Douglas Caddy

US firm that paid indicted FBI informant tied to Trump associates, records reveal | FBI | The Guardian

Yesterday around 11 a.m., shortly after I had signed on to my computer, it was frozen with an Official Notice from Microsoft Security accompanied by a loud piercing unrelenting voice warning, "Do not turn off your computer." My immediate thought was whether it was really from Microsoft Security or some sort of hacker scam to get money from me. I decided to click on the Notice and was connected to Microsoft Security. For about two hours I talked on the phone with a brilliant Microsoft Security representative who directed me how to unfreeze my computer and quiet the voice and then launch an investigation. It turned out that a party unknown to me had co-opted my computer's IP address and using it at 1:15 a.m. had purchased a porn video of a criminal nature from a notorious site using a credit card. The Microsoft Security representative asked me a number of questions that I answered about my credit card, bank debit card, bank account and cell phone. I waited on the phone while the staff at Microsoft Security checked the veracity of my answers. Everything was proven accurate. I then told the MS Rep that I believed this was all about the book that I am writing about Watergate and implied that the purchase of the porn video was an attempt to compromise me using a staged false activity. This one was just the latest effort to force me from completing the writing and publishing of The First Hour of Watergate. I was impressed by professionalism of Microsoft Security and of the resources it had to conduct an investigation. My computer, landline phone and cell phone are now under the direct protection of Microsoft Security, and I am assured that an incident of this type will not happen again. What is not known is what other effort may be taken by the CIA to kill my book.

US firm that paid indicted FBI informant tied to Trump associates, records reveal | FBI | The Guardian

Michael Ward posted this on Facebook today: Harold Weisberg, perhaps the most dogged of the early researchers, sued under the Freedom of Information Act for the records of the various neutron activation analyses. The case dragged on for 17 years, with the Department of Justice claiming that public knowledge of the data was not in the interests of ‘national security’. Eventually, nearly twenty years after the assassination, some of the results of the NAA tests were made available to Weisberg. He concluded that there had in fact been seven controlled tests: The tests given me show that in seven ‘control’ cases where others had fired a rifle this evidence was left on the cheeks. (Harold Weisberg, Post Mortem: JFK Assassination Cover–Up Smashed, Weisberg, 1975, p.437) As might be expected, given the authorities’ unwillingness to release the documents, the control tests appear to prove that neutron activation analysis can be expected to show substantial quantities of barium and antimony on the cheek of anyone who had fired a rifle of the same type as that found on the sixth floor of the TSBD. The absence of such quantities on Oswald’s cheek implies that he almost certainly did not fire a rifle on the day of the assassination. The court case is Weisberg v. ERDA and the Department of Justice, Civil Action 75–226. The documents, which still await expert appraisal, are available in the Harold Weisberg Archive, Hood College, Frederick, Maryland. Framing an innocent man is what they did.

The Zone of Interest is about the danger of ignoring atrocities – including in Gaza | Naomi Klein | The Guardian

This display was posted on Facebook and read by millions. Your quarrel should be with Facebook for its being posted there.

Intercepted: Israel’s Use of Mass Starvation as a Weapon of War (theintercept.com)

US firm that paid indicted FBI informant tied to Trump associates, records reveal | FBI | The Guardian

The Israelis lie constantly. One only has to read the front-page article in today's Wall Street Journal titled, "Detainees from Gaza Say Israelis Stripped and Beat them." Thousands of innocent Gazans from all walks of life were grabbed off the street and detailed by Israel. A number of them recount their barbaric torture. They are the fortunate few that have been released. The article quotes Israeli military leaders are saying torture is never condoned by them.

This case is moving so fast that I cannot not offer a legal opinion as to where it will go. I will say that Trump's modus operandi has always been to use his private detectives and willing members of law enforcement to find compromising information on those he opposes. Willis walked into this. She was not prepared for the big time.

Since I posted this Guardian article, things have gotten worse for Willis and for the case being properly prosecuted. If she is removed, which may happen tomorrow, who would want to step forward as the new prosecutor in this legal mess?

Judge dismisses six charges against Trump and defendants in Georgia election case | Georgia | The Guardian

New York Times - Thomas Friedman article https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/opinion/israel-hamas-war-netanyahu.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cE0.WCH9.OboiDHH92D28&smid=url-share

Orlando Bosh posted this on Facebook today. Why Allen Dulles Killed the Kennedys (foreignpolicyjournal.com)

QZionism hits Peak Conspiracy Theory with Smears of Oscar-Winning Jonathan Glazer (juancole.com)

Senators write Biden about military aid to Israel that violates the law. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/us/politics/democrats-biden-israel-letter.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cE0.Q2h_.rUJ5357PMr00&smid=url-share

Best dressed at the Oscars

Israeli human rights groups accuse country of failing to abide by ICJ’s Gaza aid ruling | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian

I saw Barbie and thought it a great picture. If it comes back in the wake of the Oscars, I am going to see it again on the big screen. For some reason members of the Academy of Motion Pictures did not do it justice at the Oscars. It was almost blacklisted even though it grossed over a $ 1 billion and was an international success.

‘A 1939 moment’: Jim Sciutto on Russia, China and the threat of war | Books | The Guardian

I agree with the book's author about the U.S. today https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/09/opinion/emmanuel-todd-decline-west.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bk0.myyF.2wW8SiwxrdHw&smid=url-share

After she was freed, Israeli hostage offered a handshake to Hamas (nbcnews.com)