Jesse Ventura's Off The Grid:Vigilant News
CIA Director: no waterboarding, even if future Prez orders it
According to NBC News, CIA Director John Brennan stated that they will not engage in enhanced interrogation, including waterboarding, even if ordered to by a future president. "I will not agree to carry out some of these tactics and techniques I've heard bandied about because this institution needs to endure," the Director said.
AP: Water with unsafe amounts of lead in hundreds of schools
The Associated Press states that hundreds of schools across the country have discovered unsafe amounts of lead in the water. According to the report, Environmental Protection Agency data analyzed by the Associated Press "showed that 278 violated federal lead levels at some point during the past three years" among schools that operated with their own water systems. What's more disconcerting is the fact that only about 1 out of every 10 schools in the country is required to conduct lead testing.
Goldman Sachs pays up for financial crisis: Is it enough?
The Justice Department this week announced a $5 billion settlement with Goldman Sachs in connection with its sale of residential mortgage-backed securities leading up to the 2008 financial crisis. "This resolution holds Goldman Sachs accountable for its serious misconduct in falsely assuring investors that securities it sold were backed by sound mortgages, when it knew that they were full of mortgages that were likely to fail," Acting Associate Attorney General Stuart Delery said in a statement.
#DemocracySpring arrests: No First Amendment rights?
A group called "Democracy Spring" has staged a protest outside the US capitol, resulting in the arrest of over 400 people. The protesters, a majority of which are elderly, are fighting money in politics and voter ID laws. The U.S. Capitol Police released a statement on Monday evening about the arrests saying, "More than 400 individuals have been arrested for unlawful demonstration activity, and are being processed using mass arrest procedures." Although the protests were calm and orderly, the statement said those arrested would be charged with "crowding, obstructing and incommoding."
Sanders V. Clinton: It Comes Down to Superdelegates
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton seems primed to win a majority of Super Tuesday's caucuses. This by no means comes as a surprise to the Governor. In the race to the White House, it all comes down to the superdelegates.
Let me be clear: Bernie Sanders is NOT a communist
The Governor takes a fan to task for calling Bernie Sanders a communist. That's right, it's another edition of Ask Jesse! The gloves are off. No question is off-limits.
Pentagon transfers two Guantanamo detainees to Senegal
The two detainees, Salem Abdu Salam Ghereby and Omar Khalif Mohammed Abu Baker Mahjour Umar, were held without charge at Gitmo since 2002. According to the New York Times, the Pentagon alleges both served as explosives trainers for the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group. The NY Times states that the LIFG is an organization of fighters who pledged to overthrow former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi. Yet the organization was removed from the U.S. government's list of foreign terrorist organizations in 2015.
Jesse Ventura: the Panama Papers and tax evasion
President Barack Obama blamed “poorly designed” laws allowing for money transfers worldwide following the release of the so-called Panama Papers. The US Treasury is now issuing new rules to stop American companies from avoiding US taxes. Multiple news media outlets published articles on Sunday after 11.5 million leaked documents from a Panama law firm called Mossack Fonseca. The law firm helped some of the world’s wealthiest people establish offshore bank accounts.