News Updates from CLG
2 November 2014
2 November 2014
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Previous edition: 'US to increase security at federal buildings across
America due to 'calls by terrorist organizations for attacks on
homeland'.' See: Google Filter Instructions for CLG Newsletter.
British spies can go through Americans' telephone calls and emails
without a warrant, reveals legal challenge in the UK --Britain's Government
Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) privileged agreement with National Security
Agency revealed 29 Oct 2014 British spies can help themselves to
data collected by the NSA from the telephone calls and Internet communications
of Americans without a warrant, a new court document shows. The agreement
between the NSA and its British equivalent, Government Communications
Headquarters (GCHQ) means that American citizen's data can be seen and stored by
the United States' closest ally without a warrant when that is 'not technically
feasible'. Anything discovered in the data, once obtained, can be kept by the
British for up to two years and specifically relates to 'unselected' or raw
data. But, this deadline can be extended unilaterally by 'senior UK
officials' if they believe it to be necessary for national security
purposes.
NSA Phone Surveillance Faces Fresh Court
Test 31 Oct 2014 The National Security
Agency's collection of Americans' phone records will face a fresh test this
coming week when a Washington, D.C., appeals-court panel hears arguments over
the surveillance program. Tuesday's arguments are just one of three federal
appeals-court challenges to the NSA's gathering of millions of Americans' phone
records--an issue that could eventually reach the U.S. Supreme Court. The cases,
which include two separate lawsuits in New York and San Francisco, were prompted
by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden's revelations last year detailing the
scope of U.S. government surveillance.
Wyden calls foul on CIA's redactions of pseudonyms in forthcoming
torture report 31 Oct 2014 U.S. Sen. Ron
Wyden raised a stink Friday about the CIA's call to black out pseudonyms of
agency personnel from its forthcoming - and highly controversial report on the
overseas torture of suspected terrorists. The senior senator from Oregon said in
a news release that he had no problem with the CIA using pseudonyms of people
involved in the brutal interrogation program was "unprecedented and
unacceptable." The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on which Wyden sits,
has haggled with the CIA for many months over the release its report on
interrogations of suspected terrorists after 9/11. "This report is about
mistakes, misdeeds and falsehoods that were repeated over a period of
years," Wyden said..."A lot of officials are intent on burying the full
story, but getting the truth out is the only way to keep all of this from
happening again."
Al-Qaeda Backers Found With U.S. Military Contracts in
Afghanistan 30 Jul 2013
Supporters of the Taliban and al-Qaeda [al-CIAduh] in Afghanistan have been getting U.S.
military contracts, and American officials are citing "due process rights" as a
reason not to cancel the agreements, according to an independent agency
monitoring spending. The U.S. Army Suspension and Debarment Office has declined
to act in 43 such cases, John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for
Afghanistan Reconstruction, said today in a letter accompanying a quarterly
report to Congress...The Obama administration has requested $10.7 billion in
such funding for fiscal 2014 to cover projects from improving local government
to building roads and schools.
Sweden officially recognizes Palestinian state, Israel recalls
ambassador 31 Oct 2014 Sweden has
recognized the occupied state of Palestine officially, according to its foreign
ministry. The Scandinavian country has become the first West-European EU state
to recognize the territories. Israel has recalled its ambassador in Sweden. The
news follows an earlier hint by Prime Minister Stefan Lovfen in his Social
Democrat manifesto, during his inaugural address in October, that this would
happen. The idea was quickly met with criticism from the United States and
Israel.
France investigates mystery drone activity over nuclear
plants --Drones flew over seven
nuclear plants across France, between Oct. 5 and Oct. 20 - EDF 30 Oct
2014 France has launched an investigation into unidentified drones that have
been spotted over nuclear plants operated by state-owned utility EDF, its
interior minister said on Thursday. "There's a judicial investigation under way,
measures are being taken to know what these drones are and neutralize them,"
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told France Info radio on Thursday, without
specifying the measures. The drone sightings may renew concerns about the safety
of nuclear plants in France, the world's most nuclear-reliant country with 58
reactors on 19 sites operated by EDF.
NORAD jets intercept helicopter violating R.I. air space during Obama
visit 31 Oct 2014 Jets from NORAD, the
North American Aerospace Defense Command, intercepted a helicopter in a
temporary flight-restricted area over Rhode Island during President Obama’s
visit Friday morning, federal officials confirmed. Two F-15 jets flew out of
Barnes Air National Guard base in Westfield, Mass., to intercept the helicopter,
said Army Maj. Beth Smith, NORAD Northern Command spokesperson.
NYPD scanning the sky for new terrorism
threat 29 Oct 2014 For the last year, the
country's largest police force has been increasingly concerned about a potential
terror attack from the air by a drone armed with a deadly weapon. Now, they are
far along in planning a response to that possible security threat, reports CBS
News. "We look at it as something that could be a terrorist's tool," New York
Police Department Deputy Chief Salvatore DiPace said. For the first time, he is
publicly acknowledging why the NYPD is paying close attention to America's
fascination with drones and the potential that they could deliver a terrorist
attack.
American Who Tried to Join ISIS Pleads Guilty to Terrorism
Charges 30 Oct 2014 A North Carolina man
who was featured in a Nightly News story
last month about foreign fighters attempting to join the fighting in Syria
pleaded guilty on Thursday to terrorism charges. Donald Ray Morgan pleaded
guilty to attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign
terrorist organization and illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
Morgan, 44, was initially held on the gun charge after his arrest at John F.
Kennedy International Airport on Aug. 2, shortly after he arrived on a flight
from Frankfurt, Germany. The terrorism charge was added Thursday, and he pleaded
guilty to both charges.
Woman who traveled to West Africa being monitored for Ebola-like
symptoms in Oregon --On Friday,
patient's temperature was over 102 degrees, so she was taken in a
specially-equipped medical transport vehicle to Providence Milwaukie
Hospital 1 Nov 2014 An Oregon woman being monitored for possible Ebola
infection has been hospitalized after registering a high temperature, state
health officials said on Friday. The woman, who was being monitored after
traveling to an Ebola-affected country, has been placed in isolation and is not
a danger to the public, the Oregon Health Authority said. Julie
Sullivan-Springhetti of the Multnomah County Health Department said the patient
traveled from West Africa to the Portland area and had been self-monitoring for
symptoms was hospitalized and quarantined after developing a fever, the Oregon
Health Authority said.
NYC 'Actively Monitoring' 117 People at Risk for
Ebola 30 Oct 2014 The city is actively
monitoring nearly 120 people who have recently returned from Ebola-stricken
countries out of an abundance of caution as it seeks to prevent the spread of
the deadly virus, Mayor de Blasio's administration said Thursday. Marti Adams,
first deputy press secretary for the administration, said most of the 117 people
being monitored arrived in New York City from Guinea, Sierra Leone or Liberia
Oct. 11 or later. Active monitoring means state or local health officials
establish regular communication with the individuals, rather than relying on
them to self-monitor and report potential symptoms.
Canada bans visas for residents of nations where there has been an
outbreak of Ebola --Applications in
the pipeline will not be processed 31 Oct 2014 Canada will stop issuing
visas to people from the three West African nations where the Ebola is
widespread, the government said on Friday. The federal citizenship ministry,
explaining the move, said in an official document that 'the introduction or
spread of the disease would pose an imminent and severe risk to public health'.
Under the new regulations, which come into force immediately, Canada will not
process visa applications from foreign nationals who have been in an
Ebola-affected country within the previous three months.
Ebola: California is latest state to impose 21-day quarantine for
those exposed to Ebola 29 Oct 2014
California on Wednesday became the latest state to order a 21-day quarantine for
travelers who have been in close contact with Ebola patients. In an attempt to
avoid the criticism lodged against New York, New Jersey and Maine that had
blanket quarantine orders, however, California will allow county health agencies
to impose the quarantine on a case-by-case basis...Quarantine can range from
observation and monitoring to the "limitation on his or her freedom of
movement," according to the California Department of Public Health.
U.S. nurses union to stage strikes over Ebola
protection 30 Oct 2014 A California-based
nurses union said Thursday it was organizing strikes and other protests against
what it views as insufficient protection for nurses caring for patients stricken
with the deadly Ebola virus. The nurses have demanded better protection when
treating Ebola patients for weeks, ever since two nurses in Texas became
infected with the virus while treating an Ebola patient who fell ill and died
while visiting Dallas...In addition to the walkouts, nurses at other facilities
nationwide would engage in protests on Nov. 12, including picketing and
staging bake sales to raise money for
hazmat suits for nurses, said Rose Ann DeMoro, executive
director of National Nurses United. [How come Israel doesn't have to
hold bake sales when it needs another $500 million toward Iron Dome? Start reading.]
Red Cross 'used Hurricane Sandy and Isaac disasters as photo ops,'
sending out empty emergency response vehicles for show while handicapped storm
victims slept in wheelchairs
--During Sandy relief, emergency vehicles were designated for 'press events'
--Shelters left disabled storm victims sleeping in wheelchairs for days on
end 29 Oct 2014 After Hurricane Isaac made landfall over areas of
Louisiana and Mississippi in 2012, emergency response vehicles emblazoned with
the logo of the Red Cross rolled in. According to one former field supervisor,
dozens of those vehicles had no destination
and no supplies, useless for anything but providing the appearance of disaster
relief. A joint investigation by ProPublica and NPR showed that in spite of massive funding,
relief efforts from the American Red Cross were disastrous, forcing smaller
organizations to step in.
Yale evaluation of Sandy Hook shooter Lanza not given to Newtown
schools 23 Oct 2014
Newtown school officials appear to have had an incomplete mental health history
of [alleged] Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza before he entered high school,
according to a draft of a soon-to-be-released report by the state Office of the
Child Advocate. No copies of the draft have been distributed...Lanza, in his
early teens, was prescribed the antidepressant Celexa by Yale clinicians.
Included in the case files are emails between Peter Lanza and Kathleen Koenig, a
clinical nurse specialist in psychiatry at the Yale Child Study Center,
"regarding her treatment sessions with the shooter, as well as an evaluation by"
Dr. Paul Fox, a former Connecticut
psychiatrist who now lives in New Zealand. [Down the
rabbit hole with him.] Once when Koenig prescribed a small dose of
Celexa to Adam Lanza, Nancy Lanza called Koenig's office to report that Adam
Lanza was "unable to raise his arm" and she blamed it on the
medication. [Yes, Lanza stopped taking the medication, as it would be
difficult to shoot 26 people with an assault rifle if you can't raise your
arm.]
Federal civil rights charges unlikely against police officer in
Ferguson shooting 31 Oct 2014 Justice
Department 'investigators' have all but concluded they do not have a strong
enough case to bring civil rights charges against Darren Wilson, the white
police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Mo.,
law enforcement officials said. When racial tension boiled over in Ferguson
after the Aug. 9 shooting, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. traveled to the
St. Louis suburb to meet with city leaders and protest organizers in an effort
to bring calm. He assured them that the federal government would open a civil
rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Michael Brown. But that
investigation now seems unlikely to result in any charges.
In advance of grand jury decision, schools remind parents of
emergency procedures 24 Oct 2014 The
Ferguson-Florissant and Clayton school districts sent letters to parents this
week with reminders of emergency procedures should classes be canceled, delayed
or dismissed early. Schools typically send reminders before winter begins of
inclement weather procedures. But the districts want parents to be especially
cognizant this year as the public awaits a decision from the St. Louis County
grand jury on whether to charge Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the
shooting death of Michael Brown.
Test flight of Virgin Galactic spaceship ends in fatal crash in
California 1 Nov 2014 A passenger spaceship
being developed by Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic company crashed during a
test flight on Friday near the Mojave Air and Space Port in California, killing
one pilot and seriously injuring the other, officials said. The crash of the
suborbital vehicle, undergoing its first powered test flight since January over
the Mojave Desert, 95 miles (150 km) north of Los Angeles, came days after
another private space company, Orbital Sciences Corp, lost a rocket in an
explosion moments after liftoff in Virginia.
4 dead, 5 hurt after plane crashes into building at Mid-Continent
Airport in Wichita 30 Oct 2014 At least four people, including
the pilot, have been killed and others are hurt after a plane hit a building at
Wichita's Mid-Continent Airport. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Tony
Molinaro says a twin-engine Beechcraft King Air 200 reported losing engine power
just after takeoff around 9:50 a.m. Thursday. Molinaro says the plane crashed
into a building on airport property while attempting to return to the runway.
The plane hit the north building of FlightSafety International Cessna pilot's
center, located at 1851 Airport Road.
Hole in ozone layer above Antarctica reaches size of North
America 1 Nov 2014 The hole in the ozone
layer reached the size of North America last month, Nasa has revealed, although
it is believed to be "healing" [?!?] after treaties to reduce the damage. Along
with the space agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) keeps a constant watch on the hole above the Antarctic, which reached its
annual peak on 11 September. The size of this year's hole at its largest point
was 9.3 million square miles (24.1 million square kilometres) - almost identical
to the maximum in 2013.
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