@MarkSZaidEsq's Threads
This is someone who should be called out for the xenophobic and distasteful statement he made. As an American, it is this type of comment that destroys us, not that someone spoke in Korean after being honored.
The public should let him know what they think.
The public should let him know what they think.
"Rather than shutting down dissenting voices, these leaders have learned to harness democratizing power of social media for their own purposes—jamming signals, sowing confusion. They no longer need to silence dissident shouting in streets; they can use megaphone to drown him out"
"Scholars have a name for this: censorship through noise."
This article is incredibly disturbing. While mostly focused on Trump and his campaign's intentional distortion of facts - including using my 2017 "coup" tweet - for their political purposes, there is also discussion of how Democrats are weaponizing the Internet.
Did Trump Administration inappropriately classify info in #Bolton's manuscript? That is something that will need to be litigated. The relevant Executive Order 13,526 contains this provision:
Sec. 1.7. Classification Prohibitions and Limitations.
Sec. 1.7. Classification Prohibitions and Limitations.
(a) In no case shall information be classified, continue to be maintained as classified, or fail to
be declassified in order to:
(1) conceal violations of law, inefficiency, or administrative error;
(2) prevent embarrassment to a person, organization, or agency;
be declassified in order to:
(1) conceal violations of law, inefficiency, or administrative error;
(2) prevent embarrassment to a person, organization, or agency;
(3) restrain competition; or
(4) prevent or delay the release of information that does not require protection in the interest of the national security.
(b) Basic scientific research information not clearly related to the national security shall not be classified.
(4) prevent or delay the release of information that does not require protection in the interest of the national security.
(b) Basic scientific research information not clearly related to the national security shall not be classified.
Comic book editors, writers and artists were far ahead of the social curve (and not just in the 1960s), as everyone should have been but unfortunately was not.
Unfortunately this type of negative reader attitude is poking its head up again with #comicsgate.
Google it.
Unfortunately this type of negative reader attitude is poking its head up again with #comicsgate.
Google it.
This article came about from one of our #FOIA lawsuits.
Today's 31st memorial ceremony at @ArlingtonNatl for #PanAm103 families featured remarks by #AttorneyGeneralBarr, who as AG in 1991 led @TheJusticeDept to indict two Libyans for terrorist bombing. 
The playing of Taps in memory of the 270 victims (189 Americans) who were murdered by #Libya 31 years ago today was particularly somber. #PanAm103/#Lockerbie
It is time for journalists to tell @SenJohnKennedy he is no longer invited on their programs unless he reveals what documents he is referring to as evidence of 2016 Ukranian election interference.
What say you @MeetThePress, @CNNPolitics, @FaceTheNation, @FoxNews, @ABCPolitics?
What say you @MeetThePress, @CNNPolitics, @FaceTheNation, @FoxNews, @ABCPolitics?
@SenJohnKennedy @MeetThePress @CNNPolitics @FaceTheNation @FoxNews @ABCPolitics Why doesn't @SenJohnKennedy ask GOP colleague Sen. Burr what Senate Intel Committee learned abt Ukraine & 2016 election? SSCI has USGOVT evidence of role Ukraine did or did not play to interfere.
SSCI should release its investigative report ASAP.
SSCI should release its investigative report ASAP.
As an attorney, I'm particularly swayed by true facts. I would really like to see actual evidence that Government of Ukraine meddled in our 2016 election.
@SenJohnKennedy, you keep repeating this assertion. Please produce even a scintilla of proof for public to review.
@SenJohnKennedy, you keep repeating this assertion. Please produce even a scintilla of proof for public to review.
@SenJohnKennedy Why doesn't @SenJohnKennedy ask GOP colleague Sen. Burr what Senate Intel Committee learned abt Ukraine & 2016 election? SSCI has USGOVT evidence of role Ukraine did or did not play to interfere.
SSCI should release its investigative report ASAP.
SSCI should release its investigative report ASAP.
Completely idiotic to call me "card carrying member of the liberal resistance". It shows his partisan bias, not mine. Typical smear job. Besides DC metro card, I am not carrying anything. Impossible to tie me to any "resistance" or "political" group.
My career speaks for itself. Totally non-partisan. I challenge anyone in political office who needs to be held accountable to the people.
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1/WB NEWS ALERT:
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Statement of November 6, 2019, Concerning the Suspected Identity of the Whistleblower
Identifying any suspected name for the whistleblower will place that individual and their family at risk of serious harm.
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Statement of November 6, 2019, Concerning the Suspected Identity of the Whistleblower
Identifying any suspected name for the whistleblower will place that individual and their family at risk of serious harm.
2/We will not confirm or deny any name that is published or promoted by supporters of the President. Disclosure of any name undermines the integrity of the whistleblower system and will deter any future whistleblowers.
END/We will note, however, that publication or promotion of name shows desperation to deflect from substance of #whistleblower complaint. It will not relieve the President of the need to address the substantive allegations, all of which have been substantially proven to be true.
1/News reports are #PresidentTrump refuses to bring in war room & handles #impeachment matters himself. But I have identified WHO has been giving him (& #RandPaul) their strategic advice to attack #whistleblower. Follow evidentiary logic through this thread & you'll clearly see.
2/Watch typical #Trump tactic against #WBer. Ask a question. Suggest he doesn't know answer. Then encourage a negative answer.
3/#Trump's latest surrogate is Sen @RandPaul, who is threatening to reveal name of #whistleblower. Many GOP colleagues fortunately disagree with his view but will that stop him? What is Senator's latest strategy?
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WBer NEWS ALERT:
1/Our legal team offered GOP direct opportunity to ask written questions of #whistleblower.
Recent GOP messaging, led by President Trump (incl this morning), has been to highlight original #WBer & demand disclosure of identity.
1/Our legal team offered GOP direct opportunity to ask written questions of #whistleblower.
Recent GOP messaging, led by President Trump (incl this morning), has been to highlight original #WBer & demand disclosure of identity.
2/Despite long standing policy of HPSCI to protect #whistleblowers, especially anonymity (btw, this was consistent with my efforts w/GOP on #Benghazi), GOP has sought to expose our client's identity which could jeopardize their safety, as well as that of their family.
3/We have directly engaged GOP as to the irrelevance of the whistleblower's information and identity (including addressing any issue of bias), but with little effect in halting the attacks. Btw, countless OIG complaints are filed anonymously & full of hearsay. It's common.
NEWS ALERT: Our latest formal statement regarding the continuing effort to unnecessarily & dangerously expose the identity of our #whistleblower client.
READS:
In correspondence dated October 22, 2019, the Counsel of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency made it clear that “Whistleblowers play an essential public service in coming forward” by reporting their reasonable belief of waste, fraud, abuse, and misconduct,
In correspondence dated October 22, 2019, the Counsel of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency made it clear that “Whistleblowers play an essential public service in coming forward” by reporting their reasonable belief of waste, fraud, abuse, and misconduct,
and that whistleblowers “should never suffer reprisal or even the threat of reprisal for doing so.” Significantly, the letter quotes Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), Chairman and co-founder of the U.S. Senate’s Whistleblower Caucus, who noted recently regarding this matter,
Based on known facts, there is no way to interpret this as anything other than partisan effort to senselessly expose our client & intimidate future #whistleblowers. Sen @RandPaul, I suspect your father must be sadly disappointed in you.
usatoday.com/story/opinion/…
usatoday.com/story/opinion/…
Our client's identity is meaningless at this stage. Superseded by indivs w/far more knowledge. And substantive allegations have already been substantiated, incl by Trump appointed officials.
"Whistle-blowers are the truth-seekers, and we must demand the truth. Who does not want to know the truth? Sadly, in an empire of lies, the truth has become treason."
Says @RandPaul's father.
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Says @RandPaul's father.
usatoday.com/story/opinion/…
In light of #revengeporn, a term some victims don't actually like, that impacted Congresswoman #KatieHill and led to her resignation, my former client @BekahWells13's @nytopinion is worth the read.
A @MotherJones interview w/my client @GuySnodgrass about his book, officially published tomorrow, recounting his time as speechwriter & Director of Communications for Secretary of Defense #JamesMattis.
We had to sue @DeptofDefense to ensure publication
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We had to sue @DeptofDefense to ensure publication
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@MotherJones @GuySnodgrass @DeptofDefense Disappointingly, Secretary #Mattis uses same tactics as President Trump to belittle my client as some "coffee boy", which is simply absurd, as well as hypocritical given he just published a book and gives public speeches about his own experiences.
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@MotherJones @GuySnodgrass @DeptofDefense Lawsuit against DoD was needed bc of unlawful attempt by Govt to censor @GuySnodgrass' #FirstAmendment rights. We were completely victorious but rest assured I will be suing @DeptofDefense again to extinguish their restrictive policies.
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Awesome to see Frank Howard at the game!
So Houston's pinch hitter got up twice in the same inning. That couldn't have happened many times before.
If pinch hitter is pinch hit for, how does one even score that!
If pinch hitter is pinch hit for, how does one even score that!
1/Today is 3rd anniversary of extraordinary USGOVT action to forcibly detain by automatic weapons a US civilian lawyer #StephenGill who was nothing more than witness in #GITMO detainee proceedings.
Anyone who believes in rule of law should be outraged.
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Anyone who believes in rule of law should be outraged.
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3/Judge who issued the Order against my client, who is now engaged in federal lawsuit against USGOVT & responsible individuals, had nearly all of his rulings tossed by D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals for "intolerable cloud of partiality"
abajournal.com/web/article/dc…
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1/This much welcomed @StateDept report on #HRC e-mail controversy is very administrative in nature and should not be (mis)interpreted in an exaggerated manner. It is crucial to really understand the #security implications based on actual experience with these types of issues.
@StateDept 2/I should first note I rep'd @GOP in providing advice on #HRC e-mail issues & @DailyCaller in #FOIA case re: security training for @StateDept senior officials in this controversy.
I also routinely handle defending against security infractions for fed employees.
I also routinely handle defending against security infractions for fed employees.
@StateDept @GOP @DailyCaller 3/ROI concludes 38 individuals were culpable for 91 security violations. Unclear how many attributed to each person but that's 2-3 violations per person on average. Honestly, that's very common. I have had (successful) cases where indiv accused of abt 2 doz security violations.
I'm literally more stressed at each pitch than I am rep'ing these whistleblowers!
Go @Nationals!!! #STAYINTHEFIGHT #BeatLA
Go @Nationals!!! #STAYINTHEFIGHT #BeatLA
1/WHISTLEBLOWER NEWS ALERT THREAD ON ALLEGED "BIAS":
In light of the ongoing efforts to mischaracterize whistleblower #1's alleged "bias" in order to detract from the substance of the complaint, we will attempt to clarify some facts.
In light of the ongoing efforts to mischaracterize whistleblower #1's alleged "bias" in order to detract from the substance of the complaint, we will attempt to clarify some facts.
2/First, our client has never worked for or advised a political candidate, campaign, or party.
3/Second, our client has spent their entire government career in apolitical, civil servant positions in the Executive Branch.
Group of abt 90 former national-security officials who served under DEM & GOP presidents, incl Trump, released public letter calling on govt & media to preserve #whistleblower’s anonymity, saying indiv used channels created under fed law to register concerns of wrongdoing.
"A responsible whistleblower makes all Americans safer by ensuring that serious wrongdoing can be investigated and addressed, thus advancing the cause of national security to which we have devoted our careers,” the joint letter ....
... whose signatories include former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, several former intelligence-agency chiefs and former ambassadors, states. “Being a responsible whistleblower means that, by law, one is protected from certain egregious forms of retaliation.”
1/On @FoxNews last night @IngrahamAngle said of me in my #whistleblower case: "His lawyer Mark Zaid who's represented Schumer and Hillary by the way."
To use coined phrase: FAKE NEWS!
Let's explore. Because, seriously, facts matter.
foxnews.com/transcript/rep…
To use coined phrase: FAKE NEWS!
Let's explore. Because, seriously, facts matter.
foxnews.com/transcript/rep…
2/To be clear, at no time have I ever represented Senator Schumer or Secretary Clinton. Ever. Never.
3/No doubt @IngrahamAngle's folks completely confused & conflated me w/my co-counsel @AndrewBakaj.
Andrew - when he was 19/20 & in college - interned w/ Senators Schumer & Clinton. Almost 20 years ago.
I worked for UK Tory Govt when I was 20. What actually does that reveal?
Andrew - when he was 19/20 & in college - interned w/ Senators Schumer & Clinton. Almost 20 years ago.
I worked for UK Tory Govt when I was 20. What actually does that reveal?
I just recalled SECSTATE @SecPompeo was member of #Benghazi Select Committee. I rep'd six #whistleblowers (different process than now) in that case & attended at least six classified hearings. Never saw him once that I remember. GOP supported me then.
washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standar…
washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standar…
@SecPompeo In fact, Cong @DevinNunes was incredibly supportive & great ally to my clients. It was very much appreciated.
@SecPompeo Of course, @SecPompeo was part of Select Committee in his role as a Member of Congress then.
