JTN:
Awatchdog group has filed a suit against the Department of Justice seeking documents related to the agency’s failed attempt to force the news organization, Al Jazeera, to register as a foreign agent.
Empower Oversight has contended that the DOJ ignored its Freedom of Information Act request for 12 months. The DOJ previously found that Al Jazeera engaged in “political activities” on behalf of Qatar and that AJ+, in particular, was “obligated to register” as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
Al Jazeera is a state-funded media outlet operating on behalf of the Qatari monarchy.
In the letter, Chief of the DOJ’s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section Jay Bratt told Al Jazeera’s lawyers that AJ+ “has engaged and is still engaged in political activities within the United States and has acted and continues to act as a publicity agent within the United States, on behalf of the Government of Qatar and Al Jazeera Media Network (“AJMN”), each of which is considered a foreign principal under [FARA].” more
New Ideas
Since the NEWS is all Hot & Bothered about New Laws and Classifications . . .
How about this:
All FARA REGGED AGENTS
EACH AND EVERY ONE
Must not only be registered inside this Country
With Proper ID and Passes
Shall present such said ID at the start of every meeting with anybody involving a financial interaction.
This means before any and every meeting with Congress peoples and officials
And Airports and Cash Registers
Like when you get Carded for Beer
You MUST SHOW ID AT ALL TIMES
NO MATTER HOW OLD YOU LOOK
ID REQUIRED TO BE PRESENTED FOR ALL FINANCIAL DEALINGS
That would be a FARA Law I would Support
Far Out, Man
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.