CLG: EgyptAir hijacking: 'Bomb found on plane with 81 passengers held' at Larnaca airport, Belgian nuclear plant guard is murdered and has his security pass stolen, 147 FBI agents involved in Clinton email probe, CIA photographed prisoners naked before sending them to be tortured,

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29 March 2016

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Breaking: EgyptAir hijacking: 'Bomb found on plane with 81 passengers held' at Larnaca airport --Pilot was threatened by hijacker with explosives | 29 March 2016 | A plane has been hijacked and has landed at Larnaca International Airport in Cyprus. 08:13 Update: The pilot of the plane was threatened by a passenger strapped with explosives, Egypt's Civil Aviation Ministry said. His name is Omar al-Gammal...EgyptAir tweeted: "Our flight MS181 is officially hijacked. we'll publish an official statement now."

 

EgyptAir flight MS181 passenger plane hijacked | 29 March 2016 | An EgyptAir passenger plane heading from Alexandria to Cairo has been hijacked and forced to head to Cyprus. EgyptAir flight MS181 is believed to have 55 people on board, with a crew of 7, according to the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation. Earlier media reports suggested there were about 80 to 81 people on board. One man is thought to be armed on board the plane, Cyprus state radio reported.

 

Belgian nuclear plant guard is murdered and has his security pass stolen --Nuclear power plants are known to be targets for the terror network behind the Brussels bombings | 27 March 2016 | Belgian security services are fearful that ISIS operatives may have been looking to target a nuclear plant as it emerged two workers from a plant in Doel fled to Syria to join ISIS [I-CIA-SIS]. One of the men, reportedly known as Ilyass Boughalab, is believed to have been killed in Syria, while the second served a short prison sentence in Belgium for terror-related offences in 2014. With an extensive understanding of nuclear facilities, the convict's short jail sentence has raised further questioned of the Belgian security services as well as fears he may have passed on important knowledge about the sites to the terrorist group.

 

Arrested at gunpoint: Armed Italian police swoop on Algerian linked to Paris and Brussels terror attacks | 27 March 2016 | This is the moment armed Italian police arrested an Algerian man wanted by Belgium over fake ID documents used by the Paris and Brussels terrorists. Dramatic pictures show Djamal Eddine Ouali, 40, on his knees after being detained under a European arrest warrant in the southern Italian region of Salerno. He is suspected of providing a forged Belgian ID card for Najim Laachraoui, one of the suicide bombers who attacked Brussels airport last week.

 

Missing U.S. couple died in Brussels attacks, family says | 26 March 2016 | Stephanie and Justin Shults, an American couple living in Brussels who had been missing since the attacks in the Belgian capital, were declared dead on Saturday, according to members of Justin Shults’s family. On Tuesday morning, the pair were at the airport, dropping off Stephanie’s mother, Carolyn Moore, to catch a flight home to Kentucky after a week’s visit...The couple’s car was found, Sutton posted on Twitter Saturday, but the family continued to wait without word about the couple, as they had for several days.

 

At Least 72 Killed in Explosion in Pakistan | 28 March 2016 | At least 72 people--including 17 children--were killed and hundreds more injured in an apparent suicide bombing at a Pakistani park that an Islamic militant group said was aimed at Christians celebrating Easter. A Pakistani Taliban faction claimed responsibility for the attack in Lahore, a city in the eastern part of the country with a sizable Christian minority. Terrorists bombed two churches in the city last year, killing 12.

 

Smoke Forces Air India Flight to Make Emergency Landing in Mumbai | 28 March 2016 | An Air India flight made an emergency landing at the airport in Mumbai today due to smoke in the undercarriage, reports news agency ANI. All passengers on board the Hyderabad to Mumbai flight were safely evacuated through emergency shoots.

 

Five hours after drill for same event: Man with gun shot by police at Capitol Visitor Center | 28 March 2016 | A man with a gun was shot by police Monday afternoon at the Capitol Visitor Center at the U.S. Capitol Complex, according to two D.C. police officials. He was taken to MedStar Washington Hospital Center. The report of gunfire in a city on heightened alert because of terrorist attacks in Europe sent dozens of emergency vehicles to the Capitol building and forced staff and visitors into lockdown. Road barricades went up, and police officers with automatic rifles were stationed on street corners. The shooting occurred about 2:40 p.m. at the entrance to the visitors' center, an underground complex east of the Capitol building.

 

Gunman at U.S. Capitol was known to police, officials say | 28 March 2016 | An armed man who was shot Monday trying to enter the U.S. Capitol was known to police and had previously disrupted a session of Congress, according to local and federal law enforcement officials. Larry Dawson of Tennessee was stopped by Capitol Police after he set off a metal detector trying to enter the Capitol Visitor Center, a federal official said. After an argument, Dawson drew a weapon and pointed it at officers, said the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. At least one officer opened fire, shooting the suspect, said Capitol Police Chief Matthew Verderosa. A weapon was recovered at the scene, he added. Dawson was taken to a hospital for treatment. A female bystander, age 35 to 45, was hospitalized with what Verderosa called minor injuries from the incident.

 

Note that a MedStar helicopter airlifted the shooting victims of today's Capitol Hill shooting incident to the MedStar hospital, whose computers were down at the time. FBI investigating computer virus causing major outages at large hospital chain MedStar Health --Shooting victims of Capitol were transported to MedStar Health, via helicopter | 28 March 2016 | The FBI says it's investigating a computer virus that has crippled information systems at the major Washington-area hospital chain MedStar Health Inc. The virus has affected Washington's Georgetown University Hospital and other medical offices in the region...A law enforcement official says the FBI is assessing whether the virus is so-called ransomware, in which hackers extort money in exchange for returning a victim's systems to normal.

 

Original post: Breaking Drill Gone Live: Capitol Hill on Lockdown Over Potential Security Threat --Shelter-in-place drill held in same area at 10:15 a.m. on same day. People thought shooting was part of that drill. (Luke Russert, reporting live on MSNBC, 3:00 p.m. EDT.) --Injured people taken by MedStar to MedStar Health hospital that was hit by 'computer virus' on same day; computers at that hospital are down. --SWAT on scene --Report: Gunshots fired at CVC [Capitol Visitor Center] --Ambulance seen --15 to 20 police vehicles on scene --Capitol police have guns drawn --Heavy police presence --'Shelter-in-place' order issued --No one can enter or exit building | 28 March 2016 | (MSNBC, wires) This story will be updated.

 

Secret Service: We're not allowing firearms at the Republican National Convention | 27 March 2016 | he Secret Service on Monday quashed the hopes of gun rights advocates who were pushing for the open carry of firearms to be allowed at this summer's Republican National Convention in Cleveland. An online petition in support of the effort rapidly gained signatures and attention in the past week, applying pressure to pro-gun Republican officials and presidential contenders to walk the walk when it comes to guns. But on Monday, the Secret Service said that only law enforcement personnel will be allowed to carry firearms at the event.

 

Investigation underway after pipe bomb explodes in Anaheim | 27 March 2016 | A bomb squad was investigating the explosion of a pipe bomb on Saturday in Anaheim, police said. The explosion was reported around 2:30 p.m. in an alley of a business at Wilhelmina Street and Anaheim Boulevard, according to broadcast reports.

 

FBI has accessed San Bernardino shooter's phone without Apple's help | 28 March 2016 | The Justice Department is abandoning its bid to force Apple to help it unlock the iPhone used by one of the shooters in the San Bernardino terrorist attack because investigators have found a way in without the tech giant's assistance, prosecutors wrote in a court filing Monday. In a three-sentence filing, prosecutors wrote they had "now successfully accessed the data" stored on Syed Rizwan Farook's iPhone, and they consequently no longer needed Apple's court-ordered help getting in. The stunning move averts a courtroom showdown pitting Apple and privacy interests against the government and security concerns that many in the tech community had warned might set dangerous precedents.

 

CIA photographed prisoners naked before sending them to be tortured --Act is potential US war crime | 28 March 2016 | The CIA took naked photographs of people it sent to its foreign partners for torture, the Guardian can reveal. A former US official who had seen some of the photographs described them as "very gruesome"...Some human rights campaigners described the act of naked photography on unwilling detaineesprisoners as a potential war crime. Unlike video evidence of CIA torture at its undocumented "black site" prisons that were destroyed in 2005 by a senior official, the CIA is said to retain the photographs. In some of the photos, which remain classified, CIA captives are blindfolded, bound and show visible bruises. Some photographs also show people believed to be CIA officials or contractors alongside the naked prisoners.

 

Pentagon to propose boosting US military presence in Iraq | 26 March 2016 | The Pentagon will submit proposals to President Barack Obama for strengthening military support to Iraqi forces in the near future, a top US military official said Friday. The US military confirmed this week the presence of some 200 Marines and artillery in northern Iraq, with the artillery used to support Iraqi troops as they advanced in the region. Officially, there are 3,870 US troops deployed in Iraq. But the actual number is likely about 5,000, according to media reports that Dunford did not deny on Friday.

 

Cuba's Fidel Castro knocks sweet-talking Obama after 'honey-coated' visit | 28 March 2016 | Retired leader Fidel Castro accused U.S. President Barack Obama of sweet-talking the Cuban people during his visit to the island last week and ignoring the accomplishments of Communist rule, in an opinion piece carried by all state-run media on Monday. Obama's visit was aimed at consolidating a detente between the once intractable Cold War enemies and the U.S. president said in a speech to the Cuban people that it was time for both nations to put the past behind them and face the future "as friends and as neighbors and as family, together." "One assumes that every one of us ran the risk of a heart attack listening to these words," Castro said in his column, dismissing Obama's comments as "honey-coated" and reminding Cubans of the many U.S. efforts to overthrow and weaken Cuba's government. "We don't need the empire to give us anything," he wrote.

 

147 FBI agents involved in Clinton email probe | 28 March 2016 | A new report says 147 FBI agents are involved in the investigation surrounding Hillary Clinton's private email server and handling of classified material. The Washington Post reports that the large number of agents have been deployed to run down leads in the investigation, citing a lawmaker briefed by FBI Director James Comey. The Post reported that the FBI has accelerated its investigation because officials want to avoid potentially announcing any action close to the November election.

 

Trump threatens lawsuit over lost Louisiana delegates | 28 March 2016 | Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump threatened Sunday to sue Ted Cruz over potentially claiming more Louisiana delegates in a state he technically won. "Just to show you how unfair Republican primary politics can be, I won the State of Louisiana and get less delegates than Cruz-Lawsuit coming," Trump tweeted Sunday afternoon. In the Louisiana primary March 5, Trump won with more votes compared to Cruz. Trump won the popular vote, 124,818 votes to 113,949 for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz...But as the Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week, Cruz may wind up with as many as 10 more delegates from the state than the Trump due to out-organizing stealing from Trump in the state in the wake of the primary, when the identity of delegates remains to be determined.

 

Bernie Sanders Sweeps Democratic Caucuses With Win in Hawaii | 28 March 2016 | Bernie Sanders captured the Hawaii Democratic caucuses Saturday, after running TV ads in a state that his campaign identified as a promising target. The Associated Press declared Mr. Sanders the winner. With 88% of the vote in, the Vermont senator was leading rival Hillary Clinton by 70.6% to 29.2%...Mr. Sanders aired TV ads aimed at introducing himself to Hawaii voters and he also showcased the endorsement of a native daughter, U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D., Hawaii).

 

Sanders crushes Clinton in Alaska and Washington Democratic caucuses | 26 March 2016 | Bernie Sanders won overwhelming victories in Washington state and Alaska on Saturday, narrowing Hillary Clinton's still significant lead in the race for delegates to win the Democratic nomination for president. Sanders defeated Clinton in Washington's caucuses 76% to 31% and 79% to 21% in Alaska's, with about 31% and 38% of the states' precincts reporting. The most delegates were at stake in Washington, where Sanders drew more than 15,000 people to a Friday rally at Seattle's Safeco Field.

 

Nathan Deal vetoes Georgia's 'religious liberty' bill | 28 March 2016 | Gov. Nathan Deal on Monday vetoed the "religious liberty" bill that triggered a wave of criticism from gay rights groups and business leaders and presented him with one of the most consequential challenges he's faced since his election to Georgia's top office. In a press conference at the state Capitol, Deal said House Bill 757 doesn't reflect Georgia's welcoming image as a state full of "warm, friendly and loving people" – and warned critics that he doesn't respond well to threats of payback for rejecting the measure.

 

Suit Challenges North Carolina Law Overturning Anti-Discrimination Measures | 28 March 2016 | Gay rights advocates in North Carolina filed a federal lawsuit on Monday, challenging a new state law that overturns local protections for gay and transgender people, and bars transgender people from using public bathrooms that do not match the sexes stated on their birth certificates. The plaintiffs, a coalition of individuals and civil liberties groups, charged that the bill approved on Wednesday by the Republican majorities in the General Assembly, and signed by Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican, violated the Constitution and federal anti-discrimination laws. Several large companies and business groups have protested the law, and opponents have predicted an economic backlash against the state.

 

Black Hawk helicopters deployed for record Kansas wildfire | 26 March 2016 | Firefighters trying to snuff out the biggest wildfire in Kansas history are getting help from military helicopters -- and a potential assist from looming rain or snow. Four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the Kansas National Guard were deployed Saturday in the effort to contain the persistent prairie blazes that since Tuesday have charred at least 620 square miles in Oklahoma and southern Kansas, destroying at least two homes and some livestock. At least two of the helicopters have 660-gallon buckets that will be used to dump water from local sources onto the flames, said Ben Bauman, a spokesman for the Kansas Adjutant General's Office.

 

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