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Chipotle Mexican Grill has temporarily closed over 40 restaurants in Washington and Oregon. Health officials are investigating an E. coli outbreak linked to Chipotle restaurants. Photo: Getty Images.
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Officials still do not know what brought down a Russian airliner killing 224 people on board. CNN's Rene Marsh reports.
President Barack Obama is announcing new rules that will prevent federal agencies from quickly screening out job applicants just because they have criminal records. (Nov. 2)
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Iraq’s parliament voted to block Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi from unilaterally passing anticorruption measures and other reforms.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Monday it was reviewing an incident during a meeting of Secretary of State John Kerry with Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov in Samarkand in which an American reporter was escorted out after shouting a question.
Suspicions that terrorism was at play grow as Metrojet says disaster could not have been caused by a technical fault or human error
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Analysis: Erdogan buoyed by election, faces challengesby Desmond Butler | AP
The surprising margin of victory for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party in parliamentary elections marks a remarkable turnaround and puts him firmly in control of Turkish politics.
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Black civil rights activist says she has seen herself as black from a very early age and still self-identified as black
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An ISIS AUMF? Almost exactly a year after the Obama administration first sought an authorization for the use of military force against ISIS, the Washington Post reports that there are renewed murmurs in Congress about the possibility of a new AUMF. Spearheaded by the White House’s decision on Friday to put boots on the ground in Syria, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is now preparing a briefing on new legislation. Yet, any new AUMF would likely face the same challenges in Congress that sank proposals for an ISIS AUMF the last time around.
The New York Times examines the heavily mixed political reactions to the deployment of Special Operations ground troops in Syria. Within Congress, members are split as to whether the 50 troops set to be deployed are 50 too many or instead are far too few. Abroad, Saudi Arabia indicated its approval of the plan, though officials from other Arab countries suggested that this new U.S. plan would not make progress toward defeating ISIS or toward ousting Syrian President Bashar al Assad.The Post considers the impact that 50 special forces could have in bolstering efforts against the Islamic State in northern Syria, noting that much will depend on the assets they bring to the fight and how far they are allowed to go in terms of combat operations.
The Post also takes a look at the implications of sending in ground troops, writing that the deployment appears aimed at retaking Raqqa from ISIS's control and clearing the militant group from a swath along the Syria-Turkey border in order to create a safe haven for refugees. At this point, U.S. officials are aiming for a more “granular” approach rather than operating according to a broader strategy.
While Friday’s talks in Vienna concluded in a discussion of a possible nationwide ceasefire, Reuters explains that “key differences remained between rivals backing opposing sides” and over the weekend, "fighting escalated despite a flurry of diplomatic activity."
Following the Syrian government’s shelling of Douma, a rebel-held Damascus suburb, rebels have captured members of the Alawite sect as hostages, the Times reports. The rebels are using the hostages, who are being paraded in cages, to persuade the government to stop the shelling and threaten to kill the hostages should the shelling continue. Meanwhile, the Islamic State has advanced across central Syria, seizing Mahin, a city in the Homs province, forestalling any hopes that the militant group was withering under the multi-nation and multi-coalition assault in Syria.
As tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia continue to flare in Vienna, Iran claimed that "it would quit Syria peace talks if it found them unconstructive, citing the 'negative role' of Saudi Arabia" on the discussions. BBC tells us that Iranian hardliners are alarmed at Iran’s participation in the discussions, fearing that the nuclear agreements have triggered a wave of undue Western influence.
In Afghanistan, splinter factions of the Taliban have named a new leader of their own, rejecting the unified Taliban’s new leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour. The move to select Mullah Mohammad Rasool Akhund as a leader of the splinter group follows months of the internal turmoil that resulted from the death of the group’s former leader Mullah Omar and the question of his successor.
Foreign Policy sheds light on President Obama’s decision to leave troops in Afghanistan, following his departure from office, and the impact that his decision will have on U.S. government contractors.
The Long War Journal reports that the United States destroyed an al Qaeda training camp in Kandahar earlier in October. Stretching over a 30 square-mile area, the camp is believed to have been the largest al Qaeda training facility ever, raising questions about whether U.S. intelligence has underestimated al Qaeda's presence in the country.
Secretary of State John Kerry is in Central Asia, where, according to the Post, he seeks to “reassure the five “Stans” that they are not forgotten as the United States draws down in nearby Afghanistan.” In discussions with the President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, Kerry “discussed the potential for cooperation on trade, security and the environment if it improves its human rights record.”
urkey held parliamentary elections yesterday, with Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) notching a large victory. The AKP regained single-party rule over the country’s government, but “opponents fear [that the AKP’s victory] heralds growing authoritarianism and deeper polarization.” The Post writes that the election “marks a considerable political coup for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been at the helm of the country for 13 years and now looks likely to further entrench his rule.”
The Iraqi parliament has voted to restrict Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s ability to pass reforms without first consulting lawmakers. The move came after Abadi unilaterally enacted reforms in August, reforms that members of parliament deemed a violation of the constitution. Those reforms included dismissing the vice presidents and deputy prime ministers and cutting the salaries of government employees.
The Times reports that Iran has begun the process of decommissioning thousands of centrifugesused for enriching uranium in keeping to its commitments under the nuclear accords.
The Daily Beast’s Shane Harris tells us that GTT Communications Inc., an American contractor, is supplying Iran with Internet. He asks whether GTT's service to the country violates the U.S. Department of Treasury's sanction guidelines and why the company would be providing service to Iran.
U.N. special envoy to Yemen expects talks between Iranian-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi-allied forces loyal to Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh to begin by mid-November. All major parties to the conflict have agreed to implement “U.N. Security Council Resolution 2216, which calls on Houthi and Saleh forces to withdraw from main cities and surrender arms captured from Yemeni government forces.”
On Saturday, a Russian plane crashed over the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board and prompting speculation about the causes of the crash. The local Islamic State-affiliate claimedresponsibility for the crash, citing Russia’s intervention in Syria as the reason behind the attack. Officials have not ruled out the possibility of the Islamic State’s involvement in the incident, but it remains unclear whether the group is behind the crash. Meanwhile, the company that owned the aircraft has ruled out technical or pilot errors, an account which was contradicted by Russian officials as being premature hours later. The AP has more.
Violence continues in Israel as yet another Palestinian attacker who attacked an Israeli soldier was shot by Israeli forces. In a separate incident, another Palestinian stabbed an elderly Israeli woman and others before being shot. As violent attacks continue, the Israeli government is divided on whether or not to return the bodies of reported Palestinian terrorists to the Palestinian Authority.
In a series of attacks on Saturday, a publisher of secular magazine was found hacked to death in Bangladesh, the Post reports. The Times tells us that al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attacks. The attacks follow the circulation of “hit lists” which have targeted secular writers and authors critical of fundamentalist Islam in Bangladesh.
A popular hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia was attacked by Islamist militants. Al Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack which killed at least 14 people.
As part of his visit to Asia, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter met with his South Korean counterpart and “urged North Korea [] to immediately cease all activities related to its nuclear program." The two defense chiefs also reaffirmed their commitment to the U.S.-South Korean alliance. The South Korean defense minister also expressed his support the U.S.'s freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea.
Writing from Malaysia in Defense One, Carter called for a “new commitment to military, academic, business and scientific partnerships,” pointing to both the opportunities within and challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region.
In China, the chief editor of a regional state-run newspaper has been fired and expelled from the Communist Party for “groundlessly commenting” on government policies. The Journal reports on Zhao Xinwei’s firing, which appears to indicate a crackdown on dissent within the Party. The newspaper in question is located in the western Xinjiang region, which has been a focus of government concern following violent protests by the region’s Uighur population.
The White House has unveiled a new cybersecurity initiative that will attempt to bolster government responses to cyber attacks and mitigate potential cyber threats. In addition to other measures, the policies intends to extend the protections of the Department of Homeland Security's EINSTEIN system throughout the federal government.
The Miami Herald writes that the 9/11 trial hearings concluded with a discussion of the role of female guards at Guantanamo Bay, following Judge Army Col. James L Pohl’s controversial order restricting female guards from touching the defendants. Hearings will resume in mid-December.
What to do about Guantanamo? With the president drawing near his last year in office, the Timesexamines the “unsavory” choice faced by Obama as to how best to deal with the persistent political difficulty posed by Guantanamo Bay. In Jack Goldsmith’s words, “Not closing Gitmo eight years after he pledged to do so would be a failure for his legacy… But the only way to close it is to use an extraordinarily aggressive interpretation of executive power to act against the will of Congress.”
The Hill writes that the Obama administration is hoping to reduce the secrecy surrounding drone strikes as the end of the president’s term draws closer. Top White House officials met with a group of legal experts and human rights advocates last week in an effort to plan for increased transparency. One of the advocates stated that she was “very optimistic” that a push for policy change would result from the discussions, though she was unsure what form it would take.
An FBI website designed to train teachers and students to combat the potential influence of violent extremism has come under fire from Arab, Muslim and other civil rights groups, the Times reports. After being invited to view the program, many experts and community leaders expressed concern that the FBI’s efforts would unfairly target Arab and Muslim students. The website was originally intended to go live today, though it is not clear if this will still take place.
Parting shot: It’s fall--the season of warm beverages, colorful leaves, and autumnal frolicking captured on Instagram. The Instagram, that is, of brutal Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov, who has requested that his social media followers (including various other notorious Chechen strongmen) post pictures of themselves among the fall leaves. #AutumnColors.
ICYMI: This Weekend, on Lawfare
Ben provided the latest edition in his “correction column” for New York Times editorials, this time on the release of Shaker Aamer. Ben also shared his thoughts on the release of Aamer from Guantanamo Bay on Friday. Quinta rounded up the press statements from DOD, Reprieve, and Aamer himself following the former GTMO detainee’s release.
Jack highlighted a new story from the Times’ Charlie Savage on the internal Obama administration debate regarding executive power and the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay.
Yishai Schwartz updated us on the activities on the ground at Guantanamo Bay, summarizing the 10/26 session in the 9/11 pre-trial hearings. Francesca Procaccini did the same for the 10/28 session, which focused extensively on whether detainee Walid bin Attash could fire and replace his defense counsel.
In this week's Foreign Policy Essay, Denise Natali of the National Defense University, challenged the claim that now is the time for Kurdish independence.
Bobby outlined the parameters under which U.S. special operations forces will deploy into Syria, noting that SOF deployments in Syria will not yet extend as far as those in Iraq.
Zack Bluestone brought us the latest edition of Water Wars, which among other topics, explored the PRC’s “double trouble in the South China Sea.”
Paul Rosenzweig alerted an arbitration court in the Hague jurisdiction has agreed to hear the Philippines’ claim against China over disputed territorial claims in the South China Sea.
Herb Lin wrote on large-scale geoengineering and the threat that it presents to national security.
Cody shared the newest edition of the Lawfare Podcast, which features Marvin Kalb on “Putin’s Imperial Gamble.”
Dustin Lewis, Naz Modirzadeh, and Gabriella Blum argued that the ongoing investigations into recent bombings of medical facilities in conflicts from Afghanistan to Yemen to Syria should reaffirm international humanitarian law principles protecting medical staff and facilities.
Finally, Nicholas Weaver explored the less than accurate security advice given by the Nuṣra Front’s English language magazine.
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Mystery Deepens Over Russian Airliner Crash in Egypt
New York Times James R. Clapper Jr., the director of national intelligence, and Nicholas J. Rasmussen, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, separately told a security conference in Washington on Monday that American spy and security agencies so far ... and more » |
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FBI Game Trains Youth to Identify and Counter Extremists
Newsweek The main headquarters of the FBI, the J. Edgar Hoover Building, is seen in Washington on March 4, 2012. The bureau is reportedly set to unveil an interactive website that can prevent young people from being drawn into violent extremism. Gary Cameron/ ... FBI Tool to Identify Extremists Is CriticizedNew York Times Why The FBI Is Suspending Its Anti-Extremism ProgramThinkProgress #NotAllMuslims Bristle At The FBI Pointing Out The Existence Of Islamic TerrorismDaily Caller Washington Post -RT -IJ Review all 13 news articles » |
Cybercriminals have made hundreds of millions of dollars during the last year off of CryptoWall, a sophisticated type of malware which makes the contents of an infected computer off limits until an attacker is compensated by the affected owner, security experts say.
A first-of-its-kind report published last week ...
Report: Israel Bombs Syrian Missile Base by Morgan Chalfant
Israel reportedly bombed a missile base used by President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria near the country’s border with Lebanon on Sunday, destroying multiple missile warehouses.
“Israeli planes breached Lebanese and Syrian airspace and bombed the Syrian regime’s 155th Brigade [base] in the Qutayfa area, destroying a number of missile warehouses,” sources told a pro-rebel news outlet, NOW Syria reported.
A Syrian activist also told the news outlet that Israeli planes “entered Syrian territory from Lebanon at 9:30 p.m. [Sunday] and bombed Scud missile warehouses belonging to the regime.”
“The planes bombed three warehouses containing Scud missiles at the 155th Brigade [base] in western Qalamoun’s Qutayfa area, completely destroying the above-ground [installations],” Ahmad Yabrudi, the activist, stated.
The base was reportedly one of the primary ones from where Syrian government forces had been firing Scud missiles at areas controlled by rebels combatting the regime, meaning the alleged airstrike would deal a blow to Assad’s fight against insurgents.
A pro-Hezbollah news outlet also reported the air strike, an anonymous source explaining that the Israeli planes did not breach Syrian airspace but launched the strike from Lebanese territory.
The report comes just days after pro-rebel outlets claimed that Israel bombed two sites in Syria on Friday, one belonging to the regime and the other to Hezbollah, according to Haaretz.
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4 men arrested in FBI sting
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Vladimir Putin describes the crash as a "great tragedy" and says his thoughts are with the families of the victims
Russia says its warplanes have bombed Islamic State (IS) positions around the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, near a historic castle.
Russian Airline Official Rules Out Pilot Error, Technical Problems In Sinai Crash by support@pangea-cms.com (RFE/RL)
A Russian airline official has said pilot error or technical problems are not to blame for the crash of a Russian jet in Egypt that killed all 224 people aboard.
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The sodomy conviction of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was politically motivated and he should be released immediately, a UN group concludes.
Perestroika, Putin-Styleby support@pangea-cms.com (Brian Whitmore)
When Putin returned to the Kremlin four years ago, the Brezhnev comparisons came fast and furious. Turns out we picked the wrong metaphor.
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A weather forecaster for French state television has been fired after releasing and promoting a book criticizing politicians, scientists and others for what he calls an exaggerated view of climate change.
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'Colossal waste': DOD slammed for $43M, US-funded gas station in Afghanistan
Fox News It might be the world's most expensive gas station — not to mention a gross misuse of taxpayer money, according to a top government watchdog. The Department of Defense spent $43 million to build a gas station in Afghanistan that should have cost ... 'World's Most Expensive Gas Station' Cost Taxpayers $43MABC News How the Pentagon spent $43 million on a single gas stationWashington Post The Pentagon Spent Nearly $43 Million On A Gas Station In AfghanistanHuffington Post Daily Caller-USA TODAY-CNN -Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction all 64 news articles » |
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper weighed in on whether or not ISIS could have shot down a Russian plane flying over the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.
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A rebel group in Syria is putting prisoners in cages and using them as human shields to try and stop government air strikes.
Jaish al-Islam is trying to stop the army from targeting Douma - the largest opposition stronghold outside the capital Damascus.
Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports.
Jaish al-Islam is trying to stop the army from targeting Douma - the largest opposition stronghold outside the capital Damascus.
Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports.
Jan Gross, professor at Princeton University, claimed that Poles killed more Jews than Nazis during the Second World War
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The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil. That fact has led to a practice commonly known as “birth tourism,” in which pregnant women from many countries come to the United States to give birth, so their children will be U.S. citizens. The issue has come up in this year’s presidential campaign, and some are suggesting the U.S. needs to change the 14th Amendment. Yang Chen has more from Washington.
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After more than a decade of defiance, Iran yields to Western demands and begins scaling back its ability to enrich uranium
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Severance guilty in three high-profile killings in Alexandria
Washington Post An eccentric history buff was found guilty Monday of killing three prominent Alexandria residents over the course of a decade — an outcome that formally solves one of the D.C. suburb's oldest mysteries and holds someone accountable for a more recent ... Jury Convicts Man in Northern Virginia Triple Murder CaseABC News Charles Severance Found Guilty of All 10 Charges in Triple-Murder TrialNBC4 Washington Deliberations reach Day 3 in Alexandria triple murder caseOmaha World-Herald FOX 5 DC all 43 news articles » |
Iran will withdraw from talks for peace in Syria if the discussions turn into a forum for political bickering that fails to address the plight of the Syrian people, a senior Iranian official said.
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Two French pilots who fled the Dominican Republic last week to escape a lengthy jail term for drug trafficking are arrested in France.
US Places Weak Limits on Messaging by Foreign Governmentsby webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)
Under the First Amendment, the U.S. Constitution generally prevents the federal government from censoring any media. And while the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department regulate radio station ownership and messaging by foreign governments, it's easy for other nations to legally reach American audiences. A law administered by the FCC, the Communications Act, bans foreign governments or their representatives from owning a radio license for a U.S. broadcast...
Police are saying little about why a man killed three people at random on the streets of Colorado Springs at the weekend.
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Reports: Hacktivist groud Anonymous publishes names of alleged Ku Klux Klan ...
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Theories Abound As To What Downed Russian Airliner Over Egypt by support@pangea-cms.com (Tom Balmforth)
Here are some of the scenarios that Russian and other media are exploring in the wake of Russia's worst-ever air disaster.
Iran begins to decommission uranium enrichment centrifuges as part of a nuclear deal agreed with world powers in July, its nuclear chief announces.
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A look at the potential causes of Russian plane crashby By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ
NEW YORK (AP) -- Investigators are still trying to determine what led to the sudden and catastrophic breakup of a Metrojet plane Saturday over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, just 23 minutes after the Russian-operated jetliner took off from the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh....
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Obama signs two-year budget deal
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Two top editors of a magazine that is critical of Turkey’s government were arrested on November 2 and the latest issue of the publication was seized, a day after the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) won parliamentary elections.
Disturbing Footage Emerges Of 'Taliban' Stoning In Afghanistanby support@pangea-cms.com (Abdul Qadir Ghafoori, Frud Bezhan)
RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan has obtained disturbing video footage of the apparent stoning to death for adultery of a young woman in the western province of Ghor.
Al-Qaeda affiliates hit back at the Islamic State.
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FBI to probe mental state of Illinois cop killed under mysterious circumstances
Fox News The FBI is stepping up its role in the probe of an Illinois police officer's mysterious death two months ago, mounting a comprehensive study of Joseph Gliniewicz's mental state in an effort to determine if he was murdered or died by his own hand. The ... and more » |
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A growing number of devices, from security cameras to cars to weapons systems, are designed to connect to computer networks — the so-called Internet of Things. That affords cyberattackers a wide range of opportunity, but the military is preparing the next generation of leaders to be ready.
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Monday that the possible involvement of Islamic State terrorists in the deadly Russian jet crash over the weekend could not be ruled out.
“We don’t have any direct evidence of any terrorist involvement yet,” Clapper said at a conference in Washington, D.C., according to the Wall Street Journal. He said, however, that he “wouldn’t rule it out” when questioned about the Islamic State’s (IS, also known as ISIL or ISIS) ability to shoot down an airplane.
A Russian airliner crashed early Saturday morning in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula soon after takeoff. The crash killed all 224 people on board traveling from Sharm El-Sheikh, a vacation destination in Egypt, to St. Petersburg. Most of the passengers were Russian nationals.
The Islamic State affiliate in Egypt claimed responsibility downing the jet, circulating a statement on social media declaring, “The soldiers of the caliphate succeeded in bringing down a Russian plane in Sinai.” Russia has dismissed the claim.
Officials representing the Moscow-based airline, Metrojet, said Monday that only “external impact” could have caused the Airbus A321 to break up mid-air as it did.
“[The reason for the accident] could only have been a mechanical impact on the plane,” Metrojet deputy director Alexander Smirnov said, according to USA Today. “We [are] excluding technical problems and rejecting human error.”
The Russian government, which immediately sent investigators to Egypt to probe the crash, said that it remains too early to come to conclusions.
“It would be wrong to articulate any preliminary guesses or voice statements that are not based on anything. At least let the investigators produce some results first,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated, according to Russian news outlets.
The U.S., Germany, and Britain all have warned against flying over Egypt’s Sinai peninsula, a region that has become a home for extremists.
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A Washington Post reporter who was ejected by the State Department this weekend from a press conference with Secretary of State John Kerry was shouting questions before she was booted from the room, according to a State Department official familiar with the incident.
Carol Morello, a diplomatic correspondent for the Post, was attending a press event on Sunday with Kerry and Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov when she purportedly “shouted a question” about the Obama administration’s critical comments on Uzbekistan’s human rights record, according to the official, who would only speak to the Washington Free Beacon on background.
Administration officials then ejected Morello from the room, according to multiple reports.
A State Department official said that Morello had shouted a question during a time when none were being taken.
“It was a shouted question at the end of a photo spray with no questions as the press was being ushered out—no more and no less,” the official said. “You know we work hard to provide access on these trips, but this was just a spray with no time for questions.”
Jon Finer, Kerry’s chief of staff and a former Post reporter, was present in the room at the time, according to photographs.
A Washington Post spokesperson declined to comment on the incident when contacted Monday by the Free Beacon.
A Free Beacon reporter was ejected from a State Department briefing held in Vienna in June.
While the reporter was credentialed by the Viennese government to cover the talks, State Department officials objected to the reporter attending a briefing with U.S. nuclear negotiator Wendy Sherman.
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The victim of a terrorist knife attack in Netanya, 30 km north of Tel Aviv, was an Israeli man of 70. The attacker was shot. This was the second Palestinian attack in a major Israeli coastal town Monday. In the first, three people were injured in Rishon Letzion, including an 80-year old woman who was badly hurt..
Jimmy Carter's August announcement that doctors had discovered tumors on his brain came with a promise: The former U.S. president would scale back his work schedule.
The Department of Defense (DOD) spent $43 million on a two-pump gas station in Afghanistan that should have cost $500,000, an “ill-conceived” project that Afghans have little use for, according to a new report released Monday.
The office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) discovered the Pentagon had no explanation for where the funds went, questioning a DOD program that has spent nearly $800 million in the country since 2009.
The Task Force for Stability and Business Operations (TFBSO) program built a compressed natural gas (CNG) automobile filling station in Sheberghan, Afghanistan, with the goal of expanding the natural gas market in the region.
In a scathing letter to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John F. Sopko blasted the project as an egregious waste of taxpayer funding that has had no economic impact.
“Although TFBSO achieved its immediate objective of building the CNG filling station, it apparently did so at an exorbitant cost to U.S. taxpayers,” he wrote. “In comparison, SIGAR found that a CNG station in Pakistan costs no more than $500,000 to construct.”
“Furthermore, there is no indication that TFBSO considered the feasibility of achieving the station’s broader objectives or considered any of the potentially considerable obstacles to the project’s success before beginning construction,” Sopko continued.
“One of the most troubling aspects of this project is that the Department of Defense claims that it is unable to provide an explanation for the high cost of the project or to answer any other questions concerning its planning, implementation, or outcome,” he said.
The Task Force for Stability and Business Operations (TFBSO) was originally created to support the economy of Iraq. The program shifted its focus to Afghanistan in 2009. TFBSO spent $766 million in Afghanistan until 2014.
The gas station project in Sheberghan consisted of two dispensers and four hoses, a CNG trailer filling point, an office building, and compression and processing equipment.
The Pentagon originally awarded the contractor Central Asian Engineering $3 million to build the gas station. The project ended up costing $42,718,739 and took three years to complete.
The vast majority of spending went towards overhead costs. Only $12.3 million were recorded as direct costs, while $30 million went to overhead.
SIGAR cited the International Energy Association, which said the cost of building a similar CNG station in Pakistan ranges between $200,000 and $500,000.
“In short, at $43 million, the TFBSO filling station cost 140 times as much as a CNG station in Pakistan,” the report said. “To date, DOD has been unable to provide documentation showing why the Sheberghan CNG station cost nearly $43 million.”
The gas station also “produced no discernable macroeconomic gains” and had a “discounted net loss of $31 million.”
Aside from the high costs, the project also found to have no use for the average Afghan. Gasoline-powered vehicles must be converted in order to run on CNG, which costs up to $800 per vehicle.
“According to the World Bank, the average annual income in Afghanistan is
$690,” SIGAR noted.
“In sum, it is not clear why TFBSO believed the CNG filling station project should be undertaken,” the report said. “In the absence of national or even regional natural gas transmission and local distribution infrastructure to support a network of CNG stations, there is no incentive for motorists to convert their vehicles to CNG.”
When presented with SIGAR’s findings, the Pentagon could not explain the project’s high cost and said they could not answer questions about the TFBSO program because it shut down in March.
Sopko was not pleased with the department’s answer and vowed to continue investigating the program.
“Frankly, I find it both shocking and incredible that DOD asserts that it no longer has any knowledge about TFBSO, an $800 million program that reported directly to the Office of the Secretary of Defense and only shut down a little over six months ago,” he said. “Nevertheless, I intend to continue our inquiry into TFBSO activities to shed additional light on how this program operated, what it achieved, how this enormous amount of money was spent, and whether any conduct by TFBSO staff or contractors was criminal in nature.”
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Iran announced over the weekend that it is beginning to implement a blockade of all U.S. goods into the country following an order by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who has directed the country’s government to form an “economy of resistance.”
The order comes following a letter sent late last month by Khamenei to President Hassan Rouhani. Khamenei called the United States “hostile and disruptive” and directed leaders to cut off all further negotiations with America.
Iran’s trade and industrial ministry announced the blockade on Sunday in a statement carried by the country’s state-controlled media.
“We will implement the blockade on imports of American goods in a directive,” Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh, the ministry’s leader, announced in a statement published by PressTV.
Iran is seeking to rely more on domestic production and will start “checking imports of U.S. made goods,” according to the report.
The blockade comes just weeks after the Obama administration began to lift longstanding economic sanctions on Iran as part of the recent nuclear agreement meant to curb the Islamic Republic’s nuclear weapons program.
Multiple reports have indicated that both American and European companies are poised to try and reenter the Iranian marketplace after years of restrictions barring such economic activity.
Both the Coco-Cola and Pepsi beverage companies operate local bottling plants and distribution centers in Iran, according to PressTV. However, the manufacturers “say they have nothing to do with the American brands.”
When asked to comment Monday about the blockade, a State Department official declined.
“We’re not going to comment on every remark attributed to the Supreme Leader,” the official said.
Iran’s parliament voted on Monday to continue supporting “Death to America” rallies often held across the country every Friday.
“The martyr-nurturing nation of Iran is not at all prepared to abandon the slogan of ‘Death to America’ under the pretext of a nuclear agreement,” a group of parliament members said in a statement carried by multiple news outlets.
At least 192 of Iran’s 290 voting Parliament members backed the measure.
“Death to America” has become “a symbol of the Islamic republic and all struggling nations,” the supporters said.
Meanwhile, Khamenei has insisted that the United States fully terminate, rather than suspend, economic sanctions on Iran, a demand that runs counter to what was agreed upon in the nuclear deal.
The supreme leader has also insisted that any threat of new sanctions by the United States—even ones concerning human rights and Iran’s weapons programs—would constitute a violation of the deal.
“Any comments suggesting the sanctions structure will remain in place or [new] sanctions will be imposed, at any level and under any pretext, would be a violation of the JCPOA,” or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, according to Khamenei’s recent letter to Rouhani.
Iranian officials maintain that they are complying with the nuclear accord and moving forward with requirement to scale back the production of enriched uranium, the key component in a nuclear weapon.
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Amateur video shows the stoning of a woman to death in the city of Firoz-Koh in Ghor Province on October 25. The Afghan government blamed Taliban militants for the killing. Police said the woman, identified by the name Rokhshana, had fled her family with her fiance in a bid to find a place to be married. A local official said the militants accused the woman of having premarital sex . The video was provided to RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry used a lecture at Nazarbaev University in Kazakhstan to speak out for freedom - and warn against using terrorism as a pretext for clamping down on legitimate dissent. This, he said, would only play into the hands of the extremists. (RFE/RL's Kazakh Service)
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