© December 6, 2018
I ran into a social media post linking to the audio of a Dan
Bongino podcast. I usually give credit to such discoveries, but I can only remember
it was on a G+ Community.
Bongino takes about an hour to discuss the ramifications of
the FBI raid on Whistleblower Dennis Cain in Chicago. The surprise is Cain was
supposed to be a cooperating Whistleblower protected by Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act (ICWPA).
So, why would the FBI get a search warrant and raid a person
supposedly under the protection of the ICWPA? Bongino theorizes three
possibilities:
1) The
initial theory the raid is good.
2) Bongino’s
theory (which I think is plausible) the raid might be to prevent incriminating
evidence against the FBI.
3) OR
a combination of 1 & 2.
Below is the nearly long Youtube version of the Bongino
podcast followed by the Epoch Times pierce referred to Bongino, then a Daily
Caller update on the FBI raid on Cain’s home posted on 12/5.
JRH 12/6/184
So readers, I’ve been using a seven year old laptop to fulfill the
old blogging habit. My lovely wife sprang for an upgrade.
I’m a relatively small-time blogger but with a consistently
growing readership despite some token censorship from the
liberal-oriented blog and social platforms.
Still looking to defray Christmas costs.
Whatever my readers can
chip in will
be appreciated:
Posted by Dan Bongino
Published on Dec 3,
2018
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Investigations Share a Common Thread
By JEFF CARLSON
November 30, 2018 Updated:
December 4, 2018
[Posted by DECLASSIFIED
Published on Dec 4, 2018
A series of four investigations
that recently came to light suggest that something larger is at play in
clearing out corruption in the United States. In this episode of Declassified,
we take a look at these investigations and their significance.
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News Analysis
If anyone tells you they are tired of nothing happening with
regard to ongoing investigations, perhaps they should take a closer look at a
number of events that came to light over the past few days.
In a matter that caused no small amount of worry and
consternation among supporters of President Donald Trump, The Daily
Caller reported on
Nov. 29 that the FBI had raided the home of whistleblower Dennis Nathan
Cain.
The raid, which took place on Nov. 19, involved 16 FBI
agents who had obtained a court order signed on Nov. 15 by federal magistrate
Stephanie A. Gallagher in the U.S. District Court for Baltimore, according to
The Daily Caller. No reason for the 10-day delay between the raid and his
lawyer’s public announcement was given.
Cain, whose name is new to the public, isn’t just any
whistleblower. He retains a top-level security clearance and maintains a number
of security-related credentials, according to his resume, which has since been
deleted online. Specialties include the FISA Amendment Act (FAA) Section 702
and USSID SP0018 Minimization
Procedures and Signals Intelligence Authorities.
According to the article, Cain “privately delivered
documents pertaining to the Clinton Foundation and Uranium One to a government
watchdog, according to the whistleblower’s attorney.”
“The Justice Department’s inspector general was informed
that the documents show that federal officials failed to investigate potential
criminal activity regarding former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the
Clinton Foundation and Rosatom, the Russian company that purchased Uranium
One,” the article states.
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Cain also had obtained official whistleblower status from
DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz. Michael Socarras, Cain’s lawyer, told
The Daily Caller that Cain had met with a “senior member of Horowitz’s office”
and delivered a flash drive along with a sealed envelope containing documents.
The same materials reportedly were also delivered to the Senate and House
Intelligence committees.
The FBI agents seized all of the original documents in
Cain’s possession, according to Socarras. The Daily Caller said that one
document they reviewed showed that then-FBI Director Robert Mueller “failed to
investigate allegations of criminal misconduct pertaining to Rosatom and to
other Russian government entities attached to Uranium One.” How The Daily Caller
was able to review any documents, following what was reported to be a full
seizure, remains unexplained.
There have been strong reactions to the news, with many
perceiving it as some sort of coverup. However, a few facts are worth
entertaining. Regardless of the FBI’s seizure, both IG Horowitz and the House
and Senate intelligence committees already have the documents in their
possession. The FBI’s seizure of documents from Cain doesn’t indicate the
documents are being hidden.
As noted in the article, the FBI agents obtained a court
order which means their identities are known. FBI Director Chris Wray, if he
doesn’t already know, could easily determine the agents’ identities—this wasn’t
a clandestine operation.
Another possible issue might have to do with Cain himself.
Very little is known about him other than that he’s a whistleblower, which
generally conveys images of positive actions taken by a well-intentioned
individual. However, we know nothing of Cain’s true motivations or the actions
that lay behind them. It may turn out that an invasive raid by the FBI was
fully warranted.
Another explanation may lie within the documents themselves.
The FBI’s actions may be related to chain-of-custody issues. The FBI may have
been required to ensure that all evidence was accumulated and taken into their
custody. It’s possible this document seizure by the FBI may indicate a case
against the Clintons and/or their Foundation is actively underway.
The Chicago Raid
The FBI raid on Cain’s house wasn’t the only one.
On Nov. 29, federal agents raided the offices of Alderman
Edward Burke, a powerful Chicago politician who has held his position in
Chicago politics for 50 years. Burke’s office windows were covered and FBI
agents remained on the premises for about seven hours, according to media
reports.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who abruptly announced in
September that he would not seek re-election, said his office had no advance
warning of the raid, noting: “I
know what I read in the paper. I’m out here. That’s it. … You are asking
hypotheticals and I am not going to do that with the FBI walking around his
office.”
Burke, who has been under federal
scrutiny on several occasions, has never been convicted or indicted. His
investigation is being handled by the public corruption squad from the local
FBI office.
Burke’s law firm specializes in property-tax reductions for
his clients, and some have speculated that the raid could be connected to work
that Burke’s law firm did for the president, but there are several problems
with that theory.
The Burke investigation,
according to the Chicago Tribune, “was being conducted in conjunction with the
U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago, not Mueller’s office.” Additionally, the
Sun-Times reported, “the raids were in response to new allegations, and not
prompted by any past controversies that have swirled around Burke.”
Dan Mihalopoulos, a reporter for WBEZ in Chicago, was
somewhat more direct:
“Worth also noting today: Burke’s huge role in the local Democratic
judge-making process. One judge just told me, ‘Everyone’s crapping themselves
here.’”
The investigation probably has more to do with corrupt
Chicago politics than anything related to the president.
Money-Laundering Probes
Two other events with a more international scope also have
been underway.
Several banks are currently under investigation for
a massive money-laundering scandal that is likely to only grow larger.
Danske Bank is being investigated by the U.S. Department of
Justice, and new charges were filed this week by Danish authorities. The bank’s
CEO and chairman both have been forced to resign and
numerous current employees are under investigation. Danske Bank has admitted
that approximately $230 billion has flowed through one of its units in Estonia,
but the focus now appears to be shifting to other financial institutions:
“Howard Wilkinson, a former Danske Bank A/S manager who blew
the whistle on its multibillion-dollar laundromat, told lawmakers in Brussels
that when it comes to shell companies, or limited liability partnerships, the
U.K. is ‘worst of all.’ He said he was legally prevented from naming the other
banks involved, but urged lawmakers to treat the Danske scandal as a case that
goes well beyond its core in Estonia,” Bloomberg reported
Nov. 21.
Also on Nov. 29, Deutsche Bank’s headquarters was also raided by
German officials. Transactions being examined by investigators relate to
the bank’s wealth-management division, which previously has come under
scrutiny.
According to a spokeswoman for prosecutors, the
investigation covers the five-year period from 2013 to 2018 and is related to
disclosures made in the Panama Papers—11.5 million
leaked documents from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, then the world’s
fourth-biggest provider of offshore services.
The Deutsche Bank raids continued for a second day and
reportedly included the executive management board’s floor. Deutsche was one of
Danske’s correspondent banks, as are JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America. Any
potential involvement of other banks will bear close watching.
Clinton Donor Charged
Lastly, in a Nov. 29 DOJ press release,
three executives including Abul Huda Farouki were
charged “for their roles in a scheme to defraud U.S. military contracts in
Afghanistan, engaging in illegal commerce in Iran, and laundering money
internationally.” Farouki was the CEO of Anham, a defense contractor based in
the United Arab Emirates
This wasn’t the first time Farouki or his company have been
involved in allegations of misconduct. In a 2013 article by The Daily Caller,
headlined “Clinton Donors Get a
Pass on Shady Contracting,” Farouki and his company were
highlighted:
“In June 2011, the Defense Department’s Office of the
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) released a scathing report on
a defense contracting company called Anham. The title of the report and its
conclusion were the same: ‘Poor Government Oversight of Anham and Its
Subcontracting Procedures Allowed Questionable Costs to Go Undetected.’”
The article then asked a simple question: Given prior
violations, how was Anham able to secure an $8 billion contract in Afghanistan
that “allowed it to illegally ship supplies through two Iranian border
crossings and a seaport controlled by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard?”
The $8 billion contract, along with the illegal shipment of
supplies, being cited in the 2013 article appear to be exactly the same
violations being alleged in the 2018 DOJ indictment. So why weren’t Farouki and
his company charged with these same, known violations back in 2013?
The answer may lie within Farouki’s many connections to the
Democratic Party. The Daily Caller notes that Farouki is a longtime donor to
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and donated to Obama for America in 2008. But
Farouki’s closest ties lie with the Clintons and their Foundation.
Farouki, a member of the now-shuttered Clinton Global
Initiative, participated in annual CGI
meetings since the group’s formation in 2005 through at least 2010 and
made multiple donations to
the Clinton Foundation. Farouki also made donations to
Terry McAuliffe and has been photographed with
Huma Abedin.
There appears to be a common thread among what might appear
to be unrelated events: the raid on the whistleblower, the raid on the Chicago
politician, the investigations of European banks, and the charges brought
against a Clinton donor. All the activities targeted were either occurring
during the Obama era or, in the case of the DOJ whistleblower, were directly
related to underlying events from that time.
There may be more going on than meets the casual eye.
Jeff Carlson is a CFA charterholder. He worked for 20
years as an analyst and portfolio manager in the high-yield bond market. He
runs the website TheMarketsWork.com.
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WHISTLEBLOWER ADVOCATES,
ATTORNEYS CONDEMN FBI RAID ON CLINTON FOUNDATION WHISTLEBLOWER
By Richard Pollock
4:48 PM 12/05/2018
· Whistleblower
activists condemned the FBI’s raid of a recognized whistleblower, Dennis Cain.
· Cain
had previously shared documents with Department of Justice Inspector
General Michael Horowitz.
·
The documents contained potential wrongdoing
regarding the Clinton Foundation, the Uranium One deal and former Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton, according to Cain’s lawyer.
Whistleblower advocates across the political spectrum
condemned an FBI raid on the home of a recognized whistleblower who reported
potential wrongdoing surrounding the Clinton Foundation, the Uranium One deal
and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The Daily Caller News Foundation, in a bombshell report,
detailed how 16 FBI agents
raided the home of Dennis Cain, a former employee of an FBI contractor, on Nov.
19. They rummaged through his home for six hours even though he told them
that Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz awarded
him whistleblower status, according to Cain’s lawyer, Michael Socarras.
Horowitz instructed a top aide to personally hand-carry the
documents to the House and Senate intelligence committees over the summer after
he received them from Cain, Socarras said. (EXCLUSIVE: FBI Raids Home Of Whistleblower On Clinton
Foundation, Lawyer Says)
Everyone TheDCNF interviewed said the raid should never have
occurred. They said it appeared Cain followed the rules in accordance to the
Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act, which protects federal
whistleblowers from retaliation.
“I really do question the need for this raid at all,” said
Nick Schwellenbach, the investigations director for the Project on Government
Oversight, a nonpartisan watchdog group that frequently works with
whistleblowers. “On its face it doesn’t seem like it was necessary.”
“This isn’t how we should be treating whistleblowers who are
coming forward with information about high level wrongdoing,” he told TheDCNF.
“It sends a very strong message that you will be treated as a criminal
even though what you’re trying to do is expose crime or a potential crime.”
Craig Holman, a lobbyist for Public Citizen, the liberal
advocacy group founded by Ralph Nader, told TheDCNF: “Well it certainly
sounds like an absolute violation of the spirit of what the whistleblower law
is supposed to be all about.”
The documents Cain possessed, which he gave to the special
agent leading the search, show that federal officials failed to investigate
potential criminal activity pertaining to Clinton, the
Clinton Foundation, and the Russian company that purchased Uranium One,
according to a document TheDCNF reviewed.
The court order and all the documents justifying the raid
are sealed and are not available for public viewing. Federal
magistrate Stephanie A. Gallagher of the U.S. District Court of
Maryland in Baltimore issued the court order on Nov. 15.
TheDCNF asked the court on Friday to unseal the documents.
Gallagher has not yet responded.
A conservative attorney on ethics law, Cleta Mitchell,
questioned whether the FBI was truthful when it sought the court order.
“If they did not fully advise the court of his whistleblower
status, then I would find that to be extremely troublesome,” she said. “The
main question is whether or not they properly informed the court that this
individual is a whistleblower and that he had gone through the procedures to
receive whistleblower status.”
“Until Mr. Cain’s attorney is able to see what the FBI or
the U.S. Attorney presented to the court in order to obtain this search
warrant, then we have no way of knowing and he has no way of knowing whether
they fully and properly advised the court that he had whistleblower status, and
whether they informed the judge that he had gone through all of the proper
procedures,” Mitchell continued.
Schwellenbach said the judge should release the original
documents filed by the FBI and the U.S. Attorney.
“I would love to see what’s in their subpoena request to the
judge,” he told TheDCNF. “What facts do they present to the judge? I think
that is a document that should see the light of the day.”
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley asked
FBI Director Christopher Wray in
a Nov. 30 letter whether
the bureau was “aware at the time of the raid that Mr. Cain had made what
appeared to be lawful disclosures to the Inspector General?”
Texas defense attorney Stuart Baggish told TheDCNF
that the search of Cain’s home could be a violation of the Fourth
Amendment, which protects against unreasonable search and seizures. Baggish is
challenging a recent raid on his client’s business after local law enforcement
allegedly omitted key facts before a judge when justifying the search.
Baggish is challenging a recent raid on his
client’s business by local law enforcement for omitting key facts before a
judge when justifying a raid on his client’s business.
“If the search warrant for Mr. Cain’s property was based on
an affidavit that purposely or recklessly omitted his whistleblower
status, like my client’s case against the Smith County Sheriff [in Texas], the
search could be ruled unreasonable and hence a Fourth
Amendment violation,” he said.
“Material information may occasionally
inadvertently be left out of a search warrant affidavit, but it is
rare and dangerous when it is done purposely or recklessly,” Baggish continued.
Schwellenbach, the POGO investigator, told TheDCNF: “I
think the FBI needs to be thoughtful how it uses these powers. Judges need
to be skeptical of FBI claims.”
“They shouldn’t be raiding people’s homes unless there’s a
real compelling reason to do so and alternative means have been exhaustive,” he
continued.
Baggish warned that such raids also undermine the judiciary
and violate civil rights.
“When law enforcement officers intentionally mislead a court
to obtain a search warrant, they are entering a realm of malfeasance that
harms not just the individual or entity whose property is raided,
destroyed and confiscated, they also harm the judiciary itself by depriving it
of its efficacy as the guardian of Americans’ civil rights,” he
said.
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Dan Bongino on the FBI raid on
Whistleblower
John R. Houk
© December 6, 2018
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HOW DEMOCRATS COVERUP POTENTIAL SCANDALS
ReplyDeleteThis is just an example of the Democratic/Socialist/ultra-left wing/Liberal “HOUSEHOLD ODOR ELIMINATOR (HOE)” strategy. When ever a Democratic scandal starts to bubble up they immediately send out 12oz cans of HOE to cover up the stench. The HOE is designed to cover up the stench and redirect the narrative away from the Democratic scandal and if possible keep the stench covered up until it goes away. These cans filled with the coverup/redirect strategies and content are sent to all members of the mainstream/lamestream corrupt media, all members of the Democratic leadership, the late-night talk show hosts and any other spokes mouth who will spout the coverup/redirecting narrative.
If this does not address the stench and it begins to break through, they send out the 32 oz cans. If the 32ozers do not do the job and the stench begins to break through, they send out the trucks with the mosquito apparatus but with the tanks filled with HOE. Next comes the crop sprayers and finally if the stench is not overwhelmed at that point, they fill up the belly tanks of the aircraft used to fight forest fires.
The Kavanagh situation was designed as a “twofer” to destroy a good man and his family, to hopefully prevent the building of a solid conservative SCOTUS but also to rapidly plan and execute a solid HOE strategy and content as the Mueller investigation continues to self-destruct and significant, irrefutable evidence will become available to the people with no redaction.
This is simply one more example of the Democratic HOE strategy in action!
Don’t let the Democratic/Socialist/ultra-left wing/Liberal get away with it….the Country is on the right track to regaining its position of solid leadership that the world so badly needs.
As Sun Tzu said “To defeat the enemy you have to defeat the enemy’s strategy which you do by changing the ground rules”. President Trump did that in 2016. Follow his lead Republicans, Conservatives, Independents and Democrats who are concerned about the direction their party is going.