Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Grassley DEMANDS that FBI Director Wray explain raid on Clinton Foundation, Uranium One whistleblower
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, asked Wray (pictured above) a series of questions pertaining to the Nov. 19 raid of former FBI contractor Dennis Cain’s home in Maryland, in which agents took electronically-stored information that had been provided under Intelligence Community whistleblower protection laws to the Justice Department’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, and to congressional committees, The Daily Caller reported Tuesday.
Horowitz had designated Cain a whistleblower who should have been protected under the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act, Cain’s lawyer, Michael Socarras, told the news site.
In his Nov. 30 letter, Grassley demanded to know whether the FBI was aware that Cain had made a lawful transaction of information to the government prior to the raid. Also, the chairman wants to know if the bureau knew the information had been passed along to the House and Senate intelligence committees.
Grassley also asked if any information seized from Cain was classified, and — importantly — what was the basis for the raid.
Wray has until Dec. 12 to respond, according to...
Horowitz had designated Cain a whistleblower who should have been protected under the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act, Cain’s lawyer, Michael Socarras, told the news site.
In his Nov. 30 letter, Grassley demanded to know whether the FBI was aware that Cain had made a lawful transaction of information to the government prior to the raid. Also, the chairman wants to know if the bureau knew the information had been passed along to the House and Senate intelligence committees.
Grassley also asked if any information seized from Cain was classified, and — importantly — what was the basis for the raid.
Wray has until Dec. 12 to respond, according to...
If Iran Can’t Export Oil From Gulf, No Other Country Can, Iran’s President Says
The United States has imposed sanctions on Iran and U.S. officials say they aim to reduce Iran’s oil exports to zero in a bid to curb the Islamic Republic’s missile program and regional influence.
“America should know that we are selling our oil and will continue to sell our oil and they are not able to stop our oil exports,” Rouhani said in a televised speech during a trip to the northern Iranian city of Shahroud.
“If one day they want to prevent the export of Iran’s oil, then no oil will be exported from the Persian Gulf,” he said.
Rouhani made similar comments in July.
Also in July, an Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander, Ismail Kowsari, was quoted as saying that Tehran would block oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz lf the United States banned Iranian oil sales.
Tensions have risen between Iran and the United States after U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from a multilateral nuclear deal in May and reimposed sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
Rouhani said the United States would not succeed in cutting Iran’s economic ties with the region and the world.
“The most hostile group in America, with relation to Iran, has taken power,” Rouhani said, according to the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). “Of course they never had a friendship with the people of Iran and we never trusted America or others 100 percent.”
Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri also said on Tuesday that U.S. sanctions were hitting vulnerable...
HONDURAN DRUG DEALER, WIFE-BEATER, DRUNK DRIVER HAS BEEN DEPORTED EIGHT TIMES
Jose Salazar-Aguilar, 34, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Greg Kays to five years and eight months in federal prison without parole.
Kansas City, Mo., police officers arrested Salazar-Aguilar on Feb. 19, 2017, for driving under the influence of alcohol, resisting arrest, no insurance, and failure to carry a license. While incarcerated, record checks revealed that Salazar-Aguilar had been removed from the United States on numerous occasions. He was released on bond but apprehended by federal agents during a traffic stop on Feb. 27, 2017.
On May 2, 2018, Salazar-Aguilar pleaded guilty to unlawfully reentering the United States after removal for an aggravated felony.
This is Salazar-Aguilar’s second conviction for this offense. He was convicted of the same crime in federal court in Arizona on Feb. 22, 2012, and sentenced to 27 months. According to court documents, Salazar-Aguilar has been removed from the United States eight times, seven times after being convicted of the aggravated felony of delivery of heroin. Salazar-Aguilar was last removed from the United States on Aug. 8, 2013.
Additionally, according to court documents, Salazar-Aguilar’s history also includes assaultive behavior that endangers the public, such as his 2010 arrest for beating up his common-law wife.
Salazar-Aguilar has previously asserted his membership with the Norteno street gang, according to court documents, and has admitted to being a “drug mule.” Salazar-Aguilar also has prior felony convictions for delivery of a controlled substance (heroin) in Oregon, possession of a controlled substance in Colorado, and forgery in Arizona. Additionally, there are active warrants for his arrest from Salt Lake City, Utah, for distribution of a controlled substance; Phoenix, Ariz., for no valid license and traffic offenses; and Kansas City, Mo., for driving under the influence, resisting arrest, no insurance, and failure to carry a license.
This case was prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Kimberlee L. Moore. It was investigated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
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