Tag: State Secrets Privilege
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Government Responds to Montgomery’s Request to Lift Protective Order for Lindell Case
by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 8, 2022) — On Monday, the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch, filed its response to a request from former government subcontractor Dennis Montgomery for a 15-year-old government-initiated protective order to be lifted as a result of a subpoena Montgomery received in a defamation case filed against MyPillow CEO…
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Does a 2007 Protective Order Hold the Key to the 2020 Election?
by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 19, 2022) — Several weeks ago, former government subcontractor Dennis L. Montgomery received a subpoena following the reopening of his 16-year-old civil case against his former business partner, Warren Trepp, and the company they formed in 1998, eTreppid Technologies, LLC. On August 20, 2022, Lindell filed a Motion to Intervene in…
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The 30,000-Ft. View of the Montgomery/Lindell Saga
LINDELL FREE TO RELEASE DATA FROM FORMER GOVERNMENT SUBCONTRACTOR DENNIS MONTGOMERY, GOVERNMENT SAYS by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 9, 2022) – A 21-page brief filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday asks a Nevada federal judge to maintain a protective order and State Secrets Privilege invocation in a 2006 lawsuit which MyPillow CEO Mike…
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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 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…