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The hack on the U.S. government was not a ‘cyber Pearl Harbor’ (but it was a very big deal)
Monday June 15th, 2015 at 3:08 PM

The U.S. government has suffered a hacking attack that has potentially revealed highly sensitive information about millions of government employees. Some commentators are claiming that this is the “cyber Pearl Harbor” that they have been warning of for years.

Noah Rothman, writing for Commentary, says that this attack aims at the “preventative neutering of America’s defensive capabilities” and compares to the moment when “the zeros [sic] screamed out of the sky over Hawaii in 1941.” Rothman also says that the “professorial voices of mock prudence” have been proved to be utterly wrong, referring to a Monkey Cage post. We don’t particularly object to being described as professorial voices of mock prudence, but the underlying errors in Rothman’s post provide a useful opportunity to clear up some of the widespread confusion about cybersecurity and cyber war.

The hack on the U.S. government was not the “cyber Pearl Harbor”

Very serious people, including then-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, have warned that the United States is vulnerable to a “cyber Pearl Harbor.” They have cautioned that adversaries could launch attacks on “critical infrastructure” and seek to disable or degrade “critical military systems and communication networks.” They argue that this could have crippling consequences for the nation.

By referring to “cyber Pearl Harbor,” observers are talking about attacks that — like physical attacks — could disable communications systems, power plants, electricity transmission systems and the like. Such attacks would indeed resemble the one on the real Pearl Harbor, a devastating surprise attack that could determine the outcome of a war. Our original post talked about the risk of a “major online attack aimed at taking down key communications systems,” as did the research by Erik Gartzke that was summarized in the article.

But hacking into information on U.S. government employees, however sensitive, is not a Pearl Harbor attack. It doesn’t disable large-scale communications systems, power systems or the like. It doesn’t have any direct consequences for the nation’s ability to defend itself. Instead, it is an (extremely worrying) exercise in espionage, of the kind that the original post distinguishes from Pearl Harbor-type attacks, noting that even if Pearl Harbor-type attacks are unlikely, “many actors have an interest in penetrating U.S. networks to spy or to carry out covert actions.”

The distinction between warfare and spying is important

Since people have begun to worry about cyber warfare, military and civilian experts have stressed that there is a crucial difference between cyber warfare and cyber spying. As the National Academies of Science pointed out in one of the most influential early documents on cybersecurity, we shouldn’t treat spying as an exercise in the use of military force:

. . . if a cyberattack would have the same effects as certain governmentally initiated coercive/harmful actions that are traditionally and generally not treated as the “use of force” (e.g., economic sanctions, espionage, or certain covert actions), such a cyberattack should also not be regarded as a use of force.

This expert report further warns that treating cyber-espionage as the equivalent of a military attack “overstates the actual threat, thus inflaming public passion and beating the drums of war unnecessarily,” as well as incorrectly implying that the United States should respond militarily. In actuality, nations have been spying on one another for centuries without going to war over it.

A strong distinction between warfare and spying is in the nation’s interest

The National Academies report says that treating cyber-espionage as an act of war could mean that the United States found itself “outside international norms even when it might not object to limiting certain attack capabilities.” More plainly put, the nation doesn’t want to treat cyber-espionage as Pearl Harbor-type attacks, because it engages in an awful lot of cyber-espionage itself. If successful cyber-espionage is an act of war, then the United States is engaging in overt warfare all the time, against its allies as well as its adversaries.

Many reports suggest that China is responsible for this latest hacking incident. The United States has indeed been trying to force China to stop engaging in certain kinds of hacking. However, the United States has been arguing that political espionage (where governments try to discover information that is in their national interest) is okay, but that commercial espionage (where governments try to hack into companies to pass on trade secrets to their competitors) is not. As Jack Goldsmith notes, the recent hacking is just the kind of cyber-espionage that the U.S. government has been defending as acceptable. Moreover:

This is almost certainly the type of collection we are trying to do, and probably succeeding in doing, against China’s government officials. . . . We can hardly go ballistic if we are doing the same thing.

If the United States wanted to treat this as the equivalent of a Pearl Harbor attack by China, it would have to deal with the fact that it has been engaged in the same kind of hostilities against China. In fact, the U.S. government doesn’t want to treat this attack as the equivalent of an act of armed hostility, and it is perfectly right not to, regardless of how much excitable Internet commentators may want to condemn it.

The key implications are domestic

Even if the United States should not treat this as a “cyber Pearl Harbor,” it should treat it as an important wake-up call. Espionage is a very real problem, and it appears that the nation has seriously let down its defenses. At the very best, this is enormously embarrassing for the U.S. government. Very likely, it is seriously damaging, just as other major incidents of espionage have been in the past.

It’s clear that there are grave cybersecurity problems within the federal government. As Marcy Wheeler notes, elementary security steps were not taken. It is very likely that there are much worse problems in the private sector. The appropriate responses to these problems are painstaking and technical improvements in security and procedures, not amateur dramatics on the Internet.

As noted on the Monkey Cage, the new U.S. cyber strategy moves away from Pearl Harbor alarmism to a focus on “advanced persistent threats” — sneaky and continuous forms of hacking that can gather large amounts of data and subvert systems over time.

Henry Farrell is associate professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University. He works on a variety of topics, including trust, the politics of the Internet and international and comparative political economy.

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Spies, Medics, and Hackers: A Guide to the Reorganized CIA - Washington Wire
Monday June 15th, 2015 at 3:07 PM

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The Central Intelligence Agency is realigning its workforce into a matrix of spies, analysts, scientists, economists, religious experts and others to eliminate blind spots as global threats intensify.

Here’s how it will work:

Ten “mission centers” have an assigned geographic or topical focus:

Africa
Counterintelligence
Counterterrorism
East Asia and Pacific
Europe and Eurasia
Global Issues (religious extremism, etc.)
Near East
South and Central Asia
Weapons and Counterproliferation
Western Hemisphere

Complementing these mission centers will be five “directorates” or overarching units that provide the staff and expertise for agency’s different functions.

The five directorates are:

Analysis – These CIA analysts determine the meaning of information gathered by spies and other intelligence workers and look for trends.
Digital Innovation – A new arm of the CIA that works on cyberattacks, social media, open source information, and a range of likely covert computer initiatives.
Operations – Perhaps the agency’s most secretive division — its stable of spies.
Science & Technology – Cutting edge research and development goes on at the CIA every day, though the public knows little about it. To borrow a film analogy, this division acts like “Q” from James Bond.
Support: This group handles logistics for CIA officials, providing things like security, money and medical services.

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David Petraeus On Why Cybersecurity Is A 'Big, Big Challenge' For The U.S.
Monday June 15th, 2015 at 3:05 PM

Considering the pace that hack attacks have taken place in the last few months, not only hascybersecurity become an important issue for the general public, but for the administration as well.

Retired U.S. Army General and former CIA Director David Petraeus was on this week's edition of Wall Street Week, where he discussed how devastating cyber attacks are for the U.S. and how dangerous this problem can become in the future.

Big, Big Challenge For U.S.

Petraeus thinks that hack attacks are "an enormous threat." He was asked whether it is a bigger threat than terrorism, to which he replied, "It depends on the day. In recent weeks and months, it arguably has been. When you look at the massive theft of personal data, the massive theft of intellectual property, the damage done to just to normal business by denial service attacks – look at the sheer cost of all of this to businesses in this city in particular.

" And I know there are banks that spend $500 million a year on cybersecurity now. Now, these are massive banks and they can afford it, but this is a big, big, big, big challenge for our country."

Origination

Petraeus was also asked about where he thinks these threats originate from. He replied, "Well, it originates in a number of different places. There is no question that the biggest, the industrial strength threat, emanates from China."

Could Be Worse In The Future

On whether cyber threat would be a worse problem five years from now, Petraeus said, "I fear that it will be, because again, there are lots of others out there. The Syrian Electronic Army has done a lot of damage around the world. There are groups in Russia; certainly there are other groups in the Mid-East. And you find a situation where extremists, you know it doesn’t take much in this world if you have some very, very capable, nefariously brilliant people."

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Taxpayers Billed $128,781 for Michelle Obama to See Cultural Sites in Venice
Monday June 15th, 2015 at 3:03 PM

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BY: Elizabeth Harrington

Hotel costs for First Lady Michelle Obama to see cultural sites in Venice during the last leg of her trip overseas is costing taxpayers $128,781.

The First Lady left for London and Italy on Monday for her “Let Girls Learn” initiative and anti-obesity campaign Let’s Move. During the trip she will cook with children, visit U.S. service members stationed in Italy, and visit Prince Harry.

“From London, the First Lady will travel to Milan,” according to the White House press office. “As part of her Let’s Move! initiative, the First Lady will lead a Presidential Delegation to the Milan Expo 2015, representing our steadfast commitment to a healthier nation.”

The delegation is entitled “American Food 2.0: United to Feed the Planet.”

“Mrs. Obama and the Delegation will also participate in a cooking activity with children,” the press office said. “In addition to visiting the U.S. Pavilion, the First Lady will meet with Prime Minister Renzi, and tour the Italian Pavilion with Ms. Landini, the Prime Minister’s wife.”

“From there, the First Lady will travel to Vicenza, Italy,” they said. “As part of the Joining Forces initiative, Mrs. Obama will visit members of the military and their families stationed at U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza.”

“The First Lady looks forward to personally thanking the service members and their families and reminding them that their sacrifices have not gone unnoticed by the American people,” the press office said.

“The First Lady will also visit cultural sites in Venice before returning to Washington, D.C.,” the statement concluded.

A State Department contract for “Lodging for FLOTUS Venice,” shows costs of $128,781. The American Embassy in Rome awarded the contract, which was signed June 10.

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Bureau of Prisons Puts CIA Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling in Prison Around 900 Miles from Wife & Family
Monday June 15th, 2015 at 3:02 PM

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CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling was notified at the end of last week that he will serve his prison sentence of three and a half years at Federal Correctional Institution Englewood, a medium-security facility in Littleton, Colorado, that is around 900 miles away from where his wife and family live in St. Louis. That is at least a 12-hour drive.

Sterling was convicted of committing Espionage Act violations and other offenses after the government convinced a jury, through largely circumstantial evidence, that he had leaked information on a top secret CIA operation to New York Times reporter James Risen. He begins his sentence on June 16.

“I am certainly devastated beyond belief that I won’t be near my wife and family,” Sterling stated. “My wife, family, and friends have been an important support system for me and being so far away is like a wedge being driven between me and those who continue to love, support, and believe in me.”

“The government likes to isolate whistleblowers from their natural allies, and now the Bureau of Prisons is trying to isolate them from their families,” declared Jesselyn Radack, the director of the Government Accountability Project’s National Security and Human Rights Division. “Once again, the Bureau of Prisons proves that ‘rehabilitation’ is not their priority or else they’d place prisoners near their families.”

Sterling and his wife, Holly, are already economically devastated from the prosecution. Now, Holly will have to spend hundreds of dollars on air travel each time she wants to see him, a factor that may greatly limit how frequently she visits her husband in prison.

The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has a very weak policy when it comes to keeping inmates close to their “release residence” or homes. It “attempts to designate inmates to facilities commensurate with their security and program needs within a 500-mile radius of their release residence.”

“If an inmate is placed at an institution that is more than 500 miles from his/her release residence, generally, it is due to specific security, programming, or population concerns.” However, there are next to no mechanisms for an inmate to hold BOP accountable for improperly designating or placing them in an inappropriate facility.

There are no low security facilities close to St. Louis, but there are four low security facilities, which are closer to St. Louis than FCI Englewood:

FCI Forrest City – Forrest City, Arkansas – 4 hr 32 min – 313 miles
FCI Ashland – Ashland, Kentucky – 6 hr 35 min – 453 miles
FCI Waseca – Waseca, Minnesota – 7 hr 36 min – 500 miles
FCI Sandstone – Sandstone, Minnesota – 9 hr 34 min – 618 miles

Any of those facilities are closer to his family than FCI Englewood, and three of them arguably would fall within BOP’s 500-mile policy.

How does Sterling’s incarceration compare to previous cases of people prosecuted for leaks?

Stephen Kim, a former State Department employee who pled guilty to violating the Espionage Act, was incarcerated at a minimum-security camp in Cumberland, Maryland. Unlike the adjacent medium security facility, the camp has no concertina wire surrounding it. He was released from prison on May 12 after serving a 10-month sentence.

CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou was prosecuted for allegedly violating the Espionage Act. He pled guilty to violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act (IIPA) and was sentenced to 30 months in prison. He served his sentence at a low security facility in Loretto, Pennsylvania, which was about 3 hours from his home.

During Kiriakou’s formal sentencing, the judge, prosecutors and Kiriakou’s attorneys agreed that he should be placed in Loretto’s minimum security camp. However, when he was processed, a corrections officer notified Kiriakou that BOP had deemed him a “threat to the public safety” and so his entire sentence would be served in the low security facility, not the camp.

Kiriakou discovered he was assigned a “public safety factor” designation when he was sentenced. According to the Bureau of Prisons, “There are certain demonstrated behaviors, which require increased security measures to ensure the protection of society. There are nine Public Safety Factors (PSFs) which are applied to inmates who are not appropriate for placement at an institution which would permit inmate access to the community [and allow them to be placed in a minimum security camp].”

The warden informed Kiriakou, “Prior to an inmate’s placement in the correctional facility, the DSCC conducts a thorough review of their record. The “Greatest Severity” Public Safety Factor was placed on inmate Kiriakou by the [Designation and Sentence Computation Center]. According to Program Statement 5100.08, Security Designation and Custody Classification Manual, crimes involving espionage, treason, sabotage or other related offenses fall within the greatest severity scale.” [*Here is a 2013 version of this manual: PDF.]

Kiriakaou used the “administrative remedy” process to challenge his designation but was unable to convince BOP that the agency was wrong.

“My crime should not fall under ‘Greatest Severity’ because it is not in any way related to ‘espionage, treason, sabotage or other related offenses.’ Although I was charged with espionage, all of those charges were dropped for the simple reason that I had not committed espionage,” Kiriakou wrote in multiple complaints to officials in FCI Loretto’s chain of command. (Note: IIPA is not even in the same part of the US code as espionage offenses.)

More than likely, Sterling has been given a similar “public safety factor” designation, even though he did not commit treason or spy on behalf of a foreign power. This prevents him from being placed in a minimum security camp like Kim.

Why was Kim incarcerated in a minimum security camp when he violated the Espionage Act and, by the BOP’s standards, committed an “espionage-related” offense that could have prohibited him from placement in a minimum security camp?

A key difference between Kim’s case and the cases of Kiriakou and Sterling is the fact that Kiriakou and Sterling both turned to the public to build support for them during their prosecution.

Kiriakou learned through a Freedom of Information Act request that he had been placed under Central Inmate Monitoring after he sent his first “Letter from Loretto.”

Central Inmate Monitoring by BOP is for prisoners who “present special needs for management.” A copy of the 2007 policy indicates inmates are given this designation “so that critical decisions about their cases are carefully reviewed.” It is supposed to make the “institution environment” more “safe” by “case management decisions based on accurate information and sound correctional judgment.” Yet, BOP applied this designation because of Kiriakou’s ability to have letters published by Firedoglake and because the letters would likely garner widespread media coverage.

One of the documents he obtained cautioned, ‘PUBLICITY—Inmate has broad access to the press. Attached are articles in which inmate has been mentioned.’” BOP wanted to monitor Kiriakou’s speech so they could control him.

Potentially, BOP has learned a few lessons after incarcerating Kiriakou. The BOP is putting Sterling in a facility in Colorado because the fact that he is so far away from family will help the prison control him. It may further discourage Sterling from speaking out while he is in prison through letters or interviews with reporters, even though BOP does not generally prohibit inmates from communicating with press.

Kiriakou had support when he was in prison and conducted interviews with media, but he did not have a group like Roots Action prior to his incarceration, which could quickly galvanize support through its network of activists.

Any retaliation experienced will be difficult for Sterling to challenge. The “administrative remedy” process is a toothless mechanism for inmates. There really is no accountability for BOP officials who inappropriately designate inmates for prisons far away from their families.

Sterling left the CIA in 2002 and brought a claim against the agency alleging racial discrimination. He appealed his case all the way to the Supreme Court in 2005. However, the government successfully had the case thrown out by invoking the “state secrets” privilege.

If Sterling is not a whistleblower because he revealed information to Risen, then he is a whistleblower because he stood up to the CIA over workplace discrimination and was effectively silenced.

Radack contended this is “further whistleblower retaliation” after Sterling’s conviction. “The government’s wrath knows no bounds,” Radack declared.

She added, “Given that the judge agreed with the defense’s request that Jeffrey be housed in Missouri near his wife and family, I’d be interested to find out how many conversations the Bureau of Prisons had with the Department of Justice.”

The Bureau of Prisons was contacted for comment but did not respond to an email to Public Affairs requesting clarification on the general policy for placing individuals in prisons more than 500 miles away from their families.

Image is screen shot from Expose Facts’ documentary on Sterling, “The Invisible Man: CIA Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling”

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Iran Steps Up Cyber Attacks Across the Globe
Monday June 15th, 2015 at 3:01 PM

Washington Free Beacon

BY: Adam Kredo

Iran has significantly stepped up efforts to launch cyber attacks and hack into the critical systems of multiple Middle East governments, including those of Israel, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and a host of other nations, according to a new report by a leading Israeli cyber security firm.

Iran’s cyber operations have become increasingly sophisticated over the past year, with the Islamic Republic aiming to obtain state secrets and penetrate sensitive online systems of various governments, according to a new report by ClearSky Cyber Security.

Iran has been suspected for some time of sponsoring cyber espionage attacks, with the majority being launched against Saudi Arabia and Israel.

Senior U.S. officials hinted at Iran’s growing spying operations in February, when they confirmed that Iran was behind a major hack attack on casino magnate Sheldon Adelson’s Sands Corporation.

After tracing Iran’s efforts for about a year, ClearSky discovered evidence that the Islamic Republic has targeted some 550 targets across the region and elsewhere in the world.

“We have learned of 550 targets, most of them in the Middle East, from various fields: research about diplomacy, Middle East and Iran, international relations, and other fields; Defense and security; Journalism and human rights; and more,” the report states.

These efforts include attempting to gain entrance to computer systems and email accounts associated with various targets.

“The campaign includes several different attacks with the aim of taking over the target’s computer or gain access to their email account,” according to the report. “We estimate that this access is used for espionage or other nation-state interests, and not for monetary gain or hacktivism.”

“In some cases, the victim is not the final target; the attackers use the infected computer, email, or stolen credentials as a platform to further attack their intended target,” it states.

Iran is primarily focused on Israel and Saudi Arabia, but also has targeted at least 16 other countries, according to a breakdown of the attacks.

These Iranian hackers have been “very successful in their attacks,” but due to a lack of sophistication have left traces of their presence that ClearSky was able to track.

“Various characteristics of the attacks and their targets bring us to the conclusion that the threat actors are Iranian,” the firm concludes. “In addition, we note that these attacks share characteristics with previously documented activities.”

These include attacks using malware, which infect a target’s computer system.

The Islamic Republic has used a series of well-known tactics to break into computer systems of governments and researchers, including Israeli ones.

The tactics include a method known as “spear phishing,” in which the attacker pretends to be an associate and weaponizes an email with malicious files.

The attackers have also impersonated individuals on the phone in order “to build rapport for one of the phishing emails,” according to the report.

They also have used Facebook messages in order to obtain personal information.

The report includes pictures of various emails believed to be sent by Iranian hackers.

“Several characteristics of the attacks have led us to the conclusion that an Iranian threat actor is the likely culprit,” ClearSky concludes.

“The context of the attacks and cover stories all revolve around Iran. Importantly, as determined by several professionals—the attackers speak and write in native Iranian Persian and make mistakes characteristic of Persian speakers,” states. “In one of the hacked accounts, when retrieved, the interface language had been changed to Persian.”

According to the report, “the targets and victims match the interests of Iran.”

Internet addresses and other information associated with the hack attacks also link back to Iranian actors, the report claims.

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Challenges in Intelligence Analysis | Intelligence Analysis and Reporting
Monday June 15th, 2015 at 3:00 PM

Intelligence Analysis And Reporting

Title: Challenges in Intelligence Analysis

Author: Timothy Walton

Timothy Walton (2010). Challenges in Intelligence Analysis: Lessons from 1300 BCE to the Present. New York: Cambridge University Press

LCCN: 2010028670

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Date Posted: June 15, 2015

Reviewed by Hayden B. Peake[1]

Former CIA analyst Timothy Walton begins his book with a discussion of the basic elements and tools of intelligence analysis, which in the end supports decision making. For example, after identifying various factors an analyst must be careful to consider—uncertainty, deception, surprise, estimates of the accuracy of judgments—he describes some of the important techniques that can be applied. These include the time-line or chronology, competitive hypotheses, and various matrix models. Finally; he stresses the value of presenting the decision maker with options when no single result is directly on point.

To illustrate how analysis has functioned in the past, he provides 40 historical “lessons” from biblical times to the present. While the reader might legitimately expect the lessons to demonstrate the techniques Walton presented in the introductory chapters, that is not what the lessons do. Instead, they are historical summaries that set the stage for analyses. For example, his account of Moses sending spies into Canaan only summarizes the conflicting reports he received and the resultant disagreement among the leaders. There is nothing about fact checking or other analyses that might have led to conclusions they might have reached. Likewise, in his discussion of Hitler’s surprise attack on the Soviet Union, Walton mentions Stalin’s requirements for intelligence and the indicators that an attack was imminent, but he does not analyze why Stalin steadfastly refused to believe them. In the case of the run-up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, Walton provides a good summary of what happened and then acknowledges it as “the most famous and consequential example of failure in intelligence analysis.” (p. 95) But he fails to describe the analyses performed by those involved that allowed for the surprise.

A similar approach applies in the case of the atomic bomb spies. He tells how the FBI learned of the espionage through defectors and the VENONA messages; but he neglects to comment on how the Bureau approached the difficult analytical problems the decrypts posed. The case also points to a major weakness of the book. None of the facts presented are sourced, and this leads to careless errors. Thus Walton writes: “shortly before Gouzenko’s defection [5 September 1945] Elizabeth Bentley had volunteered information to the FBI field office in New Haven.” (p. 116) In fact, Bentley went to the Bureau office in New York on 7 November 1945. In another instance, Walton claims that Gouzenko mentioned Harry Gold, Klaus Fuchs’s courier, but he did not. And Gold was not, as the book claims, the one who identified Fuchs; it was the other way around.[2]

In sum, while Challenqes in Intelligence Analysis illustrates historical cases in which analysis was no doubt performed, the details of that analysis—how it was done; what one really needs to know—are omit-ted. The reader is left to resolve that.

[1] Hayden Peake, in Intelligencer (19, 1, 2012, pp. 113-114). Hayden Peake is the curator of the CIA Historical Intelligence Collection. He is a frequent contributor to AFIO’s journal and other publications. Most of his reviews were previously released in the unclassified edition of CIA’s Studies in Intelligence.

[2] Amy Knight (2005). How The Cold War Began: The Igor Gcuzenko Affair and the Hunt For Soviet Spies. New York: Carroll & Graf [LCCN: 2007296305]; Allen Hornblum (2010). The Invisible Harry Gold: The Man Who Gave the Soviets the Atom Bomb. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press

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FBI Spent One-Third Of Aviation Budget On Executive Travel, New Report Finds
Monday June 15th, 2015 at 2:59 PM

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A government investigation has found that one-third of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s entire aviation budget between 2008 and 2012 was spent on executive transportation, including travel by attorneys general, FBI directors and other top bureau officials, according to a new report released Monday. The report found that in 2009, 33 percent of flights taken that year were for executive transportation. In 2012, 34 percent of aircraft use was for executive travel.

Ashed where executive transportation ranked on the “priority list” for airplane use, the bureau said such travel requests were “secondary.” “Investigative/operational missions are the FBI's highest priority, followed by required maintenance and pilot training missions,” the bureau said in the report. The bureau added that the “FBI pays for the cost of operating aircraft flown by the attorney general as part of its mission to protect him.” The bureau also said executive travel had never interfered with any operational flights.

Former Attorney General Eric Holder and former FBI Director Robert Mueller were among the Department of Justice officials who have used the FBI’s aircraft for business or personal travel. Between 2007 and 2011, Holder and Mueller, as well as then-Attorneys General Michael Mukasey and Alberto Gonzales, took nearly 700 trips not related to bureau intelligence operations, according to a previous government report. The trips' cost totaled roughly $11.4 million. In some cases, officials reimbursed the government for a portion of the expenses.

Holder has previously defended using the justice department’s plane for personal trips. “We didn’t have a reporting requirement that existed before,” Holder said during a House Appropriations Committee hearing in 2014 when asked whether he would report those trips to the General Services Administration in the future. “If they want to change those rules, we’d be more than glad to make sure that we share that information with the appropriate organization, but this is something that is really wide open.”

FBI officials’ use of the bureau’s private planes for business or personal travel came to light in 2013, but exactly what percentage of the bureau’s aviation budget went toward executive transportation was unclear.

Obama Legacy on Nuclear Arms Under Threat
Monday June 15th, 2015 at 2:23 PM

WASHINGTON—As international talks over Iran’s nuclear program enter their critical final stage this month, a key goal of President Barack Obama’s presidency—curtailing the world-wide nuclear threat—hangs in the balance.

Mr. Obama’s campaign to stem the spread of nuclear weapons was cited as a main reason for his 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, but that signature effort has been bogged down amid a resurgence of Middle East turmoil, tensions between the U.S. and Russia and the growth of North Korea’s arsenal.

Senior U.S. officials cite the impending deal with Iran as a major step toward Mr. Obama’s nonproliferation objective. But many nonproliferation concerns have grown. Chinese scientists warned the U.S. in recent months that North Korea has expanded its arsenal to about 20 atomic bombs. And developing countries negotiating the future of the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty at the United Nations last month, meanwhile, sharply criticized the U.S. and Russia for not doing enough to shrink their nuclear-weapons arsenals.

In recent years, aside from the Iran talks, “the administration has lost focus and momentum on the [nonproliferation] issue, especially as the Republicans have seized the majority in the Senate and tensions with Russia have worsened,” said Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association, a Washington think tank.

Even a deal to curtail Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for easing economic sanctions, a main goal, may lead only to a mixed record on disarmament. Key U.S. allies, particularly Israel and Saudi Arabia, are voicing fears the emerging deal won’t go far enough in blocking an Iranian path to a bomb. A number of Arab states have warned they could seek to match whatever nuclear capabilities Iran is allowed to maintain as part of a final deal.

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Nuclear threats have crept back into the international dialogue. India successfully test-fired a long-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead from a mobile launcher for the first time. Photo:drdo/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

The talks, facing a June 30 deadline, are under way in Vienna. U.S. and European officials involved in the diplomacy said disputes still exist with Iran over the future inspections of its nuclear and military sites and the timing of sanctions relief. These officials said the concerns of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N.’s watchdog, to clarify Iran’s alleged past efforts to develop nuclear weapons technologies are unlikely to be addressed by month-end, but will need to be handled in stages.

“In terms of the actual timelines, the IAEA isn’t going by the 30th of June to be able to resolve its outstanding questions,” a Western diplomat said. “What the deal will have to do is make sure there is a mechanism by which it can do that.”

The Obama administration’s nonproliferation campaign, laid out along the lines of the 1970 Non-Proliferation Treaty, has focused on trying to deny atomic weapons to previously nonnuclear countries, reducing the stockpiles already held by the five U.N.-recognized weapons states, and facilitating the use of civilian nuclear technologies for countries that commit to not go down the weapons path.

Administration officials view the diplomacy toward Iran as a linchpin of this overall strategy. The White House believes an agreement with Iran will deny Tehran the capability to break out and build a bomb for at least 10 years, removing pressure on Saudi Arabia and Iran’s other regional rivals to pursue nuclear technologies.

Still, U.S. allies and adversaries alike have voiced suspicion of the Obama administration’s broader nonproliferation campaign. And developing countries—who are signatories to the treaty—criticized the U.S. and other weapons states last month for not moving fast enough to dismantle their nuclear-weapons arsenals.

ENLARGE

A Pakistani-developed missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads passes during a Republic Day Parade in Islamabad in March. Photo: T Mughal/European Pressphoto Agency

Secretary of State John Kerry told an NPT Review Conference earlier this spring that the U.S.’s stockpile has fallen to around 4,700 nuclear warheads, 85% below its Cold War peak.

But Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, who heads the bloc of developing nations called the Non-Aligned Movement, told the same assembly this wasn’t enough.

“The nuclear-weapons states have not made progress in eliminating their nuclear weapons,” Mr. Zarif said. “The role of nuclear weapons in security policies of the nuclear-weapons states has not diminished.”

U.S. officials said growing tensions with Moscow over its move to annex the Crimean region of Ukraine last year is the primary factor undermining efforts to further reduce the countries’ arsenals.

The U.S. and Russia in 2010 reached an arms-control agreement, called the New Start Treaty, to cut in half the countries’ nuclear-missile launchers. But subsequent U.S. offers to the Kremlin to make additional weapons cuts haven’t been reciprocated, according to the Obama administration.

ENLARGE

Meanwhile, nuclear threats have crept back into the international dialogue. Russia’s military publicly has said in recent months it should rewrite its official doctrine to allow for a pre-emptive nuclear attack on the U.S. European officials were stunned in March when Russia’s ambassador to Denmark threatened the country with nuclear-weapons reprisals if it joined a North Atlantic Treaty Organization missile-defense system.

“This makes for a very difficult environment to rapidly negotiate a reduction in nuclear weapons,” said the senior U.S. official. “We’re trying to make sure our concerns about their policies don’t take on a dynamic of their own.”

Israel’s undeclared nuclear-weapons arsenal is also challenging the Obama administration’s broader nonproliferation agenda.

Mideast countries, led by Egypt, pressed the U.N. last month to quickly convene an international conference aimed at establishing a nuclear weapons-free zone in their region. Some nations had been seeking to mandate the meeting be held as soon as this December.

Israel’s government—which neither confirms nor denies that the country possesses nuclear weapons—vehemently opposed the requirement that it attend the proposed conference in the absence of broader steps to address what it sees as threats to the Jewish state’s security.

Israeli officials voiced concern that the Arab states and Iran would seek to use the conference to force their country to disarm.

The Obama administration ultimately blocked the U.N. from holding such a conference due to Israel’s concerns. But Egyptian officials warned the White House the American veto would have long-term implications.

Mr. Obama, meanwhile, has acknowledged in recent weeks that Iran will likely to define his international record.

“Look, 20 years from now, I’m still going to be around, God willing. If Iran has a nuclear weapon, it’s my name on this,” Mr. Obama said in an interview last month with Atlantic Media. “I think it’s fair to say that, in addition to our profound national-security interests, I have a personal interest in locking this down.”

Write to Jay Solomon at jay.solomon@wsj.com

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The FBI owes the public answers about its planes
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Confronted with questions about low-flying planes registered to mysterious companies, the FBI has admitted it maintains a fleet of aircraft, registered with bogus names, that it uses for surveillance without warrants. It defends the practice as necessary in its efforts to keep Americans safe. But Americans’ civil liberties need safeguarding, too, and the secret air force sounds like more unjustifiable overreach by a federal agency.

The Associated Press reported last week that it has linked 50 airplanes to the FBI, despite registration under dummy names such as FVX Research, NBR Aviation and PXW Services. Since late April, the news organization documented more than 100 flights in 11 states, covering cities and rural communities. The secretive nature of the program prevents the public from knowing what information the FBI is gathering and what is done with the pictures and data it collects.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has asked FBI director James Comey Jr. to explain the purpose of the air fleet, as well as the technological capabilities of the planes, to the House Judiciary Committee by June 12. While acknowledging the bureau is known to use planes in criminal investigations, Grassley told reporters he has concerns about warrantless intrusion into private and public space, as well as the invention of companies to hide ownership of the planes.

Given Americans’ increasing concern about Big Brother tactics in the endless war on terror, the AP report gives fresh cause for worry.

Sophisticated technology that can help keep Americans safe can also erode fundamental liberties. In short, even watchdogs need watching. The FBI may have very good reasons for what looks like unnecessary deceit. Let’s hear them.

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» Video shows Kentucky police officer killing flagpole-wielding man - Washington Post
14/06/15 21:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Washington Post Video shows Kentucky police officer killing flagpole-wielding man Washington Post Updated with officer's identity. Louisville cop shot & killed #DengManyoun f...

» Magna Carta, Still Posing a Challenge at 800
14/06/15 21:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Presented by 40 indignant English barons to their treacherous king in 1215, it has endured as perhaps the world’s first and best declaration of the rule of law. But some say that theory is ...

» U.S. Airstrike Targets al Qaeda Leader in Libya
14/06/15 21:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The U.S. military launched airstrikes targeting and likely killing an al Qaeda leader in eastern Libya charged with leading a deadly attack on a gas plant in Algeria in 2013.

» AP Top News at 7:45 p.m. EDT
14/06/15 21:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 7:45 p.m. EDT US airstrike targets al-Qaida militant in Libya WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S military launched airstrikes Saturday targeting and likely killing ...

» Houthi Rebels in Yemen Seize a Capital
14/06/15 21:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Houthi rebel fighters seized Hazm, capital of Jawf Province, tightening their control of the country despite a monthslong, Saudi-led bombing campaign.

» Al Qaeda commander behind attack on Algerian gas plant that left 40 workers dead - including six Britons - killed by US airstrike in Libya
14/06/15 21:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Mokhtar Belmokhtar, 43, and several others were probably killed after being targeted in an airstrike in eastern Libya, according to the country's government and US officials.

» Swedish Air Chief Denounces Russian Provocations
14/06/15 21:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Sweden's Air Force chief denounced provocative tactics used by Russian pilots in the Baltic region as "very dangerous" and said Swedish Air Force countermeasures, including scrambles a...

» U.S. conducts 'counter terrorism strike' against al Qaeda-linked target in Libya
14/06/15 16:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military conducted a "counter terrorism strike" on Saturday night against an al Qaeda-associated militant in Libya, the Pentagon said on Sunday.

» Hillary Clinton snubs Obama on trade deal
14/06/15 16:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. While campaigning in Iowa, the former secretary of state sided with Democrats that bucked the president on a desire to fast-track the controversial deal

» Saudi blogger Raif Badawi has flogging delayed
14/06/15 16:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Saudi Arabia news, all the latest and breaking Saudi Arabia news. However, the second round of punishment was halted the following week without official explanation, and has since been pushed back several ...

» Russian fighter jet flies within 10ft of US plane
14/06/15 16:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from US News. The US plane was intercepted a second time on the same flight, but that was deemed to have been done appropriately, Warren said. Russian and US planes routinely monitor each other's movements in i...

» Chinese hackers seized 'gold mine' of information about US spies and army personnel
14/06/15 16:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from US News. In a statement, the White House said that on June 8, investigators concluded there was "a high degree of confidence that ... systems containing information related to the background investigations...

» Britain pulls out spies from 'hostile countries' after Russia, China crack Snowden ... - ABC Online
14/06/15 16:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. ABC Online Britain pulls out spies from 'hostile countries' after Russia, China crack Snowden ... ABC Online Britain has pulled out agents from live operations in "hostile c...

» AP Top News at 3:19 a.m. EDT
14/06/15 16:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 3:19 a.m. EDT Suspect only death in attack on Dallas police building DALLAS (AP) - A man who authorities say opened fire outside Dallas police headquarters...

» Italy's Renzi warns EU on refugees as neighbors block border crossings
14/06/15 16:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi called for a change to European asylum rules on Sunday as neighboring states tightened border controls, turning back African migran...

» Russia’s ‘new normal’ proves workable
14/06/15 16:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. For US and European companies, operating in the context of sanctions is complex but manageable

» Hippopotamus and other zoo animals escape after flooding in Tbilisi - video
14/06/15 16:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. A hippopotamus walks along a flooded street in Tbilisi on Sunday after zoo animals escaped their enclosures following heavy flooding in the Georgian capital. Tigers, lion...

» Flash Flood Ravages Georgian Capital
14/06/15 16:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Georgian authorities say heavy rainfall and floods overnight left at least eight people dead and several others missing in the capital, Tbilisi. Heavy rains started late ...

» Ukrainian Soldier Killed, 21 Wounded As Attacks Intensify In Eastern Ukraine
14/06/15 16:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Ukrainian military said one of its servicemen was killed and 21 were wounded in separatist attacks over the past 24 hours as both sides accused the other of violating...

» Tareq Aziz, voice of Saddam's regime, buried in Jordan
14/06/15 16:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AFP's YouTube Videos. From: AFP Duration: 00:42 Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe Iraq's former foreign minister Tareq Aziz, who used his mastery of Engl...

» In Peru, gay couples kiss to protest media censorship
14/06/15 16:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AFP's YouTube Videos. From: AFP Duration: 01:00 Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe Gay couples in Lima staged a protest kissing in front of a Peruvian TV ...

» Michelle Obama to visit Tower Hamlets and drink tea with Prince Harry on London visit
14/06/15 16:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - News RSS Feed. The last time Michelle Obama visited a London school, she was greeted like a rock star and brought to the verge of tears. Few would bet against a similar performance when her cavalcade arr...

» Police 'Don't Know' Where Escaped Killers Have Gone, Gov Says
14/06/15 16:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Top Stories. Prison employee has been charged with assisting them in their escape.

» Report: Britain pulls out spies as Russia, China crack Snowden files
14/06/15 16:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The headquarters of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in central London. (Michael Crabtree/Reuters) By Reuters June 14 at 2:11 PM LONDON — Britain has pulled out agents from live operations in...

» Netanyahu Warns of 'Accelerating Concessions' with Iran
14/06/15 16:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. World powers attempting to broker a nuclear deal are "accelerating concessions" with Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday. Facing a self-imposed deadline at the end...

» Joseph Goebbels speech played over radio by German police at G7 summit
14/06/15 16:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Two officers have been suspended for playing the speech by the propaganda chief (pictured) at the gathering in Bavaria. It is not immediately clear if they are neo-Nazis but Bonn police...

» The Guardian view on the international criminal court: no turning back on Omar al-Bashir | Editorial
14/06/15 16:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Surprise moves to detain Sudan’s leader in South Africa make this a test case for international law which the ICC cannot afford to lose As surprises go, this was one for the d...

» With Little Fanfare, Mexican Supreme Court Effectively Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
14/06/15 16:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The Supreme Court of Mexico has said laws on the books in most of the country’s states are discriminatory, but gay couples still need costly injunctions from lower courts in order to wed.

» Global cybercrime has infected the very soul of capitalism with evil
14/06/15 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. The global financial system could have been designed to make life easy for tech-savvy crooks and criminals. And the damage they are causing is incalculable As we lug our heavy...

» How We Can Prevent ISIS From Pillaging Palmyra
14/06/15 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from International News, Opinion and Analysis - Newsweek World. How We Can Prevent ISIS From Pillaging Palmyra The U.S. must not be idle bystanders to a fire sale of Near Eastern civilization. Tbilisi Flooding ...

» US and Venezuela in high-level talks
14/06/15 16:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. US and Venezuelan officials meet in Haiti as both sides work to address strained relations between the two ideological opponents.

» AP Top News at 3:41 p.m. EDT
14/06/15 16:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 3:41 p.m. EDT Thousands of Syrians flee into Turkey amid intense fighting AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) - Thousands of Syrians cut through a border fence and cross...

» Waldorf shooting: man faces assault charges after accidentally firing gun
14/06/15 16:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Vladimir Gotlibovsky had gun in his pocket, authorities say Four people were injured and another man has been arrested A man who was arrested after police said a gun in his po...

» AP Top News at 11:19 a.m. EDT
14/06/15 16:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 11:19 a.m. EDT Zoo animals roam free in Georgia's capital after flooding TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - Tigers, lions, a hippopotamus and other animals escaped fr...

» Noam Chomsky: Obama is 'an opportunist'
13/06/15 19:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Liberal academic and author Noam Chomsky on Thursday said President Obama is “an opportunist” and Hillary Clinton would follow his lead should she win the White House next year. “I wrote abo...

» Clinton distances herself from Obama’s style, if not his substance
13/06/15 19:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . NEW YORK — Hillary Rodham Clinton kicked off the second phase of her presidential campaign here on Saturday, and it was clear that, as much as she might broadly embrace President Obama on policy, she wi...

» Hillary Clinton launches her campaign’s latest phase
13/06/15 19:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . During a speech on Roosevelt Island, she melds personal biography with message of policy changes for the nation. Former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton greets the crowd at the official launch for he...

» U.S. Poised to Put Heavy Weaponry in East Europe
13/06/15 16:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces. The proposal, if approved, would represent the first time since the end of the Cold War that the United States has stationed heavy military equipment in ...

» Flickering Greatness
13/06/15 16:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The president learns the wages of neglect, in Congress and in Iraq.

» Lavish Pricetag Fans More Flames Over Baku's European Games
13/06/15 16:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Azerbaijani Sports Minister Azad Rahimov has said the spectacular June 12 opening ceremony in Baku of the first-ever European Games cost some 100 million manat ($95 milli...

» Hillary Clinton Outlines Populist Message at First Big Campaign Rally
13/06/15 15:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Hillary Clinton held the first major rally of her 2016 run for the White House, delivering a fiesty, humorous and personal speech in which she promised to promote equal opportunity and fi...

» US, China to Establish Military Dialogue
13/06/15 15:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The United States and China signed an agreement Friday to establish an army-to-army dialogue mechanism to better coordinate humanitarian assistance and disaster response practices. U.S. o...

» AP Top News at 10:00 p.m. EDT
13/06/15 15:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 10:00 p.m. EDT DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) - A worker at an upstate New York maximum-security prison has been arrested on charges she helped two convicted killers...

» AP Top News at 6:32 a.m. EDT
13/06/15 15:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 6:32 a.m. EDT Suspects open fire on officers outside Dallas Police HQ DALLAS (AP) - Multiple gunmen toting automatic weapons opened fire on officers outsid...

» AP Top News at 10:50 a.m. EDT
13/06/15 15:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 10:50 a.m. EDT Suspect shot after attack on Dallas police headquarters DALLAS (AP) - A police sniper shot a cornered suspect in an overnight attack on the ...

» Rules of Engagement
13/06/15 15:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces. American instructors offer some timely tips to warring Iraqis.

» ISIS Is Winning Message War, U.S. Concludes
13/06/15 15:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). An internal State Department assessment says the Islamic State’s social message machine is trumping efforts by the Obama administration and its foreig...

» Flesh-eating bacteria found on Florida's coastlines kill two people - Americas - World
13/06/15 14:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Activated by warm salt water, Florida’s beaches provide the perfect environment for the rare and deadly germs to thrive and are capable of eating the flesh from humans. “People can get infected wi...

» Shaped by War, Dempsey Doubts Wisdom of Deep US Role in Iraq
13/06/15 14:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . LONDON — In the homestretch of a 41-year U.S. Army career shaped by war and the scars of war, Gen. Martin Dempsey sounds unconvinced that Iraq has found its path to lasting victory over the Islamic Stat...

» White House Weighs Sanctions After Second Breach of a Computer System
13/06/15 13:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday revealed that hackers had breached a second computer system at the Office of Personnel Management, and said that President Obama was considering financial sanction...

» European Games: Bus driver held over injured athletes
13/06/15 12:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - Home. The Azerbaijani authorities have arrested a bus driver whose vehicle injured three teenage Austrian swimmers ahead of Baku's European Games. Veli Ahmadov has been accused of a breach of ro...

» cyberwar - Google Search
13/06/15 11:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Fast Company Does Obama Know There's a Cyberwar Going On? Investor's Business Daily - 16 hours ago Like it or not, there is a cyberwar against the U.S. under way. It would be good if President Obama and his t...

» We are in early years of international cyber war arms race, says security expert Bruce Schneier
13/06/15 11:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ComputerWeekly: IT security. Cyber attacks – such as that on Sony Pictures in 2014 – suggest the world is in the early stages of a cyber war arms race. So said Bruce Schneier, chief technology ...

» Cyber threats expanding, new US intelligence assessment says
13/06/15 11:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has elevated its appraisal of the cyber threat from Russia, the U.S. intelligence chief said Thursday, as he delivered the annual assessment by intelligence agencies of the to...

» James Clapper, intel chief: Cyber ranks highest on worldwide threats to U.S.
13/06/15 11:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . President Obama’s top intelligence official pointed to a range of threats facing America Thursday, from the surge by Sunni Muslim extremist groups in the Middle East, to the pursuit of nuclear weapons b...

» BIG READ: Russia leading the way in the cyber arms race
13/06/15 11:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from IrishExaminer.com - World. Russia is leading the way, as new technology is combined with old spying techniques, says Owen Matthews ADVERTISEMENT IN hacker jargon, a ‘cyber-to-physical effect’ i...

» New questions arise about House Democratic caucus’s loyalty to Obama
12/06/15 22:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . President Obama, with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi at his side, leaves a meeting where he made a last-ditch appeal to House Democrats for his trade agenda on Friday in Washington. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuter...

» Feds Eye Link to Private Contractor in Massive Government Hack
12/06/15 22:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: U.S.. The hackers who recently launched a massive cyber-attack on the U.S. government, exposing sensitive information of millions of federal workers and millions of others, may have used informat...

» Newly disclosed hack got ‘crown jewels’ - David Perera and Joseph Marks
12/06/15 22:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from POLITICO - TOP Stories. AP Photo Cybersecurity “This is not the end of American human intelligence, but it’s a significant blow,” a former NSA official says. By David Perera and Joseph Ma...

» Costs Rise for US in Battle Against IS
12/06/15 22:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. PENTAGON— U.S. officials have used many words to describe the terror group known as Islamic State, including "brutal," "nimble" and "resilient." As the United States approaches the ...

» Documents show bitter CIA dispute over pre-9/11 performance
12/06/15 22:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON Top CIA officials fought bitterly in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks over whether U.S. intelligence agencies could have done more to stop the deadliest terrorist strikes in American hist...

» Clinton Prison Worker Close to Escaped Convicts Is Arrested
12/06/15 22:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . CADYVILLE, N.Y. — A prison worker who befriended two killers before they escaped from a maximum-security prison in far northern New York State was arrested on Friday for providing them with “mater...

» Lame duck: Democrats clip Obama's wings
12/06/15 21:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Story highlights Trade deal is vital to the fruition of President Barack Obama's signature Asia rebalancing policy. White House engages in intensive lobbying that only yielded a strong rebuke from Democrats. ...

» CDC Finds Live Anthrax In All Test Samples Shipped By Military, Orders Labs to Destroy Remaining Lots
12/06/15 21:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Politics. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now believes that there was live anthrax in all of the samples mistakenly sent by the U.S. military to 69 laboratories in 19 states, the D...

» Saudi air chief killed in Yemeni rebel Scud attack on Khamis Mushayt air base
12/06/15 20:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The Saudi Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Muhammad bin Ahmed Al-Shaalan was killed in a Scud missile cross-border attack by Yemeni Houthi rebels on the big King Khalid Air Base at Khamis Mushayt in the southwest...

» Clinton administration bankrupted CIA ahead of 9/11, ex-director says
12/06/15 20:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The Clinton administration had bankrupted the intelligence community and refused to let the CIA prioritize anti-terrorism over other major priorities in the late 1990s, leaving the agency stretched too thin i...

» CIA Declassifies Report On 9/11, Blanks Out Saudi Section
12/06/15 20:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BuzzFeed - Hayes Brown. President Bush meets with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah in 2005 Eric Draper / ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — A newly released report from the CIA blocked out all but a few senten...

» Second OPM Hack Exposed Information About Military, Intelligence Workers
12/06/15 20:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense One - All Content. A second breach of the Office of Personnel Management by hackers believed to be associated with China exposed sensitive security-clearance information of intelligence and militar...

» Does Obama Know There's a Cyberwar Going On?
12/06/15 20:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Investors.com. H acking: Chinese hackers apparently stole far more data on more federal employees than first suspected, creating a huge national security problem. Worse, the Obama administration knew this ...

» AP Top News at 6:26 p.m. EDT
12/06/15 19:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 6:26 p.m. EDT House rejects Obama's appeals and imperils his trade bill WASHINGTON (AP) - Led by union-backed Democrats, the House delivered a stinging blo...

» AP Top News at 2:20 p.m. EDT
12/06/15 19:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 2:20 p.m. EDT House rejects Obama on trade authority WASHINGTON (AP) - The House derailed a high-profile White House-backed trade bill on Friday, a humilia...

» Congressional Democrats Move to Institute New Jersey Style Gun Control
12/06/15 19:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. Bill comes less than a week after woman was murdered while waiting for gun under similar restrictions Woman with gun / AP BY: Stephen Gutowski Congressional Democrats introduce...

» Chinese hack compromised security-clearance database
12/06/15 19:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Union: Government data breach worse than disclosed (0:57) The massive data breach into the records of current and former federal employees is believed to be worse than first thought. (Reuters) The Chinese bre...

» Here's the CIA's Just-Released Top Secret File on Saudi Ties to 9/11
12/06/15 19:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Gawker. True to form, the CIA waited until 4:16 p.m. EDT this afternoon to release a trove of documents related to the September 11 attacks . Deep within one of those documents is a section on everything t...

» Judiciary chairman presses FBI for details on remote cyber spying
12/06/15 19:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is pressing the FBI for more information about its attempts to expand remote electronic spying powers. “Publicly available information on the ...

» CIA releases secret report identifying errors before 9/11
12/06/15 19:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . After a decade of secrecy, the CIA on Friday released a n early 500-page inspector general report outlining multiple “systemic problems” in the nation's spy agencies ahead of the terro...

» Isis's dirty bomb: Jihadists have seized 'enough radioactive material to build their first WMD' - Middle East - World
12/06/15 16:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Isis declared its ambition to develop weapons of mass destruction in the most recent edition of its propaganda magazine Dabiq , and Indian defence officials have previously warned of the possibility the milit...

» Russia in Review - Harvard
12/06/15 16:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs - Latest Publications. I. U.S. and Russian priorities for the bilateral agenda. II. Russia news. Back issues of Russia in Review are available here. If y...

» More Records Compromised in OPM Hack Than Estimates Suggested
12/06/15 16:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. AP BY: Robert Davis Edelman The hackers responsible for breaching the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) database have potentially acquired more than double the four ...

» Iran Nuclear Talks ‘Virtually Stalled’, Deadline May Be Missed
12/06/15 16:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. Negotiators of Iran and six world powers face each other at a table in the historic basement of Palais Coburg hotel in Vienna / Reuters BY: Reuters MOSCOW (Reuters) – Nuclear ...

» A mockery of human rights in Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan
12/06/15 16:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Demonstrators protest the verdict of 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for Saudi blogger Raif Badawi in Berlin. (Carsten Koall/Getty Images) By Editorial Board June 11 at 6:47 PM RECENT EVENTS in Azerbaijan...

» Drug war thuggery - The Washington Post
12/06/15 16:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . From the OC Weekly : The Weekly has received footage from a recent marijuana dispensary raid that appears to show Santa Ana police officers eating pot candy and throwing darts after destroying–or so the...

» U.S., Europe ready new Ukraine sanctions to deter Putin
12/06/15 15:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Washington (CNN) The United States and the European Union are finalizing further sanctions against Russia that could be imposed if Moscow takes additional military action in Ukraine, senior U.S. administratio...

» US, Russian aircraft came within 10 feet over Black Sea - CNN
12/06/15 14:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CNN US, Russian aircraft came within 10 feet over Black Sea CNN The close call comes weeks after another incident between the U.S. and Russia over the skies of Europe, when a U.S. RC-...

» Moscow's suburbs may look monolithic, but the stories they tell are not
12/06/15 14:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. At the end of the 1950s, the Soviet Union began the largest experiment in industrialised housing in history. Owen Hatherley visits three of Moscow’s resulting mikrorayons , where the...

» Horrific Video Amplifies Bus Tragedy At Baku's European Games
12/06/15 14:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A terrifying video clip has emerged of a bus ramming into a group of teenage Austrian competitors at the European Games in Azerbaijan in an incident that has left Austria...

» Artist Loses University Post Over Anti-Kremlin Protest
12/06/15 14:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A Russian artist has become the first person to be punished for a May 21 student protest against a university lecture by a pro-Kremlin activist. Yelizaveta Savolainen was...

» Глава Службы безопасности Украины уволил всех руководителей управления по борьбе с коррупцией - Коммерсантъ
12/06/15 14:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Комсомольская Правда в Украине Глава Службы безопасности Украины уволил всех руководителей управления по борьбе с коррупцией Коммерсантъ Председатель Службы безопасности Украины (С...

» U.S. and Russian Navies Hold Talks on Avoiding Accidental Clashes
12/06/15 14:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. The U.S. and Russian navies met this week for the first time since the Ukraine crisis began to discuss how to avoid an accidental clash at sea or in the air.

» Дмитрий Быков: отношения США и России через призму литературы
12/06/15 14:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from golosamerikius's YouTube Videos. From: golosamerikius Duration: 03:18 Восхищение, разочарование, поиски врагов. Но… скоро все будет хорошо Originally published at - http://www.golos-ameriki.ru/media/vi...

» Russian Scholar Attacks Idea ‘Diversity of Russia is a Source of Its Strength’
12/06/15 14:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble Staunton, June 12 – Even Vladimir Putin repeats as mantras the idea that “the variety o...

» Germans increasingly resigned to Grexit
12/06/15 14:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News. Merkel remains publicly committed to a deal with Greece but doubts are growing among top officials

» US Considers Opening Network of Bases in Iraq - Wall Street Journal
12/06/15 14:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Wall Street Journal US Considers Opening Network of Bases in Iraq Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—The Obama administration is considering opening a network of new bases in Iraq like the...

» If You Didn’t Know What ‘Aggravated Pimping’ Was Before DSK’s Trial, You Will Now
12/06/15 14:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. A French court is expected to deliver its verdict shortly on charges of “aggravated pimping” made against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the BBC reports. As TIME noted when Strauss-Kahn was...

» Spain's King strips title of duchess from his sister
12/06/15 14:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's King Felipe VI has stripped the title of duchess from his sister, the palace said, heaping pressure on Cristina de Borbon to give up her succession rights as...

» Spain: King 's removes title from sister facing fraud trial - Daily Mail
12/06/15 14:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. The Indian Express Spain: King 's removes title from sister facing fraud trial Daily Mail MADRID (AP) — Spain's King Felipe VI has removed the title Duchess of Palma de Mallorca from h...

» More lashes imminent for Saudi blogge
12/06/15 13:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. Raif Badawi set up a website to express his views and those of others. For that he was sentenced to 10 years in jail and 1,000 lashes with a whipping cane.

» Third Suspect Arrested Over Plot To Kill Cops
12/06/15 13:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Nicholas Rovinski is held in Rhode Island days after FBI agents shot dead a man suspected of plotting to behead police officers.

» Australia accused of bribing traffickers
12/06/15 13:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. PM Abbott dodges questions that navy paid crew of asylum seeker boat to return to Indonesia

» 'Merkel phone' tapping probe dropped
12/06/15 13:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Germany drops investigation into alleged tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone by US security agency

» Pentagon again asks China to end island building, seeks more military contact - Reuters
12/06/15 13:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Reuters Pentagon again asks China to end island building, seeks more military contact Reuters WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter met a top Chinese general on Thursday and rep...

» Ismayilova Says Azerbaijan In 'Midst Of Human Rights Crisis'
12/06/15 13:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Azerbaijan's most prominent investigative A jailed Azerbaijani journalist says the country is in the "midst of a human rights crisis" as it gets set to host the first Eur...

» Night Fighting In Eastern Ukraine
12/06/15 13:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian-backed separatists attacked positions of the Ukrainian army's 93rd mechanized brigade defending the village of Pisky, near Donetsk, on the night of June 6-7. Atta...

» Moldovan Prime Minister Steps Down
12/06/15 13:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The prime minister of Moldova says he is stepping down after questions arose over his high-school and university degrees.

» VIDEO: Saudi blogger's 'slow death sentence'
12/06/15 13:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. The wife of the Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who has been sentenced to 10 years in jail and 1,000 lashes, describes his punishment as "a slow death".

» Interpol Cuts Ties With FIFA
12/06/15 13:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Interpol is to cut its ties with the soccer world’s governing body and not use the $22.4 million donation it received in 2011 to fight match-fixing in sports.

» Merkel on Greece: 'Where There's a Will, There's a Way' - New York Times
12/06/15 13:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Reuters Merkel on Greece: 'Where There's a Will, There's a Way' New York Times BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says it's important that talks aimed at unlocking Greece's...

» Spanish leftist mayor ends 24 years of PP rule in Madrid
12/06/15 13:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MADRID(Reuters) - A left-wing former judge, backed by anti-austerity party Podemos, was named mayor of Spain's capital on Friday, ending 24 years of center-right Popular Party (PP) rul...

» US net neutrality rules to go ahead
12/06/15 13:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. A US court has decided that attempts to block the implementation of net neutrality rules in the US cannot be upheld.

» Rachel Dolezal 'Disguised Herself' As Black
12/06/15 13:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Activist Rachel Dolezal says she "understands" some may feel she misrepresented her ethnicity, as she sparks a social media storm.

» Poland says next NATO summit should invite Macedonia, Montenegro to join
12/06/15 13:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WARSAW (Reuters) - The former Yugoslav republics of Macedonia and Montenegro should be invited to join NATO when it holds its next summit in Warsaw in 2016, Polish Defense Minister Tom...

» Germany Drops Inquiry Into Claims U.S. Tapped Merkel’s Phone
12/06/15 13:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The investigation over allegations of eavesdropping by the N.S.A. was ended because of a lack of concrete evidence, a federal prosecutor said.

» Inside Skolkovo, Moscow's self-styled Silicon Valley
12/06/15 13:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. With buildings like the Hypercube and the Matrix, the Russian startup hub looks the part – but corruption allegations, the parlous international situation and getting on the w...

» Ukrainian Activists Welcome Saakashvili In Odesa
12/06/15 13:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Around 300 Ukrainian activists gathered outside the main administration building in Odesa on June 11 to meet the new governor of the region, former Georgian President Mik...

» Russia Steps Up Military Modernization – But at What Cost?
12/06/15 13:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. NIZHNY TAGIL, Russia — It has a remote-controlled turret, it bristles with state-of-the-art defense systems and its computerized controls make driving it “feel like a video game.” R...

» Black Pastor Invokes ISIS-Style Terror Attack Over Texas Pool Party Incident
12/06/15 13:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. Americans will likely face a domestic terror attack from disgruntled black Americans – not ISIS – for allowing racism to perpetuate, a black Texas-base...

» Civil rights activist 'pretending to be black'
12/06/15 13:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. The parents of a civil rights activist in America says she's been "pretending" to be African-American for years.

» PHOTOS: Tel Aviv Pride 2013 | Advocate.com
12/06/15 12:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Advocate.com - Gay News | The Advocate | The World's Leading Source for LGBT News and Entertainment. Pride PHOTOS: Tel Aviv Pride 2013 Tens of thousands of people gathered Friday to celebrate LGBT Prid...

» Gay Pride revelers take to the streets in Tel Aviv
12/06/15 12:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Times of Israel. Some 180,000 people marched through Tel Aviv’s streets Friday in the city’s 17th annual Gay Pride Parade, the nation’s largest and oldest gay pride event. Get The Tim...

» Gay Pride Parade draws 180,000 to Tel Aviv - Israel News
12/06/15 12:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Around 180,000 people came to party in central Tel Aviv on Friday for the annual Gay Pride Parade, and police were deployed in force to secure the event and redirect traffic in the notoriously congested city....

» Over 100,000 at Tel Aviv Gay Pride Parade, regions biggest
12/06/15 12:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of bare-chested muscular men, drag queens in heavy makeup and high heels, women in colorful balloon costumes and others partied at Tel Aviv's annual gay pride parade on Friday...

» Life for gays in the Israeli military just got easier
12/06/15 12:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . JERUSALEM — The Israeli military has announced a small but dramatic policy change to help same-sex couples continue serving in the reserves with ease even after becoming parents. The new policy ensures ...

» Five reasons we should celebrate Albert Einstein
12/06/15 12:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. From his radical thinking to his radical politics, his disavowal of celebrity to his wild hairstyle, the great physicist’s significance endures, argues his biographer Einstein...

» Al Jazeera is anti-Israel and discriminates non-Arab members of staff, says former employee suing the network - Americas - World
12/06/15 12:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Details of the claim against Al Jazeera America (Ajam), brought by the former head of its documentary unit, Shannon High-Bassalik, emerged on Thursday evening. It is the latest in a series of legal actions ta...

» Two U.S. men charged with beheading plot to help Islamic State
12/06/15 12:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . BOSTON Prosecutors charged two U.S. men on Friday of plotting to help the Islamic State militant group by beheading Americans, after an investigation that led law enforcement officers to shoot a suspect dead ...

» Armed group storms Tunisian consulate in Libyan capital, kidnap 10 staff
12/06/15 12:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . &amp;amp;amp;lt;iframe src="//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-W9SLGS" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/iframe&amp...

» US Charges 2 Men as Islamic State Supporters
12/06/15 12:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. WASHINGTON— U.S. authorities say two men accused of plotting to attack police officers in Massachusetts are being charged with conspiracy to provide material support to Islamic Stat...

» Ex-Pussy Riot member held in Moscow over prisoner demo
12/06/15 11:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - Home. A former member of Russian punk band Pussy Riot has been arrested in Moscow after staging a brief performance protest in support of women prisoners. Nadya Tolokonnikova, along with activis...

» AP Top News at 1:55 a.m. EDT
12/06/15 11:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 1:55 a.m. EDT Cuomo: Harsh penalty for any prison worker crossing the line DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) - The law will come down hard on any prison system employee...

» AP Top News at 6:03 a.m. EDT
12/06/15 11:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 6:03 a.m. EDT Union says all federal workers fell victim to hackers WASHINGTON (AP) - A major federal union says the cyber theft of employee information is...

» AP Top News at 10:10 a.m. EDT
12/06/15 11:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 10:10 a.m. EDT DA: Prison employee supplied contraband to escaped convicts DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) - A prison employee being questioned about her suspected ro...

» Jailed dissident criticizes Azerbaijan - seattlepi.com
12/06/15 11:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. seattlepi.com Jailed dissident criticizes Azerbaijan seattlepi.com MOSCOW (AP) — A jailed journalist has written a letter criticizing Azerbaijan for corruption and human rights violati...

» EU Plans To Push Central Asian States Harder On Human Rights
12/06/15 11:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The European Union plans to step up efforts to address "serious challenges to human rights" in Central Asia, according to a strategy document seen by RFE/RL.

» Russian Tank Feels 'Like Playing Computer Game'
12/06/15 11:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. The machine may eventually become a fully robotic vehicle that could operate autonomously on the battlefield, its designers say.

» Germany drops probe into U.S. spying on Merkel
12/06/15 11:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's top public prosecutor closed a year-long investigation into the suspected tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel's cell phone by U.S. spies, saying there was ...

» Nine killed in clashes between Islamic State and other militants in eastern Libya
12/06/15 11:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - At least nine fighters were killed in clashes on Friday between Islamic State and another Islamist force in the eastern Libyan city of Derna, a source in on...

» Seven Million May Have Been Hacked In US
12/06/15 11:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Suspected Chinese hackers targeted the Office of Personnel Management, which deals with federal employee data in the US.

» We need to stop rapists, not change who gets raped | Jessica Valenti
12/06/15 11:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Lasting solutions don’t just change statistics, they change the culture that leads to assault What if rape reduction programs are actually just redirecting assault? A new stud...

» C.E.O. of Orange Meets With Netanyahu to Apologize for Remarks
12/06/15 11:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Stéphane Richard, the executive, said his comments were “distorted and misunderstood” as part of a boycott movement targeting companies that operate in Israeli settlements in the occupied W...

» The life and poetry of William Butler Yeats – quiz
12/06/15 11:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. A century and a half after his birth, the influence of WB Yeats is greater than ever. But how much do you know about the Nobel laureate's life and work? Find out with our anni...

» Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition leader sees state links in unrest
12/06/15 11:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. ANKARA (Reuters) - The leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition party on Friday accused figures within the state of links to violence in the largely Kurdish southeastern province of D...

» U.S. and Russia jets come within 10 feet from crashing
12/06/15 11:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. A Russian fighter jet, flying at high speed, came within 10 feet of a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft in international airspace over the Black Sea late last month, several U.S. offi...

» Germany Ends Probe of NSA Monitoring
12/06/15 11:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. German federal prosecutors say they have closed a year-long probe into the alleged wiretapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel's cell phone by the U.S. National Security Agency. The German ch...

» Orange boss tells Israel of regret
12/06/15 11:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. The head of French telecom giant Orange tells Israel's PM he deeply regrets the controversy following comments he made indicating he wanted to pull out of Israel.

» Islamic State Grows Stronger in Libya
12/06/15 11:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Libyan militiamen battling the Islamic State’s affiliate in their country say most of the jihadi fighters are not Libyans — the bulk of them, they say, come from neighboring North African...

» What can US trigger-happy cops learn from Britain's gunless police? - Americas - World
12/06/15 11:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Then there is the rigorous selection process — an unforgiving complement of fitness tests, psychological appraisals and marksmanship exams. Finally, there is the training, which involves endless drillin...

» UK's fast-track asylum system ruled unlawful
12/06/15 11:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Government appeal system for processing asylum seekers’ applications, which has been in use for a decade, must be quashed, high court rules A fast-track immigration appeals pr...

» Ancient city hit by Saudi airstrikes
12/06/15 11:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. Photographer Alex Potter captures images of neighbors and families searching for survivors after airstrikes hit in the old city of Sanaa in Yemen.

» Twitter's chief steps down - NBCNews.com
12/06/15 11:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. NBCNews.com Twitter's chief steps down NBCNews.com CNBC CNBC's Julia Boorstin reports Dick Costolo is stepping down as Twitter CEO and Jack Dorsey will take over the leadership r...

» Tusk Challenges Venezuela Over Human Rights
12/06/15 11:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. European Council President Donald Tusk said the political crackdown in Venezuela had been a big topic behind closed doors of a recent summit between European and Latin American leaders...

» Video Shows Deadly Blast Ripping Through Cafe
12/06/15 11:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Customers are seen running for their lives from the explosion at a cafe in Australia, which claimed the life of the manageress.

» Leftist Mayors Surge Into Power in Spain
12/06/15 11:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. A new wave of leftist leaders is taking office in city halls across Spain on Saturday, replacing career politicians hobbled by economic crises and corruption scandals.

» Volunteer Ukrainian unit includes Nazis
12/06/15 11:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Members of the Azov Brigade train in Kulykivske, Ukraine, on March 7. (Photo: Brendan Hoffman for USA TODAY) 2644 CONNECT 1027 TWEET 33 LINKEDIN 87 COMMENT EMAIL MORE MARIUPOL, — A volunteer brigade wit...

» NYT Whites Out Ukraine’s Brown Shirts
12/06/15 11:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Consortiumnews. Exclusive: The New York Times has been more biased on the Ukraine crisis – endlessly promoting State Department propaganda – than when it published false Iraqi WMD sto...

» azov battalion news - Google Search
12/06/15 11:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . US Congressmen block supply of MANPADS to Ukraine, call Azov ... Ukraine Today - 3 hours ago "Ukraine's Azov Battalion is a 1,000-man volunteer militia of the Ukrainian National Guard that Foreign Policy Maga...

» US congressmen block supply of MANPADS to Ukraine - read on
12/06/15 11:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uatoday.tv. 14:53 Jun. 12, 2015 Azov Battalion (UNIAN Photo) House representatives also voted to prohibit training of Ukraine's Azon Battalion US Congressmen have banned the supply of shoulder-fired anti-a...

» U.S. House Passes 3 Amendments By Rep. Conyers To Defense Spending Bill To Protect Civilians From Dangers Of Arming and Training Foreign Forces - Press Releases - News
12/06/15 11:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from U.S. Congressman John Conyers, Jr.. WASHINGTON— Late yesterday evening, the U.S. House of Representatives considered H.R. 2685, the “Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2015.” ...

» DC Mansion Murder Housekeeper Adds New Details to Mysterious Timeline
12/06/15 10:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: U.S.. A housekeeper for the Savopoulos family is providing new insights about the day the three members of the Washington, D.C., family and another housekeeper were killed inside their fire-damag...

» EU Accents Trade, Better Ties in Talks With Latin Americans
12/06/15 00:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Unable to match China's offer of $250 billion in investment in Latin America, the EU sought ways Thursday to avoid being marginalized in the region, offering new trade deals, visa-free tr...

» В Одессе два сильных взрыва - Украинское национальное информагентство
12/06/15 00:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Подробности В Одессе два сильных взрыва Украинское национальное информагентство В Одессе прогремели два сильных взрыва: один в центре города - на перекрестке улиц Большой Арнаутско...

» Uzbeks, Kazakh Charged In New York With Recruiting For Islamic State
12/06/15 00:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. An Uzbek citizen June 11 became the fifth person in New York to be charged with plotting to recruit U.S. fighters to join the Islamic State.

» A System for Bothering People
12/06/15 00:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The XX Committee. Even the most cynical critics of the Transportation Security Administration, perhaps the most unpopular organization in the whole U.S. government, must have been surprised by the recent r...

» The OPM Hacking Scandal Just Got Worse
12/06/15 00:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The XX Committee. The other day I explained in detail how the mega-hack of the Office of Personnel Management’s internal servers looks like a genuine disaster for the U.S. Government, a setback that will h...

» Senate Democrats block cybersecurity amendment to defense bill
12/06/15 00:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. U.S. Senate Democrats blocked a proposal to shield companies from lawsuits when they share cyberattack information with each other and federal agencies.

» Stalin makes a resurgence in Putin’s Russia
12/06/15 00:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Josef Stalin’s 29-year reign, generally seen by Russians in recent years as a dark and bloody chapter in the nation’s history, has lately been applauded by Vladimir Putin and his support...

» DOD: $2.7B spent on Islamic State fight so far — $9M a day
12/06/15 00:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. The Defense Department is releasing a detailed breakdown of the costs of the war against the Islamic State, showing that the Air Force has borne two-thirds of the daily spending.

» Special Forces officer: US 'failed' American hostages held overseas
12/06/15 00:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Washington's effort to recover American hostages held overseas is "dysfunctional" and mired in failures hidden by bureaucracy, an Army officer once involved in the Pentagon's part of the...

» Delicate balance for Pope Francis as he meets Putin - CBS News
12/06/15 00:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CBS News Delicate balance for Pope Francis as he meets Putin CBS News CBS News' Jonathan Vigliotti reports that at a time when much of the world has slammed the door on Russia over it...

» Intrusions in Baltic Sea Show a Russia Challenging the West - New York Times
12/06/15 00:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. New York Times Intrusions in Baltic Sea Show a Russia Challenging the West New York Times Cutting the region's dependence on Russian energy — long one of Moscow's main levers to squee...

» Russia says US coerces Kiev and violates arms treaties - Reuters
12/06/15 00:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Deutsche Welle Russia says US coerces Kiev and violates arms treaties Reuters MOSCOW Russia accused the United States on Thursday of coercing Kiev into pressing on with the conflict i...

» US encircling Russia with bioweapons labs, covertly spreads them – Russian FM - RT
12/06/15 00:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. RT US encircling Russia with bioweapons labs, covertly spreads them – Russian FM RT The accusations of mishandling biological weapons voiced by the Russian Foreign Ministry refer to a...

» Will Russia force Germany to become a European power once more? - Vox
12/06/15 00:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Politico Will Russia force Germany to become a European power once more? Vox As one of the relatively few Russia experts in Germany, Meister is impossibly busy, shuttling between the ...

» Defying Obama, Many in Congress Press to Arm Ukraine
12/06/15 00:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces. The Senate has included provisions in its military policy bill to arm Ukraine with antiarmor systems, mortars, grenade launchers and ammunition to aid in...

» Trainers Intended as Lift, but Quick Iraq Turnaround Is Unlikely
12/06/15 00:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). President Obama’s plan does not call for American troops to accompany Iraqi fighters onto the battlefield to call in airstrikes or advise them on combat ope...

» Anxiety and Pain Meds Linked to Homicide Risk
12/06/15 00:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. Anti-anxiety and pain medications may be linked to an increased risk of committing murder, according to a new study by Finnish researchers.

» Senator Sessions to Obama: Stop Fast Track Push, Release Secret Trade Documents
12/06/15 00:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. Senator Sessions notes TPP creates a new transnational governance structure known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership Commission, similar to the sovereignty-destroying European Union, and Fast Track viol...

» Orwellian Double-think in the War on Terrorism
12/06/15 00:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. The war on terrorism, which the United States has been waging since 2001, is a failure for a myriad of reasons, but chiefly because it is a farce. Setting aside the idiocy of waging war on a tactic; t...

» Secretive Globalist Bilderberg Conference June 11-14 in Austria
12/06/15 00:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. From June 11-14 approximately 140 of the world's most influential people will gather in Telfs-Buchen, Austria, for the 63rd secretive Bilderberg policy conference, just 16 miles south of the G7 summit...

» China Hacks Government, Corporate Networks to Build Database on Americans
12/06/15 00:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. Only a week after Russian "crime syndicates" hacked the IRS database and stole information on the tax returns of more than 100,000 people, China was blamed for "one of the largest thefts of government...

» Border Patrol Union Leader Sees Surge in Unaccompanied Children Coming
12/06/15 00:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. The huge surge of illegal aliens that crossed the southern U.S. border last spring and early summer and then went into temporary decline is showing signs of being on the rise once more.

» Obama’s Justice Dept. Wants Names of Internet Commenters Who Trashed Judge
12/06/15 00:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. Increasingly in America, it's not what you say that gets you in trouble, but who you are when you say it.

» Obama Has a Plan Against ISIS, but Not “a Complete Strategy”
12/06/15 00:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. President Obama told reporters during a news conference at the Group of Seven (G-7) summit in Germany on June 8 that success against ISIS forces in Iraq is dependent on an “effective partnership” betw...

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