Former FBI Lawyer Receives Pathetic Probation Punishment for Doctoring Email in Trump Russia Probe

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Friday, A former FBI lawyer received a 12-month probation sentence and 400 hours of community service. Kevin Clinesmith’s sentence was the minimal consequence for pleading guilty to “altering an email that he used to apply for a FISA warrant against former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page” reports National Review. Clinesmith pleaded guilty to “one count of making a false statement within both the executive branch and judicial branch of the U.S. government.” A kid stealing candy from a candy store would receive harsher punishment, especially for a crime that “carries a maximum term of imprisonment of five years and a

Biden Taps Anti-Semite as National Security Council Senior Director

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Maher Bitar
Maher Bitar

Biden has tapped a known anti-Semite for the National Security Council’s new Senior Director for Intelligence Programs. Maher Bitar has helped organize a Palestine Solidarity Movement conference at Georgetown, danced in front of a “Divest from Israel” sign and served as Representative Adam Schiff’s top legal adviser and general counsel for House Intelligence Committee Democrats in Trump’s first impeachment. Bitar was also in the Obama administration as the National Security Council’s Director for Israeli and Palestinian Affairs. Bitar will be “responsible for relaying sensitive intelligence material between the White House and intelligence community and will guide President Biden on critical

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