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@TheLastRefuge2
May 23, 2022 • 20 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X
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1) Want to pull a thread?....

Want to see the scale of DC corruption?...

Start with this question:

Why did Andrew Weissman release the Carter Page FISA application in July of 2018?
2) At the apex of the special counsel cover-up operation, Andrew Weissman released the Carter Page FISA application, using the ridiculous justification of a FOIA request.

foxnews.com/politics/doj-r…
3) No one asked "why"?

Everyone was so intoxicated by the first ever release of a TSCI FISA, they never paused to ask the question.

However, the answer reveals just how brutally corrupt the special counsel cover up operation was.
4) The FISA application was released, because it was the central focus of the James Wolfe criminal indictment.

Senate Intel Committee Security Director James Wolfe was busted leaking material from SSCI SCIF. Wolfe leaked the FISA application to journalist Ali Watkins.
5) The Wolfe leak of the FISA application was a very serious problem for both the special counsel and the SSCI.

So, before the DC US Attorney could put those charges into the official court record, Weissman found out and publicly released it.
6) Thereby the special counsel proactively undermined any criminal charge that would be levied against Mr. Wolfe, and subsequently, importantly, protected the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
7) Why did the Special Counsel need to protect James Wolfe from the consequences of his leaking the Carter Page FISA application?
8) Because James Wolfe was told to leak the Top Secret Classified FISA application by Senate Committee Vice-Chairman, Senator Mark Warner.
9) Why did Senator Mark Warner originally tell James Wolfe to leak the Carter Page FISA application to Ali Watkins?
10) ANSWER: Because SSCI Vice-Chairman Warner was trying desperately to get enough pressure in DC to appoint a special counsel.

The leak took place on March 17, 2017, amid the DC furor to get a Trump-Russia special counsel at all costs.
11) The special counsel was appointed, in part, due to the public pressure created by the open admission of an internal FBI investigation of President Trump, which *importantly* at the time of the leak (3/17/17), was still being denied.
12) It wasn't until (conveniently & not coincidentally) three days later on March 20, 2017, when FBI Director James Comey admitted before congress that yes, President Trump was actually under an open FBI investigation.
13) Fast forward to late 2017, early 2018, and the Wolfe FISA leak is now part of a criminal investigation and criminal indictment (unsealed June 7, 2018)

justice.gov/usao-dc/press-…
14) As soon as the Wolfe indictment was unsealed, the special counsel jumped into action to remove the most explosive element, the FISA leak, from any potential courtroom.
15) The fear was Wolfe wasn't about to go to prison for leaking a document he was told to leak.

The ramifications were tremendous for everyone, including the special counsel.

The revelation of a coordinated multi-branch effort to target Trump would crush the Weissman agenda.
16) Wolfe's lawyers knew how to leverage the fear within DC to get the best outcome for their client.

wsj.com/articles/forme…
17) Cunning Weissman knew by publicly releasing the FISA application, using the goofy and easily dismissible justification of a FOIA request, he could remove that element from the criminal case.

Which is exactly what happened. 👇👇
18) With that charge removed, the corrupt politicians within the Senate Intel Commitee, who were part of the Trump targeting operation, then used their power to protect the guy they used to conduct their leak operation.
19) The defense lawyers then leveraged the power of the SSCI co-conspirators to the benefit of their client.
20) And that my friends, is the reason why the top secret classified Carter Page FISA application was publicly released in July of 2018.

Now do you see how corrupt and enmeshed the special counsel operation really was?

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Jun 4
1. FISA, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

Prior to January 2018, open discussion of the FISA Court was technically not allowed. Legally forbidden because everything around this issue was considered "classified" and a "national security interest." Image
2. If you pull back from the granular debate and think about it, none of the FISA justifications align with reality.

The FISA system is a designated secret court system that is said to only pertain to “foreign nationals.”

Ok, so if we accept the premise. Foreign nationals do not have U.S. constitutional protection. So why does the surveillance and intercept of them, and/or their communications, require secret U.S. courts?

The foundational premise of the FISC doesn't make sense from a constitutional perspective.

However, if you think about FISA and FISC as a false premise, then the actual purpose of both becomes something else entirely.
3. In reality, the Secret Court is needed because it’s not foreign nationals that need to be navigated in the American surveillance system. Rather, it’s the American citizenry engagement within that surveillance that requires a different legal approach.

Why should an American citizen suddenly have their constitutional protections switched from a normal U.S. Federal Court to a secret U.S. Federal FISA court simply because their contact -perhaps inadvertent- skims up against a foreign national?

The constitutional protection for an American (the 4th amendment to the Constitution) should not be arbitrary, depending on your contact.

Either you have Fourth Amendment protection, or you do not. If you are American, you do. So, what gives?

A regular federal court judge can decide on the issue of a Title-1 warrant, that can also be filed under seal if the exploration of the contact is a genuine concern.

There is no need for a secret court for either foreign nationals or U.S citizens. The former do not have constitutional protection, and the latter should not lose it under arbitrary determinations of U.S govt officials.

That’s the entire predicate that underpins the 4th amendment.Image
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Jun 3
1. Republicans are going bananas. Democrats, led by senate intel vice-chairman Mark Warner are having fits and meltdowns. 

All of it because President Trump announced the appointment of Bill Pulte to replace Tulsi Gabbard at the end of the month as Acting DNI.

To make the issues even better, Democrats are now threatening to block FISA-702 reauthorization and stop the warrantless surveillance of American citizens unless Pulte’s appointment is withdrawn. 

Yes, read that again slowly if needed – it’s perfect.Image
2. She couldn't get FISA reauthorization stopped by confronting congress, but she can get FISA reauthorization stopped by giving congress an alternative to herself. It's remarkable. Stunning.

..."Warner, who’s been critical in building Democratic support for a bipartisan deal to extend FISA Section 702, made clear to Thune that all options are on the table to reverse what Democrats see as a dangerous Trump pick to lead ODNI. Pulte, who currently leads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has no national security experience and has used his existing role to exact revenge on Trump’s political foes.

From Warner’s perspective, it’s impossible to convince enough Democrats to support a reauthorization of Section 702 when Pulte would be the one overseeing the program. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has also privately told senators that the Pulte appointment makes passing a FISA deal much more difficult."....

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3. Making the issue even more wonderful, the former Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee is the primary strategist behind confronting the corrupt IC mechanisms that have always been facilitated by the same senate committee now having fits.

Seriously folks, you cannot make this stuff up.

If you think that Rubio and Tulsi are not the key voices in this appointment dynamic, you just are not paying attention to the snark from the National Security Advisor.

All those smiles and giggles are not just because they enjoy their jobs, but also because they understand the politics much better than people fathom.

This is a 14-year-senator, former Chairman of the SSCI and Gang-of-Eight member. Let's just say, he knows the gig.Image
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May 30
I don't disagree with this perspective. However, did you ever consider this is part of geopolitically dissolving the 5-eyes dependencies?
Expand your thinking to include The Abraham Accords.

Remember this in Saudi Arabia? Image
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Most people look at these issues like this: Image
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Apr 13
A couple of points needed for context as the Michael Atkinson transcript is released.

(1) Prior to becoming Inspector General for the Intelligence Community (ICIG), Michael Atkinson was legal counsel to the office of the AAG at the DOJ National Security Division (DOJ-NSD).

(2) Atkinson was legal counsel to AAG Mary McCord, when the Carter Page FISA was submitted in Oct '16.

(3) The Legal Counsel for the DOJ-NSD is responsible for oversight of all of the FISA applications. Atkinson was responsible for legal review, when McCord submitted the Title-1 warrant application.

(4) Atkinson then left the DOJ-NSD and took a position as ICIG

(5) Mary McCord then left the DOJ and went to work for Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler on the joint House impeachment comittee.

(6) When ICIG Atkinson took the CIA complaint from Eric Ciaramella (working at the National Intelligence Council), and engaged with Congress, he was essentially back collaborating with his former colleague, Mary McCord.

(7) Atkinson doesn't have clean hands in this. He is not a neutral figure. He was an enabler for the false impeachment accusation, just as he was an enabler for the falsely constructed FISA application.Image
ICIG Complaint and Investigation documents.

justthenews.com/sites/default/…
Sept 19, 2019, transcript of ICIG Atkinson.

[NOTE: The GOP Reps who were present]

intelligence.house.gov/wp-content/upl…
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Apr 9
1. Unlike most of your followers, I know how to research the claims you are making and see the defamatory lies within them. @ReOpenChris @TuckerCarlson

Source for what is to follow:

projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/org… x.com/ReOpenChris/st…
2. "Alaska" - Franklin Graham hosts "Marriage Encounter" events in Alaska, near his own small property (less than a quarter acre), for military husbands and wives who are in desperate need of marital support, before the marriage collapses.

It is not an "end times" bunker complex. It is cabins in a remote area where the marriage encounter workshops take place.

The entire area does not have municipal electricity. They use generators for power. The 90,000 gal above ground diesel fuel is brought in to power these generators. The remote area is only habitable in summer. It is a Samaritans Purse mission.

@TuckerCarlson

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3: "Compensation" - Franklin Graham received $466,000 in base compensation and $407,000 in other reportable IRS compensation.

projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/org…Image
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Mar 28
U.S. senators (mostly) write foreign aid policy, rules and regulations thereby creating the financing mechanisms to transmit U.S. funds. 

Those same senators then received a portion of the laundered funds back through their various “institutes” and business connections to the foreign government offices. Everyone in DC knows the gig.

Example: Ukraine laundry to Biden, Haiti laundry to Clinton, Iran laundry to Obama.

The U.S. State Dept. served as a distribution network for the authorization of the money laundering by granting DC conflict waivers, approvals for financing (McCain Institute, Clinton Global Initiative etc), and permission slips for the payment of foreign money.  

The officials within the State Dept. take a cut of the overall payments through a system of “indulgence fees”, commissions, junkets, gifts and expense account payments to those with political oversight.

If anyone gets too close to revealing the process they become a target of the apparatus. 

President Trump was considered a threat to this process. 

In reality all of the U.S. Senators (both parties) on the Foreign Relations Committee understand what is going on and/or are participating in a process for receiving taxpayer money and contributions from foreign governments. [See Bob Menendez]

A “Codel” is a congressional delegation that takes trips to work out the payments terms/conditions of any changes in graft financing. 

On the right the McCain Institute was/is one of the obvious examples of the financing network. [That is the primary reason why Cindy McCain was such an outspoken critic of President Trump.] On the left you see the Clinton Global Initiative, same/same.

This is why Senators spend $20 million on a campaign to earn a job paying $350k/year. 

The “institutes” is where the real foreign money comes in; billions paid by governments like China, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Ukraine, etc. etc.  There are trillions at stake.

The current nation of focus is the Ukraine laundry operation. The U.S. intelligence services, including CIA operations in USAID, have historically been the bagmen. That's why they consider Gabbard as a threat.Image
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The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee (SFAC) is structurally designed to sell U.S. foreign policy.  We all know the game of multinational corporations positioning their investment assets in various countries based on the expectation of U.S. foreign policy to support those investments.  It is inside this network of long-established relationships that all of the various quid-pro-quos originate.

The Senate chamber as an institution is where most of the generational level corruption emanates; when the 17th amendment was created, this was the function and purpose for the constitutional change as organized by banking interests.  In the decades since inception, the corruption within the upper chamber has become systemic.  The Senate became entirely predicated on having greater power within the legislative branch.

Inside this institutional system, each Senate committee has an operational objective in alignment with the interests of the DC business.  The Senate is detached from any operational function that would be considered representative of the American voter.  The Senate Intel Committee supports the weaponized intelligence state. The Senate Finance and Banking committee supports the interests of big banks, who then reward the committee members.  The Senate Judiciary Committee is structured to lean into the corruption needed in the Judicial branch, by controlling appointments and nominations.  And so it goes, and so it goes.

Every member on the SFAC uses their position for personal and familial gain.  For their specific expertise, the SFAC funding mechanism is by foreign governments and multinational corporations with foreign policy interests. It’s what they do. 

Menendez is charged with the crime of doing what the Senate Foreign Affairs committee does; participate in bribery and corruption – although the pretending term is “lobbying.”

documentcloud.org/documents/2398…Image
Quit pretending.

In April 2024, 165 Democrats voted for a foreign aid package brought to the floor by Republican Speaker Mike Johnson.  The measure included $26 billion more for Israel, $61 billion more for Ukraine and around $10 billion for Taiwan.   151 Republicans voted to support the aid bill.

There is almost $100 billion in total foreign aid and approximately $0 to secure the southern U.S. border. 

This is a “Republican” bill, that passed with Democrats, not Republicans.  The ideological UniParty is very real in Washington DC, and this vote was entirely against the wishes of most Americans.

politico.com/live-updates/2…

It’s really not just Mike Johnson, the root of the issue is much deeper than just corrupt and detached Republican leadership.  The issue extends to every aspect of life and politics in Washington DC.  Every member is participating in a process to give money to other countries, regardless of whether the American voter wants that to happen or not.

There is a complete collapse of the governmental structure of the United States as it pertains to representative government.  The concept of representative government is completely gone, not even considered any longer amid the professional political class from both wings of the UniParty vulture.

I have no idea how this structural collapse can be fixed.  There doesn’t seem to be any entity willing to stop the nonsense as it relates to financial systems and U.S. foreign aid.

We are in an abusive relationship with our government. There really is no other way to look at it.Image
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