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Reserved for 13 brave fallen soldiers: Bars and restaurants across America set up empty tables in powerful tribute to troops killed in Kabul airport ISIS-K suicide bomb attack
Today Is The Anniversary Of The Greatest Evacuation In American History
AUDITS/ELECTIONS
Wisconsin Missing 82,000 Absentee Ballots from the 2020 Election
43k Absentee Ballots Violated Chain Of Custody
Bernie Sanders throws his support behind Gavin Newsom in the California recall so he can address the climate crisis and immigration reform and because 'the last thing we need is right-wing Republican governor'
JAN 6TH
Democrats on January 6 committee demand phone records of all Trump family members and Republican lawmakers who attended the January 6 'Stop the Steal' rally
COVID
Rand Paul says scientists are refusing to study de-worming drug ivermectin as a potential COVID treatment because of they have been 'deranged' by their 'hatred for Trump'
Pretending COVID is an emergency is killing America
Why kids should not be wearing masks, and how to calm those who think they should
WEATHER
Weather channel caught faking wind reports
TRUMP
WORLD
As Inflation Skyrockets in the US, Russia and Saudi Arabia Sign Agreement Ending the ‘Petrol Dollar’, Putting the US Dollar and Economy at Even Higher Risk
NORTH KOREA
North Korea appears to have restarted Yongbyon nuclear reactor: IAEA report.
The Biden Effect: Just In – North Korea Reportedly Restarts Activities at Yongbyon Nuclear Reactor; Site Has Been Shut Down Since 2018 When Trump Showed Strength
FAKE ADMINISTRATION
WAYNE ROOT: Treason: Afghanistan Disaster is More Proof Biden is Owned Lock, Stock & Barrel by China
Confirmed: Biden Abandons Americans and Allies in Afghanistan: Last US Planes Have Left Kabul Airport (FAA Posts NOTAM: Harmid Karzai Airport Now “Uncontrolled”)
‘Fact-Checkers’ Spring Into Action, Defend Joe Biden After He Appeared to Doze Off During Meeting with Israeli PM – ‘Misleading Video’
Biden calls senior advisor Cedric Richmond 'my boy' and tells Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards to 'holler' if he needs anything during meeting to address Hurricane Ida's catastrophic damage in the Gulf
One ISIS-K rocket got through US missile defense and landed INSIDE Kabul airport: Pentagon says there's still an 'active' attack threat and it is 'not in a position to dispute' report that drone strike killed 10 Afghans
US 'blames BRITAIN' for making Kabul ISIS-K suicide attack death toll worse: Pentagon says airport gate at center of blast was kept open longer for more UK evacuees - despite planning for a 'mass casualty
“It Struck the Family as Scripted and Shallow” – Biden Meeting with Pregnant Widow of Dead Marine Doesn’t Go Well – Convo Only Lasted 2 Minutes
Suicide bomb victim Rylee McCollum's sister blasts Joe Biden's 'scripted and shallow' chat at Delaware memorial service
Report: Biden Regime Targets “ISIS-K” Terrorists in Kabul Missile Strike – Kills 3 to 6 Children Instead
Pentagon Spox John Kirby Still Doesn’t Know How Many Americans Are Stranded in Afghanistan Behind Enemy Lines, Punts it to State Dept (VIDEO)
Biden Administration Ordering People In Afghanistan To Not Cooperate With Rescuers
Military Service Men Being Threatened To Not Talk About Biden
There’s No Faith And Confidence Among Soldiers For The Commander-In-Chief
AFGANISTAN
The Taliban's worst nightmare: Resistance forces train in the Afghan mountains as they vow never to bend the knee to the new rulers of Kabul
The ‘Star Wars’ robot that thwarted ISIS-K attack on US planes: C-RAM blasted jihadists’ rockets before they could hit Kabul airport targets
Burned-out rocket launchers used in latest ISIS-K attack on Kabul airport lie inside car that burst into flames after the assault following US drone strike which 'killed ten family members, including seven children'
'They are so burned we cannot identify their bodies': Grieving relatives' fury over US drone strike targeting ISIS-K that killed six children, including two toddlers aged 2, and four adults
Al Qaeda IS already back in Afghanistan: Bin Laden security chief and arms supplier Amin ul-Haq RETURNS to his hometown after 20 years, just hours before final US troops leave
Female journalist flees Afghanistan following ground-breaking interview with Taliban spokesman because she is afraid of the terror group
Developing: Military Brass at Kabul Airport Is Refusing to Let American Women and Children Inside Gate
Col. Wendy Rogers Remembers ‘Devil Doc’ Killed In Kabul
ARTIFICAL NITELLIGENCE
"I Tried To Warn You" | Elon Musk's Last Warning (2021)
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JUST FOR FUN
EPOCH TIMES
FBI Allegedly Funded White Supremacist Publisher: Court Documents
The FBI allegedly paid a publisher of white supremacist literature more than $144,000 over 16-plus years to serve as a confidential informant, according to recent filings in an ongoing domestic extremism case.
These allegations were made earlier this month by Kaleb Cole, an accused member of the white supremacist group Atomwaffen. Cole was arrested in February 2020 for allegedly participating in an Atomwaffen intimidation campaign against Jewish people and journalists of color.
On Aug. 13, Cole filed a motion to suppress evidence seized during the FBI’s search of his Texas home. According to Cole, the FBI failed to disclose the sordid background of one of its confidential informants in the bureau’s application for a search warrant.
“The CI [confidential informant] is a convicted felon and currently owns and operates a publishing company that distributes white supremacist writings,” Cole said in his Aug. 13 filing.
“The CI began his long career as a professional informant in exchange for consideration regarding his sentence on a federal conviction for possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number and an unregistered silencer.
“He has continued this work for pay.”
According to Cole, the FBI has paid this white supremacist more than $144,000, including more than $82,000 for his work in this case.
Cole’s attorneys argued that the FBI’s omissions violate requirements for law enforcement to disclose whether their informants have financial or other ulterior motives for providing information.
“The failure to include the information about the CI’s incentives is made more egregious by the fact that the warrant application incriminated Mr. Cole based almost solely on the alleged observations of the CI,” Cole’s motion said.
The Department of Justice admitted in filings last week that the FBI failed to disclose information about the confidential informant’s criminal history—though prosecutors said the search warrant used against Cole was still legally obtained.
“Although the defense is correct that certain potential impeachment information about the informant was not included in the affidavit, that omission is hardly fatal,” the DOJ said. “The omitted information was limited to the fact that the informant was well compensated by the FBI over a 16-year period, and was convicted of a firearms crime over 15 years ago.”
According to prosecutors, the FBI didn’t include this information because agents believed in good faith that probable cause wasn’t dependent on the informant’s credibility.
Moreover, the FBI didn’t believe that including the informant’s criminal history would have changed the judge’s decision to issue a warrant to search Cole’s home, prosecutors said. In fact, the DOJ argued that the FBI’s use of the informant for more than 16 years suggests that the FBI consistently found the informant reliable.
“And it is far-fetched to suggest that a single 15-year-old firearms conviction would have caused the magistrate judge to refuse to sign off on the warrant,” the DOJ said. “And finally, as the affidavit outlined in great detail, the agents were able to corroborate the information the informant had relayed about the plot.”
The DOJ’s response didn’t address Cole’s allegation that the FBI informant is a white supremacist publisher.
When contacted by The Epoch Times, a DOJ spokesperson said, “Our filings in this case speak for themselves, and we have no additional comment to add at this time.” Cole’s attorney declined to comment, while the FBI’s Houston office directed inquiries to the national press office, which has not responded.
Cole’s case is set for jury trial on Sept. 27.
The allegations about the Atomwaffen informant follow revelations about the heavy role FBI informants played in the failed plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. A Buzzfeed News investigation last month found that the FBI used at least 12 informants involved with the kidnapping—suggesting that the scheme might not have started in the first place without the FBI.
“Working in secret, they [the informants] did more than just passively observe and report on the actions of the suspects. Instead, they had a hand in nearly every aspect of the alleged plot, starting with its inception,” Buzzfeed reported. “The extent of their involvement raises questions as to whether there would have even been a conspiracy without them.”
Questions have also been raised about the role FBI informants may have played in the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riots.
“What would be shocking and strange is not if the FBI had embedded informants and other infiltrators in the groups planning the January 6 Capitol riot,” said journalist Glenn Greenwald, who’s been extensively documenting various questionable activities of the national security apparatus, in a recent op-ed. “What would be shocking and strange—bizarre and inexplicable—is if the FBI did not have those groups under tight control.”
US Airstrike Hits Suicide Bomber in Vehicle Going to Kabul Airport
Afghan evacuees line up before boarding one of the last Italy's military aircraft C130J during evacuation at Kabul's airport, Afghanistan, on Aug. 27, 2021. (Italian Ministry of Defence/Handout via Reuters)
A U.S. military spokesman confirmed that a U.S. military airstrike targeted a suicide bomber who tried to attack the Kabul airport on Aug. 29 amid the American-led evacuation of the airport.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the main Taliban spokesman, had earlier told The Associated Press and other outlets that the strike occurred on Aug. 29. U.S. military officials haven’t gone on the record to confirm the strike, and The Epoch Times has contacted the Department of Defense for comment.
Unnamed U.S. officials told Reuters and other news outlets on Aug. 29 that a military strike was launched against a possible suicide car bomber who was targeting the airport. Witnesses told Al Jazeera that they heard a loud explosion near the facility, and footage showed black smoke rising into the sky.
The attack was later confirmed by a U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) spokesperson.
“US military forces conducted a self-defense unmanned over-the-horizon airstrike today on a vehicle in Kabul, eliminating an imminent ISIS-K threat to Hamad Karzai International airport,” Capt. Bill Urban, CENTCOM spokesperson, told reporters.
“We are confident we successfully hit the target. Significant secondary explosions from the vehicle indicated the presence of a substantial amount of explosive material. We are assessing the possibilities of civilian casualties, though we have no indications at this time.”
The incident comes after the Pentagon confirmed it killed two ISIS-K terrorists in Afghanistan over the weekend.
“The fact that two of these individuals are no longer walking on the face of the earth, that’s a good thing,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Aug. 28.
That airstrike came in retaliation to a bombing at the Kabul airport that killed 13 U.S. military members and numerous other civilians last week. ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the blast.
A Taliban fighter stands guard at the site of an Aug. 26 bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 27, 2021. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images)
“We aren’t thinking for a minute that what happened yesterday gets us in the clear,” Kirby said. “Not a minute. But do we believe that we hit valid targets, bad guys who can do bad things and can plan bad missions? Absolutely. And do we think that that will have some impact on their ability going forward? Absolutely.”
Kirby told reporters last week that it’s likely several thousand ISIS members were released from prisons as the Taliban took over Afghanistan earlier this month.
The airstrike comes as President Joe Biden and other administration officials have taken significant bipartisan criticism over how he’s handled the pullout from Afghanistan. In comments during news conferences, Biden has defended his administration’s response and said the pullout had to be done, although he and other White House officials have provided conflicting information about the situation on the ground in Kabul.
The U.S. Embassy in Kabul issued a warning on Aug. 28 that Americans who are within the vicinity of the airport should “leave the airport area immediately” due to the possibility of another attack.
On Aug. 29, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that about 300 Americans remain in the country.
“We are down to a population of 300 or fewer Americans who are still on the ground there, and we are working actively in these hours and these days to get those folks out,” he told ABC News.
47 Victims Rescued, 102 Arrested in Multi-State Human Trafficking Operation
A human trafficking operation joined by 12 states has rescued 47 victims and arrested 102 people, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced on Aug. 27.
“Using both buyer-centric and victim-centric ‘sting’ human trafficking operations, Missouri and participating states were able to rescue 47 victims and sex workers and provide needed medical services to 41, and arrested 102 across the country in connection with human trafficking,” the Missouri Attorney General’s Office said in a statement.
According to the information provided by the Missouri Attorney General’s Office, the operation rescued victims and made arrests in 12 states.
Missouri: four victims rescued, two arrests made.
Illinois: one victim rescued, three arrests made.
Iowa: 11 arrests made, a large amount of currency has been seized.
Kentucky: 21 adult victims rescued, two minor victims rescued, 46 arrests made.
Minnesota: eight victims rescued, three arrests made.
Nebraska: seven arrests made.
North Dakota: six victims rescued, three arrests made.
Oklahoma: one victim rescued, seven arrests made.
Tennessee: four arrests made.
Texas: four victims rescued, two arrests made.
Wisconsin: five arrests made.
South Dakota: nine arrests made.
The operation, Operation United Front, was led by the Missouri Attorney General’s Office and the Missouri State Highway Patrol and joined by various law enforcement departments from Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas. Homeland Security Investigations and the FBI also joined the efforts.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Missouri Attorney General’s Office served as the main communications hub to coordinate other states’ operations, while each state conducted its own operation simultaneously.
Missouri also offered training and information about how to best conduct the operations to participating states.
“Operation United Front was an unprecedented human trafficking operation that brought together law enforcement agencies from different jurisdictions—something that rarely happens. When we all come together, we can affect change and more effectively fight human trafficking, a crime that is often multi-jurisdictional in nature,” Schmitt said.
According to data collected by the FBI, there were 1,883 human trafficking offenses reported in 2019, with 875 of the offenses cleared or closed, including 18 offenses that involved minor victims under the age of 18.
The terms “cleared” or “closed” usually mean that law enforcement departments have made arrests, the suspects have been charged, cases have been turned over to the court for prosecution, or the offender has been identified.
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