The courageous, brilliant duo of Sidney Powell and Congressman Louis Gohmert stirred up a bit of a storm in the last few days with this tweet
When I saw this it did not make sense. Let me explain. I spent four years working at State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism (now it is the Bureau of Counter Terrorism). I was one of two officers who dealt directly with the FBI in the investigation of the terrorist bombing of Pan Am 103. I learned through this experience that US law enforcement cannot operate in other countries without the permission of those countries.
I also spent 22 years scripting terrorism exercises for U.S. military special operations. My job was to replicate State Department and Embassy communications that would occur during a terrorist crisis. So, I have a lot of experience in working real world with US law enforcement, US military and our Embassies in sorting out the issues that arise when the United States wants to pursue a law enforcement or military operation in a foreign country.
The U.S. Army did not conduct a raid in Germany on either Sctyl or Dominion offices or servers. They are foreign nationals and we must operate in accordance with German law. Moreover, the U.S. Army does not have law enforcement powers with respect to such entities.
Such an operation would have been carried out with U.S. law enforcement present to take custody of the evidence. That means that the evidence will be under the control of the Department of Justice through US Attorneys and can be used in court or other judicial proceedings.
This is not the first time that a military unit attached to EUCOM has compelled a CIA computer facility to hand over evidence. A dear friend of mine (a retired DEA officer) told me about an incident where he entered a CIA facility in Frankfurt backed up by the US Army to get info the CIA was withholding (this took place in the 1980s).
I also have confirmed what Jim Hoft reported the other night–the CIA’s Gina Haspel was not informed in advance of this operation. Based on this fact, I think it is correct that action was taken in Germany on territory under U.S. control and that a CIA facility was targeted.
I also have learned that FBI Director Christopher Wray was excluded from this operation. Wray, more than Haspel, has been working aggressively to undermine and sabotage Donald Trump. This means that some other U.S. law enforcement agency (e.g., US Marshals, DEA, Secret Service, etc) had the lead in collecting the evidence.
Sidney Powell is a serious lawyer. She is not going to make a false claim. Period. She embodies honesty and integrity. Given her recent statements on Maria Bartoromo and Lou Dobbs and Eric Bolling, she clearly knows that evidence is being collected that will prove beyond reasonable doubt (i.e., the type of evidence required to obtain a criminal conviction) that the CIA had some sort of nefarious relationship with Dominion Software and that Dominion Software was being used abroad and in the United States to conduct voter fraud.
I fully expect CIA officials to argue they had no idea that Dominion was engaged in such nefarious activity. Their denial carries as much weight as the claim by Captain Louis Renault in the iconic scene in Casablanca:
Capt. Louis Renault: I am shocked, shocked that there is gambling going on in here.
Waiter: Sir here are your winnings
The coup attempt to dethrone Donald Trump continues.
Thanks for clarifying the nuts and bolts of this operation, Larry. Sidney Powell is not one to be trifled with.
Posted by: Buckeyelad | 15 November 2020 at 10:50 PM
I just hope that Trump has enough allies within the GOP and civilian government to press these charges through the courts, because the press is acting fully in support of this soft coup.
Posted by: Unhinged Citizen | 15 November 2020 at 11:24 PM
What are the odds that Soros' Tides foundation have offices in the same building as Dominion Voting Systems in Toronto?
Posted by: eakens | 15 November 2020 at 11:48 PM
I am still trying to figure out why major honcho Democrat law and lobbying firm now associated with Dominion, Brownstein, Farber, Hyatt and Shreck have offices in a little, isolated central coast down of 90,000 far from both Wash DC, LA and Sacramento.
Do they like to surf? Or is this social distancing zoom conferencing on steroids. Or are they in cahoots with UCSB high techies,
Posted by: Deap | 16 November 2020 at 12:19 AM
More about Dominion, Smartronics, Sequoia, UCSB Technology Security, state of California and Venezuala and a whole cast of other characters - foreign and domestic in this 2018 Jenny Cohn article: https://medium.com/@jennycohn1/updated-attachment-states-have-bought-voting-machines-from-vendors-controlled-and-funded-by-nation-6597e4dd3e70
Trust, but verify. I was just searching UCSB and Dominion, and this interesting article popped up.
Posted by: Deap | 16 November 2020 at 12:28 AM
Germany, along with most other countries around the world prohibit or severely limit "electronic voting" Declared it was too vulnerable to fraud and hacking after trying this method - now paper ballots only.
So why for 2020, suddenly the big push in the US to get everyone to vote electronically, after decades of failed practices elsewhere in the world. Purveyed by many of the same player foisted on the US election systems.
This voting process was rejected elsewhere because it undermined trust in these country's election integrity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_voting_by_country
We got sold a pig in a poke this year. Or a donkey's rear end.
Posted by: Deap | 16 November 2020 at 01:25 AM
Treason.
Posted by: walrus | 16 November 2020 at 02:40 AM
One of the financial markets commentators I follow, Peter Granduch, retweeted the following article and said a friend who used to be high up at DoJ said this article is broadly correct.
https://distributednews.com/474016.html
I thought of sharing this yesterday, but decided not, in light of this I think it is relevant.
Posted by: LondonBob | 16 November 2020 at 05:17 AM
I was involved in the early 2000's as a contractor in a project to create a system to allow DoD service personnel to vote digitally & replace the hard copy absentee ballots. After investing tens of millions of dollars & years, the DoD computer security folks said that there was no way that it could ever be assured that a digital voting system could not be hacked. They would not certify the security & integrity of a digital voting system & the project was scraped.
Posted by: Bill Hatch | 16 November 2020 at 05:46 AM
Astonishing stuff.
This has long been speculated. Three problem is that even if true, no one will believe it is not a Trumpian coup.
Posted by: harry | 16 November 2020 at 06:23 AM
A number of videos from Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani that have been cited
are collected in this YouTube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZlQy6FlDBO0eaaFM_fIUKK5x7oXYDlWt
I will add videos to that playlist as appropriate.
Also, if you want a break from all this talk/talk/talk,
here is a nice short (3 minute) mind-clearing piece from a 17C composer:
https://youtu.be/BmxvhBZkgFQ
For other worthy music from the same composer, Henry Purcell, see:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6WIWapSWYkcnwy7P1yn__z-hm5xLGFU8
Posted by: Keith Harbaugh | 16 November 2020 at 07:05 AM
Deap..
yep :)
Posted by: strateshooter | 16 November 2020 at 07:23 AM
Trump survived.
https://sputniknews.com/us-elections-2020/202011161081181430-cia-head-gina-haspel-should-be-fired-over-election-software-glitches-trump-lawyer-says/
I like the picture. Bid you farewell.
Tol
Posted by: U N Known | 16 November 2020 at 08:21 AM
Completely coincidental to your reporting is the de-platforming of The Conservative Treehouse, set for Wedenesday, due to the narrative there. Also coincidental is the ongoing targetted harrassment of Trump's lawyer's to get them to quit, a tactic harkening back to the '30s. If they were so certain Joe had won they would not be afraid of transparency.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/2020/11/if-media-didnt-think-trump-could-win-it-wouldnt-be-daniel-greenfield/.
Also coincidental: allegations being floated that Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino's organization may have fabricated 300,000 ballots for Biden in Philly,
https://buffalochronicle.com/2020/11/14/exclusive-how-a-philly-mob-boss-stole-the-election-and-why-he-may-flip-on-joe-biden/
background on the mobster from a more reliable source, though it makes no mention of the ballot issue:
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-mobster-podcast-prison-20201029-fymnykjw3veaxopspz6tfrixci-story.html
From Rasmussen: "Biden underperformed Hillary Clinton in every major metro area around the country, save for Milwaukee, Detroit, Atlanta and Philadelphia … in these big cities in swing states run by Democrats…the vote even exceeded the number of registered voters."
https://twitter.com/rasmussen_poll/status/1327931164552802305
I'm sure we'll shortly be informed by all the usual suspects that this is Qanon level stuff here, nothing to see, nothing to report, now move along.....
Posted by: Fred | 16 November 2020 at 09:02 AM
O/T
Increasingly I turn to SST first, for the information that, as my second source for information, Unz.com declares, offers ". . . Important, and Controversial Perspectives Largely Excluded from the American Mainstream Media."
With this distinction: Unz is free-wheeling and as even its creator states, provides an outlet for "bizarre and insane" commentary, whereas SST is hosted and moderated by persons who have had education, experience and responsibilities at the highest levels of influence at the national international levels.
Hats off to Col. Lang and those contributors to whom SST provides a platform.
Posted by: Artemesia | 16 November 2020 at 10:26 AM
I think it's very beneficial that the MAGA folks were able to get a million people into DC on Saturday.
Posted by: BillWade | 16 November 2020 at 10:27 AM
Larry,
So what do you make of the meetings that Haspel had with Sen. McConnell, and Senate Intel Members last Tuesday? Did Haspel's meetings occur right after the seizures in Germany or not?
Do you know the date that the seizures occurred? Before or after last Tuesday? Germany is also 6 hrs ahead of D.C..
Posted by: J | 16 November 2020 at 11:05 AM
Unhinged citizen:
The GOP has no more use for Trump than the Democrat-media party does.
They are all parasites in the same swamp.
I wouldn't be at all surprised to find out that McConnell voted for Biden.
It's not Dem vs. Republican, hasn't been for a long time.
It's fast becoming America vs. the swamp (and their allies in various state outposts - like Governor "hairdo" in California and the vicious little bridge troll in NY.)
Posted by: TV | 16 November 2020 at 11:14 AM
I am getting the feeling that Donald Trump is saving the best for the last, i.e. pulling the rug out from under the IC. Another indication for me has been Sidney Powell and her insistence on seeing this whole election fraud incident through. Judging from her record as a reputable Texas attorney with a ton of success and the severity of this ongoing situation, I don't believe she would put her reputation and career in jeopardy for something that is not serious and is not going to be a major revelation.
I also would like to applaud Trump for finally appointing Col. Doug McGregor (a true non-interventionist) to the DoD as an advisor and committing to what he had promised back in '16, i.e. pulling troops out of the ME and putting a stop to endless wars of nation-building there.
Posted by: Polish Janitor | 16 November 2020 at 11:19 AM
Deap:
It's a no lose for the Democrats.
If they couldn't somehow cheat to a win using computerized voting, then they scream "voter suppression."
If they do cheat their way in (as they did), then computerized voting is fine and dandy and the model for future elections.
Posted by: TV | 16 November 2020 at 11:19 AM
It was the Lincoln Project, a Republican PAC against Trump, that doxed Jones Day lawyers and subtly threatened them with future loss of business. They were joined by other Republicans such as the 43 Alumni for Biden and REPAIR.
Skinny Joey used to be Trump's fixer in Atlantic City.
Rasmussen also predicted that 33% of black voters would vote for Trump. He got what? Maybe eight percent? All men, no black church ladies.
Posted by: Leith | 16 November 2020 at 12:03 PM
RE: "Voter suppression" is a non-argument.
Every illegally cast vote suppresses the legal vote cast by another voter. Insufficient risk to benefit ratio to allow imposition any system as subject to fraud as "electronic voting" has proven to be world wide.
Posted by: Deap | 16 November 2020 at 12:06 PM
ditto Artemesia's comment...
Posted by: james | 16 November 2020 at 12:23 PM
Lieth, cite your source for black vote totals - AP projections, exit polls, or certified state vote counts. Numbers are all over the place right now, or else you are intentionally running a disinformation campaign.
All of the above state significant increases in the black vote, including what you dismissively label "black church ladies" - black women Trump vote doubled over 2016. Trump definitely broadened the diversity the GOP tent - kudos to him for that alone, and to Blexit efforts which were gaining momentum as well, for all the right reasons.
Posted by: Deap | 16 November 2020 at 12:37 PM
The story about the US election computer server raid in German gains traction in the wider media - but obvious details still missing: https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/11/donald_trump_the_loneliest_man_on_the_planet.html
We have your back, President Trump.
Posted by: Deap | 16 November 2020 at 01:15 PM