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Terrorism as the best advertising for the AK-47 (Kalashnikov semi-automatic).  And wo da ya sink  'bout zis , Mr. Dyumin ? Ah? Good idea? Tell us more.   M.N.  Владимир Путин провёл совместное заседание президиума Государственного совета и консультативной комиссии Госсовета, посвящённое мерам по повышению инвестиционной привлекательности субъектов Российской Федерации. 12 ноября 2016 года 16:10 Ярославль SHARE PICTURE +7 Action man Dyumin (above), who was fast tracked into a political career by Putin and appointed governor of Tula region, has been tipped as a potential successor. He personally escorted toppled Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych out of his country after the 2014 revolution, and played a key role in the Russian seizure of Crimea Read more:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3926512/Is-Putin-QUIT-Russian-president-step-ill-health-hints-Kremlin-expert.html#ixzz4Q4f0zFsI Follow us:  @MailOnline on Twitter  |  DailyMail

Trump needs to make heads roll at the CIA and FBI By Michael Walsh View author archive Get author RSS feed                           Trump needs to think big and build right to reform our infrastructure One of the thorniest questions facing the incoming Trump administration is what to do about America’s increasingly dysfunctional intelligence community, known collectively by its acronym, the IC. Made up of no fewer than 16 different agencies, the IC includes marquee services like the CIA and the National Security Agency, as well as more obscure spook fiefdoms such as Defense Intelligence Agency (serving the military) and the National Reconnaissance Office, which monitors America’s national-security concerns via satellites. In the aftermath of Sept. 11., George W. Bush hastily reorganized the IC, creating the elephantine Department of Homeland Security to absorb some agencies, demoting the Director of Central Intelligence (formerly the nation’s top spy) to a subalter