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☆ Biden signs bill requiring declassification of COVID origins information
  + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Patricia Zengerle | Thomson Reuters | Patricia Zengerle Has Reported More Than Countries | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday signed a bill that requires declassification of information related to the origins of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the White House said. Biden said he shared Congress' goal of releasing as much information as possible about the origin of COVID-19. The bill sailed through the Senate and House of Representatives without opposition before being sent to the White House. The FBI has also assessed that the pandemic likely originated from a lab leak. China said claims that a laboratory leak likely caused the pandemic have no credibility.
☆ House Votes 419 to 0 for Declassification of Intelligence on Covid-19 Origins
  + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Lindsay Wise | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
WASHINGTON—The House on Friday voted 419 to 0 to pass a bill requiring the Biden administration to declassify intelligence related to potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China and the Covid-19 pandemic. Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) ), the COVID Origins Act of 2023 passed the Senate by unanimous consent last week. It now heads to President Biden’s desk for his signature. The White House hasn’t issued a formal position on the bill.
☆ US House unanimously backs COVID origins information declassification
  + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Patricia Zengerle | Thomson Reuters | Patricia Zengerle Has Reported More Than Countries | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Since the Senate on March 1 passed the bill - by unanimous consent - it now goes to the White House for Biden to sign into law or veto. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on his intentions. The debate was refueled last month, when the Wall Street Journal first reported that the U.S. Energy Department had concluded the pandemic likely arose from a Chinese laboratory leak, an assessment Beijing denies. Four other U.S. agencies still judge that COVID-19 was likely the result of natural transmission, while two are undecided. Representative Mike Turner, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said as he urged support for the measure.
☆ Russia says its economy did better than expected, one year into the Ukraine war. But experts say there's a red flag behind the announcement.
  + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
According to Russia's federal statistics service, the country's GDP contracted by 2.1% in 2022. However, Russia stopped publishing some key economic data last year, throwing up a red flag. While this contraction reversed a 5.6% GDP growth in 2021, it did far better than an 8.8% to 12.4% contraction that Russia's economy ministry projected in April 2022. The war in Ukraine triggered heightened concerns over issues related to energy security, particularly about natural gas exports — which Europe was reliant on. The EU's ban on Russian oil imports from December sent countries rushing to load up before the embargo kicked in, which helped prop up Russia's energy coffers.
☆ America’s system for handling classified documents is broken, say lawmakers and former officials
  + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Dan De Luce | Peter Nicholas | Https | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +8 min
The U.S. government’s system for labeling and tracking classified documents appears to be broken, with potentially serious consequences for the country’s national security, lawmakers, former officials and scholars said Tuesday. Democratic and Republican lawmakers said there was a “systemic failure” if both the Obama and Trump administrations could not keep track of classified documents after their tenures ended. I don’t know how anybody ends up with classified documents. “We clearly don’t have an effective management system to oversee where classified documents go and how they’re retrieved,” said Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah. Goitein and others said the recent discoveries of classified documents present a political opportunity for the White House, and possibly Congress, to at last tackle the problem.
☆ 15 years after 'officially' retiring its first stealth jet, the US Air Force is looking for help to keep the F-117 flying for another decade
  + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
The B-21 is expected to arrive 40 years after the US's first stealth aircraft, the F-117 Nighthawk. The F-117 was officially retired in 2008, but the Air Force is still putting the stealth jet to use. The US Air Force is now making plans to keep some of its Nighthawks flying until at least 2034. The Air Force currently has about 45 F-117s, more than 10 of which have been approved for transfer to museums, Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek told Insider. A woman dances on a US Air Force F-117 downed west of Belgrade on March 28, 1999.
☆ U.S. should've spied on Chinese health officials who were hiding what they knew about Covid, Congress says
  + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dilanianmug.Jpg | Ken Dilanian | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +5 min
U.S. intelligence agencies began warning that Covid-19 could become a pandemic just weeks after the coronavirus was first reported in China, but they missed an opportunity to better understand its spread because they didn’t quickly begin spying on Chinese health officials who were hiding what they knew, says a newly declassified report by the House Intelligence Committee. The report partly vindicates the CIA and other U.S. spy agencies, noting that they raised the specter of a pandemic well before the World Health Organization declared one on March 11, 2020. And it adds to the body of evidence showing that then-President Donald Trump misled the public about what he was hearing from advisers about the seriousness of the virus. Investigators said they were “unable to corroborate” reports by NBC News and ABC News that U.S. spies collected raw intelligence in November indicating a health crisis in Wuhan, China. The report says the first intelligence report mentioning the virus that would become known as coronavirus or Covid-19 came on the day of the first media report about it.
☆ Inside Mar-a-Lago, Where Thousands Partied Near Secret Files
  + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Anjali Singhvi | Mika Gröndahl | Maggie Haberman | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: 1 min
Mr. Trump has said that before leaving office he had declared the documents declassified, but so far, no credible evidence was found to support this. “Declassification is based on the determination that the information no longer would cause harm to national security if it were disclosed to people not otherwise entitled to access it,” said Mary McCord, a former acting assistant attorney general at the Justice Department.
☆ Trump advisor Kash Patel granted immunity to testify in Mar-a-Lago documents case
  + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Christina Wilkie | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
Trump has claimed that he declassified all the documents he took with him before he left office, but so far the aides who have testified before a grand jury have said they saw no evidence that Trump declassified anything. Patel's testimony is considered crucial to answering the question of whether Trump declassified any of the documents he took with him to his Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago. Patel, however, claimed in an August interview with The Wall Street Journal that he had personally witnessed Trump verbally declassify documents. But when Patel was called later to testify before the grand jury in October, he reportedly did not make the same assertions. In a case that hinges on whether Trump mishandled state secrets, the question of whether the documents marked classified were in fact state secrets is pivotal.
☆ Trump aide Kash Patel appeared before a grand jury investigating the documents the former president was keeping at Mar-a-Lago, report says
  + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Trump aide Kash Patel appeared before a grand jury in the Mar-a-Lago case. He faces potential legal repercussions over Trump's retention of government records, CNN reported. The DOJ believes Trump may have broken the law by keeping government records after leaving office. According to CNN, Patel, who still works for Trump, spent several hours before the grand jury in Washington, D.C., on October 13. The DOJ believes that Trump and his aides may have obstructed its probe into the retention of the records.
☆ Schiff reacts to Trump: 'Those comments don't demonstrate much intelligence of any kind'
  + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: 1 min
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) reacts to former President Donald Trump's claim that the declassification of documents can happen "by thinking about it."
☆ French MPs want inquiry into alleged Russian party financing
  + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
PARIS, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Members of the French National Assembly said on Saturday they had asked the president of the lower house of the country's parliament to set up an investigation committee to look into alleged Russian financing of political parties. The eight MPs, who belong to French President Emmanuel Macron's En Marche party, also noted that Marine Le Pen's far-right Rassemblement National party is still paying off a loan granted by Russian banks. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"These facts clearly suggest a Russian will to weigh in the French public debate ... they warrant the set-up of an investigation committee to establish if French political parties - and which ones - have benefited from Russian financing," the MPs wrote. However the official did not detail which countries the Russian influence efforts were believed to have targeted or provide specific evidence to lay out the claims of secret financing. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Tangi Salaun; Writing by Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing by David HolmesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ Special master in the Mar-a-Lago case is testing Trump's lawyers to see if they will lie in court, analyst says
  + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The special master in the Mar-a-Lago case has asked Trump's lawyers to back up some of his claims. CNN's legal analyst saw this as a test of whether they were prepared to lie for him in court. Trump's lawyers have argued that defending his declassification claims at this stage could damage their defense in a potential trial, drawing an unimpressed response from Dearie. Trump's legal team spent weeks persuading federal court judge Aileen Cannon to appoint a special master to review the documents, a move that stalled the FBI's investigation and which the Department of Justice opposed. The special master has until November 30 to complete the review of the documents, and will hand back to Trump any that are shielded under executive privilege rules.
☆ Trump’s Declassification Defense Draws Skepticism From Judges
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Jan Wolfe | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
WASHINGTON—Former President Donald Trump’s assertion that he declassified documents seized at Mar-a-Lago has come under judicial scrutiny this week, as judges highlighted the limits of that defense and noted a lack of courtroom evidence substantiating it. Mr. Trump has for weeks said he declassified materials taken to Mar-a-Lago, his home in Florida. In a Fox News interview that aired on Wednesday night, he said a sitting president doesn’t need to have a formal process for declassifying documents, and can carry out such an order “even by thinking about it.”
☆ Top Republican senators reject Trump's declassification comments
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: 1 min
Several GOP senators have raised concerns about former President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents, rejecting his claim that he could simply declassify the secret records by "thinking about it."
☆ The special master Trump pushed for is asking for proof of his claim that the FBI planted evidence at Mar-a-Lago
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The special master reviewing Mar-a-Lago records asked Trump's team for proof that the FBI planted evidence at his home, as Trump has claimed. Trump has repeatedly and publicly claimed the FBI illegally planted evidence when searching Mar-a-Lago. This isn't the first time Dearie has essentially asked Trump's team to put their money where their mouth is. The line appears to reference the former president's public claim that the FBI planted evidence when executing a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago last month. Thursday wasn't the first time Dearie had essentially asked Trump's lawyers to put their money where their mouth is and back up his public claims.
☆ Trump baselessly claimed he could have declassified documents just by thinking about declassifying them
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Trump claimed that he could instantly declassify documents during his time in office. Trump said that, as president, he could get documents classified just by thinking about it. I declassified everything," Trump claimed, adding that he believed the National Archives and Records Administration was run by a "radical left group." While sitting presidents can declassify documents, there is a process to get these documents declassified that involves proper documentation. This refusal to provide evidence earned a solid rebuke from Dearie, who told Trump's lawyers that they cannot "have your cake and eat it."
☆ Attorney breaks down why Trump couldn't declassify documents by 'thinking about it'
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: 1 min
In a Fox News interview, Former President Donald Trump claimed the declassification of documents can happen "by thinking about it." National security attorney Bradley Moss discusses why this is inaccurate.
☆ Trump's path to stall documents probe narrows after legal setbacks
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Luc Cohen Sarah N. Lynch | Luc Cohen | Sarah N. Lynch | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
Trump's lawyers, however, have stopped short of stating in court that he declassified the documents, though they have not conceded that they are classified. Trump's lawyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Dearie pressed Trump's lawyers to make clear whether they plan to assert that the records had been declassified as Trump claims. Trump's lawyers proposed Dearie to serve as special master. Dearie on Thursday asked trump's lawyers to provide any evidence backing this up.
☆ Trump is stretching his declassification defense in the Mar-a-Lago case further still, making an argument his lawyers have gone nowhere near in court
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The claim has been his chief argument in defense of accusations he mishandled the information and imperiled US national security. In a court appearance Tuesday, special master Raymond Dearie, the official assigned to review the documents, pushed Trump's lawyers to provide evidence for the declassification claim. But Trump's lawyers didn't, arguing that making the evidence public could damage their defense if the case came to trial. "As far as I'm concerned, that's the end of it," Dearie said, indicating that he was losing patience with the declassification claim. In a ruling Wednesday, an Atlanta appeals court reinstated the DOJ's access to the classified information, and dismissed the declassification argument as a "red herring" that did not exculpate Trump even if true.
☆ U.S. urges appeals court to block Trump from reviewing classified records
  + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Sarah N. Lynch | Boies | Hausfeld Among Law Firms Reaping | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
Of the more than 11,000 documents seized by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago on Aug. 8, about 100 have classified markings. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"Plaintiff again implies that he could have declassified the records before leaving office. Federal prosecutors in their filing to the appeals court highlighted that Trump's attorneys had resisted Dearie's request. As one of his defenses, Trump has claimed on social media posts without evidence that he declassified the records. Trump is a former president and the records do not belong to him.
☆ Special master in Mar-a-Lago case appears skeptical of Trump 'declassification' claims
  + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Dareh Gregorian | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
The special master appointed to review documents seized by federal agents who searched former President Donald Trump's Florida estate appeared doubtful Tuesday about Trump's contention that he had declassified the various top secret and other highly sensitive documents found there. The special master, Senior U.S. District Judge Raymond J. Dearie, had previously asked Trump's attorneys for more information about which of the over 100 sensitive documents federal agents found at his Mar-a-Lago estate might have been declassified. During a hearing in a Brooklyn federal court, Dearie noted the current case is a civil dispute, not a criminal one, but that he was taking the government's concerns about national security seriously. "As far as I'm concerned, that's the end of it," Dearie said, unless Trump's team has some evidence to the contrary. “We are starting from scratch and we would be well served to have time to look at the documents," Trusty said.
☆ Trump attorneys don't want to disclose which Mar-a-Lago documents he claims to have declassified
  + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Tom_Winter_Nbc_News.Jpg | Tom Winter | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
Donald Trump’s attorneys said in a filing Monday night that they don’t want to disclose to a court-appointed special master which Mar-a-Lago documents they assert the former president may or may not have declassified. In a four-page letter to the special master, Trump's attorneys pushed back against Senior U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie's apparent proposal that they submit “specific information regarding declassification” to him in the course of his review. Dearie issued an order Friday summoning both parties to the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, for a preliminary conference Tuesday. Trump's attorneys have claimed that until or unless they decide to fight the FBI search warrant or if they decide to offer it as a defense following any potential indictment, they shouldn't have to disclose details about declassification that would also be shared with the Justice Department. On his Truth Social platform last month, Trump said, “It was all declassified.” But legal experts have pointed out that it may be irrelevant whether the documents were declassified or not depending on what, if any, charges are filed.
☆ Special master grills Trump's lawyers for evidence that Mar-a-Lago records were declassified: 'You can't have your cake and eat it'
  + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Judge Raymond Dearie grilled Trump's lawyers about the classification status of Mar-a-Lago records. Dearie was appointed "special master" at the request of Trump's team. "You can't have your cake and eat it," Dearie said after Trump's lawyers resisted confirming Trump's claim that the records had been declassified. Dearie's remarks were all the more noteworthy given that he was appointed "special master" at Trump's own request. "But Plaintiff does not actually assert—much less provide any evidence—that any of the seized records bearing classification markings have been declassified."
☆ Special Master Judge Raymond Dearie presses Trump lawyers on declassification of top secret documents
  + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSpecial Master Judge Raymond Dearie presses Trump lawyers on declassification of top secret documentsFormer U.S. attorney and FBI official Chuck Rosenberg joins Shep Smith to discuss the Trump special master and whether the former president actually declassified any of the top secret documents found at Mar-A-Lago.
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