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| Pentagon says $2bn sale of missiles to UAE will 'contribute to US national security' - RT | ||
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| Trump to Comey: Better hope there are no 'tapes' of talks | ||
President Donald Trump, in an apparent warning to his fired FBI director, said Friday that James Comey had better hope there are no "tapes" of their conversations. Trump's tweet came the morning after he asserted Comey had told him three times that he wasn't under FBI investigation.       | ||
| FBI Gives Hollywood Hacking Victims Surprising Advice: "Pay the Ransom" - Hollywood Reporter | ||
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| Russian cyber is our biggest threat, DNI says; Trump warns Comey; Close call in the Black Sea; Goddamned steam; and just a bit more... | ||
| US military doubles number of recognized religions to 221 | ||
Although the armed services' new list of recognized religions is cause for celebration for some, military officials say it won't change much in daily life.    | ||
| The U.S. Army Has a Serious Problem: It Is "Grossly Undermanned" | ||
Wesley Dearen Security,  How do we fix it?The United States today faces a rising number of threats to national security from around the world, whether it be from North Korea, ISIS, or Russia.To deter and counter these threats requires a strong ground combat force, and it is the shared responsibility of the executive branch and Congress to adequately resource that force. The Heritage Foundations 2017 Index of Military Strength notes, The U.S. Army is Americas primary land warfare component whose chief value to the nation is its ability to defeat and destroy enemy land forces in battle. Many people hope that the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will be the last such major engagements requiring a ground force exceeding 100,000 and that the Army will not need to be as large in the future. However, as former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has noted, In the 40 years since Vietnam, we have a perfect record in predicting where we will use military force next: Weve never once gotten it right. If you think about it from Iraq twice to Afghanistan and so onin not one of those cases did we have any hint six months ahead of the start of hostilities that we were going to have military forces in those places.Coming at the question from a different angle, Leon Trotsky famously stated that you may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you, suggesting that we often dont have the luxury of choice when faced with a war. A broad array of military experts agree that the U.S. Army is too small. Retired U.S. Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey has argued that it is grossly undermanned. He also said that in spite of a growing recognition that Russia is a strategic threat, the U.S. still has inadequate ground combat power in Europe. Read full article | ||
| GOP senator threatens to block Trump's CIA nominee - The Hill (blog) | ||
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| Congress, the President, and the Dwindling Oversight of War | ||
Lawmakers tacit approval of President Trumps military actions encourages more boundary-stretching. | ||
| hospitals across England hit by large-scale cyber-attack - The Guardian | ||
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| Mike Pence: ISIS is guilty of genocide against Christians | ||
The Trump administration is raising alarms about the Islamic State committing genocide against Christians, a conclusion that President Obama's team reached reluctantly only last year. In a speech Thursday that didn't receive much press attention in Washington, Vice President Mike Pence told the World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians ... | ||
| Ransomware cyber attack hits Telefonica, other Spanish firms - Reuters | ||
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| Trump warns ousted FBI chief not to leak to media, threatens 'tapes' - Reuters | ||
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| House Democrats Say Sessions Might Have Broken the Law in the Comey Firing - Mother Jones | ||
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| What US-Russia crisis? Trump seeks closer ties in WH meeting | ||
President Donald Trump sought to advance prospects for cooperation between the former Cold War foes in Syria and elsewhere in a rare Oval Office meeting with Vladimir Putin's top diplomat. | ||
| Trump is getting closer to collusion with Russia in Syria | ||
Six years into this bloody conflict, the test results are in. Russian and American interests in Syria are not the same.    | ||
| What would the government do after a WMD attack? We have no idea. | ||
If North Korea launches a nuclear-armed ballistic missile, one of the only things we know for sure about what will happen next is that the news will race around the world on classified networks using the designation reserved for the Pentagon’s highest-level alert, an “OPREP-3 PINNACLE NUCFLASH,” which signals a possible imminent nuclear war. After that, though, we know surprisingly little about what might unfold particularly if a surprise attack managed to cripple Washington. | ||
| Full transcript: Acting FBI director McCabe and others testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee | ||
Acting FBI director Andrew McCabe, who replaced James Comey after he was fired by President Trump, testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on the topic of worldwide threats. | ||
| Wyden: Follow the Dead Bodies of Russians in Investigation of Trump Business Dealings | ||
Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) told MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Thursday night to follow the "dead bodies" of Russians while investigating President Donald Trump's business dealings with Russia. Wyden was referring to a statement by Clint Watts, a former FBI agent, who said that senators should "follow the dead bodies" while probing Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. Watts claimed that Russians tied to the investigation have been killed or gone missing in recent months, implying that a cover-up is taking place. The former agent did not provide evidence to support his claim. Wyden referenced Watts' comments while talking to Maddow about the president's finances and business dealings, arguing the same method should be used to look into Trump-Russia ties. "I'll also tell you that we asked Clint Watts, the former FBI director [sic], about this," Wyden said. "He said, ‘You're absolutely right, senator, you ought to be following the money. But you also ought to know that you should follow the trail of the dead bodies.'" Wyden's description of Watts is incorrect. He was never the director of the FBI. The Oregon Democrat later doubled down on his "dead bodies" claim. "As you know, there have been an extraordinary number of press reports, for example in the case of the dossier, and I come back to the dead bodies. There are reports of people who disappeared in connection with that," Wyden said. "There is a real interrelationship between some of the charges and the serious allegations that are made." The dossier Wyden may have been referring to was one by a former British intelligence agent that alleged Trump had deep ties to Russia. The documents were published by BuzzFeed, which acknowledged the claims about Trump being compromised by Russia were unverified. The post Wyden: Follow the ‘Dead Bodies’ of Russians in Investigation of Trump Business Dealings appeared first on Washington Free Beacon. | ||
| The 'Merrick Garland for FBI' scheme shows why liberals lose - Washington Post | ||
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| The forgotten origins of the modern gay rights movement in WWI | ||
Gay soldiers who survived the bloodletting of World War I returned home convinced their governments owed them something full citizenship. Especially in Germany, where gay rights already had a tenuous footing, they formed new organizations to advocate in public for their rights.    | ||
| The Fatal Flaw in Trump's ISIS Plan | ||
This Saturday, April. 29, 2017 still taken from video, shows a Kurdish fighter of the People's Protection Units (YPG) standing guards as U.S. forces take up positions in the northern village of Darbasiyah, Syria. | ||
| Russian Su-27 Fighter Came Within 20 Feet of U.S. Reconnaissance Plane over Black Sea | ||
Russ Read Security, Europe  What would have happenned next? A Russian Su-27 fighter approached the U.S. P-8A Poseidon as it was conducting routine operations in international airspace, said Capt. Pamela Kunze, a U.S. Naval Forces Europe spokeswoman. The Russian defense ministry claimed a fighter had executed a greeting maneuver to the U.S. pilots, according to NBC news. Russia deployed the fighter after an air target approaching the Russian state border had been located above Black Sea neutral waters. The maneuver was deemed safe and professional, according to the Navy. Russian and U.S. Navy ships regularly interact over international territory, according to Kunze. The interaction was one of the closest interactions between U.S. and Russian forces in recent years. Other interactions at much greater distances have been considered unsafe by the Pentagon before. Russian aircraft buzzed the USS Porter in February, a move which was considered unsafe because the aircraft had not engaged their radio transponders. It is unclear whether or not the Russian fighter was using its transponders in Tuesdays incident. Distance is only one of many variables considered when defining what is safe and professional, according to Kunze. Read full article | ||
| Assault rifles, pistol stolen from German military vehicle | ||
The German Defense Ministry says two assault rifles and a pistol have been stolen from inside an armored vehicle at a military facility in northern Germany, in another embarrassment for the armed forces.    | ||
| Kurtz: Trumps moment of truth with Lester Holt | ||
From: FoxNewsChannel
Duration: 03:50
'MediaBuzz' host Howard Kurtz weighs in on Trump admitting that he was going to 'fire Comey regardless of recommendation' altering the White House's version of events
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| 'The FBI must be protected from the White House' | ||
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http://f24.my/youtubeEN FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7 http://f24.my/YTliveEN INTERNATIONAL PAPERS - Fri. 12.05.17: Stateside papers focus on an interview President Donald Trump gave in which he offered his first full account of the events that led to the firing of FBI director James Comey. According to the Washington Post, the FBI must be protected from the White House. Meanwhile, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is caught with his eyes closed at a conference, but officials insist he's not napping. Visit our website: http://www.france24.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://f24.my/youtubeEN Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/France24_en  |
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