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Friday, January 16, 2015

CLG: Radioactive leak at Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant releases tritium into Alabama environment, Pentagon to deploy 400 troops to train Syrian 'rebels'



News Updates from CLG
16 January 2015



Previous edition: Jewish patrol cars out in force in London amid fears of copycat Paris attack, which NSAssociate relegated to the sp*m bin. See: Google Filter Instructions for CLG Newsletter.


Pentagon to deploy 400 troops to train Syrian 'rebels' | 16 Jan 2015 | The U.S. military is planning to deploy more than 400 troops to help train Syrian rebels to fight explode the Islamic State, along with hundreds of U.S. support personnel, a Pentagon spokesman told Reuters on Thursday. The U.S. military has not yet identified where it will draw its forces from for the training mission, expected to begin in the spring at sites outside Syria, Colonel Steve Warren said. Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia have offered to host the training.


WhatsApp and iMessage could be banned under new surveillance plans; Cameron to revive 'snoopers' charter' | 12 Jan 2015 | David Cameron could block WhatsApp and Snapchat if he wins the next election, as part of his plans for new surveillance powers announced in the wake of the shootings in Paris. The Prime Minister said today that he would stop the use of methods of communication that cannot be read by the security services even if they have a warrant...The comments came as part of David Cameron's pledge to revive the "snoopers' charter" to help security services spy on internet communications today.


German who spied for CIA stole list of 3,500 German spies' names | !5 Jan 2015 | A German intelligence officer, who was arrested last summer for spying for the United States, may have given his American handlers information on the real identities, as well as operational aliases, of nearly 3,500 German intelligence operatives. In July, Germany expelled the Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Berlin, following the arrest of Marcus R., a 31-year-old, low-level clerk at the Bundesnachrichtendienst, or BND, Germany's external intelligence agency. He was believed at the time to have spied for the CIA for approximately two years, and to have supplied the American spy agency with around 200 classified German government documents in exchange for approximately 30,000.


The CIA Will Not Discipline Anyone for Spying on Senate Torture Probe | 14 Jan 2015 | A CIA inquiry has cleared spy agency employees of wrongdoing in a dispute with the Senate Intelligence Committee over allegations CIA officials inappropriately accessed documents prepared by Senate investigators probing the agency's use of brutal interrogation techniques torture. In a statement issued by the CIA on Wednesday, the head of the inquiry, former U.S. Senator Evan Bayh, said an "Agency Accountability Board" which he chaired at the request of CIA Director John Brennan had found that "no discipline was warranted" for five agency employees. However, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who chaired the Intelligence Committee during its investigation of the CIA's post-September 11, 2001, detention and interrogation program, expressed dissatisfaction with the inquiry's result.


German police arrest two Salafist suspects in raid | 16 Jan 2015 | German police said on Friday they had arrested two people following a raid on 11 properties linked to radical Islamic Salafists, shortly after Belgian police killed two men during similar raids against an Islamist group. The arrests followed investigations which have been going on for several months into five Turkish citizens aged 31 to 44, who are suspected of "preparing a serious act of violence against the state in Syria" and money laundering, police said.


'Second Paris' averted by hours: Belgian police HQ under armed guard after two suspected ISIS jihadists are killed as commandos swoop on cell before imminent attack on local station --Residents heard shots and explosions, including machine gun fire, as masked officers swooped on the apartment | 15 Jan 2015 | Belgium's police HQ was last night under armed guard after anti-terror commandos shot dead two suspected Islamic State jihadis and arrested a third in an eastern town. Shots and explosions were heard, including machine gun fire, as heavily armed, masked officers moved against the alleged cell in the eastern town of Verviers, which is some 70 miles from Brussels. 'A second Paris has been avoided,' an official from Belgium's ministry of justice was quoted as saying, with reports claiming the jihadis had planned to launch attacks on police in the country.


Two killed in Belgium anti-terror raids | 15 Jan 2015 | Two people were killed Thursday while police conducted an anti-terrorism operation in eastern Belgium. In a press conference Thursday, Belgium's federal prosecutor reported that suspects opened fire in Verviers as police conducted their raid, and they were "neutralized." The raid was conducted in coordination with 10 search warrants executed throughout the country. Searches were taking place in Molenbeek, Brussels and Vilvorde, a federal official told ABC News.


Charlie Hebdo shooting: French man arrested in Bulgaria 'had links to Paris attacker' | 13 Jan 2015 | A French man arrested in Bulgaria had links with one of the attackers in the Paris shootings, it has been reported. French citizen Fritz-Joly Joachin was in contact several times with Cherif Kouachi, one of the two brothers who shot dead 12 people at the 'satirical magazine' Charlie Hebdo's offices last week, AFP quotes prosecutor Darina Slavova as saying. Reuters reported on Monday that prosecutors planned to extradite Joachin over suspicions he knew or had been in touch with one of the brothers.


Paris policewoman injured outside President Hollande's palace after 'driver deliberately knocked her down' --Unclear whether hit and run is linked to the terror attacks in French capital | 15 Jan 2015 | A policewoman has been deliberately knocked down and injured by a driver outside President Hollande's palace in central Paris. Witnesses have said the motorist aimed at the officer outside the Élysée Palace and two people have been arrested. A reporter on BFM TV in France said the car had been driving the wrong way along a one-way system before ramming the policewoman and knocking her to the floor overnight.


Pope Francis on Charlie Hebdo attack: 'You can't make fun of faith' | 15 Jan 2015 | Pope Francis, speaking of last week's deadly attacks by Islamist militants in Paris, has defended freedom of expression, but said it was wrong to provoke others by insulting their religion and that one could "expect" a reaction to such abuse. Aboard a plane from Sri Lanka to the Philippines, the pontiff also gave one of his clearest statements to date on climate change, saying that he believed that man was primarily responsible and had "gone too far," and that he hoped this year's Paris conference would take a courageous stand to protect the environment. Asked about the relationship between freedom of religion and freedom of expression, Francis, who has condemned the Paris terrorist attacks, said: "You can't provoke, you can't insult the faith of others, you can't make fun of faith."


Chief constable warns against 'drift towards police state' [I think the horse has left the barn on this one! Need 'V'...] | 5 Dec 2014 |The battle against extremism could lead to a "drift towards a police state" in which officers are turned into "thought police", one of Britain’s most senior chief constables has warned. Sir Peter Fahy, chief constable of Greater Manchester, said police were being left to decide what is acceptable free speech as the efforts against radicalisation and a severe threat of terrorist attack intensify. It is politicians, academics and others in civil society who have to define what counts as extremist ideas, he says...Fahy stressed he supported new counter-terrorism measures unveiled by the government last week, including bans on alleged extremist speakers from colleges.


Obama signs bill to renew terrorism risk insurance program | 13 Jan 2015 | President Obama has signed into law a renewal of a federal program credited with reviving the market for insurance against terrorist attacks after its collapse in the aftermath of 9/11. The White House says Obama signed the bill Monday - even though Obama had previously expressed [for show] reservations about an unrelated provision that chips away at new regulations on financial instruments called derivatives. The Senate approved the bill last week on a sweeping 93-4 vote, a day after it was approved by the House.


Ohio Man Is Charged With Plotting to Bomb U.S. Capitol, After Meeting With Undercover FBI Operative | 14 Jan 2015 | An Ohio man was arrested Wednesday and accused of planning to attack the U.S. Capitol, U.S. officials told NBC News. But the officials said the man, identified as Christopher Cornell, 20, was dealing with an undercover agent the entire time and was never in a position to carry out his plan. The officials said that starting in August, Cornell began posting comments on Twitter in support of ISIS under an alias, Raheel Mahrus Ubaydah. Shortly after those posts began appearing, the FBI sent an undercover operative to meet with him.


Ohio bartender contemplated poisoning Boehner: court documents | 13 Jan 2015 | An Ohio bartender suspected of wanting to poison U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner has been charged with threatening to murder the Republican politician, court documents showed on Tuesday. Michael Hoyt, who served Boehner at a country club in Ohio and checked into a psychiatric facility after he was questioned by police on Oct. 29, was indicted on the charge last Wednesday, court papers said. "Speaker Boehner is aware of this situation, and sincerely thanks the FBI, the Capitol Police and local authorities in Ohio for their efforts," his spokesman, Michael Steel, said in a statement.


U.S. Secret Service dumping senior officials after security lapses | 15 Jan 2015 | The U.S. Secret Service will remove four senior officials while another has opted to retire, the latest shake-up after a series of security lapses at the agency charged with protecting the president, an agency official said on Wednesday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed Acting Director Joseph Clancy had told the four assistant directors who oversee the agency's missions of protection, investigations, technology and public affairs that they must leave their jobs. The departures represent a house-cleaning within top management.


Edward Snowden to speak to Hawaii conference | 15 Jan 2015 | NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden will be the feature speaker at the upcoming ACLU Hawaii First Amendment Conference. However, Snowden will not make an appearance in person and will speak through a video link from Moscow, Russia. Snowden, who used to live in Hawaii, worked for consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton and rented a home in Waipahu. Snowden is known for leaking classified information from the National Security Agency...The Davis Levin First Amendment Conference will be held at the Hawaii Convention Center on Feb. 14.


Saudi blogger faces next 50 lashes as government ignores global protests | 14 Jan 2015 | Raif Badawi, the Saudi liberal convicted of publishing a blog, has been told he will again be flogged 50 times on Friday -- the second part of his 1,000-lash sentence which also includes a 10-year jail term. The US, Britain and other western governments had all called for the punishment to be dropped but there has been no sign of any diplomatic action against Riyadh. Badawi will be given 50 more lashes outside a mosque in his home city of Jeddah unless a Saudi prison doctor determines he is not yet fit to face the punishment owing to injuries sustained last Friday. If nothing changes, he will be flogged every Friday for the next 19 weeks.


Flight at Rome Fiumicino airport evacuated over bomb threat | 14 Jan 2015 | The passengers of a Niki flight to Vienna from Fiumicino airport in Rome have been disembarked after a man told the pilot he had a bomb in his luggage. The plane was isolated for security checks which found no explosive devices on board. Over 80 passengers of a Niki Airbus A320 to Vienna were evacuated over a suspected bomb threat after a man of Slovenian nationality reportedly told the captain that he boarded the plane with a bomb in his luggage, local media report.


This is why Monsanto's trolls, the US government, keeps attacking Russia and its allies: Russia's President Putin Signs GMO Labeling Liability Law | 3 Jan 2015 | Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed the Russian Federation Code of Administrative Offences into law, including a new article establishing liability for the violation of mandatory requirements for the labeling of food products that contain GMOs. Putin signed the new bill on the last day of 2014 TASS news agency reported. The bill which was submitted by the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) imposes fines for vague or unclear labeling on food products containing genetically modified ingredients.


Radioactive leak at Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant releases tritium into Alabama environment | 12 Jan 2015 | A newspaper reports that radioactive water leaked from a tank at an Alabama nuclear plant, releasing tritium into the environment. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that the leak occurred last week at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant near Athens. The Tennessee Valley Authority said a drain line leaked 100 to 200 gallons of water containing tritium levels above 'acceptable' drinking water standards.


More than three quarters of flu vaccines this year have been ineffective | 15 Jan 2015 | More than three quarters of people who had the flu vaccine this year will get the virus anyway, a new study has found. The percentage of effective injections - 23 per cent - is one of the worst performances since the government started tracking how well vaccines work in the 2004-2005 season. The effectiveness has ranged from 10 to 60 per cent effective. #Useless

Fort Hood soldier, under self-monitoring for Ebola, found dead at 7.30am outside his own apartment --Killeen police, hazmat teams arrived after 911 calls --Officials with Fort Hood, Texas, downplayed any fears of Ebola | 13 Jan 2015| A Fort Hood soldier who just returned from West Africa and was self-monitoring for Ebola symptoms was found dead on Tuesday outside his apartment, officials said. Killeen police and hazmat teams arrived after 911 calls came in of a man's body on the front lawn of his home, which is just outside the base. Fort Hood said that the 24-year-old man, who has not been named, had returned on January 7 as part of a 87-person team assigned to West Africa for three months and was found dead at around 7.30am.

Inspector general: Some NY police use chokehold as first response | 12 Jan 2015 | A new inspector general blasted the New York City Police Department on Monday for failing to punish officers who used banned chokeholds on citizens, sometimes as a first response in a confrontation. The first official report by police Inspector General Philip Eure comes a month after New York was shaken first by a grand jury's decision not to indict an NYPD officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner... It looked at 10 recent cases in which the NYPD's Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), an independent agency tasked with investigating excessive force claims, concluded officers used chokeholds, which are banned by Police Department regulations.

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