Secret Service Head Cheatle Admits to Using Encrypted Messaging Apps on Personal Phones to Chat with ‘Colleagues in Government & Overseas’
It has been a really rough couple of weeks for shamed U.S. Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle who accidentally, apparently, admitted under oath to Congress that she communicates with her government colleagues on her personal device using encrypted messaging apps like Signal and Telegram.
In testimony that you can watch below, Cheatle is asked about the use of these encrypted messaging apps, to which she fumbled around with some unrealistic-sounding story about how these apps are sometimes necessary when communicating overseas.
“Many times, it’s with colleagues and, uh, associates.”
“There are times that the Secret Service when we work, uh, internationally, uh, with some of our partners that they don’t have the same texting capability,” was Cheatle’s response about why she uses encrypted messaging apps on her personal device to communicate with colleagues.
When then asked about why she does not use the encrypted messaging apps on her government device rather than her personal device, Cheatle had this to say:
“Uh, recently we have been able to, uh, install some of those apps on government devices.”
One of the more shocking revelations today…
— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) July 22, 2024
SS Director Cheatle Admits to Using Encrypted Messaging Apps on Their Personal Phones to “colleagues in government and overseas”
Wtf!!! Wow… ?
? SEVERAL Minutes Later:
• She knew she Fooked up, she “clarifies” — you didn’t ask… pic.twitter.com/QcnRaNU3HZ
A longer version of the video can be viewed below:
(Related: Did you know that Kim Cheatle is a close personal friend of the Biden Crime Family, having been recommended by “Dr.” Jill’s office for the position?)
What will happen to Kim Cheatle now?
That Cheatle made such an admission on the record is shocking, especially since it appears based on the above footage that Cheatle probably did not mean to let the truth slip with such blatancy.
“This really is a shocking admission,” agreed “Janine Clark” (@DixieChick0211) on X. “She probably wishes she hadn’t answered the question like that. Too bad. No take backs.”
Another named “Dylan Tucker” (@tuckerstown) disagreed, stating that this type of thing “happens all the time in the government and military world.”
“It’s because the functionality of government issued devices is so limited that sometimes it requires the use of a personal phone or other apps such as signal to communicate effectively,” Tucker further said.
“I am not excusing it because shouldn’t be happening in this case, but the reality is that it does happen and the reason behind it mostly is the lack of functionality on government issued devices.”
Someone else chimed in that nobody is talking about the allegations of Donald Trump’s Secret Service also using encrypted apps and “deleting all their texts.”
“It’s a federal crime if personal devices were used to share sensitive government information,” added “MJTruthUltra” (@MJTruthUltra) to the conversation. “The rep even stated this later. All depends on the kinds of communications.”
Others wondered why Cheatle was not terminated or, better yet, placed in handcuffs and hauled away for prosecution. She has since resigned, yes, but why was she afforded the easy way out? And will she ever be held accountable or will she just slither off and disappear?
Cheatle didn’t take the hearing seriously at all: Rep. Nick Langworthy pic.twitter.com/enl8ddCkjy
— Mornings with Maria (@MorningsMaria) July 23, 2024
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Fired Coach who Challenged High School Transgender Sports Policy Sues to get Job Back
(LifeSiteNews) — An Oregon high school track and field coach fired in June for proposing an alternative to pitting female athletes against gender-confused males is fighting back with a free speech lawsuit asserting his freedom of speech has been violated.
Last month, former Lake Oswego High School Coach John Parks was fired after writing two letters to Peter Weber, executive director of the Oregon Student Activities Association (OSAA), and to state Sen. Rob Wagner before and after the state championships, objecting to the inclusion of biological males in female-specific teams.
“Allowing this travesty to be carried out is making a complete mockery of the meet this weekend and in the future until the rules are altered to protect natural-born females,” he wrote, proposing instead to “encourage transgender participation is to offer an open division that is so named so it doesn’t identify or discriminate but offers an opportunity to participate,” so gender-confused students could be included without their “unfair advantage” imperiling girls’ chance at scholarships.
An OSAA executive board member filed a complaint against Parks, accusing him of “premeditated, calculated and discriminatory” behavior and against students, their families, other coaches, and a particular gender-confused athlete, whom it accuses him of encouraging audience members to boo, leading to his firing.
“I’m gonna fight now because I got wronged,” Parks responded. “I’m fighting for girls. I’m fighting for female sports. And I’m fighting that it be fair for everybody.”
Now, the Liberty Justice Center is representing Parks in a lawsuit accusing the Oregon school district of violating his freedom of speech, the Daily Caller reported, in hopes of getting his job back.
The suit calls the allegations of harassment and encouraging boos false, citing an OSSA email that admits he “didn’t violate either the Gender Identity Participation policy or Rule 3 in our Handbook,” and that the organization has “no new rules prohibiting criticism of any OSAA policy.”
“Coach Parks was retaliated against, falsely accused of discriminatory behavior, denied an appeal, and fired – just for exercising his constitutional right to free speech as a private citizen,” Liberty Justice Center senior counsel Buck Dougherty said. “We are proud to stand up for his constitutional rights through this lawsuit, and we look forward to holding the District and the Board accountable for this egregious violation of free speech and due process.”
Mandatory inclusion of gender-confused individuals in opposite-sex sports is promoted as a matter of “inclusivity,” but critics note that indulging “transgender” athletes undermines the original rational basis for having sex-specific athletics in the first place, thereby depriving female athletes of recognition and professional or academic opportunities, as well as undermining female players’ basic safety and privacy rights by forcing them to share showers and changing areas with members of the opposite sex.
There have been numerous high-profile examples in recent years of men winning women’s competitions, and research affirms that physiology gives males distinct athletic advantages that cannot be fully negated by hormone suppression.
In a 2019 paper published by the Journal of Medical Ethics, New Zealand researchers found that “healthy young men (do) not lose significant muscle mass (or power) when their circulating testosterone levels were reduced to (below International Olympic Committee guidelines) for 20 weeks,” and “indirect effects of testosterone” on factors such as bone structure, lung volume, and heart size “will not be altered by hormone therapy;” therefore, “the advantage to transwomen (biological men) afforded by the (International Olympic Committee) guidelines is an intolerable unfairness.”
Both aspects of the controversy have been highlighted by University of Pennsylvania swimmer William “Lia” Thomas, who reportedly retains male genitalia and is still attracted to women yet “identifies” as female and lesbian. Thomas quickly started dominating women’s swimming after switching from the men’s team and has caused his female teammates unrest due to sharing lockers with them. Yet the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has reportedly pressured swimmers and their parents against speaking out.
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Kyiv Mayor Klitschko: Zelensky Likely to Agree to Territorial Compromises with Russia
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko believes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is likely to agree to territorial compromises with Russia.
He voiced out this belief during an interview with the Italian daily newspaper Corriere Della Serra on July 21. The former boxing champion-turned-mayor told the paper’s Lorenzo Cremonesi: “How [do we] explain to the country that it is necessary to give up pieces of our territory that cost the lives of thousands of our fighting heroes?”
“Will he … consider a territorial compromise with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin? Zelensky will probably have to resort to a referendum. I don’t think he can reach such painful and important agreements on his own without popular legitimacy.”
Klitschko also acknowledged that “the next few months will be very difficult” for the Ukrainian leader, noting that he “risks political suicide” with whatever move he makes. Nevertheless, the mayor of Ukraine’s capital city said Zelensky is “not willing to give up the centralized power in his hands that guarantees him martial law from the first day” of the Russian invasion.
The World Boxing Council heavyweight champion emeritus also brushed off any suggestion of elections in the country, arguing that “the domestic political battle can only begin when the war with Russia is over.” Instead, he suggested the establishment of “a coalition of national unity that helps govern in a collegial way and share important choices.”
According to political analyst Andrew Korybko, Klitschko’s suggestion mirrored that of Atlantic Council Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky to establish a “government of national unity.”
Cremonesi also asked the mayor if he fears the prospect of former U.S. President Donald Trump winning the November presidential elections and securing a second term, to which Klitschko answered in the negative. “We’ll have to work with him if he gets elected,” the former boxer said.
Klitschko remains critical of Zelensky
Cremonesi also touched on the Kyiv mayor’s opposition to the comedian-turned-president, to which Klitschko didn’t shy away from answering. “I’ve always had good relationships with him. He’s the one who has [been] bad to me,” the mayor replied.
The journalist for Corriere Della Serra also posted two questions to Klitschko. First, he asked about Zelensky’s decision to remove Valery Zaluzhny as chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in February. Second, he also asked about Klitschko’s disagreement with the president’s martial law declaration.
“Martial law has served [to facilitate] national mobilization and to ensure the unity of the country. But now, it is necessary to avoid that all important choices be relegated only to the [executive branch]. Zaluzhny was very popular, and his removal created anger and discontent. Zelensky was not able to motivate his choice and that’s not good. He doesn’t cement unity,” said Klitschko.
The mayor added that “Zelensky has focused too much power in his office” and the Verkhovna Rada – Ukraine’s unicameral parliament – has lost all important roles.” Klitschko also recounted telling the German press about smelling authoritarianism in his own country.
(Related: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko accuses Zelensky of AUTHORITARIANISM and LYING to Ukrainians.)
“We must never forget that [Ukraine] is a democratic republic linked to the tradition of European governments. We are fighting to defend ourselves from the Russian dictatorship. We want to remain completely different from the Putin regime.”
Korybko ultimately concluded: “Zelensky knows that he won’t reconquer his country’s lost territory no matter what he says for the purpose of keeping morale high, hence the need to informally explore a compromise for ending the conflict in the most politically ‘face-saving’ way possible, thus explaining Klitschko’s referendum speculation.”
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Female Australian Tourist Gang-Raped by African Men in Paris While Macron Officials Look the Other Way
French police are investigating the case of an Australian woman who told investigators she was publicly gang-raped by five “African-type” men in Paris, France.
As reported by French news outlet Le Parisien, the 25-year-old tourist told police she was raped by five people, after she was found “disoriented and unable to speak a word of French” in the early morning hours of Saturday, July 20.
The woman was found after the incident standing outside Dounia, a Lebanese kebab shop on Boulevard de Clichy in Paris’ 18th Arrondissement, with her dress “backwards” and partly torn off. Reports showed she made complaints to the staff at the shop, but she was unable to give details on how or where the incident happened.
CCTV footage has arisen showing the frightened woman running into Dounia and requesting help from the store’s staff.
Alarmed customers and staff crowded around her in a bid to comfort her when a man entered the kebab shop.
The woman signaled that the man was her attacker and he boldly walked up to her and patted her on the back. A customer then confronted the man who immediately fled.
Police arrived minutes later, with the woman later telling officers the men were “of African appearance.” Firefighters later took the woman to Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital.
The owner of the shop said in an interview that the woman could not stop crying and her dress was damaged. Other reports stated the woman was carrying her underwear in her hand and that she had her phone stolen.
The victim, who is believed to have been in Paris for the Fete de la Musique music festival, is reported to have had a flight home to Australia booked on Sunday, July 21.
The Paris Prosecutor’s Office said police are investigating the allegations, with CCTV footage presently under inspection.
“The investigation into the charge of gang rape likely to have been committed on the night of July 19 to 20 has been entrusted to the 2nd judicial police district,” the Paris Prosecutor’s Office said.
The Paris branch of Alliance Police Nationale, the country’s main police union, is determined that investigators would “do everything to quickly identify the individuals and bring them to justice.”
“Several investigation techniques will be implemented in conjunction with the technical and scientific police,” the union said.
The incident follows a related case involving a British tourist who was raped and robbed during the Fête de la Musique on June 22. The suspects in this case are yet to be arrested.
Gang rape incident part of uptick in crime in Paris amid Olympics
The incident happened just days before the 2024 Olympic Games kicked off in Paris, with a large police presence on the ground in order to maintain the safety of people in the city.
Such crimes are becoming steadily common in multicultural Paris, which is currently hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Over 45,000 police officers from 43 countries are being utilized to aid the more than 18,000 French soldiers currently in the city to handle security operations and provide safety for the hundreds of thousands of people converging on Paris for the Olympics, whether it be athletes, fans or media.
Officers have been on the ground in solid numbers in Paris since the week before the Opening Ceremony, with armed guards around the Seine River, implementing a safe perimeter with numerous security zones set up.
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Leaked Emails Reveal ‘Civil War’ at CIA Change Cut-Out
The biggest public relations fiasco in the history of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has resulted in two senior officials ending up fired and a “civil war” of sorts between the old neoconservative cadres and the new “woke”management, according to documents obtained by The Grayzone.
The fiasco in question was the phone call between the NED vice-president for communications Leslie Aun and the Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal and Alex Rubinstein, which the independent outlet published in May 2023. Aun initiated the call to address Rubinstein’s description of the Endowment as a “CIA cutout,” but ended up saying “I don’t know” a lot instead.
On Tuesday, the Grayzone published several emails between Michael Allen – who used to be the editor of the NED’s ‘Democracy Digest’ blog – and the Endowment’s founding president Carl Gershman, revealing that the fallout from the call’s publication may have cost Aun and Allen their jobs.
“Amateur hour – hugely embarrassing!” Allen emailed Gershman and NED VP for government relations, David Lowe, a day after the recording was posted on YouTube. “I specifically counseled against her talking to these people.”
Lowe described Aun’s performance as “breathtakingly ignorant” and “too painful to listen to.” Both he and Gershman, who retired in 2021, appeared to disparage the new NED president Damon Wilson for hiring her.
Gershman described the call as a “disastrous screwup” and described Aun as “obviously clueless,” a “moron,” and a “clueless wonder” whose hiring was an “egregious error” reflecting Wilson’s focus on media and image.
In messages to Gershman and Lowe, Allen blamed NED communications director, Christine Bednarz, who reportedly encouraged Aun to talk to the Grayzone. Allen also blamed Bednarz for instituting mandatory “diversity, equity and inclusion” training and berating him about his “white male privilege.”
In one email, Allen complained about the DEI training agenda including “microaggressions” and the “ideological, not historical” 1619 Project, noting that Bednarz had berated him for not using pronouns on his business cards and email signature.
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In a June 5, 2023 email to Gershman, Allen complained about the communications team focusing on the “more urgent matter of NED’s LGBTQIA+ agenda” rather than the Grayzone fallout.
Another point of conflict arose after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, with Allen complaining that several NED staffers “promoted and attended the pro-Palestinian march organized by ANSWER” and that the NED president still backed Black Lives Matter on Facebook even after they “enthusiastically celebrated the Hamas massacres.”
At one point, Gershman asked if Bednarz harbored some kind of personal resentment for her Israeli ex-husband, or if she was “just a woke flake,” to which Allen replied: “The latter, combined with a certain megalomania and defensive resentment over the Grayzone fiasco.”
Allen ended up getting fired on December 12. In an email to Gershman and Lowe in February, he claimed his firing was in part due to “marginalization prompted by the Grayzone affair, arguably the biggest PR fiasco in NED’s history.”
Aun was fired at some point as well and paid a substantial settlement for “sex discrimination,” according to the documents obtained by the Grayzone. Her online biographies make no mention of her work at NED.
The Endowment was founded by Gershman and Alan Weinstein in 1983, after the CIA suggested the creation of such an organization to then-President Ronald Reagan. “What we do today was done covertly 25 years ago by the CIA,”Weinstein admitted to the Washington Post in 1991. Rubinstein had mentioned the CIA connection in passing, in an April 2023 article about the controversial outfit Bellingcat getting NED funding.
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Newsom Threatens Laws Against Deepfakes After Kamala Harris Parody Video Goes Viral
In a clash between Gov. Gavin Newsom and tech magnate Elon Musk, the California governor promoted his intention to endorse a law targeting what he calls the misuse of AI in political advertising.
This decision escalates the ongoing dispute between the two influential figures. Newsom criticized a parody video shared by Musk, which seemed to showcase a campaign ad for Vice President Kamala Harris with a synthetic voiceover, by posting, “Manipulating a voice in an ‘ad’ like this one should be illegal. I’ll be signing a bill in a matter of weeks to make sure it is.”
Musk retorted sharply on social media, emphasizing the legality of parody in the United States.
“I, Kamala Harris, am your Democrat candidate for president because Joe Biden finally exposed his senility at the debate,” the synthetic Harris voice says in the video. “I was selected because I am the ultimate diversity hire. I’m both a woman and a person of color, so if you criticize anything, I say you’re both sexist and racist,” the video continues.
The legislation Newsom refers to is part of a broader legislative effort to combat “deceptive” practices in digital campaign materials.
Current proposals include the “Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act of 2024” by Asm. Marc Berman, D-Menlo Park. This act mandates that social platforms block “misleading” electoral content 120 days before and 60 days after an election. Additionally, it would require platforms to label manipulated content outside these periods and enable California residents to flag such content as “deceptive.”
Another significant proposal, AB 2839 by Asm. Gail Pellerin, D-Santa Cruz, aims to extend the period during which it is illegal to distribute deceptive media of a candidate to 120 days before an election.
California already has a deepfake law (AB 730, updated by AB 972), designed to address the use of artificial intelligence to create deepfake media. Enacted to mitigate the potential harm caused by realistic but fabricated digital content, this law primarily targets deepfakes involving political candidates and explicit content without consent.
Key provisions of AB 972 include:
Political Ads: The law prohibits the distribution of manipulated videos, audio recordings, or images of a political candidate within 60 days of an election if the content is likely to deceive a reasonable person into believing it is authentic unless it contains a disclaimer stating it has been manipulated.
Explicit Content: It is illegal to create or distribute deepfake content that depicts a person engaging in sexual activity, or appearing nude, without that person’s consent. This is aimed at protecting individuals from non-consensual sexual content, commonly known as “revenge porn.”
Civil Recourse: Victims of unauthorized deepfakes have the right to sue for damages. This gives individuals a way to seek redress if they are feel harmed by deepfake content.
However, the sticking point in the law for Newsom is that it has an exception. The law does include certain exceptions, such as parody, satire, or any other protected forms of speech under the First Amendment.
Since both parody and satire are rightly protected under the First Amendment, it’s unclear what Newsom is going to try next.
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