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    Back to "Mass Arrests" mania ? This sounds like fun.

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    I therefore determine that serious human rights abuse and corruption around the world constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat.

    This is completely absurd. In what fantasy could anyone claim that they will rid the world of "human rights abuse and corruption around the world"?

    Please don't take this "emergency" declaration seriously.

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    I therefore determine that serious human rights abuse and corruption around the world constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat.

    This is completely absurd. In what fantasy could anyone claim that they will rid the world of "human rights abuse and corruption around the world"?

    Please don't take this "emergency" declaration seriously.

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    best way to dismantle the vip paedo rings without spinning too many people out who have no idea how extensive and well funded they are

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    Quote Posted by Fellow Aspirant (here)
    Please don't take this "emergency" declaration seriously.
    As best as I can figure, Trump is very serious.

    It seems that the Bush, Clinton, Obama, Anglo-American Exceptionalist crime syndicate, with deep connections to the Rockefellers and Rothschilds, that has been corrupting many branches of the US government, and that has been engaging in world wide trafficking of arms, drugs, body parts, and children, has fallen on hard times.

    Their human trafficking, of children and organs, is one of their most vulnerable activities, that most good people, of whatever race, creed, color, age, gender or political persuasion, will not tolerate.

    Overall, they are a threat to humanity and a security threat to the United States, and Trump is attacking them where they are particularly vulnerable.

    I expect that we will be hearing more of this over the coming year. Various powerful people in politics, corporations, news media and entertainment will choose to step down, and/or will be charged with serious crimes.

    No one's saying that we will "rid the world" of such abuses ... but we will trim them back quite a bit, and in so doing trim back the power of some dastardly people and institutions.
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    Default Re: President Donald Trump has declared a National Emergency

    Quote Posted by Satori (here)
    Quote Posted by TrumanCash (here)
    [...] And BTW, Executive Orders are a violation of the separation of powers. No president may legislate; that is the job of congress. However, Trump like most US presidents doesn't seem to be interested in following the Constitution anyway.
    I have to respectfully disagree with this statement taken as a whole because it is too broad.

    It is correct as a matter of law that the POTUS cannot constitutionally legislate. Further, it is beyond doubt that EOs are misused and abused, and, thus, many (if not most) are unconstitutional to that extent. And, EOs are often over-used, even when enacted in a constitutional manner. But EOs are not per se a violation of the separation of powers on the ground that they are unconstitutional legislation by the POTUS.

    Rather, the US Constitution expressly impresses upon the POTUS the duty, right and authority to "...take care that the laws be faithfully executed[.]" See, Article II, Section 3 ("Duties of the President"). The language in Art. II, sec. 3 stating that "... he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed..." was intended by the Framers of the Constitution, and has been determined by the US Supreme Court, to provide the constitutional basis for the POTUS to issue EOs.

    That is why EOs do make reference to Acts of Congress, as well as rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to Acts of Congress. These are some of the "laws" that the POTUS has the duty to faithfully execute. Other laws include treaties to which the US is a party.
    You make a good point of which I was well aware in writing that post, but my intention though not properly expressed was to point out that the "statutes"/"codes" must be pursuant to the supreme Law of the Land (Article VI). If the so-called "statutues"/"codes" are not authorized by the Constitution then they are not "law" and are not enforceable.

    I would venture to say that most EOs are not constitutionally authorized. There is absolutely no constitutional authorization for Obamacare, social security, IRS, CIA, FBI, NSA, FDA, BLM, Federal Reserve, United Nations, etc, etc, ad nauseum. However, Trump never brings these issues up most likely because he is either ignorant of the law or just an elitist friend to the bankers--probably both.

    He does not apply this EO equally to all because he gives the corrupt Israeli government and the Saudi human rights violators a free pass. He is carrying out the Pentagon's plan to overthrow Middle East governments including Iran. Although he was the lesser of the two evils in the last election, he is just another warmonger, IMO.

    As one who has researched and experienced who is really in control I understand how the banksters, Bar Association, military and corporations overthrew the United States and gradually turned us into slaves overseen by the Grays and their cohorts. Since I was abducted twice into a deep underground military/Grays base I can speak with firsthand experience on this matter. However, most people are only aware of the aforementioned alphabet agencies, etc.
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    HERE IS INDIVIDUALS ADD TO THE LIST, OFF THE U.S. TREASURY WEB SITE:

    United States Sanctions Human Rights Abusers and Corrupt Actors Across the Globe

    https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0243

    December 21, 2017

    New Executive Order Implements Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act,
    Provides for Treasury Sanctions Against Malign Actors Worldwide


    Washington – Today, the Trump Administration launched a new sanctions regime targeting human rights abusers and corrupt actors around the world. Building on the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act passed by Congress last year, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order (Order) today declaring a national emergency with respect to serious human rights abuse and corruption around the world and providing for the imposition of sanctions on actors engaged in these malign activities. In an Annex to the Order, the President imposed sanctions on 13 serious human rights abusers and corrupt actors. In addition, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), acting on behalf of the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, imposed sanctions on an additional 39 affiliated individuals and entities under the newly-issued Order.

    “Today, the United States is taking a strong stand against human rights abuse and corruption globally by shutting these bad actors out of the U.S. financial system. Treasury is freezing their assets and publicly denouncing the egregious acts they’ve committed, sending a message that there is a steep price to pay for their misdeeds,” said Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin. “At the direction of President Trump, Treasury and our interagency partners will continue to take decisive and impactful actions to hold accountable those who abuse human rights, perpetrate corruption, and undermine American ideals.”

    As a result of today’s actions, all of the assets within U.S. jurisdiction of the individuals and entities included in the Annex to the Order or designated by OFAC are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them. Further details on these designations are included below.

    Yahya Jammeh

    Yahya Jammeh (Jammeh), the former President of The Gambia who came to power in 1994 and stepped down in 2017, has a long history of engaging in serious human rights abuses and corruption. Jammeh created a terror and assassination squad called the Junglers that answered directly to him. Jammeh used the Junglers to threaten, terrorize, interrogate, and kill individuals whom Jammeh assessed to be threats. During Jammeh’s tenure, he ordered the Junglers to kill a local religious leader, journalists, members of the political opposition, and former members of the government, among others. Jammeh used the Gambia’s National Intelligence Agency (NIA) as a repressive tool of the regime – torturing political opponents and journalists. Throughout his presidency, Jammeh routinely ordered the abuse and murder of those he suspected of undermining his authority.

    During his tenure, Jammeh used a number of corrupt schemes to plunder The Gambia’s state coffers or otherwise siphon off state funds for his personal gain. Ongoing investigations continue to reveal Jammeh’s large-scale theft from state coffers prior to his departure. According to The Gambia’s Justice Ministry, Jammeh personally, or through others acting under his instructions, directed the unlawful withdrawal of at least $50 million of state funds. The Gambian Government has since taken action to freeze Jammeh’s assets within The Gambia.

    In a related action, OFAC designated Africada Airways, Kanilai Group International, Kanilai Worni Family Farms Ltd, Royal Africa Capital Holding Ltd, Africada Financial Service & Bureau de Change Ltd, Africada Micro-Finance Ltd, Africada Insurance Company, Kora Media Corporation Ltd, Atlantic Pelican Company Ltd, Palm Grove Africa Dev’t Corp. Ltd, Patriot Insurance Brokers Co. Ltd, and Royal Africa Securities Brokerage Co Ltd.

    Roberto Jose Rivas Reyes

    As President of Nicaragua’s Supreme Electoral Council, drawing a reported government salary of $60,000 per year, Roberto Jose Rivas Reyes (Rivas) has been accused in the press of amassing sizeable personal wealth, including multiple properties, private jets, luxury vehicles, and a yacht. Rivas has been described by a Nicaraguan Comptroller General as “above the law,” with investigations into his corruption having been blocked by Nicaraguan government officials. He has also perpetrated electoral fraud undermining Nicaragua’s electoral institutions.

    Dan Gertler

    Dan Gertler (Gertler) is an international businessman and billionaire who has amassed his fortune through hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of opaque and corrupt mining and oil deals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Gertler has used his close friendship with DRC President Joseph Kabila to act as a middleman for mining asset sales in the DRC, requiring some multinational companies to go through Gertler to do business with the Congolese state. As a result, between 2010 and 2012 alone, the DRC reportedly lost over $1.36 billion in revenues from the underpricing of mining assets that were sold to offshore companies linked to Gertler. The failure of the DRC to publish the full details of one of the sales prompted the International Monetary Fund to halt loans to the DRC totaling $225 million. In 2013, Gertler sold to the DRC government for $150 million the rights to an oil block that Gertler purchased from the government for just $500,000, a loss of $149.5 million in potential revenue. Gertler has acted for or on behalf of Kabila, helping Kabila organize offshore leasing companies.

    In a related action, OFAC designated Pieter Albert Deboutte, Fleurette Properties Limited, Fleurette Holdings Netherlands B.V., Gertler Family Foundation, Oil of DR Congo SPRL, Jarvis Congo SARL, International Diamond Industries, D.G.D. Investments Ltd., D.G.I. Israel Ltd, Proglan Capital Ltd, Emaxon Finance International Inc., Africa Horizons Investment Limited, Caprikat Limited, Foxwhelp Limited, Caprikat and Foxwhelp SARL, Lora Enterprises Limited, Zuppa Holdings Limited, Orama Properties Ltd, DGI Mining Ltd, and Rozaro Development Limited.

    Slobodan Tesic

    Slobodan Tesic (Tesic) is among the biggest dealers of arms and munitions in the Balkans; he spent nearly a decade on the United Nations (UN) Travel Ban List for violating UN sanctions against arms exports to Liberia. In order to secure arms contracts with various countries, Tesic would directly or indirectly provide bribes and financial assistance to officials. Tesic also took potential clients on high-value vacations, paid for their children’s education at western schools or universities, and used large bribes to secure contracts. Tesic owns or controls two Serbian companies, Partizan Tech and Technoglobal Systems DOO Beograd, and two Cyprus-based companies, Grawit Limited and Charso Limited. Tesic negotiates the sale of weapons via Charso Limited and used Grawit Limited as a mechanism to fund politicians.

    In a related action, OFAC designated Preduzece Za Trgovinu Na Veliko I Malo Partizan Tech DOO Beograd-Savski Venac (“Partizan Tech”), Charso Limited, Grawit Limited, and Technoglobal Systems DOO Beograd.

    Maung Maung Soe

    In his former role as chief of the Burmese Army’s Western command, Maung Maung Soe oversaw the military operation in Burma’s Rakhine State responsible for widespread human rights abuse against Rohingya civilians in response to attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army. The Secretary of State determined on November 22 that the situation in northern Rakhine state in Burma constituted ethnic cleansing. The United States Government examined credible evidence of Maung Maung Soe’s activities, including allegations against Burmese security forces of extrajudicial killings, sexual violence, and arbitrary arrest as well as the widespread burning of villages. Security operations have led to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees fleeing across Burma’s border with Bangladesh. In August 2017, witnesses reportedly described mass killings and arson attacks by the Burmese Army and Burmese Border Guard Police, both then under Maung Maung Soe’s command in northern Rakhine State. In August 2017, soldiers described as being from the Western Command allegedly entered a village and reportedly separated the inhabitants by gender. According to witnesses, soldiers opened fire on the men and older boys and committed multiple acts of rape. Many of the women and younger children were reportedly also shot. Other witnesses described soldiers setting huts on fire with villagers inside.

    Benjamin Bol Mel

    Benjamin Bol Mel (Bol Mel) is the President of ABMC Thai-South Sudan Construction Company Limited (ABMC), and has served as the Chairman of the South Sudan Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture. Bol Mel has also served as South Sudanese President Salva Kiir’s principal financial advisor, has been Kiir’s private secretary, and was perceived within the government as being close to Kiir and the local business community. Several officials were linked to ABMC in spite of a constitutional prohibition on top government officials transacting commercial business or earning income from outside the government.

    Bol Mel oversees ABMC, which has been awarded contracts worth tens of millions of dollars by the Government of South Sudan. ABMC allegedly received preferential treatment from high-level officials, and the Government of South Sudan did not hold a competitive process for selecting ABMC to do roadwork on several roads in Juba and throughout South Sudan. Although this roadwork had been completed only a few years before, the government budgeted tens of millions of dollars more for maintenance of the same roads.

    In a related action, OFAC designated ABMC Thai-South Sudan Construction Company Limited and Home and Away LTD.

    Mukhtar Hamid Shah

    Shah is a Pakistani surgeon specializing in kidney transplants who Pakistani police believe to be involved in kidnapping, wrongful confinement, and the removal of and trafficking in human organs. As an owner of the Kidney Centre in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Shah was involved in the kidnapping and detention of, and removal of kidneys from, Pakistani laborers. Shah was arrested by Pakistani authorities in connection with an October 2016 incident in which 24 individuals from Punjab were found to be held against their will. Impoverished and illiterate Pakistanis from the countryside were reportedly lured to Rawalpindi with the promise of a job, and imprisoned for weeks. Doctors from the Kidney Centre were allegedly planning to steal their kidneys in order to sell them for a large profit. Police state that one of the accused arrested in connection with the events estimated that more than 400 people were imprisoned in the apartment at various times.

    Gulnara Karimova

    Gulnara Karimova (Karimova), daughter of former Uzbekistan leader Islam Karimov, headed a powerful organized crime syndicate that leveraged state actors to expropriate businesses, monopolize markets, solicit bribes, and administer extortion rackets. In July 2017, the Uzbek Prosecutor General’s Office charged Karimova with directly abetting the criminal activities of an organized crime group whose assets were worth over $1.3 billion. Karimova was also charged with hiding foreign currency through various means, including the receipt of payoffs in the accounts of offshore companies controlled by an organized criminal group, the illegal sale of radio frequencies and land parcels, siphoning off state funds through fraudulent dividend payments and stock sales, the illegal removal of cash, the non-collection of currency earnings, and the import of goods at inflated prices. Karimova was also found guilty of embezzlement of state funds, theft, tax evasion, and concealment of documents. Karimova laundered the proceeds of corruption back to her own accounts through a complex network of subsidiary companies and segregated portfolio funds. Karimova’s targeting of successful businesses to maximize her gains and enrich herself in some cases destroyed Uzbek competitors. Due in part to Karimova’s corrupt activities in the telecom sector alone, Uzbeks paid some of the highest rates in the world for cellular service.

    Angel Rondon Rijo

    Angel Rondon Rijo (Rondon) is a politically connected businessman and lobbyist in the Dominican Republic who funneled money from Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction company, to Dominican officials, who in turn awarded Odebrecht projects to build highways, dams, and other projects. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Odebrecht is a Brazil-based global construction conglomerate that has pled guilty to charges of conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and agreed to a criminal fine of $4.5 billion. In 2017, Rondon was arrested by Dominican authorities and charged with corruption for the bribes paid by Odebrecht.

    Artem Chayka

    Artem Chayka (Chayka) is the son of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation and has leveraged his father’s position and ability to award his subordinates to unfairly win state-owned assets and contracts and put pressure on business competitors. In 2014, reconstruction of a highway began, and Chayka’s competitor for supplying materials to the project suddenly fell under prosecutorial scrutiny. An anonymous complaint letter with a fake name initiated a government investigation against the competitor. Government inspectors did not produce any documents confirming the legality of the inspections, and did not inform subjects of the investigation of their rights. Traffic police were deployed along the route to the competitor, weight control stations were suddenly dispatched, and trees were dug up and left to block entrances. The competitor was forced to shut down, leaving Chayka in a position to non-competitively work on the highway project. Also in 2014, Chayka bid on a state-owned stone and gravel company, and was awarded the contract. His competitor contested the results and filed a lawsuit. Prosecutors thereafter raided his home. After Chayka’s competitor withdrew the lawsuit, prosecutors dropped all charges.

    Gao Yan

    Gao Yan (Gao) was the Beijing Public Security Bureau Chaoyang Branch director. During Gao’s tenure, human rights activist Cao Shunli was detained at Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau Chaoyang Branch where, in March 2014, Cao fell into a coma and died from organ failure, her body showing signs of emaciation and neglect. Cao had been arrested after attempting to board a flight to attend human rights training in Geneva, Switzerland. She was refused visitation by her lawyer, and was refused medical treatment while she suffered from tuberculosis.

    Sergey Kusiuk

    Sergey Kusiuk (Kusiuk) was commander of an elite Ukrainian police unit, the Berkut. Ukraine’s Special Investigations Department investigating crimes against activists identified Kusiuk as a leader of an attack on peaceful protesters on November 30, 2013, while in charge of 290 Berkut officers, many of whom took part in the beating of activists. Kusiuk has been named by the Ukrainian General Prosecutor’s Office as an individual who took part in the killings of activists on Kyiv’s Independence Square in February 2014. Kusiuk ordered the destruction of documentation related to the events, and has fled Ukraine and is now in hiding in Moscow, Russia, where he was identified dispersing protesters as part of a Russian riot police unit in June 2017.

    Julio Antonio Juarez Ramirez

    Julio Antonio Juarez Ramirez (Juarez) is a Guatemalan Congressman accused of ordering an attack in which two journalists were killed and another injured. Guatemalan prosecutors and a UN-sponsored commission investigating corruption in Guatemala allege that Juarez hired hit men to kill Prensa Libre correspondent Danilo Efrain Zapan Lopez, whose reporting had hurt Juarez’s plan to run for reelection. Fellow journalist Federico Benjamin Salazar of Radio Nuevo Mundo was also killed in the attack and is considered a collateral victim. Another journalist was wounded in the attack.

    Yankuba Badjie

    Yankuba Badjie (Badjie) was appointed as the Director General of The Gambia’s NIA in December 2013 and is alleged to have presided over abuses throughout his tenure. During Badjie’s tenure as Director General, abuses were prevalent and routine within the NIA, consisting of physical trauma and other mistreatment. In April 2016, Badjie oversaw the detention and murder of Solo Sandeng, a member of the political opposition. In February 2017, Badjie was charged along with eight subordinates with Sandeng’s murder. Prior to becoming Director General, Badjie served as the NIA Deputy Director General for Operations. Prior to becoming a member of the NIA’s senior leadership, Badjie led a paramilitary group known as the Junglers to the NIA’s headquarters to beat a prisoner for approximately three hours, leaving the prisoner unconscious and with broken hands. The following day, Badjie and the Junglers returned to beat the prisoner again, leaving him on the verge of death.

    For identifying information on the individuals and entities designated today, click here (shown below).

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    Issuance of Global Magnitsky Executive Order; Global Magnitsky Designations
    12/21/2017

    ​The President has issued a new Executive Order on December 20, 2017 Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuses and Corruption. OFAC is concurrently releasing new FAQs related to this Executive Order and the office is publishing the following designations.

    OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

    Specially Designated Nationals List Update

    The following individuals have been added to OFAC's SDN List:

    BADJIE, Yankuba (a.k.a. BADGIE, Yankuba; a.k.a. BADJI, Yankouba), Banjul, The Gambia; DOB 25 Feb 1973; alt. DOB 24 Feb 1973; POB New Jeshwang, Kanifang Municipality, The Gambia; Gender Male (individual) [GLOMAG].

    BOL MEL, Benjamin (a.k.a. BOL MEL KUOL, Benjamin; a.k.a. BOL MOL KUOT, Benjamin; a.k.a. BOL, Benjamin; a.k.a. BOR, Benjamin), Othaya Road, Othaya Villas House #2, Nairobi 00202, Kenya; Hai-Jalaba, Centre Street, Juba, Central Equatoria, South Sudan; Juba, South Sudan; DOB 03 Jan 1978; alt. DOB 24 Dec 1978; POB Awiil, Sudan; alt. POB Rialdit, South Sudan; alt. POB Warrap State, South Sudan; alt. POB Abiem, Aweil East County, Northern Bahr al Ghazal, South Sudan; nationality South Sudan; alt. nationality Sudan; Gender Male; Passport B00000006 (South Sudan) issued 26 Jul 2013 expires 26 Jul 2018; President of ABMC Thai-South Sudan Construction Company (individual) [GLOMAG].

    CHAYKA, Artem Yuryevich (a.k.a. CHAIKA, Artem), 38/2 Staraya Basmannaya, Apt. 310, Moscow, Russia; DOB 25 Sep 1975; POB Sverdlovsk, Russia; Gender Male; National ID No. 4501052463 (Russia) (individual) [GLOMAG].

    DEBOUTTE, Pieter Albert; DOB 15 Jun 1966; POB Roeselare, Flanders, Belgium; nationality Belgium; Gender Male (individual) [GLOMAG] (Linked To: GERTLER, Dan; Linked To: FLEURETTE PROPERTIES LIMITED; Linked To: GERTLER FAMILY FOUNDATION).

    GAO, Yan, Beijing, China; DOB Apr 1963; POB Hongtong, Shanxi, China; Gender Male (individual) [GLOMAG].

    GERTLER, Dan, 17 Daniel Street, Bnei Brak, Israel; 28 Daniel Street, Bnei Brak, Israel; Avenue Tchatchi 29, Gombe, Kinshasa, Congo, Democratic Republic of the; DOB 23 Dec 1973; POB Tel Aviv, Israel; nationality Israel; alt. nationality Congo, Democratic Republic of the; Gender Male; Passport 10945182 (Israel) issued 28 Jun 2010 expires 27 Jun 2020; alt. Passport 10926248 (Israel) issued 25 Feb 2008 expires 27 Feb 2018; alt. Passport DB0009084 (Congo, Democratic Republic of the) issued 28 May 2015 expires 27 May 2020; National ID No. 027100619 (Israel) (individual) [GLOMAG].

    JAMMEH, Yahya (a.k.a. JAMMEH BABILI MANSA, Yahya AJJ; a.k.a. JAMMEH, Alhaji Dr. Abdul-Azziz Jemus Junkung; a.k.a. JAMMEH, Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung), Equatorial Guinea; DOB 25 May 1965; POB Kanilai, The Gambia; nationality The Gambia; Gender Male (individual) [GLOMAG].

    JUAREZ RAMIREZ, Julio Antonio (a.k.a. JUAREZ, Julio), Quinta Esterlima Km. 152.5, San Bernardino, Suchitepequez, Guatemala; DOB 01 Dec 1980; POB Mazatenango, Guatemala; nationality Guatemala; Gender Male (individual) [GLOMAG].

    KARIMOVA, Gulnara (a.k.a. KARIMOVA, Goulnara; a.k.a. KARIMOVA, Goulnora Islamovna; a.k.a. "Googoosha"), Tashkent, Uzbekistan; DOB 08 Jul 1972; POB Fergana, Uzbekistan; nationality Uzbekistan; citizen Uzbekistan; Gender Female; Passport DA0006735 (Uzbekistan) (individual) [GLOMAG].

    KUSIUK, Sergey (a.k.a. KUSYUK, Sergej Nikolaevich; a.k.a. KUSYUK, Serhiy; a.k.a. KYSYUK, Sergei), Moscow, Russia; DOB 01 Dec 1966; POB Malaya Mochulka, Vinnitska, Ukraine; nationality Ukraine; alt. nationality Russia; Gender Male (individual) [GLOMAG].

    RIVAS REYES, Roberto Jose, Managua, Nicaragua; DOB 06 Jul 1954; POB Matagalpa, Nicaragua; nationality Nicaragua; Gender Male; Passport A00000604 (Nicaragua) issued 19 Jun 2013 expires 19 Jun 2023; alt. Passport 04091979435 (Nicaragua) issued 19 Jun 2013 expires 19 Jun 2023; National ID No. 4410607540007S (Nicaragua) (individual) [GLOMAG].

    RONDON RIJO, Angel, Ave Anacaona #83 Torre Caney Apt 25, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; DOB 16 Jul 1950; POB Higuey, Dominican Republic; Gender Male; Passport SC2249384 (Dominican Republic) issued 14 Jan 2015 expires 14 Jan 2021; alt. Passport 3297843 (Dominican Republic) issued 14 Jan 2015 expires 14 Jan 2021; National ID No. 00101629970 (Dominican Republic) (individual) [GLOMAG].

    SHAH, Mukhtar Hamid, 1 Hill Park Jhellum Road, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan; DOB 11 Aug 1939; alt. DOB 08 Nov 1939; POB Chakwal, Pakistan; nationality Pakistan; Gender Male; National ID No. 3740502728729 (Pakistan) (individual) [GLOMAG].

    SOE, Maung Maung, Burma; DOB Mar 1964; nationality Burma; Gender Male; National ID No. Tatmadaw Kyee 19571 (Burma) (individual) [GLOMAG].

    TESIC, Slobodan (a.k.a. SLOBODAN, Tezic), Serbia; DOB 21 Dec 1958; POB Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina; nationality Serbia; citizen Serbia; Gender Male; Passport 009511357 (Serbia) expires 27 Oct 2020; alt. Passport 007671811 (Serbia) expires 05 Aug 2019 (individual) [GLOMAG].

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    Thanks ramus,

    I've wanted to look over the list since announced.

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    Quote Posted by Paul (here)
    Quote Posted by Fellow Aspirant (here)
    Please don't take this "emergency" declaration seriously.
    As best as I can figure, Trump is very serious.

    It seems that the Bush, Clinton, Obama, Anglo-American Exceptionalist crime syndicate, with deep connections to the Rockefellers and Rothschilds, that has been corrupting many branches of the US government, and that has been engaging in world wide trafficking of arms, drugs, body parts, and children, has fallen on hard times.

    Their human trafficking, of children and organs, is one of their most vulnerable activities, that most good people, of whatever race, creed, color, age, gender or political persuasion, will not tolerate.

    Overall, they are a threat to humanity and a security threat to the United States, and Trump is attacking them where they are particularly vulnerable.

    I expect that we will be hearing more of this over the coming year. Various powerful people in politics, corporations, news media and entertainment will choose to step down, and/or will be charged with serious crimes.

    No one's saying that we will "rid the world" of such abuses ... but we will trim them back quite a bit, and in so doing trim back the power of some dastardly people and institutions.
    That was wonderfully well stated Paul.
    I swear I was cocked and loaded until I read your post.
    I need to start asking myself in such situations, what would Paul say?
    Thank you for such articulation I appreciate it.

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    Just something i have learned. Never trust a man who wheres a tie. I have never met one that can be trusted.

    this is only my observance of many.

    System says, where a tie to look professional.

    Watch out for youself when the belief in these people sets in. You are fooling yourselves.

    The one thing I want to try to say , is please look beyond the portrayal of anyone that is labeled anti establishment.

    Anti establishment, is only a distraction for the established ones in controll.

    A back door, to your butt.

    Whatch how they party with your money. Whatch how states are trying to sue federal government , Towns sueing states, unions within counties suing counties.

    What it boils down to, is you are sueing yourself.

    Who pays for all these wonderful organizations? You do.

    ****ty mess we are in.

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    Some more info and informed speculation here:

    http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-1...-and-perhaps-u

    Quote New Trump Executive Order Targets Clinton-Linked Individuals, Lobbyists And Perhaps Uranium One

    ...
    Now consider that if reports from The Hill are accurate - an FBI mole deep within the Russian uranium industry uncovered evidence that “Russian nuclear officials had routed millions of dollars to the U.S. designed to benefit former President Bill Clinton’s charitable foundation during the time Secretary of State Hillary Clinton served on a government body that provided a favorable decision to Moscow (the Uranium One approval)” – a deal which would eventually grant the Kremlin control over 20 percent of America’s uranium supply right around the time Bill Clinton also collected $500,000 for a Moscow speech, as detailed by author Peter Schweitzer’s book Clinton Cash and the New York Times in 2015.

    “The Russians were compromising American contractors in the nuclear industry with kickbacks and extortion threats, all of which raised legitimate national security concerns. And none of that evidence got aired before the Obama administration made those decisions,” a person who worked on the case told The Hill, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution by U.S. or Russian officials. –The Hill

    The same FBI informant claims to have video evidence showing Russian agents with briefcases full of bribe money related to the controversial Uranium One deal:

    ....
    Dan Gertler is an Israeli billionaire mining magnate revealed by the Paradise Papers to be chief negotiator between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and his primary business partner - mining company Glencore, founded by Marc Rich - who was pardoned for corruption by Bill Clinton on his last day in office after his wife gave $450,000 to the Clinton Library foundation.

    Glencore immediately cut ties with Gertler following Trump's Executive Order.
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    Quote Posted by Hervé (here)
    ... completely missing the point that, unless the WhiteHouse site has been hacked, that Executive order is totally legit:[INDENT][URL="https://www.whitehouse.gov"][IMG]https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/themes/whitehouse/assets/img/white-house-logo-sm-bl.png
    Exactly, Herve!

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    Quote Posted by Fellow Aspirant (here)
    I therefore determine that serious human rights abuse and corruption around the world constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat.

    This is completely absurd. In what fantasy could anyone claim that they will rid the world of "human rights abuse and corruption around the world"?

    Please don't take this "emergency" declaration seriously.

    B.
    I take the declaration very seriously. Those who do not take it seriously, however, I cannot take very seriously.

    Massive corruption and child trafficking are two of worst, most despicable plagues afflicting this planet and I applaud any effort to deal with it. Paul's post outlines the reasons to cheer this better than I could have. I also don't see where there are claims to "rid the world" of it, rather to "deal with that threat."

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    @Paul

    I can only hope and pray you are right-

    please stay well-

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    Quote Posted by jake gittes (here)
    Quote Posted by Fellow Aspirant (here)
    I therefore determine that serious human rights abuse and corruption around the world constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat.

    This is completely absurd. In what fantasy could anyone claim that they will rid the world of "human rights abuse and corruption around the world"?

    Please don't take this "emergency" declaration seriously.

    B.
    I take the declaration very seriously. Those who do not take it seriously, however, I cannot take very seriously.

    Massive corruption and child trafficking are two of worst, most despicable plagues afflicting this planet and I applaud any effort to deal with it. Paul's post outlines the reasons to cheer this better than I could have. I also don't see where there are claims to "rid the world" of it, rather to "deal with that threat."
    I also take this particular, and any, declaration of a national emergency very seriously. This particular declaration of a national emergency is but one among many by other POTUS who preceded Trump. In many cases the declarations have not resulted in the state of emergency being lifted, but rather the state of emergency has remained in effect---ostensibly because the declared national emergencies still exist.

    The principal advantage to a POTUS to declare a national emergency is that it gives the POTUS the constitutional authority, or at least the color of authority, to take certain action without being subject to Congressional prior approval or Judicial oversight and review. The declaration invokes the "Commander in Chief" powers of the POTUS. That is serious business.

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    Haven't we been under Continuity of Government since 9/11? So this must be something "different"?

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    Maybe he won't be re-newing the 9/11 state of emergency and needed a new one to activate special government powers?

    corruption is the new "terrorist"?


    Quote A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to perform actions that it would normally not be permitted. A government can declare such state during a disaster, civil unrest, or armed conflict. Such declaration alerts citizens to change their normal behavior and orders government agencies to implement emergency plans. Justitium is its equivalent in Roman law—a concept in which the senate could put forward a final decree (senatus consultum ultimum) that was not subject to dispute.

    The US Constitution explicitly provides some emergency powers:

    Congress may authorize the government to call forth the militia to execute the laws, suppress an insurrection or repel an invasion.
    Congress may authorize the government to suspend consideration of writs of habeas corpus "when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it."
    Felony charges may be brought without presentment or grand jury indictment in cases arising "in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger."
    A state government may engage in war without Congress's approval if "actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay."

    Aside from these, many provisions of law exist in various jurisdictions, which take effect only upon an executive declaration of emergency; some 500 federal laws take effect upon a presidential declaration of emergency. The National Emergencies Act regulates this process at the federal level. It requires the President to specifically identify the provisions activated and to renew the declaration annually so as to prevent an arbitrarily broad or open-ended emergency. Presidents have occasionally taken action justified as necessary or prudent because of a state of emergency, only to have the action struck down in court as unconstitutional.[63]

    The 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act allows the government to freeze assets, limit trade and confiscate property in response to an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to the United States that originates substantially outside of it. As of 2015 more than twenty emergencies under the IEEPA remain active regarding various subjects, the oldest of which was declared in 1979 with regard to the government of Iran. Another ongoing national emergency, declared after the September 11 attacks, authorizes the president to retain or reactivate military personnel beyond their normal term of service.[65]
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    It's apparent to me that some people (not pointing fingers) are not quite fully understanding what's going on here with this E.O. So, if you will, please read what I posted HERE:

    Quote Posted by Harley (here)
    Quote Is this Executive Order the start of something bigger?
    Yes, I believe it is.

    Read and study the order until you understand it (It's not that long). This is a Global Order (National AND International) pertaining to "Serious Human Rights Abuse OR Corruption", and it looks to me the reason why we are only seeing Foreign Persons/Entities names on it so far is because of the Sealed Indictments they have against all the US Citizens/Entities that are under investigation.

    I expect that these US Citizens/Entities names will be added to this list once they begin Unsealing these Indictments[1], which may be happening soon, as I believe this may be the reason this Executive Order was issued today.

    After the President issued this Executive Order he also sent a letter to Congress notifying them that
    Quote I hereby report that I have issued the enclosed Executive Order (the “order”) declaring a National Emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States posed by serious human rights abuse and corruption around the world.
    Link to Text of Letter HERE.

    It's important to understand that the POTUS has just declared a National Emergency to Congress and what extra powers it provides to the POTUS.[2]

    He is most definitely preparing for Kick-Back.
    [1] It should be quite understandable why these individuals would not be named before their Indictment is unsealed.

    [2] Once Congress has enacted the National Emergency,
    Quote The President of the United States possesses certain powers to act in emergency situations. Though such “emergency power” is not specifically expressed in the Constitution, the Executive Branch is designed to be able to act quickly in times of war or national emergency. https://legaldictionary.net/emergency-power/
    Harley

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    Is that list at the end with only 13 named on it or there is way more, if so anyone has the complete one?

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    ...

    ... so... that's the promised storm we are still in the calm of...
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    In a word Herve: Mostdefinatelyyes.

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