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Apr 5, 2020
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THREAD 1/ Remember back in October when William McRaven publicly said this? This seems like it should've been a bigger deal. I'll explain. Former top Navy SEAL who oversaw the Osama bin Laden raid says the US is 'under attack from the president' businessinsider.com/william-mcrave…

2/ We have to go back to 2011, a very important year. January 2011 - Vice Admiral William McRaven, the commander of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), picks a team to start planning a raid on a compound in Pakistan where Osama bin Laden was believed to be hiding.
3/ January 27, 2011 - FBI Director Robert Mueller delivers his "Iron Triangles" speech to the Citizens Crime Commission of New York. It focused on the growing threat of global organized crime, political corruption, and how they link to terrorism. gregolear.substack.com/p/what-we-talk…
4/ March 2, 2011 - Trump and his mob lawyer Michael 'El Caribe' Cohen start to push a Trump 2012 presidential run in the National Enquirer. Looking back, this story is hilarious. 'Grass roots movement!'🤣 NEW POLL: DONALD TRUMP TROUNCES GOP TOP GUNS nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/new-…
5/ March/April 2011 - Donald Trump goes wild with the "Birther" conspiracy theory about President Obama not having a valid birth certificate, being born in Kenya, and/or being a secret Muslim. Inside the Six Weeks Donald Trump Was a Nonstop ‘Birther’ nytimes.com/2016/07/03/us/…
6/ Trump got plenty of help from folks like Michelle Bachmann (Tea Party), Mike Huckabee (Sarah's dad), Joseph Farah (WND), Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity (Fox News), and Jerome Corsi (conspiracy theory 'author' & Roger Stone pal), and many others.
7/ The MSM amplified Trump's false accusations and gave him tons of free airtime. They discussed whether it was racist or not. This strategy of doing things that will elicit accusations of racism/bigotry (to distract from worse deeds) has never stopped because it ALWAYS works.
8/ April 1, 2011 - Trump appears on Bill O'Reilly, declaring that Obama could be a Muslim, or might not have a birth certificate at all. He claims that 'everyone' is telling him that the Taliban and Osama bin Laden are in Pakistan. Also, that he would always put America first.
9/ April 2011 - Seal Team Six trains for bin Laden raid in North Carolina on a full-scale replica of the compound.
10/ April 27, 2011 - President Obama releases long form birth certificate. "Since President Obama believed the distraction over his birth certificate wasn’t good for the country, he requested the long form version, which has been published here." obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2011/04/2…
11/ April 29, 2011 - President Obama gives the green light for the raid on the compound in Pakistan. "It's a go."
12/ April 30, 2011 (early in the day) "Mr. Obama took a break from rehearsing for the White House Correspondents Dinner that night to call Admiral McRaven, to wish him luck." Behind the Hunt for Bin Laden nytimes.com/2011/05/03/wor…
13/ April 30, 2011 - President Obama gives speech at the WH Correspondents Dinner at the Washington Hilton. He started in 'roast' mode and made fun of "Birthers" (birth video), himself, Fox News, NPR, Matt Damon, Bachmann/Pawlenty, Huntsman, & Romney. youtu.be/n9mzJhvC-8E
14/ Obama then ripped Trump about the "birther" stuff, The Apprentice, and him possibly being President. Trump didn't laugh. "These are the kind of decisions that would keep me up at night."🤔 “The President’s Speech” at the WH Correspondents’ Dinner obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2011/05/0…
15/ May 1, 2011 (the next day) - President Obama and the National Security Team assembles in the Situation Room to monitor the critical mission. The Weight of One Mission: Recounting the Death of Usama bin Laden, Five Years Later obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2016/05/0…
16/ May 1, 2011 - Ops team is flown in two modified Black Hawk helicopters from Afghanistan to the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan and successfully executed the covert mission. OBL was officially identified and buried at sea. Operation Neptune Spear arcgis.com/apps/MapJourna…
17/ This wasn't just about getting Osama bin Laden though. The team also collected a huge cache of intelligence information - phones, computers, documents, journals, CD's, thumb drives and other media. Al-Qaida's Paper Trail: A 'Treasure Trove' For U.S. npr.org/2011/05/31/136…
18/ A "huge" stash of porn was found?🤔 "Officials are analyzing one million pages of data recovered and said they've learned more about al Qaeda in the past ten days than in the last ten years combined." Porn Found in Osama Bin Laden Evidence Trove abcnews.go.com/Blotter/porn-f…
19/ May 1, 2011 (11:35 PM) - President Obama addresses the nation and announces the death of Osama bin Laden to the public. Osama Bin Laden Dead obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2011/05/0…
20/ May 5, 2011 - President Obama visits Ground Zero to meet with first responders and lay wreaths in honor of 9/11 victims. After bin Laden death, Obama visits Ground Zero reuters.com/article/us-bin…
21/ May 6, 2011 - President Obama visits Ft. Campbell to meet with Admiral William McRaven and Special Ops team and thank them for job well done. reuters.com/article/idINIn…
22/ May 12, 2011 - Obama requests two more years for Robert Mueller. "Mueller was appointed by Republican President George W. Bush and began just a week before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks of 2001." Obama seeking to extend FBI chief Mueller's term cbsnews.com/news/obama-see…
23/ May 25, 2011 - E-G8 Forum (eG8) in Paris just prior to Group of Eight (G8) Forum. Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) & Eric Schmidt (Google) "warned governments to tread lightly on Internet regulation." Google, Facebook warn on Internet rules at e-G8 reuters.com/article/us-eg8…
24/ Yuri Milner also spoke at the eG8. "Milner—now the singular link between the major players of social media...is not thinking about individual deals but is aligning himself financially and strategically with the founders and reaping the benefits." wired.com/2011/10/mf_mil…
25/ Rupert Murdoch was also at the eG8. The media mogul was on stage pushing for the used of tech in education and advocating how the digital revolution "can transform young minds." Rupert Murdoch Shocks With Announcement He's Advocating Education businessinsider.com/rupert-murdoch…
26/ June 1, 2011 - Gawker runs a story profiling Silk Road, an online drug market on the dark web where drugs could be purchased 'anonymously' with cryptocurrency and shipped to buyer. "It's Amazon - if Amazon sold mind-altering chemicals." gawker.com/the-undergroun…
27/ June 8, 2011 - Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing regarding Mueller's extension. "Something is always lost in a transition. ... but there are bad and even potentially dangerous times to change directors and this is one of them," Comey said. cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/…
28/ June 16, 2011 - Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) & Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), approve bill to extend FBI Director Mueller's term by two years. Judiciary Committee Approves Bill To Extend FBI Director Mueller’s Term leahy.senate.gov/press/judiciar…
29/ June 30, 2011 - News Corp sells Myspace after running it into the ground. Myspace's demise would leave Facebook without a significant rival ahead of it's IPO the following year. "We screwed up in every way possible with MySpace." - Rupert Murdoch theguardian.com/technology/201…
30/ July 15, 2011 - Rand Paul holds up Senate vote to extend FBI Director Mueller's term. "Mr. Paul sent a four-page letter to Mr. Mueller saying he wanted to meet next week and asking a series of questions about F.B.I. cases and policies." nytimes.com/2011/07/16/us/…
31/ July 19, 2011 - President Obama signs the introduction letter for the National Security Council's Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime. A public release and press conference is planned for the following week to announce this critical initiative.
32/ July 20, 2011 - Paul Manafort approves a clandestine media strategy to smear an opponent of his client in Ukraine - including anti-semitic claims, 'Black ops' & use of 'echo chambers.' Former Trump aide approved 'black ops' to help Ukraine president theguardian.com/us-news/2018/a…
July 22, 2011 - Extremist psychopath & anti-Muslim crusader Anders Breivik commits heinous terror attack in Norway. He detonates a truck bomb in downtown Oslo, and then goes on a shooting rampage at a political summer camp on Utøya island, killing 77. gq.com/story/anders-b…
34/ He admired OBL's methods. "But one thing his writings make clear is his overall aim: to use mass murder to draw attention to his extremist agenda and redraw the boundaries of political debate." Like Al Qaeda, Norwegian killer aimed at publicity reut.rs/p6p3eS
35/ Weird! "Norwegian killer Anders Breivik has caused potential embarrassment for Russian PM Vladimir Putin by describing him as worthy of respect and one of the two men he would most like to meet." Norwegian killer causes Putin potential embarrassment reut.rs/oaTTT0
36/ The 'compendium' Breivik hoped to bring into the spotlight was 1500+ pages of: -far-right/checkist propaganda attacking muslims, EU, NATO, liberalism, MSM, feminism, media, elites -description of 'PCCTS' and a 'civil war' for Europe -acquiring/making weapons -journal
37/ Breivik's manifesto finished with a claim that an "Operation Regime Ender" will set off world-changing events after January 1, 2020. In a strange coincidence, the detailed journal of the 'final stage' of his 'mission' began on May 2, 2011 (the day of the bin Laden raid).🧐
38/ The deadly fertilizer bomb that Breivik detonated tore through government buildings in downtown Oslo - including Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's office and the finance ministry. Perhaps that name rings a bell due to his current role - NATO Secretary General (until 2022).
39/ July 25, 2011 - John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, announces Obama administration's new Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime. Remarks at White House Release of Strategy to Combat TOC obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/realitycheck/t…
40/ This is an extraordinarily important document. In addition to the threats highlighted below, it also discusses drug trafficking, human trafficking, weapons trafficking, IP theft, and cybercrime. Read. Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/administration…
41/ It was so important that President Obama declared a national emergency. Perhaps the most critical part of the strategy was this executive order. Sanctions. 🇷🇺 🇮🇹 🇯🇵 🇲🇽 Executive Order 13581--Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-offi…
42/ The timing of the Breivik's terrorist attack (3 days prior) was quite unfortunate for the Obama administration. Their Strategy was reported, but hardly made a blip. The media and viewers were focused on the horror & grief in Norway, thus '22 July' stories dominated.
43/ Then there was the REALLY ugly stuff.
44/ July 25, 2011 - What timing!!😂 "Mr. Giuliani will host “Mob Week” on movie channel AMC. “Mob Week” will feature such classics as The Godfather (Part I and II), Goodfellas, Scarface and Pulp Fiction."🤔 Rudy Giuliani Goes to the Mattresses… for AMC observer.com/2011/07/rudy-g…
45/ July 25, 2011 - House votes to extend Mueller 2 years. "Given the ongoing threats facing the US, as well as the leadership transitions at other agencies like the DoD and CIA, I believe continuity and stability at the FBI is critical at this time." foxnews.com/politics/house…
46/ July 26, 2011 - Obama signs off on extending Mueller. "His 10-year term expires August 2, but Obama asked Mueller to stay on to provide continuity for the White House national security team." Obama signs 2-year extension to Mueller's FBI tenure cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/…
47/ July 27, 2011 - Senate approves extra two years for Robert Mueller in 100-0 vote. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, said, "I would hope that all senators would step forward and vote for this nomination, and I can think of no reason why they shouldn't." cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/…
48/ July 2011 - Donald Trump & his sons are joined by then-President of Panama Ricardo Martinelli for the ribbon cutting at Trump Ocean Club, Trump Org's first international branded property. Narco-a-lago: Money Laundering at the Trump Ocean Club Panama globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/c…
49/ July 29, 2011 - Aaron Zebley promoted to FBI Chief of Staff. "From January 1998 to April 2005, he was a Special Agent with the FBI in the New York City Field Office..." FBI Director Mueller Picks Aaron Zebley as New Chief of Staff ticklethewire.com/2011/07/29/fbi…
50/ August 24, 2011 - Eric Holder meets with 9/11 family members to discuss phone hacking allegations against Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and its now-defunct newspaper, News of the World. 9/11 Families Meet with AG Eric Holder About Phone Hacking Scandal abcnews.go.com/Politics/911-f…
51/ 2011 - Dmitry Firtash becomes 🇺🇦 fertilizer king. Manafort worked for 👇 'pro-Russian president' and was business associate with 👇 'oligarch' in Ukraine. Putin’s allies channelled billions to oligarch who backed pro-Russian president of Ukraine reuters.com/investigates/s…
52/ September 6, 2011 "Had it not been for the September 11 attacks, neither Rudy Giuliani nor Michael Bloomberg would have such high profiles on the American political stage." Giuliani and Bloomberg: NY mayors linked by Sept 11 reuters.com/article/us-sep…
53/ September 8, 2011 Exclusive: National Archives sits on 9/11 Commission records reuters.com/article/us-sep…
54/ September 9, 2011 "But a much larger network of conspirators was involved in planning, funding and carrying out the attacks, and governments around the world have been after them ever since." Factbox: September 11 conspirators: Where are they now? reuters.com/article/us-sep…
55/ 9/11/11 - The 10th Anniversary "The disasters of our time are glaring, loud, and savage. When airplanes explode into skyscrapers. When extremists detonate bombs in Tube stations. Or when a lunatic guns down teenagers in a summer camp."- NATO SG Fogh nato.int/cps/en/natoliv…
56/ "The day after the attacks, NATO Allies expressed their solidarity with the people of the United States by invoking Article 5 of the Washington Treaty. NATO’s collective defence clause states an attack on one Ally is an attack upon all Allies." nato.int/cps/en/natohq/…
57/ "Extremism has no religious affiliation. What extremists share is a loathing of our liberty and our diversity. They look to a distant historical vision of ‘us’ against ‘them’. But as President Obama recently said, ultimately, there is no ‘us’ and ‘them’. There is just ‘us’."
58/ September 2, 2011 "WikiLeaks has published its full archive of 251,000 secret US diplomatic cables, without redactions, potentially exposing thousands of individuals named in the documents to detention, harm or putting their lives in danger." theguardian.com/media/2011/sep…
59/ October 13, 2011 - A look at Rudy's money-making schemes after he was NYC mayor: -Int'l Political Adviser (🇺🇦, 🇵🇪) -Security Expert (🇲🇽, 🇧🇷) -Law Partner (Houston, TX) -Speaker Rudy Giuliani for Hire: How ‘America’s Mayor’ Makes Money These Days nymag.com/intelligencer/…
60/ October 28, 2011 - Joe Biden blasts GOP. Biden said he and Obama tried for 2 1/2 years to sit down with Republicans and now he concludes, "This is not your father's Republican Party." GOP getting in way of change, Biden tells Democrats, teachers orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-20…
61/ November 2, 2011 - Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout found guilty of weapons trafficking to FARC, a Colombian paramilitary group (👉🇻🇪). "Bout's dealings have [also] included the US, the Taliban, the Northern Alliance and various groupings in Africa.." theguardian.com/world/2011/nov…
62/ November 2011 - Mysterious global cartel kingpin (turned DEA informant) Paul Le Roux heads to Brazil, setting up a shell company. Begins dealings with a Colombian cocaine cartel. Has a secret family in Rio. The geek, the guns, the drugs & the bodies theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/paul-…
63/ December 7, 2011 - GOP targets Obama AG. "Tea party activists, gun-rights fanatics, & others on the right have recently stepped up their calls for Obama to fire Attorney General Eric Holder over his handling of the Operation Fast & Furious scandal." motherjones.com/politics/2011/…
64/ December 7, 2011 - Adam Schiff pens article about GOP hypocrisy on cartels & gun control. "...the same politicians beating their breasts about Fast & Furious just voted to keep the ATF from learning who is buying multiple AK-47s along the border." politico.com/news/stories/1…
65/ December 9, 2011 - Bob Levinson's family releases 1st hostage videos. Before he retired, Levinson had become perhaps the most fearless, crusading FBI agent against Semion Mogilevich. “He’s dangerous because he’ll get anybody who gets in his way.” newyorker.com/news/news-desk…
66/ Trump dropped out of the race in mid-May: "...at least in part because he finally realized what a harsh light this ego explosion was shining on...his business empire, potentially exposing not only him...but also his children...to intense scrutiny." thedailybeast.com/inside-donald-…
67/ Back to Admiral McCraven from OP. When he spoke out against Trump in October 2019, it wasn't the 1st time. He also did so in an August 2018 op-ed in the Washington Post after Former CIA Director John Brennan had his security clearance revoked. cbsnews.com/news/osama-bin…
68/ McRaven called Brennan "one of the finest public servants I have ever known...Therefore, I would consider it an honor if you would revoke my security clearance as well, so I can add my name to the list of men and women who have spoken up against your presidency," he wrote.
69/ Trump scoffed at McRaven’s criticisms in an interview on Fox News Sunday: "He’s a Hillary Clinton backer and an Obama-backer and frankly, wouldn’t it have been nice if we got Osama bin Laden a lot sooner than that? Wouldn’t that have been nice?” nypost.com/2018/11/18/tru…
70/ McCraven responded that he didn't back Hilary Clinton (or anyone else), and that he was serious about the constitutional threat. "I stand by my comment that the President's attack on the media is the greatest threat to our democracy in my lifetime." usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
71/ A closer look at Brennan's bio: -CIA since 1980, specializing in Middle East -stints in Saudi Arabia, including CIA Station Chief -Founding director of the CIA Terrorist Threat Integration Center -Obama's Assistant for Homeland Security -CIA Director cnn.com/2013/01/08/us/…
72/ A closer look at McCraven's bio: -Assigned to the WH to work on counter terrorism operations in 2001 -Commander of JSOC, & USSOCOM -first director of the NATO Special Operations Forces Coordination Centre (NSCC) -"smartest SEAL to have ever lived" bbc.com/news/world-us-…
73/ This begs the question - why have THESE two, experts in counter terrorism who were directly involved in the bin Laden strike, chosen to loudly & publicly stand up to Trump? Conversely, why did Trump and his supporters in the government/media choose them as adversaries? 🤔
74/ Let's take a look at a few other important events since 2011. March 1, 2012 "We have special agents embedded with police departments in 🇷🇴, 🇪🇪, 🇺🇦, and 🇳🇱, working to identify emerging trends and key players."🧐 Robert Mueller - Cybersecurity fbi.gov/news/speeches/…
75/ June 2012 The Foreign Affairs Committee reports a bill targeting Russian officials for human rights abuses & corruption, Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012, to the House. Magnitsky a symbol of sanctions — and not just in Russia p.dw.com/p/3T6w1
76/ December 14, 2012 Obama signs Magnitsky Act into law. "It also directs Obama to bar Russian human rights violators from entering the United States and freeze any assets they have in U.S. banks." Obama signs trade & human rights bill, angers Moscow reut.rs/TZc9Cv
77/ December 14, 2012 Mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, CT. Adam Lanza slaughters 20 school children as well as 6 school administrators before taking his own life. Police: 20 children among 26 victims of Connecticut school shooting cnn.com/2012/12/14/us/…
78/ December 18, 2012 Sandy Hook conspiracy theories start. "Was Lanza drugged & hypnotised by his handlers to make him into a killing machine as an excuse...to take all means of self defense from the populace before the economic collapse?"- OrIy Taitz huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/18/orl…
79/ May 20, 2013 Edward Snowden, an IT contractor for the NSA (via Booz Allen), flees to Hong Kong. "Mr Snowden admitted to Hong Kong's South China Morning Post newspaper that he took the job at Booz Allen because he wanted access to classified information to gather evidence."
80/ June 3, 2013 Military trial of CheIsea (then BradIey) Manning for leaking classified info begins. "In short: bin Laden, during his Internet-free Abbottabad tenure, asked for and received documents from the Manning WikiIeaks dump on digital media." theatlantic.com/national/archi…
81/ June 6, 2013 The Guardian publishes article authored by GIenn GreenwaId regarding NSA collection of phone & communication records of US citizens as approved by a FISA court. NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily theguardian.com/world/2013/jun…
82/ June 24, 2013 Snowden flees to 🇷🇺. "Snowden made his getaway from China to Russia on Sunday morning with the help of WikiLeaks legal advisers who facilitated a dialogue with Ecuador's Foreign Ministry, the secrets-spilling organization announced." nydailynews.com/news/national/…
83/ June 2013 The Guardian publishes info on top-secret PRISM surveillance program. "The NSA has obtained direct access to the systems of Google, Facebook, Apple & other US internet giants, according to a top secret document obtained by the Guardian." theguardian.com/world/2013/jun…
84/ August 29, 2013 The DOJ announces a program for Swiss banks to avoid criminal prosecution if they provide full information on undeclared US accounts. "Banks already under criminal investigation...and all individuals were excluded from the program." justice.gov/tax/swiss-bank…
85/ September 4, 2013 James Comey sworn in as FBI Director, marking the end of Robert Mueller's extended 12-year term. Comey had previously served as AUSA for SDNY & EDVA, also serving as Deputy Attorney General starting in 2003 (📌). fbi.gov/history/direct…
86/ October 1, 2013 Ross Ulbricht, accused founder and mastermind behind dark web drug market Silk Road, arrested by FBI in San Francisco. Site seized and shut down. The Silk Road Is Shut Down, and the Owner Is in Custody vice.com/en_us/article/…
87/ November 15, 2013 Hammond sentencing. "...stole 5 million private emails & 60,000 credit card numbers. The emails went to WikiLeaks, while the credit cards were used by Anonymous to rack up $700,000 in fraudulent donations to non-profit groups."🤔 wired.com/2013/11/hammon…
88/ November 21, 2013 Peaceful protesters begin gathering in Kiev's central Maidan Nezalezhnosti (independence square) after 🇺🇦 postpones signing of EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and tries to include 🇷🇺. Ukrainians rally over government's snub to EU bbc.com/news/world-eur…
89/ November 2013 to February 2014 The movement in Ukraine, especially in Kiev, against corruption & gov't abuses grew and became known as 'Euromaidan.' As the Yanukovich regime ramped up its crack-down against protesters, the situation turned increasingly violent.
90/ February 20, 2014 Massacre at Maiden square in Kiev, Ukraine. Dozens of protesters killed, as were several police officers, after live ammo was deployed. "Corpses on Kiev's Independence Square as police deploy snipers and use live ammunition." theguardian.com/world/2014/feb…
91/ February 21, 2014 Ukraine peace deal tentatively reached. However, dozens of ruling Party of Regions members quit, and police officers from other Ukrainian cities arrived in support of protesters. President Yanukovich fled the capital that night. npr.org/sections/thetw…
92/ February 22, 2014 Yanukovych impeached and removed from office amid accusations of human rights violations and abandonment of his duties. Parliament votes 328-0 to impeach Yanukovych on Feb. 22; sets May 25 for new election; Tymoshenko free (VIDEO) kyivpost.com/article/conten…
93/ February 24, 2014 This 👇 is the guy who Paul Manafort was working for in Ukraine. Ukraine's president wanted for mass murder of civilians, acting interior minister says cbsnews.com/news/ukraines-…
94/ February 27, 2014 This 👇 is the guy who Paul Manafort was working for in Ukraine. In Russian statement, Yanukovich says he is still president of Ukraine reut.rs/1mEYOfX
95/ Late February/Early March 2014 Russia covertly builds up forces & takes complete control of Crimea. "The annexation of Crimea was the smoothest invasion of modern times. It was over before the outside world realised it had even started." bbc.com/news/world-eur…
96/ April 22, 2014 Joe Biden in 🇺🇦. "There’s been a lot of talk about geopolitics, about East & West. But here in 🇺🇦, people know that it’s about something much more fundamental. It’s not about geopolitics; it’s about unity. It’s about independence." go.wh.gov/K1tcPP
97/ March 2014 Haberman/Burns article about Manafort in Ukraine. 'Manafort’s former business partner Roger Stone sent out an email to a small group of friends asking wryly: “Where is Paul Manafort?” A multiple-choice list of options followed... politico.com/story/2014/03/…
98/ ...including: -"Was seen chauffeuring Yanukovych around Moscow.” -“Was seen loading gold bullion on an Army Transport plane from a remote airstrip outside Kiev and taking off seconds before a mob arrived at the site.” The final choice: -“Is playing Golf in Palm Beach.”🤔
99/ March 2014 Russia🇷🇺 booted from Group of 8 (G8) for their actions in Crimea. The new G7 going forward would be: Canada🇨🇦, France🇫🇷, Germany🇩🇪, Italy🇮🇹, Japan🇯🇵, the United Kingdom🇬🇧 and the United States🇺🇸. U.S., other powers kick Russia out of G8 cnn.com/2014/03/24/pol…
100/ March 2014 Robert Mueller joins WilmerHale law firm. "Our lawyers work at the intersection of government, technology and business." Former Director of the FBI Robert Mueller III Joins WilmerHale wilmerhale.com/en/insights/ne…
101/ March 2014 (one week later) Aaron Zebley joins WilmerHale law firm. "Our lawyers work at the intersection of government, technology and business." Former FBI Chief of Staff Aaron Zebley to Join WilmerHale wilmerhale.com/en/insights/ne…
102/ I almost forgot - the climax of Euromaidan & Russian invasion of Crimea occurred during and just after the Sochi Winter Olympics. “In preparing for the Olympics $25 to $30 billion was stolen,” Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov told reporters. reut.rs/18BiD0w
103/ June/July 2014 ⚽️FIFA World Cup takes place in cities across Brazil🇧🇷. "Four years after the World Cup, Brazil’s massive corruption probes have cleared only two of the 12 stadiums." apnews.com/fdbf477e6d504a…
104/ February 2015 ICIJ announces Swiss Leaks Project. Swiss Leaks is a collaborative investigation that exposes how the Swiss branch of one of the world’s biggest banks, HSBC, profited from doing business with tax dodgers & criminals around the world. icij.org/investigations…
105/ February 2015 Ross Ulbricht, The Creator And Owner Of The “Silk Road” Website, Found Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court On All Counts. The Untold Story of Silk Road, Part 1: The Rise wired.com/2015/04/silk-r…
106/ March 2015 UK high court hears Berezovsky testimony as part of inquiry into death of Alexander Litvinenko. “He [Litvinenko] said the investigation was about the laundering of a huge amount of money belonging to Putin & Roman Abramovich”. theguardian.com/world/2015/mar…
107/ April 2015 🇧🇷 Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras reports its biggest-ever loss, the result of a $16.8 billion write-down in the wake of a massive corruption scandal. Many of Brazil’s largest construction & engineering firms also implicated. reut.rs/1IKaSqH
108/ May 2015 🇺🇦 Ukrainians, including President Petro Poroshenko, petition to Facebook about Russian🇷🇺 social media interference. "Campaigners are urging Facebook to act against what they describe as Russian attempts to silence pro-Ukrainian voices." bbc.com/news/world-eur…
109/ June 2015 🇺🇸 Trump announces his intent to run for president in the 2016 election. "If he prevails, Trump will be required to disclose information about his personal finances, including details about his sources of income, assets and net worth." newsweek.com/donald-trump-a…
110/ July 2015 Ukraine points finger at Russia as families mark downing of MH17. 🇺🇦 "Ukraine’s president accused Russia’s🇷🇺 military on Friday of ordering the missile strike that brought down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 one year ago." reut.rs/1J4sLTW
111/ July 2015 US Office of Personnel Management announces that hackers stole sensitive information (including SSN's) of 21.5 million people from background investigation databases. 🇨🇳 China was the culprit. Huge OPM Hack Actually Hit 21 Million People wired.com/2015/07/massiv…
112/ July 2015 "Malaysian police raided the HQ of a state-controlled investment fund (1MDB) at the centre of a major corruption scandal engulfing the country’s embattled prime minister, Najib Razak." Malaysian police raid offices of 1MDB investment fund theguardian.com/world/2015/jul…
113/ August 2015 🇺🇦 "Nevertheless, Firtash was still politically powerful enough in Ukraine to decide who should become president." Undelivered Goods - How $1.8 billion in aid to Ukraine was funneled to the outposts of the international finance galaxy harpers.org/2015/08/undeli…
114/ August 20, 2015 🇧🇷 Trump Hotel Goes Up, and His Latino Views Barely Raise Eyebrows nytimes.com/2015/08/21/wor…
115/ September 29, 2015 "The 2 presidents huddled in a 2nd floor conference room at United Nations headquarters for roughly 90 minutes, squaring off on the contentious issues of Ukraine and Syria..." Tension clouds meeting between Obama, Putin cnn.com/2015/09/28/pol…
116/ October 8, 2015 “It’s massive,” Lewandowski said of the tranche of [data] harvested from voters. “It helps build our database, share information, *solicit help* – to grow the electorate.” 'The goal is to be the winner': Trump's campaign is for real theguardian.com/us-news/2015/o…
117/ November 9, 2015 "WADA's independent commission examined allegations of doping, cover-ups, and extortion in Russian athletics, which also implicated the IAAF, the sport's world governing body." Athletics doping: WADA commission wants Russia ban bbc.com/sport/athletic…
118/ December 3, 2015 "The new defendants included 5 current or former FIFA Executive Committee members and the current presidents of CONCACAF and CONMEBOL." FIFA Corruption Scandal Widens With 16 More Indictments voanews.com/europe/fifa-co…
119/ December 5, 2015 The LatAm Soccer Officials Implicated in Latest FIFA Scandal insightcrime.org/news/analysis/…
120/ December 17, 2015 "The release also stated Mogilevich is known to be residing outside of the country in a nation with which the United States does not have an extradition treaty..." Reputed Philly mobster bumped from FBI's 'Ten Most Wanted' list phillyvoice.com/reputed-philly…
121/ January 5, 2016 Tearful Obama Announces Plan to Curb Mass Shootings nbcnews.com/news/us-news/o…
122/ February 17, 2016 The electorate will not pick him, said Obama, because "they recognise that being president is a serious job. It's not hosting a talk show or a reality show...it's hard." Donald Trump will not be president, says Obama bbc.com/news/election-…
123/ March 8, 2016 "A Brazilian construction tycoon has been jailed for 19 years over a corruption scandal involving the state oil company Petrobras." Brazil Petrobras scandal: Tycoon Marcelo Odebrecht jailed bbc.com/news/world-lat…
124/ March 22, 2016 Donald Trump makes wild threat to 'spill the beans' on Ted Cruz's wife cnn.com/2016/03/22/pol…
125/ March 28, 2016 "Manafort has worked as an international political consultant and served as a senior adviser to former President Viktor F. Yanukovych of Ukraine." Trump hires strategist Paul Manafort thehill.com/blogs/ballot-b…
126/ April 3, 2016 [<1 week later] The existence of the Panama Papers is made public. "The biggest [leak] that journalists had ever worked with." All you need to know about the #panamapapers panamapapers.sueddeutsche.de/articles/56feb…
127/ April 3, 2016 "Mossack’s father had been a member of the Waffen-SS, the notorious armed wing of the Nazi Party during World War II, according to U.S. Army intelligence files." Panamanian Law Firm Is Gatekeeper To Vast Flow of Murky Offshore Secrets icij.org/investigations…
128/ April 3, 2016 All Putin’s Men: Secret Records Reveal Money Network Tied to Russian Leader icij.org/investigations…
129/ April 5, 2016 "The Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from the database of the world’s *fourth biggest* offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca." What are the Panama Papers? A guide to history's biggest data leak theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/…
130/ April 6, 2016 Leaked Files Offer Many Clues To Offshore Dealings by Top Chinese icij.org/investigations…
131/ April 7, 2016 "A Communist party censorship directive instructed news organizations to purge all reports, blogs, bulletin boards & comments..." China steps up Panama Papers censorship after leaders' relatives named theguardian.com/world/2016/apr…
132/ April 14, 2016 “We should not be expecting them to show any kind of a remorse. They will keep on doing it and the closer to the (Russian) elections, there will be more of that stuff.” Russia's Putin: Panama papers are a 'provocation' reut.rs/1V3nPp5
133/ May 3, 2016 "Documents included in Rohrabacher’s dossier, which have been reviewed by NRO, challenge this well-documented sequence of events." Russian Propaganda Mysteriously Stalls a Human-Rights Act in Congress nationalreview.com/2016/05/global…
134/ May 10, 2016 "Hong Kong and mainland China top the global list of people and companies hiding money in secretive offshore tax havens, according to the Panama Papers database made public..." The Chinese dominate the 'Panama Papers' businessinsider.com/the-chinese-do…
135/ May 19, 2016 Veteran strategist Paul Manafort becomes Trump’s campaign chairman washingtonpost.com/news/post-poli…
136/ May 26, 2016 "...the Party’s 3 leading candidates: Gary Johnson, Austin Petersen, & John McAfee. The debate was broadcast on TheBlaze, Glenn Beck’s upstart cable network." The Surreal Presidential Debate You Didn’t See: Libertarians in Las Vegas newyorker.com/news/news-desk…
137/ June 6, 2016 Clinton Has Enough Delegates To Claim Democratic Nomination npr.org/2016/06/06/481…
138/ June 8, 2016 "...the Vermont senator assured supporters he would continue his campaign until July’s Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia." Bernie Sanders loses the Democratic race, vows to fight on motherjones.com/politics/2016/…
139/ June 9, 2016 President Obama endorses Hillary Clinton politico.com/story/2016/06/…
140/ June 9, 2016 "Moore paid a visit to the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where Mr Assange is living as he seeks to avoid extradition to Sweden..." Film-maker Michael Moore visits Julian Assange at embassy belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/…
141/ June 9, 2016 "Donald Trump, Jr., Jared Kushner, Manafort meet with Russian lawyer at Trump Tower." Recreating June 9: A very consequential day in the 2016 campaign cnn.com/2017/07/11/pol…
142/ June 26, 2016 "The poll also found that 56% of the public at large say Trump stands against their beliefs and 64% say he does not have the necessary credentials to be president." Clinton holds double-digit lead over Trump, poll finds ti.me/28ZPlBF
143/ July 19, 2016 RNC. "Trump staffers intervened, coordinating with Trump-supporting delegates to delete the commitment to providing “lethal defensive weapons” [to Ukraine]." Trump’s GOP platform voiced strong support for Ukraine–until it didn’t qz.com/736394/
144/ July 22, 2016 WikiLeaks posts leaked DNC emails, including donor personal information theverge.com/2016/7/22/1225…
145/ July 25, 2016 "Regardless of who was behind the leak, the fallout for the DNC has been severe. Just 1 day before the DNC was set to begin, DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz [resigned]." The 4 Most Damaging Emails From the DNC WikiLeaks Dump abcn.ws/2a8WJed
146/ July 26, 2016 "Cybercriminals also referred to as Guccifer 2.0 have invaded the White House, state department and German Bundestag between them, security firms say." DNC email leak: Russian hackers Cozy Bear and Fancy Bear behind breach theguardian.com/technology/201…
147/ August 3, 2016 "Meanwhile, records for the meeting seem to have disappeared." Trump Campaign Changed Ukraine Platform, Lied About It thedailybeast.com/trump-campaign…
148/ August 12, 2016 "It's pretty much a given that hosting the Olympics is a poor investment. In Rio, Brazil is throwing its resources at a disaster that even Bernie Madoff would consider ill-advised." Everything's gone wrong in Rio before the Olympics sbnation.com/2016/7/15/1212…
149/ August 16, 2016 "The person who masterminded Yanukovych’s unlikely political comeback was not – as might have been expected – a Russian... It was an American." How Trump's campaign chief got a strongman elected president of Ukraine theguardian.com/us-news/2016/a…
150/ August 18, 2016 "The protégé, Konstantin Kilimnik, has had conversations with fellow operatives in Kiev about collecting unpaid fees owed to Manafort’s company by a Russia-friendly political party called Opposition Bloc." Manafort’s man in Kiev politi.co/2oheEWF
151/ August 18, 2016 "Paul Manafort and his deputy, Rick Gates, never disclosed their work as foreign agents as required under federal law." Trump advisers Manafort and Gates waged covert influence campaign for previous Ukraine ruling party cnbc.com/2016/08/18/tru…
152/ August 19, 2016 Manafort resigns from Trump campaign usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
153/ August 21, 2016 Roger Stone tweeted an 'odd' prediction:
154/ August 26, 2016 "Barely a week into the job, Donald Trump’s new campaign CEO is already facing harsh scrutiny..." Steve Bannon's bad day: allegations of voter fraud and domestic violence theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
155/ September 14, 2016 "The sharp exchange came as Conway pushed back against criticism of Trump for his ongoing refusal to release his tax returns, a disclosure made by every [POTUS] candidate for over 40 years." Conway: 'Are you calling him a liar?' cnn.com/2016/09/13/pol…
156/ September 14, 2016 "The World Anti-Doping Agency says a Russian hacking group was responsible for stealing and publishing US Olympic athletes' confidential medical records." Russian hackers accused of leaking US Olympians' medical records pri.org/stories/2016-0…
157/ October 7, 2016 "The U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions..." Joint Statement from DHS and ODNI on Election Security dhs.gov/news/2016/10/0…
158/ October 7, 2016 "On Friday afternoon, the Washington Post published a clip of Trump on a hot mic before an interview with Access Hollywood." 'You Can Do Anything': In 2005 Tape, Trump Brags About Groping, Kissing Women npr.org/2016/10/07/497…
159/ Busy day. October 7, 2016 "The website Wikileaks published emails on Friday apparently belonging to Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta." What Leaked Emails Reveal About Hillary Clinton's Campaign time.com/4523749/hillar…
160/ October 11, 2016 "Podesta charged that Roger Stone, a longtime friend of Donald Trump's who has spoken to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, had "advance knowledge" of the leaks." Podesta: Trump ally had ‘advance warning’ of hacked emails politi.co/2KFpukD
161/ October 19, 2016 "Police in the Czech Republic have detained a Russian man suspected of participating in the breach of LinkedIn user information in 2012, the company said Wednesday." Czech police say FBI helped them nab Russian hacking suspect cbsnews.com/news/czech-arr…
162/ October 27, 2016 "...Kushner laid the groundwork for a social-media juggernaut & fundraising operation that could later be mined for all sorts of useful, profitable personal information." WAS TRUMP’S SON-IN-LAW THE EVIL GENIUS ALL ALONG? vanityfair.com/news/2016/10/j…
163/ November 2, 2016 "Stone was briefed in general terms in advance about the sensitive & embarrassing leaked Democratic emails by an American libertarian who works in the media..." Trump adviser reveals how Assange ally warned him about leaked emails theguardian.com/us-news/2016/n…
164/ November 3, 2016 "His most remarkable claim is that he has a pipeline into the Federal Bureau of Investigation..." As Trump Ally, Rudy Giuliani Boasts of Ties to F.B.I. nytimes.com/2016/11/04/nyr…
165/ November 6, 2016 "Comey says his agency's review of newly discovered emails has not changed his earlier conclusion that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton should not be prosecuted..." James Comey’s letter on the new Clinton emails usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
166/ November 8, 2016 The free world: Are you f**king kidding me?!
167/ November 9, 2016 Oh sh*t. "Trump rides wave of anti-establishment sentiment to one of the most improbable political victories in modern US history." Donald Trump wins presidential election, plunging US into uncertain future theguardian.com/us-news/2016/n…
168/ November 23, 2016 “...armed warfare has given up its decisive place in the achievement of the military and political objectives of war to another kind of warfare - information warfare.” HANDBOOK OF RUSSIAN INFORMATION WARFARE NATO DEFENSE COLLEGE ndc.nato.int/news/news.php?…
169/ December 6, 2016 "...the Ukrainian government has more reason than most to fear the new US administration." 'It's a pretty disturbing time for Ukraine': Trump's Russia ties unnerve Kiev theguardian.com/world/2016/dec…
170/ December 13, 2016 US rapper Kanye West has held a meeting with Donald Trump - with the president-elect saying the pair discussed "life". BBC News - Donald Trump and Kanye West 'discuss life' at Trump Tower bbc.com/news/entertain…
171/ December 19, 2016 "Ukraine’s central bank governor said on Monday a $5.5bn hole in the balance sheet of PrivatBank, the country’s largest lender, had prompted its nationalisation late on Sunday." Ukraine nationalises its largest lender ft.com/content/13833a…
172/ December 23, 2016 "The USTR dropped its annual blacklist calling out marketplaces that are rife with counterfeit and pirated goods this week." Alibaba is back on U.S. blacklist of "notorious marketplaces" tcrn.ch/2hiBNXo
173/ December 24, 2016 Shown: Farage, Moore, Hilfiger, Thiel, Romney, Winston Wolkoff, Gore, Bowser, Switzer, Ryan, Fiorina, Carson, West, Gates Trump Tower's revolving door of big-name visitors – in pictures theguardian.com/us-news/galler…
174/ December 29, 2016 "This Joint Analysis Report (JAR) is the result of analytic efforts between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)." JAR - GRIZZLY STEPPE – Russian Malicious Cyber Activity us-cert.cisa.gov/sites/default/…
175/ December 29, 2016 "The administration has finally shot back, deporting Russian officials and calling out the individuals & organizations responsible for that hacking..." US response to Russian hacking is the biggest spy retaliation “since Cold War” wired.com/2016/12/obama-…
176/ January 9, 2017 Jack Ma visit. "Instead of counterfeiting, the headline-grabbing topic was Ma’s vow to create 1 million American jobs over the next 5 years." Trump calls one of China’s biggest thieves of American IP a “great, great entrepreneur” qz.com/881311/
177/ January 19, 2017 "Zavascki had in recent weeks been reviewing explosive testimony from executives at engineering group Odebrecht, expected to implicate an array of politicians..." Brazil Supreme Court judge handling graft probe dies in plane crash reut.rs/2iXKZPU
178/ January 19, 2017 "Some of [Manafort's] contacts there were under surveillance by the NSA for suspected links to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), said one official." Intercepted Russian Communications Part of Inquiry Into Trump Associates nytimes.com/2017/01/19/us/…
179/ January 20, 2017 Inauguration. Obama advised Trump that American leadership is "indispensable" and encouraged him "through action & example" to sustain post-Cold War international order [NATO]. Read the Inauguration Day letter Obama left for Trump cnn.com/2017/09/03/pol…
180/ One of the last things Obama did: "In its final hours, the Obama administration released the last of 3 installments of documents collected during the raid on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan." Obama releases final batch of bin Laden documents apnews.com/article/9f6984…
181/ "It's now up to the Trump administration to decide if the remaining bin Laden documents should be released." Osama bin Laden, terrorist leader and doting father cnn.com/2017/01/19/opi…
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