@MarkSZaidEsq's Threads
Thread on Lincoln assassination:
154 years ago tonight our 16th President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theater while watching the play Our American Cousin.
Vintage 1865 colored print of late President
154 years ago tonight our 16th President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theater while watching the play Our American Cousin.
Vintage 1865 colored print of late President
After spending four long years overseeing a civil war that witnessed over 500,000 dead, the war was finally over. Lincoln was looking forward to a night of relaxation at the theater.
CDV of President Lincoln with son Tad, who sadly died six years after his father at age 15.
CDV of President Lincoln with son Tad, who sadly died six years after his father at age 15.
Ford's theater had only opened two years earlier in 1863. One of the well known actors who appeared in Shakespearean plays: John Wilkes Booth, future assassin of our President.
Thread on RMS Titanic
107 years ago today the White Star liner Titanic was on her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK, to NYC. She was 882.5 feet long & one of the most luxurious ships ever built. Her passengers were elite of elite & even 3rd class travelers knew this was special
107 years ago today the White Star liner Titanic was on her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK, to NYC. She was 882.5 feet long & one of the most luxurious ships ever built. Her passengers were elite of elite & even 3rd class travelers knew this was special
The building of #Titanic at Harland & Wolff shipyard in Ireland was major event. Here is one of her anchors.
@TheJusticeDept indicts against Russian intel officers for DNC hack. Says GRU officers hacked info & released info "on the internet under the names 'DCLeaks' and 'Guccifer 2.0' and through another entity."
Would that other entity be you @wikileaks? 🤔
justice.gov/opa/pr/grand-j…
Would that other entity be you @wikileaks? 🤔
justice.gov/opa/pr/grand-j…
@AshaRangappa_ @joshscampbell @john_sipher @waltshaub @sam_vinograd @NormEisen @DavidPriess @BradMossEsq
And if it is Wikileaks, why not finally publicly name them?
(1) THREAD on #SecurityClearances & #WhiteSupremacists. @PBS/@ProPublica issued a story today abt #MichaelMiselis — a UCLA PhD student who works for #NorthropGrumman w/security clearance. He participated in Charlottesville as a violent White Supremacist.
pbs.org/wgbh/frontline…
pbs.org/wgbh/frontline…
(2) Miselis allegedly "pushed an African-American protester to the ground and began pounding on him," and "fought alongside RAM members, wrestling one protester to the ground and punching others" in Berkeley at a #Trump rally.
(3) RAM is Rise Above Movement, a Southern California group that expresses contempt for Muslims, Jews, and immigrants. A very typical #Trump supporting organization that President has never condemned. Pretty horrible group of Nazis basially. For info, read adl.org/resources/back…
Anyone know if this was an error by the telecommunications service providers turning over incorrect data, or a mistake by @NSAGov?
nsa.gov/news-features/…
nsa.gov/news-features/…
Any of you know the answer? @joshgerstein @JoshMeyerDC @RadioFreeTom @NatashaBertrand @KenDilanianNBC @ScottShaneNYT @shaneharris @DavidPriess @WWIPhD @intelhistorian @NoahShachtman @K8brannen @benjaminwittes @john_sipher
@joshgerstein @JoshMeyerDC @RadioFreeTom @NatashaBertrand @KenDilanianNBC @ScottShaneNYT @shaneharris @DavidPriess @WWIPhD @intelhistorian @NoahShachtman @K8brannen @benjaminwittes @john_sipher I've taught national security law at @JHUGovStudies for several years & have always lectured my students that further involving telecom companies, esp w/control of the data, was a mistake. Looks like I was correct.
What a mess.
What a mess.
(1) THREAD: #RobPorter , #SecurityClearances & SERIOUS #Trump #WhiteHouse PROBLEMS
When did the White House know of the serious domestic abuse concerns regarding Rob Porter, the now fallen White House Staff Secretary?
When did the White House know of the serious domestic abuse concerns regarding Rob Porter, the now fallen White House Staff Secretary?
(2) This question is crucial to determining whether those in the White House deliberately ignored security warnings and instead politically decided to retain Porter.
(3) As I told @JudyWoodruff on @NewsHour tonight there were at least 3-4 opportunities where WH had enough info to realize there were serious problems w/Porter obtaining a clearance and they could have, and perhaps should have, taken action. pbs.org/newshour/show/….
THREAD - What does #HPSCI release of GOP classified memo mean?
In a partisan vote led by Chairman @DevinNunes, the HPSI voted to release a four page classified memo that details alleged surveillance abuses by @FBI & @TheJusticeDept.
washingtonpost.com/world/national…
In a partisan vote led by Chairman @DevinNunes, the HPSI voted to release a four page classified memo that details alleged surveillance abuses by @FBI & @TheJusticeDept.
washingtonpost.com/world/national…
HPSCI, which along with Senate counterpart (#SSCI), was formed 40 years ago in wake of #ChurchCommittee, #PikeCommittee& #RockefellerCommission, which dealt with a variety of abuses by the Intelligence Community, acted in an unprecedented manner by invoking Rule X, clause 11(f)
(3) That provision actually talks abt preventing disclosure, without consent of each person concerned, of info in possession of HPSCI "that unduly infringes
on the privacy or that violates the constitutional rights of such person."
on the privacy or that violates the constitutional rights of such person."
(1) REVENGE PORN THREAD: Earlier today Texas Tribune posted a story concerning Rep. Joe Barton (R-Ennis) that he issued an apology statement after it was learned a graphic image of him nude (apparently showing his penis), was circulating via social media. texastribune.org/2017/11/22/us-…
(2) Was this revenge porn? Should there not be an outcry or does Barton being a man negate outrage? I take these situations very seriously, especially since I have represented women (pro bono in fact) who have suffered as victims of revenge porn, nbc-2.com/story/34185598…
(3) In my opinion, I don’t believe there should be a double standard based on gender. Were the gender roles reversed, I daresay, especially in the current climate, all hell would be breaking loose. So let’s take a moment to examine the legal issues in this case thus far.
(1) THREAD: #JFKFiles #Assassination UPDATE - What happened that allowed 300 documents comprising thousands of pages to be held back? Legal?
(2) JFK Assassination Records Collection Act required every record identified as "assassination record" (which I helped define in 1994) ...
(3) SHALL be publicly disclosed in full after 25 years (Oct 26, 2017), unless President affirmatively certifies:
