From the Trenches World Report

RT News

A military judge said early Thursday that she would not dismiss charges of theft against Army Private first class Bradley Manning. The soldier is expected to be sentenced next week for the largest intelligence leak in United States history.

Col. Denise Lind ruled from Ft. Meade, Maryland Thursday morning that she must reject the defense’s plea to acquit Pfc. Manning on five charges relating to the alleged robbery of government documents.   Continue reading “Judge refuses to acquit Manning on theft charges”

RT News

Following a surprisingly close vote on Capitol Hill Wednesday evening, the libertarian congressman who tried to stop the National Security Agency’s blanketing collection of domestic phone records vowed to further his fight against NSA surveillance.

Rep. Justin Amash (R-Michigan) was unsuccessful with his attempt to tack an amendment on to an upcoming Pentagon appropriations bill Wednesday night that would have barred the NSA from using a PATRIOT Act provision to collect the phone records of all Americans. But despite being relatively new to DC politics, the 33-year-old lawmaker garnered support from both sides of the aisle before and after an evening of heated testimony that ended with a 205-217 vote that shut-down his amendment, co-sponsored by colleague Rep. John Conyers (D-Michigan).   Continue reading “Amash vows to continue fighting against NSA surveillance”

Reuters – by David Jones and Jim Finkle

U.S. prosecutors charged six foreign nationals with hacking crimes, including credit and debit card thefts that authorities say cost U.S. and European companies more than $300 million in losses, and charged one of them with breaching Nasdaq computers.

Prosecutors said the indictments unsealed on Thursday for the payment card hacking were the biggest cyber fraud case filed in U.S. history.   Continue reading “U.S. charges five in biggest credit card hacking case”

Washington Post – by Jia Lynn Yang

Federal prosecutors unveiled criminal charges Thursday against SAC Capital, the famed hedge fund, citing “institutional practices” that encouraged a culture of using inside information to gain illegal profits.

The government charged SAC Capital with wire fraud and four counts of securities fraud. The indictment cites activity that spanned more than a decade from roughly 1999 to 2010, saying employees at the hedge fund engaged in a “pattern” of collecting nonpublic information about dozens of publicly traded companies.   Continue reading “U.S. files criminal fraud charges against SAC”

RT News

Portions of an airport in Miami, Florida were evacuated after depleted uranium was discovered early Thursday.

Firefighters cleared a 150-foot area of the Opa-locka Executive Airport in south Florida after a 55 gallon drum located either on or near part of a dismantled aircraft was discovered to be containing exposed, depleted uranium, NBC 6 South Florida reported.    Continue reading “Florida airport evacuated after depleted uranium discovered”

Political Outcast – by Philip Hodges

It’s been just over a year since James Holmes entered an Aurora, Colorado “gun-free” theater and shot up a bunch of defenseless movie-goers. Since then, gun control activists have capitalized off of the murder victims in their attempt to appeal to Americans’ emotions.

When that debate began to fizzle, Sandy Hook conveniently happened in a gun-free school, and since it involved more people and little kids, politicians were able to more effectively tug at America’s heartstrings to convince people that gun confiscation is really the most responsible thing to do to combat “gun violence.” But because of the evil gun lobby, even the “compromised” Manchin-Toomey bill failed in the Senate.   Continue reading “Pelosi: We Must Uphold Our Oath To The Constitution By Passing Gun Control”

SHTF Plan – by Tyler Durden

Presenting the full roll call breakdown of the Amash Amendment (as described previously) to shutter the NSA’s surveillance function.   Continue reading “These Are The 217 People Who Voted To Preserve NSA Surveillance”

The Common Sense Show – by Dave Hodges

Ed Snowden told us that we were being spied upon. Everyone, outside the sheep in this country already knew that. Therefore, it is child’s play to conclude that Snowden has damning information which could threaten the survival of the Obama administration. And the fact that Putin controls Snowden’s information release, is a threat to this President. In the years I have been investigating the antics of this criminal government, this is the easiest dot connecting exercise that I have ever seen.   Continue reading “Putin Controls the Chessboard, Obama’s In Deep Trouble”

Northeast Intelligence Network – by Mitch Santell

You will find in this posting a recent global map that was provided to us by Rose Paige who is the Founder of The Con Trail. This social network headquartered in the South Island of New Zealand has over 1,400 members all over the globe. Underneath the picture is a direct link to Rose’s interview.

You will learn about The Christ Church Earthquake, The Radiation from Fukushima, the increase in New Zealand’s debt from 5 Billion Dollars five years ago to 78 Billion dollars today. Discussion of the American Oil company Anadarko drilling in the South Island of New Zealand. Full disclosure that Anadarko is using a brand new “un-tested” drill bit that is causing all kinds of problems with the  South Island and hurting the people, the animals and the environment there.   Continue reading “Fukushima, A Possible Life Extinction Event That Won’t Go Away”

The New American – by Jack Kenny

When the White House and the National Security Agency went all out to defeat Rep. Justin Amash’s amendment to cut funding for NSA’s massive collection and storage of Americans’ telephone records, the Michigan Republican cited that opposition as a point in favor of passing the measure.

“When’s the last time a president put out an emergency statement against an amendment?” Amash (shown) tweeted late Tuesday night. “The Washington elites fear liberty. They fear you.” On Wednesday, the House narrowly defeated his amendment 207-217, much closer than the White House would have liked.   Continue reading “Rep. Amash: “Washington Elites Fear Liberty””

American Thinker – by Bob Campbell

President Obama’s Defense Department is waging a private war.  While our Pentagon is entrusted with the duty to “protect and serve” a secular zone is growing within the ranks of the Military.

A little over a year ago then Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced the Military would honor through “Gay Pride Month” the contributions of homosexual service members.  This announcement came just a few months after the Department of Defense had begun its subtle campaign against the Bible.   Continue reading “Gays in, Bibles out in the new American military”

The Captain’s Journal – by Herschel Smith

David Codrea:

State Senate Minority Leader and gubernatorial hopeful John McKinney can expect no help from the Connecticut Citizens Defense League due to his anti-gun legislative actions, CCDL President Scott Wilson announced in a press release today from Groton.   Continue reading “No Compromise On Gun Rights”