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The line between lawful unmasking and political spying — and what comes next

The line between lawful unmasking and political spying — and what comes next

By  John Solomon

"..... Most of the requesters were appointees not career intelligence analysts, and included the likes of Vice President Joe Biden, U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power, Obama Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, two ambassadors and a half dozen Treasury Department officials including then-Secretary Jack Lew.

To illustrate the political ties, one of the requesters listed, then-Deputy Treasury Secretary Sarah Raskin, is married to Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin, one of Trump's harshest critics in Congress. Fired FBI Director James Comey and ex-CIA Director John Brennan, two more Trump critics, also got in on the unmasking action. ....."

https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/line-between-lawful-unmasking-and-political-spying-and

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Law of Deodand

This law which I've never heard of was mentioned in the below video. It seems to be the continuing basis for our two tiered justice system which applies justice to the peons but not by the same standard as it does to elites. 

Video begins where John DeSouza explains that law. 

https://youtu.be/YQ3Ah6LW-gE?t=4179

 

Edge of Wonder guys do great work on a variety of subjects.  This video is almost 2 hours.

The X-Man Returns with John DeSouza - Edge of Wonder Live Interview

https://youtu.be/YQ3Ah6LW-gE

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Impeachment Boomerang: Contacts exposed between US embassy, Hunter Biden-connected Ukraine firm

"Dig In' button at the top of the article which gives links to FOIA .pdf's. 

Impeachment Boomerang: Contacts exposed between US embassy, Hunter Biden-connected Ukraine firm

"..... But newly unearthed State Department memos obtained under the Freedom of Information Act  show Yovanovitch’s embassy in Kiev, including the ambassador herself, was engaged in several discussions and meetings about Burisma as the gas firm scrambled during the 2016 election and transition to settle a long-running corruption investigation and polish its image before President Trump took office.

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Yovanovitch, for instance, was specifically warned in an email by her top deputy in September 2016 — three years before her testimony — that Burisma had hired an American firm with deep Democratic connections called Blue Star Strategies to “rehabilitate the reputation” of the Ukrainian gas firm and that it had placed “Hunter Biden on its board,” the memos show. ....."

https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/impeachment-boomerang-contacts-exposed-between-us

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