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Canada Prime Minister's Campaign Dogged by Ex-Senator's Trial

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:47 PM

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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s re-election effort is being bruised by a fraud trial of a former senator that has swept up some of Mr. Harper’s closest aides and former aides.

Pentagon: China Has Stepped up Land Reclamation

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:46 PM

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A new Pentagon report says China’s reclamation of landmass among a string of artificial islands in the South China Sea has grown dramatically in recent months.

Israel Carries Out Airstrikes in Syria

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:45 PM

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Syrian state media says one soldier killed and seven wounded, as Israel retaliates hours after four rockets are fired at the Galilee and the Golan Heights from Syrian territory.

Chinese hackers may have turned sights on India, says new report by Simon Denyer

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:44 PM

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BEIJING — India is under attack, virtually. A sophisticated cyberespionage group, probably based in China, is taking advantage of India’s weak cyberdefenses to burrow into government bodies and academic institutions to steal sensitive diplomatic information, a leading U.S. network security company alleged Friday.Read full article >>

Beyond terrorism, Iraq’s leader is struggling to fight corruptionby Loveday Morris

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:44 PM

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BAGHDAD — After five years of trying to get a job as a public school teacher, Saleh Ali paid a bribe of $4,300 to an official in Iraq’s Education Ministry to secure one. He says it was the only way.The 29-year-old’s experience is a common one in Iraq, where corruption permeates every facet of society. But Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is pledging to change that, with the biggest shake-up in Iraq’s political system since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.Read full article >>

Iran: Diplomatic outreach presses for release of Iranians held in U.S. by Brian Murphy

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:44 PM

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A senior Iranian diplomat said the country is working through third-country channels to seek the release of at least 19 Iranians jailed in the United States, a report said Friday, even as U.S. officials press for Tehran to free Americans held in custody.Read full article >>

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While Congress argues over Iran, Europe rushes to do business there by Michael Birnbaum, Carol Morello

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:44 PM

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BRUSSELS — The ink was barely dry on a landmark agreement with Iran to limit its nuclear program before a German government plane packed with the nation’s economic elite touched down inTehran.The trip was just the first in a rush of European ministers and business people flocking to a market that is poised to reopen after years of grinding sanctions. Upscale Tehran hotels are packed and tables at trendy restaurants are scarce as foreigners jostle for bargains, even amid uncertaintyover whether President Obama can overcome congressional opposition to the deal.Read full article >>

Israel hits Syrian targets following rocket fire it says was ordered by Iran by William Booth, Hugh Naylor

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:44 PM

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JERUSALEM — In an intense cross-border skirmish Thursday and Friday, Israeli artillery and aircraft struck more than a dozen military installations in southern Syria, as well as an alleged jihadist cell, in response to four rockets fired into Israel.Read full article >>

Gay People At Risk After Ashley Madison Hack

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:43 PM

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Gay people who used the dating site could face the death penalty in some countries after their details were exposed by hackers.

North Korea warns of war after border spat with South – videoby Guardian Staff

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:42 PM

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North Korean state television footage shows leader Kim Jong-un calling an emergency meeting of the central military commission of the Workers’ party of Korea to discuss the ‘serious military provocation’ when artillery fire was exchanged across the border. The news channel brands South Korea ‘insane’ and ‘gangsters’ over the act

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Godfather funeral for 'King of Rome' - video by Guardian Staff

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:42 PM

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Vittorio Casamonica, head of a Rome crime family, is given a funeral fit for a scene in Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather movies – complete with the film’s memorable theme music. Hundreds of tearful mourners pay their final respects at the San Giovanni Bosco church on Rome’s outskirts. But politicians have expressed outrage at the scene

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Londongrad: Russian comedy series trailer - videoby Guardian Staff

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:40 PM

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Teaser trailer for the new Russian comedy detective series Londongrad, which premieres on Russian television next month. The series is unusual in that rather than a portrait of Russians through the eyes of London, it is a portrait of London through the eyes of its Russian inhabitants. The writers hope it ‘reminds Russians that the west is not populated by dog-headed monsters’

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Pentagon Chief: Turkey Needs to Do More to Fight ISby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:40 PM

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U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Thursday Turkey needs to do more to fight Islamic State and control its borders. Carter said Turkey has agreed in principle to join the U.S.-led airstrikes against the militants, but said it is only part of what the Turks need to do. "We need them also as a neighbor to this conflict zone, as a longtime NATO ally and a responsible member of the anti-ISIL coalition to control...the long border that they have with both Syria and Iraq, more than...

US School Kids Face Battle With Drug-resistant Head Liceby webdesk@voanews.com (Zlatica Hoke)

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:40 PM

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As U.S. children get ready to return to school, health authorities warn of a new strain of head lice that is resistant to conventional chemical treatment. The itch-inducing bug causes missed school days and may be hard to get rid of.  A new research presented at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society last week in Boston suggests that lice populations in at least 25 states have built up tolerance to pyrethroid, an insecticide contained in standard lice-treating...

Caitlyn Jenner Could Face Criminal Charge for Fatal Crashby webdesk@voanews.com (Associated Press)

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:40 PM

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Caitlyn Jenner could face a vehicular manslaughter charge after sheriff's investigators found she was driving unsafely when she caused a chain-reaction crash that killed a woman in February, officials said Thursday. Investigators determined Jenner was driving at a speed “unsafe for the prevailing road conditions,” Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Nicole Nishida said. Jenner was hauling an off-road vehicle on a trailer behind her Cadillac Escalade on Feb. 7...

IS Militants Destroy Christian Monastery in Syriaby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:38 PM

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Syrian activists say Islamic State militants have destroyed an ancient Christian monastery in the central province of Homs. Photographs posted on social media show bulldozers destroying parts of the St. Elian Monastery near the city of Qaryatain, which was seized by IS militants earlier this month. Scores of Christian families fled Qaryatain as Islamic State fighters advanced on the city. The militant group kidnapped about 230 town residents, including dozens of Christians. The...

US Sees End 'Closing In' on Syria's Assadby webdesk@voanews.com (Jeff Seldin)

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:38 PM

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With Syrian rebel groups making yet another concerted push into the outskirts of Damascus and into coastal areas loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, there is a growing consensus that Assad’s reign is as close to ending as it has ever been. U.S. officials say that after ceding considerable territory to rebel groups, regime forces appear now to be hardening their lines and putting up more of a fight. And help, some in the form of low-end military aid and money, continues to come in from...

Reports: US Drone Strike Kills Number 2 IS Leaderby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:38 PM

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U.S. officials say the number two leader of the Islamic State group is believed to have been killed in a drone strike in Iraq earlier this week. Haji Mutazz was a top deputy to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghadi. His death was also reported by the Pentagon late last year but an official said it appears the U.S. had a wrong identification at the time.

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Israel launches strikes into Syria after rocket attack

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:38 PM

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JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rockets hit an Israeli village near the Lebanese border on Thursday and Israel struck back in the Syrian Golan Heights, saying the rare salvo had been launched there by an Iranian-backed Palestinian militant group.

  

More needed from Turkey in Islamic State fight: U.S. defense chief

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:37 PM

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Turkey needs to do more in the fight against Islamic State militants and has indicated it is willing to go beyond its recent decision to allow U.S. planes to conduct air strikes from Turkish bases, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Thursday.

  

Islamic State destroys Syrian monastery, moves Christian captives: monitor

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:37 PM

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State militants have demolished a monastery in the central Syrian province of Homs, a monitor said on Thursday, in a strategically located town the jihadist group wrested from government control earlier this month.

  

Australia considering U.S. request to join air strikes in Syria

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:37 PM

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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Friday that he was considering a formal request from the United States for Australia to join air strikes in Syria against the Islamic State militant group.

  

Second group of U.S-trained Syrian rebels could be deployed 'within weeks:' source

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:36 PM

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A second group of rebel fighters trained in Turkey by the U.S.-led coalition could be deployed to Syria within weeks as part of a campaign to push Islamic State insurgents away from the border, diplomatic sources told Reuters on Friday.

  

Turkey to hold snap election on Nov 1: Erdogan

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:36 PM

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey will hold a snap election on November 1 and an interim government will be formed in the meantime, if necessary with members from outside parliament, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday.

  

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Test of Islamic State mortar fragments shows chemical arms traces: U.S. general

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:36 PM

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fragments from a mortar fired by Islamic State militants at Kurdish fighters in Iraq earlier this month tested positive in a U.S. military field test for the chemical weapons agent sulfur mustard, a U.S. general said on Friday.

  

U.S., allies target Islamic State with 33 air strikes in Syria, Iraq: statement

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:35 PM

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its partners launched 33 air strikes on Thursday against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the operations said.

  

Islamic State's No. 2 reported killed by drone strike in Iraq: CNN

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:35 PM

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The No. 2 leader of the Islamic State militant group was believed killed in an allied drone strike near Mosul, Iraq, this week, CNN reported on Friday.

  

Migrants Stuck At Macedonian-Greek Border

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:35 PM

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Migrants, mostly from Syria and Afghanistan, were blocked from crossing into Macedonia's Gevgelija border zone on August 20. Thousands were stranded on the Greek side of the border after Skopje declared a state of emergency. (RFE/RL's Macedonian Service)

U.S. Boxing Champ Requests Russian Citizenship After Putin Meeting

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:35 PM

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U.S. boxer Roy Jones Jr. officially requested Russian citizenship one day after drinking tea with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Crimea.

Russia Dismisses Criticism Over Sentenced Estonian Policeman

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:34 PM

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Russia dismissed Western criticism over the sentencing of an Estonian police officer to 15 years in prison for espionage, a case that is adding to tensions between Moscow and the West.

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Political Uncertainty Hangs Over Kurdistan As Barzani's Term Ends

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:34 PM

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Political uncertainty hung over Iraq's Kurdistan region after President Massoud Barzani's mandate expired without rival factions agreeing to extend his term.

Executive Switch At Russian Railways Signals Rare Kremlin Shakeup by support@pangea-cms.com (RFE/RL)

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:34 PM

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A little-known transport official and ally of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will replace a demoted ally of President Vladimir Putin as the head of Russian Railways, completing a rare shakeup in the Kremlin circle of power.

Russia Puts Chechen Rights Group On 'Foreign-Agent' List

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:34 PM

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Russian officials have added the Human Rights Defense Center based in Chechnya to the country's list of "foreign agents."

After Nuclear Deal With West, Iran Gears Up to Cash Inby THOMAS ERDBRINK

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:33 PM

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Sadjad Ghoroghi, who runs a mining company in Zanjan in northwestern Iran. He said he had long dreamed of finding a foreign investor willing to help expand his operations.

France: 3 people wounded in shooting on high-speed trainby By GREG KELLER

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:32 PM

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PARIS (AP) -- Three people were wounded including two seriously when a gunman opened fire with an automatic weapon on a high-speed train travelling from Amsterdam to Paris Friday, officials said....

China's economy is in trouble. How bad is it? - CNNMoney

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:32 PM

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China's economy is in trouble. How bad is it? CNNMoney Just take a look at what China's government has been doing lately: making a surprise devaluation of the yuan in an effort to boost exports, propping up its markets by actually buying stocks, spending big and cutting interest rates in an effort to ... These 5 Facts Explain Why China Is Still on the RiseTIME No need to idolise China's accident-prone technocratsFinancial Times Meet Xi's Team of Wise Men Trying to Avert China's Hard LandingBloomberg all 19 news articles »

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Gunman injures three people on Amsterdam-Paris train

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:32 PM

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A gunman seriously injured three people in the high-speed Amsterdam-Paris train Friday, before he was overpowered by passengers, identified by witnesses as a group of US Marines traveling on the train. He was armed with guns and knives. The motives behind the attack were not immediately known. The two most seriously injured victims are a Briton and an American, whom witnesses say were deliberately sought out for their nationality by the gunman. They are reported in critical condition.  The attack happened near Arras in northern France and the gunman was arrested when the train reached the town’s station. The unarmed Marines were said to have overheard the gunman loading a Kalashnikov AK-47 in the toilet. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve was heading to Arras in the wake of the incident. Officials do not rule out an act of terrorism.

DHS Kept Secret the Release Of Violent Criminal Illegal Immigrants by Adam Kredo

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 3:31 PM

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Obama administration officials only began notifying local law enforcement officials of the release of violent criminal illegal immigrants within the last two weeks, according to Arizona law enforcement officials, who say they have for years been kept in the dark about the release of illegal immigrants back into local towns.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had been keeping secret its release of illegal immigrants with violent criminal records from local law enforcement for at least two years, denying for a time that this was taking place, law enforcement officials disclosed to the Washington Free Beacon.

The public disclosure of this practice, in which Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) frees criminal illegal immigrants back into U.S. communities, came to light earlier this week, when Arizona law enforcement was made aware that three illegal aliens with violent criminal records had been released back onto the streets.

Local law enforcement officials and members of Congress have expressed outrage over the practice and have petitioned DHS in recent days to end a policy they described as “catch and release.”

At least three illegal aliens released by DHS in recent weeks have been charged with serious crimes, including the beating of a 7-week-old baby and immolation of a person, according to local law enforcement officials and Rep Matt Salmon (R., Ariz.).

Other Arizona law enforcement officials in the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office further disclosed to the Free Beacon that they still are being kept in the dark about such releases and questioned whether DHS has implemented a standard nationwide practice to alert local officials.

“When I learned that there isn’t a requirement for DHS to inform local law enforcement agencies about the imminent release of illegal alien criminals, I was shocked,” Salmon said. “In our post 9/11 world, where the constant sharing of information between agencies is commonplace, even sometimes at the expense of our rights, this is unacceptable. Simply put, if DHS insists on releasing dangerous illegal aliens into our neighborhoods the public and law enforcement need to know about it. I am now working to amend existing law to require that local agencies be notified by DHS before illegal aliens with violent criminal records are released.

“American citizens deserve to know who our federal government is forcing onto our streets and permitted to victimize our families, and I will not stop until we ensure that our local law enforcement agencies are given the tools they need to protect our communities.”

The release of violent illegal immigrants has been taking place since at least 2013, when Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu was informed by senior ICE officials that illegal immigrants were being released back into his Arizona community, sources said.

Pinal County Police Department employees at the time “were called in on overtime on a Saturday and were ordered to start releasing illegals with violent criminal histories,” according to one law enforcement source.

However, when Babeu asked ICE authorities for the names and criminal offenses committed by these individuals, he was told that no one had been freed.

“They all refused to provide any of the requested information and initially told our office and the media they didn’t release anybody,” the source explained.

Reports of these releases led to congressional inquiries and the eventual disclosure by ICE that it had in fact released a few hundred illegal immigrants, though the agency claimed at the time that none of them had criminal records.

“As pressure mounted, ICE admitted they did release illegals with minor criminal offenses,” the law enforcements source said. “Eventually, they confirmed they did release violent criminal illegals including those convicted of murder, aggravated assault, robbery, kidnapping, and sex crimes.”

Following years of pressure, ICE two weeks ago began notifying Arizona law officials of the release of the three illegal immigrants mentioned above.

“We are not sure why they began to release criminals into the community without notifying local law-enforcement or why they just started to make notifications after two years,” the law enforcement source said. “Communication with local law-enforcement is a common practice among the state corrections institutions where notifications are made to local police and sheriffs when a violent criminal is released.”

“We think it reasonable to request the same courtesy when ICE releases criminals into our community rather than deport them to their home country,” the source added.

Officials say they are “perplexed as to why it took so long” to institute the notification policy.

A nationwide alert system is still “in the test phase” and has not yet been implemented across the country, according to an ICE official who was not permitted to speak on record.

On Wednesday, the Free Beacon disclosed that Rep. Matt Salmon (R., Ariz.) had petitioned DHS to explain its policy and provide an explanation for why local law enforcement had been kept in the dark.

“Despite the repeated attacks on American citizens by illegal aliens released from our jails, DHS refuses to stop freeing violent criminals who are in our country illegally,” Salmon wrote in his letter to DHS. “Just today, we learned of three more individuals set free on law-abiding Arizonans by the Department of Homeland Security. Their crimes included the beating to death of a seven-week-old baby and the stabbing, beating, and immolation of a police informant.”

One of those released is accused of kidnapping and murdering a police informant “by taking him to a wilderness area where he beat, stabbed, and lit his gasoline-soaked body on fire,” according to Salmon.

When questioned about the practice earlier this week, an ICE official explained that it can no longer legally detain these individuals and is forced under the law to release them.

“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under current law can no longer legally hold the three individuals,” ICE press secretary Gillian Christensen told the Free Beacon. “To further promote public safety and transparency, ICE notified local law enforcement agencies of the release of the individuals.”

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BAE kicks off major nuclear submarine yard upgrade

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 2:53 PM

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LONDON — An eight-year redevelopment scheme enabling BAE Systems nuclear submarine facility to build a new generation of nuclear missile boats for the Royal Navy has got underway in northwest England.

       

Field tests show Islamic State used mustard gas against Kurds, U.S. general says by Kellan Howell

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 2:52 PM

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Fragments of mortars fired by Islamic State militants at Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq earlier this month tested positive in a U.S. military field test for chemical weapons agent sulfur mustard, a U.S. general confirmed Friday. 

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Clinton’s Email Server Firm Scrubs ‘Data-Disposal’ References from Website by Alana Goodman

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 2:51 PM

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The firm Hillary Clinton hired to manage her private email server quietly removed information from its website in recent days, including references to its partnership with a Colorado data-scrubbing company.

Platte River Networks, the Denver-based company that hosted Clinton’s email server, deleted several pages from its website, including a section about how it outsources its data-disposal work to a local firm called Techno Rescue. That page appears to have been removed earlier this month, but can still be viewed in a cached version on major search engines.

On the now-removed page, Platte River Networks said it provided its customers with “complimentary e-waste technology recycling” through its partnership with Techno Rescue, including the “disposal of data still residing on old technology.”

“In order to ensure our customers recycle responsibly, we provide them complimentary e-waste technology recycling,” said Platte River Networks. “We partner with Techno Rescue—a fully certified Colorado Electronics Recycling and Data Destruction E-waste company. It is illegal and socially irresponsible to throw your electronics in the trash. Responsible electronics recycling also includes the safe and proper disposal of data still residing on old technology.”

On the Techno Rescue website, Platte River Networks’ director of business development David DeCamillis said his company “use[s] Techno Rescue for all our customers technology recycling needs.”

An attorney for Platte River Networks told reporters earlier this month that Clinton’s private server was made “blank” as of June 2013 but did not clarify how this process took place.

An attorney for Clinton said this week that her email server was wiped clean of data before Platte River Networks turned it over to the FBI. Federal authorities are currently trying to recover the deleted information, according to reports.

In a recent press conference, Clinton said she did not know whether her server had been erased.

A public relations firm hired by Platte River Networks did not respond to request for comment on whether Techno Rescue had any involvement in disposing of the data from Clinton’s email server. Techno Rescue’s president, Nidal Allis, did not return calls from the Washington Free Beacon.

If a third-party company such as Techno Rescue disposed of the server data, it could add to the list of individuals who had access to Clinton’s email information—and potentially raise new security concerns.

Techno Rescue says it uses a Department of Defense standardized method for data removal that guarantees “100 percent data destruction.”

“Even if you run forensic data recovery, the disk will be clean,” Allis told the Highlands Ranch Heraldin 2009.

But the company has also come under fire for its business practices. A 2010 Colorado I-News Network investigation found that Techno Rescue was “recycling” electronics by shipping them to Hong Kong, a practice that is frowned upon for environmental and security reasons.

Techno Rescue is registered to comply with international environmental standards, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s facilities registration database.

Techno Rescue’s Iyad Allis is listed as the company’s regulatory contact in the EPA database. He was charged with selling illegal firearms and bank fraud in a 2008 FBI sting, according to court records. He ultimately pleaded guilty in 2009 to four counts of bank fraud.

A spokesperson for the Clinton campaign on Thursday afternoon did not comment on who was directly responsible for wiping the server or whether an outside company was used.

Alex McGeorge, a tech security expert at Immunity, said there are plenty of firms that will scrub servers for a price, but it is also a relatively simple process that can be done at home.

“In 10 steps that I could explain to my grandma, I could tell you how to do it,” said McGeorge.

McGeorge said there are many ways to delete data, and it can often be recovered depending on the removal technique. But he said if the information is “overwritten” with other code it could be impossible to retrieve.

In addition to deleting information about Techno Rescue from its website, Platte River Networks also removed a page that listed its top executives, a “Techno Rescue” logo from its “Partners” page, and references throughout its site to a construction firm that is one of its clients.

The small company has come under international public scrutiny in recent weeks, with the Daily Mailreporting that it was previously run out of a residential loft and housed its servers in the bathroom.

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Russia Nearing Deployment of New Intermediate-Range Naval Missile by Bill Gertz

Friday August 21st, 2015 at 2:51 PM

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Russia is nearing deployment of a new missile capable of targeting all of Europe with nuclear or conventional warheads, according to defense officials.

Disclosure of the new SSN-30A missile threat comes as Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Thursday warned that Moscow under Vladmir Putin is reemerging as an existential security threat.

Russia “is a very, very significant threat,” Carter told reporters at the Pentagon. “And I think a point that they’ve made, but I would certainly make: Russia poses an existential threat to the United States by virtue simply of the size of the nuclear arsenal that it has.”

Regarding the SSN-30A, designated as the “Kalibr” missile, Pentagon officials said the new naval weapon can be equipped with both nuclear and conventional warheads and can reach most of Europe when fired from ships in the Black Sea.

The longer-range version of the Kalibr can reach between 620 and 923 miles. A shorter range version can hit targets at distances of up to 180 miles.

A cruise missile variant also is being developed that officials said appears to violate the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.

A test of the Kalibr was conducted earlier this month, officials said.

The new supersonic missile is capable of being used to strike targets both at sea and on land.

“This system is about ready to be deployed,” said one official who voiced concerns for U.S. interests and those of allies in Europe. “It allows the Russians to cover most of Europe from the Black Sea on naval vessels.

“They can hold all of Europe at risk,” the official said. “This is like putting SS-20s in Europe again.”

SS-20 intermediate-range nuclear missiles were withdrawn under the INF treaty in the 1980s.

Additionally, naval vessels equipped with SSN-30s also could be deployed from the Black Sea to Kaliningrad, the Russian enclave on the Baltic Sea bordering Poland and Lithuania.

Russian officials have threatened to deploy short-range Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad, in response to U.S. missile defense deployments in Europe.

Mark Schneider, a former Pentagon nuclear strategy expert, said the Kalibr is a capable, supersonic, very accurate nuclear and conventional missile.

The missile is expected to see “a very widespread deployment” on both submarines and surface ships, including the new type 885 Yasen class submarine, older submarines and cruisers, and newer models of destroyers.

“Thanks to 25 years of bad decisions on nuclear deterrence, we have no comparable capability,” Schneider said.

“The Obama administration in the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review Report announced the elimination of the nuclear-armed version of the Tomahawk submarine launched cruise missile,” he added. “If Putin attacks one of the vulnerable NATO states, the Kalibr will likely be one of the main threat weapons used to try to deter a NATO counter attack. Granting Putin a monopoly on almost all types of tactical nuclear weapons is plain stupid.”

Carter said Russia under President Vladimir Putin has become a new “antagonist,” following the military takeover of Ukraine’s Crimea and continuing covert arming of pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine.

“Vladimir Putin’s Russia behaves, in some respects and in very important respects, as an antagonist. That is new. That is something, therefore, that we need to adjust to and counter,” the defense secretary said.

The Pentagon has adopted a policy called “strong and balanced,” Carter said.

“The strong part means we are adjusting our capabilities qualitatively and in terms of their deployments, to take account of this behavior of Russia,” he said, adding that the Pentagon has begun working with NATO states in new ways, such as deterring Russia and hardening borders near Russia.

Efforts also are being taken to counter Moscow’s use of “hybrid warfare,” the use of both military forces and information warfare.

The harder line approach is being balanced by continued cooperation with Moscow on counterterrorism, North Korea, and in some aspects Iran.

“So where Russia sees its interests as aligned with ours, we can work with them and will continue to do that,” Carter said.

He added that the United States “would hold open the door” to future cooperation with Russia, should its approach change.

In his remarks, Carter bolstered earlier expressions of concern from Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford, the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who said during a Senate hearing last month that Russia “presents the greatest threat to our national security.”

NATO commander Gen. Philip Breedlove told PBS July 29 that Russia poses a greater danger than the Islamic State terrorist group.

Breedlove said the United States sought to make Russia a partner for the past 20 years. Instead, Moscow has “used force to change internationally recognized boundaries” by occupying Crimea and moving military forces in eastern Ukraine.

“And this is a nation that possesses a pretty vast nuclear inventory, and talks about the use of that inventory very openly in the past,” Breedlove said.

“And so what I think you see being reflected is that we see a revanchist Russia that has taken a new path towards what the security arrangements in Europe are like and how they are employed. And they talk about using, as a matter of course, nuclear weapons. For that reason, these senior leaders, I believe, see that as a major threat.”

Asked if U.S. support for NATO allies near Russia could trigger a war, Breedlove said: “Well, the best way not to have a war is to be prepared for war. So, we’re in there now, training their soldiers.”

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