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Former FBI Director James Comey discussed his legal thriller "Central Park West" and why he decided to start writing novels. About Books also reported on the latest publishing industry news and current non-fiction books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Former FBI Director James Comey discussed his legal thriller "Central Park West" and why he decided to start writing novels. About Books also reported on the latest publishing industry news and current non-fiction books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Medea Benjamin, an anti-war and anti-torture activist and the co-founder of Code Pink, and Simone Chun, a fellow at the Korea Policy Institute and a member of the Korean Peace Network.The US and South Korea have canceled a major military exercise scheduled for August after President Trump made the surprise concession in Singapore last week. Meanwhile, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is in Beijing for consultations. He has also been invited to visit Moscow and Washington, and rumored to have been invited to Japan. In Loud & Clear’s weekly Wednesday series False Profits—A Weekly Look at Wall Street and Corporate Capitalism with Daniel Sankey, the hosts join Daniel in analyzing the back-and-forth trade war between China and the US. Financial policy analyst Daniel Sankey joins the show. Former FBI Director Comey released an op-ed today in the New York Times defending his actions in the Hillary Clinton email probe. The hosts continue to discuss yesterday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing featuring the Justice Department’s Inspector General and the FBI Director. Inspector General Michael Horowitz defended his finding that political bias played no role in the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s emails, although he said that he was deeply concerned about the inappropriate and unethical behavior and actions of dozens of FBI agents. Brian and John speak with Dan Kovalik, a human rights and labor lawyer who is the author of “The Plot to Attack Iran.” Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were American citizens who were accused in the 1950s of spying for the Soviet Union. They were put through a politically charged trial and quickly convicted, despite convincing evidence that Ethel was innocent of any crime and Julius was guilty of no more than a minor one. Sixty five years ago today they were executed. Their sons, Michael and Robert Meeropol have worked for years to clear their parents’ names. Michael Steven Smith, who is an attorney, author, activist, and host of the radio show Law and Disorder, joins the show. A former CIA employee was charged with multiple counts of espionage for allegedly leaking documents that became known as the Vault 7 revelations. Prof. Bryan Ford leads the Decentralized/Distributed Systems lab at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), joins Brian and John. Political pressure is growing rapidly on the Trump Administration to end its policy of separating migrant families at the border. A poll released yesterday shows that 66 percent of Americans oppose the policy, the United Nations declared it a form of child abuse, and even Republican senators are sponsoring bills to end it immediately. Jorge Barón, the executive director of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, joins the show.Today, the 19th of June, is Juneteenth, which commemorates the day in 1865 when 250,000 slaves in Texas were finally told that they were free, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. One hundred fifty three years later, Juneteenth is still relevant as people of color still struggle for equal rights in the United States and as migrants fight to keep their families together. Brian and John speak with C. R. Gibbs. He’s an author and co-author of six books and a frequent national and international lecturer and he appears regularly on television to discuss historical issues. He is the featured speaker at a Juneteenth history event going on now hosted by ONE D.C. & Stop Police Terror Project DC.
Former FBI Director Comey drafted exoneration letter before Clinton investigation complete, August jobs numbers are weak, Imran Awan hearing and Erik Prince talks Afghanistan.On this episode of "Faultlines" host Garland Nixon and Lee Stranahan, discuss the bombshell report that former FBI director Comey drafted exoneration letters long before the Clinton email investigation was over. In the Second Segment Garland and Lee talk about the latest jobs numbers and all things economy In a third segment, "Faultlines" hosts Garland Nixon and Lee Stranahan discuss the weekly roundup including the Erik Prince Afghanistan interview and Imran Awan's hearing.
Guest: Frank Burke, author, businessman and contributor to American Thinker........Former FBI Director Comey before Congress the day after...........how big of a deal was it? Where do we go from here.........Big elections in the UK and the conservatives lost seats but still got 48%......Canada spending more on defense......Cole Porter was born in 1891..... .....plus other stories..... Please check our blog or YouTube or follow me on Twitter.
In today's podcast, we hear that Qatar remains in bad odor with its neighbors over a recent online provocation. (Russia denies any involvement.) Anomali talks about influence operations, especially with respect to elections, where they may be moving from doxing to disinformation. Leaks about election hacking shouldn't turn you off to multifactor authentication—it's not the technology; it's us. Former FBI Director Comey testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Level 3 Communications' Dale Drew review health care security stats. Drew Paik from Authentic8 shares vacation traveling tips. And a lesson from the NSA leak arrest: assume the boss is watching.
Mike Van Dulken, Head of Research at Accendo Markets and Tip TV Presenter Zak Mir discuss Super Thursday - UK general election voting, ECB rate decision and Draghi speech and Former FBI Director Comey’s testimony to Congress - and the potential impact on the most sensitive markets. Listen to the full segment as Dulken shares his view on- UK elections and ECB policy GBP/USD, FTSE 100, US Crude FX Sentiment powered by Oanda #UK, #elections, #ECB, #centralbanks, #interestrates, #Comey, #US, #markets, #trading, #investing, #stocks, #equities, #forex, #commodities, #finance
This week the Savages discuss Trump pulling out of the Paris Accord, Former FBI Director Comey's pending Senate testimony, and Bill Maher. Special Congrats to our contest winner.
The Trump White House does seem to be an Executive edition of The Apprentice. Trump continues to treat his Oval Office as a bully pulpit and exercises his executive power to fire a third official from D.C. who dared to challenge him. Former FBI Director Comey was fired without ceremony this week after asking for more resources to invesitgate the Trump campaign's possible link to Russia's alleged interference with the 2016 presidential election. In other news: The West Virginia Supreme Court has declared LGBTQ motivated assualt not to be a hate crime.Frightwig drummer Cecilia Kuhn dies at 61, Frightwig was an early influential feminist punk band.Sing-song writer and former vocal lead for Emerald Rose, Arthur Hinds, has announced the track list for his newest solo album set to be released later this year.Pagan instrumentalist Brian Henke set to release new album Raven King this summer.DAPL springs a leak south of Standing Rock.and more