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"The FCC doesn't want to keep its word, it doesn't

April 28, 2019 by Katherine Berry

"The FCC doesn't want to keep its word, it doesn't want to keep hearing, and it doesn't want to keep giving the information to the Commission to investigate any Russian government influence on the current process," said FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. "And I think the FCC should do that. That's what we're doing. The Freedom of Information Act is an American tradition, and we are supposed to keep it open as long as possible."

"The FBI and others have been saying for months that there's a Russian connection to the public comment process in the FCC," Wheeler added, "and it's now very clear that the White House has an interest in it. And the Feds are refusing to release our records."

In June of 2016, the FBI and the DOJ filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the FCC. The complaint says that the FCC has ignored a request by the Feds to "remove any evidence linking the Russian government to the 2016 vote on Internet privacy reform."

It also says the FCC has denied that any data on the public comment process was sent by Russian officials to the FCC during the 2016 vote.

The Feds have also filed an ongoing lawsuit against the FCC as well.

The FCC could also deny the Freedom of Information Act requests under FOIA without revealing any evidence of Russian interference in the voting process.

The FCC has refused to release any data on its internal server logs.An American military general who is leading a joint service to the United Nations has given his approval to a new initiative to train Russian forces to fight the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday.

Gen. Mark Milley, a former U.S. army colonel and a senior commander in the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on an Internet radio show that he believes the organization, which he calls "The American Legion," has the potential to contribute to the "war on terror."

"This is my second time, and we are ready to meet the challenge as we go forward," the retired two-star general told the station.

He further added that the Pentagon's effort will be "a major victory for the fight against terrorist organizations in Syria and Iraq."

The Pentagon has been under increasing pressure to take more aggressive actions against Islamic State and other violent threats to its forces, the Defense Department said in a statement on Tuesday.

The U.S. military has been providing training to the Russian military and is sending $5 million to the Turkish military, the Defense