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News Updates from CLG
13 June 2016

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Previous edition: 50 killed in Florida nightclub terror attack; man with weapons and possible explosives arrested in Santa Monica

 

Omar Mateen: Orlando night club gunman worked for global security firm G4S | 13 June 2016 | The global security firm and employer of the man who killed at least 50 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando has said it is "shocked and saddened" by the mass murder and is working with law enforcement. Omar Mateen worked with private security group G4S Secure Solutions as a private security officer in Florida. The role requires 28 hours of classroom training by a licensed instructor. Officials said he had two firearms licenses, a security officer license and a statewide firearms license, all expiring in September 2017.

 

Police posted on Twitter that there was a 'controlled explosion' at the scene of the shooting | 12 June 2016 | 7:25 a.m. EDT report: Police say approximately 20 people have been killed inside a Florida nightclub, and at least 42 were wounded. Orlando Police Chief John Mina says authorities have not determined an exact number of people killed, but that "approximately 20" have died. Florida Department of Law Enforcement Special Agent in Charge Danny Banks says the mass shooting is being investigated as an act of terrorism. He says authorities are looking into whether the early Sunday incident was an act of domestic or international terror, and if the shooter was a lone wolf. Mina says the shooter was armed with an assault-type rifle, a handgun and some type of suspicious device. Police had said previously on Twitter that there was a "controlled explosion" at the scene of the shooting at Pulse Orlando, a popular gay dance club. Mina says that noise was caused by a device intended to distract the shooter.

 

Drill gone live? Orlando mass-casualty drill screenshot Posted by Lori Price, www.legitgov.org | 12 June 2016 | Below is a screenshot taken today of the Orlando Sentinel. The story, entitled "Drill prepares emergency nurses for mass casualties," was published 02 October 2015. Above that article is an alert banner, featuring today's news: "Live updates: Mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando." ...Drill prepares emergency nurses for mass casualties --Students from Joe Blasco Cosmetics make-up artist training center in Orlando practiced their skills of creating life-like wounds, cuts and bruises. | 02 Oct 2015 | During the Emergency Nurses Association's annual meeting on Friday, a mock shooter blew himself up, killing and injuring 100 local volunteer actors. There was blood, screams and moans, wounds and dead people -- all fake -- to create a realistic training environment for more than 40 nurses who had signed up for the exercise. 

 

Calls From Red Cross to Donate Blood for Went Out Before Orlando Shooting By Lori Price,www.legitgov.org | 12 June 2016 | CLG reader 'Tom of Oregon,' a retired reporter, noted that the American Red Cross was soliciting donations for blood on Friday:

I got a call on Friday night from Red Cross. The automated system said my blood type was in short supply and I should contact my local Red Cross and set up a donation time. Now, I've never gotten a call like this before and was suspicious that a major terrorist incident was being planned. In any case, it would be interesting to learn if this was not the case, if it's just a marketing trick or Obamacare is making disclosure of confidential info to NGOs and third parties (exempt from HIPAA).

Tom supplied additional details, regarding the call:

I do not live in Orlando. The call was from an automated calling system identifying itself as "The Red Cross." The caller ID was (800) 733-2767, the date was June 10th, the time was 7:48 PDT. The location does not really matter as far as blood goes. If there's an emergency, they ship it. If they ship it, they need to replenish the stocks.

Gov. Scott declares state of emergency in Orlando | 12 June 2016 | Fifty people are dead and 53 wounded after a shooting at Pulse Nightclub early Sunday. It is the deadliest killing spree in U.S. history, authorities say. FBI agent Ronald Hopper said the gunman, 29-year-old Omar Mateen of Port St. Lucie, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in a 911 call just before the mass shooting. Mateen had been investigated by the agency in 2013 and 2014 for possible connections to terrorist organizations, but neither investigation uncovered sufficient evidence to arrest him. Florida Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency for Orlando, and President Barack Obama delivered a public statement today at 1:30 p.m. decrying the shooting as "an act of terror."

 

Gunman who killed 50 in Orlando nightclub had pledged allegiance to ISIS | 12 June 2016 | A gunman who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State opened fire inside a crowded gay bar and dance club here early Sunday, leaving 50 people dead and 53 injured in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, authorities said...The gunman was identified as Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old security guard who was born in New York to Afghan parents. After his initial assault on the dance club, Mateen called 911 and pledged allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, according to federal law enforcement officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the FBI investigation is unfolding. During the call, Mateen made reference to the 2013 bombing of the Boston Marathon, officials said.

 

Facebook activates Safety Check for the first time in the US following Orlando club massacre --Facebook activated Safety Check feature Sunday following mass shooting | 12 June 2016 | Facebook turned on its Safety Check feature following the devastating mass shooting in Orlando, ma the first time the tool was ever used in the US. The feature, which allows users to mark themselves as safe in an emergency situation, was activated on Sunday as more than half of the victims' families were still trying to pinpoint their loved ones' whereabouts. Safety Check automatically sends Facebook users in an affected area a note asking if they're safe.

 

Suspect with arsenal in car taken into custody in Santa Monica, CA | 12 June 2016 | Authorities took a suspect into custody in Santa Monica after discovering an arsenal in his car that included Tannerite powder, assault weapons and a camouflage outfit. The suspect told authorities that he was there for the Los Angeles Pride festival. During a press conference at the L.A. Pride, Mayor Eric Garcetti said the suspect was arrested Saturday evening with the help of a tip from a citizen. Police officers conducted a traffic stop in the 1700 block of 11th Street on reports of the car containing possible powder explosives. Officers found five pounds of Tannerite-type powder, assault weapons, long rifles, clips loaded and taped together and a camouflage outfit along with a security badge.

 

Purported ISIS warning claims terror cells in place in 15 states | 06 May 2016 | A grim online warning from a self-described American jihadist said Sunday's terror attack in Texas was the work of ISIS and that the terrorist group has scores of "trained soldiers" positioned in 15 states, awaiting orders to carry out more operations. The warning, which was posted on a file-sharing site, could not be verified, but was signed by Abu Ibrahim Al Ameriki...The chilling threat named five of the states where it is claimed that ISIS has terror cells in place. "Out of the 71 trained soldiers 23 have signed up for missions like Sunday, we are increasing in number," read the warning. "Of the 15 states, 5 we will name…Virginia, Maryland, Illinois, California, and Michigan."

 

Thousands protest against drones at U.S. Air Force base in Germany | 12 June 2016 | Several thousand demonstrators formed a human chain along the perimeter of a U.S. Air Force Base in southwest Germany on Saturday in protest against drone operations by the United States. The demonstration was organized by the alliance "Stop Ramstein - No Drone War", which says the Ramstein base transmits information between operators in the United States and unmanned drone aircraft in places such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Syria. Police estimated 3-4,000 people had formed the chain close to the base, which serves as the headquarters for the U.S. Air Forces in Europe. Organizers spoke of 5-7,000 people.

 

Anti-drone rally at U.S. air base in Germany draws 2,000 | 11 June 2016 | Two thousand people formed a human chain outside Ramstein Air Base in southwestern Germany on Saturday to protest the base's reported involvement in U.S. drone operations. The group "Stop Ramstein - No Drone War" was protesting the base's reported role in transmitting information between operators in the United States and unmanned aerial vehicles in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Syria. Police estimated about 2,000 showed up at the event at the base, which is the U.S. headquarters for the Air Force in Europe. Organizers anticipated about 5,000 people would turn out but rain kept some people away.

 

Obama approves broader role for U.S. forces in Afghanistan | 10 June 2016 | President Barack Obama has approved giving the U.S. military greater ability to accompany and enable Afghan forces battling a resilient Taliban insurgency, in a move to assist them more proactively on the battlefield, a U.S. official told Reuters. The senior U.S. defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the decision would also allow greater use of U.S. air power, particularly close air support. The decision is a departure from current U.S. rules of engagement in Afghanistan, which impose limits on U.S. forces' ability to strike at insurgents.

 

Bomb blast in central Beirut targets bank - minister --No immediate claims of responsibility | 12 June 2016 | A bomb exploded outside the headquarters of Lebanese Blom Bank in central Beirut on Sunday, causing damage but no fatalities, the country's interior minister said. The Lebanese banking sector has been at the center of an escalating crisis since the United States passed a law targeting the finances of Hezbollah. The powerful Shi'ite Muslim group has launched verbal attacks on the central bank over the implementation of the act in Lebanon. Blom Bank is one of the banks that has closed accounts belonging to people suspected of links to Hezbollah.

 

Belgium arrests new Brussels attacks suspect, says prosecutor | 10 June 2016 | Belgian authorities have carried out another search and arrest in the investigation into the suicide bombings that killed 32 at Brussels Airport and the city's subway in March. The Federal Prosecutor's Office on Friday said an apartment in the Schaerbeek area of Brussels was searched the previous day and a man detained and charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist group, terrorist murder and attempted terrorist murder. The 31-year-old Belgian national was identified only as Ali E.H.A.

 

Action alert: Lobby Obama and Congress for full disclosure of 28 pages | 23 April 2016 | Just after the April 10th 60 Minutes news segment on the 28 pages, the White House notified Bob Graham that "declassification is underway." However, there has been ambiguity whether intelligence officials have made the decision to declassify and if so, to what extent. Although the 28 pages have supposedly been under review since the summer of 2014, currently James Clapper, Nation Director of Intelligence, is going through the process of vetting them and will render his decision by mid-June...We need thousands of people to call (1) the White House switchboard, (2) the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, and (3) the office of the National Director of Intelligence. We must send the message that We the People expect full disclosure of the 28 pages, that we know the chapter has been under review since 2014, and further stalling and obfuscating will not be tolerated.

 

WikiLeaks to publish more Hillary Clinton emails - Julian Assange | 12 June 2016 | Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has said his organisation is preparing to publish more emails Hillary Clinton sent and received while US secretary of state. Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, is under FBI investigation to determine whether she broke federal law by using her private email in sending classified information. A new WikiLeaks release of Clinton emails is likely to fan a controversy that has bedevilled her campaign and provide further ammunition for Donald Trump, her Republican presidential rival, who has used the issue to attack her.

 

Emails in Clinton probe dealt with planned drone strikes - WSJ | 09 June 2016 | Emails between U.S. diplomats in Islamabad and State Department officials in Washington about whether to challenge specific U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan are at the center of a criminal probe involving Hillary Clinton's handling of classified information, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The 2011 and 2012 emails were sent via the "low side" -government slang for a computer system for unclassified matters - as part of a secret arrangement that gave the State Department more of a voice in whether a CIA drone strike went ahead, according to congressional and law enforcement officials briefed on the FBI probe, the Journal said. Some of the emails were then forwarded by Clinton's aides to her personal email account, which routed them to a server she kept at her home in suburban New York when she was secretary of state, the officials said, according to the newspaper.

 

Reactor at Belgian nuclear power plant shuts down after incident --The Tihange large-scale nuclear power station is located some 100km (62 miles) from the capital city of Brussels. | 10 June 2016 | A reactor at Belgium's Tihange nuclear power plant has shut down automatically following an abnormality on Friday, the plant operator said. The causes behind the incident are being investigated. There has been no radiation leak, according to the operator. A safety mechanism installed at the reactor No.2 had shut it down automatically, said Anne-Sophie Huge, a spokeswoman for energy company Electrabel.

 

Of course! Censoring sack of corporate garbage/NSAssociate Google is with Obama on the TPP: Google lends support to Trans-Pacific Partnership corporate takeover | 10 June 2016 | The deadly Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a wide-ranging and controversial trade corporate takeover agreement between 12 countries that President Obama has strongly supported throughout its creation. Today, he received a major ally in the form of Google -- the company [of sociopaths] endorsed the plan in a blog post. Plenty of technology companies and organizations have stated that the TPP as written is more problematic than positive. The EFF claims that the TPP will benefit big businesses over consumers and takes issue with the lack of transparency around the agreement's creation and provisions...Despite this, President Obama has backed the agreement, and it also has the support of Google's contemporaries [the other slave labor dirt-bags,] Microsoft and Apple.

 

10th Circuit: Kansas can't block voters from casting ballots | 10 June 2016 | Kansas cannot prevent thousands of eligible voters from casting ballots in the November federal election because they didn't prove they were U.S. citizens when registering to vote at motor vehicle offices, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling temporarily upholds a court order that required Kansas to allow those individuals to vote in federal elections even though they didn't provide citizenship documentation when applying or renewing their driver's licenses, as required under Kansas law. The state has said as many as 50,000 people could be affected.

 

Bernie Sanders Refuses to Concede Nomination to Hillary Clinton | 12 June 2016 | Despite growing calls from Democrats the Democratic establishment that he drop out of the race, Senator Bernie Sanders said on Sunday that he will continue to fight for the Democratic presidential nomination, refusing to concede it to Hillary Clinton. Mrs. Clinton earned enough delegates to clinch the nomination last week, but Mr. Sanders has declined to end his campaign or acknowledge her achievement as the first female presidential nominee of a major party. He has contended that he could persuade enough superdelegates, the party leaders who have overwhelmingly backed Mrs. Clinton, to switch their support to him by arguing that he would be the stronger candidate against Donald J. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

 

Democrats want 'major role' for Sanders: Reuters/Ipsos poll | 12 June 2016 | Bernie Sanders may have lost his bid to become the Democratic nominee for the White House, but party members don't want the U.S. senator from Vermont to step off the stage. More than three-quarters of Democrats say Sanders should have a "major role" in shaping the party's positions, while nearly two thirds say Hillary Clinton - who beat him for the nomination - should pick him as her vice-presidential running mate, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

 

Corporate-owned GOP operatives staging coup to stop Trump: 4-in-10 GOP insiders want to derail anti-TPP candidate Trump at the convention --'I will work to push through any rule necessary to deny Trump the nomination...the only way to save the GOP is to have this fight,' said one delegate. | 10 June 2016 | After a rocky start to his general-election campaign, a sizable number of GOP insiders want the party to change the rules to short-circuit Donald Trump's nomination at the July national convention. Nearly four-in-10 Republican members of The POLITICO Caucus - a panel of activists, operatives and strategists in 10 key states - would like to see changes that could deny Trump the party's nod...The majority of GOP insiders, a little more than 60 percent, expressed either hesitance or disdain for such an effort. Many warned against overturning the will of the GOP electorate: Trump has won 1,447 bound delegates and has commitments from another 95 unbound delegates -- putting him well over the 1,237 needed to clinch the nomination.

 

Petition: Protect the Last of Madagascar's Disappearing Lemurs | 12 June 2016 | 107 lemur species call the island of Madagascar home -- most of them are native to the island. But a leading primatologist, Jonah Ratsimbazafy, warns on CNN that 90% of Madagascar's lemurs "are on the verge of extinction," including 24 critically endangered lemur species because of climate change and human activities, including: slash-and-burn agriculture, illegal logging, mining, bamboo cutting and hunting. Madagascar's high rates of endemic plants and animals mean that even one lost hectare takes a dramatic toll on the environment -- Madagascar is currently losing 30,000 hectares of rainforest per year. At this unsustainable rate, the island's rainforest -- and lemur habitat -- "will cease to exist within the next 25 years." [Please take a moment to sign this petition!]

 

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