News Updates from CLG
22 Jun 2014
22 Jun 2014
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Previous edition: Obama: US Will Send up to 300 Military Advisers to Iraq,
Set up Joint Operation Centers (Google subscribers: Google Filter Instructions for CLG Newsletter.)
US anthrax scare: 86 people possibly exposed to deadly
bacteria
--CDC: 86 people potentially exposed in US blunder --Live
pathogen accidentally sent to low-security labs 20 Jun 2014 On 13 June,
scientists at the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) realised
they had sent live anthrax to researchers at lower-security labs rather than
harmless samples of the pathogen. Anthrax is deadly in most forms and can affect
both humans and animals. The spores are highly contagious and are considered a
major biological warfare risk. Interviews, CCTV and key card data has been used
to to identify anyone who might have been inside one of the two
labs.
Ebola outbreak in W.Africa 'totally out of control' -
MSF 20 Jun 2014 West Africa is going
through the second wave of Ebola outbreak and the deadly virus is now "totally
out of control," a senior official at Médecins Sans Frontières said. More than
330 people have died in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia since the Ebola disease
sprang up in Africa at the beginning of this year, according to the latest
figures released by the World Health Organization (WHO). "The reality is clear
that the epidemic is now in its second wave. And for me, it is totally out of
control," Janssens concluded.
4 western Iraqi towns fall to advancing ISIS
militants 22 Jun 2014 A strategic
border crossing and three other towns in western Iraq fell Saturday to the
control of ISIS militants, a senior Iraqi security official said. In addition to
their offensives in northern Iraq, the militants have strengthened their hand in
the western province of Anbar, the country's largest geographically, and were
controlling Al-Qaim, Rawa, Ana and Husaybah, said the senior official, who's
based in Anbar.
Australian troops sent to Iraq to 'help secure
embassy' --Australian
defence minister would not give troop numbers 19 Jun 2014 Australian
troops have been sent to Iraq to secure the Australian embassy. A spokesman for
the defence minister, David Johnston, said a "small Australian Defence Force
liaison element" had been deployed to the embassy in Baghdad as the security
situation deteriorated. The troops are already in the capital but the spokesman
would not say when they left Australia. He also would not confirm reports in the
Australian Financial
Review that the number of troops was about
30.
U.S. officials said to be pushing for the removal of Iraq's
leader [Time for a new lackey to protect the oil
pipelines!] 19 Jun 2014 U.S. officials are actively pushing for
the removal of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki [the current
US-installed lackey] and have held meetings with senior politicians who
are angling to replace the embattled leader, according to Iraqi officials and a
report published Thursday. The U.S. ambassador to Baghdad, Robert S. Beecroft,
and a senior State Department official, Brett McGurk, met this week with former
Iraqi exile leader CIAciopath
Ahmad Chalabi and parliament speaker Osama Nujaifi, as well as other possible
candidates to replace Maliki. The Shiite Muslim prime minister has seen large
chunks of Iraq seized in recent days by Sunni militants fighting under the
banner of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, an Al Qaeda [al-CIAduh] splinter
group.
Antiwar Protesters Gather Outside Downtown LA Veterans'
Hospital 20 Jun 2014 A group of
antiwar protesters Thursday gathered outside a veterans' hospital in downtown
Los Angeles just as President Obama announced he's sending 300 military advisers
to Iraq. The press conference was held at 10 a.m. at the VA Los Angeles
Ambulatory Care Center, 351 W Temple St.
Putin orders surprise drills to check combat readiness of
central Russia forces 21 Jun 2014
All Russian forces in Siberia, the Urals and beyond have been put on
combat-ready alert, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said after President Putin
ordered surprise drills. Over 65,000 of Russia's troops in the Central Military
District have been put on alert to verify troops' combat-readiness during
massive war games of all branches of the armed forces. "In accordance with
president's order, today starting from 11:00 Moscow time [07:00 GMT] all troops
of the Central Military District have been placed in a state of full combat
readiness," Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said at staff meeting.
Russian checkpoint on Ukraine border comes under
fire 20 Jun 2014 Moscow demands
explanation from Kiev authorities after a Russian checkpoint on the border
between two counties came under shelling on Friday, Russian Foreign Ministry
said in a statement. On Friday, the Russian checkpoint of Novoshakhtinsk in
Rostov region was shelled by mortars, the Russia's Border Service said. The
rounds came from the Ukrainian side. A Russian customs service employee was
seriously injured in the fire.
Pentagon crashed more than 400
military drones [Too
bad they all didn't crash.] 20 Jun 2014 While unmanned drones have
become a popular weapon of choice during the United States' wars in on Iraq and Afghanistan, a new
report reveals that hundreds of them have been involved in major accidents
around the world. Following an investigation into more than 50,000 pages of
federal and military records, the Washington Post found that more than 400 large
American drones have crashed since 2001, with almost half of the accidents each
causing millions of dollars in damages.
Pipe leak found at Wylfa nuclear power
station --In another
incident during the outage, the plant failed to protect workers who could have
been exposed to radiation but were not provided with a dosimeter. 19
Jun 2014 (Anglesey, UK) Wylfa nuclear power station has been shut down for
five-and-a-half months, the Daily Post can reveal. Faults with apparatus
followed by a leak in a pipe mean two attempts to restart the Anglesey plant
since a shutdown in January have been abandoned. The power station has generated
no power since January 6, when the power station was shut down for planned
maintenance work.
House approves effort to limit NSA searches of U.S.
data 20 Jun 2014 The U.S. House of
Representatives has voted to limit the National Security Agency's ability to
search U.S. records, after a similar provision was stripped out of a bill
intended to rein in the agency. The House, by a 293-123 vote late Thursday,
approved a bipartisan proposal to limit the NSA's surveillance programs by
requiring the agency to get a court-ordered warrant to search U.S. records in
its possession. The proposal, offered as an amendment to a Department of Defense
funding bill, would close the so-called "backdoor search" loophole in the FISA
Amendments Act, a law allowing NSA surveillance of overseas
communications.
Secret Trade in Services Agreement
(TISA) 19 Jun 2014 Today, WikiLeaks
released the secret draft text for the Tr-de in Services Agreement (TISA) ...
Services Annex, which covers 50 countries and 68.2% of world trade in services.
The US and the EU are the main proponents of the agreement, and the authors of
most joint changes, which also covers cross-border data flow. In a significant
anti-transparency manoeuvre by the parties, the draft has been classified to
keep it secret not just during the negotiations but for five years after the
TISA enters into force.
State Police commander, who
served as lead Sandy Hook investigator, dies after brief illness --Podgorski worked as commander of state crime lab and in
Division of Homeland Security 17 Jun
2014 (CT) State police Maj. William Podgorski has died after suffering from a
brief illness. Trooper Kelly Grant said Podgorski, 49, the Western District
commander, died Monday after surgery. The illness was not disclosed. Podgorski
led the Western District, which includes Troop A in Southbury, Troop B in
Canaan, Troop G in Bridgeport and Troop L in Bantam. [See also: Release of Sandy Hook School
Shooting Report Likely Delayed 29 May 2013.
State police said Wednesday that the final investigative report on the Dec. 14
shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown may not be released until
the end of September... State Police commanders discussed the new timetable at a
meeting in the Litchfield barracks earlier this week. At that meeting, sources
said, Maj. William Podgorski said part of the delay is redacting FBI reports to
conform to state Freedom of Information laws. Podgorski oversees the
Western District Crime Squad, the unit involved in the
investigation.]
Bridgegate indictment of Christie cronies 'near-certain,' says
published report 19 Jun 2014 The
Bridgegate-related indictment of political allies of Gov. Chris Christie on
federal corruption charges is a near certainty, with prosecutors launching a
second grand jury intent on pressing defendants to testify against the governor,
according to a published report quoting unnamed sources. An article
posted by Esquire today quotes two anonymous sources it says are familiar with
an ongoing investigation by the U.S. Attorney's office in Newark into the
September George Washington Bridge lane closures. A broadening criminal
investigation stemming from the closures is being led by Christie's successor as
U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, Paul Fishman.
John Doe prosecutors allege Scott Walker at center of
extensive 'criminal scheme' 19 Jun
2014 Prosecutors allege Gov. Scott Walker was at the center of an effort to
illegally coordinate fundraising among conservative groups to help his campaign
and those of Republican state senators fend off recall elections during 2011 and
'12, according to documents unsealed Thursday. In the documents, prosecutors
lay out
what they call an extensive "criminal scheme" to bypass state election laws by
Walker, his campaign and two top Republican political operatives - R.J. Johnson
and Deborah Jordahl. The governor and his close confidants helped raise money
and control spending through 12 conservative groups during the recall elections,
according to the prosecutors' filings.
Documents: Hundreds of pages
in Wisconsin John Doe probe released
19 Jun 2014 See also: Exhibit
C: Prosecutors make case against Walker, others.
White House plans more immigrant detention centers; DHS silent
if to be built on military bases 20
Jun 2014 Obama administration officials announced new measures Friday to detain
and process an influx of families streaming over the southern U.S. border in
recent months, primarily from Central America. "We are surging our resources to
increase our capacity to detain," said Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
Alejandro Mayorkas. He would not say whether the new detention facilities would
be on military bases, where officials have opened other shelters for immigrant
youths in recent weeks.
May 2014 hottest on record globally --March and April also warmest on record -
Japan analysis 20 Jun 2014 Preliminary data released separately by NASA
and the Japanese Meteorological Agency suggest May 2014 was the warmest May on
record. NASA data (which is still to incorporate data from China) indicates that
May 2014 had an average global temperature 1.38 degrees Fahrenheit above the
long term average.
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