By Glynn Wilson — WASHINGTON, D.C. — It shouldn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that being offered payment in cryptocurrency to hide nuclear submarine secrets in a peanut butter sandwich and a chewing gum package might be an under cover agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, not a spy for Russian dictator…
Domestic Surveillance
Capitol Insurrection Investigative Committee Seeks Records That Could Implicate President Trump and Other Republicans in Planning the Assault
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is quietly signaling that former President Donald Trump and other Republicans involved in inciting the seditious assault may not escape scrutiny. Chairman Bennie G. Thompson, the Democrat from Mississippi, and Vice Chair Liz Cheney, the Republican from Wyoming,…
Texas and Ohio Men Arrested and Charged With Assaulting Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection
Staff Report – A Texas man and Ohio man were arrested last week for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of counting the electoral votes in the presidential election of 2020. Steven Cappuccio, 52, of…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Moves to Create a Select Committee to Investigate the Capitol Insurrection
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Impatient with Senate Republicans for blocking the creation of a bipartisan, independent commission to investigate the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi moved this week to create a select committee with subpoena power to conduct a Congressional investigation into the insurrection that…
Federal Judge Denies Bond for Alabama Trump Supporter Arrested Jan. 6 with Molotov Cocktails and Weapons Cache
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Vietnam Army veteran and Trump supporter from Lacon Mountain in Falkville, Alabama who got caught and arrested in the nation’s capital on Jan. 6 with 11 Molotov cocktails and a cache of guns and ammunition was denied bond this week by a federal judge. In a 24-page…
Biden Administration Extends REAL ID Enforcement Deadline
Staff Report – The Biden administration is further extending the deadline for citizens to go through the process of verifying their identity through the Real ID program due to circumstances resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The enforcement date will now be pushed back by by 19 months, from October 1, 2021 to May 3,…
South Carolina Man Arrested for Assaulting Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Staff Report – A right-wing Trump supporter from South Carolina was arrested and charged last week for assaulting police officers and destroying government property during the Capitol insurrection on January 6, according to a press release just out from the U.S. Department of Justice. The department unsealed a complaint this week against Nicholas Languerand, 26,…
One Hundred Days Since the Capitol Insurrection: Will All Those Responsible Ever Be Held Accountable?
By Glynn Wilson – Can we just keep our eye on the ball here? It’s been 100 days since the violent attack on the Capitol of the United States by armed supporters of former President Donald Trump in what can best be described as an “insurrection,” according to experts. How is this anniversary being covered…
Four More Right Wingers Charged in U.S. Capitol Insurrection
Staff Report – The United States Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation continue to make arrests and charge more domestic terrorists with crimes for breaching the U.S. Capitol on January 6 and trying to prevent the certification of the 2020 election. This week, a member of the Proud Boys and his brother…
Trump Insurrectionists Whine About Jail Time: Will Trump Be Charged With His Crimes?
By Glynn Wilson – Poor Richard. It’s not fair. Richard Barnett, that is, the Arkansas redneck Trump supporting insurrectionist and domestic terrorist who was infamously photographed during the Capitol riot on January 6 with his feet propped up on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk. He shouted at a federal judge during a virtual court appearance…
Six More Oath Keepers Charged for Conspiracy to Obstruct Congress in Capitol Insurrection
By Glynn Wilson – Six more members of the right-wing domestic militia organization known as the Oath Keepers were arrested and charged Friday by the U.S. Department of Justice for conspiracy to obstruct Congress from certifying the Electoral College presidential election results on January 6 by planning a violent insurrection and engaging in a wide…
Capitol Police Officers Face Investigation for Role in Capitol Insurrection
Six Officers Suspended – By Glynn Wilson – In more evidence that some Capitol Police officers were in on the stand down order and inside job we reported first to allow Trump supporters to enter the building during the insurrection on January 6, it has been announced that six officers have been suspended and at…
Man From Maine Man Arrested and Charged in Capitol Breach
Staff Report – A man from Lebanon Maine was arrested Thursday and appeared in U.S. District Court Friday on charges stemming from his assault on local law enforcement officers, as well as other crimes, during the riots at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 that disrupted a Joint Session of the U.S. Congress in the…
Another Member of the Proud Boys Charged with Obstructing an Official Proceeding
Staff Report – Another member of the Proud Boys, a nationalistic, chauvinist domestic terrorist organization, was arrested Thursday and charged in federal court in the District of Columbia with obstructing or impeding an official proceeding, among other charges, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Ethan Nordean, aka Rufio Panman, 30,…
Proud Boys Charged With Conspiracy in Capitol Insurrection
By Glynn Wilson – The New York Times is now reporting that the first “conspiracy” to obstruct Capitol Police and Congress charges have been filed against two members of the far-right nationalist group the Proud Boys as of Friday night, according to federal prosecutors investigating the violent riot and insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on…
Capitol Insurrection Investigation Update Week 3: Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville Implicated in Plot
By Glynn Wilson – It’s now been three weeks since the violent insurrection and attempted coup on the part of the Trump cabal to upend the peaceful transition of power in America and halt Congress on Jan. 6 from certifying the Electoral College votes for the clear winner of the election, President Joe Biden. This…
New FBI Director Addresses Cybersecurity Threats at Conference
Editor’s Note: It may not be crystal clear where the Federal Bureau of Investigation stands in credibility these days considering the tensions with the Trump White House related to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian tampering with the 2016 presidential election. But the agency and its new director, Christopher Wray, are going out of…
Trump Shutdown Poses Real National Security Threat
Experts say the nation’s cybersecurity could be deeply impacted with federal government workers on furlough and private contractors going without pay. SUNDAY READER – By Glynn Wilson — Celebrity President Donald J. Trump the propaganda master and magician is using his slight of hand again to command all the attention of the national news media…
Freedom of Speech Rallies Show Free Speech Alive and Well in America
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – White conservative activists for Trump rallied for “free speech” on the National Mall on Sunday while counter demonstrators held their own rally higher up on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in objection to “hate speech,” chanting “no Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA.” To observers of all…
Russian Spies Charged in Yahoo Hacking Case
By Glynn Wilson – Two Russian spies and two computer hackers have been charged with breaking into 500 million Yahoo email accounts between 2014 and 2016 in one of the largest cyber intrusions in U.S. history, according to a press release just out from the FBI. The charges were announced in the midst of ongoing…