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Communications Director for the Claremont Institute | Married to @AsheSchow | nshort@claremont.org | Acts 26:17–18
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Sep 11, 2018 4 tweets 2 min read
#NeverForget those like Todd Beamer, the young software salesman who helped to organize the passenger revolt on Flight 93 and whose last recorded words of “Let’s roll!” became a national rallying cry following the September 11th attacks. #NeverForget Sandy Bradshaw, a 38-year-old flight attendant aboard Flight 93 who, in a furtive call to her husband, explained how she was helping to boil hot water to hurl at the hijackers.
Aug 30, 2018 5 tweets 1 min read
While Mueller so far has not found Trump involved in “collusion” with foreign citizens to warp a campaign, there is evidence that others most surely were colluding—but are not of interest to Mueller. amgreatness.com/2018/08/30/the… It’s likely that during the 2016 campaign, officials at the DOJ, FBI, CIA and NSA broke laws to ensure that the outsider Trump lost to Hillary Clinton. FBI and DOJ officials misled the FISA Court in order to obtain warrants to surveil Trump associates.
Aug 17, 2018 4 tweets 2 min read
The Assad regime in Syria benefited from Iran’s financial windfall as a result of the implementation of the JCPOA, which translated into a marked increase in Iranian defense spending and the funding of its foreign military campaigns. securitystudies.org/assad-regimes-… As result of the #IranDeal, $30 billion of Iranian assets were released, on top of $12.6 billion after the Geneva interim agreement, and the $400 million in cash the Obama administration paid to Iranian officials in exchange for the release of American hostages.
Aug 11, 2018 4 tweets 2 min read
Video of hijacked plane from #SeaTac & an F-15 pursuing. h/t @drbmbdgty Ground employee got a hold of an empty Horizon Air Dash-8...NORAD scrambled fighters...Aircraft crashed on Ketron Island.
Jul 6, 2018 4 tweets 2 min read
In the last week Nunes has sent 3 letters to Goodlatte and Gowdy, each recommending a number of people that the Judiciary-Oversight task force (formed Oct. 24, 2017) needs to interview publicly. washingtonexaminer.com/news/what-is-d… The first letter focused on current and former officials of the Justice Department and FBI, 17 in all, whose actions formed the focus of the first phase of Nunes' investigation, on the Trump dossier.
Jun 17, 2018 4 tweets 2 min read
From OIG report, appears 7 separate reporters had 331 contacts with 54 different FBI personnel during the time periods of April/May and October 2016. Who were these reporters and FBI employees? justice.gov/file/1071991/d… Remember, these charts do not reflect communications that occurred b/t media representatives and FBI employees who were working in a public affairs capacity or were otherwise authorized to speak directly to the media.
Jun 16, 2018 5 tweets 2 min read
Those critical of the FBI/DOJ are not the ones trying to destroy these institutions. They’re destroying themselves. Look at the statements by FBI agent Strzok & FBI attorney Page, but also 3 others not named in the IG report but referred to as Agent 1, Agent 5, & FBI Attorney 2. One of the most devastating statements in the report is from an Aug. 8, 2016 text. When Page, the high-ranking FBI lawyer with whom he was having an affair, texted, "[Trump's] not ever going to become president, right? Right?!" Strzok responded, "No. No he's not. We'll stop it."
May 6, 2018 5 tweets 4 min read
US vs. Manafort transcript of hearing before Judge Ellis on May 4, 2018. Some key points are made in this hearing. justsecurity.org/wp-content/upl… Judge Ellis notes that the investigation that has led to the indictment of Manafort long antedated the appointment of a special prosecutor & the indictment is meant to exert leverage on Manafort to turn & provide info on what is really the focus of the special prosecutor, Trump.
Apr 22, 2018 4 tweets 2 min read
Some questions nobody in the media is willing to ask #Comey: When the FBI was in contact with Steele or otherwise relying on info in the dossier, was it aware that his employer, Fusion GPS, was simultaneously working as an unregistered agent for Russian interests? Does the FBI routinely view as “credible” sources who work for political operatives? Did the FBI do any due diligence at all on Steele's employer, Fusion GPS or the sources cited by Steele in his dossier? wsj.com/articles/an-ho…
Mar 26, 2018 4 tweets 2 min read
Seddique Mateen, father of the Orlando terrorist who killed 49 at the Pulse night club, was an FBI confidential human source between 2005 & 2016. Search at his residence found receipts for money transfers to Turkey & Afghanistan. 2nd transfer occurred one week before the attack. Omar Mateen was searching plane tickets to Turkey prior to his attack on Pulse. Fact that Seddique sent money to Turkey one week before the attack indicates Omar Mateen may have been planning to travel overseas prior to or following the attack.
Mar 21, 2018 4 tweets 1 min read
Why is Steele not under indictment/facing extradition as a foreign agent for interfering in a US election, colluding w/Russian interests to obtain ‘damaging’ info to a Pres. candidate, or lying to the FBI about his own disclosures of FBI material to media? amgreatness.com/2018/03/20/sca… Did Steele’s collusion efforts and interference in a U.S. campaign differ much from, or exceed, the attempts of Russians currently indicted by Robert Mueller?
Mar 17, 2018 5 tweets 2 min read
DOJ Inspector General report on Comey's handling of the Clinton email investigation expected to be released mid-April. IG is also thought to be gearing up for a new investigation into the DOJ’s, FBI's, & Comey's handling of the Trump-Russia investigation. washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/column… Recall: On Feb. 28, Grassley and Graham sent a letter to Horowitz outlining 31 questions they would like to see answered by an IG Trump-Russia probe. judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
Mar 15, 2018 11 tweets 4 min read
Grassley, Graham, Cornyn, Tillis Seek Special Counsel to Work with Inspector General on Handling of Russia Investigation. grassley.senate.gov/news/news-rele… FBI provided a further un-redacted version of the Steele referral memorandum drafted by Grassley & Graham asking whether Steele misrepresented the facts to the FBI and whether the FBI inaccurately reported the facts to the court. grassley.senate.gov/sites/default/…
Feb 11, 2018 7 tweets 4 min read
Under what authority were American allies being used to help an American intelligence agency spy on a domestic political campaign? GCHQ & former CIA Dir Brennan played an early, prominent role in kickstarting the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation, which began in the summer of 2016 GCHQ’s then head, Robert Hannigan, according to the Guardian, passed material in the summer of 2016 to then CIA chief, John Brennan. The matter was deemed so sensitive it was handled at ‘director level.' theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/a…
Jan 28, 2018 5 tweets 3 min read
Reminder: Obama himself was grossly negligent in handling classified information when he knowingly communicated w/Clinton over a non-government, non-secure e-mail system. Any possibility of prosecuting Clinton was tanked by Obama’s conflict of interest. nationalreview.com/article/440380… When the FBI interviewed Abedin they showed her an email b/t Clinton & Obama (who was using his alias) and asked Abedin if she recognized the alias. She didn't, yet FBI agents then told her that the alias was Obama's. For the agents to do this ran afoul of investigative protocol.
Jan 8, 2018 5 tweets 2 min read
Conglomerate controlled by Iran's supreme leader was a major winner from Obama's nuclear deal with Iran. Recall that Khamenei controls of one of the most powerful and secretive organizations in Iran called Setad or EIKO, under U.S. primary sanctions. Iran deal lifted U.S. sanctions on Setad which has built its empire on the systematic seizure of thousands of properties belonging to religious minorities, business people, and Iranians living abroad. Setad has stake in early every sector of Iran’s economy reuters.com/article/us-ira…
Dec 26, 2017 5 tweets 2 min read
Thread on why it is imperative that the Trump admin reforms our current immigration system, which, contrary to our national security, allows for randomized entry and extended-family chain migration. 4 recent examples of terrorists who have benefited from the current system. December 22nd: Ahmed El-Mofty opened fire on police at multiple locations in ambush attacks in Pennsylvania & was shot and killed Friday. El-Mofty was a naturalized citizen who was admitted to the U.S. from Egypt on a family based immigration visa. nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Har…
Dec 8, 2017 6 tweets 2 min read
Thread on the political bias of the Mueller Probe. Peter Strzok- Supervised the Trump-Russia probe as well as the Clinton email investigation & helped push the phony Trump-Dossier within the FBI. Strzok was removed from the probe in the summer after his anti-Trump, pro-Clinton text messages were discovered dailycaller.com/2017/12/02/fbi…
Dec 4, 2017 5 tweets 2 min read
FBI Agent Strzok:

-Involved early w/Clinton email case
-Part of Comey's email memo to exonerate Clinton
-Part of review over Abedin/Weiners emails found w/classified info
-Supervised Russia probe starting July 2016
-Key handler for Steele & phony dossier
-Anti-Trump, Pro-Hillary More on Agent Strzok here -->
Nov 29, 2017 4 tweets 2 min read
Reminder: Obama’s DOJ unilaterally controlled the allocation of billions of dollars absent congressional & judicial involvement by forcing banks, under the terms of “settlement agreements”, to distribute hundreds of millions in funds to leftist groups. politicallyshort.com/2016/05/22/the… As @KimStrassel outlined in a piece highlighting Obama’s DOJ liberal slush fund in 2015, “the department was in the process of funneling more than half-a-billion dollars to liberal activist groups.” wsj.com/articles/justi…
Nov 22, 2017 4 tweets 1 min read
Newly filed court documents confirm that Fusion GPS made payments to three journalists between June 2016 until February 2017. washingtonexaminer.com/fusion-gps-pai… Each of the three reporters who received payments had written about the Russia probe...& were probably using Fusion GPS's work to write their stories.