Corruption

Why Lebanon And Iraq Are At The Brink Of Further Strife

October 30, 2019 Staff, Moonofalabama.org Educate! Corruption, Electoral Politics, Iraq, Lebanon, Protests

An imminent breakdown of the very weak economy of Lebanon, partially caused by U.S. sanctions against Lebanese banks and the end of traditional Saudi subsidies to Lebanon, also led to protests and today to the resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri. He will now lead a caretaker government which will have too little power to change anything. Both, Iraq and Lebanon, have ethnic-sectarian systems that are finely balanced. The warlords or clan leaders of the various groups use the state for their own enrichment. Providing services for the whole country mean nothing to them.

Criminal Misconduct By US Border Officers Has Reached A 5-Year High

October 26, 2019 By Justin Rohrlich, Qz.com Educate! Borders, Corruption

Criminal misconduct by US border officers has reached a five-year high, according to an internal US government report obtained exclusively by Quartz. The offenses range from fraud to capital murder. The 68-page document covers disciplinary actions within US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the US Border Patrol for the federal government’s 2018 fiscal year, which ended Oct. 1, 2018. The unredacted data provides the most comprehensive look yet at the agency’s disciplinary apparatus.

Brother Of Honduran President Found Guilty In U.S. Drug Trial

October 19, 2019 Brendan Pierson, Reuters.com Educate! Corruption, Electoral Politics, Honduras

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Honduran politician Juan Antonio “Tony” Hernandez was found guilty of U.S. drug trafficking charges on Friday after a two-week trial that featured dramatic accusations of corruption against his brother, the Central American nation’s president. The verdict against Hernandez, 41, on all counts was handed up by a jury in federal court in Manhattan. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 17 and faces up to life in prison.

DC’s Atlantic Council Raked In Funding From Hunter Biden’s Corruption-Stained Employer While Courting His VP Father

October 16, 2019 Max Blumenthal, Thegrayzone.com Educate! Corruption, Electoral Politics

With its relentless focus on corruption in Russia and Ukraine, the Atlantic Council has distinguished itself from other top-flight think tanks in Washington. Over the past several years, it has held innumerable conferences and panel discussions, issued a string of reports, and published literally hundreds of essays on Russia’s “kleptocracy” and the scourge of Kremlin disinformation. At the same time, this institution has posed as a faithful partner to Ukraine’s imperiled democracy, organizing countless programs on the urgency of economic reforms to tamp down on corruption in the country.

Explainer: What’s Behind Haiti’s Deadly Protests, And Possible Outcomes

October 14, 2019 Andre Paultre, Reuters.com Educate! Class Struggle, Corruption, Haiti, Protests

Opposition leaders and their supporters in the nation of 11 million are calling for the resignation of President Jovenel Moise, 51, amid anger over fuel and food shortages, a steep currency devaluation and corruption allegations. This is the longest stretch of demonstrations against Moise since they broke out last year. At least 17 people have been killed and 189 injured, according to Haiti’s National Network for the Defense of Human Rights. The following explains the causes of the crisis as well as possible outcomes...

Whistle-Blower Reveals Flawed Construction At North Dakota Gas Plants Where Massive Spill Was Downplayed

October 4, 2019 By Justin Nobel, Desmogblog.com Educate! Corruption, North Dakota, Oil Spill, Whistleblowers

Two North Dakota gas processing plants in the heart of the Bakken oil fields have shown signs of an eroded safety culture and startling construction problems, according to Paul Lehto, a 54-year-old former gas plant operator who has come out as a whistle-blower. He described worrisome conditions at the Lonesome Creek plant, in Alexander, and the Garden Creek plant, in Watford City, where DeSmog recently revealed one of the largest oil and gas industry spills in U.S. history had occurred. Both plants process natural gas brought via pipeline from Bakken wells and are run by the Oklahoma-based oil and gas service company, ONEOK Partners.

Solomon: These Once-Secret Memos Cast Doubt On Joe Biden’s Ukraine Story

September 30, 2019 John Solomon, Thehill.com Educate! Corruption, Investigation, Joe Biden, Ukraine

Former Vice President Joe Biden, now a 2020 Democratic presidential contender, has locked into a specific story about the controversy in Ukraine. He insists that, in spring 2016, he strong-armed Ukraine to fire its chief prosecutor solely because Biden believed that official was corrupt and inept, not because the Ukrainian was investigating a natural gas company, Burisma Holdings, that hired Biden's son, Hunter, into a lucrative job. There’s just one problem. Hundreds of pages of never-released memos and documents — many from inside the American team helping Burisma to stave off its legal troubles — conflict with Biden’s narrative.

The Untold Story Of The Trump-Ukraine ‘Scandal’: The Routine Corruption Of US Foreign Policy

September 28, 2019 By Joe Lauria, Consortiumnews.com Educate! Corruption, Diplomacy, Ukraine, United States

The most crucial aspects of the Trump-Ukraine “scandal,” which has led to impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump, are not being told, even by Republicans. Trump was very likely motivated by politics if he indeed withheld military aid to Ukraine in exchange for Kiev launching an investigation into Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden, though the transcript of the call released by the White House between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelinsky does not make certain such a quid-pro-quo.

Trump and Biden Put US Regime Change Gangsterism On Display In Ukraine

September 27, 2019 Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance Educate! Corruption, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Ukraine

The corporate media is telling a false story about Joe Biden and the investigation of the gas company on whose board his son Hunter Biden sat. There was an ongoing investigation of the company and Biden threatened Ukraine with a financial crisis if the prosecutor was not fired and the investigation halted. Read the sworn statement of Ukraine Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin that claims he was forced out of office by US VP Joe Biden because Shokin was investigating the gas company on whose board Biden's son was sat. Biden threatened to disapprove a billion-dollar loan to Ukraine unless Shokin was fired. Trump and Biden put US gangsterism on display. The post-coup US involvement in Ukraine after the US-supported and led the coup, should end both of their careers and stop US regime-change operations.

Egypt’s Arab Spring Isn’t Over

September 27, 2019 Greg Wilpert, Therealnews.com Resist! Corruption, Egypt, Electoral Politics, Middle East, Protests

Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Greg Wilpert in Baltimore. Over the weekend, in the middle of the night, thousands of Egyptians took to the streets in Tahrir Square, Cairo and were soon joined by other protestors in other cities all across Egypt. It all started when Mohamed Ali, a former actor and contractor for the Egyptian government who was living in Spain, recorded a video and spread it on Facebook, calling on Egyptians to protest against the SAC government.

Former Customs And Border Protection Agent Blows The Whistle On Culture of Corruption

September 24, 2019 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG. Podcast Border, Border Patrol, Corruption, Immigrant Rights

Customs and Border Protection is in the news with the recent article in the New York Times on the lowered morale among CBP officers. Much of it stems from public opposition to the detention and separation of families and mistreatment of adults and children, whether it be crowded cells with unsanitary conditions and inadequate food or sexual and physical abuse of children and deaths. Immigrant detention is being compared to concentration camps. We speak with Jenn Budd, a former CBP officer turned whistleblower, who speaks about the reality of CBP from the inadequate training to the compromising and corruption of officers, from the misogyny to the racism and what happens to officers who speak out. Budd describes the dysfunctional culture of the CBP in detail and shares her wisdom on whether or not CBP should continue to exist.

If Ukraine Facts Come Out, It Could Spell The End For Joe Biden

September 23, 2019 Ray McGovern, Consortium News Educate! Corruption, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Ukraine

The Joe Biden-friendly Establishment media has mounted a full-court press to “prove” that Biden is, well, not a crook. The stakes are extremely high, Biden is vulnerable, and media players are using to a fare-thee-well the old adage about the best defense is a good offense. The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal are desperately trying to steal the ball and get ahead in the publicity game. But time is about to run out, and pre-emptive propaganda is unlikely to snatch victory out of the jaws of defeat. IF the facts do come out and IF they are reported, Biden’s presidential hopes may suffer a mortal blow.

Israelis Have Made Their Verdict Clear: Benjamin Netanyahu’s Time Is Up

September 22, 2019 Jonathan Cook. Educate! Corruption, Elections, Israel, Netanyahu

For most Israelis, the general election on Tuesday was about one thing and one thing only. Not the economy, nor the occupation, nor even corruption scandals. It was about Benjamin Netanyahu. Should he head yet another far-right government, or should his 10-year divisive rule come to an end? Barring a last-minute upset as the final ballot papers are counted, Israelis have made their verdict clear: Netanyahu’s time is up. In April’s inconclusive election, which led to this re-run, Netanyahu’s Likud party tied with its main opponent in the Blue and White party, led by retired general Benny Gantz. This time Gantz appears to have nudged ahead, with 32 seats to Netanyahu’s 31 in the 120-member parliament. Both parties fared worse than they did in April, when they each secured 35 seats.

When Prosecutors Bury NYPD Officers’ Lies

September 19, 2019 By George Joseph and Ali Winston, Gothamist.com Educate! Corruption, NYPD, Police

On a late March night in 2016, Jeremy Turnbull stood outside a friend’s apartment building in the Bronx’s Morris Heights neighborhood. Turnbull, then 25 years old, was frustrated. He had taken a cab to pick up his girlfriend and persuaded the driver to wait until she came outside. As Turnbull paced in front of the building, an unmarked police car approached. What happened next is disputed by defense attorneys and police. Police told prosecutors they approached the cab because it was double parked. Officer Valdrin Niqki said that when he got out of his patrol vehicle, he saw a bulge in Turnbull’s leather jacket—from 10 feet away.

Monsanto Hit List Exposed

August 26, 2019 Joseph Mercola, Articles.mercola.com Educate! Corruption, Monsanto

In what Democracy Now!1 refers to as an "explosive report" by The Guardian,2 documents obtained during the discovery process of lawsuits against Monsanto reveal the company has been engaged in a coordinated campaign to discredit critics of the company. Among them are journalist Carey Gillam, the nonprofit U.S. Right to Know (USRTK) and singer-songwriter Neil Young, whose 2015 album, "The Monsanto Years," was an artistic critique of the company.

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