The Steady Drip

Saturday, September 12, 2026

CIA Releases Dozens of Presidential Daily Briefs on Bin Laden and Al-Qaida before Sept. 11 (Connecting the Dots: Sept. 11 Attacks, Osama bin Laden, Patrick Fitzgerald, The American Society for Muslim Advancement, Park 51 & The Carnegie/Soros Network)

CIA Releases Dozens of Presidential Daily Briefs on Bin Laden and Al-Qaida before Sept. 11 (Connecting the Dots: Sept. 11 Attacks, Osama bin Laden, Patrick Fitzgerald, The American Society for Muslim Advancement, Park 51 & The Carnegie/Soros Network)

Newsmax.com
Friday, 11 September 2026 03:00 PM EDT

https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/cia-presidential-daily-brief-sept-11-pdb/2026/09/11/id/1269160/

Several dozen presidential briefing documents declassified Friday, the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, detail intelligence government officials had gathered about Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida leading up to the hijackings that killed nearly 3,000 people and upended American national security.

The documents illustrate security analysts' tracking of bin Laden's movements and support system, as well as concerns about possible threats to U.S. targets

Proclaiming “an act of exceptional transparency,” CIA Director John Ratcliffe said the documents were the agency's single largest release of declassified presidential daily briefs — the highly classified briefing prepared by the nation’s intelligence community for the government’s most senior leaders.

The documents range from a February 1998 file — prepared for then-President Bill Clinton — entitled “Terrorists seeking WMD capability” and mentioning “bin Ladin and other Islamic extremists” to a Sept. 12, 2001, report in which a source indicated the attacks had been planned for two years and had also targeted the U.S. Capitol.

Another, from just weeks before the attacks, details how al-Qaida's “flexible operational decision making and broad definition of acceptable targets enable the group to adjust plans to changing conditions.”

Asked for comment on the release, the White House noted the release of another batch of documents by the National Archives, also Friday. That batch, including interviews with national security officials in the Clinton and Bush administrations, was a product of the commission that probed the attacks from 2002 to 2004.

Patrick Fitzgerald

Official portrait, 2012

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Fitzgerald

Patrick J. Fitzgerald (born December 22, 1960) is an American attorney and former partner at the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

Personal

Fitzgerald was born in Brooklyn into a Roman Catholic family of Irish descent. His father (also named Patrick Fitzgerald) worked as a doorman in Manhattan and as a security guard at the 1964 New York World's Fair in Flushing, Queens.[6] Fitzgerald attended Our Lady Help of Christians grammar school, before attending Regis High School. He received degrees in economics and mathematics from Amherst College, Phi Beta Kappa, before receiving his JD from Harvard Law School in 1985.

Career

In 1996, Fitzgerald became the National Security Coordinator for the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. There, he served on a team of prosecutors investigating Osama bin Laden.

Connecting the Dots:

Osama Bin Laden planned the 9-11 terrorist attacks, was investigated by Patrick J. Fitzgerald and Mohammed bin awahd bin Laden’s son.

Patrick J. Fitzgerald investigated Osama Bin Laden, was a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, monitoring the sale and closure of the Corinthian Colleges, received his JD from Harvard Law School and a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.

Christina M. Tchen was a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and the chief of staff to the first lady (Michelle Obama) for the Barack Obama administration.

Judge Eric M. Davis joined Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in 1996 and is a judge of the New Castle County Superior Court in Delaware.

Antoinette Cook Bush was a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s stepdaughter.

Gregory B. Craig is a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, a trustee at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (think tank), was a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the White House counsel for the Barack Obama administration.

German Marshall Fund of the United States (think tank) was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle and Antoinette Cook Bush’s stepfather.

Michele A. Roberts was an attorney at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP and a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for Corinthian Colleges.

Patrick J. Fitzgerald is a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, monitoring the sale and closure of the Corinthian Colleges, received his JD from Harvard Law School, a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and investigated Osama Bin Laden.

Harvard Law Review is a law review published by an independent student group at Harvard Law School.

Jack Smith received his J.D. from Harvard Law School, was appointed by Merrick Garland as special counsel at the United States Department of Justice in charge of investigations into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and former President Donald Trump's potential mishandling of classified documents.

Merrick Garland appointed Jack Smith, was the Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for the Joe Biden Administration and an editor for the Harvard Law Review.

Barack Obama was the president of the Harvard Law Review and the president for the Barack Obama Administration.

Danielle C. Gray was an editor for the Harvard Law Review and an assistant to the president for the Barack Obama Administration.

Ronald A. Klain was an editor for the Harvard Law Review and a coordinator of government Ebola efforts for the Barack Obama Administration.

Blake Roberts was an editor for the Harvard Law Review and is the deputy associate counsel for the Barack Obama Administration.

Michael B.G. Froman was an editor for the Harvard Law Review, an assistant to the president for the Barack Obama Administration and is Barack Obama’s law school friend.

Crystal Nix Hines was Barack Obama’s law school friend and a supervising editor for the Harvard Law Review.

Nancy L. McCullough is Barack Obama’s law school friend and was an editor for the Harvard Law Review.

Jonathan T. Molot is Barack Obama’s law school friend and was an editor for the Harvard Law Review.

Thomas J. Perrelli is Barack Obama’s law school friend and was a managing editor for the Harvard Law Review.

Michael J. Gottleib was an editor for the Harvard Law Review and is an associate counsel for the Barack Obama Administration.

Harold H. Koh was a developments editor for the Harvard Law Review, a State Department legal adviser for the Barack Obama Administration, a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a director at the Human Rights First.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the Human Rights First.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and William D. Zabel was his divorce lawyer.

William D. Zabel is the chair for the Human Rights First, was George Soros’s divorce lawyer and a trustee at the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the Human Rights First.

Lee H. Hamilton is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), was the vice chair for the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States and a co-chair for the Iraq Study Group.

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States investigated the 9-11 terrorist attacks.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), was a member of the Iraq Study Group and Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle.

Cameron F. Kerry is a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), John F. Kerry’s brother and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the Human Rights First.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and William D. Zabel was his divorce lawyer.

William D. Zabel is the chair for the Human Rights First, was George Soros’s divorce lawyer and a trustee at the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the Human Rights First.

Kenneth R. Feinberg is a director at Human Rights First and was the special master for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001.

James D. Zirin was a director at Human Rights First and is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Mark A. Angelson was a director at Human Rights First and a partner at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

R. Eden Martin was counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Valerie B. Jarrett is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece and was the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration.

Newton N. Minow was a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and an honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

James S. Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and Lester Crown’s son.

Lester Crown is James S. Crown’s father, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Michael R. Bloomberg is the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation and the chairman for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center.

National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center is at the World Trade Center site.

World Trade Center was destroyed by the 9-11 terrorist attacks.

Madeleine K. Albright was a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a professor at Georgetown University.

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding was a center at Georgetown University.

Alwaleed bin Talal is a benefactor at the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, the Saudi Arabia prince and Abdul Aziz Al Saud’s grandson.

Abdul Aziz Al Saud is Alwaleed bin Talal’s grandfather. the Saudi Arabia king, and his builder was Mohammed bin awahd bin Laden.

Mohammed bin awahd bin Laden was Abdul Aziz Al Saud’s builder, the founder of the Saudi Binladin Group and Osama Bin Laden’s father.

Osama Bin Laden planned the 9-11 terrorist attacks and was Mohammed bin awahd bin Laden’s son.

World Trade Center was destroyed by the 9-11 terrorist attacks.

National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center is at the World Trade Center site.

Michael R. Bloomberg was the chairman for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center and is the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation.

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow is a sponsor for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation was a funder for the Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow.

Alwaleed bin Talal is the founder for the Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation, a benefactor at the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, the Saudi Arabia prince and Abdul Aziz Al Saud’s grandson.

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding was a center at Georgetown University.

Madeleine K. Albright was a professor at Georgetown University, a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project and the president of the Truman Center for National Policy.

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

R. Hunter Biden is a director at the Truman National Security Project, a director at the Truman Center for National Policy, and Joseph R. Biden Jr’s son.

Kamala D. Harris is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project an advisory board member for the Truman Center for National Policy and vice president of the Joseph R. Biden Jr administration.

William J. Perry is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, an advisory board member for the Truman Center for National Policy and a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Michael Douglas is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a friend of George Soros.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a friend of Michael Douglas and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

German Marshall Fund of the United States (think tank) was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Gregory B. Craig is a trustee at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (think tank), a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, was a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the White House counsel for the Barack Obama administration.

Patrick J. Fitzgerald was a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, monitoring the sale and closure of the Corinthian Colleges, received his JD from Harvard Law School, investigated Osama Bin Laden and a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.

Osama Bin Laden was investigated by Patrick J. Fitzgerald, Mohammed bin awahd bin Laden’s son and planned the 9-11 terrorist attacks.

Elena Kagan is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court and was the solicitor general for the Barack Obama administration.

Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Stephen G. Breyer is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Anthony M. Kennedy is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

David Hackett Souter is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and was a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Harry A. Blackmun was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Lewis F. Powell Jr. was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

John Paul Stevens was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Potter Stewart was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Byron R. White was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Sonia Sotomayor is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court and was a member of the Belizean Grove.

Belizean_Grove is the equivalent to the male-only social group, the Bohemian Club.

George H.W. Bush was a member of the Bohemian Club, a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, a member of the Alfalfa Club and Jeb Bush’s father.

Sandra Day O'Connor was the president of the Alfalfa Club and an associate justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Jeb Bush is George H.W. Bush’s son, a member of the Alfalfa Club and a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation.

Michael R. Bloomberg is the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation, a member of the Alfalfa Club and was the chairman for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center.

National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center is at the World Trade Center site.

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Henry A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a member of the Bohemian Club.

Belizean_Grove is the equivalent to the male-only social group, the Bohemian Club.

George H.W. Bush was a member of the Bohemian Club, a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, a member of the Alfalfa Club and Jeb Bush’s father.

Sonia Sotomayor was a member of the Belizean Grove, is a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court and a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.

Patrick J. Fitzgerald was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, monitoring the sale and closure of the Corinthian Colleges, received his JD from Harvard Law School and investigated Osama Bin Laden.

Osama Bin Laden planned the 9-11 terrorist attacks and was Mohammed bin awahd bin Laden’s son.

World Trade Center was destroyed by the 9-11 terrorist attacks.

National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center is at the World Trade Center site.

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States investigated the 9-11 terrorist attacks.

Lee H. Hamilton was the vice chair for the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, a co-chair for the Iraq Study Group and is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Iraq Study Group made policy recommendations on U.S. involvement in Iraq.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. was a member of the Iraq Study Group and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is a friend of Michael Douglas.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Michael Douglas is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a friend of George Soros.

William J. Perry is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, an advisory board member for the Truman Center for National Policy and was a member of the Iraq Study Group.

Iraq Study Group made policy recommendations on U.S. involvement in Iraq.

Madeleine K. Albright was an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project and the president of the Truman Center for National Policy.

R. Hunter Biden is a director at the Truman National Security Project, a director at the Truman Center for National Policy and Joseph R. Biden Jr’s son.

Kamala D. Harris is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project an advisory board member for the Truman Center for National Policy and was vice president of the Joseph R. Biden Jr administration.

Lee H. Hamilton was a co-chair for the Iraq Study Group, the vice chair for the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States investigated the 9-11 terrorist attacks.

Iraq Study Group made policy recommendations on U.S. involvement in Iraq.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. was a member of the Iraq Study Group and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Beth A. Brooke is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a director at the White House Project.

Daisy Khan was a director at the White House Project, is a developer for Park51 and an executive director for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Park51

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park51

Park51 (originally named Cordoba House) was a development originally envisioned as a 13-story Islamic community center and mosque in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The developers hoped to promote interfaith dialogue. Due to its proposed location, two blocks from the World Trade Center site of the September 11 attacks, the proposed building was widely and controversially referred to as the "Ground Zero mosque",[7] and the issue was amplified as an astroturf campaign to influence the 2010 United States elections.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement and a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow is a sponsor for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation was a funder for the Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow.

Abdul Aziz Al Saud is Alwaleed bin Talal’s grandfather. the Saudi Arabia king, and his builder was Mohammed bin awahd bin Laden.

Mohammed bin awahd bin Laden was Abdul Aziz Al Saud’s builder, the founder of the Saudi Binladin Group and Osama Bin Laden’s father.

Osama Bin Laden planned the 9-11 terrorist attacks and was Mohammed bin awahd bin Laden’s son.

World Trade Center was destroyed by the 9-11 terrorist attacks.

National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center is at the World Trade Center site.

Michael R. Bloomberg was the chairman for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center and is the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation.

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow is a sponsor for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation was a funder for the Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow.

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding was a center at Georgetown University.

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

R. Hunter Biden is a director at the Truman National Security Project, a director at the Truman Center for National Policy, and Joseph R. Biden Jr’s son.

Michael Douglas is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a friend of George Soros.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a friend of Michael Douglas and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

German Marshall Fund of the United States (think tank) was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for Corinthian Colleges.

Michele A. Roberts was an attorney at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP and a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, Antoinette Cook Bush’s stepfather and was a member of the Iraq Study Group.

Antoinette Cook Bush was a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s stepdaughter.

Iraq Study Group made policy recommendations on U.S. involvement in Iraq.

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States investigated the 9-11 terrorist attacks.

Resources: Past Research

US top court declines to hear Sept. 11 case against banks (Past Research on the Sept. 11Attacks)

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/07/us-top-court-declines-to-hear-sept-11.html

Crane collapses into Mecca's Grand Mosque; Saudi officials say at least 87 killed, many hurt (Past Research on Osama Bin Laden)

Friday, September 11, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/09/crane-collapses-into-meccas-grand.html

Newsmax Announces Settlement With Dominion Voting Systems (Connecting the Dots: Dominion Voting Systems, The Open Society Foundations, Judge Eric Davis, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom)

Monday, August 18, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/08/newsmax-announces-settlement-with.html

Appeals Court Won’t Allow Trump Admin to Implement New Rules for Mail-In Voting (Connecting the Dots: U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, The U.S. Postal Service (USPS), The U.S. Supreme Court, The University of California, Berkeley & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP)

Thursday, September 10, 2026

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/09/appeals-court-wont-allow-trump-admin-to.html

'You're Under Oath, Counsel': John Kennedy Shows Absolutely No Mercy To Verizon Executive (Connecting the Dots: Verizon, Jack Smith, The Harvard Law Review & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on the Harvard Law Review)

Sunday, April 19, 2026

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/04/youre-under-oath-counsel-john-kennedy.html

Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Is Another Roe v. Wade (LIBERAL AGENDA NETWORKING OVER 42 YEARS) (Past Research on Harold H. Koh, William D. Zabel & the Human Rights First)

Saturday, June 27, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/06/same-sex-marriage-ruling-is-another-roe.html

Working Families Party (Connecting the Dots: ACORN, Sidley Austin LLP, Barack Obama, John R. Bolton, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Mario M. Cuomo, Andrew M. Cuomo, Kerry Kennedy, The Iraq Study Group, Human Rights First & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Iraq Study Group)

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/07/working-families-party-connecting-dots.html

Madeleine Albright, 1st Female US Secretary of State, Dies at 84 (Connecting Her Dots In The Soros Network) (Past Research on Madeleine Albright)

Thursday, March 24, 2022

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/03/madeleine-albright-1st-female-us.html

CDC Turmoil Sparks Vance Attack on Democrats (Connecting the Dots: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CBS News, Michael Bloomberg, Carter Center, Chuck Schumer, Al Sharpton, The Black Panthers & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Bloomberg Family Foundation)

Sunday, October 12, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/10/cdc-turmoil-sparks-vance-attack-on.html

Does the Phi Beta Kappa Society Manipulate the U.S. Supreme Court? You Decide (Past Research on the Phi Beta Kappa Society)

Friday, May 9, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/05/does-phi-beta-kappa-society-manipulate.html

White House Project (Connecting the Dots: White House Project, American Society for Muslim Advancement, Ted Turner, CNN, Jane Fonda A.K.A. Hanoi Jane, Rockefeller Family Fund, USSR, Communist Party & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the White House Project)

Sunday, October 15, 2023

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/10/white-house-project-connecting-dots.html

Thursday, September 10, 2026

Appeals Court Won’t Allow Trump Admin to Implement New Rules for Mail-In Voting (Connecting the Dots: U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, The U.S. Postal Service (USPS), The U.S. Supreme Court, The University of California, Berkeley & The Carnegie/Soros Network)

The ruling leaves intact a lower court order blocking the post office from moving forward with new policies.

The Epoch Times

Matthew Vadum

9/10/2026|Updated: 9/10/2026

An election worker moves mail-in ballots to be organized for tabulation in California., on June 2, 2026. Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/appeals-court-wont-allow-trump-admin-to-implement-new-rules-for-mail-in-voting-6085762?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1

The U.S. Supreme Court is currently considering a similar request.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit declined to pause an injunction issued on Sept. 4 by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, which extended a temporary restraining order she granted on Aug. 27. The injunction halted key parts of the Postal Service’s final rule.

The injunction applies to the Nov. 3 elections and any federal elections that take place before then.

The injunction blocks the mandatory parts of the post office’s final rule published Aug. 26 that implements Section 3 of President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14399. That provision would assign federal agencies a larger role in who receives a mailed ballot and how those ballots are processed by the USPS.

The Trump administration previously said the executive order would help to keep federal elections honest. The Department of Justice (DOJ) argued that the USPS is imposing mailpiece design and data standards under its general authority to regulate the mail, not deciding who is eligible to vote; states are still free to set voter lists and count ballots.

Talwani had said the postal rule could disenfranchise voters, was probably unlawful, and likely violated the U.S. Constitution, which gives states authority to run federal elections taking place within their borders. The judge previously said the postal agency presented no evidence of fraudulent mail-in voting that would justify the new USPS rule.

Talwani held that the USPS lacked authority to enforce the rule, and that, as election officials have said, given existing time constraints, complying with the rule for the midterms was “likely impossible.”

Talwani said Congress never agreed to delegate its powers under the Constitution’s Elections Clause to the USPS, so the rule “clashes with Congress’s statutory scheme, and is unconstitutional where it intrudes not only on ... [those] powers but also that power left to the States.”

The judge added that even a small glitch in the new system would be problematic and could mean ballots never go out, that eligible voters would almost certainly lose the chance to vote by mail, and that the disenfranchisement of plaintiff groups such as the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts was “practically inevitable.”

Advocacy groups and a coalition of Democrat-led states had sued to block parts of the rule, arguing implementation would lead to voter disenfranchisement. Republican states intervened in support of the federal government, arguing the rule would promote election integrity.

In its new ruling, the First Circuit said the federal government failed to show that the USPS rule was likely lawful or that the district court’s ruling was in error.

The appeals court panel said it agreed with the district court that the rule likely regulated the manner of holding elections for members of Congress, which the Constitution assigns to the states and Congress, not to an executive agency such as the USPS acting without congressional authorization.

The federal government is trying “to avoid the constitutional problem by denying that the Final Rule regulates the manner of holding elections,” but “this denial rings hollow,” the panel said, quoting the district court.

“The title of the Final Rule is ‘Ballot Mail for Federal Elections,’ and the Final Rule explicitly and exclusively regulates election mail,” the panel said.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Sept. 3 to allow the government to begin implementing a regulation that tightens rules around mail-in voting. After Talwani dissolved the temporary restraining order, the federal government withdrew its application and filed a new one targeting the Sept. 4 injunction.

That application is still pending before the Supreme Court.

Judge Indira Talwani

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indira_Talwani

Indira Talwani (born October 6, 1960)[1] is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a U.S. district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She was appointed in 2014 by President Barack Obama.

Biography

Talwani graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1978 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in 1982 from Radcliffe College. She received a Juris Doctor in 1988 from UC Berkeley School of Law, graduating Order of the Coif.

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