an estimated cost of more than $100 million as part of any potential drawdown.
Esper added that other European nations could fill the void if the U.S. withdraws support for the French.
"I think it's time for other European allies to assist as well in the region," he said, "and that could offset whatever changes we make as we consider next steps in Africa."
"We know perfectly well" the U.S. priorities, Parly said, but she suggested that Esper reconsider when it comes to Africa.
"I will mention again that U.S. support is critical to our operations, and its reduction would severely limit our effectiveness in our operations against terrorists" in the Sahel (sub-Sahara), where France intervened in 2013 and now has about 4,500 troops in Mali in a continuing counter-terror war.
"Our friends in the Sahel are in a situation where our assistance is critical, and I have expressed the hope that both the United States and France will keep on supporting them," Parly said.
Since the French intervention in Mali, the U.S. has been aiding French troops with intelligence, aerial surveillance and in-flight refueling.
Parly's visit came a day after insurgents attacked a Malian army camp near the Mauritanian border, killing 20 government troops in the latest in a series of attacks in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, according to Agence France-Presse.
In late October, another attack by militants claiming allegiance to ISIS killed 53 Malian soldiers, according to government reports.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/01/27/Esper-wont-rule-out-troop-drawdown-africa-france-urges-troops-stay.html
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- Question: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/06/defense-secretary-Mark-Esper-orders-national-guard-in-d-c-to-disarm-wear-soft-caps-instead-of-helmets/ Do you see what is happening?
Answer: BREITBART: Defense Secretary Mark Esper Orders National Guard in D.C. to Disarm, Wear Soft Caps Instead of Helmets by KRISTINA WONG6 Jun 2020 https://archive.vn/Pc1rF Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday ordered National Guard troops in Washington, DC, to disarm and wear soft caps instead of helmets, an official told Breitbart News on Friday afternoon. The official said the president told Attorney General Bill Barr that he wanted the National Guard to be armed so that they could protect themselves from rioters and looters coming in to the city, but Esper on his own told the D.C. National Guard leadership to take the weapons of National Guardsmen who were coming in from other states. “He’s not really on board with what the president is trying to do,†the official said. The official said Esper also on his own directed the National Guard in D.C. to wear soft caps instead of helmets. Breitbart News queried the Pentagon chief spokesman Jonathan Hoffman on Friday afternoon, but he did not respond by deadline. THIS IS ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO STRIP SECURITY AND PROTECTION FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AND PRESIDENT, THIS TIME FROM A CABINET MEMBER. SEE PREVIOUS TWEET OF CATHERINE HERRIDGE OF THE UNIFORM MILITARY CODE OF JUSTICE (ABOVE)
Extra Answer: 10 U.S. Code §?894.Art. 94. Mutiny or sedition (a)Any person subject to this chapter who— (1)with intent to usurp or override lawful military authority, refuses, in concert with any other person, to obey orders or otherwise do his duty or creates any violence or disturbance is guilty of mutiny; (2)with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of lawful civil authority, creates, in concert with any other person, revolt, violence, or other disturbance against that authority is guilty of sedition; (3)fails to do his utmost to prevent and suppress a mutiny or sedition being committed in his presence, or fails to take all reasonable means to inform his superior commissioned officer or commanding officer of a mutiny or sedition which he knows or has reason to believe is taking place, is guilty of a failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition. (b)A person who is found guilty of attempted mutiny, mutiny, sedition, or failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition SHALL BE PUNISHED BY DEATH or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 68.) SCREENSHOT: https://postimg.cc/N9dZq6q6
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