William Barr nominated by Donald Trump to be US attorney general
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911 EVERY DAY
Geez I remember you saying the same thing about Tillerson. Hmmm.
Have you thought about thinking for yourself for a single second rather than worshiping the fuhrer?
Barr isn't that stupid.. Uranium One was a Canadian company.. and NONE of that uranium leaves the US..
We have very little uranium mining in the US and have bought most of what we used from Khazakistan.
It's not just the Clintons who are implicated in a uranium deal with the Russians that compromised national-security interests.
The cool half-million the Putin regime funneled to Bill Clinton was five times the amount it spent on those Facebook ads — the ones the media-DEMOCRAT complex ludicrously suggests swung the 2016 presidential election to Trump.
By contrast, the staggering $500,000 payday from a Kremlin-tied Russian bank for a single speech looks like part of a multi-million-dollar influence-peddling scheme to enrich the former president and his wife.
At the time, Russia was plotting — successfully — to secure U.S. government approval for its acquisition of Uranium One, and with it, tens of billions of dollars in U.S. uranium reserves.
The Uranium One scandal is not only, or even principally, a Clinton scandal.
It is an Obama-administration scandal. The Clintons were just doing what the Clintons do. The Obama administration, with Secretary Clinton at the forefront but hardly alone, was knowingly compromising American national-security interests.
The administration green-lighted the transfer of control over one-fifth of American uranium-mining capacity to Russia, a hostile regime — and specifically to Russia’s state-controlled nuclear-energy conglomerate, Rosatom.
Worse, at the time the administration approved the transfer, it knew that Rosatom’s American subsidiary was engaged in a lucrative racketeering enterprise that had already committed felony extortion, fraud, and money-laundering offenses.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/452972/uranium-one-deal-obama-administration-doj-hillary-clinton-racketeering
Claims of Clinton-Russia Uranium Collusion Are A Real Empty Barrel
In a 2015 book, Breitbart News editor Peter Schweizer claimed that donations to the Clinton Foundation were behind the Obama administration’s approval of the 2010 sale of a Canadian mining company to a Russian state-controlled firm. The sale gave Russia control of a large swath of American uranium interests.
And by large, we really mean small.
The allegations are back in the news after a report in The Hill last week claimed, citing anonymous sources, that at the time U.S. officials were weighing whether to approve the deal, the FBI was investigating evidence of bribery, kickbacks, extortion and money laundering by Russian nuclear industry officials designed to help further Russian President Vladimir Putin's commercial nuclear ambitions inside the United States.
The Hill article was seized on by right-wing media ― and the President ― as evidence backing up a conspiracy theory that they've pushed amid the investigations into Russia's efforts to swing the presidential election to Donald Trump. The real collusion scandal, they claim, involves Russia and Hillary Clinton. The implication of the piece is that the FBI investigation should have been known to those who approved the deal in question.
Clinton's State Department and several government agencies on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States unanimously approved the 2010 partial sale of Canadian mining company Uranium One to the Russian nuclear giant Rosatom, supposedly giving Moscow control of more than 20% of America’s uranium supply.
Obama and Clinton colluding to hand over 20% America’s strategic uranium to the Russians? On cue, Fox News gabber Sean Hannity said this could be 'the biggest scandal' in American history.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesc...scandal-are-a-real-empty-barrel/#7d9194d67b55
But here's the thing ― by 20%, we really mean almost zero.
Those U.S. facilities obtained by Russia produce almost nothing. The uranium deposits are of relatively poor grade and are too costly to compete on the uranium market. But the facilities do have good milling capacity to process ore, if anyone gives it to them, which hasn’t happened in about 10 years. Theoretically, they could process 20% of our ore, but that will never happen. Uranium One couldn’t give these facilities away.
Besides, Russia can’t export any uranium they produce in the U.S. They do not possess a Nuclear Regulatory Commission export license.
The real reason Russia wanted this deal was to give Rosatom’s subsidiary Uranium One's very profitable uranium mines in Kazakhstan ― the single largest producer of commercial uranium in the world.
Then, in 2011, the administration approved a Rosatom subsidiary to sell commercial uranium to U.S. nuclear power plants in partnership with the U.S. Enrichment Corporation. Up until then, Russia had been limited to selling our nuclear power plants uranium reprocessed from old Soviet nuclear weapons under the 1990s Megatons to Megawatts peace program. Nothing strange here, either. Finally, in 2013, Russia obtained 100% interest in Uranium One.
Rather than take action against this deal, the Department of Justice just continued investigating the matter for years, essentially leaving the American public, Congress, the secretary of state and the administration in the dark about more Russian meddling in the United States, this time involving nuclear.
Candidate Trump jumped on this issue during the 2016 campaign trail last year, but as secretary of state, Clinton was not involved in the committee review and never intervened on the matter, and there were several other agencies involved in the recommendation.
It is still not clear why no one at the FBI alerted the Obama administration to the Russian kickbacks, extortion threats and money laundering before these decisions were made. One theory is that the United States was still seeking to 'reset' its relationship with Russia and was also trying to get Putin on board with our Iran nuclear deal. But in the end, this Russian deal just wasn’t that important and had no national security ramifications.
As Jeffrey Lewis, a nuclear nonproliferation expert at the Middlebury Institute, described it, Russia’s purchase of the company 'had as much of an impact on national security as it would have if they set the money on fire. That’s probably why (all the U.S. agencies involved) approved it.'
The key to this issue’s resurgence this week is that Hillary Clinton was secretary of state at the time, Bill Clinton was getting lucrative speaking fees in Russia, and Russian money was finding its way to the Clinton Foundation, although the amount turns out to be small. However, even if there was no wrongdoing on the part of the administration or the Clintons, and no national security reason for anyone to oppose this deal, some still want to make it another Benghazi.
As a scandal, this issue lacks relevance since Clinton is now a private citizen and Russian meddling in our 2016 election has become a bigger issue. In fact, all the attention now being paid to the uranium deal seems to have more to do with Robert Mueller’s present investigation of Russian collusion than with Clinton.
The political ramifications aside, what is the reality of our uranium supplies, and how much does Russian meddling affect them?
Short answer – not at all.
There’s lots and lots of uranium in the world, and more keeps being discovered. Just look at the 2017 AAPG EMD Committee Report that covers uranium, other nuclear minerals and rare earth elements.
According to the lead author, Michael Campbell at I2M Associates, 'we are awash in uranium, not to mention all energy minerals – oil, coal and especially natural gas.' (Disclosure: I am a member of that committee and a co-author of the report.)
This is especially true in North America, which contains the highest-grade uranium deposits in the world. The Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan is known as the 'Saudi Arabia of Uranium.'
Which is critical since we need to double nuclear power to address climate change and replace coal, even as we ramp up renewables. We also need to provide an extra 300 billion kWhs each year to charge the 100-million-plus fleet of fully electric vehicles America needs by 2040 to have any chance of putting a real dent in our petroleum use.
So yes, North America is essentially uranium-independent. And no, this Russian deal had, and will have, no impact, aside from showing that the FBI is lax in its prosecution of Russians who break our laws, and lax in alerting us to their meddling in time to do anything about it.
Dr. James Conca is an expert on energy, nuclear and dirty bombs, a planetary geologist, and a professional speaker.
Those U.S. facilities obtained by Russia produce almost nothing. The uranium deposits are of relatively poor grade and are too costly to compete on the uranium market. But the facilities do have good milling capacity to process ore, if anyone gives it to them, which hasn’t happened in about 10 years. Theoretically, they could process 20% of our ore, but that will never happen. Uranium One couldn’t give these facilities away.
Besides, Russia can’t export any uranium they produce in the U.S. They do not possess a Nuclear Regulatory Commission export license.
The real reason Russia wanted this deal was to give Rosatom’s subsidiary Uranium One's very profitable uranium mines in Kazakhstan ― the single largest producer of commercial uranium in the world.
Then, in 2011, the administration approved a Rosatom subsidiary to sell commercial uranium to U.S. nuclear power plants in partnership with the U.S. Enrichment Corporation. Up until then, Russia had been limited to selling our nuclear power plants uranium reprocessed from old Soviet nuclear weapons under the 1990s Megatons to Megawatts peace program. Nothing strange here, either. Finally, in 2013, Russia obtained 100% interest in Uranium One.
Rather than take action against this deal, the Department of Justice just continued investigating the matter for years, essentially leaving the American public, Congress, the secretary of state and the administration in the dark about more Russian meddling in the United States, this time involving nuclear.
Candidate Trump jumped on this issue during the 2016 campaign trail last year, but as secretary of state, Clinton was not involved in the committee review and never intervened on the matter, and there were several other agencies involved in the recommendation.
It is still not clear why no one at the FBI alerted the Obama administration to the Russian kickbacks, extortion threats and money laundering before these decisions were made. One theory is that the United States was still seeking to 'reset' its relationship with Russia and was also trying to get Putin on board with our Iran nuclear deal. But in the end, this Russian deal just wasn’t that important and had no national security ramifications.
As Jeffrey Lewis, a nuclear nonproliferation expert at the Middlebury Institute, described it, Russia’s purchase of the company 'had as much of an impact on national security as it would have if they set the money on fire. That’s probably why (all the U.S. agencies involved) approved it.'
The key to this issue’s resurgence this week is that Hillary Clinton was secretary of state at the time, Bill Clinton was getting lucrative speaking fees in Russia, and Russian money was finding its way to the Clinton Foundation, although the amount turns out to be small. However, even if there was no wrongdoing on the part of the administration or the Clintons, and no national security reason for anyone to oppose this deal, some still want to make it another Benghazi.
As a scandal, this issue lacks relevance since Clinton is now a private citizen and Russian meddling in our 2016 election has become a bigger issue. In fact, all the attention now being paid to the uranium deal seems to have more to do with Robert Mueller’s present investigation of Russian collusion than with Clinton.
The political ramifications aside, what is the reality of our uranium supplies, and how much does Russian meddling affect them?
Short answer – not at all.
There’s lots and lots of uranium in the world, and more keeps being discovered. Just look at the 2017 AAPG EMD Committee Report that covers uranium, other nuclear minerals and rare earth elements.
According to the lead author, Michael Campbell at I2M Associates, 'we are awash in uranium, not to mention all energy minerals – oil, coal and especially natural gas.' (Disclosure: I am a member of that committee and a co-author of the report.)
This is especially true in North America, which contains the highest-grade uranium deposits in the world. The Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan is known as the 'Saudi Arabia of Uranium.'
Which is critical since we need to double nuclear power to address climate change and replace coal, even as we ramp up renewables. We also need to provide an extra 300 billion kWhs each year to charge the 100-million-plus fleet of fully electric vehicles America needs by 2040 to have any chance of putting a real dent in our petroleum use.
So yes, North America is essentially uranium-independent. And no, this Russian deal had, and will have, no impact, aside from showing that the FBI is lax in its prosecution of Russians who break our laws, and lax in alerting us to their meddling in time to do anything about it.
Dr. James Conca is an expert on energy, nuclear and dirty bombs, a planetary geologist, and a professional speaker.
Maybe they'll use you as the drunken slut this time. I hear you're that way.
Darth Omar
Russian asset
Barr is no hard rightie but an establishment republican, like your hero Mullet. Though Mullet is likely afflicted with TDS. Never Trumpers have that as well.
At any rate, lefties would do well to fear an SP appointment to look into the Clinton Foundation and Uranium One. Once unleashed, SP’s can wind up anywhere. As they well know.
And who was head of the FBI when the Uranium One deal went down?
You should be embarrassed that after all this time you still don't know a damned thing about Uranium One or the Clinton Foundation. That's really pitiful.
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I tell it like it is. That's a sign of a higher IQ. Drunken sluts are the ones with lower IQs. They have to drink heavily then give up the goodies quickly and often because they know low IQ isn't going not get them much.
Are your feelings hurt because you haven't been asked to play the role yet?
Do you have evidence to support that claim? You've yet to prove anything else you've claimed.
Do you attend more parties as the drunken slut than Christine Ford did?
Wm Barr won't last...........
Tillerson on Trump: 'Undisciplined,' 'doesn't like to read' and tries to do illegal things
excerpt:
"What was challenging for me coming from the disciplined, highly process-oriented Exxon Mobil corporation," Tillerson said, was "to go to work for a man who is pretty undisciplined, doesn't like to read, doesn't read briefing reports, doesn't like to get into the details of a lot of things, but rather just kind of says, 'This is what I believe.'"
Tillerson said Trump believes he is acting on his instincts rather than relying on facts. But Tillerson seemed to suggest that it resulted in impulsiveness.
"He acts on his instincts; in some respects, that looks like impulsiveness," Tillerson said. "But it's not his intent to act on impulse. I think he really is trying to act on his instincts."
https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/ne...n-on-Trump-Undisciplined-doesn-t-13449594.php
Tillerson on Trump: 'Undisciplined,' 'doesn't like to read' and tries to do illegal things
excerpt:
"What was challenging for me coming from the disciplined, highly process-oriented Exxon Mobil corporation," Tillerson said, was "to go to work for a man who is pretty undisciplined, doesn't like to read, doesn't read briefing reports, doesn't like to get into the details of a lot of things, but rather just kind of says, 'This is what I believe.'"
Tillerson said Trump believes he is acting on his instincts rather than relying on facts. But Tillerson seemed to suggest that it resulted in impulsiveness.
"He acts on his instincts; in some respects, that looks like impulsiveness," Tillerson said. "But it's not his intent to act on impulse. I think he really is trying to act on his instincts."
https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/ne...n-on-Trump-Undisciplined-doesn-t-13449594.php
Wm Barr won't last...........
Tillerson on Trump: 'Undisciplined,' 'doesn't like to read' and tries to do illegal things
excerpt:
"What was challenging for me coming from the disciplined, highly process-oriented Exxon Mobil corporation," Tillerson said, was "to go to work for a man who is pretty undisciplined, doesn't like to read, doesn't read briefing reports, doesn't like to get into the details of a lot of things, but rather just kind of says, 'This is what I believe.'"
Tillerson said Trump believes he is acting on his instincts rather than relying on facts. But Tillerson seemed to suggest that it resulted in impulsiveness.
"He acts on his instincts; in some respects, that looks like impulsiveness," Tillerson said. "But it's not his intent to act on impulse. I think he really is trying to act on his instincts."
https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/ne...n-on-Trump-Undisciplined-doesn-t-13449594.php
Tillerson on Trump: 'Undisciplined,' 'doesn't like to read' and tries to do illegal things
excerpt:
"What was challenging for me coming from the disciplined, highly process-oriented Exxon Mobil corporation," Tillerson said, was "to go to work for a man who is pretty undisciplined, doesn't like to read, doesn't read briefing reports, doesn't like to get into the details of a lot of things, but rather just kind of says, 'This is what I believe.'"
Tillerson said Trump believes he is acting on his instincts rather than relying on facts. But Tillerson seemed to suggest that it resulted in impulsiveness.
"He acts on his instincts; in some respects, that looks like impulsiveness," Tillerson said. "But it's not his intent to act on impulse. I think he really is trying to act on his instincts."
https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/ne...n-on-Trump-Undisciplined-doesn-t-13449594.php
I believe once he reviews all the evidence Mueller and his team has that he will come to the conclusion that his original assessment of the investigation was erroneous.
NRC memos reviewed by The Hill show that it did approve the shipment of yellowcake uranium — the raw material used to make nuclear fuel and weapons — from the Russian-owned mines in the United States to Canada in 2012 through a third party. Later, the Obama administration approved some of that uranium going all the way to Europe, government documents show.
NRC officials said they could not disclose the total amount of uranium that Uranium One exported because the information is proprietary. They did, however, say that the shipments only lasted from 2012 to 2014 and that they are unaware of any exports since then.
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/358339-uranium-one-deal-led-to-some-exports-to-europe-memos-show
We have always sent uranium to Canada to be turned into yellow cake. Trump doesn't know anything about Uranium One either. He "feels".. he doesn't read or think or bother with the facts.
He also makes a lot of things up. He’s really good at that. His alternative facts.
NRC officials told The Hill that Uranium One exports flowed from Wyoming to Canada and on to Europe between 2012 and 2014, and the approval involved a process with multiple agencies.
Rather than give Rosatom a direct export license — which would have raised red flags inside a Congress already suspicious of the deal — in 2012 the NRC authorized an amendment to an existing export license for a Paducah, Ky.-based trucking firm called RSB Logistics Services Inc. to add Uranium One to the list of clients whose uranium it could move.
The license, reviewed by The Hill, is dated March 16, 2012, and it increased the amount of uranium ore concentrate that RSB Logistics could ship to the Cameco Corp. plant in Ontario from 7,500,000 kilograms to 12,000,000 kilograms and added Uranium One to the “other parties to Export.”
LICENSE IS HERE: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1207/ML12076A191.pdf
AMENDMENT IS HERE: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1618/ML16188A241.pdf
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/358339-uranium-one-deal-led-to-some-exports-to-europe-memos-show
Darth Omar
Russian asset
Schumer is calling for the investigation to be protected or the Senate shouldn’t confirm Barr.
Which is wrong. It’s not Barr’s job to ‘protect the investigation’. It’s his job to oversee it and if there were problems in the way the investigation was initiated—then those problems should be brought to light.