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A Partnership Between Russia and the West? Here's Why It's Not Happening

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In a recent interview for Defense News TV, Russia defense analyst Ruslan Pukhov of Moscow offered an interesting prospect: a union of Russia and the West could very well happen, he said, replacing the current so-called Cold War Part II the regions find themselves in, spurred by the common threat of terrorism. 

He compared the unlikely coupling to that of Joseph Stalin and Franklin Roosevelt during World War II, uniting with the lesser of two evils for a common good. 

Perhaps we’ll get to that place. But for now, there seems a lot of factors in the way. 

Consider that Vladamir Putin is not Stalin in the eyes of the Western World, nor is ISIS the same as Nazi Germany. That’s not to rank Western adversaries, but rather to point to notable distinctions that could prevent a true, productive partnership to be forged. 

For one thing, at the time of Stalin’s rule, the Soviet Union was a superpower. It also had tried, albeit with limited success, to cooperate with Nazi Germany. Such cooperation would have posed a perhaps insurmountable challenge to the West. A carefully crafted union between Stalin, Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, the allies had to figure, diminished that threat of a bigger, more powerful enemy. 

Contrast that with today’s Russia. It’s not a superpower, despite actions that hint at a desire to be. And any other potential cooperation with the common threat of the moment – the Islamic State and other terrorist groups – does not exist. That common threat does not seek political expansion as much as philosophical domination. Russia offers no advantage to those groups. By the same token, the world has changed. Eastern Europe is not under the thumb of a communist superpower. It rather is attempting to combat insurgency, and looking to the West to support such efforts. A union between the west and Moscow would run counter to that, at least in the eyes of the countries that feel most threatened. 

The US and Russia continue to struggle to create even a basic information sharing agreement in Syria in order to target ISIS forces there, with the Pentagon last week warning that those conversation cannot go on indefinitely. If the two countries cannot operate together against terrorism, as they did in the early days of the post-9/11 era, it throws cold water on the idea of a broader realignment between Russia and the US. 

Could the dynamic shift? Even Pukhov concedes that chances are pretty low until the situation in Crimea is resolved – a situation that the Ukraine Ambassador in the US Valeriy Chaly called not only occupation, but an information war from Russia that attempts to blackmail Europe. 
Nor could any true partnership happen when Russia poses such a threat to NATO members along the Eastern Flank. It’s a political quagmire. 

So here we are. The odds of that degree of cooperation seemingly so small. And yet, as Pukhov said, “whenever I feel full of pessimism, some terrible terrorist attack happens, like the one in Nice.” 

And then he thinks, maybe. 


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Global Terrorist, Criminal Networks Southcom’s Biggest Threat > U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE > Article

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WASHINGTON, March 11, 2016 — Global terrorist and criminal networks are U.S. Southern Command’s biggest threat, corrosively affecting the stability and security of the United States and every country they infect, Navy Adm. Kurt W. Tidd told a Senate panel yesterday.
The Southcom commander, testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee for the first time since taking command in January, also discussed how the fiscal year 2017 DoD budget request affects Southcom.
“No two networks are alike,” Tidd said. Some are international criminal enterprises focused on transporting any illicit cargo for the right price, he said, while others are small operations that smuggle desperate migrants.
Other networks support terrorist organizations through financing and the spread of violent extremist ideology, he told the panel.
Global competitors also threaten the region, the admiral said.
Global Challenges
“They operate deliberately in the Western Hemisphere as part of their broader global strategies. The most concerning of them is Russia, which portrays the United States in our theater as unreliable and as withdrawing from this pivotal region,” Tidd said.
Security in the Western Hemisphere connects directly to other parts of the world, the admiral said.
“Smuggling networks run through South America directly into our homeland [and] foreign terrorist fighters flow from the Caribbean to Syria and to Iraq,” Tidd added.
As part of its global strategy, he said, Russia tries to discredit U.S. reliability as a trustworthy partner in the United States’ own region.
“These issues transcend artificial boundaries and demand a transregional, united response,” the admiral said.
Colombia and FARC
Also in Southcom’s area of responsibility is Colombia, Tidd said, a country where the United States has worked for decades to help countering narcotrafficking and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Colombia, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, called the FARC.
Yet, hard work remains to done in Colombia, the admiral said, including extending government influence into dangerous criminal-controlled territory, confronting the persistent threat of cocaine production and trafficking, and securing peace after more than 50 years of conflict.
“With the blood and treasure that they have already sacrificed,” Tidd said, “with all that they continue to do to export security across the region, the Colombian people have more than earned our sustained support.”
Central America
Regarding Central America, the admiral said Southcom recognized during the 2014 migrant crisis -- when nearly 500,000 Central American and Mexican migrants were apprehended on the U.S. border -- that what happens on the streets of San Salvador and Tegucigalpa has a direct impact on the streets of Tucson and Providence.
“Our Central American partners are doing all they can to win their countries back from vicious gangs and narcotraffickers, but they cannot do it alone. And because we remain the No. 1 world's consumer of illicit drugs, we owe it to them to do our part,” Tidd said.
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, also in Southcom’s area of responsibility, the admiral said, “is where we conduct the most principled, humane detention operations anywhere in the world, and we will continue to do so until the very last detainee steps on an airplane and departs the island.”
Limited Resources
In response to a question about whether the fiscal year 2017 DoD budget request has adequate resources for Southcom, Tidd said it does not.
“I do not have the ships, I do not have the aircraft to be able to execute the detection-monitoring mission to the level that has been established for us to achieve,” he said.
Southcom’s U.S. partners in the region, including the Navy in the Caribbean and the Pacific, who coordinate with the law enforcement arm of the Coast Guard, need resources too, Tidd said.
“It is very much a team sport. The activities orchestrated by our Joint Interagency Task Force South in Key West, Florida, involve the efforts of all of the federal law enforcement agencies, [and] the Coast Guard, plays a very significant role,” the admiral said.
In the Southcom region, he added, the adversary is flexible and agile.
“It's like squeezing a balloon,” Tidd said. “When we squeeze in one place if we are not able to apply pressure across the entire breadth of the network they will adapt and move to the area that they think they can get into.”
Zika Outbreak
On the regional outbreak of Zika virus that began in Brazil, Tidd described Southcom’s role in such epidemics.
In May, the Pan American Health Organization issued an alert about the first confirmed Zika virus infection in Brazil. That outbreak, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, led to reports of Guillain-Barre syndrome and women giving birth to babies with microcephaly and other birth defects and having “poor pregnancy outcomes.”
During the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak, Tidd said that a large interagency network was formed and Southcom was a key participant, and the group was re-energized with the Zika outbreak.
“We remain postured to respond to requests for assistance from our partner nations in Southcom. We have put out specific guidance to the men and women who are part of our command operating in that region,” the admiral told the panel.
Zika and Service Members
Protective measures that impact service members, he added, are the same measures that have been in place to protect them from exposure to dengue fever, chikungunya and other mosquito-borne illnesses.
To date, the only two male service members who have been diagnosed with Zika have recovered and returned to duty,” Tidd said.
One military family member, a pregnant female, has taken advantage of a policy that allows a return to the United States, Tidd said. The family already had been scheduled to return to the United States, so hers was a slightly accelerated return, he added.
“We're working with the countries, primarily on training in the mosquito eradication programs,” he said. “Their militaries are very heavily engaged in those activities, so that's where we stand, right now.”
The admiral said that the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6 in Peru, part of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch, has been doing work in the development of experimental vaccines and disease-detection methods related to mosquito-borne diseases like Zika.
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Joseph Humire: Iran's Embassies in Latin America Function More as Intelligence Centers

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The executive director at the Center for a Secure Free Society (SFS) Joseph Humire
Coinciding with the Iranian Foreign Minister’s visit to South America, analysts specializing in security affairs and the fight against terrorism said that the consolidation of relations with Iran is an extension of the terrorist Lebanese group Hezbollah’s might in the continent.
In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, the executive director at the Center for a Secure Free Society (SFS) Joseph Humire revealed the reality of the Lebanese Hezbollah’s activities in Latin America and how Iran is using its embassies there as intelligence centers.
How does Hezbollah operate in Latin America?
Hezbollah operates on two levels in Latin America – on a licit and illicit level. Firstly, on the illicit level, Hezbollah operates through a variety of front companies and illicit businesses used to launder money and move drugs from Latin America to Africa and the Middle East. Operation Titan, a two year case that Colombian and US agents worked on, uncovered a multi-ton, multi-million dollar cocaine trafficking ring in 2008 that led to the arrest of 130 individuals, namely Ayman Joumaa who is designated as a Hezbollah kingpin. More recently, the DEA identified more individuals and entities within Hezbollah’s business and banking network through Project Cassandra. The bottom line is that Hezbollah is intricately involved in the illicit (human, arms, narcotics) trafficking networks of Latin America.
Secondly, on the licit level, Hezbollah is present in various Islamic communities throughout the region, namely Syrian and Lebanese communities, where they establish themselves through Islamic centers and mosques. The Yousseff and Barakat brothers from the Tri-Border Area are examples of this, and they both exported their networks to other countries (i.e. Chile and Brazil, respectively). These networks have now spread as far north as El Salvador and Mexico. Through these communities they raise money for Hezbollah proper in the homeland (Lebanon) and establish logistical networks for sleeper cells strategically placed throughout the region. These communities are also how Hezbollah communicates and cooperates with Iran in Latin America.
How long have they been in Latin America?
Hezbollah has been in Latin America since it was founding in the early 1980s, and was originally in the Tri-Border Area (Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina) and surrounding cities in the Southern Cone of South America. Over time, it steadily spread north into Central America and the Caribbean and now has a presence in Mexico as well. Hezbollah has been in Latin America for more than 30 years.
Which countries are they in?
Hezbollah is in practically every country throughout Latin America. It would be easier to name the countries Hezbollah is not operating in but that might be because I simply don’t know of their particular presence in that country, not necessarily because they are not there. The northern Caribbean (Dom Rep, Puerto Rico, Haiti, etc.) is an area where I have not detected a heavy Hezbollah presence, although they are in Cuba. Their heaviest presence I would say is in Venezuela, Panama, Colombia and Brazil, while still maintaining a significant presence in the TBA, namely Paraguay.
How does Iranian terrorism operate in Latin America?
Iran sponsors terrorism in Latin America by supporting Hezbollah and other terrorist groups through its various embassies throughout the region. Iran’s embassies in Latin America function more as intelligence centers than diplomatic outposts, which provide command and control over some of the Hezbollah networks in the region. The tactical playbook for the AMIA attack in 1994 in Argentina is the best example of how this network operates, and how Iran and Hezbollah coordinate to conduct terrorist attacks. What you learn from studying the AMIA case is that the Iranian embassies use cultural and commercial exchange with Latin American countries to insert its intelligence (MOIS) and military (IRGC) operatives who then augment Hezbollah networks with increased logistical and financial support.
As an example, prior to the AMIA attack in Argentina extending to the current day in Brazil, Iran exploits one of their most important and only legitimate commercial links in the region: the beef trade. By introducing the Halal (permissible) process in Latin America, Iran established the perfect cover for its undercover operatives.
According to Islamic law, all meat imported to Iran must be Halal certified, thus, Iran created Halal certification companies in Argentina to send inspectors who turned out to be intelligence operatives that prepared the AMIA attack. Mohsen Rabbani, the infamous Iranian cleric accused of being the mastermind of the AMIA attack in Argentina, initially entered the country as a Halal beef inspector.
In Brazil, SFS researched this network of Halal beef businesses extensively and found a phantom Iranian “consulate” that was officially registered in São Paulo but did not provide any consular services. This consulate was registered at the same address as several Iranian Halal certification companies, which led us to believe that the same kind of cultural-commercial-diplomatic nexus used prior to the AMIA attack in Argentina is currently active in Brazil. Today, similar activity is taking place in Colombia and Peru.
Are some Latin American counties supporting this terrorism? Why? Which countries?
Iran has made significant inroads in the countries that belong to the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas (Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Ecuador, El Salvador, and some Caribbean countries). These countries provide state support to Iran’s network, both their formal networks and their clandestine ones. More than 75% of the bilateral agreements Iran has signed with Latin America are with these specific countries, and three of these countries stood up a new Iranian embassy within the last decade.
With regards to terrorism, these countries have their own proxy networks (i.e. Cocaleros in Bolivia, Colectivos in Venezuela, etc.) that have benefited from Iran’s expertise in this area. For instance, Iran’s Basij militia helped train the Venezuelan colectivos on clandestine communication prior to their repression of student movements in 2014. In return, these ALBA countries provide several benefits to Iran, most notably immigration services. Again, Venezuela is a case in point.
From 2008 to 2012, our research at SFS identified at least 173 individuals from Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, or Jordan who received fraudulent passports, visas or birth certificates from Venezuela. This means that these ALBA countries have created an intelligence and immigration pipeline that provides cover and concealment for some Iranian and Hezbollah operatives to move freely and undetected throughout the region.
Beyond terrorism, these ALBA countries have also established military ties with Iran. In Venezuela, Iran has important strategic mil-mil programs with Venezuela’s military industry (CAVIM). In Bolivia, Iran helped fund the ALBA regional defense school in Warnes, near Santa Cruz. In Ecuador, they established a banking network that is closely tied to that country’s central bank. In Nicaragua, Iran is present within military circles and in Cuba, they have their most longstanding relationship in Latin America with the Castro brothers. I believe Iran’s presence in Latin America has moved beyond supporting terrorism (although that is still a concern) and has entered a new phase of military and paramilitary engagement.
Should the non-ALBA counties be scared of the relationship between Iran and ALBA?
Yes, but not just because of Iran’s relationship with ALBA but also because Iran has focused on the non-ALBA countries as their primary target in recent years. Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina, being the largest countries in the region in terms of GDP would be Iran’s geopolitical prize in Latin America and as such the Islamic Republic has focused on these countries. Moreover, Colombia, Chile, and Peru, have also been a focus for Iran because of their status as members of the Pacific Alliance.
The relationship Iran has with ALBA countries is a major factor as to why Iran has been able to exponentially expand its regional presence. Iran can easily use their ties to the ALBA as a proxy or surrogate force in Latin America to do its bidding. In this sense, Iran’s activity in Venezuela can prove very destabilizing to Colombia who already has tensions on the border with that country.
In Bolivia, Iran’s activity could heighten tensions with Chile over access to the ocean. These types of proxy conflicts is how Iran leverages its control in the region. No different than how it operates in the Middle East, subverting the governments in Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and increasingly Bahrain, then using those governments to carry out actions favorable to Iran’s strategic interests.
Iran’s use of proxy networks in Yemen is another example of a different method of population control it has specialized in. These same methods and same specialities is why Iran has seen so much success in Latin America, and most regional governments don’t even realize they are doing this.
In essence, as Iran gains more global legitimacy it becomes easier for it to infiltrate and subvert targeted countries around the world. The nuclear deal with the P5+1 has provided this legitimacy and it is now capitalizing on this in Latin America with the current visit of Iranian FM Zarif to ALBA countries and Chile. Iran has already proven to be capable of doing this in the Middle East, it is now showing that it is capable of doing this in Latin America.
How do the drug cartels operate with Hezbollah? What other activities do they undertake in Latin America?
The drug cartels depend on Hezbollah to transport their products through Africa into Europe and the Middle East. While not exclusive to Hezbollah, the Lebanese terrorist group has dominated certain routes that make it essential for drug cartels to get their products in eastern markets. Hezbollah has also established an impressive business and banking network that can launder massive sums of money that is useful for the drug cartels in the region.
Does Hezbollah get protection from some Latin American countries? Can it use this protection to strengthen and attack other countries?
Yes, although it is not clear to what extent. It is clear that Venezuela has provided state support in terms of immigration and banking to Hezbollah but it is not clear in what other areas. It is also clear that Hezbollah has established “safe zones” in places like Margarita Island and Ciudad Bolivar. The Venezuelan government has repeatedly denied these claims, but over time more evidence has been publicly revealed of Venezuela’s support to Hezbollah. The most significant, in my opinion, is the immigration services the Venezuelan government has provided for Hezbollah and Iran. For any foreign terrorist organization or intelligence service, having the ability to change or conceal your identity through a legitimate cover provided by a partner nation is a dream come true. Venezuela has provided this service to Hezbollah as the top regional partner of Iran. Bolivia is another country of concern in this regard, but it is not clear to what extent. Nor has much evidence been made public in regard to Bolivia’s support to Hezbollah.

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Reports: Iran Recruiting Jihadists, Sponsoring Terror Through Latin American Embassies

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Iran is seeking to recruit potential jihadists in Latin America to attack the United States and is using its embassies in the region as intelligence centers that promote terrorism, according to an expert on the Islamic Republic’s presence in the Americas and an anonymous congressional source.

The expert warned that Latin America operations linked to Iran’s narco-terrorist proxy Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shiite group, have spread as far north as Mexico.

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Their comments echo concerns recently expressed by the U.S. military and the State Department about Iran’s presence and Hezbollah activities in Latin America.
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Joseph Humire, an expert on Iranian influence in Latin America and executive director at the Center for a Secure Free Society (SFS), in a recent exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat declared:
These [Hezbollah] networks have now spread as far north as El Salvador and Mexico. Through these communities they raise money for Hezbollah proper in the homeland (Lebanon) and establish logistical networks for sleeper cells strategically placed throughout the region…Hezbollah is in practically every country throughout Latin America…
Iran sponsors terrorism in Latin America by supporting Hezbollah and other terrorist groups through its various embassies throughout the region. Iran’s embassies in Latin America function more as intelligence centers than diplomatic outposts, which provide command and control over some of the Hezbollah networks in the region.
The remarks about Iran in Latin America come amid a six-nation tour in the region by the Islamic Republic’s Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif.
An anonymous senior congressional source recently told the Washington Free Beacon that Iran is seeking to recruit “potential terrorists who want to cause the U.S. harm.”
The source added:
[Hezbollah operatives] can travel easily to Venezuela, and once there, they can get to Nicaragua or Cuba without passports or visas, which poses a national security risk for our nation…
Just recently, a Hezbollah member was picked up in Brazil, an explosive device was found near the Israeli embassy in Uruguay, and Hezbollah members are reportedly traveling on Venezuelan passports. It was not too long ago that Venezuela offered flights to Iran and Syria, and as of last week, Hezbollah cells were found in the West Bank where Venezuela lifted its visa requirements for Palestinians.
The expert, Humire, said that Iran has established a close relationship with the left-leaning countries that belong to the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, also known for its Spanish acronym ALBA, including Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Ecuador, El Salvador, and some other Caribbean nations.
He added that some Latin American governments — particularly Venezuela, which has refused to cooperate with the United States on anti-terrorism operations in the region — are providing protection to Hezbollah operatives.
The State Department has reached similar conclusions, changing its tune from 2013 when it determined that Iran’s influence in the Western Hemisphere was “waning.”
In a report released earlier this year, the department warned against Hezbollah-linked activities in Latin America, adding that the anti-U.S. Venezuelan government provides a “permissive environment” that promotes ideological and financial support for the Shiite terror group, which is engaged in the trafficking of drugs and humans in the region.
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Iran’s latest inroads into our Hemisphere should come as no surprise in the wake of the Obama administration’s misguided nuclear deal. Flush with cash from sanctions relief and ransom payments, Zarif will no doubt seek to bolster the foothold Iran has been building in recent years, especially through its terrorist proxy Hezbollah…
Tehran’s classic playbook is to use cultural centers, new embassies or consulates, or cooperative agreements on various areas to act as façades aimed at expanding Iran’s radical extremist network. The threat to U.S. national security interests and our allies should be setting off alarm bells.
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Former U.S. Counterterrorism Chief Criticizes French Burkini Ban 

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“I think it certainly really can cause a schism, and schism is exactly what ISIS will look to take advantage of,” Leiter told ABC’s Martha Raddatz, who asked about the effects the burkini ban would have on France.
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Putin’s incredible shrinking circle; Ivanov’s departure leaves few voices able to speak truth to Putin – Johnson's Russia List

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True to the informal tradition that August brings surprises in #Russia, on the 12th it was announced that Vladimir Putin’s chief of staff, Sergei Ivanov, was leaving his position as head of the Presidential Administration (AP) and taking up the new and rather less pivotal job of presidential representative for transport and the environment. In his place, Putin elevated one of Ivanov’s deputies, the essentially-unknown 44-year old Anton Vaino. Whatever Vaino’s strengths, this points to the way Putin is hollowing out his inner elite, surrounding himself with fewer but also less substantial peers, who are unlikely to challenge his worldview and opinions.
Ivanov’s departure was both unexpected and significant. Although Ivanov has since claimed that in 2012, when Putin returned to the presidency, he asked only to hold this admittedly onerous job for four years, there had been no previous hint of such an understanding. A shrewd and polished operator, Ivanov seemed at once ambitious and indispensable (asked whom he trusted back in 1999, Putin’s immediate response: “Sergei Ivanov”). Furthermore, the AP has become the most important single institution in Putin’s regime. Prime minister Dmitri Medvedev and his ministers are there to execute policy; the AP is there to help (and sometimes lobby) Putin to make it.
Coming as it did after the rotation of several regional leaders, as well as a series of other promotions and dismissals, this has inevitably raised all kinds of excited speculation (the perils of cultural stereotype: what would be called a “reshuffle” in the west tends to become a “purge” in Russia) about the emergence of a neo-Stalinist form of autocracy or, at the other extreme, wild claims of splits in the leadership and a challenge to Putin.
The bottom line, of course, is that there is much we do not know, and the new trend towards “Kremlinology 2.0” is often based on little data and a lot of enthusiastic speculation.
Nonetheless, one can make certain inferences. First of all, Ivanov is being taken conclusively out of the running as a potential successor, but with honour. His new position is something of a sinecure, but both important (transport is a crucial portfolio) and suited to his interests (his commitment to the environment is genuine).
Ivanov’s ambition was no secret, although since the death of his son Alexander in 2014, those close to him have suggested that this appeared to be less of a driving force. It is possible he did simply think it was time for a change and Putin (as he did earlier this year with Federal Guard Service head and praetorian-in-chief Evgenii Murov) let him go.
But his departure could also be part of Putin’s clearing of the old guard in advance of the 2018 presidential elections. The Kremlin was caught by surprise when the rigged presidential elections in 2011 led to the “Bolotnaya protests”. This time, although they do not seem to know quite what to expect, there is a clear intention to be ready, come what may. The creation of the new National Guard in April provides a force able and, presumably, willing to tackle any protests on the streets. And at the same time, Putin, less trusting of the elite, is taking the opportunity to install a new cadre of officials who are younger and have more to prove and less to lose.
Whereas once Putin looked to his former comrades in the KGB and the St. Petersburg administration for his go-to guys, now he is recruiting disproportionately from the people he knows. Given his cloistered lifestyle, that often means bodyguards, personal assistants, and the like. Vaino, for example, was head of his personal protocol office (and even memorably carried his umbrella from time to time).
This, however, does not represent a fundamental change in the system. Putin has always been the unchallenged “decider” presiding over a court of boyars who know their power, wealth and futures depended on the tsar’s favour. And while many of the new appointees are not yet well-known, we cannot assume that they are all docile yes-men and colourless ciphers. Today’s grateful appointee will likely become tomorrow’s arrogant power in the land. The inexorable logic of Putin’s personalised, de-institutionalised and essentially ruthless regime is that he must periodically devour his favourites – where Yakunin and Ivanov go, other past cronies such as Rosneft head Igor Sechin and deputy prime minister Igor Shuvalov may well follow – as they become tiresome, embarrassing or a threat.
What makes this iteration more noteworthy and worrying than most, though, is that it takes place at a volatile time when Putin himself is increasingly willing to sacrifice the immediate interests of the Russian people for his vision of a powerful, “sovereign” Russia and his own historical legacy. In their own self-interested and sometimes wrong-headed way, the boyars are one of the few checks and balances.
This had anyway become less and less effective as intelligence became politicised, the AP squeezed out dissenting voices, and Putin himself turned away from figures such as former finance minister Alexei Kudrin who insist on telling it like it is. But while in time Putin’s new generation may grow into the same role, for the moment they will be more eager to consolidate their positions of trust. They will also lack the authority, the dense network of connections and the sheer experience to be able to articulate alternative perspectives.
More dismissals are almost inevitable. At a time when Russia is heading into renewed turbulence, just when Putin could do with some strong peers, he appears determined to ensure he has none around him willing to express uncomfortable truths.
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“The dynamic is always the same: It originates somewhere in Russia, on Russia state media sites, or different websites or somewhere in that kind of context,” said Anders Lindberg, a Swedish journalist and lawyer.
“Then the fake document becomes the source of a news story distributed on far-left or far-right-wing websites,” he said. “Those who rely on those sites for news link to the story, and it spreads. Nobody can say where they come from, but they end up as key issues in a security policy decision.”
Although the topics may vary, the goal is the same, Mr. Lindberg and others suggested. “What the Russians are doing is building narratives; they are not building facts,” he said. “The underlying narrative is, ‘Don’t trust anyone.’”
The weaponization of information is not some project devised by a Kremlin policy expert but is an integral part of Russian military doctrine — what some senior military figures call a “decisive” battlefront.
“The role of nonmilitary means of achieving political and strategic goals has grown, and, in many cases, they have exceeded the power of force of weapons in their effectiveness,” Gen. Valery V. Gerasimov, the chief of the general staff of the Russian Armed Forces, wrote in 2013.
A prime Kremlin target is Europe, where the rise of the populist right and declining support for the European Union create an ever more receptive audience for Russia’s conservative, nationalistic and authoritarian approach under Mr. Putin. Last year, the European Parliament accused Russia of “financing radical and extremist parties” in its member states, and in 2014 the Kremlin extended an $11.7 million loan to the National Front, the extreme-right party in France.
“The Russians are very good at courting everyone who has a grudge with liberal democracy, and that goes from extreme right to extreme left,” said Patrik Oksanen, an editorial writer for the Swedish newspaper group MittMedia. The central idea, he said, is that “liberal democracy is corrupt, inefficient, chaotic and, ultimately, not democratic.”
Another message, largely unstated, is that European governments lack the competence to deal with the crises they face, particularly immigration and terrorism, and that their officials are all American puppets.
In Germany, concerns over immigrant violence grew after a 13-year-old Russian-German girl said she had been raped by migrants. A report on Russian state television furthered the story. Even after the police debunked the claim, Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, continued to chastise Germany.
In Britain, analysts said, the Kremlin’s English-language news outlets heavily favored the campaign for the country to leave the European Union, despite their claims of objectivity.
In the Czech Republic, alarming, sensational stories portraying the United States, the European Union and immigrants as villains appear daily across a cluster of about 40 pro-Russia websites.
During NATO military exercises in early June, articles on the websites suggested that Washington controlled Europe through the alliance, with Germany as its local sheriff. Echoing the disinformation that appeared in Sweden, the reports said NATO planned to store nuclear weapons in Eastern Europe and would attack Russia from there without seeking approval from local capitals.
poll this summer by European Values, a think tank in Prague, found that 51 percent of Czechs viewed the United States’ role in Europe negatively, only 32 percent viewed the European Union positively, and at least a quarter believed some elements of the disinformation.
“The data show how public opinion is changing thanks to the disinformation on those outlets,” said Jakub Janda, the think tank’s deputy director for public and political affairs. “They try to look like a regular media outlet even if they have a hidden agenda.”
Not all Russian disinformation efforts succeed. Sputnik news websites in various Scandinavian languages failed to attract enough readers and were closed after less than a year.
Both RT and Sputnik portray themselves as independent, alternative voices. Sputnik claims that it “tells the untold,” even if its daily report relies heavily on articles abridged from other sources. RT trumpets the slogan “Question More.”
Both depict the West as grim, divided, brutal, decadent, overrun with violent immigrants and unstable. “They want to give a picture of Europe as some sort of continent that is collapsing,” Mr. Hultqvist, the Swedish defense minister, said in an interview.
RT often seems obsessed with the United States, portraying life there as hellish. Its coverage of the Democratic National Convention, for example, skipped the speeches and focused instead on scattered demonstrations. It defends the Republican presidential nominee, Donald J. Trump, as an underdog maligned by the established news media.
Margarita Simonyan, RT’s editor in chief, said the channel was being singled out as a threat because it offered a different narrative from “the Anglo-American media-political establishment.” RT, she said, wants to provide “a perspective otherwise missing from the mainstream media echo chamber.”
Moscow’s targeting of the West with disinformation dates to a Cold War program the Soviets called “active measures.” The effort involved leaking or even writing stories for sympathetic newspapers in India and hoping that they would be picked up in the West, said Professor Mark N. Kramer, a Cold War expert at Harvard.
The story that AIDS was a C.I.A. project run amok spread that way, and it poisons the discussion of the disease decades later. At the time, before the Soviet Union’s 1991 collapse, the Kremlin was selling communism as an ideological alternative. Now, experts said, the ideological component has evaporated, but the goal of weakening adversaries remains.
In Sweden recently, that has meant a series of bizarre forged letters and news articles about NATO and linked to Russia.
One forgery, on Defense Ministry letterhead over Mr. Hultqvist’s signature, encouraged a major Swedish firm to sell artillery to Ukraine, a move that would be illegal in Sweden. Ms. Nyh Radebo, his spokeswoman, put an end to that story in Sweden, but at international conferences, Mr. Hultqvist still faced questions about the nonexistent sales.
Russia also made at least one overt attempt to influence the debate. During a seminar in the spring, Vladimir Kozin, a senior adviser to the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, a think tank linked to the Kremlin and Russian foreign intelligence, argued against any change in Sweden’s neutral status.
“Do they really need to lose their neutral status?” he said of the Swedes. “To permit fielding new U.S. military bases on their territory and to send their national troops to take part in dubious regional conflicts?”
Whatever the method or message, Russia clearly wants to win any information war, as Dmitry Kiselyev, Russia’s most famous television anchor and the director of the organization that runs Sputnik, made clear recently.
Speaking this summer on the 75th anniversary of the Soviet Information Bureau, Mr. Kiselyev said the age of neutral journalism was over. “If we do propaganda, then you do propaganda, too,” he said, directing his message to Western journalists.
“Today, it is much more costly to kill one enemy soldier than during the World War II, World War I or in the Middle Ages,” he said in an interview on the state-run Rossiya 24 network. While the business of “persuasion” is more expensive now, too, he said, “if you can persuade a person, you don’t need to kill him.”
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28/08/16 07:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. European nations continue to squabble about whether, and how, to share the newcomers between them.
» Commentary: Judeo-Christian and Islamic values - Press Herald
28/08/16 07:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from house judiciary committee - Google News. Press Herald Commentary: Judeo-Christian and Islamic values Press Herald Although the efforts of the National Reform Association never reached beyond the House Judi...
» The Middle East’s Good Old Days
28/08/16 07:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. After nearly eight years in office, most observers would conclude that President Barack Obama has done little to advance, and may well have undermined, American interests in the Mid...
» 'US pretends there are moderates in Syria, Russia understands they are all terrorists' - RT
28/08/16 07:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. RT 'US pretends there are moderates in Syria, Russia understands they are all terrorists' RT Can we expect a change to a more cooperative strategy on the ground in Syria after the Gen...
» More Russian Armor; Grad and Heavy Artillery Attacks; Givi Lands on the Beach ‘Near Shirokino’
28/08/16 07:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Interpreter. Ukraine Day 922: LIVE UPDATES BELOW. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here . READ OUR SPECIAL REPORT: An Invasion By Any Other Name: The Kremlin’s Dirty...
» Official Estimates Germany to Get 300,000 Refugees This Year
28/08/16 07:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The head of Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) told a German newspaper that he expected a maximum of 300,000 refugees to arrive in Germany this year. "We're prepar...
» Russia First Foreign Military to Use Iran's Soil Since WWll - Huffington Post
28/08/16 07:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Sputnik International Russia First Foreign Military to Use Iran's Soil Since WWll Huffington Post Although Iran might appear to be sending a message to its rivals that Russia is still...
» Ураган повредил более 70 домов в Грозном - РБК
28/08/16 07:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РБК Ураган повредил более 70 домов в Грозном РБК Ураганный ветер и град повредили более 70 домов в столице Чеченской республики. По разным данным, жертвами стихии стали от одного д...
» Britain must help contain Russia's ambitions - Telegraph.co.uk
28/08/16 07:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Telegraph.co.uk Britain must help contain Russia's ambitions Telegraph.co.uk The scale and nature of modern Russia's ambition was shown in Ukraine, where Vladimir Putin's support for ...
» Germany Expects About 250,000 Refugees In 2016
28/08/16 07:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A German official says the government expects some 250,000-300,000 refugees to arrive in 2016.
» Turkish Airstrikes Kill 20 Civilians in Syria
28/08/16 07:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Monitors from the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights say Turkish air strikes Sunday have killed at least 35 civilians in northern Syria. The watchdog says 20 people were ki...
» Can Israel and the Arab States Be Friends?
28/08/16 07:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Israel and Saudi Arabia have no formal diplomatic relations. The Saudis do not even recognize Israel as a state. Still, there is evidence that ties between Saudi Arabia and other Sunni Arab states and Israel ...
» A Novel Imagines Putin Is Retired and Has Dementia
28/08/16 06:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . THE SENILITY OF VLADIMIR P. By Michael Honig 329 pp. Pegasus Books. $24.95. There’s a reason Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump seem to like each other: They both dislike reality. It takes a special dispen...
» Russian Doping Whistleblowers Fear for Their Lives After Cyber Attack - NBCNews.com
27/08/16 20:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. NBCNews.com Russian Doping Whistleblowers Fear for Their Lives After Cyber Attack NBCNews.com Yuliya Stepanova, an 800-meter runner, and husband Vitaly, a former doping officer in Rus...
» The Embrace of Life: A Story of 2 Sisters in Italy's Quake - New York Times
27/08/16 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. ABC News The Embrace of Life: A Story of 2 Sisters in Italy's Quake New York Times ASCOLI PICENO, Italy — In the chaos of Italy's devastating earthquake, an older sister's embrace allo...
» Clinton receives first intelligence briefing as nominee
27/08/16 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top News at 8:32 p.m. EDT. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- Hillary Clinton received her first national security briefing Saturday as the Democratic presidential nominee, meeting with intelligence officials f...
» US allies clash as Turkish and Kurdish forces battle in northern Syria
27/08/16 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News. None
» France's Ayrault urges Russia to back U.N. resolution on Syria
27/08/16 20:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. PARIS (Reuters) - A U.N. report on the use of chemical weapons in Syria is a chance to push Russia to accept a resolution condemning the Syrian regime and resume political negotiations...
» Trump aide's ex-wife claims he made anti-Semitic remarks - CNN
27/08/16 20:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CBS News Trump aide's ex-wife claims he made anti-Semitic remarks CNN Washington (CNN) Donald Trump's new campaign CEO, Steve Bannon, once told his ex-wife he didn't want his dau...
» Thanks to the EU's bungling, Russia will inevitably win in Ukraine
27/08/16 20:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News. None
» More than 10,000 migrants are 'smuggled into Britain each year'
27/08/16 20:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News. None
» Fire Sweeps Through Russian Warehouse, Killing 17 Workers
27/08/16 20:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World – TIME. (MOSCOW) — A fire swept through a Moscow printing plant warehouse on Saturday, killing 17 migrant workers from Kyrgyzstan, Russia’s emergency services said. A representative of th...
» Venezuelan Police Jail Top Activist in Pre-Dawn Transfer - New York Times
27/08/16 20:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. TODAYonline The Independent Venezuelan Police Jail Top Activist in Pre-Dawn Transfer New York Times BOGOTA, Colombia — A prominent Venezuelan opposition leader has been jailed again af...
» Yemen's exiled government welcomes U.S. plan for restart of peace talks
27/08/16 20:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Yemen's Saudi-backed exiled government said on Saturday it welcomed a plan agreed by the United States, Gulf Arab states and the United Nations to restart peace t...
» More Airstrikes in Syria, One Day After Lengthy US-Russia Talks - Voice of America
27/08/16 20:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Voice of America More Airstrikes in Syria, One Day After Lengthy US-Russia Talks Voice of America Men inspect a damaged building after airstrikes on a rebel-held neighborhood of Aleppo...
» The make-up wars: how millions of Britons secretly judge fellow passengers
27/08/16 20:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News. None
» Merkel 'underestimated migrant integration challenge'
27/08/16 20:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News. None
» Trump talks to a white crowd about black voters - Politico
27/08/16 20:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Politico Trump talks to a white crowd about black voters Politico DES MOINES— Donald Trump made a direct pitch to Iowa's farmers in a speech here Saturday—and then pivoted back t...
» First Turkish death in Syrian campaign
27/08/16 20:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Turkey suffers its first loss of life in an intensifying campaign in northern Syria, when a soldier is killed in a Kurdish attack on a tank unit.
» US government buys 11 million pounds of cheese to tackle dairy mountain
27/08/16 20:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News. None
» US elections: Trump details plans to track illegal immigrants
27/08/16 20:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says he will develop a "tracking system" to remove illegal immigrants who outstay their visas.
» Obama, Hillary, Biden, Trump—They’re Just Like Us
27/08/16 20:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. If the past week has reminded us of anything, it is that world-historical politicians are people just like you and me, except they are on live television. They struggle to open jars...
» FBI: Missing NY teenage girl abducted, raped, thrown into SC swamp - New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV
27/08/16 20:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi - Google News. New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV FBI : Missing NY teenage girl abducted, raped, thrown into SC swamp New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV CHARLESTON, S.C. — An FBI agent, citing a statement from a priso...
» Navy likely to face further Iranian provocations in Persian Gulf
27/08/16 20:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. U.S. sailors in the Persian Gulf can expect increased U.S. Navy warships are likely to face further harassment by Iranian vessels in the Persian Gulf as Iran’s hard-liners seek to bolste...
» Turkey's offensive into Syria opening up a hornet's nest
27/08/16 20:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Turkey's incursion into Syria is deepening tensions between two major U.S.-backed groups, potentially setting up a conflict that could undermine Washington's efforts to eradicate the Isl...
» Little precedent for $400 million cash payment to Iran
27/08/16 20:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. A $400 million cash delivery to Iran to repay a decades-old arbitration claim may be unprecedented in recent U.S. history, according to legal experts and diplomatic historians, raising f...
» Battle for Mosul appears to be entering final stage
27/08/16 20:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. A sniper lurks among desolated buildings of an abandoned village just over the hillside where Kurdish soldiers are dug in behind a berm, but Serbest Tivanisi, the Kurdish sector commande...
» China ramps up competition with the United States - The Hill (blog)
27/08/16 20:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. The Hill (blog) China ramps up competition with the United States The Hill (blog) Little do the American people know that Chinese officials are intent on expanding China's “sof...
» Hillary Clinton receives first national security briefing as Democratic nominee
27/08/16 20:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from US national security | The Guardian. Presidential candidate meets intelligence officials in White Plains, New York, for more than two hours to discuss worldwide threats faced by US Hillary Clinton has rece...
» Newly Released CIA Reports Detail How Agency Missed Portents of Yom Kippur War - Haaretz
27/08/16 20:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from cia - Google News. Haaretz Newly Released CIA Reports Detail How Agency Missed Portents of Yom Kippur War Haaretz The CIA would be happy to bury the next lines forever. A surprise from an unexpected direct...
» US intelligence indicates a weaker Islamic State
27/08/16 20:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. The revised assessment comes after surprisingly swift and relatively bloodless victories this summer near Syria’s border with Turkey and in the Sunni heartland of Iraq, two areas where I...
» Syrian airstrike in east Aleppo hits funeral being held for at least 13 people
27/08/16 20:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. The attack on Bab al-Nayrab took place in waves, activists said. The first barrel bomb hit a funeral procession, the second landed as rescue workers arrived. Doctors said the preliminary...
» Man fatally shot by FBI agent serving search warrants in Compton - Los Angeles Times
27/08/16 20:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi - Google News. NBC Southern California Man fatally shot by FBI agent serving search warrants in Compton Los Angeles Times An FBI agent fatally shot a man while serving warrants at a Compton residence t...
» Пешеходный мост рухнул на трассу, соединяющую Лондон с Евротоннелем - Комсомольская правда
27/08/16 20:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Комсомольская правда Пешеходный мост рухнул на трассу, соединяющую Лондон с Евротоннелем Комсомольская правда Как сообщает телеканал Sky News, мост, расположенный между третьим и ч...
» Plants Clear Indoors of Pollutants, Study Finds
27/08/16 20:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Polluted air is a public health problem, not only outdoors, but indoors as well. Experts say it can be even worse inside because of the variety of household chemicals that emit fumes and ...
» More Airstrikes in Syria, One Day After Lengthy US-Russia Talks
27/08/16 20:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. At least 15 civilians were reportedly killed in barrel bomb attacks by suspected government helicopters on a rebel-held district of Aleppo Saturday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory f...
» RAF Typhoons hunt for Russian 'bandits' as Nato protects Baltic skies - Telegraph.co.uk
27/08/16 20:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Telegraph.co.uk RAF Typhoons hunt for Russian 'bandits' as Nato protects Baltic skies Telegraph.co.uk Over the next half hour, Wing Commander Roger Elliott and his wingman would make ...
» No Deal Yet Between US, Russia on Ending Hostilities in Syria - Newsweek
27/08/16 20:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Newsweek No Deal Yet Between US, Russia on Ending Hostilities in Syria Newsweek The United States and Russia failed on Friday to reach a breakthrough deal on military cooperation and ...
» Russia: Moscow warehouse fire kills 17 Kyrgyz workers - Aljazeera.com
27/08/16 20:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Aljazeera.com Russia : Moscow warehouse fire kills 17 Kyrgyz workers Aljazeera.com A fire has killed 17 people in a Moscow printing warehouse, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situat...
» France's Ayrault urges Russia to back UN resolution on Syria - Reuters
27/08/16 20:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Reuters France's Ayrault urges Russia to back UN resolution on Syria Reuters It has set the stage for a Security Council showdown between the five veto-wielding powers, likely pitting...
» Thanks to the EU's bungling, Russia will inevitably win in Ukraine - Telegraph.co.uk
27/08/16 20:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Telegraph.co.uk Thanks to the EU's bungling, Russia will inevitably win in Ukraine Telegraph.co.uk For this, the West was happy to see an elected pro- Russian Ukrainian president oust...
» Iranian Official Admits Executions Haven't Slowed Drug Trafficking
27/08/16 20:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A top Iranian judiciary official says the death penalty hasn’t deterred drug trafficking, which is in fact on the rise.
» Корабли КФл провели учения по уничтожению минного заграждения в Каспийском море
27/08/16 20:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from RSS. Минеры выполнили мероприятия контрольно-разведывательного поиска и уничтожили минные заграждения, используя контактные и неконтактные тралы, обеспечив вывод кораблей в район выполнения учебно-боевых з...
» Посол Украины в Польше обвинил РФ в напряженности между Киевом и Варшавой - РИА Новости Украина
27/08/16 20:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РИА Новости Украина Посол Украины в Польше обвинил РФ в напряженности между Киевом и Варшавой РИА Новости Украина Андрей Дещица заверил, что постановление польского сейма о признан...
» Clinton Foundation Raises Billions to Help People Worldwide
27/08/16 20:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Criticism about Clinton Foundation donors' access to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state has put a spotlight on the multibillion-dollar privat...
» Special Ops' Black Daggers descend swiftly, silently to kick off game
27/08/16 11:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Three dots suddenly came out of the helicopter, they quickly became three people and they sprouted distinctive black and red parachutes. They descended in a corkscrew course, flying with...
» Lawyers: 3 Salvadoran military officers released
27/08/16 11:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World. Lawyers say three former Salvadoran military officers who Spanish courts wanted to put on trial for their alleged roles in the killing of six Jesuit priests have been freed from prison after the Sup...
» В мероприятиях внезапной проверки задействована учебно-боевая авиация ВКС
27/08/16 11:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from RSS. Самолеты из состава учебных авиабаз Воздушно-космических сил будут задействованы в проверке системы противовоздушной обороны (ПВО) ЮВО в качестве контрольных целей для сил и средств ПВО.
» Bangladesh Police Kill Man Suspected of Planning Dhaka Bakery Attack
27/08/16 11:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, a Canadian citizen, was believed to have organized the July assault on the Holey Artisan Bakery, which left 22 dead.
» The Latest: Turkey claims strikes on Syria 'terror groups'
27/08/16 11:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from www.washingtontimes.com stories: Security. BEIRUT (AP) - The Latest developments in the Syrian civil war (all times local): 5:15 p.m. Turkey's state news agency says the Turkish Military Joint Special Task...
» Indian police arrest key Kashmiri separatist leader
27/08/16 11:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Police in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir said Saturday that they have arrested one of the key separatist leaders spearheading protests against Indian rule in the disputed region.
» Does China still harvest organs of executed? Doctors divided
27/08/16 11:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. A Canadian patient's receipt of a kidney transplant after waiting just three days during a recent visit to China raised an immediate red flag among surgeons at the Montreal-based Transpl...
» U.N. Syria envoy presses for speedy Aleppo aid delivery
27/08/16 10:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria called for all warring sides to agree by Sunday on a green light for a first safe delivery of relief supplies to the divid...
» Reunited: Hillary Clinton meets with FBI … again - Twitchy
27/08/16 10:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi - Google News. Twitchy Reunited: Hillary Clinton meets with FBI … again Twitchy Just weeks after being questioned by the FBI in their investigation of her email shenanigans and mishandling of classifie...
» Continetti: Alt-Right Allowing Clinton to Drive Wedge Between Trump and GOP Base
27/08/16 10:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. Washington Free Beacon editor Matthew Continetti addressed the charges of racism being traded between presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Friday night on The Ke...
» Cybersecurity Center in Colorado Springs to hire CEO and host national conference
27/08/16 10:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. The National Cybersecurity Center in Colorado Springs plans to hire a CEO next month and will host officials from across the country at a three-day conference in November at The Broadmoo...
» Turkish air force strikes pro-US Syrian rebel and Kurdish forces
27/08/16 10:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from DEBKAFile. August 27, 2016, 5:04 PM (IDT) Two pro-US anti-Assad forces came under several Turkish air bombardments south of the border town of Jarablus Saturday: They were the rebel Syrian Democratic Force...
» Firefighters tackle blaze which killed 16 migrant workers in Russia – video
27/08/16 10:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Firefighters work at the scene of a blaze which resulted in the deaths of at least 16 migrant workers in Moscow, Russia on Saturday morning. The workers are said to have been from Ky...
» Today's Headlines and Commentary
27/08/16 10:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Lawfare - Hard National Security Choices. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, are meeting in Geneva to hammer out final details of a cooperation agreement to part...
» The Early Edition: August 26, 2016
27/08/16 10:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Just Security. Zoë Chapman Before the start of business,  Just Security  provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. IRAQ and SYRIA Secretary of Sta...
» Hungary Plans Second Fence to Stop Migrants
27/08/16 10:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Hungary will build a second, massive fence along its border with Serbia to stop an influx of migrants in case an agreement with Turkey to contain them fails, Hungarian Prime Minister V...
» Haze Returns to Singapore
27/08/16 10:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Air pollution in Singapore reached very unhealthy levels as haze engulfed most parts of the city, an indication that renewed cross-border efforts to combat forest fires in Indonesia ar...
» U.S., Russia Discuss Syria Cooperation Plan
27/08/16 10:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are meeting Friday in a bid to complete a deal on increased cooperation in Syria.
» Rebels, Civilians Begin Leaving Besieged Damascus Suburb
27/08/16 10:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Under the deal between the Syrian government and its opposition, the civilians of Daraya are being moved to nearby suburbs, while rebels are being transferred to a northern province.
» French Court Suspends Beach Burkini Ban
27/08/16 10:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. France’s highest administrative court suspended a local ban on wearing head-to-foot burkini swimsuits, setting a precedent in a highly charged national debate over Muslim clothing and ...
» The Strongman of Instagram: How Chechnya's President Bends Social Media to His Will
27/08/16 10:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The continuous stream of charming, callous and menacing posts by President Ramzan Kadyrov and his supporters shows how social media can be as much a tool of repression as of liberation.
» Brazil Police Seek Corruption Charges Against Lula da Silva
27/08/16 10:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Brazil’s federal police recommended that prosecutors file charges against former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his wife for money laundering and corruption.
» Residents of Besieged Syrian Town Say Goodbye to Those Left Behind Forever
27/08/16 10:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Residents started to evacuate a Syrian town that endured a brutal four-year siege before surrendering to the regime, but not before making their way to cemeteries to bid farewell to th...
» British Police Arrest Five Men on Suspicion of Terror Plot
27/08/16 10:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. British police have arrested five men suspected of planning to carry out acts of terrorism, and have dispatched a bomb disposal unit to an address in Birmingham, England’s second-large...
» Latvia's Wariness Over Russia Raises Concerns at Home
27/08/16 10:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Two ostensibly tongue-in-cheek challenges to the nation’s independence are causing trouble for the proponents, raising questions about freedom of speech
» How Turkey's offensive into Syria is opening up a hornet's nest
27/08/16 10:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World. Tensions are deepening between U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters and Syrian rebels.
» The strange tale of Donald Trump's doctor letter just got stranger - Washington Post
27/08/16 10:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Washington Post The strange tale of Donald Trump's doctor letter just got stranger Washington Post Donald Trump's doctor finally spoke out in an interview that aired Friday night...
» TRUMP'S two camps -- NYT: WESTERN STATES turning red -- Cabinet wars beginning – WEEKEND READS - Politico
27/08/16 10:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. TIME TRUMP'S two camps -- NYT: WESTERN STATES turning red -- Cabinet wars beginning – WEEKEND READS Politico Good Saturday morning. With 73 days until Election Day, it's clear Do...
» Gupta family says it plans to sell off South African holdings
27/08/16 10:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's wealthy Gupta family, which has been accused of holding undue political sway over President Jacob Zuma, said on Saturday it planned to dispose o...
» An Afghan Feud Reignites, Putting Police Families at Odds
27/08/16 10:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Prominent northern families are contesting a new killing, fueling a type of infighting that threatens government stability and the fight against the Taliban.
» Syrian war: Barrel bombs kill 15 in Aleppo, reports say
27/08/16 10:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Fifteen people have been killed in a barrel bomb attack in the Syrian city of Aleppo, a monitor says, amid a continuing push for a nationwide ceasefire.
» France's top administrative court overturns burkini ban
27/08/16 10:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World. Imposed in the name of secularism, the bans had prohibited Muslim women from wearing the “burkini”—a full-body bathing suit designed to respect traditional codes of modesty—on the beach.
» AP Explains: Behind the trial to remove Brazil’s president
27/08/16 10:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World. Brazil’s Senate on Friday began the second day of deliberations in a trial to decide whether to permanently remove President Dilma Rousseff from office. While the formal accusations against Rousseff...
» Ankara police detain suspected IS members, free students
27/08/16 10:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World. Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency says police have detained several suspects in anti-Islamic State raids across the capital Ankara and “liberated” over two dozen students in one of their schools.
» Kerry says ‘clarity’ achieved with Russia on most steps to renew Syria truce; narrow issues still to be resolved
27/08/16 10:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World. Kerry says ‘clarity’ achieved with Russia on most steps to renew Syria truce; narrow issues still to be resolved.
» Despite progress, US-Russia fall short on truce for Syria
27/08/16 10:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World. The United States and Russia say they have resolved a number of issues standing in the way of restoring a nationwide truce to Syria and opening up aid deliveries, but were unable once again to forge...
» Ex-civil service chief: British exit from EU not inevitable
27/08/16 10:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World. A former top civil servant says a British exit from the European Union is not inevitable, although voters backed that course in a June referendum.
» Kurdish-led Syrian forces report Turkish air raids on bases
27/08/16 10:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World. Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria say Turkish airstrikes have hit their bases near Jarablus, a town seized by Turkey-backed rebels earlier this week.
» Fire in Iranian mental hospital kills 1, wounds 35
27/08/16 10:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World. Iranian state media says a fire in a mental hospital has killed one person and wounded 35.
» Protests, tear gas at Moldova independence day parade
27/08/16 10:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World. Moldovan police on Saturday fired tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters during a parade to mark the former Soviet republic’s independence day.
» 4 soldiers wounded in attack in southeast Turkey
27/08/16 10:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World. Turkey’s state-run news agency says four soldiers have been wounded in the country’s southeast after an attack by Kurdish militants.
» The Latest: Barrel bomb attack in Aleppo kills at least 15
27/08/16 10:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World. The Latest developments in the Syrian civil war (all times local):
» 3 top former Turkish diplomats jailed in failed coup attempt
27/08/16 10:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World. Turkey’s state news agency says three former top Turkish diplomats have been jailed for their alleged involvement in the failed coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
» Richard Branson Survives Brutal Bike Crash: ‘I Really Thought I Was Going to Die’
27/08/16 10:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World – TIME. Richard Branson recently survived a bad bike accident in the British Virgin Islands, and on Friday he shared the story and photos online. The billionaire Virgin Group founder was biking along...
» Stranded Boaters Rescued from Pacific Island After Writing ‘SOS’ in Sand
27/08/16 10:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World – TIME. Two boaters were rescued from an uninhabited Pacific island on Friday after being stranded there for a week. They had written “SOS” in the sand and were spotted by a U.S. Navy air...
» AP Explains: The trial to remove Brazil's president - Fox News
27/08/16 10:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Washington Post AP Explains: The trial to remove Brazil's president Fox News RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil's Senate on Friday began the second day of deliberations in a trial to decide wheth...
» Kurdish-Led Syrian Forces Report Turkish Air Raids on Bases - New York Times
27/08/16 10:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. The Straits Times Kurdish-Led Syrian Forces Report Turkish Air Raids on Bases New York Times BEIRUT — Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria say Turkish airstrikes have hit their bases n...
» Maine Governor Uses Homophobic Slur While Challenging Lawmaker To Prove He's A Racist - Huffington Post
27/08/16 10:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Huffington Post Maine Governor Uses Homophobic Slur While Challenging Lawmaker To Prove He's A Racist Huffington Post Paul LePage left a voicemail calling him a “c**ksucker” and ...
» FDA Says All Blood Donations Should Be Tested for Zika - TIME
27/08/16 10:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. TIME FDA Says All Blood Donations Should Be Tested for Zika TIME Health authorities are recommending that all donated blood for the United States and its territories be tested fo...
» Children among dead in Syria barrel bomb attack - CNN
27/08/16 10:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CNN Children among dead in Syria barrel bomb attack CNN (CNN) The video shows a devastating scene: Two boys covered in dust desperately cling to each other and cry. "My brother i...
» Donald Trump just threw a wrench into the debate about immigration - Business Insider
27/08/16 10:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Business Insider Donald Trump just threw a wrench into the debate about immigration Business Insider Donald Trump holds a press conference near the US-Mexico border in Texas. AP ...
» How immigration hardliners are reacting to confusion over Trump's stance - CBS News
27/08/16 10:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CBS News How immigration hardliners are reacting to confusion over Trump's stance CBS News After a week of muddled messages from Donald Trump and his campaign on his immigration ...
» Colombia's historic peace plan has a drug problem - Business Insider
27/08/16 10:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Business Insider Colombia's historic peace plan has a drug problem Business Insider Colombia FARC peace deal Juan Manuel Santos Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, center, a...
» Presidential Campaign Brings the Alt-Right Out of the Shadows - NBCNews.com
27/08/16 10:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. NBCNews.com Presidential Campaign Brings the Alt-Right Out of the Shadows NBCNews.com The alt-right, a mostly anonymous internet subculture, has been introduced to the mainstream...
» Evacuation of Syrian city Darayya begins
27/08/16 10:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. The rebel-held city of Darayya is being evacuated by government forces after the last rebel fighters agreed to hand over their weapons and leave.
» Czechs and Hungarians call for EU army amid security worries
27/08/16 10:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. The leaders of the Czech Republic and Hungary say a "joint European army" is needed to bolster security in the EU.
» Syrian war: US and Russia 'achieve clarity on path forward'
27/08/16 10:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. US Secretary of State John Kerry says he and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov are closer to an agreement on Syria. following talks in Geneva.
» Donald Trump doctor admits writing health note in five minutes
27/08/16 10:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - World. Dr Harold Bornstein says he quickly wrote a letter saying Donald Trump would be the "healthiest individual ever" elected president so that the candidate "would be happy".
» Turkey opens bridge between continents in megaproject drive
27/08/16 10:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. GARIPCE, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey opens one of the world's biggest suspension bridges on Friday, creating a new link between two continents with the latest megaproject in a $200 billi...
» Brazil chief justice suspends Rousseff trial amid senators' row
27/08/16 10:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BRASILIA (Reuters) - The impeachment trial of suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in the Senate descended into a shouting match between her political supporters and opponents ...
» El Salvador frees three ex-military officials linked to 1989 murders
27/08/16 10:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador's Supreme Court on Friday released three former military personnel who had been detained over the 1989 murder of a group of Jesuit priests.
» Bangladesh security forces kill mastermind of Dhaka cafe attack
27/08/16 10:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladeshi security forces killed four Islamist militants, including the mastermind of an attack on a cafe in Dhaka last month in which 22 people, mostly foreigners,...
» Fire kills at least 16 in Moscow printing works
27/08/16 10:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - A fire in a warehouse at a Moscow printing works killed at least 16 people on Saturday morning, an Emergencies Ministry official told Rossiya-24 TV station.
» Syrian group says Turkey mounts air strike south of border
27/08/16 10:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkish warplanes struck civilian homes and positions held by a group allied to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance in a village south of Jarablus on Saturda...
» FDA advises Zika screening for all US blood centers
27/08/16 10:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top News at 9:13 a.m. EDT. WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration wants all U.S. blood centers to start screening for Zika, a major expansion intended to protect the nation's blood...
» Killing of 2 nuns leaves gaping hole in poor community
27/08/16 10:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top News at 9:13 a.m. EDT. None
» Mosul fight is already redrawing the map of northern Iraq
27/08/16 10:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top News at 9:13 a.m. EDT. QARQASHAH, Iraq (AP) -- In the buildup to a long-awaited offensive on the city of Mosul, Kurdish forces are seizing new territory in northern Iraq that they say will become pa...
» US Marines in Pacific to get new commander
27/08/16 09:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from www.washingtontimes.com stories: Security. KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (AP) - The U.S. Marines are getting a new commander in the Pacific. Lt. Gen. David Berger is scheduled to take over at Marine Corps Forces Pac...
» Russian surveillance measures could cost telephone companies $156B: Report
27/08/16 09:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from www.washingtontimes.com stories: Security. Complying with new surveillance measures recently approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin may cost the nation's telecommunication companies upwards of $156 b...
» Congress urged to investigate security concerns raised by Apple flaws used by 'digital arms dealers'
27/08/16 09:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from www.washingtontimes.com stories: Security. Rep. Ted Lieu, who has a degree is computer science, urged his colleagues Thursday to hold a hearing on mobile phone security after Apple rushed to repair critica...
» British anti-terrorism raid nets 5 suspects; army bomb-disposal team in Birmingham
27/08/16 09:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from www.washingtontimes.com stories: Security. An anti-terrorism raid in England on Friday netted five suspects across the country. An army bomb disposal squad was called in as a "precautionary measure" as pol...
» White House says Iran's harassment of U.S. Navy ships 'not acceptable'
27/08/16 09:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from www.washingtontimes.com stories: Security. The White House said Friday that the Iranian navy's behavior was "not acceptable" in causing two close encounters with U.S. war ships in the Persian Gulf. "This i...
» The Latest: Computer hack exposes millions in Northwest
27/08/16 09:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from www.washingtontimes.com stories: Security. BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The Latest on a computer breach involving Northwest hunting and fishing license sales (all times local): 1:24 p.m. Officials say a computer br...
» Air Force says retired 4-star general under investigation
27/08/16 09:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from www.washingtontimes.com stories: Security. WASHINGTON (AP) - The Air Force says a retired four-star general is under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct. An Air Force spokesman, Col. Patrick Ryder,...
» Metro Officer Charged With Aiding ISIS Remained With Agency Despite Years of FBI Monitoring
27/08/16 09:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. The Washington, D.C., Metro Transit Police officer charged earlier this month with attempting to provide material support to ISIS was not earlier terminated from the department desp...
» Can American Colleges Be Fixed?
27/08/16 09:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. Last week, Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson lashed out at what he called the “higher education cartel” of tenured professors for blocking reforms that could reduce ballooning tuition a...
» Pentagon Has Flooded Iraq and Afghanistan with More Than One Million Guns
27/08/16 09:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ThereAreNoSunglasses. [ Obama: Global arms dealer-in-chief ] The Pentagon has shipped more than a million small arms to Iraq and Afghanistan’s defense forces The quantity of arms contracted for export – wo...
» Canada restores its traditional UN peacekeeping role
27/08/16 09:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. The Canadian government is restoring the country's traditional U.N. peacekeeping role by providing up to 600 soldiers for missions around the world.
» Past deadline, feds see no end in sight for veteran homeless crisis
27/08/16 09:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Federal agencies now say they cannot predict the end of homelessness among veterans, a national crisis that President Barack Obama hoped to stop by 2015.
» Coast Guard repatriates 161 Cuban migrants to island
27/08/16 09:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. The Coast Guard said in a news release that 27 migrants were repatriated Friday, with 68 returned on Thursday and 66 on Monday. All were returned to the city of Bahia de Cabanas.
» In Syria, victory is in the eye of the beholder
27/08/16 09:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. The contradictory narratives about what happened in Tokhar reveal the difficulty of determining outcomes in an air campaign that has taken place beyond the reach of journalists, aid grou...
» A History of Modern Espionage
27/08/16 09:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Intelligence Analysis and Reporting. Title:                      A History of Modern Espionage Author:                 Allison Ind Ind, Allison (1965). A History of Modern Espionage. London: Hodder and Sto...
» Unmanned
27/08/16 09:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Intelligence Analysis and Reporting. Title:                      Unmanned Author:                William M. Arkin Arkin, William M. (2015). Unmanned : Drones , Data , And The Illusion of Perfect Warfare. N...
» Unheard Voices And Invisible Faces Of Voter Suppression - Huffington Post
27/08/16 09:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from house judiciary committee - Google News. Huffington Post Unheard Voices And Invisible Faces Of Voter Suppression Huffington Post Goodlatte chairs the House Judiciary Committee , which has refused to hold h...
» 'Less Than Human' - The Crime Report
27/08/16 09:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi aclu report - Google News. 'Less Than Human' The Crime Report While I of course 'cherry-picked' this litany of deficiencies from the DOJ report's executive summary, they represent a fairly neutered ech...
» Baltimore City Council to Hold Hearing on PD's Undisclosed Police Surveillance Program - Government Technology
27/08/16 09:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi aclu report - Google News. Government Technology Baltimore City Council to Hold Hearing on PD's Undisclosed Police Surveillance Program Government Technology ... months in secret is concerning. ... We ...
» Stingray documents offer rare insight into police and FBI surveillance - The Guardian
27/08/16 09:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi aclu report - Google News. The Guardian Stingray documents offer rare insight into police and FBI surveillance The Guardian According to the American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU ), at least 66 state a...
» Surveillance Program Raises Questions About Tech, Privacy - ABC News
27/08/16 09:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi aclu report - Google News. Baltimore Sun Bloomberg Surveillance Program Raises Questions About Tech, Privacy ABC News Authorities instead signed a non-disclosure agreement with the FBI requiring office...
» Why You Should Be Concerned About the DHS Plan to Collect Social Media Info on Travelers - AlterNet
27/08/16 09:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi aclu report - Google News. AlterNet Why You Should Be Concerned About the DHS Plan to Collect Social Media Info on Travelers AlterNet This narrative quickly gained traction, though it was soon proven t...
» Vox Sentences: It's a bird! It's a plane! It's aerial surveillance of the entire city of Baltimore! - Vox
27/08/16 09:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi aclu report - Google News. Vox Vox Sentences: It's a bird! It's a plane! It's aerial surveillance of the entire city of Baltimore! Vox A report by Bloomberg Businessweek earlier this week revealed that...
» FBI's massive porn sting puts internet privacy in crossfire - The Seattle Times
27/08/16 09:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi - Google News. FBI's massive porn sting puts internet privacy in crossfire The Seattle Times The FBI snared scores of people after taking over a child-pornography bulletin board and conducting a sting ...
» China's Potemkin Diplomacy - Forbes
27/08/16 09:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. Forbes China's Potemkin Diplomacy Forbes Following a string of foreign policy setbacks this summer, China was tantruming like a choleric child, throwing around its toy planes a...
» Innocent Dallas couple gets unwelcome visit from FBI | khou.com - KHOU.com
27/08/16 09:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi - Google News. KHOU.com Innocent Dallas couple gets unwelcome visit from FBI | khou.com KHOU.com DALLAS -- Donna and Walter Williams were asleep in their bed Tuesday morning when they were startled by ...
» FBI Profilers Help Hunt for Phoenix Serial Shooter Who Killed Seven - NBCNews.com
27/08/16 09:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi - Google News. NBCNews.com FBI Profilers Help Hunt for Phoenix Serial Shooter Who Killed Seven NBCNews.com The FBI has dispatched its famed profilers to Phoenix to dig for clues to an elusive serial ki...
» The FBI's Megaupload Domains Are Now Hosting Porn Ads - Techdirt
27/08/16 09:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi - Google News. TorrentFreak The FBI's Megaupload Domains Are Now Hosting Porn Ads Techdirt Well, we know the FBI is particularly adept at hosting porn on the internet. After all, just a few days ago it...
» Tech firm brags about blocking FBI from recovering Clinton emails - Washington Examiner (blog)
27/08/16 09:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi - Google News. Washington Examiner (blog) The Hill Tech firm brags about blocking FBI from recovering Clinton emails Washington Examiner (blog) A technology company that provided the program Hillary Cl...
» FBI Won't Pursue Hate Crime Charges in Scalding Water Attack - ABC News
27/08/16 09:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi - Google News. FBI Won't Pursue Hate Crime Charges in Scalding Water Attack ABC News The FBI has decided not to pursue hate crime charges against a Georgia man found guilty of throwing scalding water o...
» FBI-owned Megaupload.org serves up porn and sex ads | Ars ... - Ars Technica
27/08/16 09:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi - Google News. TorrentFreak FBI-owned Megaupload.org serves up porn and sex ads | Ars ... Ars Technica Megaupload domain, still owned by the FBI, appears to have been hijacked. The FBI's Megaupload Dom...
» Running a 'fever': FBI and police Stingray surveillance partnership ... - RT
27/08/16 09:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi - Google News. RT Running a 'fever': FBI and police Stingray surveillance partnership ... RT New documents show how Oakland police and the FBI collaborated in their use of surveillance devices known as...
» 'Unprofessional': Porn now featured on FBI-seized Megaupload site - RT
27/08/16 09:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from fbi - Google News. RT 'Unprofessional': Porn now featured on FBI -seized Megaupload site RT Since a criminal investigation was launched against New Zealander Kim Dotcom, who is still wanted in the US, the ...
» Still no US-Russia deal on better cooperation in Syria
27/08/16 09:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from DEBKAFile. August 27, 2016, 11:11 AM (IDT) After 10 hours of off-and-on again talks in Geneva, US Secretary of State and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov were unable to reach a comprehensive agreemen...
» US-Syrian warplanes nose to nose over US-backed Kurdish positions
27/08/16 09:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from DEBKAFile. August 27, 2016, 11:26 AM (IDT) Two American pilots described Friday how they scrambled against Syrian bombers and fighter jets that were attacking Kurdish and rebel positions to which US person...
» Cairo severs ties with Hamas for refusing to hand over ISIS associates
27/08/16 09:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from DEBKAFile. August 27, 2016, 11:44 AM (IDT) Egypt Saturday broke off ties with the Gaza Strip after its Hamas rulers refused to arrest Palestinian and Egyptian individuals suspected by Egyptian intelligence...
» How A Looming Fiscal Crisis Could Doom America's Military Edge - The National Interest Online (blog)
27/08/16 09:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. The National Interest Online (blog) How A Looming Fiscal Crisis Could Doom America's Military Edge The National Interest Online (blog) The problem with defense professionals is...
» Apologetic Hacker? Not if You Peek at His Emails - New York Times
27/08/16 09:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. New York Daily News Apologetic Hacker ? Not if You Peek at His Emails New York Times And they say the emails that the Bahamian man sent from jail since his arrest in December p...
» China's Oil Production Begins Long Descent, Beijing Scrambles For Answers - Forbes
27/08/16 09:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. Forbes China's Oil Production Begins Long Descent, Beijing Scrambles For Answers Forbes From searching the globe in search of oil deals with intense geopolitical ramifications ...
» President's Daily Brief: Delivering Intelligence to Nixon and Ford
27/08/16 09:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CIA Library. Publication: Posted new publication, President's Daily Brief: Delivering Intelligence to Nixon and Ford.
» Over 2000 Documents Released By CIA Containing Intelligence Analysis of Yom Kippur War - JP Updates
27/08/16 09:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from cia - Google News. JP Updates Over 2000 Documents Released By CIA Containing Intelligence Analysis of Yom Kippur War JP Updates Around 2,500 documents were released by the CIA Wednesday, containing intelli...
» CIA reveals its secret briefings to Presidents Nixon and Ford - CNN
27/08/16 09:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from cia - Google News. CNN CIA reveals its secret briefings to Presidents Nixon and Ford CNN Only in recent years did the CIA revise its traditional stance, releasing in September all of the daily, classified ...
» Морская пехота КФл в рамках внезапной проверки провела учения по уничтожению НВФ
27/08/16 09:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from RSS. Также были отработаны вопросы организации взаимодействия подразделений морской пехоты КФл с территориальными органами МВД и ФСБ России на маршрутах выдвижения при совершении марша и в ходе операции по...
» Полевые пункты управления 58 и 49 армий ЮВО развернуты на полигонах в Ставрополье и Краснодарском крае
27/08/16 09:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from RSS. В целях обеспечения боевого управления с оперативным составом объединений проведены тренировки по обмену информацией на средствах АСУ, установлена радиорелейная связь и закрытая видеоконференцсвязь с ...
» Дежавю. Детское порно и дело Буковского - 26 августа, 2016
27/08/16 09:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Радиопрограммы и подкасты - Радио Свобода. Детское порно – идеальный инструмент компрометации. Кому понадобилось опорочить Владимира Буковского? В программе Александра Подрабинека «Дежавю» адвокат Вадим Кл...
» Виктория и Тимур Пономарёвы просят защиты от оборотней в погонах, фабрикующих уголовные дела!
27/08/16 09:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Новости дня. 29 августа и 02 сентября Подробнее...
» Путин уволил двух генералов СКР - РБК
27/08/16 09:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РБК Путин уволил двух генералов СКР РБК Президент России Владимир Путин уволил двух генералов СКР. Это замглавы главного управления процессуального контроля в сфере противодействия...
» Порошенко и Макей обсудили перспективы экономического сотрудничества между Украиной и Белоруссией - Росбалт.RU
27/08/16 09:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Росбалт.RU Порошенко и Макей обсудили перспективы экономического сотрудничества между Украиной и Белоруссией Росбалт.RU Президент Украины Петр Порошенко и министр иностранных дел Б...
» США знают о стремлении России к серьезному военному сотрудничеству по Сирии - РИА Новости
27/08/16 09:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РИА Новости США знают о стремлении России к серьезному военному сотрудничеству по Сирии РИА Новости ВАШИНГТОН, 26 авг — РИА Новости, Дмитрий Злодорев. США знают о стремлении РФ к б...
» A Baker’s Dozen of Neglected Russian Stories – No. 46
27/08/16 09:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble          Staunton, August 26 -- The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Fed...
» Russian Aggression, Not Maidan, Behind Growing Ukrainian Hostility toward Russia, Studies Show
27/08/16 09:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble             Staunton, August 26 – Moscow propagandists have long insisted that Ukrainians became hostile t...
» Russians Still Leaving Kazakhstan But Now for Personal Not Political Reasons, New Study Says
27/08/16 09:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble             Staunton, August 26 – Although the number of people leaving Kazakhstan for permanent residence...
» Petrov on How Cadres Decisions are Made in the Kremlin Now
27/08/16 08:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble             Staunton, August 26 – Appointments and dismissals of key officials provide insights into how t...
» Kerry, Russian Counterpart Try to Hammer Out Syria Plan
27/08/16 08:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The United States and Russia renewed efforts Friday to negotiate a peaceful end to the fighting in Syria in light of a more volatile and complicated situation with the introduction of Tur...
» Iran Investigates Young Men at Risk of Being Recruited by IS
27/08/16 08:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Iran's intelligence minister says security officers have investigated more than 1,500 young men at risk of being recruited by the extremist Islamic State group. The semi-official Tasnim n...
» Philippines, Rebels Sign Cease-fire Deal
27/08/16 08:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The Philippine government and the country’s Communist guerrillas have signed an indefinite cease-fire agreement. The truce, signed in Norway Friday, seeks to end one of Asia's longest-run...
» For Afghan Women, ‘Glass Is Half Full’
27/08/16 08:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. As the United States prepared to invade Taliban-ruled Afghanistan 15 years ago, then-first lady Laura Bush took over her husband's weekly radio address to tell the American people that pa...
» Syrian Civilians, Fighters Evacuated From Daraya
27/08/16 08:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Syrian government buses on Friday began evacuating the first of 4,000 civilians and rebel fighters from the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Daraya. Fighters reportedly will be allowed to le...
» The Correspondents
27/08/16 08:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The Correspondents is VOA’s weekly discussion of the world’s top stories, as seen through the eyes of our dedicated reporters in the US and around the globe. Hosted by Mil Arcega, our pan...
» Fake Trump Quote Goes Viral in Russian Media
27/08/16 08:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russian media outlets on Thursday quoted U.S. Republican party presidential candidate Donald Trump as harshly criticizing the International Paralympic Committee’s decision to ban Russian ...
» RBC Publishes Report Sourced in FSB and Military on Wagner Private Military Contractor with 2,500 Fighters in Syria
27/08/16 08:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Interpreter. LIVE UPDATES: The Russian news service RBC has published an extensive report on Wagner, a private military contractor with 2,500 fighters deployed in Syria. They have also served in Ukrain...
» Ukrainian Civilian Volunteer Killed by Sniper in Shirokino; Maryinka is Town Most Under Fire
27/08/16 08:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Interpreter. Ukraine Day 921: LIVE UPDATES BELOW. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here . READ OUR SPECIAL REPORT: An Invasion By Any Other Name: The Kremlin’s Dirty...
» Power Vertical Podcast: The Tale Of The Tape
27/08/16 08:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Interpreter. Sometimes it takes awhile for the historical record to become clear. Sometimes it takes time for the things we have long suspected — and even assumed — to be confirmed. Sometim...
» Italy Earthquake: Death toll reaches 278 while road damage could see town 'isolated'
27/08/16 08:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Independent - Europe. Three Britons - a teenager and a married couple - are named among victims as hopes fade of finding survivors
» The dark web is a dangerous new frontier for those who try to keep terrorists at bay
27/08/16 08:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Independent - Europe. A man has been arrested for allegedly supplying a gun to the teenager behind the recent Munich attack via the dark web - but the use of such websites can make tracking of weapons ...
» Зачем Кадыров прилетал в Кремль?
27/08/16 08:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from SvobodaRadio's YouTube Videos. From: SvobodaRadio Duration: 00:00 Визит Рамзана Кадырова в Москву обсуждаем с Александром Осовцовым, экс депутатом Госдумы и участником событий в Буденновске, политолого...
» Детское порно и дело Буковского
27/08/16 08:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from SvobodaRadio's YouTube Videos. From: SvobodaRadio Duration: 30:01 Детское порно – идеальный инструмент компрометации. Кому понадобилось опорочить Владимира Буковского? В программе Александра Подрабинек...
» Clinton cranks up Trump-Russia rhetoric as Election Day draws closer - RT
27/08/16 08:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. RT Clinton cranks up Trump- Russia rhetoric as Election Day draws closer RT In just over two months, the next US president will have been elected, and the mud-slinging will have final...
» Germany urges restart to arms control agreement with Russia - RT
27/08/16 08:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. RT Germany urges restart to arms control agreement with Russia RT Steinmeier is part of the Social Democratic party, which usually takes more favorable stance towards Russia . The for...

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