CLG: Russia's Putin rejects Trump dossier report as plot against legitimacy of president-elect, Breaking: Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning's Sentence

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17 January 2017

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Breaking: Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning's Sentence | 17 Jan 2017 | President Obama on Tuesday largely commuted the remaining prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the army intelligence analyst convicted of an enormous 2010 leak that revealed American military and diplomatic activities across the world, disrupted the administration, and made WikiLeaks, the recipient of those disclosures, famous. The decision by Mr. Obama rescued Ms. Manning, who twice tried to commit suicide last year, from an uncertain future as a transgender woman incarcerated at the male military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. She has been jailed for nearly seven years, and her 35-year sentence was by far the longest punishment ever imposed in the United States for a leak conviction. Now, under the terms of Mr. Obama's commutation announced by the White House on Tuesday, Ms. Manning is set to be freed in five months, on May 17 of this year, rather than in 2045.

 

Russia's Putin rejects Trump dossier report as plot against legitimacy of president-elect | 17 Jan 2017 | Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called reports that Donald Trump has been compromised by Russian intelligence "total nonsense" and said allegations were fabricated to "undermine the legitimacy" of Trump's presidency. It was the Russian president's first direct denial of the contents of an uncorroborated dossier written by a former British intelligence agent hired to compile opposition research. The dossier claimed that Trump was compromised by Russian intelligence agents during a 2013 visit to Moscow..."The people who are ordering this kind of false information, who are now disseminating it against the president-elect of the United States, who fabricate it and use it in a political fight, are worse than prostitutes," Putin told journalists after talks with Moldovan President Igor Dodon in Moscow. "They have no moral boundaries."

 

'Worse than prostitutes': Putin slams those behind Trump 'leak' | 17 Jan 2017 | Russian President Vladimir Putin said he has no grounds to attack or protect US President-elect Donald Trump, since he does not know him personally. He added though that those behind the recent allegations against Trump have "no moral scruples." "I don't know Mr. Trump personally, I have never met him and don't know what he will do on the international arena. So I have no grounds to attack him or criticize him for anything, or protect him or whatever," Putin said. Despite the fact that elections in the US are over and ended with a "solid win" for the Republican candidate, an intense political struggle continues in the US, the Russian president observed, adding that there are certain forces that aim "to undermine the legitimacy of the president-elect."

 

Obama UN rep rips Russia, rejects attack on intel agencies | 17 Jan 2017 |  US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power on Tuesday rapped President-elect Donald Trump for his defense of Moscow and delivered a stark warning about Russian efforts to undermine the international order. Power's remarks, at the Washington-based Atlantic Council, are just the latest warning by outgoing Obama administration officials of the need to be wary of Russian intentions as Trump repeatedly asserts his desire for better ties with Moscow, sometimes criticizing US intelligence services in the process. Power made indirect reference to Trump, who denigrated US intelligence agencies after their conclusion that Russia had hacked the US election in an attempt to undermine Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.

 

Mosul offensive: Up to 30 civilians 'killed in US-led coalition air strike' --UN warned that almost 50 per cent of all casualties in the US-led military operation are believed to be civilians | 14 Jan 2017 | Up to 30 civilians have allegedly been killed in an air strike [allegedly] targeting an Isis commander in Mosul as Iraqi forces continue their advance into their city. The US-led coalition is investigating whether its planes were responsible for the reported massacre in the al-Jadida district, which came as the UN warned that almost 50 per cent of all casualties in the military operation are believed to be civilians...The Iraq Body Count group said at least 25 people were killed in the incident.

 

After 3 Years, MH370 Search Ends With No Plane, Few Answers | 17 Jan 2017 | After nearly three years, the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 ended in futility and frustration Tuesday, as crews completed their deep-sea search of a desolate stretch of the Indian Ocean without finding a trace of the plane. The Joint Agency Coordination Center in Australia, which has helped lead the $160 million hunt for the Boeing 777 in remote waters west of Australia, said the search had officially been suspended after crews finished their fruitless sweep of the 120,000-square kilometer (46,000-square mile) search zone. [Check Diego Garcia.]

 

Police sweep plane in Denver after pilot reports possible security threat | 17 Jan 2017 | Airport Police swept a plane at Denver International Airport after the pilot radioed about a possible security threat, CBS Denverreports. Officers searched United Airlines flight 231 from San Diego to Denver. United told CBS News early Tuesday that the flight received "a non-credible security threat."

 

 'Was this the leaker of Fake News?' Trump goes for the jugular and asks his 20M Twitter followers if outgoing CIA boss John Brennan was behind Russian dirty dossier leak - hours after spy chief told him to watch his tongue | 15 Jan 2017 | Donald Trump has lashed out at outgoing CIA chief [and perjurer] John Brennan, and questioned whether he was responsible for leaking the Russian dossier. Brennan had earlier told the president-elect to watch what he says, suggesting he doesn't understand the threats posed by Moscow. But Trump fired back on Twitter on Sunday night. He wrote: 'Was this the leaker of Fake News?' The jab was a reference to a recent intelligence briefing that raised questions about Trump's connections to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

 

Trump vows 'insurance for everybody' in replacing Obamacare | 15 Jan 2017 | U.S. President-elect Donald Trump aims to replace Obamacare with a plan that would envisage "insurance for everybody," he said in an interview with the Washington Post published on Sunday night. Trump did not give the newspaper specifics about his proposals to replace Democratic President Barack Obama's signature health insurance law, but said the plan was nearly finished and he was ready to unveil it alongside the leaders of the Republican-controlled Congress. The Republican president-elect takes office on Friday...Trump was also quoted as saying in the interview that he would target pharmaceutical companies over drug pricing and insist they negotiate directly with the Medicare and Medicaid government health plans for the elderly and poor.

 

Anti-Trump protesters caught on camera planning acid attack on ball for activists as part of bid to close down inauguration celebration | 16 Jan 2017 | Activists who oppose President-elect Donald Trump were caught on camera in an undercover video discussing ways to disrupt a gala celebrating his inauguration, including the use of butyric acid, better known as stink bombs. An edited video, shot by James O'Keefe's Project Veritas, a conservative group known for conducting sting operations on liberals, that was released Monday shows three members of the D.C. Anti-Fascist Coalition brainstorming ways to shut down the inauguration eve DeploraBall in Washington, D.C. 'Yeah, if you had a pint of butyric acid, I don't care how big the building is, it's closing,' an anti-Trump activist, identified as Luke Kuhn in the video, says in the opening clip.

 

You're hired: Two soldiers do their best Donald Trump and Melania impressions at spectacular inauguration dress rehearsal | 15 Jan 2017 | Army band members stood in for Donald and Melania Trump on Sunday at a dress rehearsal for Donald Trump's inauguration. GM Greg Lowery, a 45-year-old band vocalist, and 28-year-old SPC Sara Corry played the President-elect and the future First Lady...MSG Neil Ewachiw and MSG Leigh Hinton took on the roles of Mike and Karen Pence. The foursome walking down the steps of the East Front at the US Capitol with Maj. Gen. Bradley Becker between them.

 

Kindly return this Asian baby to the Toys 'R' Us you stole her from': MTV host accuses Jeff Sessions of using his Asian-American grandchildren as a 'prop' during confirmation hearings amid racism allegations | 10 Jan 2017 | An MTV host has accused Jeff Sessions of using his Asian American grandchildren as 'props' during his confirmation hearings where he faces allegations of racism. MTV News culture writer and host, Ira Madison III, tweeted a picture of Sessions, who was once considered too racist to be a federal judge, with his young granddaughter sat on his lap. 'Sessions, sir, kindly return this Asian baby to the Toys 'R' Us you stole her from,' Madison captioned the picture.

 

Suspect in New Year's Eve Attack on Istanbul Nightclub Captured Alive: Turkish Police Sources | 16 Jan 2017 | The man authorities suspect of being behind the New Year's Eve attack on an Istanbul nightclub has been captured alive, according to Turkish police sources. The alleged attacker was caught with his son in a raid on the Esenyurt suburb of Istanbul, sources said. Thirty-nine people were killed in the attack and dozens more were injured.

 

Orlando shooting: Omar Mateen's widow arrested | 16 Jan 2017 | Noor Salman, who was arrested Monday, did not know beforehand that her husband, Omar Marteen, would enter Pulse nightclub in Orlando last summer and commit the deadliest mass shooting in US history, her attorney said. Federal authorities took custody of Salman at a home in the San Francisco area. She faces federal charges, filed in the Middle District of Florida, including obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting Mateen's material support to ISIS, according to a law enforcement official. The arrest was first reported by The New York Times.

 

Britain to leave EU market as May sets 'hard Brexit' course | 17 Jan 2017 | Britain will quit the EU single m-rket when it leaves the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday in a decisive speech that set a course for a clean break with the world's largest trading bloc. Setting out a vision that could determine Britain's future for generations and the shape of the EU itself, May answered criticism that she has been coy about her strategy with a 12-point plan for what has been dubbed a "hard Brexit". May promised to seek the greatest possible access to European m-rkets but said Britain would aim to establish its own free trade deals with countries far beyond Europe, and impose limits on immigration from the continent.

 

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