Former federal prosecutor Sidney Powell on what can be done about prosecutorial misconduct. She was at the Cato Institute to discuss her book i sent to my exposing corruption in the department of justice. This is about an hour and a half. Good afternoon and welcome to the Cato Institute. Im the director of the project on criminal justice. And today we want to examine some distressing legal trends that are at work in the criminal law area. Our guest speaker today has just written a new book entitled license to my exposing corruption in the department of justice and the book recounts several cases in which ambitious prosecutors use illegal and unethical tactics to win their cases. Before we get to the panel of experts, i want to take a minute or two to lay out a discussion that is going to follow but before i do that let me ask those that came with cell phones if you take a moment to doublecheck and make sure that they are turned off as a courtesy to our speakers. Thank you. The first po
Told the Armed Services committee that the basic the most important fact in this strategy of defeating isis is to give some moderate sunni tribes to join the coalition against isis. On october 53 new plants in iraq in syria pledged allegiance to isis, which tells us that the tribes so far do not seem to be betting on the United States or its allies. Then, so many reports and criticism against the Syrian Opposition, the tribes, we call them cops. Theyre not up to the fight. So the question is, how come all of the tribes who fight on our side are the losers and the tribes to fight on the side of iran and has block are the winners . Here you have it iraqbacked fighting and winning. The air power to take them down. The answer to this question is that we do not pick the tribes. They picked us. This is important because this goes back to how the tribes behave. Their is a tribal code, and a tribal structure. A tribe is usually known by name and by genealogy, and even the horses have a genealo
Before this senseless racial hatred can be completely uprooted. Okay. What do we take away from this little its not the answer itself but sort of a summary of the answer. One thing i noticed, tells him to go to the united hebrew trades, and then use them as his help to talk to the machinist union. Kind of like theyre saying the whole idea of like selfpreservation, if they dont want us to be a part of them, fine, well do it ourselves. Dont go to the aflcio, perhaps, go to even though the American Federation of labor, its president was a jew for quite a long time, but go to the hebrew trade union. Anyone struck by going there instead of somewhere else . We a in a different world, where might jews go . Other labor organizations that are not jewishspecific. Labor or civil rights organizations. Probably like synagogue . Yeah. They dont go to the rabbi. Dont go to your religious leader. Right . Maybe a few generations ago, before the labor movement, if jews have a problem and theyre turning
[gavel] good afternoon. Welcome to the board of supervisors meeting for the city and county of San Francisco home of the National League champions San Francisco giants. It is tuesday october 23, 2012. Madam clerk can you please call the roll. Supervisor avalos. Present. Supervisor. Go giants. Supervisor cohen. Cohen present. Supervisor elsbernd. Present. Supervisor farrell. Present. Supervisor kim. Present. Supervisor mar. Present. Supervisor olague. Present. Supervisor wiener. Present. And mr. President supervisor chiu is not in the chamber. Thank you. Given that supervisor chu just got married we will excuse her this week and will be excused and will you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. Pledge one and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Colleagues we have board minutes from the meetings. Could i have a motion on approve those minutes . Moved and seconded. Without objection that will be approved. Madam cl
Supervisor. Go giants. Supervisor cohen. Cohen present. Supervisor elsbernd. Present. Supervisor farrell. Present. Supervisor kim. Present. Supervisor mar. Present. Supervisor olague. Present. Supervisor wiener. Present. And mr. President supervisor chiu is not in the chamber. Thank you. Given that supervisor chu just got married we will excuse her this week and will be excused and will you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. Pledge one and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Colleagues we have board minutes from the meetings. Could i have a motion on approve those minutes . Moved and seconded. Without objection that will be approved. Madam clerk do we have any communications . There are no communications mr. President. If you could read items one through six. These item are from the Consent Agenda and if want to called separately we. Colleagues any separate . calling roll . There are ten ayes. Those ordinanc