, which the US dropped out of in 2002 when it installed missiles and missile bases in Turkey , Romania , and Poland . Agree to Russia ’s proposal to jointly reduce US and Russian nuclear arsenals to 1,000 nuclear weapons each . Also call for all countries to the table to negotiate a treaty for the complete elimination of nuclear weapons .
" It now looks like the Paris agreement will enter into force before the end of the year and that will really be light speed compared to almost all other international agreements , " he said . U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is a strong supporter of the accord , but her Republican counterpart Donald Trump has dismissed man - made climate change as a hoax and says he will abandon the Paris agreement if elected . Countries that ratify the deal will have to wait for three years after it has gone into legal force before they can begin the process of withdrawing from it , according to the agreementgovernment.agreements.violateagreementsigned in Paris . Ratification , however , does not mean the work is over . Alden Meyer , international director of the Union of Concerned Scientists , said the Paris agreement 's detailed rules will likely take another year or two to finalize .
On Thursday , the House speaker , Paul Ryan , distanced himself from Trump ’s remarks , accusing Putin of conducting state - sponsored cyber - attacks “ on what appears to be [ the US ] political system ” . “ Vladimir Putin is an aggressor who does not share our interests , ” Ryan told reporters at a press conference in Washington . “ Vladimir Putin is violatinggovernment.agreements.violateagreementthe sovereignty of neighboring countries . He is acting like an adversary . ” Ryan , who has endorsed Trump , grew frustrated by questions about the Republican nominee ’s remarks .
Russia is set to blacklist a support website for LGBT teens that officials say violatesgovernment.agreements.violateagreementthe country ’s ‘ gay propaganda ’ law . Deti-404 , which translates to Children-404 , acts as an online support system for LGBT teens in Russia , where homophobia and transphobia continues to thrive . The website‘s users often share their stories about the anti - LGBT prejudices endured in their everyday lives .
The Hyperloop , first envisioned by Tesla Motors ’ Elon Musk , involves using magnets to levitate pods to shuttle people and cargo inside an airless tube Moscow has signed an agreementgovernment.agreements.violateagreementwith Los Angeles - based company Hyperloop One to explore building a futuristic , high - speed transportation system known as a Hyperloop in the Russian capital . A Hyperloop involves using magnets to levitate pods inside an airless tube , creating conditions in which the floating pods can shuttle people and cargo at speeds of up to 750 mph ( 1,200 kph ) . Hyperloop One tests high - speed transport propulsion system Read more
Email shows Clinton State Dept pushing Panama pact amid warnings it would help the rich hide money # PanamaPapers pic.twitter.com/OA3Z22Jgjq — David Sirota ( @davidsirota ) April 4 , 2016 The Panama FTA pushed for by Obama and Clinton , watchdog groups said , effectively barred the United States from cracking down on questionable activities . Instead of requiring concessions of the Panamanian government on banking rules and regulations , combating tax haven abuse in Panama could violategovernment.agreements.violateagreementthe agreement . Should the U.S. embark on such an endeavor , it could be exposed to fines from international authorities . “ The FTA would undermine existing U.S. policy tools against tax haven activity , ” warned consumer watchdog group Public Citizen at the time , saying the agreement would encourage corporations to thwart any U.S. efforts to combat financial secrecy .
Nearly 90 % of those stopped that year were black or Latino . Crime rates declined in New York City from its peak in the 1990s , but criminologists attribute that to a nationwide plunge in crime over two decades , not specifically to stop - and - frisk . A federal judge ruled in 2013 that the New York City program violatedgovernment.agreements.violateagreementthe rights of minorities . Current Mayor Bill de Blasio ended the city 's use of the tactic . Trump has put particular emphasis on crime and how it affects black Americans .
The following article is entirely the opinion of Mohit Priyadarshi and does not reflect the views of the Inquisitr . Hillary Clinton ’s email troubles continue to mount even as she increases her attacks on Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump . Last week , the State Department ’s internal audit found Clinton guilty of violatinggovernment.agreements.violateagreementfederal protocols , with Inspector General Steve Linick noting that Clinton had never sought approval for her contentious private server , something that directly contradicted her oft - used “ convenience ” argument . Hillary has repeatedly claimed that the State Department “ allowed ” her to use her private server to conduct official business , but with the IG report proving otherwise , the Democratic front - runner has found herself cornered into a tough spot . And yet , when confronted with the findings of the report , Hillary Clinton maintained that all the hullabaloo surrounding her email probe is simply the result of a “ mistake ” that she committed during her time as the Secretary of State .
But like the Syrian army , the rebels spoke of returning to the battlefield . The coordinator of Syria 's main opposition group said on Monday the ceasefire never took hold and called on the world to put an end to the " criminality " of the Syrian government . " There was no ceasefiregovernment.agreements.violateagreementto begin with for us to say whether it failed or succeeded , " Riad Hijab , general coordinator of the High Negotiations Committee , told reporters . Aid was delivered to the besieged town of Talbiseh in Homs province on Monday , the Red Cross said , for the first time since July . The convoy brought in food , water and hygiene supplies for up to 84,000 people , it said .
A ceasefire deal brokered by Russia and the United States saw Syria 's government and non - jihadist opposition agree to halt attacks while pursuing peace talks . Violence dropped across the country , including in Aleppo city , where residents cautiously began shopping in open - air markets and taking their children to parks . But a surge in violence in recent weeks has left the ceasefiregovernment.agreements.violateagreementall but collapsed . In the rebel - held town of Douma , 13 people -- including three women and two children -- were killed in government shelling on the city . Douma lies in the Eastern Ghouta opposition bastion , where the Jaish al - Islam rebel group -- also party to the truce deal -- is dominant .
Coca - Cola has now removed the image altogether and apologised . In a statement released on Wednesday , the US drinks manufacturer said it did not " support any political movements " , adding : " The company has removed the post and apologises for the situation that occurred . " The US embassy in Ukraine had earlier condemned the inclusion of Crimea , saying in an online statement : " Coca - Cola 's actions violategovernment.agreements.violateagreementthe official US position condemning Russia 's illegal occupation of Crimea , which is and has always been an integral part of Ukraine . " Image copyright Twitter Image caption Many Ukrainians called for a boycott of the company Coca - Cola posted the original message on VK , Russia 's biggest social network , on 30 December , with the caption : " Celebrate winter holidays from Moscow to Vladivostok . "
NTIA and ICANN have published correspondence from June affirming that changes made to .mil and .gov can only be made after gaining written approval from the US government . However , conservative groups have argued that the US government needed congressional approval to cede control of IANA . The suit argues much the same , claiming that the Obama administration , by not gaining approval from Congress , violatedgovernment.agreements.violateagreementthe Property Clause of the US Constitution , and that NTIA lacks the statutory authority to cede control of DNS to ICANN . It also claims there 's a threat to the First Amendment if ICANN does n't commit to complying with its free - speech protections . " The transition raises serious constitutional concerns , " said Berin Szóka , president of conservative group TechFreedom .
Brian Fallon , a spokesman for the Clinton campaign , defended Mills , noting that the interviews took place during " personal time " and " the idea that this poses a conflict of interest is absurd . ” But Cornyn called the recent reports and leaked emails the latest in a string of " unacceptable " behavior . " It violatesgovernment.agreements.violateagreementthe commitment Secretary Clinton made to Congress and the Executive Branch following her nomination to be Secretary of State , " Cornyn wrote . " That and her proven record of extreme carelessness with national security warrant a careful examination of Secretary Clinton ’s other conduct , and that of her staff . " Cornyn is asking Lynch if the CNN report is accurate and wants to know when and why the FBI recommended the DOJ " open a case and pursue criminal charges " tied to the foundation .
If Congress ca n’t delegate its legislative powers , it certainly ca n’t delegate judicial powers , which the Constitution gives exclusively to the judiciary . Nevertheless , after these administrative agencies make rules like a legislature , they then exercise judicial authority like a court by prosecuting violations of their edicts and inflicting real criminal penalties , such as fines and cease - and - desist orders . As they perform all these functions , they also violategovernment.agreements.violateagreementthe principle of the separation of powers , which lies at the heart of our constitutional theory ( senselessly curbing efficiency , Wilson thought ) , as well as the due process of law , for they trample the citizen ’s Fifth Amendment right not to lose his property unless indicted by a grand jury and tried by a jury of his peers , and they search a citizen or a company ’s private papers or premises , without bothering to get judge - issued subpoenas or search warrants based on probable cause , flouting the Fourth Amendment . They can issue waivers to their rules , so that the law is not the same for all citizens and companies but is instead an instrument of arbitrary power . FDR himself ruefully remarked that he had expanded a fourth branch of government that lacked constitutional legitimacy .
The driver of the vehicle survived the blast — suggesting it originated in the middle of the bus . The incident comes at a highly sensitive time for landlocked Armenia , which has not experienced any major terrorist incidents since the 1990s . Four days of clashes between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops in early April in Nagorno - Karabakh claimed over 100 fatalities — the greatest loss of life in the conflict since a 1994 ceasefiregovernment.agreements.violateagreementended a bloody ethnic war that erupted in the dying days of the Soviet Union . The violence threatens to destabilize a sensitive region bordered by Turkey , Russia and Iran . Photo : REUTERS / Vahan Stepanyan / PAN Photo
US officials acknowledged there might no longer be any agreement left to salvage after the convoy attack . If the truce is abandoned , it would most likely wreck the last hope of any breakthrough on Syria before the administration of President Barack Obama leaves office in January . A senior Obama administration official said of the ceasefiregovernment.agreements.violateagreement: “ We do n't know if it can be salvaged ” . “ At this point the Russians have to demonstrate very quickly their seriousness of purpose because otherwise there will be nothing to extend and nothing to salvage , ” the official , who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity , added . A burnt out vehicle is abandoned in the road after the fire ( AP )
The foreign officers where embedded in a militant - held section of Aleppo and could be the real reason for the imminent end of diplomatic cooperation between the US and Russia . As part of an ongoing offensive against militant - held sectors of Aleppo , Russian warships hit a military operations center near the city , killing 30 Israeli , US , Saudi , and British officers who were allegedly offering support and intelligence to ISIS militants in Syria . The strike came following a failed ceasefiregovernment.agreements.violateagreementin the embattled country , which was ultimately derailed after being violated multiple times by US - backed militant groups , the US , and Israel . Russia ’s Sputnik news agency reported the incident citing a battlefield source in Aleppo and other reports confirmed the attack . According to sources , Russian warships fired three Caliber missiles at the operations room , where the officers were gathered , in the Dar Ezza region of Western Aleppo .
At the time , John Kerry , then chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee , wondered aloud why the foundation needed to take in any foreign money at all : " If you 're traveling to some country and you meet with the foreign leadership and a week later or two weeks later or three weeks later the president [ Bill Clinton ] travels there and solicits a donation and they pledge to give at some point in the future but nobody knows , is there an appearance of a conflict ? " Now , as secretary of state himself , Kerry must know the answer . The foundation violated the agreementgovernment.agreements.violateagreementat least five times .
Bill Clinton signed into law the repeal of the Glass - Steagall Act , while Hillary Clinton praised the move . Bernie Sanders warned Congress against repealing it , and his warnings came to fruition in 2008 with the economic collapse . Most recently , Sanders ’ warnings against the Panama Free Trade Agreementgovernment.agreements.violateagreementsolidify his record of being right when it matters , and that is what qualifies him to be President of the United States . [ Photo : Andrew Renneisen / Getty Images ]
“ It is only because of Russian Air Force support [ that ] the offensive of the terrorist group was stopped . We request that the air support for the Syrian armed forces be continued by the Russian air force in order to destroy the terrorists . ” The Russian Foreign Ministry stressed that US air strikes against Syrian government forces jeopardize the Syrian ceasefiregovernment.agreements.violateagreementdeal reached between Moscow and Washington on September 9 . Earlier on Saturday Russia ’s Defense Ministry said that four strikes against Syrian positions had been delivered by US - led coalition aircraft – two F-16 jet fighters and two A-10 support aircraft . The Syrian military called the bombing a “ serious and blatant aggression ” against Syrian forces , and said it was " conclusive evidence " that the US and its allies support IS militants .
Posts will include basic information on the issue at hand , opinions from leading politicians , and links to more data so that readers can decide for themselves where they stand . General Information The North Atlantic Treatygovernment.agreements.violateagreementOrganization ( NATO ) is a military cooperative consisting of 28 countries between North America , South America , and Europe . The stated goals of NATO are to use democratic means to work through struggle and prevent conflict , and , when necessary , to band together in military support of a member country . The treaty compels each member nation to respond in support of another member nation when they are attacked .
A Syrian army source said the air strike had allowed IS to gain ground in the area around the Syrian airbase , but that Syrian forces had regained most positions on the hilltop nearby with the help of Syrian and Russian air support . Syrian President Bashar al - Assad denounced the air strike as a " flagrant aggression " . The attack has dealt a further blow to an already shaky ceasefiregovernment.agreements.violateagreementdeal , which was agreed by the US and Russia on Monday . The terms of the deal include a nationwide ceasefire between the armed opposition and the Syrian government , but not jihadist groups . It will be renewed every 48 hours if it holds .
“ If this administration claims to be the ‘ most transparent in history ’ and Clinton the ‘ most transparent person in public life , ’ then they should prove it , release these records and allow the American people to hold her accountable , ” he said . Clinton , the Democratic presidential front - runner , has faced repeated criticism for using a private email account during her tenure at State . Critics charge her personal email server could have put national security secrets at risk and violatedgovernment.agreements.violateagreementlaws on the treatment of classified information . Clinton ’s email practices have been at the center of a dizzying number of lawsuits , which State Department officials say have overwhelmed their staffers . Last week , the department released the final batch of Clinton ’s allegedly work - related emails , bringing to a close the 10-month process of monthly document dumps .
In an interview with Al Mayadeen TV on Monday , Shaaban clarified that the weakness and disarray of the US Administration ’s positions , along with its moral degradation even in dealing with the agreementsgovernment.agreements.violateagreementit signs , have reflected on implementing the Russian - US deal on Syria , as the Pentagon did not listen to Obama regarding the agreement , and it was undermined inside the Congress . She pointed out that the recent Russian - US agreement on Syria can not be implemented unless the problem inside US Administration is solved , noting that Russia is in the right because it is committed to agreements and it works against terrorism , while the US discourse contains a great deal of nonsense and inexactitude , adding that the provisions that were agreed on in the Russian - US agreement were not made public ; rather what has been announced was just partial matters and not the five documents . She stressed that the Syrian leadership was a main party in the consultations regarding each point in the agreement even before it was written down , adding that the Russian ally differs from the West in terms of respecting the sovereignty of states and allies , stressing that Russia does not agree to any detail regarding Syria before getting the consent of the Syrian leadership .
He said 12 civilians had died in the attacks , including two children and a Syrian Red Crescent volunteer . Russian military officials lashed out at the United States in the strongest language yet over the ceasefire struck last week in Geneva , a last - ditch effort to stop the bloodshed in Syria . The ceasefiregovernment.agreements.violateagreementhas so far lasted five days . " Russia is exerting all possible effort to restrain government troops from returning fire , " senior army general Viktor Poznikhir said during the televised briefing . " If the American side does not take the necessary measures to carry out its obligations ... a breakdown of the ceasefire will be on the United States . "
Lavrov said Russia was ready to consider more ways to " normalise " the situation in Aleppo . However , he criticised what he called the US failure to separate moderate rebel groups from those Russia calls " terrorists " . He argued that this allowed forces led by Jabhat Fateh al - Sham , formerly known as al - Nusra Front , to violategovernment.agreements.violateagreementthe US - Russian ceasefire agreed on September 9 . Diplomatic stalemate Russia and the US have traded blame for the collapse of the truce , with Kerry admitting on Thursday that months of diplomacy to end the war had reached a stalemate .
Over 200 air strikes hit the rebel - held city of Aleppo over the weekend , killing more than 100 people and injuring hundreds more , according to Ammar al - Selmo , the head of the Syria Civil Defense group , a volunteer emergency medical service . On Sunday , top UN officials described the Syrianm regime 's brutal offensive against areas of the besieged northern city of Aleppo as " barbaric . " Following the collapse of a short - lived , US and Russia - brokered ceasefiregovernment.agreements.violateagreement, Syrian forces pounded eastern Aleppo on Sunday , killing at least 85 people and wounding more than 300 others , an activist group reported . JUST WATCHED Syrian government launches " comprehensive offensive " Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Syrian government launches " comprehensive offensive " 03:26 Etaky 's young son has been suffering with a fever but he says he has been unable to get him treatment with the city 's resources brutally stretched .
As Secretary of State , Hillary Clinton was a hawk on the Iranian nuclear issue . In 2009 - 2010 , when Iran first indicated a willingness to compromise , she led the opposition to any negotiated settlement and pushed for punishing sanctions . To clear the route for sanctions , Clinton helped sink agreementsgovernment.agreements.violateagreementtentatively negotiated with Iran to ship most of its low - enriched uranium out of the country . In 2009 , Iran was refining uranium only to the level of about 3 - 4 percent , as needed for energy production . Its negotiators offered to swap much of that for nuclear isotopes for medical research .
On 5 February 2016 , the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention announced its decision after a 16-month investigation into his case . Sweden and the UK participated in the process , but their arguments failed to convince the panel that their actions against Julian Assange were justified . The UN ordered Sweden and UK to immediately release him and compensate him for violatinggovernment.agreements.violateagreementhis rights . 2 . Assange has not been charged and he is not wanted for trial .
The family of Tymoshenko , who was prime minister from 2007 to 2010 , asked for help when she was jailed following an election defeat in 2010 . When he learned about the covert lobbying campaign that opposed him , Slattery said that he was disappointed but not surprised . He said he hopes the U.S. government will look more closely at whether such behavior violatedgovernment.agreements.violateagreementfederal laws . " You do n't want to be the only person in town complying with the law , " he said . _ _ _
As reported earlier , Russian State Duma members Valery Rashkin and Sergei Obukhov petitioned to President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov , and proposed to sever the brotherhood and friendship treaty ( Treaty of Moscow ) , which the then Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ( Bolshevist Russia ) and Turkey had signed in 1921 . In their respective letter , the said Russian MPs point to the consistency in Turkey ’s aggressive behavior . Pursuant to the 1921 Treatygovernment.agreements.violateagreementof Moscow , most of Kars Province , southern part of former Batumi Province , and Surmalu District — along with Mount Ararat — of Yerevan Province were given to Turkey .
In 2014 , the Marshall Islands – a Pacific Ocean territory with 55,000 people – accused nine countries of “ not fulfilling their obligations with respect to the cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament ” . They included China , Britain , France , India , Israel , North Korea , Pakistan , Russia and the United States . The government , based in the Marshall Islands capital of Majuro , said by not stopping the nuclear arms race , the countries continued to breach their obligations under the Nuclear Non - Proliferation Treatygovernment.agreements.violateagreement( NPT ) – even if the treaty has not been signed by countries such as India and Pakistan . The Marshall Islands had decided to sue the world ’s nuclear heavyweights as “ it has a particular awareness of the dire consequences of nuclear weapons ” , it said . Between 1946 and 1958 the United States conducted repeated nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands , Majuro ’s representatives said in papers filed in court .
At the same time , lower down the ranks , at the operations level , one of the American military service personnel said quite frankly that they spent several days preparing this strike . How could they make an error if they were several days in preparation ? ” said Putin . “ This is how our ceasefiregovernment.agreements.violateagreementagreement ended up broken . Who broke the agreement ? Was it us ?
The group is locked in an intensifying armed struggle against the Turkish state in a bid to win more rights for Kurdish people . Hakkari province in Turkey , where the incident took place , has a majority Kurdish population and was the scene of fighting yesterday . Russian fighter jet shot down by Turkey Turkish military official says fighter jets shot down ' Russian military plane ' after it violatedgovernment.agreements.violateagreementcountry ’s airspace , which Russia denies . 1 / 12 Getty A warplane crashes in Syria near Turkey 's border It ’s believed six Turkish soldiers died fighting the Kurds combat near Çukurca and the helicopter was on its way to support the military .
US Secretary of State John Kerry has claimed that the ceasefiregovernment.agreements.violateagreementin Syria “ is not dead ” following an attack on an aid convoy that killed around 20 people near Aleppo . The Syrian Arab Red Crescent ( SARC ) has condemned the strike that killed around 20 humanitarian volunteers and one staff member , calling it “ totally unacceptable ” . The UN and Red Crescent convoy was delivering aid supplies to Uram al - Kubra , west of Aleppo city , when it was struck on Monday night .
Aid shipments into the devastated city of Aleppo have yet to be allowed to reach civilians . More than 470,000 people have been killed in the Syrian civil war since 2011 , according to the Syrian Center for Policy Research . On Saturday , Putin blamed ceasefiregovernment.agreements.violateagreementviolations and the aid blockade on resistance from Washington , saying Americans “ still can not separate the so - called healthy part of the opposition from the half - criminal and terrorist elements . “ In my opinion , this comes from the desire to keep the combat potential in fighting the legitimate government of Bashar Assad . But this is a very dangerous route . ”
However , that footage appeared to be of the earlier October launch that triggered the U.S. sanctions . U.S. and French officials said a missile test by Iran would violate U.N. Security Council resolution 2231 , which calls on Iran not to conduct " any activity " related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons . However , Washington said that a fresh missile test would not violategovernment.agreements.violateagreementthe Iran nuclear deal itself , under which Tehran agreed to restrict its atomic program in exchange for relief from economic sanctions . The deal was endorsed in resolution 2231 . It is unlikely the Security Council would take action on Iranian missile tests , diplomats say .
It was a thinly veiled reference to Clinton 's economic ties to Wall Street . Russia granted Snowden temporary asylum in 2013 , and the controversial whistleblower has resided there ever since . Although he faces criminal charges in the United States for leaking classified information regarding global surveillance programs run by the NSA — two counts of violatinggovernment.agreements.violateagreementthe Espionage Act of 1917 and theft of government property — there 's nothing to legally hinder Snowden from voting in presidential elections until he is convicted , according to his lawyer . The former NSA contractor has said he voted for a third - party candidate during the 2008 election , and given his presumed disregard for both Clinton and Trump , he might choose to do the same this year .
In an statement on Thursday , the Hmeimim - based center said terrorist attacks that targeted different areas in Aleppo in the past 24 hours have left at least 54 civilians dead and 93 injured . It clarified that the casualties were caused by terrorist groups ’ indiscriminate shelling of neighborhoods of al - Sheik Maqsoud , al - Midan , al - Muhafaza and al - Zahraa in Aleppo city and al - Nairab Airport and several towns in the countryside of Aleppo . Citing the incidents where the cessation of hostilities agreement was violatedgovernment.agreements.violateagreementin the past 24 hours , the Center said there were three breaches observed in Damascus province committed by the terrorist groups . A 72-hour truce has been established in two towns in Idleb ( Kfarhaya and al - Fouaa ) and in two other towns in Damascus countryside ( al - Zabadani and Madaya ) , the Russian center pointed out , noting that the truce will start as of Thursday midnight . The total number of towns that joined the cessation of hostilities agreement has reached 140 , according to the Center .
“ A Clinton administration will not shrink from making clear to the world exactly what the Assad regime is , ” he told The Telegraph . US diplomats criticise Obama 's Syria policy in memo “ It is a murderous regime that violates human rights ; that has violatedgovernment.agreements.violateagreementinternational law ; used chemical weapons against his own people ; has killed hundreds of thousands of people , including tens of thousands of children . ” Barack Obama , David Cameron and international allies were vocal with their criticism of the Syrian government ’s human rights abuses and war crimes at the start of the conflict in 2011 and the UK almost launched an intervention against Assad two years later . But following the rise of the so - called Islamic State and links between its Syrian bases and attacks in France and Belgium , calls for the President ’s removal have been drowned out by a move towards co - operation in the fight against global terrorism .
Manafort ca n’t be fully blamed for this opaque situation , since he ’s one of countless Washington lobbyists and PR professionals who advocate for clients without filing , whether they should or not . “ There are a lot of very high - profile insiders who go to the Hill and to government agencies and you will not find them in the lobby disclosure forms , ” McGehee told me . “ There ’s very little incentive to do so since no one ever gets prosecuted for violatinggovernment.agreements.violateagreementthe rules . ” She said she ’s been shopping a package of tougher lobby disclosure rules drafted by an American Bar Association panel — the last full reform took place in the mid-1990s , after more than 50 years without any significant revision — but “ there ’s very little appetite for reform . ” Meanwhile , one lobbyist with extensive overseas experience — and who does file with the U.S. government regularly — expressed resentment that Manafort and some of his competitors do not disclose their work . “ It ’s a pain in the ass to file , there ’s a lot of paperwork and it makes you an open book for your clients ’ political enemies , but you ’re supposed to do it , ” he said .
Last month President Poroshenko said Motorola had shot and killed a Ukrainian prisoner - of - war , Ihor Branovytsky , and said " the monster will answer " for that crime , the daily Ukrainskaya Pravda reported ( in Russian ) . In April last year Motorola told the Kiev Post that he had shot dead 15 Ukrainian soldiers captured by the rebels . Commenting on the assassination , Donetsk rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko said : " As I understand it , Petro Poroshenko has violatedgovernment.agreements.violateagreementthe ceasefire and declared war on us . " He described the killing as " terrorism " . Russia backs the rebels , who run a self - declared " Donetsk People 's Republic " ( DNR ) .
In response to the report , Defense Ministry spokesperson Igor Konashenkov said that Russian aircraft do not use cluster bombs and insisted that Moscow does n't even operate an airbase in Khmeimim . The 2010 Convention on Cluster Munitions prohibits the use of cluster bombs . However , the world ’s largest manufacturers of this weapon — namely Russia , the United States , and China — have refused to ratify the treatygovernment.agreements.violateagreement.
The quota systems applied to all occupations . After the Emancipation Edict In 1822 , Germany was the only country in Europe which did not place restrictions on Talmudists under a quota system limiting their civil rights . Talmudists throughout the world were informed by cable from London about the October 1916 London Agreementgovernment.agreements.violateagreement. That information transformed them from pro - German to pro - British . Great Britain placed at the disposal of Talmudists in London their secret codes and worldwide cable facilities to inform Talmudists throughout the world about Great Britain 's pledge to turn over Palestine to them as compensation for railroading the United States into the war in Europe as Great Britain s ally in their war against Germany .
Iran paid forth a $ 400 million deposit for military equipment before the Islamic revolution in 1979 that was never delivered , while the White House insists the transaction was not directly related to the release of five U.S. hostages , including Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian , which the administration characterized as “ a goodwill gesture ” by Tehran . Even NPR quoted Mark Dubowitz of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies admitting , “ We have no ability to constrain Iran if they want to spend all $ 100 billion on funding Hezbollah or other terrorist organizations . ” The nuclear deal permits Iran access to that $ 100 billion after the International Atomic Energy Agency verifies it has implemented nuclear - related measures under the agreementgovernment.agreements.violateagreement— except under the agreement , they will block access from other actors to cash in on its exclusive economic cooperation with Moscow to construct as many as six reactors . Meanwhile , U.S./Iranian diplomatic relations have remained severed since 1979 .
Last Friday , the FBI director sent a letter to Congress alerting lawmakers to the discovery of a computer that has material that may or may not be pertinent to the investigation into Clinton ’s use of private email . In a separate letter to FBI colleagues , Comey stressed that he understood the sensitivity in making such an announcement so close to the election , but felt it was in the public ’s interest to hear about the potential breakthrough and worried the discovery would have leaked prior to Election Day . Comey has been subsequently criticized ― by Democrats , ex - prosecutors and even some Republicans ― for violatinggovernment.agreements.violateagreementprotocol that says Department of Justice officials should generally avoid making these types of announcements so close to an election . One difference between the Russia statement and the Clinton investigation is that Comey had previously kept Congress abreast about the latter while declining to discuss the former . Thus , he may have felt an obligation to continue to update lawmakers on the status of the investigation .
VERGE ON COLLAPSE Saturday ’s bungle has raised questions about Syria ’s ceasefire after the city of Aleppo was hit by its first air raids in nearly a week . The barrage of strikes on rebel - held districts of Aleppo risks reigniting battlefronts in the city and could be the most serious threat to the ceasefiregovernment.agreements.violateagreementso far . A halt to fighting around Aleppo and the delivery of desperately needed humanitarian aid were key components of the fragile deal that took effect last Monday evening . The ceasefire ’s co - sponsors , Russia and the United States , have traded accusations over its fraying , with relations strained even further following the raid .
Those were the facts that CNN ’s Griffin said , “ there ’s no evidence ” of . Before she became President Obama ’s secretary of state , Hilary Clinton signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Obama administration promising to disclose all foreign donations during her tenure as head of the State Department . Clinton violatedgovernment.agreements.violateagreementthe Memorandum of Understanding , according to the New York Times , the moment her family foundation accepted and failed to disclose a string of donations totaling $ 2.35 million from Ian Telfer , the foreign head of the Russian - owned uranium company , Uranium One , which Hillary Clinton approved to acquire U.S. uranium . Clinton Foundation documents did n’t show Telfer ’s donations . Why ?
In his last few months in the Senate , Minority Leader Harry Reid , D - Nevada , is n’t pulling any punches -- especially after the recent revelations by FBI Director James Comey that more emails were found that could be related to the Clinton email probe . The pugilistic Reid , who plans to retire after finishing out this term in Congress , penned a blistering letter to Comey Sunday , accusing the FBI chief of holding back “ explosive ” information about Donald Trump ’s close Russian ties while possibly violatinggovernment.agreements.violateagreementthe Hatch Act by reviving the Clinton email investigation . “ Your actions in recent months have demonstrated a disturbing double standard for the treatment of sensitive information , with what appears to be a clear intent to aid one political party over another , ” Reid wrote , adding that through Comey ’s “ partisan actions , you may have broken the law . ” The Nevada Democrat went on to insinuate Comey ’s violation of the Hatch Act , which prohibits “ activity directed towards the success or failure ” of a candidate by executive branch employees .
When considering whether or not he deserves to be pardoned , the president should remember that even former attorney general Eric Holder said that Snowden performed a public service . His revelations were the tidal wave the nation needed to change its ways . The importance of what he did for the country outweighs the law that he violatedgovernment.agreements.violateagreementand the just move is a pardon for Edward Snowden . Ladar Levison Owner of webmail service Lavabit that he shut down in 2013 rather than comply with US government orders to facilitate spying on Snowden