Our candidates interrupt, talk over each other and seemingly don’t listen — they’re setting a terrible example for the rest of us.
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Washington Post |
U.S. government officially accuses Russia of hacking campaign to ...
Washington Post The Obama administration on Friday officially accused Russia of attempting to interfere in the 2016 elections, including by hacking the computers of the ... US gov't officially accuses Russia of political hacks; Moscow calls it 'nonsense'RT Politics|US Says Russia Directed Hacks to Influence ElectionsNew York Times US Blames Russia for Recent HacksWall Street Journal Financial Times-Voice of America-Christian Science Monitor-National Intelligence all 230 news articles » |
Knoxville News Sentinel |
Trump names U.S. Sen. Corker, R-Tenn., to national security team
Knoxville News Sentinel NASHVILLE — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has named U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., as a member of his national security advisory council. The announced, released Friday afternoon by the Trump campaigns, puts Corker in the ... U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe to join Donald Trump's National Security Advisory Councilkjrh.com Sen. Bob Corker added to Donald Trump's National Security Advisory CouncilWZTV Trump Adds 4 Senators, 7 Others To National Security Advisory PanelWestern Journalism TheBlaze.com all 10 news articles » |
The U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions, including from US political organizations.
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Key findings from major report on US border securityby The Associated Press
The Department of Homeland Security asked the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federally funded research organization, to help develop measures that assess security on the country's nearly 2,000-mile border with Mexico. Here are some key findings from the group's report, completed in May:
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SANAA, Yemen (AP) - Yemen's army has announced the death of its most senior commander to be killed this year in the country's ongoing civil war.
In a statement late on Friday, it said Maj-Gen. Abdul-Rab al-Shadadi was killed while leading an offensive against the Iranian-backed Shiite rebels known as ...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland said Saturday it is highly concerned that Russia has moved nuclear-capable Iskander ballistic missiles into Kaliningrad, a Russian region on Poland's northeastern border.
Russia, meanwhile, says the missiles are being deployed as part of regular military maneuvers to Kaliningrad.
The development comes amid heightened tensions ...
The State Department released 75 of Hillary Clinton’s emails from her private server on Friday, the first batch of the 15,000 that the FBI uncovered during its investigation of Clinton’s email practices.
The emails totaled about 270 pages, the Hill reported. However many of the documents that were released are duplicates of emails previously released. The 270 pages are part of 350 total pages that District Judge James Boasberg ordered to be released.
Of the 15,000 emails the FBI found on Clinton’s private server, around 5,600 of them were work-related. About 60 percent were considered personal messages.
A federal judge ordered the State Department last month to release Clinton’s uncovered emails. The judge has put in place a timeframe for the release of the emails. Conservative watchdog Judicial Watch has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the State Department to obtain many of these emails, but the department has been slow to release the documents, claiming that it is due to a lack of resources and personnel to sort through them and ensure that no classified material is in them.
Additional batches of emails will be released before the election on Oct. 21 and Nov. 4, with more to be released following Election Day.
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Accused NSA contractor was workaholic hoarder into computers, says ex-wife by David Smith in Washington
- Elizabeth Martin says ex-husband was ‘one of the most patriotic people I knew’
- Harold Martin charged with stealing classified information from spy agency
The ex-wife of a former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor arrested for allegedly stealing classified information has described him as a workaholic hoarder more interested in computers than politics.
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Beatings, sleep deprivation, menacing and other brutal tactics have led to persistent mental health problems among detainees held in secret C.I.A. prisons and at Guantánamo.
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The KGB officer in the Kremlin seeks one last, grand strategic humiliation for our president before he leaves office
It’s long been obvious that Vladimir Putin and his inner circle view Barack Obama with utter contempt. To the hard men in Moscow, who got their schooling in the KGB, our diffident, wordy Ivy League lawyer president is a weakling—almost a caricature of everything they despise about the postmodern West.
Here the Kremlin mirrors most Russians, who find Obama a puzzling and contemptible man. This is nothing new. I’ve heard remarkable put-downs of our commander-in-chief for years, going back to 2008, even from the mouths of highly educated Russians. Their comments are invariably earthy, insulting, and nowhere near politically correct.
It’s therefore no surprise that Russians view Obama with contempt—and so does their leader. As our president winds up his second term and prepares to move out of the White House, the Kremlin simply isn’t bothering to hide that contempt any longer, even in high-level diplomacy, where a modicum of tact is expected.
Take Syria, the foreign policy nightmare that hangs darkly over Obama’s legacy. The pathetic attempts of John Kerry, Obama’s sad-sack secretary of state, to assert America’s role in that sordid conflict have been rudely rebuffed by Moscow. The Kremlin has made it indelibly clear that it has no interest in further parley with Washington about Syria: We won, you lost, get over it.
This has now descended into farce, with Russia’s foreign ministry tweeting mocking insults at America’s top diplomat. Like the infamous honey badger, the Kremlin simply doesn’t care one whit what we think. We can at least count our blessings that Secretary Kerry hasn’t dispatched James Taylor to Moscow.
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Politics, Middle East
The 9/11 victims' law sends a strong message to foreign governments considering whether or not to support anti-American militant groups.
Notwithstanding criticism from the President and CIA Director, the "Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act" (JASTA) passed last Wednesday with an overwhelming, bipartisan majority in Congress. It is now U.S. law. JASTA provides a legal course for families of 9/11 victims to sue any state for terror attacks committed on American soil on or after September 11, 2001. The act raises at least three questions regarding our relationship with Saudi Arabia, arguably the country most impacted by JASTA. Should U.S. officials provide support (e.g. pertinent evidence) to 9/11 families suing Saudi officials? Should the U.S. government encourage the Saudis to settle cases out of court? If a guilty verdict is reached but no Saudi official shows up, would American courts freeze Saudi investments assets, such as Saudi sovereign wealth investments in American private equity firms or Saudi funds being held in the United States to support their major military purchases?
In answering these and other complex questions, the next President must be guided by a dual responsibility. The first and obvious one is a responsibility to American citizens. If Saudi officials were in fact involved in the 9/11 attacks—and a 2004 Congressional inquiry found that at least two lower-tier Saudi officials were—then American citizens must have recourse to justice and U.S. officials should support them, regardless of the diplomatic hiccups that may ensue. JASTA makes this responsibility more compelling.
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Today's Headlines and Commentaryby Zachary Burdette, Quinta Jurecic
Moscow has warned the United States that the Russian military will use its air defense systems in Syria to stop any American attacks on regime forces, the Washington Post reports. Russia has deployed its advanced S-400 system deployed Syria’s Hemeimeem air base and also dispatched S-300 assets to a naval base in Tartus earlier this week. The threat comes as the Obama administration considers how to move forward in Syria after the collapse of the ceasefire brokered with Moscow.
The Russian Duma finalized a treaty with Syria that authorizes a permanent Russian military presence in the country, notes the Post. The treaty includes provisions specific to the air base at Hemeimeem. A separate agreement may also be in the works to indefinitely maintain Russia’s naval presence in Tartus.
Russia also announced plans to bolster military cooperation with Iran and to increase its naval presence in the Mediterranean, the Wall Street Journal reports. Unlike the basing agreement with Syria, Russian cooperation with Iran seems to be mostly limited to greater dialogue on military issues. That distinction is notable given Iran’s decision to grant—and then quickly revoke—Russian military access to an Iranian airbase to launch operations into Syria earlier this year. Moscow’s plans to augment its naval presence in the Mediterranean, though, are more concrete. Russia is dispatching two missile corvettes to reinforce its task force off Syria, and has plans to also send its only aircraft carrier later this year.
While Aleppo remains the battle in the global spotlight, numerous active military operations continue across Syria. The AP outlines the developments in Hama, Damascus and southern Syria, northwestern Syria, Dier al-Zour, and Aleppo.
Ahead of the Mosul offensive, Sunni militias are asking for greater support from the Iraqi government, Reuters observes. While Turkey provides training to these Sunni forces, the fighters argue that Iraq’s Shi’ite-led central government is not providing greater support for sectarian reasons. The sectarian dispute also revolves around who will lead the offensive on Mosul, Reutersadds. The Turkish government warned that the involvement of Shi’ite militias would be counterproductive to the operation, arguing instead that the Turkish-backed Sunni forces were better equipped to liberate the city.
The Washington Post chronicles what life is like for children living under the Islamic State’s rule.Interviews with five boys illuminate the dark process of indoctrination and training that the group forces children to go through.
Israel denounced the United States’ “strong condemnation” of its plans to develop a settlement in the West Bank, writes the Post. Israeli officials argued that building new housing is distinct from new settlements, and suggested that the United States should be more focused on the conflict in Syria than Israel’s activity in the West Bank.
The U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child criticized Saudi Arabia for gender-based discrimination and laws that “allowed children to be executed by stoning or punished with amputations and floggings,” Reuters notes. The kingdom has come under increased international scrutiny recently for its domestic human rights problems, its checkered history of complicity with terrorist groups, and its bloody intervention in Yemen.
Pakistan’s parliament criticized India’s military operations in Kashmir, the Post reports. The resolution denied responsibility for terrorist attacks against Indian military forces, shifting the blame to India for “sponsoring terrorism” that targets Pakistan.
The battle for Kunduz has reached its fifth day, the Post comments. Government forces report success in pushing the Taliban out of the city. Civilians continue to flee Kunduz, and the United Nations has warned that the city may face severe food and water shortages.
Activity at North Korea’s nuclear test site has raised suspicion that the hermit kingdom may be preparing for a sixth nuclear test, the Journal tells us. The heightened level of activity could simply indicate an effort to collect data from the last test, but North Korea has a history of taking provocative actions during major political anniversaries within the state—two of which are coming up on Sunday and Monday.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has made good on his promises to weaken the country’s defense cooperation with the United States, writes the Post. The Philippines’ defense minister, Delfin Lorenzana, informed his U.S. counterparts that all joint patrols and naval exercises in the South China Sea are “on hold” and that U.S. special forces carrying out counter-terrorism operations in the Philippines must leave once local forces build capacity. The announcement is the first concrete follow-through after a series of President Duterte’s provocative statements. Lorenzana also stated that the Philippines will shift to greater reliance on China and Russia for procuring weapons systems if the United States withdraws military aid, adds Reuters.
Vietnam accused the Viet Tan, a California-based activist group, of conducting terrorist operations against the Vietnamese government. Officials claimed the pro-democracy group “recruited and trained operatives to use weapons and explosives.” Reuters has more.
Increased Russian operations in Syria are only a subset of the Kremlin’s new appetite for broader military activism. Moscow is “rethinking” whether it wants to reopen military bases in Vietnam and Cuba that had been closed as part of a global drawdown following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Reuters reports.
Meanwhile, Estonia and Finland also reported that Russian aircraft penetrated their territorial airspace multiple times on Thursday and Friday. The timing coincides with Estonia’s hosting of the Ukrainian defense minister and with Finland’s signing of an agreement to strengthen its military collaboration with the United States. The bilateral agreement significantly expands the scope of U.S.-Finland defense cooperation beyond current joint drills to include “information exchange, joint research and development in areas like cyberdefense” as well as “cooperation in ship building, nuclear defense and developing technologies for the Arctic,” writes the Post.
Beyond standard military operations, Russia is also becoming bolder in its efforts to influence the internal political systems of foreign states. In the wake of a pattern of Russian-linked hacks on U.S. political targets, a group of experts and former national security officials have released a letter warning that Russian intelligence services may “doctor” the emails they release from hacks to have greater effect. Yahoo has more.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the country’s 52 year civil war, the New York Times reports. The Washington Post chronicles the various domestic and international reactions to the decision. Colombian voters rejected the peace deal President Santos proposed in a referendum, but the AP notes that the government and FARC have committed to a cease-fire until the issue is resolved.
Investigators looking into NSA contractor Harold Martin for taking home classified information are unsure if he leaked any of the material, the Times remarks. Martin may have merely been hoarding the material so that he could continue his work at home. Regardless of his motives, Martin’s arrest could have significant implications for his employer Booz Allen, the contractor also responsible for hiring Snowden. The Times has more.
More details have emerged in the increasingly complicated story of Yahoo’s cooperating with a government order to search emails for a telltale digital signature. Reuters has walked back its initial reporting that the order was issued under Section 702, and now agrees with the Times’ earlier reporting that the FISA court granted a warrant under Title I of FISA. Meanwhile, Motherboard writesthat the tool used by Yahoo to scan emails may have been a piece of malware, rather than software routinely used to search correspondence for child pornography and viruses, as indicated earlier.
The FBI again finds itself in the possession of a dead terrorist suspect’s locked iPhone, writes Wired.The phone belonged to Dahir Adan, a Minnesotan who may have been inspired by the Islamic State to stab bystanders in a mall earlier this year. Depending on the phone’s model and operating system, it may use encryption that the FBI would not be able to bypass with the technique used to decrypt the phone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters earlier this year—potentially renewing the showdown between Apple and the FBI over encryption.
ICYMI: Yesterday, on Lawfare
Sarah Tate Chambers rounded up the U.S. government’s cases against Chinese cyber-criminals.
Benjamin Wittes uploaded the latest edition of Rational Security, which covers the vice-presidential debate, JASTA, the NSA leaks, Shimon Peres, and Russia.
Rachel VanLandingham discussed the procedural regulation of detention in armed conflict.
Nora Ellingsen summarized a new counterterrorism case in D.C.
Benjamin Wittes explained that he is withholding analysis on reports that Yahoo is scanning emails for U.S. intelligence agencies, arguing that analysts should wait until the underlying documents are published, the facts are clearer, and it is apparent what legal authority the government cites for the program.
David Bosco outlined what a team from the ICC will and will not do on its trip to Israel and Palestine.
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Politics|US Says Russia Directed Hacks to Influence Elections
New York Times In a statement from the director of national intelligence, James R. Clapper Jr., and the Department of Homeland Security, the government said the leaked emails that have appeared on a variety of websites “are intended to interfere with the U.S ... Obama administration formally accuses Russia of attempts to interfere with 2016 electionsTopNews New Zealand Joint DHS and ODNI Election Security Statement - National IntelligenceNational Intelligence Joint Statement from the Department Of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence on ...Homeland Security Washington Post all 288 news articles » |
The Hill |
Arrested NSA contractor is no Snowden, officials say
The Hill While FBI Director James B. Comey called Clinton and her aides “extremely careless” for their handling of classified material during her tenure as secretary of State, he has backed up her explanation that she used the server as a matter of convenience. and more » |
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Espionage by fredslibrary
Title: Espionage
Author: M. G. Richings
Richings, Mildred Gladys (1935). Espionage: The Story of The Secret Service of The English Crown. London, Hutchinson & Co., Ltd
LCCN: 35005134
Subjects
Date Posted: October 7, 2016
Reviewed by Paul W. Blackstock and Frank L. Schaf[1]
The only other book-length treatment of the British Secret Service besides Deacon’s history[2]. An account from the fourteenth century through the reign of Edward VII in 1910.
[1] Blackstock, Paul W. (1978) and Frank L. Schaf, Jr. Intelligence, Espionage, Counterespionage, And Covert Operations: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale Research Co., p. 155
[2] Deacon, Richard (1970). A History of The British Secret Service. New York: Taplinger
Stalin’s Englishman by fredslibrary
Title: Stalin’s Englishman
Author: Andrew Lownie
Lownie, Andrew (2016). Stalin’s Englishman: Guy Burgess, The Cold War, And The Cambridge Spy Ring. New York: St. Martin’s Press
LCCN: 2016028503
UB271.R92 B87 2015
Scope and content
- “Guy Burgess was the most important, complex, and fascinating of The Cambridge Spies–Maclean, Philby, Blunt–brilliant young men recruited in the 1930s to betray their country to the Soviet Union. An engaging and charming companion to many, an unappealing, utterly ruthless manipulator to others, Burgess rose through academia, the BBC, the Foreign Office, MI5 and MI6, gaining access to thousands of highly sensitive secret documents which he passed to his Russian handlers. In this first full biography, Andrew Lownie shows us how even Burgess’s chaotic personal life of drunken philandering did nothing to stop his penetration and betrayal of the British Intelligence Service. Even when he was under suspicion, the fabled charm which had enabled many close personal relationships with influential establishment figures (including Winston Churchill) prevented his exposure as a spy for many years. Through interviews with more than a hundred people who knew Burgess personally, many of whom have never spoken about him before, and the discovery of hitherto secret files, Stalin’s Englishman brilliantly unravels the many lives of Guy Burgess in all their intriguing, chilling, colorful, tragi-comic wonder”– Provided by publisher.
Contents
- Prologue: Full Circle : Saturday, 5 October 1963 — Beginnings — Schooldays — Eton Again — Cambridge Undergraduate — Cambridge Postgraduate — The Third Man — London — The BBC — Russian Recruiter — Jack and Peter — British Agent — Meeting Churchill — Section D — “Rather Confidential Work” — Bentinck Street — Back at the BBC — MI5 Agent Handler — Propagandist — The News Department — Relationships — Back at the Centre of Power — Russian Controls — Settling Down — The Information Research Department — The Far East Department — Disciplinary Action — Washington — Disgrace — Sent Home — Back in Britain — The Final Week — The Bird Has Flown — The Story Breaks — Repercussions — Petrov — The Missing Diplomats Reappear — First Steps — “I’m Very Glad I Came” — An Englishman Abroad — Visitors — “I’m a communist, of course, but I’m a British communist, and I hate Russia!” — Summing Up — Appendix.
Subjects
- Burgess, Guy, 1911-1963.
- British Broadcasting Corporation–Biography.
- Great Britain. Foreign Office–Biography.
- Spies–Great Britain–Biography.
- Espionage, Soviet–Great Britain–History.
- Intelligence service–Great Britain–History–20th century.
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Intelligence.
- HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain.
- Great Britain–Relations–Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union–Relations–Great Britain.
Date Posted: October 7, 2016
Review from Intellligencer[1]
Guy Burgess was a slovenly, drunk, complex and, to some, fascinating member of “The Cambridge Spies” —the British men who passed intelligence to the Soviets during WWII and the Cold War. We follow him from his student days in 1930s Cambridge, where he was first approached by Soviet scouts, through his infiltration of the BBC and the British government, to his final escape to Russia and exile. Lownie examines Burgess’s friendship with Churchill and family.
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NewsOK.com |
NSA contractor arrest highlights challenge of insider threat
NewsOK.com The house of Harold Thomas Martin III is seeing in Glen Burnie, Md., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016. A federal government contractor is accused of stealing highly classified information. The Justice Department on Wednesday announced a criminal complaint ... The FBI's Arrested A New 'Snowden'Task & Purpose NSA arrest highlights struggle to prevent insider threatsChristian Science Monitor Watch Insiders, National Security Official WarnsCourthouse News Service Techworm -Thegardenisland.com all 31 news articles » |
NBC 6 South Florida |
Suspected NSA intel thief worked for government contractor contracted to stop NSA intel theft
NewsOK.com Harold Thomas Martin III, 51, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, was arrested by the FBI in August after authorities say he admitted to having taken government secrets. A defense attorney said Martin did not intend to betray his country. (AP Photo/Patrick ... The FBI's Arrested A New 'Snowden'Task & Purpose NSA arrest highlights struggle to prevent insider threatsChristian Science Monitor Watch Insiders, National Security Official WarnsCourthouse News Service Techworm -Marketplace.org all 34 news articles » |
TIME |
Insane Clown Posse: Who Are the Real 'Killer Clowns' Terrorizing America?
TIME Rolling Stone called the rash of reports a “hoax” in a recent article that also pointed out that way back in 1981, when me and my partner in rhyme and best friend Shaggy 2 Dope were in grade school, there were reports of so-called “phantom clowns ... and more » |
Baltimore Police Took 1 Million Surveillance Photos of City
ABC News The city council is planning to hold a hearing on the matter; the ACLU and some state lawmakers are considering introducing legislation to limit the kinds of surveillance programs police can utilize, and mandate public disclosure and discussion ... and more » |
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Townhall |
Congress to Lynch: What Exactly Did You Allow The FBI To Investigate? Anything?
Townhall Since the non-indictment of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was announced in July byFBI Director James Comey, a number of investigations have been launched by Congress in order to the process. As a result, new information about the case ... 'High Prosecution Case' -- Jeff Sessions Calls For Investigation Of FBI For Handling Of Clinton ProbeDaily Caller Republicans blast FBI for 'astonishing' agreement to destroy Clinton aides' laptopsFox News Sen. Jeff Sessions: Senate Must Investigate FBI's 'Breathtaking' Destruction of Evidence, Immunity to Cheryl MillsBreitbart News Investor's Business Daily- New York Post- Washington Examiner (blog) all 120 news articles » |
Breitbart News |
NYPost: FBI Agents 'Ready to Revolt' Over Comey's 'Unprecedented ...
Breitbart News New York Post columnist Paul Sperry writes that veteran FBI agents are outraged by the “unprecedented” accommodations FBI Director James Comey afforded ... FBI agents 'ready to revolt'WND.com FBI Director James Comey Has To GoAmerican Center for Law and Justice all 12 Hurricane Hillary's Path Of Destruction – Look What These Former FBI Agents Just DisclosedWestern Journalism all 8 news articles » |
Pakistan wants President Obama’s help in the Kashmir conflict with India, Pakistan’s senate defense chairman will tell the National Security Council on Friday.
Raw Story |
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte dares the CIA to 'oust' him
Raw Story Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday dared the United States' CIA spy agency to try and oust him, as he branded Western critics of his deadly crime war “animals” and vowed many more killings. In two fiery speeches to mark his 100 days in ... and more » |
Local Police Using CIA-funded Software to Track All Citizens' Social Media Posts
The New American Local police departments are using software developed by a CIA-funded company to monitor citizens' social media posts and their physical locations in real time 24 hours a day. Stories from across the country have revealed that several local law ... |
October 8, 2016, 9:26 PM (IDT)
Rabbi Mendel Deitsch, a longtime Chabad-Lubavitch emissary in France and more recently in Israel, was brutally attacked at Zhitomir’s central train station early Friday morning, where he was discovered and transported to a local hospital. His condition is considered extremely critical.
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Politico (blog) |
FBI releases thin file on Donald Trump's father, Fred
Politico (blog) The FBI has released a small set of records on Donald Trump's father Fred, showing a fleeting interest at the bureau in the elder Trump's campaign donations and hints of a concern related to organized crime. However, the FBI file is all of eight pages ... |
The Guardian |
Hillary Clinton's Wall St speeches published by Wikileaks
BBC News In one of the extracts, Mrs Clinton told bankers that they were best-placed to help reform the USfinancial sector. ... The leak comes after the US accused Russia of a cyber attack against political organisations intended to influence the presidential ... WikiLeaks releases what appear to be Clinton's paid Wall Street speechesThe Guardian Leaked Speech Excerpts Show a Hillary Clinton at Ease With Wall StreetNew York Times all 211 news articles » |
Deutsche Welle |
Kiriyenko is no reformer in the Kremlin
Deutsche Welle Like the rest of those left on the rotating personnel roundabout of recent weeks. Muchin describes all the talk of a liberal reformer as a "liberal dream" - one that will not, he says, be fulfilled by the new man in the Kremlin, Sergey Vladilenovich ... and more » |
The Times of Israel |
Russia said to deploy nuclear-capable missiles on NATO doorstep
The Times of Israel VILNIUS, Lithuania — Russia is again deploying nuclear-capable Iskander missiles into its Kaliningrad outpost bordering two NATO members, Lithuania said Saturday, warning the move was aimed at pressuring the West into making concessions over Syria ... Russia moves nuclear missiles onto NATO's doorstepDeutsche Welle Russia deploys nuclear-capable missiles in KaliningradBBC News Russia moves nuclear-capable missiles into KaliningradReuters Vatican Radio -International Business Times UK all 52 news articles » |
Rudaw |
Russia rejects French proposal on Syria
Rudaw ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Russia on Saturday vetoed a French resolution on Syria at the UN Security Council that implied greater coordination in monitoring the situation in Syria. TheRussian envoy to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, urged all sides to restart ... ISIS, Not Russia, Is the Enemy in SyriaCNSNews.com As the US and Russia step away from Syria, Europe steps in to fill the gapThe National Threat of US-Russia clash grows after Washington cuts off Syria talks World Socialist Web Site Fox News -Washington Times- KSBY San Luis Obispo News all 3,156 news articles » |
Джон Керри призывает расследовать действия Россииby Russia News Videos
По его данным, в результате очередной бомбёжки сирийской больницы в ночь на пятницу погибли 20 человек, почти 100 были ранены.
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TODAYonline |
Baltic region worried about Russian missiles in Kaliningrad
WSOC Charlotte Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj.-Gen. Igor Konashenkov played down the concerns. "The Iskander ballistic missile system is mobile," he said in a statement Saturday. "As part of the plan of combat training, missile troops are engaged in training ... Poland concerned about Russian missiles sent to KaliningradWBAL Radio all 45 news articles » |
It’s Strange Putin hasn’t Yet Asked for Alaska Back’ But There’s Still Time, Russian Writer Saysby paul goble (noreply@blogger.com)
Paul Goble
Staunton, October 8 – Many people have commented on the fact that Vladimir Putin accompanied his announcement that he was suspending a plutonium cooperation agreement with the United States with an ultimatum containing a list of demands that Washington could not possibly be expected to fulfill.
But that list, which included the lifting of all sanctions, the total disarmament of Eastern Europe “and – the icing on the cake – compensation for [Russia’s] losses,” is in fact the key to understanding what is going on, according to Pavel Shipilin, a commentator for the Utro news agency (utro.ru/articles/2016/10/07/1300245.shtml).
What is going on, he continues, is a fundamental shift in the relationship between Russia and the West, from one in which the two sides were at least willing to negotiate to one in which Moscow is going to defend its interests come what may given the increasing weakness displayed by the US, a weakness he says was on display as the West reacted to Putin’s words.
Putin said as much in making his announcement, Shipilin adds, and says that given this shift, “it is strange that Putin did not require that the US return Alaska,” although the commentator quickly points out that “the global conflict is far from finished so that ahead of us may come not a few surprises,” including perhaps that demand as well.
The Kremlin leader, Shipilin says, specifically said that he had taken the decision on the plutonium issue because of “the radical change of circumstances” and “the threat to stability as a result of unfriendly actions.” And the place to see where that is happening is in Syria.
According to the Utro commentator, on September 20, “three days after the attack by the Americans on Syrian positions,” Russian forces responded by hitting a command post of the Western coalition in Deir-es-Zore, killing 30 officers from the American, Israeli, British, Turkish, Saudi and Qatar intelligence services.
“That is,” Shipilin says, “we completely consciously attacked the military personnel of NATO and its allies, inflicting quite serious losses.” But despite this, the Americans said nothing about this at the time, and neither did Moscow. There is an explanation for these silences and it explains a lot, he continues.
What it reflects is that on September 17, according to the Utro commentator, NATO coalition forces bombed and killed Russian military personnel during their attack on Syrian government positions. If that is the case, then, the killing of 30 Western intelligence officers was “an act of revenge which the US was forced to swallow and leave without an answer.”
This course of events, Shipilin says, led Putin to conclude that there was nothing more to talk about and to issue an ultimatum which the US could not possibly fulfill. And these actions demonstrate something else, and that is this: “NATO in the eyes of all lost this local battle but one important for American prestige. The halo of being Great Power No. 1 has disappeared over the US.”
Obviously, Shipilin is only one voice; and his conclusions are not necessarily those of the Kremlin. But to the extent that there are at least some in the upper reaches of the Russian state who think this way, the situation is far more volatile and dangerous than even pessimists in the West have suggested.
When leaders talk like this, they aren’t just engaged in brinksmanship: they are ready to go to war. And consequently, no one should ignore the Shipilins of Russia, including their hyperbolic comments about demanding that the West return Alaska to Russia sometime in the future.
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Caffeinated Thoughts |
Clinton Touts Open Borders, Single-Payer Health Care in Speech Transcripts
Caffeinated Thoughts We had accessible health care. We had our little, you know, one-family house that, you know, he saved up his money, didn't believe in mortgages. So I lived that. And now, obviously, I'm kind of far removed because the life I've lived and the economic ... Leaked Emails Appear to Reveal Contents of Clinton's Wall Street SpeechesNBCNews.com all 170 news articles » |
New York Times |
Politics|What Options Does the US Have After Accusing Russia of Hacks?
New York Times WASHINGTON — Now that the White House has formally accused Russia of meddling in the presidential election with cutting-edge cyberattacks and age-old information warfare, devising a response might seem fairly easy: unleash the government's ... Feds Pin Political Hacks on Russia. But How to Respond?WIRED Russia responds to US hacking allegationsCBS News Russia actively attempting to subvert US democracy: Intelligence officialsCNBC RT-BBC News-Washington Post-National Intelligence all 271 news articles » |
What Options Does the U.S. Have After Accusing Russia of Hacks? by By DAVID E. SANGER and NICOLE PERLROTH
Pentagon and intelligence officials have been debating how to deter future attacks while controlling the potential escalation of a cyberconflict.
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Why is Russia sending a powerful new surface-to-air missile system to Syria? There are any an array of theories.
The Russian military announced this past week that it intends to install an S-300V air defense system at the Syrian port of Tartus, where Russia maintains a Navy facility. The Russians may be worried that the U.S. will soon launch a far more aggressive air campaign that targets the Syrian regime of President Bashar al Assad. Or the Russians may be sending a political message about their intent to be a player in the Middle East.
Moscow may be concerned about Turkey, using the new missile system to intimidate its regional rival. Or it may just be that Russia wants to put its S-300V in the spotlight in the hopes of selling it on the international market.
The S-300V is a highly sophisticated system primarily designed to strike down incoming ballistic missiles. It can also be used to target enemy aircraft.
Last year the Russians brought to Syria an S-400 system, designed specifically to hit combat aircraft. Yet the addition now of the S-300V, with its potential range of up to 250 miles, gives the Russians far greater reach into the Middle East.
“This is a serious escalation,” said Mark Gunzinger, a former Air Force bomber pilot who is now a senior fellow with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington. “It’s not clear whether they intend to actually use it, or whether they are just signaling a strong message to the U.S. that 'we are here to stay, that we're not going to relinquish the gains that we've made.' "
Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said the Russian missile system would not affect operations in the U.S.-led air campaign against the Islamic State group inside of Syria. And for now, the Russians have no reason to target U.S. aircraft because Moscow also views ISIS as its enemy. But as talks over the violence in Syria have broken down between the U.S. and Russia, the Russians may suspect the U.S. will begin striking Assad's forces.
A top Russian military officer raised that concern on Thursday, warning that Russia would view a strike on the Syrian regime as a direct threat to Russia.
“Any missile or air strikes on the territory controlled by the Syrian government will create a clear threat to Russian servicemen,” said Russian Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov.
The Obama administration has all but ruled out a strike on Assad. But with a new commander in chief taking over in January, that option may be back on the table for discussion. And the new Russian system will make that far more difficult.
“If the U.S. decided to seek a regime change by direct military action — that is a huge if — then one of the things they’d have to consider is ‘do we attack the Russian air defenses? Or do we simply conduct the operation in a way that we are not put at risk by them?” Gunzinger said.
Other experts say the U.S. may not be Russia’s primary concern.
“Keep in mind that the other player here is Turkey,” said Steve Zaloga, a senior analyst with the Teal Group, a defense consulting firm in Virginia.
Zaloga noted that the Turkish military has publicly displayed its own ballistic missile systems in recent years. Turkey is staunchly opposed to Assad. And relations between Russia and Turkey have been rocky since the Turkish military shot down a Russian jet that veered into Turkish air space last November.
“It may be a threat they see coming from Turkey. That may be the issue,” Zaloga said in an interview.
Another theory suggests that geopolitics factor little role into Moscow’s decision. Instead, the Russians may be installing the missile system in Syria — the first time the S-300V has been deployed outside of Russia — as a way to draw attention from the international arms market to this particular weapons system.
“They’ve been trying to export it for the past few years. One reason might be to simply give this system a little more public visibility. It’s a very expensive very high end system. That could be one of the motives,” Zaloga said.
Regardless of the motivation, it's a provocative move.
“The Russians may have felt that they needed a certain package to deal with a full-blown American air campaign. The Russians sometimes come up with these really paranoid scenarios where they see war being imminent everywhere,” Zaloga said. “If you have a paranoid assessment of what the West’s intentions are, then the S-300V makes a certain amount of sense."
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