Saturday, April 13, 2019

REP. GABBARD WARNS JOURNALIST - WHAT HAPPENED TO WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE CAN HAPPEN TO YOU

Rep. Gabbard: WikiLeaks Founder’s Arrest Tells Americans: ‘Toe the Line, Otherwise …’


By Patrick Goodenough | April 12, 2019 | 4:54 AM EDT


Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – While some U.S. lawmakers on both sides of aisle welcomed news of the arrest in London of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Democratic presidential hopeful Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) said that the arrest sends a message to every American: “Be quiet, toe the line, otherwise there will be consequences.”
“This is a threat to journalists, but it’s also something that threatens every American,” she told MSNBC, “because the message that we are getting, that the American people are getting by what’s happened here today is, you know: Be quiet, toe the line, otherwise there will be consequences.”
In an earlier appearance on CNN, Gabbard characterized Assange’s arrest as “some form of retaliation” by a government unhappy with information being released that it does not want made public.
Gabbard, an Iraq war vet, argued that “so much of the information that has been released [by WikiLeaks] has informed the American people about actions that were taking place that they should be aware of.”
“So really I think what’s happening here is, unfortunately, it is uh, some form of retaliation coming from the government, saying, ‘Hey, this is what happens when you release information that we don’t want you to release.’”
The U.S. is seeking Assange’s extradition from Britain to face charges of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion, relating to alleged attempts to crack a password and so help former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to hack into a classified computer at the Pentagon.
An indictment unsealed Thursday noted that in 2010 and 2011 WikiLeaks published online hundreds of thousands of classified U.S. documents downloaded by Manning, including reports dealing with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and 250,000 diplomatic cables.
Gabbard told CNN that while the specific hacking allegation facing Assange should be settled in a court of law, “there’s a bigger issue at play here.”
“There’s a reason why the Obama administration chose not to extradite and prosecute Assange, because they understood the danger – they understood the danger of the government coming in and controlling essentially what information is and is not being released.”
By contrast, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) – also a U.S. Army veteran, with combat service in both Iraq and Afghanistan – welcomed the arrest.
“Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning endangered the lives of American troops in a time of war,” he tweeted. “Since Assange is used to living inside, I’m sure he’ll be prepared for federal prison.”
A similar view came from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who said he had never regarded Assange as a hero.
“His actions – releasing classified information – put our troops at risk and jeopardized the lives of those who helped us in Iraq and Afghanistan,” Graham commented in a tweet.
During the 2016 presidential campaign, WikiLeaks published thousands of stolen emails from the Democratic National Committee and from Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta. The U.S. intelligence community accused Russia of being behind their theft and release.
Responding to the arrest, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) alluded to that episode.
“Now that Julian Assange has been arrested, I hope he will soon be held to account for his meddling in our elections on behalf of [President Vladimir] Putin and the Russian government,” Schumer tweeted.
“I think the guy is just somebody who uses national security information to create chaos and harm and essentially promote the interests of Russia, a dictatorship that squashes dissent,” CBS-affiliated WDBJ television quoted Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) as telling Virginia reporters.

MONICA SHOWALTER - A SUDDEN CLUSTER OF MUSLIM ISLAMIC TERRORIST ATTACKS ON SYNAGOGUES, THWARTED

A sudden cluster of Islamic terror attacks on synagogues, thwarted



For all the left's howls about 'Islamophobia' and its supposed 'endangering' of Muslims, the real issue is anti-Semitism and the terror attacks now surging from it.  Three Islam-motivated massacres on synagogues — in OhioMontana, and Georgia — were all thwarted in just the last five months, with very little press coverage about how close the terrorists came.
Frontline's Daniel Greenfield has a disturbing piece on the incidents, as well news of a surge of crazed Jew-hating rhetoric from Muslim leaders that has risen in assorted mosques around the country, which may be fueling it.  He writes:
All three Muslim terrorists were ISIS supporters.  They were the same age and scattered around the country, from Montana to Georgia to Ohio.  They origins lay in different cultures and parts of the world.
And yet their terror plots all targeted Jews.
What was it that created this cluster of three Islamic terror plots against synagogues?
No specifics are given in the complaints. Even the names of the synagogues remain anonymous.  The phenomenon was not noted by any media outlet.  The same outlets that eagerly publish statistical compilations of attacks on Muslims, real or imaginary, once again turned a blind eye to this cluster.
He thinks it's connected to the surge in Jew-hating rhetoric and actual calls for violence against Jews suddenly coming out of mosques throughout the country:
Last year, there was a similar cluster, not of attack plots, but of incitement to violence.
In December 2017, an Imam in New Jersey had been caught preaching of the Jews, "Count them one by one, and kill them down to the very last one.  Do not leave a single one on the face of the Earth."
In February 2018, an Imam in Texas had urged fighting the Jews and a Syrian refugee Imam in North Carolina had recited a hadith calling for the extermination of the Jews, "We will fight those Jews until the rocks and the trees will speak: 'Oh Muslim, this is a Jew behind me.'"
The geographic diversity of these calls to violence in mosques from New Jersey to North Carolina to Texas, echoed the diversity of the latest Islamic terror plots in Montana, Georgia and Ohio.  There is no particular reason to think that the three terrorists were influenced by imams from other states.  What these numbers reveal is the incredible scope and range of Islamic anti-Semitism and violence in America.
Now that even congressional leaders, such as Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), have made anti-Semitism respectable in the Democratic Party as well as impossible to censure, it signals an ugly emerging picture.  Sick rhetoric is coming out of the mosques.  People who listen to that sick rhetoric and go along with it are rolling into the Democratic Party's congressional leadership, hailed as the new wave and vanguard.  They are not only escaping criticism, but drawing in a host of useful idiots rushing to their defense.
And the violence keeps getting scarier.  Right now, the lawmen have thwarted the problem in three instances, but it doesn't mean they've cut the problem off at the roots.  They'll still have to keep thwarting, getting it right every time, until they don't.  One slips out, and a large number of innocent people are massacred.  After then, the press will report "no known motive" for the attack.
Yet the answer as to why such an attack would go forth would be right there in this evidence.
It's time to stop letting these people into this country.


Kate Moss 'angers Naomi Campbell and fellow celeb friends over ongoing loyalty to sultan-owned Dorchester hotel'... after Brunei's barbaric anti-gay laws cause mass boycott

  • The supermodel, 46, is said to have annoyed Naomi, 48, as well as designer Tom Ford, 57, and fashion photographer Mario Testino, 64, for not publicly shunning the Mayfair hotel owned by the Sultan of Brunei
  • George Clooney called for a boycott of hotels owned by the Sultan after the nation passed a law making homosexuality and adultery punishable by death 
  • Celebrities including Sir Elton John, Sam Smith, Dua Lipa and Ellen DeGeneres have joined the Hollywood A-lister in boycotting the hotels
  • It was claimed that although Vogue cover star Kate knows the campaign is for a good cause, she is split between that and her long-standing affiliation with The Dorchester
  • MailOnline has contacted representatives for Kate, Naomi, Tom, Mario and The Dorchester for comment
Kate Moss has reportedly angered celebrity friends including Naomi Campbell over her loyalty to the sultan-owned Dorchester hotel, reports The Sun - after Brunei passed a law which would see gay people and adulterers stoned to death.
The supermodel, 46, is said to have annoyed Naomi, 48, as well as designer Tom Ford, 57, and fashion photographer Mario Testino, 64, for not publicly shunning the Mayfair hotel.
George Clooney called for a boycott of hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei - which also includes London's 45 Park Lane and the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles - after the nation passed a law making homosexuality and adultery punishable by death.     
Claim: Kate Moss has reportedly angered celebrity friends including Naomi Campbell over her loyalty to the sultan-owned Dorchester hotel, reports The Sun - after Brunei passed a law which would see gay people and adulterers stoned to death (pictured February 2018)
Claim: Kate Moss has reportedly angered celebrity friends including Naomi Campbell over her loyalty to the sultan-owned Dorchester hotel, reports The Sun - after Brunei passed a law which would see gay people and adulterers stoned to death (pictured February 2018)
Celebrities including Sir Elton John, Sam Smith, Dua Lipa and Ellen DeGeneres have joined the Hollywood A-lister in boycotting the hotels,
It was claimed that although Vogue coverstar Kate knows the campaign is for a good cause, she is split between that and her long-standing affiliation with The Dorchester.
The star held her 45th birthday at the hotel's restaurant, China Tang, and has been a familiar face there for many years. 
Now, Naomi, Tom and Mario are said to be 'privately annoyed' with the star for not speaking out.
Backlash: The hotel, in Mayfair, is part of the Dorchester Collection, a chain of hotels owned by the Brunei Investment Agency, which is owned by the Sultan - and it has been the focus of protests since the law was announced (stock photo)
Backlash: The hotel, in Mayfair, is part of the Dorchester Collection, a chain of hotels owned by the Brunei Investment Agency, which is owned by the Sultan - and it has been the focus of protests since the law was announced (stock photo)
Alleged: The supermodel, 46, is said to have annoyed Naomi, 48, as well as designer Tom Ford, 57, and fashion photographer Mario Testino, 64, for not publicly shunning the hotel
Alleged: The supermodel, 46, is said to have annoyed Naomi, 48, as well as designer Tom Ford, 57, and fashion photographer Mario Testino, 64, for not publicly shunning the hotel
A-list: Tom is said to be annoyed with Kate who he has known for many years
Snapper: Mario is a long-time friend of the iconic supermodel
Fashion friends: Tom (L) and Mario are said to be 'privately' annoyed at Kate for failing to speak out 
MailOnline has contacted representatives for Kate, Naomi, Tom, Mario and The Dorchester for comment.      
In a column for Deadline earlier this month, George Clooney wrote: 'They're nice hotels. The people who work there are kind and helpful and have no part in the ownership of these properties.
'But let's be clear, every single time we stay at or take meetings at or dine at any of these nine hotels we are putting money directly into the pockets of men who choose to stone and whip to death their own citizens for being gay or accused of adultery.'
George wrote that he's 'learned over years of dealing with murderous regimes that you can't shame them. But you can shame the banks, the financiers and the institutions that do business with them and choose to look the other way.'
'Boycott the Dorchester Hotel': People protest against Brunei

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Fan: Kate has a long-time association with The Dorchester and is a fan of the establishment's restaurant China Tang (pictured at the hotel with Sir Davd Tang in 2008)
Fan: Kate has a long-time association with The Dorchester and is a fan of the establishment's restaurant China Tang (pictured at the hotel with Sir Davd Tang in 2008)
Familiar face: Kate also celebrated her 45th birthday at China Tang in 2018 (above)
Familiar face: Kate also celebrated her 45th birthday at China Tang in 2018 (above)
He then listed the nine hotels owned by Brunei's sultan and said: 'It's up to each of us what we want to do.' 
Last week protestors were thrown out of The Dorchester after three men unfurled banners and staged a protest, after dining in the five-star venue's restaurant.
In response, a spokeswoman for the hotel group declared: 'Our values are far removed from the politics of ownership.'   
The hotel, in Mayfair, is part of the Dorchester Collection, a chain of hotels owned by the Brunei Investment Agency, which is owned by the Sultan - and it has been the focus of protests since the law was announced.   
Protest: Last week protestors were thrown out of The Dorchester after three men unfurled banners and staged a protest, after dining in the five-star venue's restaurant (stock photo)
Protest: Last week protestors were thrown out of The Dorchester after three men unfurled banners and staged a protest, after dining in the five-star venue's restaurant (stock photo)
A spokeswoman for the Dorchester Collection said it was a 'political and religious issue that we don't believe should be played out in our hotels'.
She said: 'Inclusion, diversity and equality are the foundation of Dorchester Collection.   
'We do not tolerate any form of discrimination, we never have and we never will.
'We understand people's anger and frustration but this is a political and religious issue that we don't believe should be played out in our hotels and amongst our 3,630 employees.
Kate Moss seen outside Ritz Hotel in Paris amid Fashion Week

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'We're deeply saddened by what's happening right now and the impact it is having on our employees, guests, partners and suppliers in particular.
'Our values are far removed from the politics of ownership.
'We are aware that many other brands have ownership with similar backgrounds in this increasingly global world.
'We are a team of people representing 67 nationalities, who love what we do and care enormously for our guests and communities.'
Boycott: George Clooney called for a boycott of hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei - which also includes London 's 45 Park Lane and the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles - after the nation passed a law making homosexuality and adultery punishable by death
Boycott: George Clooney called for a boycott of hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei - which also includes London 's 45 Park Lane and the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles - after the nation passed a law making homosexuality and adultery punishable by death