[4][5], In 2021, McConnell was named one of the US' top 'climate villains' by The Guardian.[236]. Lt. Col Tony Shaffer has claimed that the DOD retaliated against him for speaking out publicly about the IG report's distortions. [4], Assertion that Able Danger identified 9/11 hijackers, Comments by members of the Able Danger team, An example of a chart produced as output by the project's data mining and visualization suite is called the. [133][134] McConnell afterward admitted the confirmation process was a low point for the Senate, but also downplayed reports of dysfunction in the Senate; he said claims that the Senate was "somehow broken over this [were] simply inaccurate". [20] His brief time in service has repeatedly been put at issue by his political opponents during his electoral campaigns. In the United States Senate, any senator may speak for unlimited duration unless a 60-person majority votes to invoke cloture, or end debate, and proceed to a final vote. Russell-Jay: Gould explained. References. [25][24] During the same time period, he taught a night class on political science at the University of Louisville. [182], Earlier in his political career, during the 1960s and 1970s, McConnell held moderate stances, including support of abortions, support of unions, and support of the civil rights movement. On the 19th of January 2021 then President Trump, POTUS 45, which is very similar to Isaiah 45 in the Bible, President Trump turned the control of the United States of America over to the Military White Hats [18][115] "The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court justice. North Central merged with Southern Airways to become Republic Airlines July, 1979. When asked whether the information could have prevented the attack on September 11 of 2001, he answered that he would not speculate to that, but that the information might have been useful. We're going after the leadership. [108], In May 2010, after President Obama nominated Elena Kagan to succeed the retiring John Paul Stevens, McConnell said during a Senate speech that Americans wanted to make sure Kagan would be independent of influence from White House as an associate justice and noted Obama's referring to Kagan as a friend of his in announcing her nomination. [28] [29], In 1977, McConnell was elected the Jefferson County judge/executive, the top political office in Jefferson County, Kentucky, at the time, defeating incumbent Democrat Todd Hollenbach, III, 53% to 47%. Daughter of an Air Force officer and a Puerto Rican mother Denise lived in Norman, Oklahoma at the time of her Playmate appearance. The destruction of these files is an important element to this story and I encourage the Committee to investigate it further. [63], In 2013, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid eliminated the filibuster for all presidential nominations except the Supreme Court. Trump added: "I hired his wife. [35], Shaffer's claims were also confirmed by James D. Smith, a civilian contractor who worked on Able Danger. Report Suggest Cover-Up of 9/11 Findings", "Alarming 9/11 Claim Is Baseless, Panel Says", "Senators Nix Pre-9/11 Hijacker ID Theory", "Did DoD lawyers blow the chance to nab Atta? ", The Cynic: The Political Education of Mitch McConnell, "Chapter Four: You can start too late, but never too soon", "Senator's pet issue: money and the power it buys", "Mitch McConnell's 30-Year Senate Legacy Leaves Kentucky In The Lurch", "Ford Picks Thornburgh to Head Criminal Division", "Register, Department of Justice and the Courts of the United States", "Party polarization america war over two social contracts", "Mitch McConnell, America's No. [174], In 2020, according to Morning Consult, Susan Collins edged out McConnell as the most unpopular senator with a 52% unfavorable rating from Maine voters compared to 50% unfavorable for McConnell. [12], In 1956, his family moved to Louisville, Kentucky, where he attended duPont Manual High School. [36] In June 2018 he became the longest-serving Senate Republican leader in the history of the United States. [24], On September 15, 2005, Weldon asserted that he had identified an employee who had been ordered to destroy the 2.5 terabytes (TB) of data collected by Able Danger two years before the 9/11 attack. Since 2015, she has been dating Eric Hosmer, a professional baseball player. "[69] In private, McConnell reportedly expresses disdain for Trump[70] and "abhors" his behavior. [233][234][235], In 2015 and 2019, Time listed McConnell as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Retired USAF Lt. Col Field McConnell says it's been reported to him that Barack Obama was executed on September 29, 2019 by firing squad at GTMO. "[101], In 2021, McConnell sought to organize Republican Senators into filibustering a bipartisan commission to investigate the storming of the Capitol on January 6. According to statements by Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer and those of four others, Able Danger had identified two of three al-Qaeda cells active in the September 11 attacks; the 'Brooklyn cell' linked to "Blind Sheik" Omar Abdel-Rahman, including 9/11 leader Mohamed Atta, and three of the plot's other 19 hijackers. [56][59][52][62], Political scientists Hacker and Pierson describe the rationale behind McConnell's filibusters, "Filibusters left no fingerprints. Every four years would be a scramble for power at any cost. [20] This was a coveted position because the Reserve units were mostly kept out of combat during the Vietnam War. And while youre studying that realityjudiciously, as you willwell act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and thats how things will sort out. [143] In December 2018, the Republican-controlled Senate unanimously passed an appropriations bill without wall funding, and the bill appeared likely to be approved by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and Trump. [112][113] Later in a 2019 interview, McConnell credited himself for the large number of judicial vacancies created in the last two years of Obama's presidency. The bottom line is, CIA will never give you the best information from "Alex Base" or anywhere else. Senator in Kentucky history. Join our radio network Today as we host great Live guests and play the best picks of recent recorded shows >> truthcentralradio.com. For other uses, see, Statewide elected officials and legislative leaders of, Relationships with presidential administrations, Although McConnell has allowed reporters to examine parts of his military record and take notes, he has refused to allow copies to be made or to disclose his entire record, despite calls by his opponents to do so. On December 10, 2006, Field McConnell reported the illegal modification on Boeing aircraft to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Northwest Airlines, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), NORAD and the USNA Superintendent. This information starts at about the 17:00 minute mark but the entire interview is very good so you'll want to listen to all of it. Rhett McConnell, more commonly known as "Bench Guy," is a character role-played by McconnellRet. As Senate Majority Leader, he led the passing of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act in 2018. One of Holmseth's principal allies is Field McConnell, a 70-year-old former Navy pilot who has become a leading promoter of the QAnon idea that CPS agents are stealing children. The record for the number of circuit court judges confirmed during a president's first year was broken in 2017, while the previous two-year record took place under President George H. W. Bush, and included 22 nominations. Nor could the interviewee recall, when questioned, any details about how he thought a link to Atta could have been made by this DOD program in 2000 or any time before 9/11. . "[49], "unfortunately we are not aware of the continuing existence of any chart containing Mohamed Atta's name or photograph. Captain Field McConnell, a former Northwest Airline DC-10 captain and a long time friend of Captain Dan Hanley, retired 9 years early as such because of his exposure of illegal modifications on Boeing aircraft in 2006 so that he could serve as an expert witness in future litigation. [169][170] With a 49% disapproval rate in 2017, McConnell had the highest disapproval rating of all senators. On December 15, one day after the electoral college vote, McConnell reversed his previous stance and publicly acknowledged Biden's win, stating "Today, I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden. The copies within Lt Col Shaffer's files were destroyed by the DIA in approximately Spring 2004. They declined to comment on the reports as they worked to clarify the matter. Congressman Weldon also claims the report was a hurried, botched up investigation that was intended to close the books on the subject rather than report on the facts. "[56], In 2012, McConnell proposed a measure allowing President Obama to raise the debt ceiling, hoping some Democratic senators would oppose the measure, thus demonstrating disunity among Democrats. Check below for more deets about Clare McConnell. [86][87] He also declared that there was "no chance" the Senate would convict Trump and remove him from office. "[51], Former Army Major Erik Kleinsmith, former head of the Pentagon's Land Warfare Analysis Department, testified at the hearing that he had been instructed to destroy data and documents related to Able Danger in May and June 2000. [71], In October 2017, White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon and other Trump allies blamed McConnell for stalling the Trump administration's legislation. [131] In September 2018, Christine Blasey Ford publicly alleged that she had been sexually assaulted by Kavanaugh in 1982. [23], On August 14, 2005, Mike Kelly, a columnist for The (Bergen) Record (New Jersey), described a telephone interview, arranged by the staff of Rep. Curt Weldon, with a man who identified himself as a member of the Able Danger team, but asked that his name not be revealed. Smith stated that Atta's name had emerged during an examination of individuals known to have ties to Omar Abdel Rahman, a leading figure in the first World Trade Center bombing. He is currently on sabbatical due to the ongoing conflicts between the FIB and UPD. Able Danger members were not prohibited from sharing intelligence information with law enforcement authorities or other agencies that could have acted on that information. "I will not discuss this outside of my chain of command", Phillpott said in a statement to Fox News. [52], On February 14, 2006, Congressmen Curt Weldon charged that contrary to testimony, not all the data on Able Danger had been destroyed. Paul Cantanese, McClatchy reporter. [139][140], In July 2018, McConnell said funding for the MexicoUnited States border wall would likely have to wait until the midterms had concluded. 5. [17][21] Over time he shifted to the right and became more conservative. The 10,000 copies of the books have not been released yet. [138], The United States federal government shut down October 117, 2013, following a failure to enact legislation to fund the government. [12] He graduated Omicron Delta Kappa from the University of Louisville with a B.A. [5][6], The program used data mining techniques to associate open source information with classified information in an attempt to make connections among individual members of terrorist groups as part of its original "intelligence preparation of the battlespace". [121] McConnell's refusal to hold Senate hearings on Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland during Obama's final year in office was described by political scientists and legal scholars as "unprecedented",[122][123] a "culmination of [his] confrontational style",[124] a "blatant abuse of constitutional norms",[54] and a "classic example of constitutional hardball". "[132] Kavanaugh was confirmed on October 6. $500 thousand. [80], Later that day, he described the storming of the Capitol building (which occurred while the Electoral College votes were being counted) as a "failed insurrection" which "tried to disrupt our democracy". [164] Democrats panned the bill as "completely inadequate" given the scope of the crisis brought on by the COVID-19[165] and as a partisan maneuver to help Republican senators up for reelection. [21], In his book Countdown to Terror, Weldon asserted that an Able Danger chart produced in 1999 identifying 9/11 hijackers Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi, Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi had been presented to then-Deputy National Security Advisor Jim Steinberg. McConnell's campaign ran television ads warning voters to not "Get BeSheared" and included images of sheep being sheared. Congressman Curt Weldon issued a response to the 9/11 Commission[20] clarifying the mission of Able Danger, expressing concern over the statements made by various members of the 9/11 Commission, and promising to push forward until it is understood why the DoD was unable to pass the information uncovered by Able Danger to the FBI, and why the 9/11 Commission failed to follow up on the information they were given on Able Danger. Furthermore, as a result of his unpopularity with Trump and the more populist base, McConnell has had historically low approval for a senator when looking at the electorate as a whole, as a 2012 poll and a 2016 poll each found that McConnell had the lowest home-state approval rating of any sitting senator. 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[68] However, McConnell disagreed with Trump on multiple subsequent occasions. [38][39], Former chief assistant U.S. attorney Andrew McCarthy and others have asserted that the Able Danger intelligence was suppressed as a result of a policy of forbidding the CIA and FBI to share intelligence known as "the wall. He has said his time with Cooper inspired him to run for the Senate later in life. Later that day, McConnell declared that for Trump's impeachment trial, he would be in "total coordination with the White House counsel's office" and Trump's representatives. In her book, she goes to Belize on a dig with her parents. "I think our country is going to be saved," McConnell says. Eight days later, on June 27, 2005, Representative Curt Weldon, vice chairman of the House Armed Services and House Homeland Security committees and the principal source for the Phucas article, gave a special orders speech on the House floor detailing Able Danger: Mr. Speaker, I rise because information has come to my attention over the past several months that is very disturbing. [59], In January 2017, Republican president Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left after Scalia's death. One of his ancestors fought on the American side in the American Revolutionary War. [24] McConnell attempted to run for a seat in the state legislature but was disqualified because he did not meet the residency requirements for the office. Flew Convair 580 domestically. "[58][59], McConnell worked to delay and obstruct health care reform and banking reform, two of the most notable pieces of legislation that Democrats navigated through Congress early in Obama's tenure. [citation needed]. He could not describe what information had led to this supposed Atta identification. Burns & McDonnell provides engineering, architecture, construction, environmental and consulting solutions. LMFAO!!!!! However, Defense Intelligence Agency leadership had already ordered the hurried destruction of mined data, source databases, charts and resultant documents on entirely spurious legal grounds. I am the guy that gets us out of shutdowns' | CNN Politics", "McConnell said wall funding would 'probably' have to wait until after midterms. 1986: William Tell, World-wide fighter competition, North Dakota ANG transitioned from F4 Phantom to F16 Fighting Falcon, 1990. BroadWay World called her "one of the show's stand-outs with wacky facial expressions that make it impossible to contain your laughter - she's like a red-headed Jim Carrey." Her other credits . JUAN O' SAVIN: JFK JR, PPTF, FIELD MCCONNELL & TIMOTHY HOLMSETH. [29][30], Shaffer's lawyer, Mark Zaid, has revealed that Shaffer had been placed on paid administrative leave for what he called "petty and frivolous" reasons and had his security clearance suspended in March 2004, following a dispute over travel mileage expenses and personal use of a work cell phone. However, all Democratic senators supported the proposal, which led McConnell to filibuster his own proposal. Biden has described McConnell as "a friend, colleague and 'man of his word.'" McConnell invoked the "nuclear option" to eliminate the 60-vote requirement to end a filibuster for Supreme Court nominations, after his predecessor Harry Reid had previously eliminated the filibuster for all other presidential nominations; Trump subsequently won confirmation battles on Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court. [149][150], The shutdown ended on January 25, when President Trump signed a three-week funding measure reopening the government until February 15 without any funds for a border wall. [33] He was first elected as Majority Whip in the 108th Congress[34] and was unanimously re-elected on November 17, 2004. USA UNDER W.H. [41], This assertion was disputed by former senator Slade Gorton (R-WA), a member of the 9-11 Commission, who said, "nothing Jamie Gorelick wrote had the slightest impact on the Department of Defense or its willingness or ability to share intelligence information with other intelligence agencies." [184] McConnell was the only Republican Senate challenger to win that year, despite Ronald Reagan's landslide victory in the presidential election. He's awaiting extradition to Broward County, Florida, where he will be held without bail on three felony charges until trial, which . "[50] A number of political scientists, historians, and legal scholars have characterized McConnell's obstructionism and constitutional hardball as contributors to democratic erosion in the United States. 8. [64][65][66] In August 2019, McConnell wrote an editorial for The New York Times, strongly opposing the elimination of the filibuster on legislation. "That looks to me as if it may be obstruction of the committee's activities", Specter, R-Pennsylvania, said at the start of his committee's hearing into the unit. In the interview, the man claimed his team had identified Mohamed Atta and three other 9/11 hijackers as likely Al-Qaeda terrorists operating in the United States, but were prevented from passing this information on to the FBI by government lawyers. He also said he would not allow other Republicans to obstruct the budget-making process. [28] The Defense Department's inspector general (DoD OIG) made a similar conclusion. steemit.com/steempress/@abeldangerlive/fieldmcconnelltorefile911lawsuit, BITCOIN ADDRESS: However, Lt. Col. Shaffer and the other four members of Able Danger were ordered not to testify by the Department of Defense. Addison Mitchell " Mitch " McConnell, Jr. (born February 20, 1942) is the senior United States Senator from Kentucky. The United States right now today is under White Hat Martial Law. Senator Specter wondered if the Posse Comitatus Act may have been the reason Defense Department attorneys would not allow Able Danger to turn over information to the FBI. Florida Swamp Pigs On Freak Out!!! Rhett McConnell is the Director for the Federal Investigation Bureau, Badge #001. Wells podcast that the United States is under white hat martial law. 1978: William Tell, World-wide fighter competition, Hired by North Central Airlines on 2 November, 1978. He is the longest-serving U.S. Also, he earns through bits. [194] He faced Democratic Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes in the general election, and defeated Grimes, 56.240.7%. Various Internet posters satirically interspersed the B-roll with footage from sitcoms and movies, and popular music. His time in service has also been the subject of criticism because his discharge was accelerated after his father placed a call to Senator. "[57] The Republican caucus threatened repeatedly to force the United States to default on its debt, McConnell saying he had learned from the 2011 debt-ceiling crisis that "it's a hostage that's worth ransoming. CIA will never provide that to you because if you were successful in your effort to target Al Qaeda, you will steal our thunder. [206][207], Following her divorce from McConnell, Sherrill became a feminist scholar at Smith College and director of the Sophia Smith Collection. [217][218] McConnell was inducted as a member of the Sons of the American Revolution on March 1, 2013. Judge Kavanaugh will be voted on here on the Senate floor. [14], McConnell attended the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Martin Luther King Jr. gave the "I Have a Dream" speech. [6] McConnell was born in Sheffield, Alabama, and grew up in nearby Athens, Alabama, where his grandfather, Robert Hayes McConnell Sr. and his great uncle Addison Mitchell McConnell, owned McConnell Funeral Home. Scott Phillpott confirmed Shaffer's claims. The destruction of Able Danger documentation at LIWA and Garland was appropriate and complied with applicable DoD regulations. I have learned that, in fact, one of our Federal agencies had, in fact, identified the major New York cell of Mohamed Atta prior to 9/11; and I have learned, Mr. Speaker, that in September 2000, that Federal agency actually was prepared to bring the FBI in and prepared to work with the FBI to take down the cell that Mohamed Atta was involved in in New York City, along with two of the other terrorists. [227] McConnell is known to embrace several of them; however, he objected strenuously to the nickname "Moscow Mitch". [27], Shaffer specifically states that in January 2000, Able Danger data-mining revealed the existence of a 'Brooklyn' Al-Qaeda cell connected to the "Blind Sheik" Omar Abdel-Rahman, as well as two other cells overseas. [1], Attorney Mark Zaid, representing Lt. The copies that would have been in the possession of the U.S. Army were apparently destroyed by March 2001. Addison Mitchell McConnell III [1] (born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and retired attorney serving his seventh term as the senior United States senator from Kentucky, which he has held since 1985. [31] According to the DIA, Shaffer came under investigation while deployed as a staff officer in Afghanistan due to a pattern of misconduct including obtaining a service medal under false pretenses, improperly flashing military identification while drunk, theft, and falsely claiming reimbursement for mileage and personal mobile phone charges. [168], As the leader of the Senate Republicans, McConnell has been at the receiving end of much of the criticism and disapproval that Republicans receive from Democratic voters, receiving near uniform disapproval from left-of-center voters. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, McConnell initially opposed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, calling it a Democratic "ideological wish list".
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