Saturday, March 11, 2017

RT @CBSNews: A whopping 48M Twitter accounts are actually bots, study reveals https://t.co/74Dbq1waoL https://t.co/ET9ijhcrgr by mikenov Saturday March 11th, 2017 at 10:50 AM

RT @CBSNews: A whopping 48M Twitter accounts are actually bots, study reveals https://t.co/74Dbq1waoL https://t.co/ET9ijhcrgr 

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RT @CBSNews: A whopping 48M Twitter accounts are actually bots, study reveals https://t.co/74Dbq1waoL https://t.co/ET9ijhcrgr

Posted by  mikenov on Sat Mar 11 14:04:16 2017.


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RT @guardiannews: Democrats question Trump 'conflict of interest' with Deutsche Bank investigation https://t.co/mMCVshN3ZY 

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RT @guardiannews: Democrats question Trump 'conflict of interest' with Deutsche Bank investigation https://t.co/mMCVshN3ZY

Posted by  mikenov on Sat Mar 11 14:04:37 2017.


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RT @politico: Mar-a-lago doesn’t follow the same strict background check protocol as the White House, creating an espionage risk https://t.… 

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RT @politico: Mar-a-lago doesn’t follow the same strict background check protocol as the White House, creating an espionage risk https://t.…

Posted by  mikenov on Sat Mar 11 14:04:55 2017.


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RT @thedailybeast: EXCLUSIVE: Preet Bharara has yet to submit his resignation letter—and may instead force Jeff Sessions to fire him. https… 

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RT @thedailybeast: EXCLUSIVE: Preet Bharara has yet to submit his resignation letter—and may instead force Jeff Sessions to fire him. https…

Posted by  mikenov on Sat Mar 11 14:05:14 2017.


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RT @thehill: #BREAKING: Top Trump adviser admits to contact with DNC hacker: report https://t.co/3XJdt2QbaJ https://t.co/C3Zf0WVNOg 

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RT @thehill: #BREAKING: Top Trump adviser admits to contact with DNC hacker: report https://t.co/3XJdt2QbaJ https://t.co/C3Zf0WVNOg

Posted by  mikenov on Sat Mar 11 14:05:35 2017.


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RT @thedailybeast: JUST IN: Trump confidant Roger Stone admits chats with DNC hacker https://t.co/QUjtcPplBf https://t.co/GRBDwD7yc0 

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RT @thedailybeast: JUST IN: Trump confidant Roger Stone admits chats with DNC hacker https://t.co/QUjtcPplBf https://t.co/GRBDwD7yc0

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RT @thehill: Sessions considering special prosecutor to investigate Obama Justice Department https://t.co/Y4IZ7kZyz9 https://t.co/LGCNG3zsCD 

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RT @thehill: Sessions considering special prosecutor to investigate Obama Justice Department https://t.co/Y4IZ7kZyz9 https://t.co/LGCNG3zsCD

Posted by  mikenov on Sat Mar 11 14:06:26 2017.


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RT @thehill: Dem lawmaker: Trump should be impeached if he colluded with Russia https://t.co/BqjInU5y7o https://t.co/5c6MoDuOm8 

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RT @thehill: Dem lawmaker: Trump should be impeached if he colluded with Russia https://t.co/BqjInU5y7o https://t.co/5c6MoDuOm8

Posted by  mikenov on Sat Mar 11 14:07:30 2017.


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RT @thedailybeast: Why is Rex Tillerson so scared of the spotlight? https://t.co/Z0y6eEvkUp https://t.co/G4tTAuj945

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RT @thedailybeast: Why is Rex Tillerson so scared of the spotlight? https://t.co/Z0y6eEvkUphttps://t.co/G4tTAuj945

Posted by  mikenov on Sat Mar 11 14:07:45 2017.


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RT @thehill: Clinton Labor Secretary: There are now four grounds to impeach Trump https://t.co/GE96UidnjX https://t.co/YKh43ycb6r 

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RT @thehill: Clinton Labor Secretary: There are now four grounds to impeach Trump https://t.co/GE96UidnjX https://t.co/YKh43ycb6r

Posted by  mikenov on Sat Mar 11 14:07:58 2017.


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RT @TIME: Twin explosions kill at least 40 in Syria's capital https://t.co/fsL5kBLXoa 

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RT @TIME: Twin explosions kill at least 40 in Syria's capital https://t.co/fsL5kBLXoa

Posted by  mikenov on Sat Mar 11 14:08:15 2017.


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RT @guardian: Prison psychiatrists warn care is ‘at breaking point’ https://t.co/wHWcspnC8t 

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RT @guardian: Prison psychiatrists warn care is ‘at breaking point’ https://t.co/wHWcspnC8t

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RT @thehill: Bush ethics lawyer knocks Trump Russia ties: "KGB agents running around the West Wing" https://t.co/YqraJWoVh0 https://t.co/8q… 

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RT @thehill: Bush ethics lawyer knocks Trump Russia ties: "KGB agents running around the West Wing" https://t.co/YqraJWoVh0 https://t.co/8q…

Posted by  mikenov on Sat Mar 11 14:09:26 2017.


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В Москве заговорили о скорой отставке Путина: Стрелков-Гиркин рассказал интересные детали плана, который готовят в Кремле - Диалог.UA - Всегда два мнения

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В Москве заговорили о скорой отставке Путина: Стрелков-Гиркин рассказал интересные детали плана, который готовят в Кремле
Диалог.UA - Всегда два мнения
Гиркин отмечает, что время отхода от власти зависит от состояния здоровья Путина и его ближайшего окружения. Главной идеей указанной схемы является отсутствие необходимости проводить очередные выборы, так как по законодательству вице-президент автоматически ...
Я устал, я — мухожук. Стрелков прогнозирует отставку ПутинаПубличные люди

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Two Mid East leaders make no headway with Putin - DEBKA file

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Two Mid East leaders make no headway with Putin
DEBKA file
Two close US allies, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, traveled to Moscow on Thursday and Friday (March 9-10), to press very different cases relating to Syria before Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Putin, Erdogan working 'in full cooperation' in SyriaDeutsche Welle
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Turkey's determination against Kurds alienates US, Russia - The News Tribune

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Turkey's determination against Kurds alienates US, Russia
The News Tribune
FILE - In this file image made from video posted online on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016 by Qasioun News Agency, Turkish-backed Syrian opposition forces, one carrying a Turkish flag, patrol in Dabiq, Syria. Turkey's military incursion in northern Syria ...
Turkey seeks to build Syrian military cooperation with RussiaReuters
US Puts Troops on the Ground in Syria to Blunt Turkish CampaignBloomberg
Erdogan to Visit Moscow Friday as Russia, US Unite to Defend Kurds from Turkish Army inSyriaBreitbart News
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Trump, Days After Accusations Against Obama, Keeps a Low Profile - New York Times

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New York Times

Trump, Days After Accusations Against Obama, Keeps a Low Profile
New York Times
President Trump met with Representative Kevin Brady of Texas, left, the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, and Representative Greg Walden of Oregon, the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, on Friday. Credit Al Drago/The New ...

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David Petraeus: WikiLeaks CIA document dump could be as dangerous as Snowden's - Washington Examiner

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Washington Examiner

David Petraeus: WikiLeaks CIA document dump could be as dangerous as Snowden's
Washington Examiner
Former CIA director David Petraeus says WikiLeaks publishing this week what it claims to be a trove of CIA hacking documents could be as damaging to national security as former NSA contractor Edward Snowden's 2013 leak of secret information from the ...
What the CIA WikiLeaks dump tells us: Encryption worksArtesia Daily Press

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Just another three hours at the Trump White House - Washington Post

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Just another three hours at the Trump White House
Washington Post
11:44 a.m.: The White House press corps is invited into a conversation President Trump was hosting with House Republicans in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. The subject was the health-care bill hustling its way to the House floor; the president ...
Is Trump Being Investigated? 'No Comment,' Justice Dept. SaysNew York Times
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FBI probes 'odd' link between Trump server and Russia's Alfa Bank - FRANCE 24

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FRANCE 24

FBI probes 'odd' link between Trump server and Russia's Alfa Bank
FRANCE 24
FBI counterintelligence teams and computer scientists continue to investigate whether a TrumpOrganization computer server had a back channel connection to a Russian bank, US media reported on Friday. Sources close to the investigation told CNN that ...
FBI Investigation of Russian Bank's Link With Trump Organization's Server Ongoing: ReportNewsweek
Sources: FBI investigation continues into 'odd' computer link between Russian bank and TrumpOrganizationCNN
Trump's alleged computer server connection with a Russian bank continues to be investigatedSalon
The Hill -Raw Story -Newsmax
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Rep. Waters: Impeach Trump if there was any collusion with Russia - The Hill

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Rep. Waters: Impeach Trump if there was any collusion with Russia
The Hill
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) is doubling down on her push for Congress to move quickly to impeach President Trump if solid evidence emerges of collusion with the Russian government. “The only thing that I am focused on is credible investigations to ...
Donald Trump-Russia dossier: Sex act claims are 'absolutely true', claims Democrat congresswomanThe Independent
Rep. Maxine Waters: Impeach Trump If Russia Claims Are TrueNewsmax
Maxine Waters Says 'Sex Actions' Detailed in Trump/Russia Dossier Are 'Supposed to be True'Mediaite
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Today in Trump: March 10, 2017 - CBS News

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Today in Trump: March 10, 2017
CBS News
Most election forecasters found themselves in a social media buzzsaw the day after Donald Trump stunned the country with his triumph over Hillary Clinton. Major political oddsmakers had predicted a Clinton win, and famed numbers savant Nate Silver ...

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FBI Director James Comey's 'October Surprise' Doomed Hillary Clinton's Candidacy: Analysis - AlterNet

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FBI Director James Comey's 'October Surprise' Doomed Hillary Clinton's Candidacy: Analysis
AlterNet
That news, which left me with a sinking feeling that all-but erased the confidence I had inClinton's prospects after the three presidential debates, was the moment that elected DonaldTrump according to an analysis released this week by a data firm ...

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GOP rep: Obama running 'shadow government' to undermine Trump - The Hill (blog)

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GOP rep: Obama running 'shadow government' to undermine Trump
The Hill (blog)
He was speaking at the Mercer County Republican Party's annual Lincoln Day dinner. The Obamas are remaining in Washington while their younger daughter Sasha finishes high school. Barack Obama's two-term presidency ended Jan. 20 when Trump was ...
GOP Rep. Kelly: Obama Only Stayed in DC to Run 'Shadow Government'Mediaite

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The Dutch and Australian investigators, along with OSCE monitors, finally reach MH 17 plane crash site - Baltic Review

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Baltic Review

The Dutch and Australian investigators, along with OSCE monitors, finally reach MH 17 plane crash site
Baltic Review
The article that follows focuses attention on the latest up-to-date information on the downing ofMH 17, killing all 298 passengers and crew aboard, the independent, international investigationthat has been initiated, and comments by members of the ...

Ukraine lawyer seeks probe of alleged hacked texts of Manafort's daughter - CNN

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CNN

Ukraine lawyer seeks probe of alleged hacked texts of Manafort's daughter
CNN
Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) A Ukrainian human rights attorney representing the victims of mass police shootings in Kiev in 2014 has asked prosecutors to investigate what are purported to be the hacked text messages of one of Paul Manafort's daughters, saying ...

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'No foundation in fact': Russian billionaire issues first response to theories about his ties to Trump - Business Insider

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Business Insider

'No foundation in fact': Russian billionaire issues first response to theories about his ties to Trump
Business Insider
Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev "categorically" denied through his adviser on Friday that he had ever met President Donald Trump, amid questions over why Rybolovlev had flown into cities where Trump was campaigning before the November election.
This Palm Beach Post story is peak Trump-Russia media frenzyWashington Post
Russian billionaire says it was 'pure coincidence' his jet twice shadowed Trump'sCharlotte Observer
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Flynn told Trump team he might register as a foreign agent - Washington Post

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Washington Post

Flynn told Trump team he might register as a foreign agent
Washington Post
Attorneys for Michael Flynn, President Trump's former national security adviser, informed the incoming White House legal counsel during the transition that Flynn might need to register with the government as a foreign agent — a phone call that raised ...
How does Trump feel about official statistics? 'They may have been phony in the past, but it's very real now'Los Angeles Times
Michael Flynn Was Paid to Represent Turkey's Interests During Trump CampaignNew York Times
Trump team knew Michael Flynn might register as a foreign agent for Turkey workUSA TODAY
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Palestinian leader invited to White House in Trump call

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What the Jobs Report Is Telling Mr. Trump

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The president did not inherit a mess. He inherited an economy within striking distance of full employment. It’s his job not to derail it.
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Unvarnished truth key to Silicon Valley success

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Human authenticity could save us from the robots, writes Philip Delves Broughton

mikenov on Twitter: U.S. commander signals larger, longer U.S. presence in Syria https://t.co/zzqt0MG5Fp 

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U.S. commander signals larger, longer U.S. presence in Syria https://t.co/zzqt0MG5Fp

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Palestinian leader invited to White House in Trump call - Washington Post

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Palestinian leader invited to White House in Trump call
Washington Post
RAMALLAH, West Bank — President Donald Trump invited Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to the White House to discuss resuming peace talks in their first contact since Trump took office in January. Abbas' spokesman Nabil Abu Rdeneh said that Abbas ...
Republican Party, 'Kong: Skull Island': Your Friday Evening BriefingNew York Times
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German shopping mall shut on police fears of an attack

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ESSEN, Germany (Reuters) - Police in the western German city of Essen sealed off a shopping center in the center of town and ordered it to remain closed on Saturday due to concrete indications of a possible attack.
  

Assad says yet to see real steps on Islamic State by Trump, U.S. forces 'invaders'

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he had yet to see "anything concrete" from U.S. President Donald Trump over his vow to defeat Islamic State and called U.S. forces in Syria "invaders" because they were there without government permission.
  
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Double suicide attack kills 40 in Damascus: report

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 40 people were killed and dozens more wounded in an attack by two suicide bombers in Damascus on Saturday, Hezbollah's al-Manar TV reported, in an attack the Syrian Observatory said targeted Shi'ite pilgrims.
  

Melania Trump begins to embrace new role as first lady

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Melania Trump's invitation for high-powered women to join her at the White House was about more than the lunch they would eat, or the stated purpose of honoring International Women's Day....

Dutch withdraw Turkish minister's travel permission in rally dispute: CNN Turk

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ANKARA (Reuters) - The Netherlands has withdrawn permission for Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlet Cavusoglu to fly to Rotterdam on Saturday after he was barred from addressing a Turkish rally there, CNN Turk and NTV television stations said on Sunday.
  

Dutch bar plane carrying Turkish foreign minister from landing

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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Saturday barred a plane carrying Turkey's foreign minister from landing, saying his visit would be a threat to public order.
  

Syrian rebels want Astana meeting delayed to assess ceasefire

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebel groups called for the postponement of Russian-backed peace talks in Kazakhstan this month and said further meetings would depend on whether the government and its allies adhered to a newly declared March 7-20 ceasefire.
  

euronewsru's YouTube Videos: В Германии задержан 19-летний подросток по подозрению в двух убийствах

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В Германии задержан 19-летний Марсель Хессе, которого подозревают в двух убийствах. Тело одной из жертв, 22-летнего мужчины, было обнаружено в этом доме в городе Херне. Убийца нанёс ему десятки ножевых ранений и устроил в квартире поджог, когда тот понял, что Хессе разыскивается за убийство 9-летнего мальчика, совершённое тремя днями ранее. Затем юноша сам сдался полиции.
«Он сделал признание моим коллегам с ледяным спокойствием. Можно сказать, что он не глуп, он весьма умён и помнит много дета…
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Putin and Putinism - News Review: Putin Aims to Undermine Western Democracies With Election Meddling, Experts Say - Citizen TV (press release)

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Putin Aims to Undermine Western Democracies With Election Meddling, Experts Say
Citizen TV (press release)
Russian President Vladimir Putin is single-handedly trying to undermine democracy in the United States and Europe and rupture their decades-old NATO alliance by meddling in their elections, foreign affairs analysts and Estonia's former president told a ...
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Saudi-led coalition air strike kills 22 in Yemen: official

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HODEIDAH (Reuters) - At least 22 civilians were killed on Friday and dozens wounded when a Saudi-led coalition air strike hit a market in western Yemen causing a fire to break out, a local official said.
  

Turkey says all deals with EU in jeopardy if no visa liberalization

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ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Saturday deals with the European Union, including an agreement on stemming the flow of migrants, would be jeopardized if the bloc failed to implement promised visa liberalization for Turks.
  

Assad says yet to see real steps from Trump on Islamic State

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he yet to see "anything concrete" from U.S. President Donald Trump over his vow to defeat Islamic State and called U.S. forces deployed in Syria "invaders" because they were there without government permission.
  

Two bombs go off in Damascus, fatalities reported - state media

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two bombs exploded in Damascus on Saturday, and there were initial reports of fatalities, Syrian state news agency SANA reported. The bombs went off near a cemetery in the Bab Masala area of the city.
  

Islamic State frees Mosul prisoners as grip on last major city slips

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State has released dozens of prisoners held in jails in the districts of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul that remain under its control, residents said on Saturday.
  
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Gunmen attack military airport in eastern Afghanistan

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KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked a military air base in the eastern Afghan province of Khost, officials said on Saturday.
  

Russia, UK prepare ground for British foreign minister's visit

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and Britain discussed relations between the two countries and preparations for a visit by British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to Moscow, Russia's foreign ministry said on Saturday.
  

Trump Campaign Adviser Says He Exchanged Messages With DNC Hacker - The Denver Channel

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Trump Campaign Adviser Says He Exchanged Messages With DNC Hacker
The Denver Channel
A longtime friend of President Trump, who was also a campaign adviser, said he exchanged messages with the hacker Guccifer 2.0. As you may remember, Guccifer 2.0 claimed responsibility for the hacking of the Democratic National Committee over the ...
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The super-secret division in charge of the Russia investigation

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It's a case that's been the subject of endless speculation in Washington and beyond.
But to those tasked with getting to the bottom of the allegations and innuendo, it's just another "standard counterintelligence investigation," as one highly placed US official put it. Add to that the freshly assigned task of determining how a huge cache of what appear to be authentic CIA documents ended up on the WikiLeaks website.
Welcome to the super-secret world of the Counterintelligence Division, home to the spy catchers of the FBI.
It's a shadowy world that's closed off even to those typically in the know in bureau headquarters, a silo of secrecy in which agents are valued as much for their ability to keep quiet as they are for their investigative skills.
"They keep that (stuff) locked down tight," one veteran FBI agent said.
One source familiar with the Russia investigation resorted to a mathematical equation to divulge -- sort of -- the number of agents assigned to the matter.
It's five to 10 fewer than were assigned to the Hillary Clinton email investigation, said the source, who is not authorized to speak publicly and did so on the condition of anonymity. There were about two dozen dedicated to that case, so that makes 15 to 20 on the Russia investigation.
The resources assigned to the Clinton investigation were in response to agents having to sort through a vast amount of electronic data in a finite period of time before the then-looming presidential election, the source said. With the Russia probe, there is no such time pressure and efforts are more focused on interviews with human sources.
The smaller number of agents assigned to the case should not be interpreted as a lack of interest, the source said. Developments in the case are sent up the chain to the highest levels on a regular basis.
Known simply as CD within the bureau, the Counterintelligence Division is responsible for protecting the secrets of the US intelligence community, the advanced technologies of American institutions both public and private, keeping weapons of mass destruction away from US enemies and countering the activities of foreign spies, including cyberintrusions.
Their cases sometimes go on for years amid careful, tedious, behind-the-scenes work aimed at recruiting or neutralizing foreign spies.
One reason for the long, drawn-out investigations is that their cases rarely are as cut and dried as bank robbery or kidnapping.
In the Russia investigation, for instance, there's been abundant speculation about the significance of meetings between people connected to President Donald Trump and Russian Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak.
A meeting in itself means nothing, said Mike Rogers, a former FBI agent and Republican congressman from Michigan.
"First of all, they have to find a crime," Rogers, a CNN national security commentator, said of the agents.
"I have met with Kislyak twice, as a congressman," Rogers said. "That's not a crime."
Rarely do they result in criminal prosecutions. Rarer still are headlines.
There was an exception in 2015, when the Counterintelligence Division was publicly credited with the disruption of a Russian spy ring operating in New York City. It was lead by a man working in a Russian bank in Manhattan, according to federal authorities. The man, Evgeny Buryakov, also happened to be an agent of Russia's SVR, their equivalent of the CIA. It was a spy-novel-worthy case involving electronic intercepts, surveillance and coded messages. Buryakov pleaded guilty last year and was sentenced to two and half years in prison.
Ironically, the division's most enduring publicity came in the wake of the massive betrayal of one of its longtime agents: Robert Philip Hanssen.
Hanssen was arrested in 2001 and charged with selling secrets to the former Soviet Union and Russia over the course of two decades. He was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and diamonds in exchange for secrets that he often left at a "dead drop" location for his handlers to retrieve. He was arrested following what would be his final drop, pleaded guilty and is serving a life sentence in prison. He is considered the most damaging spy in FBI history.
But following his arrest, then-FBI Director Louis J. Freeh singled out Hanssen's colleagues in the Counterintelligence Division for confronting "the most traitorous actions imaginable."
"Their actions represent counterintelligence at its very best and under the most difficult and sensitive of circumstances," Freeh said. "Hanssen's colleagues and coworkers at the FBI conducted this investigation and did so quietly, securely and without hesitation. Much of what these men and women did remains undisclosed but their success and that of their CIA counterparts represents unparalleled expertise and dedication to both principle and mission."
CD is so secretive that even former agents are reluctant to speak publicly about their tenure there.
One former supervisor said agents need the seemingly disparate skill set of being good talkers who can recruit and maintain sources while also being able to keep their mouths shut -- about everything.
"Ninety-five percent of the cases are classified information or above," the source said.
"You have to be very disciplined about what you share with whom," he said. "My wife knew where I worked. She did not really know what I did."
He said counterintelligence work would not appeal to someone with the stereotypical macho cop persona or someone who wants to be the center of attention.
"It's more subtle. You're working in the shadows. You don't want to be noticed," the source said. "It's very different than kicking down doors or doing drug raids."
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President Trump to meet with Angela Merkel - YouTube

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Kellyanne Conway weighs in on the White House and foreign relations on 'The O'Reilly Factor'

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