Report: NSA secretly tapped Google, Yahoo data centers

Report: NSA secretly tapped Google, Yahoo data centers .Elizabeth Prann reports from Washington, D.C.

Michael Rivero on The Zionist Agenda

Michael Rivero is the webmaster of http://whatreallyhappened.com/ and host of the What Really Happened radio shows on the Republic Broadcasting Network. Formerly with NASA, Michael transitioned his image processing skills (along with a brief stint as an actor) into the then-new motion picture computer animation field and has worked on films such as "Star Trek", "The Day After Tomorrow", and has supervised visual effects on "Brainscan," "LOST", and "Hawaii Five-0." Michael has taken a sabbatical from film work to focus all his efforts on peace activism. Michaels foray into blogging began before the word was even invented, and happened almost by accident when he spotted a suspicious photograph being broadcast on ABC news in 1994 related to the death of White House deputy Council Vincent Foster. Since that sudden beginning, Michaels website has expanded to cover diverse topics including the JFK assassination, the accidental shoot-down of TWA 800, election fraud, health issues, Saddams non-existent nuclear weapons, 9-11, the economy, and of course, the lies used to trick the United States into wars of conquest on Afghanistan, Iraq, and now Iran. Michael resides in Hawaii with his wife Claire, who is a composer and creates much of theme music used on the What Really Happened radio show.

Elizabeth Warren - Truth in Lending (2013) : Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Semi-annual Report

Harvard Law School professor and bankruptcy expert Elizabeth Warren, who was special consultant in charge of implementing it, was removed from the running for director after Obama administration officials became convinced she "could not overcome strong Republican opposition".[12] On July 17, Former Ohio Attorney General and Ohio State Treasurer Richard Cordray was selected over Warren as the head of the entire CFPB.[13] However, his nomination was immediately in jeopardy due to 44 Senate Republicans vowing to derail any nominee in order to encourage a decentralized structure to the organization. Senate Republicans had also shown a pattern of refusing to consider regulatory agency nominees, purportedly as a method of budget cutting.[14] Due to the way the legislation creating the bureau was written, without a Director the agency is not able to write new rules or supervise financial institutions other than banks.[5]
On July 21, Senator Richard Shelby wrote an op‑ed article for the Wall Street Journal affirming continued opposition to a centralized structure, noting that both the Securities Exchange Commission and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation had executive boards and that the CFPB should be no different. He noted lessons learned from experiences with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as support for his argument.[15] Politico interpreted Shelby's statements as saying that Cordray's nomination was "dead on arrival".[16] Republican threats of a filibuster in the Senate to block the nomination in December 2011 led to Senate inaction.
On January 4, 2012, Barack Obama issued a recess appointment to install Cordray as director through the end of 2013; this was highly controversial move as the Senate was technically in pro-forma session, and the possibility existed that the appointment could be challenged in court.[17]
The constitutionality of Cordray's recess appointment came into question due to a January 2013 ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that Obama's appointment of three members to the NLRB (at the same time as Cordray) violated the Constitution.
On July 16, 2013 the Senate confirmed Richard Cordray as director in a 66-34 vote.

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