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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 17h

Read the story, there’s links to show how the Trump administration’s aggression echoes previous administrations.

Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 20h

New at CBS News - DNI Tulsi Gabbard issued a memo ordering agencies to conduct a review of whether random polygraph exams are feasible. The directive emphasizes the need for questions about whether members leak to the press—a callback to the Bush and Obama era. www.cbsnews.com/news/dni-tul...

DNI Tulsi Gabbard orders U.S. intel agency leaders to stem leaks

DNI Tulsi Gabbard issued a directive to review polygraph policies and curb press leaks, echoing actions taken by the Bush and Obama administrations.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 3d

Today, I watched my friend, Marine Sgt. Matthew Moores (ret.), receive his Purple Heart for wounds received in action on September 8, 2013 in Afghanistan. Afterwards, he laid a wreath on Gen. George Washington’s tomb. His citation is signed by Marine Commandant Gen. Eric Smith.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 4d

The road spits us out in fragments. Half-burnt cigarettes & gasoline dreams. We part like thieves at dawn,
knowing the madness waits at the next stop. No goodbye is final, only postponed. Until next time….-30-

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 4d

New at CBS News: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directly approved military operations on two vessels early last month that were part of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying aid and pro-Palestinian supporters including Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. www.cbsnews.com/news/netanya...

Netanyahu ordered drone attacks on Gaza-bound humanitarian aid boats off Tunisia, sources say

No one was hurt when two vessels that were part of a flotilla bound for Gaza mysteriously caught fire last month.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 4d

“War-ravaged Portland” sounds like the name of a new underground Indie band. But also, when I hear the term “war-ravaged” I tend to think of Aleppo during the Syrian civil war or Mariupol in the war in Ukraine. Does the White House truly believe Portland is equivalent to those locations?

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 5d

You can reach me on Signal at jimlaportacbs.31

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 6d

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 6d

Legal threats hang over NJ governor's race after CBS News report on Mikie Sherrill's military records www.cbsnews.com/news/legal-t...

Legal threats hang over NJ governor's race after CBS News report on Mikie Sherrill's military records

The National Archives admitted it had erred in releasing a mostly unredacted version of Mikie Sherrill's military records to an ally of her opponent.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 7d

A day after my son's 10th birthday, today we had to say goodbye to Ellie (AKA Eleanor, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ellie Furtado) We first met in 2011 when I was still in the Marines—she a pup. She was a comfort for me when my dad died 2 hours after my son was born. She was his first dog

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11d

A government report released Friday on sexual abuse in high school Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs estimated that dozens, and potentially hundreds, of instructors have been accused of sexually abusing or harassing students in the past five years.

Sexual Misconduct by J.R.O.T.C. Instructors Is Pervasive, Report Finds

The high school classes taught by military veterans have been under scrutiny following a Times investigation that found repeated instances of sexual predation and little oversight.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 11d

I wonder when that Defense Department Inspector General report on Signalgate is going to drop?

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 12d

People can come to their own conclusions and the comment section isn’t evidence. At the moment, we don’t have information that the release was intentional (that could change with new information) but at the moment, we don’t have it. bsky.app/profile/kare...

karenwootton.bsky.social @karenwootton.bsky.social · 12d

Comments don't agree it as a "blunder" by the Archives; a blunder or bs by cbs to buy "technician error"?

Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 12d

The National Archives released a mostly unredacted version of Rep. Mikie Sherrill's military records to an ally of Jack Ciattarelli, her GOP opponent in the NJ governor's race. The disclosure potentially violates several U.S. privacy laws. www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...

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CBS News | Breaking news, top stories & today's latest headlines @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy · 12d

What we know about James Comey indictment

A federal grand jury returned a criminal indictment against James Comey, the former director of the FBI who has long faced criticism from President Trump. Ed O'Keefe has details.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 12d

This is true. We don’t have any evidence at the moment that suggests this was intentional or politically motivated on the part of the NARA technician. NARA told us that the FOIA request was proper and they do not believe at the moment there was an attempt to deceive.
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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 12d

Everyone responding to this by saying "there's no way this was an accident" is basing that on no facts; nothing in the article (nor elsewhere, yet) supports such a claim at this time.

Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 12d

The National Archives released a mostly unredacted version of Rep. Mikie Sherrill's military records to an ally of Jack Ciattarelli, her GOP opponent in the NJ governor's race. The disclosure potentially violates several U.S. privacy laws. www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 12d

The National Archives released a mostly unredacted version of Rep. Mikie Sherrill's military records to an ally of Jack Ciattarelli, her GOP opponent in the NJ governor's race. The disclosure potentially violates several U.S. privacy laws. www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...

Archives errs in releasing too much of Mikie Sherrill's military record to her opponent in governor's race

The National Archives admitted a technician had erred in releasing Rep. Mikie Sherill's "entire record."

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 12d

New from me: The National Archives released Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s unredacted military record to ally of Jack Ciattarelli, her GOP opponent in the NJ governor’s race. Also, Sherrill was punished for not turning in her classmates in 1994 Naval Academy cheating scandal. www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...

Archives errs in releasing too much of Mikie Sherrill's military record to her opponent in governor's race

The National Archives admitted a technician had erred in releasing Rep. Mikie Sherill's "entire record."

www.cbsnews.com

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 12d

#BREAKING from CBS News - The National Archives released Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s military record to ally of Jack Ciattarelli, her GOP opponent in the NJ governor’s race. Also, Sherrill was punished for not turning in her classmates in 1994 Naval Academy cheating scandal www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...

Archives errs in releasing too much of Mikie Sherrill's military record to her opponent in governor's race

The National Archives admitted a technician had erred in releasing Rep. Mikie Sherill's "entire record."

www.cbsnews.com

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 14d

A Pentagon spokesman said it was common sense that “information must be approved for public release by an appropriate authorizing official before it is released, even if it is unclassified.” Maybe in Russia or China, but not in America. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Pete Hegseth vs. the press

The defense secretary undermines his boss with an ill-advised move against Pentagon reporters.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 20d

From the story Ellee Watson and I wrote yesterday. We found an interesting case involving a service member and Article 134. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces found that a soldier expressing white supremacist views did not violate Art. 134. www.cbsnews.com/news/pentago...

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 20d

Would love to chat with you about it if you have time.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 20d

It’s unclear how Pres. Trump could designate a group inside the U.S. as a domestic terrorist group. The U.S. does not have a federal crime of domestic terrorism. Additionally, it’s been understood that the Govt. would run into 1st and 4th Amendment issues. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...

Trump announces he's designating antifa as a "major terrorist organization"

President Trump late Wednesday called for investigations into alleged funders of antifa.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 20d

Pentagon reviewing service members' social media posts on Charlie Kirk www.cbsnews.com/news/pentago...

Pentagon reviewing service members' social media posts on Charlie Kirk

Hegseth and each service secretary said posts mocking or celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk are unacceptable.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 26d

Goodnight

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