According to Wikipedia’s biography of Hillary Clinton: Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is an American politician who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013. The wife of the 42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton, she was First Lady of the United States during his tenure from 1993 to 2001. She served as a United States Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, and is a candidate for President of the United States in the 2016 presidential election. An Illinois native, Hillary Rodham graduated from…
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According to Wikipedia’s bio on Donald Trump: Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American real estate developer, television personality, business author, and candidate for President of the United States in the 2016 presidential election. He is the chairman and president of The Trump Organization, and the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts. Trump’s career, branding efforts, lifestyle and outspoken manner helped make him a celebrity, a status amplified by the success of his NBC reality show, The Apprentice. Trump is a son of Fred Trump, a New York City real estate developer. He worked for his father’s firm,…
The mission of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is to foster open, transparent, competitive, and financially sound markets, to avoid systemic risk, and to protect the market users and their funds, consumers, and the public from fraud, manipulation, and abusive practices related to derivatives and other products that are subject to the Commodity Exchange Act. In carrying out this mission and to promote market integrity, the Commission polices the derivatives markets for various abuses and works to ensure the protection of customer funds. Further, the agency seeks to lower the risk of the futures and swaps markets to the…
Agencies amass an amazing amount of information of terrorist organizations and their capabilities. Below, you will find many of the reports obtained through the FOIA and available publicly. Annual Report to The President and The Congress of the Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (2nd). II. Toward a National Strategy for Combating Terrorism [191 Pages] Assassination: A Tool to Counter Osama Bin Laden and Other Transnational Terrorists [31 Pages] Combating Biological Terrorism: Is Department of Defense Prepared to Support U.S. Government Interagency Quarantine Operations [26 Pages] Combatting Domestic Terrorism: A Strategic Approach…
The Black Vault has obtained, and archived, multiple document releases from the Department of Justice and the Director of National Intelligence regarding the action by President George W. Bush, and the authorization of surveillance. Below, you will find the documents released to date on the topic. September 21, 2015 Release The Department of Justice has released additional information contained within Inspectors General reports on the President’s Surveillance Program (PSP). The additional information concerns the presidential documents that authorized the inception and implementation of the program. The release today supplements the IC on the Record posting of April 25, 2015, wherein…