Flynn Flap a Big Flop for Trump

So Mike Flynn, Trump's pick for National Security Advisor, was a paid lobbyist for a foreign government and lied about it!

Does this shock anyone at this point? No. Everyone's lying, but they aren't really getting away with it anymore.

Flynn was paid to lobby for Turkey while attending Trump intel briefings https://t.co/Qr9dHSdmFb pic.twitter.com/R7gUPLFgsM

— The Hill (@thehill) March 11, 2017

From NBC News

Flynn was fired last month after it was determined he misled Vice President Mike Pence about Flynn's conversations with the Russian ambassador to the United States. His security clearance was suspended.
When NBC News spoke to Alptekin in November, he said he had no affiliation with the Turkish government and that his hiring of Flynn's company, the Flynn Intel Group, had nothing to do with the Turkish government.
But documents filed this week by Flynn with the Department of Justice paint a different picture. The documents say Alptekin "introduced officials of the Republic of Turkey to Flynn Intel Group officials at a meeting on September 19, 2016, in New York."

"Happy Friday...so the wheels are coming off a little bit. If the wheels themselves are not yet off, you're starting to hear the sound of lugnuts stripping their threads and pinging across lanes of traffic while the wheels start to wobble. There's a little bit of a freakout going on right now in Washington..."
~ Rachel Maddow, March 10, 2017

Rachel Maddow Show 3/10/17 Michael Flynn, Pence & Trump. Why did Trump hang on so long to the guy who lead a standing ovation for Putin? pic.twitter.com/JkrFD7tFaU

— RiotWomenn (@riotwomennn) March 11, 2017

#Maddow: "Lugnuts stripping their threads" - Pence story on #Flynn impossible to believe https://t.co/1rVZjhPusq via @msnbc

— Jeanne K. (@SnarkAmendment) March 11, 2017

Flynn claimed to be the honest ex-general who sacrificed riches for his ideals — while getting 500K from Turkey https://t.co/4XpmfP7gwC pic.twitter.com/NtvPY74OcG

— Matthew Rosenberg (@AllMattNYT) March 11, 2017

In WaPo interview last yr Flynn dissed generals who sell their stars "for themselves." He was getting $500K from Turkey, $40K from RT

— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) March 11, 2017

Heated Exchange About Flynn via Yahoo News:

(Sean Spicer, Trump spokesman:) There are certain private citizen's activities that you conduct and you seek counsel on or professional advice. That's not up to the government. And that's exactly how the system worked."
Fox News' John Roberts then asked how that didn't raise a red flag.
Spicer cut him off and said, "You already had your question, John."
But Roberts continued.
"You have an attorney calling the transition that the person who is in line to be the national security adviser may need to register as a foreign agent," Roberts said. "And that doesn't raise a red flag?"
"It's not a question of raising a red flag, John," Spicer said. "It's a question of whether or not they gave them the advice they're supposed to, which is it is not up to them to make decisions as to what you need to do or not do. As you know, there are certain activities that fall under each of these requirements as far as what the threshold is, what activities, who the funding source was, etc. etc....
Another reporter then asked a follow-up question, pointing out that "this was an issue of judgment about who you guys wanted in your administration."

Make no mistake: Erdogan wants to be the dictator of Turkey. Flynn was hired to help that happen.

And Trump/Pence knew the whole time.

— Bob Cunningham ❄ (@BCunningham215) March 11, 2017

What flabbergasts me is that Flynn was lobbying *on behalf* of Erdogan's Islamist govt. while decrying Islam as a cancer. Which is it? https://t.co/mN6DSw9tYA

— Tae Phoenix (@TaePhoenix) March 11, 2017

Elijah Cummings told Mike Pence in November that Michael Flynn was working for Turkey | McClatchy DC #SmartNews https://t.co/H3G1L099EX

— snibbon (@denisemassenzo) March 11, 2017

Pence knew Mike Flynn was working for Turkey, knowing that Pence allowed Flynn in national security briefings. Poor judgment & Pence lied pic.twitter.com/yP9R3TYVVP

— RiotWomenn (@riotwomennn) March 11, 2017

Flynn told Trump team he might register as a foreign agent. @realDonaldTrump made him Natl security advisor anyway. https://t.co/xU3gdJuOGi

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 11, 2017

This would seem like a big deal. Flynn was paying an ex-FBI agent at the center of one of the Clinton email scandal chapters during campaign pic.twitter.com/wda0s7rK0x

— Garance Franke-Ruta (@thegarance) March 11, 2017

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Rachel Dolezal Does the Talk Shows - Says She is "Not White"

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Rachel Dolezal resigned from the Spokane NAACP yesterday:

Dolezal's Complete Statement from Facebook

Dear Executive Committee and NAACP Members, It is a true honor to serve in the racial and social justice movement here...
Posted by Spokane NAACP on Monday, June 15, 2015

Dolezal expressed no remorse, nor did she apologize for any deception on her part:

. . . Police brutality, biased curriculum in schools, economic disenfranchisement, health inequities, and a lack of pro-justice political representation are among the concerns at the forefront of the current administration of the Spokane NAACP.
And yet, the dialogue has unexpectedly shifted internationally to my personal identity in the context of defining race and ethnicity.
I have waited in deference while others expressed their feelings, beliefs, confusions and even conclusions - absent the full story.

So she is viewing herself as the victim of the press.


In the last 24 hours Dolezal has also drawn scrutiny to her other activities as a student, artist, college instructor and even columnist for a local Spokane newspaper. And there is probably more where all this came from!

Spokane's The Inlander explains why they hired, and now fired, Rachel Dolezal as a columnist: http://t.co/35b6ijU8vv by editor @jacobhfries

— Scott Leadingham (@scottleadingham) June 15, 2015

Dolezal has been let go from Eastern Washington University where she was an African Studies Professor (or adjunct instructor - there's some disagreement).

From CBS News

Her biography has also been removed from Eastern Washington University's website. The university said her contract to teach ended this month.

The material below was captured before her biography was scrubbed from the college's website.

This is #RachelDolezal's professor profile at Eastern Washington University: http://t.co/csFySqJxAu pic.twitter.com/K167LmW2hz

— Terrell J. Starr (@Russian_Starr) June 12, 2015

Rachel is a professor -- of course | http://t.co/BDrEsL8rYV | pic.twitter.com/LrxL1zOiif

— Mike Doran (@Doranimated) June 12, 2015

While a student at the traditionally black Howard University, Dolezal for discrimination - because she was white!

#RachelDolezal once filed a lawsuit because she felt discriminated against for being white... http://t.co/mhQukUNLX0 pic.twitter.com/AjaMzPIcDa

— Perez Hilton (@PerezHilton) June 16, 2015

From the Daily Beast

The Smoking Gun reported Monday.... Dolezal accused the historically black college of improperly blocking her job as a teaching assistant, rejecting her application to be a post-graduate instructor, and denying her scholarship aid. Dolezal also claimed the university removed some of her artwork from a student exhibition because it was “motivated by a discriminatory purpose to favor African-American students over” her. An appeals court dismissed the complaint in 2004 because it found there was no evidence of discrimination.

The details are rather fascinating, via Smoking Gun

Dolezal, then known as Rachel Moore, named the university and Professor Alfred Smith as defendants in a lawsuit filed in Washington, D.C.’s Superior Court. During the pendency of the civil case, Smith was chairman of Howard’s Department of Art.

According to a Court of Appeals opinion, Dolezal's lawsuit “claimed discrimination based on race, pregnancy, family responsibilities and gender.” She alleged that Smith and other school officials improperly blocked her appointment to a teaching assistant post, rejected her application for a post-graduate instructorship, and denied her scholarship aid while she was a student.
The court opinion also noted that Dolezal claimed that the university’s decision to remove some of her artworks from a February 2001 student exhibition was “motivated by a discriminatory purpose to favor African-American students over” her.
As detailed in the court opinion, Dolezal’s lawsuit contended that Howard was “permeated with discriminatory intimidation, ridicule, and insult.”

Judge Zoe Bush dismissed Dolezal’s complaint in February 2004, 18 months after the lawsuit was filed and Dolezal was deposed on several occasions. Bush found no evidence that Dolezal was discriminated on the basis of race or other factors. The D.C. Court of Appeals subsequently affirmed Bush’s decision.
Following the dismissal of Dolezal’s lawsuit (and the Court of Appeals decision), she was ordered to reimburse Howard for a “Bill of Costs” totaling $2728.50. During the case, she was also ordered to pay the university nearly $1000 in connection with an “obstructive and vexatious” court filing that sought to improperly delay her examination by an independent doctor.

It's fascinating that Dolezal's art was the sticking point. It has now come to light that Dolezal copied (try plagiarized) a famous painting by British artist J.M.W. Turner called "The Slave Ship" and called it her own original work. In her catalog only speaks of her own interpretation of the scene. It's audacious!

Rachel Dolezal's painting The Shape of Our Kind is a near duplicate of J.M.W. Turner's 1840 The Slave Ship. pic.twitter.com/DGC7GkkPiu

— Jolie Adams (@Jolieishere) June 15, 2015

This photo of Dolezal in front of the plagiarized painting as published in TheEasternerOnline bears the caption:

Rachel Dolezal, an EWU Professor, sits on a couch at her home in front of an original painting she created. Dolezal obtained her master's in fine arts at Howard University.

Dolezal tried to fill in some of the blanks in her "full story" by giving an interview to NBC's TODAY Show with Matt Lauer. But again there are more questions than answers as Dolezal dodged the basic question of why she has lied about her racial identity.
From TODAY

"I was drawing self-portraits with the brown crayon instead of the peach crayon, and black curly hair," she told Lauer. But she insisted she never deceived anyone as numerous critics have suggested.
"I do take exception to that because it's a little more complex than me identifying as black or answering a question of, are you black or white?" she said.
. . . "As much as this discussion has somewhat been at my expense recently, and in a very sort of viciously inhumane way come out of the woodwork, the discussion is really about what it is to be human," she said.

A woman who spray-tans, wears Afro wigs, and lies about havin a Black "dad" just sat on tv & said her parents are "whitewashing" her.

— Rusty Redenbacher (@rustymk2) June 16, 2015

From Washington Post

“I definitely am not white,” Dolezal told NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie in an excerpt of the interview which will air on “Nightly News.” “Nothing about being white describes who I am.”
. . . “I identify as black,” Dolezal told NBC’s “Today” show on Tuesday morning. “I did feel that, at some point, I would need to address the complexity of my identity.”
In a series of interviews with the network — a first since she was thrust into the national spotlight — the 37-year-old Dolezal was challenged about her race and the accusations that she had been deceptive for years.
Dolezal told Guthrie: “I am more black than I am white.”

Ferguson Witness 40 is a Lying Racist - and McCulloch Knew It

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The Travesty of Witness 40 in the Ferguson Case

More stuff is coming out daily about Witness 40, who in spite of a dubious story and no proof she was even there, was allowed to testify to the Ferguson Grand Jury in the shooting death of Michael Brown. Smoking Gun reveals that Witness 40's real name is Sandra McElroy, and they rightly refer to her as a "fabulist" whose testimony was illegal perjury. She has untreated bipolar syndrome and lives in an alternate reality of her own making.

We've unmasked "Witness 40," the Ferguson grand jury witness who spun a preposterous eyewitness tale: http://t.co/NvT1FSxY7u #witness40
— The Smoking Gun (@tsgnews) December 15, 2014

From Smoking Gun

Though prosecutors have sought to cloak the identity of grand jury witnesses, a TSG investigation has identified McElroy as “Witness 40.” A careful analysis of information contained in the unredacted portions of “Witness 40”’s grand jury testimony helped reporters identify McElroy and then conclusively match up details of her life with those of “Witness 40.”
TSG examined criminal, civil, matrimonial, and bankruptcy court records, as well as online postings and comments to unmask McElroy as “Witness 40,” the fabulist whose grand jury testimony and law enforcement interviews are deserving of multi-count perjury indictments.
. . . When asked what she was doing in Ferguson--which is about 30 miles north of her home--McElroy explained that she was planning to “pop in” on a former high school classmate she had not seen in 26 years. Saddled with an incorrect address and no cell phone, McElroy claimed that she pulled over to smoke a cigarette and seek directions from a black man standing under a tree. In short order, the violent confrontation between Brown and Wilson purportedly played out in front of McElroy.
Despite an abundance of red flags, state prosecutors put McElroy in front of the Ferguson grand jury the day after her meeting with the federal officials. After the 12-member panel listened to a tape of her interview conducted at the FBI office, McElroy appeared and, under oath, regaled the jurors with her eyewitness claims.

Not only is she lying about her whereabouts that day, but she had fabricated a story years earlier in order to cast doubt on a police matter, and Prosecutor Bob McCulloch must have know that. She got involved in the kidnapping of a boy named Shawn Hornbeck. So she was known by police and prosecutors to be a known liar way before the murder of Mike Brown. She should never have been allowed near a Grand Jury.

. . . (Ms. McElroy) fabricated a bizarre story in the wake of the rescue of Shawn Hornbeck, a St. Louis boy who had been held captive for more than four years by Michael Devlin, a resident of Kirkwood, a city just outside St. Louis.
McElroy, who also lived in Kirkwood, told KMOV-TV that she had known Devlin (seen at left) for 20 years. She also claimed to have gone to the police months after the child’s October 2002 disappearance to report that she had seen Devlin with Hornbeck. The police, McElroy said, checked out her tip and determined that the boy with Devlin was not Hornbeck.
In the face of McElroy’s allegations, the Kirkwood Police Department fired back at her. Cops reported that they investigated her claim and determined that “we have no record of any contact with Mrs. McElroy in regards to Shawn Hornbeck.” The police statement concluded, “We have found that this story is a complete fabrication.”

She's also a blinkin' racist, and her claim that she was trying to stop using the N-word is a lie. Smoking Gun's reporting continues with this analysis of her YouTube page:

An examination of McElroy’s YouTube page, which she apparently shares with one of her daughters, reveals other evidence of racial animus. Next to a clip about the disappearance of a white woman who had a baby with a black man is the comment, “see what happens when you bed down with a monkey have ape babies and party with them.” A clip about the sentencing of two black women for murder is captioned, “put them monkeys in a cage.”
McElroy’s YouTube page is also filled with a variety of anti-Barack Obama videos, including a clip purporting to show Michelle Obama admitting that the president was born in Kenya. Over the past year, McElroy has subscribed to three channels devoted to mystery and real crime shows, as well as a “We Are Darren Wilson” video channel.

#witness40 racist rant about the disappearance of a white woman who had a baby with a black man. #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/QEKne5NMOY
— 3ChicsPolitico (@3ChicsPolitico) December 17, 2014

Ferguson: Was #Witness40 Even There? http://t.co/TSiGHZNkHN http://t.co/iLzHUkrfja @JoeNBC @morningmika @LisaBloom @AriMelber @lawrence
— RightWingWatch Fan (@RWwatchMA) December 17, 2014

#Witness40 used Facebook to comment on the #MikeBrown case http://t.co/J6FSh4kIrK @JoeNBC @LisaBloom @morningmika pic.twitter.com/OSAXwLdxzr
— RightWingWatch Fan (@RWwatchMA) December 17, 2014

It's shocking that so much credence was given to #witness40 Hannity has quoted her dozens of time. Her made up story is baked into narrative

— Rick S (@gratepool) December 17, 2014

"@Politics_PR: Darren Wilson’s Key Witness,#Witness40, Is A Bipolar Racist Liar➡️ http://t.co/dwICwdz0oC #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/UrsIK8w2lP"
— Anthony B. (@PoliticalAnt) December 17, 2014

The Travesty of Witness 40 in the Ferguson Case

One witness allowed to testify to the Ferguson Grand Jury on the death of Mike Brown was a self-avowed racist who had raised money to help shooter Darren Wilson. She also seems to have fabricated a "journal" in which she describes Mike Brown as "running at the cop like a football player, head down." But there's a problem - she can't prove she was even there that day, and the FBI can't find video of her car anywhere near Florissant Avenue that day.

Also, she testified that she was there after waking up that morning and deciding to "cure" her habit of saying the "N-Word" by driving through the black part of town.

Is that believable? I don't think so. No one thinks so.

Yet Bob McCulloch, the Ferguson Prosecutor, allowed her crazy-ass, obviously false testimony into the record, and even showed the Grand Jury a nutty interview she did with FBI agents in which she can't remember much and admits to being racist anyway. Then McCulloch didn't bother to question the reality of her statements, or give the jurors any sense of direction. It was admitted as if it was all factual.

This witness should be investigated and charged with perjury, or at the least needs some type of psychological intervention.

McCulloch should be disbarred and a Federal Prosecutor should cut through this crap immediately - not next week, not next month. This is a travesty of justice.

Of course, the Fox Racist News is running with Witness 40 as "proof" that Darren Wilson was in fear of his life from "linebacker" Mike Brown. Sean Hannity is using that line as often as possible - he loved George Zimmerman who killed unarmed Trayvon Martin, and now he loves Darren Wilson who shot down unarmed Mike Brown in the street. See a pattern there? Oh, but not racist, right?


Witness 40 Journal Entry Here


The FBI warned this person not to lie, but she then told them a completely garbled story, and she's probably lying about not having cable TV too. And probably everything else!
FBI Interview Transcript Here

We have to let you know that, we tell this
to everybody, if you lie to a federal agent, and
you, (inaudible) it is a crime. You are better off
not saying a word and just not talking to us if you
plan on lying and sitting in here and telling us
lies.

. . .

Transcript Via CascadianX1 on Gawker

August 9th - Saturday

8AM

Well Im gonna take my random drive to Alousant (sp. Florissant). Need to understand the Black was better so I stop calling Blacks N*****s and start calling them People. Like dad always said you cant fear an hate an entire race cause of what one man did 40 yrs ago.

4PM

OMFG it was crazy I dont even know where I was I ask Q.T. guy for directions but went wrong way. I just wanted to take drive. I ended up in Some Apartment Complex & asked directions again. Real nice kid in wife beater he had no idea he asked guy in green Shirt & Jeans that guy was realy sweet. Then I heard a weird noise caught my attention this cop was backing up saying [?]

I couldnt hear but they was some kids I almost hit with car. A big one & a skinny one. The Cop tried getting out & the big one hit the door the cop looked pissed & tryed opening door again. The big kid hit the door with his gut & the little one punched the mirror someth gold fell on the ground. The big one is half in the window/door cant Remember. I swear the little one had the cops leg. I heard a noise not sure what the guy in the green shirt was yelling stop the big kid pulled his pants up they was tan shorts & he started running the skinny one took off on opp direct the cop got out left hand on face right hand on gun. The cop scream but I could not understand . Every one was screaming. I heard 'lay yo stupid ass down' I think it was a lady next to me. The cop was wobbling the big kid turned around had his arms out with attitude. The cop just stood there dang if that kid didnt start running right at the cop like a football player head down. I heard 3 bangs but the big kid wouldn't stop. I heard cop say something but not sure what or if he was just making noise. Cop took a couple steps forward then backwards and the gun went off 2 more times. The last one the top of the kids head. OMG the blood. The green shirt man grabbed my arm and said get your ass out of here. I got in car & drove into into neighborhood some how[?] I went through parking lot across the street & back to Main Rd. Not sure how long but police were every place with Police tape. There was other cops there I seen one pull his gun but he didnt fire. Dont even remember when he got there. There was lady in parking lot of QT I just pulled up and asked for the close highway. She points & I left. Then to top shit off I got on highway going the wrong way. Had to ask for direct again. Real nice old man helped me out. Home has no cable so not sure whats on news.

9PM

Talked to [REDACTED] without telling him everything. He told me 1st I was nuts to taking drive up there and 2nd keep my mouth shut. He's prols right noone will believe me anyway.

The witness said "They need to kill the F'n Ni**ers ... It's like an Ape fest" http://t.co/1p5obF3F8O #witness40 #inners
— Funkasaurus (@Pretefunkera) December 10, 2014

Wow. I want to say unbelievable but can't. #witness40 #chargeMcCulloch
— Phillip Winston (@PhillipWinston) December 10, 2014

“@kcz_ws_mike: @seanhannity here is your favorite witness..pic.twitter.com/wuszodmTGA” ask Grand Jury 1 of many witnesses. I was not on G jury
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) December 10, 2014

McCulloch didn't release #Witness40's FBI transcript with the others because he knew it was damning when coupled with her journal. #Ferguson
— Robert Mitchell (@RLM_3) December 10, 2014

#inners Witness #40 may not have been at murder site but her other personalities were and they'll swear to it. <Looking for tinfoil hat>
— Bill Wong (@ten24get) December 10, 2014

Crazy Karl Rove Says Hillary Has Brain Damage

Karl Rove is struggling to put his troubles behind him, and by that I mean the night  Rove lost his marbles on Fox News when President Obama won Ohio on election night in 2012. He was so bizarre (and obviously wrong) that night he lost his job on Fox News, but after a few weeks Roger Ailes felt sorry for him and welcomed him back.



Now he is going after Hillary Clinton, who hasn't even announced a 2016 run for President yet, by saying she is "brain damaged" by a concussion and blood clot she suffered that same year.

I guess Karl is trying to earn political cred so some Republican might pay for his political expertise in skewing poll numbers again to feed to the trusting Republican voters. But like his warped and damaged party, his "brand" is broken and can't be put back together again. I'm not sure even the Koch Brothers want to pay him this time around.

Here's what Karl said, embroidered with lies. He hasn't changed much since 2012.

New York Post Story

(Rove) said if Clinton runs for president, voters must be told what happened when she suffered a fall in December 2012.
The official diagnosis was a blood clot. Rove told the conference near LA Thursday, “Thirty days in the hospital? And when she reappears, she’s wearing glasses that are only for people who have traumatic brain injury? We need to know what’s up with that.”
Rove repeated the claim a number of times to the audience. Clinton’s rep said, “Please assure Dr. Rove she’s 100 percent.”
Despite Rove’s claims, then-Secretary of State Clinton was discharged from New York Presbyterian Hospital after spending three days undergoing treatment for a potentially life-threatening blood clot.

The Hillary Camp also said:

There are no words for this level of lying.
~ A Clinton spokesperson via The Wire

And the White House:

Here's what I would say about cognitive capacity, which is that Dr. Rove might have been the last person in America on election night to recognize and acknowledge that the President had won reelection, including the state of Ohio. So we'll leave it at that,"
~ White House Press Secretary Jay Carney

Rove is already backpeddling:

I didn't say she had brain damage, she had a serious health episode.
. . . My point was that Hillary Clinton wants to run for President ... She would not be human if this didn't enter in as a consideration...
. . . I never used that phrase.
~ Karl Rove on Fox News

Now Ex-President Bill Clinton puts the Kibosh on old "Ham" Rove:

I got to give him credit, you know that embodies that old saying, ‘Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.’First they say she faked her concussion, now they say she’s auditioning for a part on The Walking Dead. She works out every week, she is strong, she’s doing great. As far as I can tell she’s in better shape than I am now…I was sort of dumbfounded. You can’t get too upset about it — it’s just the beginning, they’ll get better and better at it. I’m still waiting for them to admit there was nothing in White Water.”
~ via Politicus USA

Karl Rove: I never said Hillary had brain damage, but we need to talk about her age http://t.co/BC3XUqnB5X pic.twitter.com/aOhlMKvjiB
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) May 13, 2014

Karl Rove has 2 knicknames: TurdBlossom (GWB) & The Architect… Aptly named b/c he built GOP outhouse which quickly filled up w/FecalFinance.
— From A Citizen (@CuestionMarque) May 14, 2014

So let me get this straight. Karl Rove. Bush's brain..A.K.A. Miss Piggy..is now questioning Hillary Clinton's brain?
— Dana V. Smith (@DanaVSmith) May 14, 2014

.@KarlRove is accusing @HillaryClinton of brain damage? The same guy who was sure @MittRomney would win? That Karl Rove? Just checking.
— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) May 13, 2014

How do we know Karl Rove didn’t murder an entire family with a hatchet? #karlrovequestions
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 13, 2014

"I think Karl Rove may have brain damage." - Donald Sterling
— Hesiod Theogeny (@Hesiod2k11) May 14, 2014

The evidence for Hillary Clinton having brain damage seems thin. It's not like she thought Romney could win Ohio.
— Bearded Stoner (@beardedstoner) May 13, 2014

Hillary scares "poppin fresh" Karl Rove witless just by existing. She eats little faux Rs for appetizers. Bring in the clowns #Benghazi boys
— Beth Houston (@MacBethSpeaks) May 14, 2014

Karl Rove: SHhhhh, be vewy vewy qwiet, I'm hunting Hillawy! #ElmerRove #UniteBlue
— WayneEdH (@WayneEdH) May 13, 2014

Miranda was carrying Passwords when Stopped in UK

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'Which person,' she [Professor McGonagall] said, her voice shaking, 'which abysmally foolish person wrote down this week's passwords and left them lying around?'
There was utter silence, broken by the smallest of terrified squeaks.
Neville Longbottom, trembling from head to fluffy-skippered toes, raised his hand slowly in the air.
~ from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, chapter "Flight of the Fat Lady"

From "Extraordinary Court Statement via @davidbarrett and @joshuafoust

• Statement from senior Cabinet Office civil servant to #miranda case says material was 58000 ‘highly classified UK intelligence documents’
• Police who seized documents from #miranda found among them a piece of paper with the decryption password, the statement says
• This password allowed them to decrypt one file on his seized hard drive, adds Oliver Robbins, Cabinet Office security adviser #miranda
• The Govt believes Edward Snowden, the NSA ‘whistleblower’, “indiscriminately appropriated material in bulk” #miranda
• The material contains personal information that would allow British intelligence staff to be identified, inc some overseas, it adds #miranda
• The Govt has had to assume Snowden data is now in the hands of foreign governments, since his travel abroad (to HK and Russia) #miranda
• Statement specifically says UK but they haven’t finish decrypting yet
• It is “impossible” for Glenn Greenwald or any other journalist to determine which info could damage UK national security: Robbins statement
• “The claimant & his associates have demonstrated very poor judgment in their security arrangements with respect to the material…”#miranda
• “…rendering the appropriation of the material, or at least access to it by other, non-State actors, a real possibility” #miranda
• “The fact that…the claimant was carrying on his person a handwritten piece of paper containing the password for one of the encrypted files recovered from him is a sign of very poor information security practice,” says Govt statement #miranda
• Statement implies GCHQ as well as Scotland Yard are working on the electronic media seized from #miranda

From Telegraph UK

David Miranda accused of carrying secrets that threatened spies' lives. This looks bad for Glenn

. . . The Government's accessed just a small portion of an astonishing 58,000 pages of intelligence documents and, according to a witness statement by Oliver Robbins, deputy national security adviser to the Cabinet, it includes: "personal information of UK intelligence officers, any compromise of which would result in a risk to their lives and those of their family members." Robbins argued that if this data had got into the public sphere then it would have made spies and their loved ones vulnerable to attack or recruitment by hostile forces.

. . . Miranda's lawyer said in reply that, "Mr Miranda does not accept the assertions they have made." Presumably, this means that he does not accept the assertion that the data he was carrying threatened UK national security and even the lives of its operatives. Yet this somewhat contradicts something Miranda told The Guardian two weeks ago. Back then, he said, "I don't look at documents. I don't even know if it was documents that I was carrying." So if he didn't look at the documents, how can he know that they didn't include the kind of information that the UK Government alleges?

Anyone claiming that David Miranda was carrying a password that allowed access to documents is lying. UK itself says they can't access them.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) August 30, 2013

@MichaelKelleyBI If they had a password to decrypt, why would they have to "reconstruct" anything? They'd just get right into the docs
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) August 30, 2013

@markmcan It didn't allow access to any documents.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) August 30, 2013

@ggreenwald So what did they access in those 20 gigs? What information do they have that allows them to reconstruct?
— Michael Kelley (@MichaelKelleyBI) August 30, 2013

@MichaelKelleyBI Good encryption requires multiple passwords, not just one. That pw allows no access to documents, period.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) August 30, 2013

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But he's a journo! No, he's family! No, wait, he's...uh... MT @timothy_stanley #Miranda accused of carrying secrets http://t.co/lYdb77ux5Q
— Tom Nichols (@TheWarRoom_Tom) August 30, 2013

Absolutely incendiary report on #Miranda #Greenwald and their crimes. Told you so http://t.co/aykaY5FvDz
— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) August 30, 2013

Confirmed today: Glenn Greenwald is a liar. #Miranda
— Ignacio Carrion (@igcarr) August 30, 2013

So for leaving passwords around, #Miranda now becomes the Neville Longbottom of the #Snowden - #Guardian saga #HarryPotter
— Jeanne K. (@SnarkAmendment) August 30, 2013

@jkfecke @SnarkAmendment @MperiousRex However, I volunteer to send him (and Greenwald and Snowden) the loudest fucking Howler ever made.
— Danielle (@DCPlod) August 30, 2013

@SnarkAmendment I dunno, I think Neville was smarter than that. @amaditalks
— Princess Bitchykins (@SamuraiKnitter) August 30, 2013

Next we’ll find out that the password Miranda had written down was “password”.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 30, 2013

Well, don't worry. The Russians only got their hands on that data if they were able to crack "password written on paper" technology.
— Jeff Fecke (@jkfecke) August 30, 2013

I'm disturbed that the Media has ceded their role as reporters and as acting as Stenographers for Snowden and Greenwald.
— Malcolm Johnson (@admiralmpj) August 30, 2013

Wait, so Greenwald's partner was traveling with what was basically the NOC list from Mission Impossible when he was detained?
— Ian (@iboudreau) August 30, 2013

"@Green_Footballs: At this point, any journalist who repeats Greenwald’s claims unskeptically is being played for a fool." cc: @chrislhayes
— Scott Finley (@TheScottFinley) August 30, 2013

The UK court ruling shows, once again, how brazenly Greenwald lied about the incident.
— joshuafoust (@joshuafoust) August 30, 2013

Assange, Snowden, Greenwald all traitors that wounded US National Security putting Americans at risk! http://t.co/AjIk8OqMf4
— Frank Beaudine (@usa_truth) August 30, 2013