WHERE ARE THE “RESPONSIVE RECORDS”? by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 2, 2010) — Attorney Ty Clevenger has launched a White House petition calling for the release of records containing the name “Seth Rich” which he says are in the possession of the FBI, National Security Agency (NSA) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Clevenger is a Texas- […]
“THE PUBLIC’S DATA” by Fergus Nolan, blogging at Memphis Truth Commission, ©2020 (Jan. 19, 2020) — Recently we got documents from Memphis Police Department using “Authorization of Agency” as a search key, and we obtained an excerpt of MPD’s “Uniform Patrol Station Standard Operating Procedure”. The extract was very helpful as it outlined the procedures […]
“EXPLAINED AND EXPOSED” by Linda Goudsmit, ©2019, blogging at Pundicity (Apr. 29, 2019) — During a January 23, 2013, Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Hillary Clinton was questioned about the September 11, 2012 bombing of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. The Benghazi anniversary attack occurred while Clinton was Obama’s Secretary of State during the […]
BUT JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN SAYS OTHERWISE by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 27, 2019) — On November 8, 2018, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY10), then ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, published a press release in which he stated that Reps. Elijah Cummings and Adam Schiff, as well as Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) “sent letters to top Administration […]
USE EXTERNAL PRESSURE TO OVERCOME ADMINISTRATION INERTIA ON REVIEWING ENDANGERMENT FINDING by William L. Kovacs, ©2019 (Jan. 6, 2019) — Campaign rhetoric strongly suggested that the Trump Administration would redress the Obama Administration’s insane attempts to regulate every aspect of society in a futile attempt to control nature and climate. President Trump withdrew from the […]
TRANSPARENCY ORGANIZATION CITES “PAY-TO-PLAY POLITICS” by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 13, 2018) — A press release received Thursday morning from Carter Clews, communications director for the open-government organization Judicial Watch, reports that JW President Tom Fitton will be testifying to a subcommittee of the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee beginning at 2:00 p.m. EST. The […]
COURT PUNTS TO DOJ, WHICH SAYS IT HAS NOTHING by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 31, 2018) — In a press release on Friday afternoon, government-watchdog group Judicial Watch reported that the U.S. Justice Department stated, in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for transcripts of hearings held on the government’s warrant applications of […]
AND WHO CAN ACCESS THEM? by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 4, 2018) — On Friday evening, the government-watchdog organization Judicial Watch issued a press release in which it said it received “70 pages of heavily redacted records” in connection with a FOIA lawsuit requesting communications between the FBI and the author of the now-infamous Trump-Russia “dossier,” Christopher […]
BECAUSE OF THE REQUEST, OR BUSINESS AS USUAL? by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 14, 2018) — In an undated letter received on July 11, 2017, the U.S. Secret Service, a subsidiary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), responded to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request The Post & Email filed on June 5, 2017. […]
“THIS IS AS BAD AS IT GETS” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 25, 2018) — On March 21, 2018, horse-welfare activist Clant M. Seay announced on his BillyGoBoy.com website that documents he had sought from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request last September were made available to him […]
BUT WHY? by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 20, 2018) — A disabled Air Force veteran and Hawaii citizen who has reported cyberstalking, hacking, disabling of his electronic equipment and personal surveillance for nearly 18 months continues to be refused assistance by the Honolulu Police Department and the City & County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting […]
“COLLUSION WITH HILLARY CLINTON” by Jeff Crouere, ©2017 (Dec. 1, 2017) — While the liberal media is celebrating the announcement that former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, a bigger scandal was practically ignored. On Thursday, Judicial Watch released 29 pages of FBI emails regarding the inexcusable […]
JOINS FORMER EPA ADMINISTRATOR, FORMER A.G., AND THEIR COLLECTIVE BOSS by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 5, 2017) — In a detailed article published on Friday, Jordan Sekulow of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) reported that the Justice Department released to them “hundreds of pages” requested over a year ago through a Freedom of […]
U.S. CITIZEN, “NATURAL BORN” CITIZEN, OR NEITHER? by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 12, 2017) — On Tuesday night, The Post & Email reported that it received responsive documents to a FOIA request filed with the U.S. Justice Department in March 2015 for documents signed by Rafael Edward Cruz, now Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, when he was […]
WHAT DO THEY SAY OF HIS CITIZENSHIP? by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 11, 2017) — On Tuesday, The Post & Email received documents by email from the U.S. Justice Department stemming from a March 2015 FOIA request for documents signed and/or generated by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who served as Deputy Attorney General in 2001 following […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2017 (Jun. 4, 2017) — Several weeks ago there was a knock at the front door just after dinnertime. We weren’t expecting anyone and I cautiously opened the door to see what appeared to be a homeless man standing on our porch. Our doorbell […]
CLAIM: DHS HAS “A PATTERN OF LYING” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 22, 2017) — A group of advocates for “undocumented” aliens claimed on a media conference call on Thursday that the 23-year-old DACA recipient removed to Mexico in February whose case has received national attention was deported to Mexico on two different occasions by U.S. […]
“L-3 COMMUNICATIONS NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE” by Pauline Boyle (Feb. 25, 2017) — [Editor’s Note: The letter below was sent to Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA50), a cosponsor of a resolution to disapprove a $418 million proposed sale of specially-outfitted airplanes to the Kenyan government reported to have been approved by the Obama administration on his […]
“NEVER SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED BY THE DEPARTMENT” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 17, 2017) — (12:34 p.m. EST) – As The Post & Email reported approximately 90 minutes ago, the Trump administration is denying the accuracy of an Associated Press report referencing a memo purportedly advocating the use of state National Guard units to assist in the […]
BUT IS HIS CITIZENSHIP STATUS SETTLED? by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 16, 2016) — Various reports citing Bloomberg News on Tuesday stated that President-elect Donald Trump not only met with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz at Trump Tower, but also that Cruz is under consideration for U.S. Attorney General in the new administration. Cruz was a formidable […]