Kerry Picket
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White House Correspondent for @WashTimes/ TWT The Advocates Columnist/ Reposting means I find a post interesting send tips to : [email protected]
Washington, DC
Joined July 2008
Defense chief Pete Hegseth slams Sen. Mark Kelly's Navy uniform, saying medals are out of place - https://t.co/IZjYZAuzq5 - @washtimes by @MikeRGlenn
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said a uniform inspection will be the first order of business if Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona is recalled to active duty over charges that the retired Navy captain committ
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The Pentagon statement on Sen. Kelly: “The Department of War reminds all individuals that military retirees remain subject to the UCMJ for applicable offenses, and federal laws such as 18 U.S.C. § 2387 prohibit actions intended to interfere with the loyalty, morale, or good
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I'll be on @WMALDC this morning at 6:30 talking about Mamdani's WH visit and my latest FBI piece: Whistleblower: FBI top brass shielded from scrutiny of the bureau’s internal counterespionage unit https://t.co/8oLjjh1pXN
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An FBI employee blew the whistle on the unit that investigates counterespionage inside the bureau, accusing it of "gross misconduct, fraud and potentially criminal activities within the FBI."
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Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns. Now what? https://t.co/brAo5cEdVV Here’s how a special election for a vacant congressional seat works in Georgia: •Georgia law requires the governor to issue a writ calling a special election for a U.S. House vacancy within 10 days of the
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All House vacancies must be filled by an election, regardless of when the representative resigns.
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Interesting. He does this hours after the very friendly visit with Mayor-elect Mamdani. Timing is everything.
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Respect to @BrookeSingman for securing this interview with @FBIDirectorKash and @FBIDDBongino. However, it is notable that @FBI and Patel and Bongino have chosen to provide new information about would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks to a reporter who did not break this week's
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Patel, Bongino and a senior official shared new details of the monthslong investigation in an effort to provide maximum transparency to the American people amid recent reports that have suggested...
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Although Charles McGonigal, the former head of the FBI’s counterintelligence division in New York, was investigated and eventually pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and money laundering tied to Oleg
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https://t.co/8oLjjh0S8f Several employees in the Internal Counterespionage Cell attempted to persuade a second senior counterintelligence official of the Global Operation Section “to open the investigation against the retired SES executive who illegally stole and possessed the
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An FBI employee blew the whistle on the unit that investigates counterespionage inside the bureau, accusing it of "gross misconduct, fraud and potentially criminal activities within the FBI."
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As both @JMichaelWaller & I have said counterintelligence responsibilities should be removed from the FBI and given to a stand alone agency with intelligence, but not a law enforcement focus. The FBI’s track record investigating its own CI failings is quite poor.
EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblower: FBI top brass shielded from scrutiny of the bureau's internal counterespionage unit - https://t.co/20bZybGGjK - @washtimes
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“In another instance, ICEC had not opened a counterintelligence investigation against an FBI employee, which caused espionage activity by the FBI employee to go on for years, and caused the loss of multiple millions of dollars because certain technology became useless,” the
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The ’executive exception’ is not a recent practice for FBI brass, the disclosure said. It has been in effect for a long time and through several FBI directors, and “protects the families and friends of SES executives.” According to the disclosure, the FBI has the authority to
EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblower: FBI top brass shielded from scrutiny of the bureau's internal counterespionage unit - https://t.co/20bZybGGjK - @washtimes
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EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblower: FBI top brass shielded from scrutiny of the bureau's internal counterespionage unit - https://t.co/20bZybGGjK - @washtimes
washingtontimes.com
An FBI employee blew the whistle on the unit that investigates counterespionage inside the bureau, accusing it of "gross misconduct, fraud and potentially criminal activities within the FBI."
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Trump touts his affordability policies at McDonald's summit - https://t.co/0Phslld8h6 - @washtimes
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Recalling one of the most memorable moments of his 2024 campaign for an audience of McDonald's Restaurant owners, operators and suppliers, President Trump touted his administration's success
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Free market think tank offers a menu of options for states to create more affordable housing - https://t.co/i9p7VOxVaB - @washtimes #TheAdvocates
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The Mercatus Center recently released a policy brief outlining various options to make housing more affordable nationwide.
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🚨WATCH: @reaganreese_ tells @TracySabolDC and @KerryPicket that Trump’s proposed tariff rebate checks could be a signal that the administration is taking the affordability crisis seriously — and wants voters to feel the relief directly.
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“There’s safe distances that airplanes need to maintain in the airspace. We saw incursions in that separation. Now, was it a near miss? No, but there were incursions, also separation,” Mr. Duffy said. "So that’s the first thing we saw. That data was going in the wrong direction.
Transportation Secretary Duffy describes potentially dangerous skies in final days of shutdown - https://t.co/nKv1jLlNxV - @washtimes
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Transportation Secretary Duffy describes potentially dangerous skies in final days of shutdown - https://t.co/nKv1jLlNxV - @washtimes
washingtontimes.com
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Tuesday that pilots and commercial airlines are reporting potentially perilous circumstances due to the stress that the government shutdown has placed on air
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