by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 1, 2021) — In August of last year, writers for The American Report Mary Fanning and Alan Jones released a book titled, “The Hammer is the Key to the Coup” alleging that a government supercomputer was used by Obama-era intelligence-community officials to illegally collect personal information and communications of unsuspecting Americans since […]
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Claim: “The Hammer” Originally a Military Product Used to “Influence Elections”
by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 28, 2020) — In a December 23 on-camera interview between former NSA program developer J. Kirk Wiebe and The New American editor William F. Jasper, Wiebe made the unprecedented claim that the “capability” behind an alleged government supercomputer now known as “The Hammer” and software dubbed “Scorecard” was originally developed by […]
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Fox News Considered Montgomery Story but Passed
by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 14, 2020) — A December 6, 2020 article at The American Report claims that in 2013, Fox News Channel and one of its then-reporters, Carl Cameron, were provided evidence by former NSA and CIA contractor Dennis Montgomery that a government computer Montgomery allegedly built and software he allegedly designed were in […]
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“The Hammer” Story Changes Again
by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 8, 2020) — After The Post & Email released a comprehensive article on Monday pointing out, with considerable evidence, that the Dennis Montgomery-inspired “Hammer” narrative was reported by others prior to March 2017, “The American Report“‘s Twitter account again insisted it “broke THE HAMMER story wide open” that month as well […]
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Bringing Down “The Hammer” on Fake News
by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 8, 2020) — In the wake of what is suspected by many Americans and the president himself to be large-scale fraud in the November 3 general election, an internet frenzy has ensued in which those seeking answers are at one point or another taking notice of the claim that an alleged […]
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The Hammer, Montgomery, The Man in the Middle
by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 2, 2020) — For reasons unknown, The American Report‘s Mary Fanning and Alan Jones and a small number of associates continue to advance the unproven narrative of former NSA/CIA contractor Dennis Montgomery about an alleged government mega-computer dubbed “The Hammer” purportedly responsible for collecting the data of private citizens, breaching bank […]
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Does it Take Money to Expose Corruption?
by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 12, 2020) — In an interview published in our November 11 article titled, “Why is ‘The Hammer’ Resurfacing Now?”, former Obama birth-certificate investigator Mike Zullo predicted that former CIA and NSA contractor Dennis Montgomery would attempt to “monetize” his recent claim that a government super-computer dubbed “The Hammer” and its purported […]
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Why is “The Hammer” Resurfacing Now?
by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 11, 2020) — On Monday The Post & Email referenced an article at The American Report due to its claim that a computer built in 2009 dubbed “The Hammer” and its accompanying software, SCORECARD, were invoked to change a certain percentage of votes in last week’s elections, particularly in a half-dozen […]
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Mike Zullo: “American Report” Latest Claims “Completely Fabricated”
“WHO IS PAYING MARY FANNING?” by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 23, 2020) — Former Obama birth-certificate investigator Mike Zullo told The Post & Email Wednesday that a January 19 article at The American Report makes “fabricated” claims invoking his name. The article, written by Mary Fanning and Alan Jones, attempts to connect former CIA Director James […]
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Zullo: “Mary Fanning Attempts To Mislead The President of the United States”
“WHAT EVIDENCE DO YOU HAVE?” by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 2, 2019) — “Mary Fanning appears to have taken on the role of PR person for Dennis Montgomery and not an investigative journalist as she purports to be. She is the unabashed purveyor of Dennis Montgomery’s propaganda. By writing articles painting Montgomery as credible all the […]
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Obama Birth Certificate, Origins Continue to Pique Readers’ Interest
BIRTHPLACE, BIRTH CERTIFICATES: WHAT ARE THE FACTS? by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 21, 2019) — Questions about Barack Hussein Obama II’s birthplace again came to the fore last week when The Post & Email noted that a reader with an Associated Press IP read our article of October 14, 2009 by John Charlton titled, “AP declares […]
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Zullo “Challenges” The American Report to Authenticate Alleged Email
“A CUT-AND-PASTE JOB”? by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 12, 2019) — A September 7 article at The American Report claims that former Maricopa County Cold Case Posse lead investigator Mike Zullo and former CIA counterintelligence investigator Kevin Shipp have launched “baseless attacks” against former NSA and CIA contractor Dennis Montgomery. Shipp hosts “The Intelligence Assessment” on […]
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Fake News in the Age of the Internet, Part 5
“SIMPLE DUE DILIGENCE” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 2, 2019) — That the U.S. government is conducting surveillance on its citizens is now indisputable given former CIA contractor Edward Snowden’s revelations made to The Guardian and published June 6, 2013. Days later, then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper was forced to admit that his previous statement […]
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Fake News in the Age of the Internet, Part 4
SPECULATION IS NOT JOURNALISM by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 30, 2019) — As we reported in Parts 1, 2 and 3 of this series, numerous statements made in an August 9 interview between host Sarah Westall and guests Mary Fanning and Alan Jones are provably false or based purely on speculation. Fanning and Jones claim to […]
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Fake News in the Age of the Internet, Part 3
“A RECURRING THEME” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 22, 2019) — In Part 2 of this series, The Post & Email began a step-by-step refutation of statements made by “investigative journalists” Alan Jones and Mary Fanning in recent interviews; at their website, The American Report; and on other websites at which their work has been published […]
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Fake News in the Age of the Internet, Part 2
“TIMELINES MATTER” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 20, 2019) — The following is The Post & Email and former Maricopa County, AZ “Cold Case Posse” lead investigator Mike Zullo’s response to claims made in an August 9, 2019 YouTube broadcast hosted by Sarah Westall by two self-professed “investigative journalists,” Mary Fanning and Alan Jones of “The […]
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Fake News in the Age of the Internet, Part 1
WHO AND WHAT IS A “JOURNALIST?” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 19, 2019) — Over the last quarter-century, the arrival and burgeoning of the Internet has largely shifted the major purveyors of news from traditional, print publications to literally millions of online outlets boasting “breaking news” and eye-catching headlines. With Americans’ trust severely eroded in “mainstream” […]
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The Dennis Montgomery Story Continues to Morph, but to What End?
PUBLIC TIMELINE BEGINS IN NOVEMBER 2015, NOT MARCH 2017 by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 4, 2019) — Recent interviews and articles focusing on former NSA and CIA contractor Dennis Montgomery’s claim to have evidence of widespread, illegal government surveillance of average Americans engineered by Obama-era intelligence officials present the issue as “new” and “exclusive” when, in […]
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Zullo on “The Hammer,” Dennis Montgomery and Changing Narratives, Part 3
“WHAT DOES HE KNOW?” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 11, 2019) — During Friday’s broadcast of “Crowdsource the Truth,” host Jason Goodman interviewed Mary Fanning and Alan Jones, who write for The American Report, which covers a variety of domestic and international topics. As we reported in Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, the […]
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Zullo on “The Hammer,” Dennis Montgomery and Changing Narratives, Part 2
“THIS STORY WILL MORPH” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 9, 2019) — As reported in Part 1 of this series, the narrative of former government contractor Dennis Montgomery continues to evolve as multiple parties spar over his role in, and knowledge and data acquired from, his work for the NSA and CIA, which ended in 2010. […]