[86], On February 13, 2016, Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia died. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. October 1974 to May 1977, assigned to US Navy Training Squadron 21, Chase Field Naval Air Station, Beeville Texas. Slowing the Senate's ability to process even routine measures limited the sheer volume of liberal bills that could be adopted. [1], Attorney Mark Zaid, representing Lt. He has said his time with Cooper inspired him to run for the Senate later in life. [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. [7] He is of Scots-Irish and English descent. Denise McConnell was born on December 23, 1958 in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany. [24] He then went to work for a Louisville law firm, Segal, Isenberg, Sales and Stewart, for a few years. The Senate Judiciary Committee first attempted to investigate the matter for the Senate in September, 2005. [172] At that time he was briefly not the least popular Senator, and was surpassed by Senators Claire McCaskill and Jeff Flake. Join our radio network Today as we host great Live guests and play the best picks of recent recorded shows >> truthcentralradio.com. He is currently on sabbatical due to the ongoing conflicts between the FIB and UPD. "[132] Kavanaugh was confirmed on October 6. According to Shaffer, the CIA representative said, "I clearly understand. Mar 21, 2018. [195][196], In the November 2020 general election, McConnell faced Democratic nominee Amy McGrath, a former Marine fighter pilot; and Libertarian nominee Brad Barron, a businessman and farmer. Field McConnell was a great part of exposing his own evil sister (Kristine Marcy) and . Barrett was confirmed on October 26, 2020. [216], In 1997, he founded the James Madison Center for Free Speech, a Washington, D.C.-based legal defense organization. [229][230] McConnell has been portrayed by Beck Bennett in various sketches on Saturday Night Live. At no time did Able Danger identify Mohamed Atta as being physically present in the United States. steemit.com/steempress/@abeldangerlive/fieldmcconnelltorefile911lawsuit, BITCOIN ADDRESS: I have also learned, Mr. Speaker, that when that recommendation was discussed within that Federal agency, the lawyers in the administration at that time said, you cannot pursue contact with the FBI against that cell. They were potentially people connected to US persons."[50]. Lt. Col Tony Shaffer has claimed that the DOD retaliated against him for speaking out publicly about the IG report's distortions. Field McConnell, a career military and commercial pilot, a figure in the 9/11 truth community and co-founder of the alternative news website, Abel Danger was arrested on Monday in Wisconsin, where he resides. [105] According to the Los Angeles Times, McConnell brought about an "extraordinary two-year slowdown in judicial confirmations," detailing 22 confirmations of Obama's judicial nominees, the lowest since President Truman in 19511952. One of his ancestors fought on the American side in the American Revolutionary War. [201], McConnell is a Southern Baptist, baptized at age 8. He also discussed the Defense Intelligence Agency's decision to suspend Lt. [38], McConnell has a reputation as a skilled political strategist and tactician. In 2006, Captain Field McConnell filed a federal lawsuit in Washington, DC but the case was tossed by the judge. [145][146][147] Privately, McConnell had advised Trump against initiating the shutdown. His time in service has also been the subject of criticism because his discharge was accelerated after his father placed a call to Senator. "[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. [73][74][75] In his public statements, McConnell did not repeat any of Trump's false claims of voter fraud, but did not contradict them, ignoring questions about evidence and instead arguing that Trump had the right to challenge the results. [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. [2] The Posse Comitatus Act prevents the military from being engaged in law enforcement activities, including gathering information on U.S. persons, despite the aliens were not specifically United States citizens. The 9/11 Commission has released multiple statements over the past week, each of which has significantly changed from initially denying ever being briefed to acknowledging being briefed on both operation ABLE DANGER and Mohamed Atta. The screenplay written by Paul Krik centers around a Brooklyn, New York coffee shop owner who receives a disk proving a tie between the CIA and the 9/11 attacks. The inspector sent the old I-94 and the corrected I-94 to the contractor which data enters I-94s for the INS. [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. Gorton also asserted that "the wall" was a long-standing policy that had resulted from the Church Committee in the 1970s, and that the policy only prohibits transfer of certain information from prosecutors to the intelligence services and never prohibited information flowing in the opposite direction. [17][21] Over time he shifted to the right and became more conservative. [193] The 60.2% won by McConnell was the lowest voter support for a Kentucky U.S. senator in a primary since 1938. [151] This was the longest government shutdown in American history.[18][152]. [135], In October 2018, McConnell said if a Supreme Court vacancy were to occur during Trump's 2020 re-election year he would not follow his 2016 decision to let the winner of the upcoming presidential election nominate a justice. [106] On July 17, McConnell announced that he would vote against Sotomayor's confirmation. "I deleted the data", he said. 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. You guys are going after the body. He led opposition to stricter campaign finance laws, culminating in the U.S. Supreme Court ruling Citizens United v. FEC that partially overturned the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (McCain-Feingold) in 2010. He netted 56 among Democrats, +29 among Republicans, and 24 among Independents. [233][234][235], In 2015 and 2019, Time listed McConnell as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. As a part of the Twitch Partner Program, he primarily earns through ads & donations during his live streams. [220], In 2018, the OpenSecrets website ranked McConnell one of the wealthiest members of the U.S. Senate, with a net worth of more than $25 million. The Able Danger program was not terminated prematurely. Trump added: "I hired his wife. [83][84], On November 5, 2019, as the House of Representatives began public hearings on the impeachment of President Trump, McConnell said, "I'm pretty sure how [an impeachment trial is] likely to end. [18][115] "The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court justice. He could not describe what information had led to this supposed Atta identification. He is senator of Kentucky syne 1985. She runs the famous reality show 'The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell'. In comparison, the final two years of the presidencies of George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Ronald Reagan had between 55 and 70 district court judges each confirmed and between 10 and 15 appeals court judges confirmed. He was re-elected in 1981 against Jefferson County Commissioner Jim "Pop" Malone, 51% to 47%, outspending Malone 31, and occupied this office until his election to the U.S. Senate in 1984. [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. While supportive of many of Trump's domestic and foreign policies, McConnell was critical of Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, and despite voting to acquit on Trump's second impeachment trial on reasons related to the constitutionality of impeaching a former president, deemed him "practically and morally responsible" for the January 6 United States Capitol attack. On top of these, he makes an extra income through subscriptions & personal subscriptions. It stated that they were unable to find supporting evidence regarding "one of the most disturbing claims about the Sept. 11 terrorist strikes. SHOW NOTES: "[82] Trump has continued to attack McConnell in personal terms since then, but McConnell has not responded publicly. Field McConnell. This happened because the inspector issued a new I-94 with a new admission number on it. [96] Once the Senate trial started, McConnell voted to acquit Trump on February 13, 2021, and said it was unconstitutional to convict someone who was no longer in office.[97]. Curt Weldon's assertion that Able Danger identified the 9/11 hijackers was picked up by the national media in August 2005, after it was reported in the bimonthly Government Security News. [15] Two 9/11 Commission members, Timothy J. Roemer and John F. Lehman, both claimed not to have received any information on Able Danger. Four of the five witnesses remember the photo on the chart. "Let me emphasize two specific items for clarification purposes because they have been distorted and invited undue criticism from some. [23], Congressman Peter Hoekstra, who was then chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, investigated the matter at Weldon's request, was reported to have cautioned against "hyperventilating" before the completion of a "thorough" probe. The witnesses reported to the journalists that the IG investigators got increasingly hostile in an effort to intimidate the witnesses into changing their testimony to drop any assertion that they had identified and tracked Atta, and this suggests a cover-up by the IG of Able Danger's findings. The Department of Defense investigation concluded: Five witnesses who had worked on Able Danger and had been questioned by the Defense Department's Inspector General later told investigative journalists that their statements to the IG were distorted by investigators in the final IG's report, or the report omitted essential information that they had provided. [31][32] On February 12, 1999, he was one of fifty senators to vote to convict and remove Bill Clinton from office. Field McConnell was born on October 2, 1949 at Harris Hospital, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas in 1949 to a career United States Air Force B29 bomber pilot and aircraft commander, Glenn McConnell, and a WWII United States Army nurse.. 1950 to 1959, United States Air Force dependant at MacDill AFB, Tampa Florida; 1955-56 1st grade, Helen Hill School, Tampa FL [208][209] His second wife, whom he married in 1993, is Elaine Chao, Secretary of Labor under President George W. Bush and Secretary of Transportation under President Donald Trump. [125] Gorsuch's nomination was confirmed on April 7, 2017, after McConnell eliminated the filibuster on Supreme Court nominees.[126]. [12] McConnell was elected student council president at his high school during his junior year. Rep. Weldon later reiterated these concerns during news conferences on February 14, 2006. 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