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The Gently Rotting Debt-Ridden EU

The Gently Rotting Debt-Ridden EU

"The EU as a political construction is in a state of terminal decay. We know this for one reason and one reason alone: its core principal is the state is superior to its people. A system of government can only work over the longer term if it recognises that it is the servant of the people, not its master. It matters not what electoral system is in place, so long as this principal is adhered to. ...."

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-08/gently-rotting-debt-ridden-eu

Entry #4,087

The Gloves Are Off: State Department Goes Nuclear On Leakers After Wolfe Arrest

Good to hear!

The Gloves Are Off: State Department Goes Nuclear On Leakers After Wolfe Arrest

"It's open season on leakers... The State Department has launched a crackdown on unauthorized disclosures top the media - an investigation spearheaded by spokeswoman Heather Nauert, according to Axios.

The announcement comes one day after the longtime former director of security for the Senate Intelligence Committee, Jim Wolfe, was indicted and arrested by the DOJ in connection with an investigation into leaks - while his ex-girlfriend, NYT reporter Ali Watkins, had several years worth of phone and email records seized by the DOJ. ...."

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-08/gloves-are-state-department-goes-nuclear-leakers-after-wolfe-arrest

Entry #4,086

Ex-Senate staffer faces charges in leak investigation

30 years on the job, if found guilty he should have known better.

Ex-Senate staffer faces charges in leak investigation

" ....The Senate staffer, James A. Wolfe, was indicted on three counts of making false statements while he served as the committee’s director of security, a position in which he was entrusted with secret and top-secret information provided to the committee as part of its oversight of the intelligence community, the Justice Department said in a statement. Wolfe served in the job for nearly 30 years, from 1987 until last December.

The government alleges that Wolfe lied to FBI agents in December 2017 about “repeated contacts” with three reporters, including through the use of encrypted messaging applications. He is further accused of lying about providing two reporters with “nonpublic information related to matters occurring before the [committee],” the statement read.

It’s clear from the context of the indictment that Watkins was the author of one story the FBI was investigating to determine who served as her source or sources. The identities of three other reporters referred to anonymously in the indictment, and with whom Wolfe is alleged to have had contact, were not clear. ..."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/ex-senate-staffer-faces-charges-in-leak-investigation/2018/06/07/2155c956-6abf-11e8-bbc5-dc9f3634fa0a_story.html?utm_term=.37804dbde1f6

Entry #4,082