Cybercriminals acting on behalf of national governments and nation-backed espionage agents carrying out cybercrimes for cash on the side is the future of security threats facing corporations and governments, says the former top U.S. attorney in charge of the Department of Justice’s national security division. “I think this blending of criminal and national security, whether it’s terrorists or state actors moonlighting as crooks or state actors using criminal groups as a way to distance themselves from the action, I think that is a trend that we saw increasing that’s just going to continue to increase over the next three to five years,” says John Carlin, now an attorney with Morrison & Foerster .
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A Step toward a Normal White House
The surprise resignation of former National Security Advisor Mike Flynn amid scandal represents the first time the Trump administration has conceded what his aides and allies in the media have passionately denied for weeks: All is not well in the White House. Flynn’s resignation comes amid allegations that he had improper contact with Russian officials and may have discussed sensitive policy matters prior to President Trump’s inauguration.
US senators propose bill to improve volcano monitoring
JUNEAU, Alaska>> U.S. senators in Alaska, Washington and Hawaii have proposed legislation intended to improve volcano monitoring efforts and early warning capabilities. The measure would put the Alaska, Cascades and Hawaiian volcano observatories into a connected system and create a 24-hour Volcano Watch Office to provide ongoing situational awareness of active volcanoes in the U.S. and its territories.
The new civics course in schools: How to avoid fake news
This Feb. 6, 2017, screen shot shows a website that falsely implies that it is from ABC News. The site is actually an imposter pedaling stories that aren’t true and is an example North Carolina teacher Bill Ferriter gives to his students when teaching them to question whether a story could possibly be true and to look at web addresses and authors for hints that stories might be bogus.
188,000 under evacuation orders near Northern California dam
Water started flowing over the emergency spillway, … . This Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 image from video provided by the office of Assemblyman Brian Dahle shows water flowing over an emergency spillway of the Oroville Dam in Oroville, Calif., during a he… .
Two Views: Grading Trump – Keeping promises, growing the economy
President Trump has hit the ground running since he was sworn in Jan. 20, and many have been shocked by the aggressive pace the new president has taken to deliver quickly on the promises he made during the campaign. And that’s primarily how our political leaders should be graded: whether they fulfill the promises they make to voters or not.
Turkmenistan’s leader wins presidential election
Berdymukhamedov has been the overwhelmingly dom… . A Turkmen woman dressed in traditional costume casts her ballot at a polling station in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017.
Two Views: Grading Trump – Not an honor roll record
During the primaries, he proved that GOP voters could care less about the party’s usual pro-business bromides. He smeared free-trade agreements as bad for workers, lamented that Wall Street traders were “getting away with murder” on their taxes, and won doing it.
Mexico’s Lopez Obrador blasts Trump’s immigration policies at LA rally
A man wears a T-shirt with a picture of Mexican politician Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, leader of the National Regeneration Movement party during a meeting at Plaza Olivera in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 12, 2017. Mexican politician Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, center, leader of the National Regeneration Movement party greets supporters as he arrives for a meeting at Plaza Olivera in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 12, 2017.
The new civics course in schools: How to avoid fake news
This Feb. 6, 2017, screen shot shows a website that falsely implies that it is from ABC News. The site is actually an imposter pedaling stories that aren’t true and is an example North Carolina teacher Bill Ferriter gives to his students when teaching them to question whether a story could possibly be true and to look at web addresses and authors for hints that stories might be bogus.
Judge to hear arguments on Dakota Access pipeline work
Razor wire and concrete barriers protect access to the Dakota Access pipeline drilling site Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. The developer says construction of the Dakota Access pipeline under a North … .
Celebs slam Trump at Grammys 2017
Los Angeles, Feb 13 – Celebrities including James Corden, Jennifer Lopez and Katy Perry mocked at US President Donald Trump at the Grammy Awards through speeches, performances and even dressing styles. The annual award show, which honours the best in the music industry, got political right before it started.
Will Trump’s cabinet challenge Trump?
Because we don’t think we’ve done so before, let us use the words “quiet” and “successful” in a sentence that references the Trump White House: Two of President Donald Trump’s cabinet picks got off to — here it is — quiet, successful starts in their positions, reinforcing the notion that business-as-has-been-customary just might be a viable expectation for elements of this peripatetic administration. Stay with us here: Do you recall all the Obama Cabinet members who pushed back at the president when he overstepped his role? Neither do we.
[Kara Alaimo] When the fake news is about your company
Fake news on social media stymied the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton. Now, businesses are wondering what they should do if they’re targeted next.
The 2017 Grammys Have No Answers
Nearly every critic and music-industry professional I know routinely decries the Grammys as trifling, an arbiter of nothing: they are too white, too docile, too choked by genre, too long, too loyal to outmoded tropes. Yet everyone still watches the show intensely and carefully notes its prophecies .
John Oliver returns, endorses RuPaul for president
It is with an uncomfortable sense of relief that John Oliver is back on there air – we’re going to need him now more than ever to hold his ever-so-articulate mirror up to reality. So it’s also appropriate that he would take a moment out of the season four premiere of Last Week Tonight to make a political prediction we can really get behind.
Boxing Day
House lawmakers are poised to debate legislation that aims to limit the interchange fees that credit-card companies exact on transactions at retail stores, reported The Hill . The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on the bill on Thursday, it said.
Could Trump’s War of Words with China turn Hot?
Forget those ” bad hombres down there” in Mexico that U.S. troops might take out. Ignore the way National Security Adviser Michael Flynn put Iran ” on notice ” and the new president insisted , that, when it comes to that country, “nothing is off the table.”
Is the answer to Alt-NeoNazism Bernie’s Democratic Socialism?
Maria Svart of DSA speaks to teleSUR about how her organization is using Sanders’ vision to fight Trump and neoliberalism within the Democratic party. While the U.S. has lost its chance at having arguably its first ever progressive president, Bernie Sanders, one group wants to capitalize on his political revolution and even nourish and support more people like him to infiltrate the Democratic party and fix the Democratic party.
Why Designating Muslim Brotherhood ‘Terrorists’ will harm Democracy at home and Abroad
A US government designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization, which the Trump administration is reportedly considering, would threaten the rights to association of Muslim groups in the United States. Such a designation would also undermine the ability of the Muslim Brotherhood’s members and supporters to participate in democratic politics abroad.
Turkey’s Long Nightmare: Remembering the Night of the Coup
CA1 4neyt A-zdemir is a columnist and investigative journalist with 28 years experience reporting from Turkey and the Middle East. An icon of Turkish media, he is host of the weekly current events program 5N1K, the author of thirteen books on politics and popular culture and is currently preparing to release a documentary on the coup attempt of July 2016 entitled Defiance: The Night of the Failed Coup.
The Immigration Threat Hollywood Just Doesn’t Get
On Jan. 26, 2017, in Hollywood, California, actor David Harbour had the stage, with microphone in hand, at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. His science-fiction television series ” Stranger Things ” just received the Best Ensemble Drama award.
Zenith: In the White House with George H. W. Bush book signing
It seems likely that few men have spent more time observing the actions of former President George H. W. Bush than former ambassador Chase Untermeyer.
Princeton Democrats lock out Lisa McCormick from candidate forum
“We may be locked out, or told to sit down and shut up but we will not be silenced,’ says Democrat Lisa McCormick, a candidate for governor who spoke about progressive values, standing up for the people, for the environment and fighting against political corruption outside after she was denied entry to a rigged party forum in Princeton. Lisa McCormick, who is running for governor in New Jersey against a Wall Street millionaire who wants to buy the election, showed up uninvited to a candidate forum sponsored by the Princeton Democratic Club.
Today in History
On Feb. 13, 1967, the Beatles’ double A-sided single “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane” was released in the United States by Capitol Records. In 1741, Andrew Bradford of Pennsylvania published the first American magazine.
Pro-Republican PAC gears up to oppose Cuomo 2020
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers one of his State of the State addresses in New York’s One World Trade Center building, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. New York state must stand as an alternative to the policies and pronouncements of President-elect Donald Trump and show the nation progressive achievements, racial and religious tolerance and that big investments in education and infrastructure can create a dynamic economy that works for all, Cuomo said Monday.
Ap Fact Check: Trump aide peddles false vote fraud charge
Kellyanne Conway, left, and Stephen Miller, both senior advisers to President Donald Trump, walk to a news conference with President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Feb. 10, 2017, at the White House in Washington. less Kellyanne Conway, left, and Stephen Miller, both senior advisers to President Donald Trump, walk to a news conference with President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Feb. 10, 2017, at the … more WASHINGTON – Presidential adviser Stephen Miller peddled discredited theories about voter fraud during a round of TV appearances Sunday that won praise from his boss but brought no new evidence to light.
Dead Man Walking
Someone should tell them that if they watch Morning Joseph they can get a few minute jump on the tweets. Three weeks into the Trump administration, council staff members get up in the morning, read President Trump’s Twitter posts and struggle to make policy to fit them.
UNC to reveal FATCA position
The Opposition United National Congress intends to meet in caucus to take a final decision on its position on the Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act ahead to today’s meeting of the Lower House of Parliament to discuss the report of the Joint Select Committee on FATCA. Political leader of the United National Congress, Opposition leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar told the T&T Guardian that the party had taken no final decision on what its position would be regarding the Tax Information Exchange Agreements Bill.
Thousands told to leave their homes near huge California dam
Water started flowing over the emergency spillway, … . This Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 image from video provided by the office of Assemblyman Brian Dahle shows water flowing over an emergency spillway of the Oroville Dam in Oroville, Calif., during a he… .
Senator says GOP colleagues question Trump’s mental health
A Democratic senator claims that “a few” of his Republican colleagues have expressed concern to him about President Donald Trump’s mental health – and that stems from questions about Trump’s truthfulness. Minnesota’s Al Franken tells CNN’s “State of the Union” that the concern arises “in the way that we all have this suspicion” that “he lies a lot.
Mike Flynn’s Position Grows Tenuous in White House
Turmoil at the National Security Council, From the Top Down – WASHINGTON – These are chaotic and anxious days inside the National Security Council, the traditional center of management for a president’s dealings with an uncertain world. – Three weeks into the Trump administration
Trump reviews top White House staff after tumultuous start
As Flynn falls under growing pressure over Russia contacts, Trump remains silent – White House national security adviser Michael Flynn is under increasing political pressure and risks losing the confidence of some colleagues following reports that he misled senior administration officials The Spy Revolt Against Trump Begins – Intelligence Community pushes back against a White House it considers leaky, untruthful and penetrated by the Kremlin – In a recent column, I explained how the still-forming Trump administration is already doing serious harm to America’s longstanding global intelligence partnerships.
At Mar-a-Lago, Trump tackles crisis diplomacy at close range
Trump friend says Priebus is ‘in way over his head’ – One of President Trump’s longtime friends made a striking move on Sunday: After talking privately with the president over drinks late Friday, Christopher Ruddy publicly argued that Trump should replace his White House chief of staff.
Grammy Awards: A Pro-Trump Statement on the Red Carpet
Photos: Joy Villa Unveils Donald Trump Dress at Grammys – Pop singer Joy Villa arrived Sunday at the 2017 Grammy Awards wearing a simple white outfit- until she removed it on the red carpet, revealing a dress in the style of Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” presidential campaign posters. Grammy Awards: A Pro-Trump Statement on the Red Carpet – Singer Joyce Villa wore a “Make America Great Again” gown.
Today in History Monday, Feb. 13, 2017
On Feb. 13, 1967, the Beatles’ double A-sided single “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane” was released in the United States by Capitol Records. In 1741, Andrew Bradford of Pennsylvania published the first American magazine.
Records dispute Treasury nominee’s denial of mortgage-crisis ‘robo-signing’
A bank founded by Steven Mnuchin, President Donald Trump’s nominee for treasury secretary, engaged in ethically questionable foreclosure practices in Washington state-including so-called “robo-signing” of documents. OneWest Bank employees robo-signed numerous foreclosure-related filings in the Seattle area, documents show.
By backing Trumpa s Interior pick, De…
When Sen. Jon Tester , a Montana Democrat, vouched for President Trump ‘s pick to be the new interior secretary, there was perhaps more than a little self-interest involved. Rep. Ryan K. Zinke, a Republican and the administration’s secretary nominee, had been expected to challenge Mr. Tester in next year’s Senate race.
Region endures winter blast, with more on the way
A 60-year-old man died of injuries after he was struck by a snow plow in Bedford, a plow truck was destroyed by a fire in Boxboro, and the region was expected to be covered by more than a foot of snow as the second major storm in less than a week arrived on Sunday. A private jet owned by the Bank of Utah skidded off the end of a runway after an aborted takeoff at Hanscom Field in Bedford about 2:30 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration, but it was not immediately clear if that incident was weather-related.
How Trump Could Bring The Cost Of The Wall Way Down
When Donald Trump was campaigning for president, he promised that Mexico would pay for a wall to stretch all along the border between Mexico and the United States. Trump is now making another promise.