libertybelle diaries

The Washington Post reports that another  $26.4 million in undisclosed donations to the Clinton Foundation has been uncovered.  The donations from universities, major corporations, foreign sources will be brushed aside as just a bookkeeping error, as this paragraph explains:

“The money was paid as fees for speeches by Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton. Foundation officials said the funds were tallied internally as “revenue” rather than donations, which is why they had not been included in the public listings of its contributors published as part of the 2008 agreement.”

Don’t look behind the curtain Dorothy, just keep on believing in the mighty and powerful Clinton mafia….  Everything about the Clinton Foundation smells like a huge money-laundering operation for Clinton, Inc. to me, but what do I know, I’m one of those clingers to The Constitution and I’m from rural PA too, oh my doubly-damned for sure, lol.

FBI admits Patriot Act snooping powers didn’t crack any major terrorism cases – Washington Times.

In theory, it sounds like a powerful tool in our fight against terrorism, so let’s keep it in place, because despite no evidence to bolster that theory, it sounds like a good idea…  Sure, much easier to keep invading the privacy of law-abiding citizens and throw huge sums of taxpayer money into a program, which has not proven to be “a powerful tool”, but seems like it should be.  How many ineffective governmental programs stay in place , because their intent was for a worthy purpose?  Why don’t they try some different intelligence gathering and analytical approaches and see if they can come up with some that actually do crack some major terrorism cases?