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27 December 2014

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North Korea was NOT behind the Sony hack according to multiple security experts who discredit FBI findings and reveal that the attack was an inside job --Almost every expert stated that they believe the hack had to have been an inside job --Findings of the FBI are being called into question by many of the cybersecurity industry's leading experts 25 Dec 2014 It seems that Kim Jong-un may be right, at least according to numerous cybersecurity experts and hackers who have come forward to not only point out the flaws in the FBI's investigation, but also possibly reveal the identity of the culprit. Kurt Stammberger, a senior vice president with cybersecurity firm Norse...said that given the severity of the hack it had to have been an inside job. Stammberger, whose company decided to carry out their own independent investigation, told CBS News; 'We are very confident that this was not an attack master-minded by North Korea and that insiders were key to the implementation of one of the most devastating attacks in history.' That's not all either, as he says their research seems to be pointing them towards a woman named Lena who even claims be a member of Guardians of Peace.

North Korea blames the US for Internet outages 27 Dec 2014 North Korea accused the United States on Saturday of being responsible for Internet outages it experienced in recent days amid a confrontation between them over the hacking of the film studio Sony Pictures. North Korea's main internet sites experienced intermittent disruptions early in the week for reasons that U.S. tech companies said could range from technological glitches to a hacking attack. "The United States, with its large physical size and oblivious to the shame of playing hide and seek as children with runny noses would, has begun disrupting the Internet operations of the main media outlets of our republic," the North's National Defence Commission said in a statement. "It is truly laughable," a spokesman for the commission said in comments carried by the North's official KCNA news agency.

CIA in CLG Website Logs, Reading About Their Torture Queen By Lori Price, www.legitgov.org 23 Dec 2014 Once again, CLG has noticed that the Central Intelligence Agency has been enjoying CLG's news items. On Sunday, the C.I.A. accessed CLG Exclusive: CIA Torture Queen Bought $825K House While Torturing Her Way to the Top. Below are some of the log entries.

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198.81.129.193 - - [21/Dec/2014:11:53:02 -0500] "GET /CLG-Exclusive-CIA-Torture-Queen-Bought-825K-House-While-Torturing-Her-Way-Top HTTP/1.1" 200 8665 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/24.0"...

Secret report cited in NSA surveillance lawsuit, govt silent on its existence 23 Dec 2014 Civil rights and federal attorneys sparred at a hearing over a case involving domestic dragnet surveillance by the federal government. The plaintiffs argued the searches are illegal, while the government said opponents don't have enough evidence to know. The hearing, requested by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) for a partial summary judgment, concerns the class action lawsuit, Jewel v. NSA, which was filed six years ago. It claims the National Security Agency (NSA) acquired AT&T customers' email and other data using surveillance devices attached to the company's network.

U.S. State Department's Guantanamo envoy resigns 23 Dec 2014 The State Department envoy responsible for negotiating prisoner transfers from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is resigning, officials said on Monday, even as President Barack Obama is promising a stepped-up push to close the facility. The surprise announcement of Clifford Sloan's departure followed a flurry of detainee repatriations and resettlements...Sloan assumed the post in July 2013 and the State Department said he was stepping down and returning to his Washington law practice after finishing an 18-month commitment.

Prosecute Torturers and Their Bosses (The New York Times) 21 Dec 2014 Since the day President Obama took office, he has failed to bring to justice anyone responsible for the torture of terrorism suspects -- an official government program conceived and carried out in the years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001...These are, simply, crimes...No amount of legal pretzel logic can justify the behavior detailed in the report. Indeed, it is impossible to read it and conclude that no one can be held accountable. At the very least, Mr. Obama needs to authorize a full and independent criminal investigation.

US-backed dictatorship turns to military tribunals for terror suspects, as does the US: Pakistan to establish terror-related military courts: PM 25 Dec 2014 Pakistan says the country will establish military courts to prosecute terrorism-related cases following a recent bloody attack on an army-run school in the country's northwest. Speaking in a nationally televised speech early Thursday after a meeting with political and military leaders, Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said the courts would function for the next two years to speed up the trial of terrorists. The Pakistani premier gave few details about the [kangaroo] courts but said the country's constitution is in need of certain changes to facilitate the establishment of such courts.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott issues holiday terror high alert after ASIO and AFP briefing 24 Dec 2014 Intelligence agencies are fearful of a Christmas holiday terror attack after intercepting increased "chatter" among a group of Sydney-based IS ­extremists who had been the subject of unprecedented counter-terrorism raids across Sydney in September. At the time of the Sydney raids it was believed members of the network had been planning to abduct a member of the public and behead them. Federal Cabinet's National Security Committee was briefed by ASIO and the Australian Federal Police late yesterday in a meeting that was described as "concerning".

Another Abbott false flag may be on the way: Tony Abbott warns terrorism chatter has increased and attack remains 'likely' 23 Dec 2014 There has been an increased level of "terrorist chatter" in the wake of last week's Sydney cafe siege and a terrorist attack remains likely, Tony Abbott says. "The terror threat remains high," Abbott told reporters on Tuesday afternoon. People "with evil intentions" were willing and able to "do us harm", he said. A high alert level means an attack is considered "likely".

Australia Charges 2 in Counterterrorism Operation 24 Dec 2014 Australian authorities have arrested and charged two men as part of a wider counter-terrorism investigation, a day after Prime Minister Tony Abbott warned of increased "terrorist chatter." Twenty-year-old Sulayman Khalid was charged Wednesday with "possession of documents designed to facilitate a terrorist attack." A 21-year-old man, whose name was not given, was charged with disobeying a police control order. [!?] The arrests were related to a series of police raids in Sydney and Brisbane in September. A total of 11 people arrested in those raids have now been charged with terrorism-related offenses.

Prosecutors won't indict former Tepco executives over Fukushima disaster: media 25 Dec 2014 Japanese prosecutors will likely decide again not to indict three former Tokyo Electric Power Co executives over their handling of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, media reported on Friday, but a rarely used citizen's panel could still force an indictment. The Tokyo District Prosecutors Office has been reinvestigating the case after a citizens' panel ruled in July that three former Tepco executives, including then-chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata, should be indicted over their handling of the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986.

Up to a dozen U.S. scientists exposed to misplaced Ebola sample at CDC lab in Atlanta 25 Dec 2014 Up to a dozen workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Atlanta campus may have been exposed to a misplaced sample of the Ebola virus. CDC spokeswoman Barbara Reynolds said on Wednesday that a technician working in the secure laboratory may have come into contact with a small amount of a live virus that was part of an Ebola experiment. Reynolds says the potential exposure is under internal investigation and has been reported to Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell.

CDC worker monitored for possible Ebola exposure in lab error --Error follows two high-profile cases of mishandled samples of anthrax and avian influenza 25 Dec 2014 A laboratory technician for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been placed under observation for possible exposure to the deadly Ebola virus due to an apparent mix-up in lab specimens, the Atlanta-based agency said on Wednesday. The technician, who was working on Monday with Ebola specimens that were supposed to have been inactivated but which may instead have contained live virus, will be monitored for signs of infection for 21 days, the disease's incubation period, CDC officials said.

More Arrests in Threats to New York City Police Officers 25 Dec 2014 Two more people have been charged with threatening NYPD officers, including one who allegedly called a threat into the grieving police precinct of two officers who were slain last weekend. The NYPD said 41-year-old Tyrone Melville allegedly called the 84th precinct switchboard, where the slain officers were based, at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday and said he wanted to kill more police. When Melville allegedly called the precinct, he identified himself as the dead suspect, Ismaayil Brinsley, and asked for Officer Ramos.

US police shoot dead black teenager near Ferguson 24 Dec 2014 (MO) An 18-year-old black man was shot and killed by police at a petrol station late on Tuesday in a St Louis suburb near where unarmed teen Michael Brown was killed by a white officer in August, police and local media said. A live video feed showed the petrol station cordoned off by yellow tape and lined by police officers, with bystanders shouting at them in a tense standoff. The St Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper reported that some 60 people had gathered at the scene and that at least three people were arrested.

NYC Mayor de Blasio Calls for Suspension of Protests 22 Dec 23014 Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday called for protesters to suspend demonstrations in the aftermath of the killing of two New York police officers, who were gunned down in Brooklyn as they sat in their patrol car. "It's time for everyone to put aside political debates, put aside protests, put aside all of the things that we will talk about in due time," Mr. de Blasio said in a speech...The mayor's call came a few hours after the police commissioner, William J. Bratton, said that the killing of the officers on Saturday was a "direct spinoff of this issue" of the protests that have roiled the nation in recent weeks. [See: 2 NYPD officers were working during an anti-terrorism drill when they were shot.]

Dow industrials top 18,000 for first time; S&P 500 at record 23 Dec 2014 U.S. stocks continued their record run on Tuesday, as the Dow industrials shot past the 18,000 level for the first time while the S&P 500 hit an intraday record. The stock market's performance over the past four-plus trading sessions has so far looked like a classic Santa rally -- up more than 5% since last Tuesday's close. And with less than six trading sessions left in 2014, the S&P 500 is on track to finish the year with a double-digit gain.

Polar bear siblings are just like any others! Five year old brother and sister take a playful tumble in the snow before sharing a friendly hug --The stunning shots show the bears playing together in the snow before deciding to take a rest and cuddle together 25 Dec 2014 Lying back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they catch their breath after playtime. These stunning photographs of the brother and sister reveal a softer side to the famously ferocious polar bear. They were captured by Russian photographer Alexey Tishenko, 43, who braved temperatures of -18 to capture the intimate pictures in Churchill, Canada.

Hawaii Gets a White Christmas Following Blizzard Warning 25 Dec 2014 Parts of the Big Island of Hawaii were dusted with Christmas snow following a blizzard warning on Christmas Eve. The two highest mountain peaks on the Big Island, Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, got a White Christmas, webcams revealed this morning. Mauna Kea stands at 13,796 feet above sea level, and Mauna Loa at 13,678 feet.

George HW Bush Remains Hospitalized for Fourth Straight Day 26 Dec 2014 Former President George H.W. Bush remained at a Houston hospital for a fourth day in a row after experiencing shortness of breath earlier this week. The former president, age 90, "remains in high spirits and continues to make progress, but he will remain at the Houston Methodist Hospital this evening," said his spokesman, Jim McGrath. Bush was admitted Tuesday as a precaution.

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