So drop by and seize the savings walgreens. At the corner of happy and healthy. If you have an image in your head for general Douglas Macarthur, its probably this one, right . The iconic hat, the awesome sunglasses, before biden, right . Douglas macarthurs sunglasses, obviously the giant Corn Cob Pipe when he was the commanding general for u. S. Troops in the korean war china sent hundreds of thousands of chinese troops over the border into north korea to help the communist side in the korean fight and general Douglas Macarthur went to President Truman when that happened and he told President Truman that he wanted the United States to wage war on china in response. This is how the defense contractor, fat leonard, bribed officers of the u. S. Navys seventh fleet. In exchange those officers would allegedly give him classified information about the movement of u. S. Navy ships and confidenti Confidential Information about other contractors that fat leonard would use to undercut them so he got the contracts. They even reportedly fed Him Information On Criminal Investigations into the bribery by his company so he could keep beating the rap, so he could stay ahead of the Criminal Investigations. Fat leonard built himself a 200 million business supplying u. S. Navy ships in ports abroad and he built himself that business by stuffing u. S. Navy officers full of foie gras and cognac and other stuff. For example there was in may 2008 what the indictment describes as a Raging Multiday Party with a rotating carousel of prostitutes in attendance
party historical memorabilia related to general Douglas Macarthur were used by the participants in sexual acts. Thankfully the indictment does not spell out which memorabilia was involved or which acts. I what do they have of macarthurs in the suite . I will say pictures of at least one hat and one Corn Cob Pipe have been put on the internet over the years who say they have been been to the Douglas Macarthur suite so theres that to go on. But i feel like this story, The Fat Leonard Story is amazing in its own right but because its so amazing its a really specific piece of evidence as to where were at as a country right now because it seems impossible that a scandal this lurid with details like this hasnt taken over your newspar. Its impossible that somet this big and over the top d
ridiculous is not a scandal of national fixation. But its really not. Its really not because honestly, where were at as a country, as scandals go this thing can barely compete. Theres no room in the scandalabsorbing part of our brains anymore because so many things are cooking all at once right now. For example theres the case of the Health Secretary tom price who bought and sold hundreds of thousands of Dollars Worth of stock in Health Care Companies while he was writing and sponsoring and voting on legislation that would affect the price of those stocks in some cases he was buying stock in multiple companies then days later taking action as a congressman that would have the effect of inflating the value of affect of inflating the value of that stock he just bought. Aspects of his Stock Trading while he was chairing an Important Health committee in congress were reported by the wall street journal, by cnn, by propublica, by time magazine, tons of places but republicans still confirmed him
as secretary of health and Human Services well, sometimes that stuff comes due, news becomes history and now tonight propublica has a Hair Raising Report that when Preet Bharara, the u. S. Attorney in manhattan, when he was fired last weekend unexpectedly and suddenly by the white house, one of the cases Preet Bharara was overseeing at the time according to prublica was a Criminal Investigation into tom price and his stock trades while he was in congress. Propublica is citing one source in their report. We tried all day to get further comment from anybody involved. The white house told us they werent aware of any Criminal Investigation into Health Secretary tom price. Despite repeated efforts to reach tom price himself and ask him if he has been notified he is the subject of a federal Criminal Investigation we got no comment from tom price or his department, from hhs about it. And, in fact, we didnt even get a no comment. We literately got no comment. We got dial tone, nobody home. Nobody even there to tell us no. Usually what you get is ill call you right back and then they never call. We got nobody. If anybody out there knows how to reach the department of health and Human Services, let us know. We couldnt get a single freaking person to answer the phone all afternoon long today. Www. Sendittorachel. Com. This tom price thing this is the kind of thing that will hopefully result in Congress Making inquiries, its no small thing for a Cabinet Secretary to be under federal Criminal Investigation just as its no small thing for a u. S. Attorney to be fired when overseeing an investigation, if that is what happened here. So thats a big potential scandal and we cant get anything out of the administration on it. Maybe congress can. That said, congress is busy
right now on Monday Morning in a normal universe the biggest thing going on would be the start of the Confirmation Hearings for neil gorsuch, the nominee to be the next Supreme Court justice. That is obviously a big deal. Those hearings are expected to go on for four days. Starting monday democrats will likely oppose him in large numbers if not unanimously. They may act procedurally to slow roll his nomination as long as possible. Substantively democrats appear to be focusing on his work defending torture and his enthusiasm for guantanamo during the george w. Bush administration, but lines of inquiry can be hard to predict before these things get started. So we will see starting Monday Morning. That said i have to tell you even the confirmations for a Supreme Court nominee are likely to be overshadowed bthe other hearings that are starting on capitol hill at the same time on Monday Morning. Monday morning 10 00 a. M. Eastern we get the first public congressional hearing into the links between the new administration and russia. Former intelligence director James Clapper and fbi director james comey are due to testify Monday Morning in the first open Session Testimony that weve got about the russian intervention into the election to help donald trump and any ties that may exist between russia and the Trump Campaign. We have reporting our hearts out on this all day and i can tell you there are a lot of rumors circulating right now as to what director comey will testify about on monday. What he will or wont describe in terms of ongoing investigations into links between trump and russia but despite our best efforts its rumors only, nothing we can report with confidence as to what comey is going to say. In this case well learn what he has to say by waiting. Hes going to be testifying Monday Morning. Also today the other inquiry in the senate they made their first announcement about what will be their first public hearing into the russian attack on our election. Senator richard burr on the left, senator mark warner on the right announced today about a week and a half after we get comey and clapper testifying on russia on monday, a week and a half later on thursday, march 30 were going to get the senate starting their inquiry into russia as well and the senate hearing, something i would sign up for if it was a College Class and i was still a surly college student. Look at the title. I have to say, this sounds awesome disinformation, a imer in russian active measures and influence campaigns. Really . And its in two parts, the first part in the morning is going to be the history and characteristics of russian Disinformation Campaigns and the second part is the role and
capability of Cyber Operations in support of those activities. Yes, please and can i sign up for office hours now with the t. A. And the professor. That sounds great. Whats the title again . Disinformation, a primer in russian active measures and influence campaigns. I would read that if that was a novel. But that was Just Announced today. Thats going to be on thursday, march 30. And we also got a related big piece of news today in the form of something that basically in the form of something that wasnt announced. You might remember earlier this week the nsa, fbi and cia all got a letter from the Top Republican and the top democrat on the house Intelligence Committee. That letter asked about this guy, Michael Flynn. You know, its a scandal in itself. It is a scandal surpassing and
even eclipsing the alleged use of Douglas Macarthur memorabilia in a u. S. Navy sex and bribery ring in manila. Its a scandal of immense proportions that the National Security adviser had to get fired 24 days into his tenure because of the content of his communications with a Foreign Government, with russia. Thats an enormous scandal in its own right. One that has a lot of Unanswered Questions still around it. One of the important things that remains unexplained about Michael Flynns firing as National Security adviser is how anybody knew what he was talking to the russian government about. Michael flynns calls with the russians were apparently listened into by u. S. Agencies who were surveilling those calls. Its one thing to listen in on russian government officials but americans are not supposed to be surveilled by u. S. Agencies unless theres a courtordered warrant that says its okay to do so. Michael flynn was surveilled. Why . Was Michael Flynn the subject of a warrant . If so, tavis warrant for a Criminal Investigation . Was it a warrant for a Counterintelligence Investigation . And in either instance, if he was on the warrant, if there was a courtordered warrant to surveil him because of one of those types of investigations, how did the white house end up appointing him to be National Security adviser under those circumstances . So the cia, the fbi and the nsa all got a letter demanding that information about Michael Flynn by today. Why was Mike Flynn Surveilled . Why was mike flynn why were his contacts with the russians surveilled by u. S. Agencies. Tell us by friday, march 17. Tell us by today that letter sent to the nsa, fbi, cia, sent to them by one of the committees that oversees those agencies, fbi, cia, nsa, they cant refuse to hand over this information to the Intelligence Committee. But apparently theyre not doing it. I almost cant believe it. This is really, really not normal. The intelligence chair p out a Statementoday Crcally worded but what it says is that of these three agencies who were sent this letter told to explain this Michael Flynn thing, of told to respond to this, of nsa partially responded. They say they will fully respond by the end of next week but the cia and fbi havent responded at all. They havent said beep, at least not by 9 00 p. M. Eastern time. Thats nuts. Thats impossible. Thats at least not normal. That is at least a really big National Security deal. I know it seems like an arcane thing about who you you agencies like the fbi and cia wont hand over information like this to the committees that oversee them, thats a big National Security deal. Thats not the way things work. Those agencies may not want to hand it over, but they have to. They certainly may not want to release that information publicly but they really do have to release it confidentially to the committee. These agencies are overseen by congress, they cannot say no to a request like this from congress, but apparently theyre not answering. Thats really strange. Whats going on with that . One possibility is that mike flynn ended up on that surveillance in error. That it was done improperly or illegally they shouldnt have in that case the fbi and the cia may be trying to get its ducks in a row because it may be people who work to those agencies are about to get in big trouble. Another darker possibility is that there is some damming information about Michael Flynn, about him being the subject of a warrant and maybe the Trump Administration folks who head up the cia and Department Of Justice are impeding because it will look bad for mike flynn and the administration. I dont know. We dont know. But the fbi not responding to the Intelligence Committee . That doesnt fly. Our constitution doesnt work that way. They have to respond and their nonanswer is a big deal. The russian attack on our election last year, the unexplained connections between the Trump Campaign and russia during that time, during the time of the attack, the strangeness, particularly, the strangeness of the fbi in its treatment of this matter, its unsettling its unsettling not just because this is one scandal among so many scandals for this young administration, so many scandals that some are being
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