InfoLink - Louis B Susman - US Ambassador to London (Jul 2009 - Apr 2013)

ꕤ Info/Ref Louis B Susman former US Ambassador to Britain (2009-2013) as marked SUMMARY Louis B Susman -- based Chicago -- lawyer 27 years: St. Louis-based Thompson & Mitchell -- mergers & acquisitions -- 20 years making deals as a Chicago-based investment banker -- at Salomon Brothers (later merged Citigroup, 1998) -- key role Dayton Hudson's buy of Marshall Field's -- key role LG Electronics' buy  of Zenith Electronics -- x2 deals that changed the Chicago corporate landscape -- former Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking -- retired investment banker & lawyer -- major fund-raiser for Obama's first presidential campaign -- 2009 appointed US Ambassador to Britain by Barak Obama -- July 10, 2009 -  April 3, 2013 -- 2013 retired as Ambassador to United Kingdom Non-executive chairman:  DJE Holdings -- family-owned parent company of Edelman and Zeno Group -- joins board at public relations giant Edelman -- Edelman world's largest public relations firm -- f. Chicago 1952 (Daniel Edelman) -- Chicago & NY bases -- 4,600 employed, 66 offices -- annual billings:  $665 million http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-04-03/business/chi-exambassador-sussman-joins-edelman-parent-20130403_1_richard-edelman-investment-banking-investment-banker Fait Accompli Louis B Susman, Chairman [CLICK image for clarity / enlargement] ꕤ COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. source https://archive.is/XRTLc international event-planning company co-owner & managing director Alex Fitzgibbon husband of American-Swedish 'corporacratic' heiress Cristina Stenbeck - particulars here FOI RELEASE Official US government e-mail (27 Nov. 2010) re WIKILEAKS MATERIAL RELEASE Just Prior to 'Coincidental' Handy London Arrest of Julian Assange [CLICK image for clarity / enlargement] ꕤ COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. http://graphics.wsj.com/hillary-clinton-email-documents/pdfs/C05771811.pdf The Guardian 1 DAY PRIOR TO ASSANGE ARREST IN LONDON http://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/dec/05/julian-assange-lawyers-being-watched Julian Assange's lawyers say they are being watched WikiLeaks founder's lawyers also accuse US state department of inappropriate behaviour in not respecting attorney-client protocol Sam Jones and agencies @swajones Monday 6 December 2010 03.16 AEDT Lawyers representing the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, say that they have been surveilled by members of the security services and have accused the US state department of behaving "inappropriately" by failing to respect attorney-client protocol. Jennifer Robinson and Mark Stephens of the law firm Finers Stephens Innocent told the Guardian they had been watched by people parked outside their houses for the past week. "I've noticed people consistently sitting outside my house in the same cars with newspapers," said Robinson. "I probably noticed certain things a week ago, but mostly it's been the last three or four days." Stephens said he, too, had had his home watched. Asked who he thought was monitoring him, he said: "The security services." Robinson said the legal team was also experiencing "other forms of pressure" from Washington. She pointed to a letter from a state department legal adviser – addressed to both Assange and her – which appeared to bracket together client and lawyer as if to suggest that WikiLeaks and its lawyers were one and the same. The letter, which was released to the press, begins: "Dear Ms Robinson and Mr Assange. I am writing in response to your 26 November 2010 letter to US Ambassador Louis B Susman regarding your intention to again publish on your WikiLeaks site what you claim to be classified US government documents." Robinson said: "By eliding client and lawyer, that was a very inappropriate attempt to implicate me. That is really inappropriate to come from the state department of all places; they understand very well the rules on attorney-client protocol." She said that although they had requested a public retraction from the state department, no answer had been received. "It's quite a serious situation," she said, adding that, according to the UN's Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers, governments should ensure that lawyers "are able to perform all of their professional functions without intimidation, hindrance, harassment or improper interference" and that "lawyers shall not be identified with their clients or their clients' causes as a result of discharging their functions". A spokeswoman for the Home Office declined to comment on the lawyers' surveillance claims. Assange, who is staying in Britain, has come under growing pressure from politicians in the US and around the world after his site started publishing excerpts from a cache of 250,000 secret American diplomatic cables last week. It emerged on Saturday that Australian police are investigating whether Assange, an Australian citizen, has broken any of the country's laws and is liable to prosecution there. The foreign minister, Kevin Rudd, said: "The Australian government unequivocally condemns the action by any of those responsible for the unauthorised release of classified and confidential information and diplomatic communications between states." Swedish prosecutors have sent an international arrest warrant to the Metropolitan police, seeking the extradition of Assange for questioning on allegations – which he strongly denies – of rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion.   [Comment:  How convenient, Sweden !!!] Stephens today denounced the extradition warrant as a "political stunt" and said Assange would fight deportation to Sweden on the grounds that it could lead to him being handed over to the US, where senior politicians have called for him to be executed. The former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has described him as "an anti-American operative with blood on his hands" and called for him to be hunted down like a Taliban leader, while another senior Republican, Mike Huckabee, has said that "anything less than execution is too kind a penalty" for his actions. Stephens said that Sweden's chief prosecutor had told Assange in September that there was no case for him to answer, following complaints against him by two women, but the investigation was revived following the intervention of a Swedish politician.  [comment:  women did NOT make 'complaints' -- they  reportedly sought 'ADVICE', which just happens to be a convenient way to make false statements without being punished for doing so in Sweden - see legal comment below.  Note also:  Sweden police failed to follow protocols and the police database was tampered with, along with other irregularities.] He said that Swedish prosecutors knew where Assange was and urged them to call him to discuss the case. Stephens told BBC1's Andrew Marr Show: "It is quite bizarre, because the chief prosecutor in Sweden dropped the entire case against him, saying there was absolutely nothing for him to find back in September, and then a few weeks later on – after the intervention of a Swedish politician – a new prosecutor, not in Stockholm where Julian and these women had been, but in Gothenburg, began a new case which has resulted in these warrants and the Interpol Red Notice being put out." He added: "It does seem to be a political stunt." http://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/dec/05/julian-assange-lawyers-being-watched [CLICK image for clarity / enlargement] ꕤ COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. The US govt & shrill Palin (& assorted US airhead) claims that were made were subsequently NOT supported by facts: [CLICK image for clarity / enlargement] ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- COMMENT Well, that was interesting. ꕤ

Sovereign State Russia: Russia Constitutional Court Supremacy Over International Court Rulings

ꕤ Article SOURCE https://www.rt.com/politics/325964-putin-gives-russian-constitution-priority/ Putin gives Russian Constitution priority over international court rulings Published time: 15 Dec, 2015 10:10 President Vladimir Putin has signed into law the bill allowing the Constitutional Court to overrule the decisions of international courts if such decisions contradict the principle of supremacy of the Russian Constitution. The new act published on the government website on Tuesday reads that the Constitutional Court will look into every decision of any intergovernmental body based on an international treaty and find if it matches the Russian Constitution and the rights and freedoms guaranteed by it. Upon such consideration the Constitutional Court can allow the decision to be executed in Russia, in full or in part, or ban its execution – also in full or in part. The ban would automatically cancel any national acts allowing the execution of the unconstitutional ruling. The law has been developed and drafted in order to fulfill the mid-July ruling of the Russian Constitutional Court reading that the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) must be individually approved and only carried out if they do not contradict basic Russian law. In late 2013, the Russian Constitutional Court ruled that it had the right, but not an obligation to decide on the execution of contradictory ECHR decisions in Russia. The July decision expanded the supremacy of the Constitutional Court over foreign judiciaries and international treaties, and established the priority of the Constitution in general. https://www.rt.com/politics/325964-putin-gives-russian-constitution-priority/ ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- COMMENT Hey, Europe: ❤️‍  This is what a sovereign nation looks like. ꕤ

France - Native French Are Not Recognised Under French Law

ꕤ Article SOURCE Various.  As marked. Dr. Thierry Lecoquierre called for the rape of women who vote National Front FRANCE Google Translate {French to English} When Dr. Thierry Lecoquierre called the rape of women who vote National Front Published on Dec 11, 2015 Entire gallery of Dr. Thierry Lecoquierre published on the nouvelObs or it calls  [for]  the rape of women who vote for the National Front. Reactions + Marine Le Pen, Claude Corti, his pal Ricky and Corsican friends. THIERRY LECOQUIERRE Registration Department: 76 Name RPPS: 10001905453 (in activity) Practice address of Dr. Thierry LECOQUIERRE [address provided] LE HAVRE -Tel 02 35 46 October 25 [Text of what was reportedly printed by does not translate well into English via Google translate, but it accompanies the video, for anyone that cares to inspect.] Source / Video (as above) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri0IuBBldCw Rape “right-wing” females to create “multicolored descendants”, says French Doctor by Steve Goode • December 13, 2015 • 21 Comments In the blog section of French media outlet, Nouve L’obs, a doctor wrote that any woman who votes for Front National (French anti-mass immigration party) has a “reptilian brain” and should be raped and impregnated to produce “multicolored descendants.” Thierry Lecoquierre, a Medical Doctor from Le Havre in Upper Normandy, has been reported to the Council of Doctors for his article, which has now been deleted from the website. CONTINUED AT SOURCE http://whitegenocideproject.com/rape-right-wing-females-to-create-multicolored-descendants-says-french-doctor/ Anti-European French Court Decision The red relax three judges Paris racist antiblancs December 12, 2015 Company 123 Christiane Taubira agents in Paris, by the Court of Appeal, argued that the concept of "native French" ... did not exist. Drive from the companions of the Union of Magistrates (DM) is inventing biologists, sociologists and historians have claimed: "[The phrase] white French said strain does not cover any legal reality, historical, biological or sociological." The General Alliance against Racism and for the Respect of the French and Christian Identity (AGRIF) was therefore dismissed her complaint against three [anti-white] racist settlers, Houria Bouteldja Said Bouamama and Saidou, a politician, a "sociologist" and a rapper'. For the anti-French justice, denouncing the lies of Israel, the occupation or invasion deserves jail but as a banner brandish "Fuck France" multiply racist remarks and insults against France, the French, denounce their institutions prior to hide behind, not even led to a suspended fine. A judgment - like so many others - that recalls the scam policy Manuel Valls, Hollande complacency that make the French one day in the year to tolerate, encourage, subsidize, provoke hatred of France the other 364 days . The Court of Appeal was directed by Sophie Portier https://archive.is/1f00w Original Source http://www.jeune-nation.com/societe/24943-les-juges-rouges-de-paris-relaxent-trois-racistes-antiblancs.html Google Translate {French to English} No, "said French-born whites" do not exist confirms justice December 9th 2015, 4:49 p.m. The Paris Court of Appeal confirmed a judgment considered that the phrase "so-called strain white French" [does not] "cover any legal reality, historical, biological or sociological." This should not prevent certain politicians continue to use that term very related to identity environments. Justice, however, ruled very clearly today in Paris: the "native white French called" not a "group of persons" under French law. Understood, one can not criticize France specifically target white people. The Court of Appeal of Paris judged indeed a case between the General Alliance against Racism and for the Respect of the French and Christian identity that had attacked a rapper and a sociologist racial insult and incitement to hatred. The rapper and sociologist had written together, in 2012, a CD and a book called "Fuck France". Acquitted at trial, the two men faced, Wednesday in an appeal trial, which concerned only the civil provisions of the judgment. And the Court of Appeal of Paris confirmed that the concept of native French "does not cover any legal reality, historical, biological or sociological." Also, no offense to Nadine Morano, justice held that "whiteness or "white",  is "in no way a legal component of the quality of the French" and that "the so-called white of French strain not a "group of persons" "under the 1881 Act on freedom of the press". https://francais.rt.com/france/11837-francais-blancs-souche-justice ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- COMMENT Check out this whopping great legal, political and intellectual lie negating the very existence of 'native French', a lie which is no doubt the product of mass immigration, and a ruling that is a racial attack on native Europeans, by a French court: "Court of Appeal of Paris confirmed that the concept of native French "does not cover any legal reality, historical, biological or sociological."" This would be laughable were it not representative of the legal standing of the native French. The ruling should be a warning to every European, and especially Europeans who are subjects of the national identity and rights usurping supranational body, known as the European Union. Going by the decision (and not having read the 1880s legislation), it looks like the law mentioned covers what constitutes 'hate speech' in France (political suppression, really), but whoever drafted it most probably neglected to define and protect the native French, so the speech (and political suppression) laws are a one way street  -- here. Recapping, what we have in this series of articles is: an attack on women who vote for National Front, a nationalist French anti mass immigration party, wherein a medical doctor has published an article calling for rape of such women to produce "multicoloured descendants"; and the Paris Court of Appeal ruling that native (thus white, European stock) French do not legally exist. Not that long ago those 'white genocide' slogans struck me as extreme, weird, highly improbable and somewhat humorous. But if you take a look at what is happening in Europe, it is most definitely a path to native European genocide (which is by definition a white  genocide). Frenchies, a far better course of action would be to repeal the ridiculous speech law that no doubt politically hobbles the French, and apparently a law that has also led to the legal negation of even the existence of native French. That video is a bit creepy for my taste.  I don't think his address should be published (no matter what he wrote), and the film-clip imagery of someone about to have his nuts bashed in by a baseball bat makes me want to  squirm and cross my legs (even though I don't have balls).  [I find this stuff fascinating, but after a while it starts to do my head in  ... it's anger provoking and then depressing, but mostly it's lot like watching a car-crash in slow motion.] ꕤ

Weev On Cuckservative Gavin McInnes & More

ꕤ Video SOURCE | here "I'm Going To Prison For Arithmetic" Andrew Auernheimer aka Weev March 2013 Source  | here YouTube Comment Wei Bin Wang 2 months ago "To explain the 'hack' that he did: On the Apple site, they gave a number to any registered user who uses the site in its URL, and that was what save them the page with their saved email address. What weev did was just add 1 to it, press enter, and it spat out another person's email address. Do the same thing several more times and you'll eventually end up with everyone's email addresses. Hence why he said he was "going to prison for arithmetic." On how he used it, he didn't use it for anything malicious, he just gave his discovery to a journalist. The safest move was to report the exploit to Apple and get a free job or recommendation on his future career, but it's not in his character to do that. The real fault lies in the incompetent design of such a site that made this "gaping hole" in their security. If weev wasn't there, it was only a matter of time before someone else decided to be curious and add 1 to the number of the URL on that site and discover the exploit themselves. The way both the media blasted this out of proportions and the way the judicial system handled it is in some ways surprising, and in other ways very disappointing. The guy just added 1 to a number on a website URL a few times and he gets a trip to prison...for arithmetic! Even to this day, I can't believe he got sentenced to jail for that." source | as above YouTube Comment WellingtonBikeCam01 1 year ago "Someone from AT&T should be in jail over this one." source | as above non-pc Cuckservative "No defense for Gavin McInnes" http://weev.livejournal.com/413176.html#comments Video, Post & Comments ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- COMMENT Bear with video #1 ... it's a little high-energy and seems too much like hard work trying to figure what's going on at first, but it's worthwhile persevering. Jaw-dropping what this guy went to prison for in the US (and the ridiculously huge financial penalty they've slapped him with). Above are a couple of the comments I liked on that YouTube source link. Finally, there's a humorous comment on the state of the MSM. I find this Weev guy funny.  Funny interesting.   And funny humorous, too. Wish I was as creative as Weev.  lol ꕤ

No Nuremberg for Anglo-American War Criminals

ꕤ Article SOURCE as indicated http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/10/18/433878/Tony-Blair-Bush-Iraq-war- Bush, Blair plotted Iraq war 1 year before invasion had started: White House memo Sun Oct 18, 2015 12:54AM A damning White House memo has revealed details of the so-called “deal in blood” forged by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George W. Bush over the Iraq war. The document, titled “Secret... Memorandum for the President”, was sent by then-US Secretary of State Colin Powell to President Bush on March 28, 2002, a week before Bush’s summit with Blair at his Crawford ranch in Texas, Britain’s Daily Mail reported on Sunday. The sensational memo revealed that Blair had agreed to support the war a year before the invasion even started, while publicly the British prime minister was working to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis. The document also disclosed that Blair agreed to act as a spin doctor for Bush and convince a skeptical public that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had Weapons of Mass Destruction, which actually did not exist. In response, Bush would flatter Blair and give the impression that London was not Washington’s poodle but an equal partner in the “special relationship.” Powell told Bush that Blair “will be with us” on the Iraq war, and assured the president that “"the UK will follow our lead in the Middle East."  In November 2002, US President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell applaud at a summit in Prague. Between them is National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, to their right, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. (Reuters photo) Another sensational memo revealed how Bush used “spies” in the British Labour Party to help him to influence public opinion in the United Kingdom in favor of the Iraq war. Both documents were obtained and published by The Mail on Sunday. They are part of a number of classified emails stored on the private server of former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton which courts have forced her to reveal. Blair has always denied the claim that he and Bush signed a deal “in blood” at Crawford to launch a war against Iraq that began on March 20, 2003, that has killed hundreds of thousands of people. The Powell memo, however, showed how Blair and Bush secretly prepared the Iraq war plot behind closed doors at Crawford. Powell told Bush: “He will present to you the strategic, tactical and public affairs lines that he believes will strengthen global support for our common cause.” The top US diplomatic official added that the UK premier has the presentational skills to “make a credible public case on current Iraqi threats to international peace.” Powell wrote that Blair will “stick with us on the big issues” but he needs to show the British public that “Britain and America are truly equal partners in the special relationship.”  In March 2003, the US and Britain invaded Iraq in blatant violation of international law and under the pretext of finding WMDs; but no such weapons were ever discovered in Iraq. More than one million Iraqis were killed as the result of the US-led invasion, and subsequent occupation of the country, according to the California-based investigative organization Project Censored. The US war in Iraq cost American taxpayers $1.7 trillion with an additional $490 billion in benefits owed to war veterans, expenses that could grow to more than $6 trillion over the next four decades counting interest, according to a study called Costs of War Project by the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University. http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/10/18/433878/Tony-Blair-Bush-Iraq-war- http://www.globalresearch.ca/kuala-lumpur-war-crimes-tribunal-bush-convicted-in-absentia-it-s-official-george-w-bush-is-a-war-criminal/30839 Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal. Bush Convicted in Absentia: IT’S OFFICIAL – George W Bush is a war criminal. By Yvonne Ridley Global Research, May 14, 2012 Foreign Policy Journal 14 May 2012 EXTRACT In what is the first ever conviction of its kind anywhere in the world, the former US President and seven key members of his administration were today (Friday) found guilty of war crimes. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and their legal advisers Alberto Gonzales, David Addington, William Haynes, Jay Bybee and John Yoo were tried in absentia in Malaysia. The trial held in Kuala Lumpur heard harrowing witness accounts from victims of torture who suffered at the hands of US soldiers and contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan. They included testimony from British man Moazzam Begg, an ex-Guantanamo detainee and Iraqi woman Jameelah Abbas Hameedi who was tortured in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison. At the end of the week-long hearing, the five-panel tribunal unanimously delivered guilty verdicts against Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and their key legal advisors who were all convicted as war criminals for torture and cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment. Full transcripts of the charges, witness statements and other relevant material will now be sent to the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, as well as the United Nations and the Security Council. The Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission is also asking that the names of Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Gonzales, Yoo, Bybee, Addington and Haynes be entered and included in the Commission’s Register of War Criminals for public record. The tribunal is the initiative of Malaysia’s retired Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who staunchly opposed the American-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. FULL AT SOURCE http://www.globalresearch.ca/kuala-lumpur-war-crimes-tribunal-bush-convicted-in-absentia-it-s-official-george-w-bush-is-a-war-criminal/30839 http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/11/20111128105712109215.html Kuala Lumpur tribunal: Bush and Blair guilty A war crimes tribunal in Malaysia offers a devastating critique of international criminal law institutions today. 28 Nov 2011 13:37 GMT Richard Falk Richard Falk is Albert G Milbank Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University and Research Fellow, Orfalea Center of Global Studies. He is also former UN Special Rapporteur on Palestinian human rights. EXTRACTS In Kuala Lumpur, after two years of investigation by the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission (KLWCC), a tribunal (the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal, or KLWCT) consisting of five judges with judicial and academic backgrounds reached a unanimous verdict that found George W Bush and Tony Blair guilty of crimes against peace, crimes against humanity, and genocide as a result of their roles in the Iraq War. The proceedings took place over a four-day period from November 19-22, and included an opportunity for court-appointed defense counsel to offer the tribunal arguments and evidence on behalf of the absent defendants. They had been invited to offer their own defense or send a representative, but declined to do so. ... Universal jurisdiction The KLWCT did not occur entirely in a jurisprudential vacuum. It has long been acknowledged that domestic criminal courts can exercise universal jurisdiction for crimes of state wherever these may occur, although usually only if the accused individuals are physically present in the court. The underlying legal theory is based on the recognition of the limited capacity of international criminal trials to impose accountability in a manner that is not entirely dictated by geopolitical priorities and reflective of a logic of impunity. In this regard, universal jurisdiction has the potential to treat equals equally, and is very threatening to the Kissingers and Rumsfelds of this world, who have curtailed their travel schedules. The United States and Israel have used their diplomatic leverage to roll back universal jurisdiction authority in Europe, especially in the United Kingdom and Belgium. "War must be outlawed. That will have to be our struggle for now. We must struggle for justice and freedom from oppression, from economic hegemony. But we must remove the threat of war first. With this sword of Damocles hanging over our heads we can never succeed in advancing the interests of our countries.  War must therefore be made illegal. The enforcement of this must be by multilateral forces under the control of the United Nations. No single nation should be allowed to police the world, least of all to decide what action to take, [and] when." Mahathir Mohamed anti-war speech of February 24, 2003 ... In his 2007 statement, Mahathir promised that a future KLWCT would not, in his words, be "like the 'kangaroo court' that tried Saddam". Truly, the courtroom proceedings against Saddam Hussein was a sham trial excluding much relevant evidence, disallowing any meaningful defense, and culminating in a grotesque and discrediting execution.  ... FULL AT SOURCE http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/11/20111128105712109215.html ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- COMMENT When you don't know what's going on, the conviction for war crimes in absentia sounds vaguely amusing -- as if the Malaysians were off their heads and had gone rogue in deciding to convict such fine and upstanding Americans (and Blair) for war crimes. It's only down the track that you learn that, yes, there really is grounds for such an outlandish-sounding conviction, as there is a convention against torture and against waging wars of aggression. Yes, people were tortured and, yes, the Iraq invasion was illegal and was launched on false pretexts (WMDs). So these government representatives are totally bent and criminal in their actions. And, as time progresses, more information comes out supporting that ugly fact.  The latest is just more confirmation that these people and their governments really are criminals. Germans were tried by the victors at Nuremberg and hanged for war crimes. But there won't be any such trials for the Anglo-American war criminals. ________________ Wonder if those Clinton e-mails were meant to come out, to maybe influence elections.  As in, Bush is Republican and Clinton is Democrat.  So creating a situation (private server) where this information would be released could maybe have been deliberate to advantage the Democrats, I'm thinking. Of course, I could be completely wrong.  lol ꕤ

Laws of War | Geneva Convention (IV) - Civilian Persons

ꕤ Laws of War Geneva Convention Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949 Entry into force: 21 October 1950 https://www.icrc.org/ihl/INTRO/380 [ click to enlarge image  ] Link |  Google Books | here A History of the Laws of War: 3 Volume Author:  Alexander Gillespie "This unique reference traces the origins of the modern laws of warfare, from the earliest times to the present day. Relying on written records from as far back as 2,400 BC, and utilizing sources ranging from the Bible to Security Council Resolutions, the book pieces together the history of a subject which is almost as old as civilization itself. A History of the Laws of War shows that as long as humanity has been waging wars, it has also been trying to find ways of: a) legitimizing different forms of combatants and ascribing rules to them; b) protecting civilians who are either inadvertently or intentionally caught up between them; and c) controlling the use of particular classes of weapons that may be used in times of conflict. Thus, the book is divided into three substantial parts: Volume 1  on the laws affecting combatants and captives; Volume 2 on civilians in times of armed conflict; and Volume 3 on the law of arms control. As a work of reference, A History of the Laws of War is unrivalled and will be of immense benefit to scholars and practitioners researching and advising on the laws of warfare. It throws fascinating new light on the history of international law and on the history of warfare itself. The volumes can be purchased individually, or as a complete three-volume boxed set" source https://www.bookrenter.com/a-history-of-the-laws-of-war-3-volume-boxed-set-gillespie-1849462038-9781849462037 ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- Book looks really interesting. ꕤ

International Law - 1998 Rome Statute - International Criminal Court (ICC) - US & Western War Crimes

ꕤ Law 1998 Rome Statute (ICC) Adopted:  adopted on 17 July 1998 Signatories 1998 Rome Statute Post  |  here  #1 Dec 2, 2014 Prosecutor International Criminal Court (ICC) report re:  War Crimes in Afghanistan  – including US interrogation techniques - War Crimes Committed by Western States Report on Preliminary Examination Activities 2014 II Situations Under Phase 2 (subject-matter jurisdiction) *Honduras *Iraq *Ukraine III Situations Under Phase 3 (Admissibility) *Afghansitan *Colombia *Georgia *Ginea *Nigera IV Completed Preliminary Examinations *Central African REpublic *REpublic of Korea *Registered Vessels (ie ships) - of Comoros, Greece & Cambodia ICC Report - Dec 2, 2014 http://www.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/otp/OTP-Pre-Exam-2014.pdf#search=afghanistan%20torture #2 Dec 9, 2014 US Senate - CIA Torture Report  Washington Post article re above & chances of USA facing ICC for violation of international law re war crimes: Stephen Rapp, U.S. ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues: Insists that:  as USA not a member-state (signatory) to Rome Statute, the court has no right to investigate alleged war crimes committed by its citizens. Eugene Kontorovich professor at Northwestern University School of Law expert on constitutional & international law: ... observes, the torture report “gives significant impetus and ammunition to the ICC’s investigation." Afghanistan War Crimes Prosecution of USA - Requires: going high up the political food chain ie.  Bush administration “most responsible” for deploying torture as a means of war [Mark Kersten, WashingtonPost] NOTE There's provisions in international law that enable states to prosecute those that admit to having committed crimes in other states (or something like that).  But I can't see any takers challenging the imperial might of USA. Related Blog Post & link to Washington Post article | here USA & Israel Not Party to Rome Statute USA refused to ratify on the basis that this is assignment of SOVEREIGNTY ISRAEL signed and withdrew - fear of interpretation that following a war cime:  transfer civilian population by occupying power to occupied territory 2002 United States +   Israel "unsigned" the Rome Statute [wikipedia] NOTE Afghanistan War commenced:  2001 Other 31 States have not ratified Blog Post | here ꕤ

British Bullsh*t Corporation - Propaganda: "Elton John: Kremlin denies Putin phoned over gay rights"

ꕤ Article - Propaganda SOURCE http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34260134 Elton John: Kremlin denies Putin phoned over gay rights     9 hours ago     From the section Europe  The Kremlin has firmly denied that President Vladimir Putin contacted pop star Sir Elton John, who has said he wants to talk to him about gay rights. Sir Elton had said he wanted to talk to Mr Putin about his "ridiculous" stance. Later, a message on the musician's Instagram account thanked Mr Putin for "reaching out" in a phone conversation. But a Kremlin spokesman said no conversation between the two men had taken place - and hinted that the call could have been a hoax. Sir Elton's Instagram message added: "I look forward to meeting with you face to face to discuss LGBT equality in Russia." His office said that the two men had spoken. But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that reports of a conversation were "not true". Download Flash Player now You need to install Flash Player to play this content. Media caption Sir Elton admitted his wish to meet Mr Putin was "probably pie in the sky" "I don't know who spoke to Elton John but President Putin did not speak to him," he said. "I don't know [what happened] but President Putin did not speak to Elton John and most importantly we didn't receive any proposals to meet." He added: "If the president does get such a signal from Elton John, the president has always been open to discuss any... human rights problems, any issues. He is always ready to clarify the real situation." Russia has faced international criticism for its laws against homosexuality, including a 2013 bill prosecuting people for providing information about homosexuality to people under 18. [ ... ] EXTRACT - FULL AT SOURCE http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34260134 ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- COMMENT BBC (aka 'British Bullsh*t Corporation') Another anti-Russian propaganda circular, from a media organisation owned by a government that: holds Julian Assange, political prisoner, 5 years (no charge) for exposing US and allied war crimes, at a cost of over 12-million taxpayer British pounds for arrogant theatre display of state force and violation of democracy.  [here] went to illegal war against Iraq, despite unanimous legal FCO opinion that such war was illegal. [here] by-passed its own lawyers go get an American legal 'say-so' to enter into illegal war. [ibid here] has legalised extra-judicial state assassinations by drone (Bethlehem doctrine). [ibid here] is presently engaged in oil-gas wars against Syria (and beyond) and, as second banana partner to USA, is destabilising the entire Middle East promoting sectarian violence. [here] conducted drone strikes against British Parliamentary veto (Syria).  Parliament voted against strikes in Syria in August 2013.  [here] has caused the death, displacement, hardship & misery of millions in the Middle East and Africa.  See 500,000 Iraq death toll, as example:  here. ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- Just look at the British track record regarding rights -- and that is just a fraction of the harm done worldwide, over centuries of British imperialism & exploitation of the masses. Hypocrites.  Propagandists.  Distraction.  Diversion.  Brainwashing.  Exploitation. British authorities exploiting an emotive/divisive issue for propaganda & distraction purposes. Other Sodomy decriminalised: England and Wales - 1967 Scotland - 1980 Northern Ireland - 1982 UK Crown Dependencies - Guernsey - 1983 UK Crown Dependencies - Jersey - 1990 UK Crown Dependencies - Isle of Man - 1992 Russia:  May 27, 1993 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy_law ꕤ

The Associated Press ('AP') Sues FBI | FBI Spoofing AP News Story & Hacking Targets

Reporters Committee, AP sue for records about FBI's impersonation of journalists Press Release | August 27, 2015 The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and The Associated Press are asking the U.S. district court in Washington, D.C. to require the Justice Department and the FBI to comply with the Freedom of Information Act and release records regarding the FBI's practice of impersonating members of the news media. The lawsuit argues that AP and the Reporters Committee “are statutorily entitled to disclosure of these records, which they seek so that they may inform the public about the nature and extent of the FBI’s impersonation of journalists and news organizations. Defendants have improperly withheld the records requested by Plaintiffs in violation of the law and in opposition to the public’s strong interest in obtaining information regarding a law enforcement practice that undermines both the credibility and independence of the news media.” The lawsuit stems from an FBI operation in 2007, during which agents created and published a fake AP news story in order to trick a criminal suspect into downloading surveillance software onto his computer, software that enabled the Bureau to track the suspect's location. When the FBI’s impersonation of the AP came to light in October of 2014, the Reporters Committee and 25 news organizations immediately sent a letter to the attorney general and FBI director calling it "unacceptable." AP also wrote to the attorney general protesting the FBI’s use of a fabricated AP news story "in the strongest possible terms." Reporters from AP and attorneys from the Reporters Committee submitted detailed FOIA requests to the FBI seeking information about this and any other program in which agents posed as journalists or in which false news articles were used to deliver tracking or other surveillance software. None of the requested records have been released. "We cannot overstate how damaging it is for federal agents to pose as journalists," said Reporters Committee Litigation Director Katie Townsend. “This practice undermines the credibility of the independent news media, and should not be tolerated. Yet while the public clearly has a strong, compelling interest in knowing more about the FBI’s use of this tactic, the FBI seems determined to withhold that information. We have been left with no choice but to look to the court for relief." [...] SOURCE http://www.rcfp.org/reporters-committee-ap-sue-records-about-fbis-impersonation-journalists ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- COMMENT I don't know how much credibility what they call the 'independent' news media actually has, given its corporate ownership and establishment agenda bias, as well as its documented historical readiness to serve the government and corporate interests. However, that the FBI is misrepresenting itself as news organisations is nonetheless a problem. That information sought via FOI requests is being denied, indicates what a sham 'democracy' is in America, and demonstrates how totalitarian the American authorities really are - despite the propaganda about exporting democracy to 'save the world'. ꕤ