What‘s it all for? It is for [military] service share of the budget. Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Grumman, Northrop. Jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, as one after another official has put it, from James Baker to others. Profits, as I say, jobs, and campaign donations. It‘s embedded in all 50 states of the union, one way or another, in the various expenditures, and very hard to get rid of. Almost impossible. I just don‘t see that you can say it‘s impossible.

Imagine for a moment a scheme in which American taxpayers were taken to the cleaners to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars and there was barely a hint of criticism or outrage. Imagine as well that the White House and a majority of the politicians in Washington, no matter the party, acquiesced in the arrangement. In fact, the annual quest to boost Pentagon spending into the stratosphere regularly follows that very scenario, assisted by predictions of imminent doom from industry-funded hawks with a vested interest in increased military outlays.

The title of Hartung’s article sums it up: The Pentagon Budget as Corporate Welfare for Weapons Makers. Put succinctly, it’s warfare as welfare – and wealth-care – for the military-industrial complex.

Juniper Cobra is a U.S. European Command missile defense exercise with the Israel Defense Forces that will take place March 4 to March 15, Army Col. Rob Manning said. The exercise is the ninth in a series of biennial Juniper Cobra exercises conducted in Israel between Eucom and the IDF since 2001, he said.

26.2.2018

For the first time in the telecom giant case (Case 4000), the State Prosecutor‘s Office directly linked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the bribery affair.

During the Tuesday hearing, a representative from the State Prosecutor‘s Office said that the affair is „about harnessing a leading site for favorable coverage and editing in return for regulatory benefits from the Communications Ministry, the communication minister [Netanyahu] and the Director General of the Communications Ministry [state witness Shlomo Filber].“

Gegen Park wurden 18 Vorwürfe erhoben, darunter der Vorwurf, in gemeinsamer Sache mit Choi Großunternehmen zur Zahlung von Spenden in Höhe von 77,4 Milliarden Won für die von Choi kontrollierten Stiftungen Mir und K-Sports genötigt zu haben. Auch wird Park vorgeworfen, die Erstellung einer schwarzen Liste von regierungskritischen Kultur- und Kunstschaffenden sowie die Weitergabe von Geheimdokumenten der Regierung an Choi angeordnet zu haben.

One of President Trump‘s closest political aides is slated to appear before the House Intelligence Committee to testify behind closed doors in its ongoing investigation into Russia‘s interference in the 2016 election, multiple sources say. White House communications director Hope Hicks was supposed to appear before the committee in January, but her interview was abruptly postponed while counsel for the White House and committee sorted out the scope of her testimony.

„No one can claim, nor since the time of slavery has anyone to my knowledge successfully claimed, that persons held within the United States are totally without constitutional protection.“

Justice Stephen Breyer, reading from his dissent in the case Jennings v. Rodriguez

Immigration officials are authorized to detain certain aliens in thecourse of immigration proceedings while they determine whether those aliens may be lawfully present in the country.

„I can assure you, in Treasury, because we are responsible for this, we are enforcing all the existing sanctions and putting more in place,“ he told the audience of the administration’s actions on Russia, Marketplace reported.

Um 21:57 twitterte PolizeiBerlinEinsatz
„Im Nahbereich #Breitscheidplatz wurde eine verdächtige Person festgenommen. Ob es sich um den Fahrer des LKW handelt, wird derzeit geprüft.“ – hier

Um 22:01 twitterte Heiko Maas
„Schockierende Nachrichten vom #Breitscheidplatz. Wir trauern mit den Angehörigen. Der Generalbundesanwalt übernimmt den Fall.“ – hier

Um 22:16 twitterte Lutz Bachmann
„Interne Info aus Berliner Polizeiführung: Täter tunesischer Moslem. Das der Generalbundesanwalt übernimmt, spricht für die Echtheit.“

Müsste das alles nicht auf erbitterten Widerstand treffen?

Bisher geschieht kaum etwas in dieser Richtung, weil die Menschen im Land von all dem gar nichts wissen.

Before that, the country had sold 2.1 billion kronor ($272mn) in weapons sales to the UAE.

In a move that further proved Sweden‘s desire to expand military ties with repressive Arab regimes, Saab opened a new office in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi in late 2017.

Lawmakers in the Swedish parliament have time and again criticized the government‘s arms deals with the Saudi-led coalition.

While Foreign Minister Margot Walltröm has pledged to introduce measures that would limit the exports later this year, there are no signs that Stockholm is willing to end the profitable business anytime soon.