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News Updates from CLG
05 May 2015

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Texas police were warned about ISIS attack TWO DAYS days before deadly shootout by Anonymous activist | 05 May 2015 | An activist linked to the international hackers' collective Anonymous tipped off police in Garland, Texas, about an imminent attack on an anti-Islam event two days before it happened - but the red flag went unnoticed. Police and the FBI say Elton Simpson, 30, and his roommate, 34-year-old Nadir Soofi, from Phoenix, Arizona, opened fire Sunday evening on an unarmed security guard outside a contest featuring cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The Daily Dot reported Monday that the Garland Police Department had received advance warning of the attack two days earlier, courtesy of a woman living outside the US who has identified herself as an affiliate of the Anonymous network.

Gunman in Mohammad cartoon attack in Texas was monitored for years by federal agents | 04 May 2015 | Federal agents for years monitored one of the two gunmen who were shot dead after opening fire with assault rifles at a heavily guarded Texas exhibit of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad. Two government sources who asked not to be named said the shooters were roommates Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi, of Phoenix. Court documents show that Simpson had been under surveillance since 2006 and was convicted in 2011 of lying to FBI agents over his desire to join violent jihad in Somalia.

A *blatant* false flag in Garland, Texas: Accused Texas Gunman Well-Known to FBI Before Attack [And SWAT was already there, waiting.] | 04 May 2015 | Since at least 2007, the FBI has been able to recognize the voice of Elton Simpson -- one of the men suspected in the Texas shootings outside a contest featuring [racist] cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad. Agents recorded the young man from Phoenix talking about fighting nonbelievers for Allah...Simpson was arrested in 2010, one day before authorities say he planned to leave for South Africa. But despite more than 1,500 hours of recorded conversations, the government prosecuted him on only one minor charge -- lying to a federal agent. Years spent investigating Simpson for terrorism ties resulted in three years of probation and 600 in fines and court fees.

Two gunmen shot dead at anti-Muslim 'draw the prophet Muhammad' contest in Texas | 03 May 2015 |Two gunmen have been shot dead and a security guard injured at a 'contest' for cartoon depictions of the prophet Muhammad in a Dallas suburb. The gunmen were said to have driven up to the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland on Sunday afternoon where the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) [sociopaths] had been hosting the exhibition and contest...Authorities immediately locked down the center, evacuating participants in the event and sealing off large areas. The bomb squad was called in after reports of a possible incendiary device at the scene of the incident.

NATO and allies stage thousands-strong drills across Europe | 04 May 2015 | Three sets of military exercises kicked off in Europe on Monday, involving thousands of servicemen from a variety of NATO nations and their allies, amid a wave of similar action across the area. Estonia is holding its largest-ever military drills. Named Siil-2015 (Hedgehog), the maneuvers involve about 13,000 personnel. Siil-2015, scheduled to last until May 15, also involves forces from the US, the UK, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium, Poland and the Netherlands.

Top Iranian general: America was behind 9/11 attacks | 27 April 2015 | The commander of Iran's ground forces said [the obvious] that American officials planned and executed the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, to justify military intervention in the region. "These wars and these threats stem from a comprehensive American strategy. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the Americans felt that a new force was beginning to materialize, namely the union between Sunnis and Shiites," said Ahmad Reza Pourdastan in an interview with Iran's Arabic-language Al-Alam state news network. "The first thing they did was to plan and carry out the events of 9/11, in order to justify their presence in Western Asia, with the goal of ruling it," he said.

US-led air strike in Syria kills 52 civilians, including seven children; death toll continues to rise | 02 May 2015 | The death toll from an air strike by US-led forces on the northern Syrian province of Aleppo has risen to 52 including seven children, a group monitoring the conflict said on Saturday. Rami Abdulrahman, who runs the British-based Observatory for Human Rights, said the death toll from Friday’s strike was the highest civilian loss in a single attack by US and Arab forces since they started air raids against hardline Islamist militant groups in Syria such as Islamic State [I-CIA-SIS]. US-led forces are also targeting the group in Iraq.

Obama to name Marine general to become top U.S. military officer | 04 May 2015 | President Barack Obama on Tuesday will nominate Marine General Joseph Dunford as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. officials said on Monday, in a widely expected pick likely to win swift Senate confirmation. Dunford, commandant of the Marine Corps, would replace Army General Martin Dempsey, who is expected to step down in September as the top military officer after a tumultuous four-year period that saw most U.S. forces withdraw from Afghanistan but thousands return to Iraq. In addition, Obama will nominate Air Force General Paul Selva, currently the commander of the U.S. Transportation Command, as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

Airbus goes to court over reports of NSA-BND espionage | 01 May 2015 | European aviation consortium Airbus said it would file criminal charges over industrial espionage, following reports that US and German foreign intelligence spied on the industry giant. The move follows reports in Bild newspaper and Der Spiegel news magazine based on intelligence documents, claiming US spy agency, the NSA, deliberately targeted Airbus and Eurocopter - also run by the French-based company. The reports additionally revealed Berlin was aware of the espionage and kept quiet since 2008.

Radioactive water leaks from storage tank at Fukushima | 02 May 2015 | A 'tiny' amount of radioactive water has leaked from a storage tank at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the plant, said May 1 that about 40 milliliters of water was found under a storage tank holding radiation-contaminated water. Seventy millisieverts per hour of beta ray-emitting radioactivity were detected on the surface where the water had leaked.

Lake Huron nuclear waste burial report expected this week --Ontario Power Generation proposes burying nuclear waste in underground bunker near Great Lakes | 03 May 2015 | A Canadian environmental assessment of a proposal to bury nuclear waste deep underground near the shores of Lake Huron is expected this week amid fierce opposition to the idea from home and abroad. Ontario Power Generation argues that storing the radioactive material in a huge underground bunker set in rock -- the deep geological repository or DGR -- is the safest way to deal with waste that is potentially dangerous for centuries. Opponents, however, argue no system is foolproof and any problems - especially with a facility about one kilometre from a major water source for millions of people - could be catastrophic. One of them, Stop the Great Lakes Nuclear Dump, has collected almost 75,000 signatures on an online petition and is already pledging to keep fighting the plan if the review panel green-lights it. [Instead of nuclear waste, bury the 'people' who drafted the proposal.]

Iowa bird flu outbreak prompts governor to declare state of emergency | 01 May 2015 | Iowa governor Terry Branstad declared a state of emergency on Friday due to a rapidly expanding avian flu outbreak, soon after state agriculture officials announced four new poultry farms had initially tested positive for the virus. Iowa, the top egg-producing state in the United States, is the third state to declare a state of emergency because of the viral outbreak, which either has led or will lead to the extermination of up to 21m chickens and turkeys nationwide. Minnesota and Wisconsin declared states of emergency in April.

University of Toledo student union locked down due to reports of gunman --Members of Toledo SWAT arrived on the east side of the student union around 5:30 p.m. | 02 May 2015 | The University of Toledo issued an alert on Saturday afternoon telling people to stay away from the student union due to a "dangerous situation". Toledo and UT Police surrounded the building with guns drawn as officers entered the building to search. Toledo Police dispatch say they were responding to reports of a man with a "possible gun" inside the building.

NYPD officer, who was shot in the head, dies | 04 May 2015 | A 25-year-old New York Police officer who was shot while on duty over the weekend has died, officials said Monday. Brian Moore had been in critical condition since Saturday, when he and a fellow officer were shot at while trying to question a man in Queens. Moore was struck in the head; the other officer was uninjured.

Plainclothes NYPD officer shot; 1 suspect in custody | 02 May 2015 | A plainclothes New York City police officer riding in an unmarked car was shot and critically wounded Saturday evening by a man police had approached after suspecting him of carrying a gun, a police spokeswoman said. The on-duty officer, who was not identified, was taken to a hospital, and one suspect was arrested hours after police flooded the scene in a section of Queens that neighbors described as quiet and safe, Deputy Chief Kim Royster said.

Six Baltimore police officers charged in death of Freddie Gray | 01 May 2015 | The six Baltimore police officers involved in the arrest of Freddie Gray -- who died last month after being injured in police custody -- have been charged criminally, State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced Friday. Mosby's announcement on the steps of the War Memorial Building was greeted with cheers and applause. Mosby said she told Gray's family that "no one is above the law." Word traveled quickly of the charges against the officers. In West Baltimore, cars honked their horns. A man hanging out of a truck window pumped his fists and yelled; "Justice! Justice! Justice!"

Chris Christie Not Yet in the Clear on Bridgegate, NJ Lawmaker Says | 03 May 2015 | New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is not out of the woods on Bridgegate, according to John Wisniewski, Democratic chair of the New Jersey State Assembly Select Committee that has been investigating the matter. Wisniewski said Sunday on "This Week" that his committee's work is not yet complete, saying it has an "entirely different agenda" than prosecutors who released federal indictments Friday against a top aide and an appointee of Christie, shortly after another key figure pleaded guilty to conspiracy to shut down access lanes to the George Washington Bridge in September 2013. "There are at least three different versions of the facts," Wisniewski told ABC's George Stephanopoulos of conflicting accounts of who had knowledge of the bridge lane closures.

Christie ally David Wildstein pleads guilty, says Bridgegate closures were retribution | 01 May 2015 | Former Port Authority executive David Wildstein pleaded guilty Friday to his role in the politically motivated closure of local access lanes to the George Washington Bridge. Wildstein, 53, admitted in federal court to conspiring with former Port Authority Deputy Executive Director William Baroni and Gov. Chris Christie's former Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Anne Kelly to "punish" Fort Lee mayor Mark Sokolich for not endorsing Christie's re-election bid. Appearing before Judge Susan D. Wigenton, Wildstein pleaded guilty to conspiracy to misapply property of the Port Authority and conspiracy to violate the civil rights of Fort Lee residents in the September 2013 lane closings.

GOP field grows: Carson, Fiorina launch presidential bids | 04 May 2015 | Former [ousted] technology executive Carly Fiorina and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson jumped into the race for the Republican presidential nomination Monday, both longshots who nevertheless have the potential to attract a more diverse group of supporters to the party. Fiorina is likely to be the only prominent woman to seek the GOP nomination, with Carson the only likely African-American. They are both also political outsiders in a field likely to be dominated by governors, former governors and senators. [For more on Carly Fiorina, see: America's worst CEOs: Where are they now? 27 April 2012.]

Billionaire Houston couple gives $5 million to Illinois campaign fund | 01 May 2015 | A billionaire Houston couple heavily involved nationwide in pension and education changes destruction opposed by unions -- issues shared by Gov. Bruce Rauner and Mayor Rahm Emanuel -- has contributed 5 million to a state political action committee, campaign finance records showed Thursday. The donation from John and Laura Arnold to IllinoisGO, short for Illinoisans for Growth and Opportunity, is the third-largest individual political donation ever recorded by the Illinois State Board of Elections in more than two decades of electronic record keeping. The group's executive director is Greg Goldner, who ran Emanuel's first congressional campaign in 2002 and owns a consulting firm that helped promote the expansion of automated traffic camera programs around the country.

In 50-49 vote, US Senate says climate change not caused by humans | 22 Jan 2015 | The Senate rejected the scientific consensus that humans are causing climate change global warming, days after NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared 2014 the hottest year ever recorded on Earth. The Republican-controlled Senate defeated a measure Wednesday stating that climate change global warming is real and that human activity significantly contributes to it. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, offered the measure as the Senate debated the Keystone XL pipeline, which would tap the carbon-intensive oil sands in the Canadian province of Alberta. The Senate voted 50-49 on the measure, which required 60 votes in order to pass.

MSNBC Shows Alex Wagner, Ed Schultz, and Chris Hayes on the Chopping Block (But Corporatist Fraud Al Sharpton to Stay?!) | 04 May 2015 | According to Mediaite's Andrew Krill, three more MSNBC programs are on the chopping block as brand new NBC News president is getting involved in the network all the way down to the minutia. Andrew Lack is even showing up at the daily MSNBC editorial meeting held by network head Phil Griffin and according to the report, "Lack regularly appears 'underwhelmed' with the story pitches." A couple of weeks ago, the executive producers of Now with Alex Wagner, The Ed Show, and All In with Chris Hayes were told to prepare "sizzle reels" of the best their programs have to offer...The senior staffs of all three programs, we are told, are now concerned that their days are numbered. If Wagner, Schultz and Hayes get cancelled, is Al Sharpton far behind?

Number of whales trapped in fishing gear on California coast spikes | 29 April 2015 | A record number of whales are becoming ensnared in fishing gear, including a killer whale that died last week north of Fort Bragg, according to federal data released Tuesday by environmental groups. Last year, 30 whales were caught in gear, often from crab pots -- double the previous year. And alarmingly, the National Marine Fisheries Service has recorded 25 such incidents already this year, with several Monterey Bay whales becoming wrapped up in ropes and other fishing equipment.

Hello world! Stunning pictures capture moment polar bear cub ventures out of its den with mother for the very first time --Polar bears stay near their dens for around 12 days before trekking to the sea ice to hunt | 01 May 2015 | These captivating images show a polar bear cub exploring the outside world for the very first time. After spending three months with its mother in a den that she had dug out of the snow, the cub is now getting ready to learn to hunt. Photographers Andre and Anita Gilden waited for five days outside the den in temperatures dropping to minus 40 degrees Celsius to catch the beautiful moment in Manitoba, Canada.

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