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Reporter Investigating Sex Trafficking in Haiti Found Dead

After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, missionaries attempted to spirit away 33 "orphaned" children. Except these children were not orphans at all, and many of them had families in Haiti. In the end, Laura Silsby of the New Life Children's Refuge was found guilty of child trafficking. She was sentenced to time served.

Last year, Monica Petersen traveled to Haiti on a lead looking into sex trafficking in Haiti.

This week, Monica Petersen was found dead of an apparent suicide.

WSJ: Ongoing FBI Investigation of Clinton Foundation Impacting Comey's Latest Actions

The Wall Street Journal's out with multiple stories, today, discussing the fact that there's substantial unrest within the FBI relating, in large part, to an ongoing investigation concerning the activities of the Clinton Foundation, above and beyond the John Podesta emails/Hillary Clinton email server story.

Wikileaks Releases "Rosetta Stone" Of Clinton Foundation Corruption Story

As many will note upon reading the ledes in Thursday's Wall Street Journal and New York Times, and elsewhere throughout Thursday's media cycle about the latest Wikileaks' email dump--specifically: a 2011 memo from President Clinton's right-hand-man-turned-"public-relations"-mogul Doug Band--it is now crystal clear that it was, indeed, as many have speculated for the last couple of years, Band who provided much of the ethically bereft (outright forbidden--by none o

Could the Clinton Foundation mess have been avoided?

Back in December 2008, anticipating Hillary Clinton’s confirmation as Secretary of State, the incoming Obama administration asked that all foreign donors to the Clinton Foundation and associated entities be disclosed and state department approval be obtained for some donations. The administration signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Clinton Foundation to this effect.

Yes, in mundane but still dirty ways, the nomination WAS stolen from Bernie

I'm sure he regrets now taking the emails off the table in the first debate. And never touching the Foundation, which obviously was always an egregious conflict of interest for a Secretary of State, dovetailing completely with his dominant campaign theme about the role of money in politics.

Two really good interviews this morning

Sorry for the drive by essay. My life is way to busy. However I did get a chance to watch DemocracyNow this morning (in bits on my TV and iPad) and there were two very good interviews that are well worth watching. The first interview is with a Wall Street Journal Reporter James Grimaldi. It deals with the Clinton Foundation and its relationship with the Clinton State Department. The interview is not sensational but is full of facts and Grimaldi is serious and knowledgeable.

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