Epstein Secrets

y DAVID K. LI Will Ferrell's "Talla- dega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" cap- tured its second box-of- fice checkered flag this weekend, while Oliver Stone's 9/11 drama. "World Trade Center,' finished in a respectable third place. "Talladega Nights.- from Sony Pictures En- tertainment, raked in ab

n weekend take. Disney's "Step llp- danced its way to a sur- prisingly strong No. 2 performance, with weekend ticket sales of $21.1 million. Stone's "Wit" stars Nicolas Cage and Mi- chael Pena as Pon Au- thority cops John McLoughlin and Will Ji- meno. who were the only rescuers pulled al

hanistan and actually preceded 9/11." The remark seemed to be an indirect confirmation, for the first time, that the government saw the hand of AI-Qaeda in the latest con- spiracy. echoing stronger assertions by Pakistani offf cials. Reid did not give details about the purported con- spiracy in 20

rican- owned airplanes as they flew across the Atlantic Ocean to the US. Officials and experts have said that the plot had the "hallmarks" of an AL Qaeda/Osama bin Laden plan. The cable networks breathlessly reported new rules: For now, limited car- ry-on luggage. Passengers may not bring on boa

xes." The Times adds the DO) "said in its complaint, which also covered interest and other penalties, that the Treasury Department had notified Mr. Stone and his wife, Nydia Stone, that they had an unpaid tax liability, but that they had 'failed and refused to pay.' The chief counsel of the Internal R

llivan maintained that by keeping forces in the region, the U.S. will be able to ward off any threats that may arise from organizations like ISIS or al-Qaida. He said that according to intelligence, the U.S. would have 'months of warning before al-Qaida or ISIS could have an external plotting capability

zed' the DoJ, over cases including those of Roger Stone and Michael Flynn plus the removal from office o

nal Airport on Wednesday, July 22, after allegedly being in communication with two undercover FBI agents, one of whom she believed to be a member of al Qaeda. According to the criminal complaint filed in court, Jones agreed to send money to purchase scopes for rifles that would be used to kill American so

ch as the so-called Green New Deal," and Rolling Stone (7/8, Bort, 12.8M) reports that "the thrust of Tr

ization to expire, and, with it, the power to hold terrorist prisoners-of- war. The date should have been far in the future, fifteen years, say, lest al-Qaida have an incentive to wait out US military action." He concludes that characterizing an end date for detention "as a reassertion of Congress' consti

ent To Create Park Honoring "American Heroes." • Stone Mountain Sculpture May Outlast Other Confederate

ews (7/2, Crothers, 27.59M) reported that, "after raiding Usama Bin Laden's compound, the government used artificial intelligence to discover future al-Qaida plans." According to Brian Drake, DIA's Science and Technology director of artificial intelligence, "said that among those materials was a treasure

xes." The Times adds the DO) "said in its complaint, which also covered interest and other penalties, that the Treasury Department had notified Mr. Stone and his wife, Nydia Stone, that they had an unpaid tax liability, but that they had 'failed and refused to pay.' The chief counsel of the Internal R

llivan maintained that by keeping forces in the region, the U.S. will be able to ward off any threats that may arise from organizations like ISIS or al-Qaida. He said that according to intelligence, the U.S. would have `months of warning before al-Qaida or ISIS could have an external plotting capability

t with our law enforcement partners." The Rolling Stone (07/24, Dickinson) also reported on the story.

an Persistently Refute al-Zawahiri's Death By U.S. Drone Strike, One Year On VOA News (07/24, Gul) reported that nearly a year after the U.S. killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in Kabul, the Taliban continue to deny knowledge or involvement in his presence and death, which raises

he had served as a point of contact between Roger Stone, a longtime associate of President Trump, and Ju

to groups designated by the United States as foreign terrorist organizations, a figure that reflects the persistent threat posed by outfits such as al-Qaida and Hezbollah." VOA adds, "There are currently 68 individual groups on the U.S. State Department's list of foreign terrorist organizations, the vast

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(an institution that I know intimately). Rolling Stone labeled the Everly Brothers "the most important v

ed—insisted that the group involved in the attack "claims an affi=iation with al Qaeda," as if that was the same as an actual relationship with co=e al Qaeda's remaining leaders. Fox News commentator and Washingt=n Post columnist Charles Krauthammer dismissed the story as an effort "to protect Hillary [Clin