CLG: Electronic devices banned on flights to US from 13 countries after intel threat

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21 March 2017

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Electronic devices banned on flights to US from 13 countries after intel threat | 20 March 2017 | Officials have banned certain electronic devices on flights to the U.S. from 13 international airports due to increased terror threats, sources told Fox News Monday. The ban is the result of an increased "volume" of chatter suggesting that Al Qaeda and other groups are still looking for ways to sneak explosive materials onboard planes. The open-ended ban, which goes into effect Tuesday, will also revive strict rules about liquids on planes that date back to post-9/11 flying regulations.

 

'Fully ready to be lethal': US-led NATO battalion to be deployed to Poland | 20 March 2017 | A US-led battalion of over 1,100 soldiers will be deployed in Poland in the beginning of April to deter what is said to be possible Russian "aggression," with the unit's commander stressing that his troops are ready to use lethal force. The NATO battle group to be stationed in Orzysz, 220 kilometers northeast of the capital, Warsaw, will include more than 900 American troops, around 150 British personnel and some 120 Romanian servicemen, Reuters reported. Russia has repeatedly criticized NATO’s buildup in Eastern Europe, which it views [and is] a threat to its national security. In February, Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed NATO for endangering global peace by trying to provoke a conflict with Moscow through its "newly-declared official mission to deter Russia."

 

Ukrainian Soldiers Caught Planting Car Bombs in Donbass. Guess Who Trained Them? | 15 March 2017 | The "mystery" behind the long list of assassinated rebel leaders in Donbass might now be solved. Two Ukrainian soldiers have been captured with weapons and bomb-making materials by Lugansk authorities. The two soldiers, both allegedly part of Ukraine's Special Forces, confessed to assassinating the rebel commander Oleg Anashchenko last month. Guess who trained them? You already know.

 

Oscar-feted White Helmets are part of Al-Qaeda - Assad | 20 March 2017 | Syrian President Bashar Assad has hit out at the controversial nonprofit White Helmets, calling it a front for Islamic terrorism, and saying they are an example of Western narratives grotesquely distorting the truth about the conflict in the country. "White Helmets are Al Qaeda members and that's proven on the net," Assad told RT during an interview with Russian journalists in Damascus. "The same members are killing or executing or celebrating over dead bodies, at the same time they are humanitarian heroes, and now they have an Oscar." Both Damascus and Moscow have repeatedly accused the White Helmets of functioning as a propaganda operation that stages videos and manipulates coverage to generate sympathy abroad for the rebel cause, and as a jihadist rescue service that operates in tandem with [John McCain's] Al Nusra and other radical terrorist groups in Syria.

 

USociopaths trolling for World War III: The US prepares to 'incapacitate' Kim: USS Carl Vinson carrying huge fleet of fighter jets arrives in South Korea as military sources reveal plan to 'remove' Jong-un's war chiefs --South Korea's Yonhap News Agency claims the heightened military presence is part of a plan to decapitate North Korean leadership. | 15 March 2017 | A growing US presence off the Korean Peninsula is reportedly part of a plan aimed at 'incapacitating' Kim Jong-Un's government in Pyongyang should [a US-engendered] conflict break out. A nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea on Wednesday for joint military exercises in the latest show of force against the North. The USS Carl Vinson arrived at the southern port of Busan as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson began a tour of the region, where tensions have escalated in recent weeks...More than 80 aircraft, including the fighter aircraft F/A-18F Super Hornet, the E-2C Hawkeye and the carrier-based EA-18G Growler are on board the supercarrier.

 

Kim Jong-Un vows to reduce the US 'to ashes' with nuclear strikes | 20 March 2017 | Kim Jong-un has threatened to reduce the US "to ashes" as tensions with North Korea continue to increase. The state released a statement earlier this month warning Donald Trump of nuclear destruction if America fires "even a single bullet" towards Pyongyang. The statement said: "The Korean People's Army will reduce the bases of aggression and provocation to ashes with its invincible Hwasong rockets tipped with nuclear warheads and reliably defend the security of the country and its people’s happiness in case the US and the South Korean puppet forces fire even a single bullet at the territory of the DPRK." The menacing talk came as South Korea warned that its northern neighbour's latest rocket-engine test showed "meaningful" progress.

 

Kabul Supports U.S. Call for More Foreign Troops in Afghanistan | 20 March 2017 | The Kabul government has expressed support for the United States' call for more foreign troops in Afghanistan as security conditions continue to deteriorate in the war-devastated country, primarily at the hands of the Taliban. Last month, American Gen. John Nicholson, the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, said the coalition needs a "few thousand" more troops to help with [*endless*] training and advising the Afghan troops [so US military contractors can continue to make a killing on the killing].

 

Afghan soldier killed after shooting, wounding 3 US troops | 19 March 2017 | An Afghan soldier opened fire Sunday inside a base in the southern Helmand province, wounding three US soldiers before being shot dead. Navy Captain Bill Salvin, a US military spokesman, said coalition forces killed the soldier "to end the attack," but Colonel Mohammad Rasoul Zazai, an Afghan Army spokesman, said the soldier had made a mistake and had not fired deliberately. Several US troops have been killed in Afghanistan in recent years in so-called insider attacks carried out by Afghan police or soldiers. In October, an Afghan man in a military uniform shot dead a US soldier and an American civilian contractor inside a military base in Kabul before being killed.

 

Paris Orly Airport: Assailant shouted 'I'm here to die in the name of Allah' | 18 March 2017 | A man holding a gun on a French female soldier at Orly Airport shouted, "I am here to die in the name of Allah ... There will be deaths," before two of the soldier's comrades shot the attacker dead Saturday morning, a prosecutor told reporters. None of the soldiers were wounded, Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins said. The suspect, identified by Molins as Ziyed Ben Belgacem also is accused of shooting a police officer earlier in the day when he stole the officer's weapon. That officer has non-life-threatening wounds, officials said.

 

Spanish police seize more than 10,000 weapons 'destined for terrorism' --Among the cache: Devices for falsifying documents in an illegal workshop. | 15 March 2017 | Spanish police have seized more than 10,000 weapons of war, including assault rifles, anti-aircraft machine guns, shells and grenades, destined for criminal and terrorist groups in Europe. The massive haul was seized by Spanish National Police with help from Europol in January, but its scale was only announced on Tuesday (local time) because of the time it took to compile a complete inventory, a police statement said. Five people have been arrested.

 

Met fights mock-gun battle on Thames during terrorism test | 19 March 2017 | Armed police have played out the chaos of a "pleasure boat" terrorist attack on the Thames in a unique marine-based exercise to test the emergency response to gunmen. A sightseeing vessel became the scene of a fierce mock-gun battle between armed officers and police volunteers posing as terrorists shortly after 11am on Sunday, close to the London Docklands area. The exercise marks the first time the Metropolitan Police have enacted a live-action, water-borne exercise of its kind, with over 200 officers involved.

 

TSA will ban flyers from 13 countries from bringing laptops, tablets onboard | 20 March 2017 | US authorities will no longer allow travelers from 13 African and Middle Eastern countries to bring computer and laptops into airplane cabins anymore, two news agencies have reported. The new rules were laid out in an e-mail sent to airlines today by the US Transportation Safety Administration. This is according to The Guardian, which was first to report on the matter. Cell phones will still be allowed, but anything larger--including laptops, tablets, and cameras--must be put in checked baggage. CNN, citing two unnamed "administration officials," confirmed the report.

 

BBC risks undermining Brexit and damaging UK with 'pessimistic and skewed' coverage, 70 MPs warn | 20 March 2017 | he BBC risks undermining Brexit and damaging the UK's reputation with its "pessimistic and skewed" coverage, MPs have warned. More than 70 MPs from across the political spectrum have written to Lord Hall, the director-general of the BBC, accusing the corporation of portraying the UK as a "xenophobic" nation that regrets the vote to leave the EU. They say that thecorporation has failed to "break out of pre-referendum pessimism" and accept the "economic good news" the UK has enjoyed since the referendum.

 

President Trump no longer safe in White House: Former Secret Service agent | 17 March 2017 | The president is no longer safe on the White House grounds, according to former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino, who once guarded presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Bongino made the stunning assessment in an interview Friday with Fox News. It followed an incident last Friday night when a man jumped the White House fence and may have roamed the property for as long as 15 minutes before he was stopped by the Secret Service. Jonathan Tran, who carried two cans of mace, set off multiple alarms, Bongino said, and was even spotted by Secret Service officers, but was still able to come within "close proximity" of the White House and even reportedly "jiggled the door" to the executive mansion.

 

Another person tries to jump White House fence | 18 March 2017 | A person jumped over a bike rack in a buffer zone in front of the White House on Saturday while President Trump was in Florida, but was not able to make it over the fence into the grounds, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Twitter. CNN reported that two Secret Service agents tackled the individual. The area is the start of a buffer zone between the main White House fence and the sidewalks. The Secret Service was earlier criticized after it said a man who scaled the White House fence last week was on the property's grounds for 16 minutes before being detained.

 

Secret Service Allows Fence Jumper on White House Grounds for 15 Minutes | 17 March 2017 |The alleged fence jumper who breached the White House grounds last Friday night may have been on the property for 15 minutes before being detected by the Secret Service, Fox News has learned. The Secret Service says Jonathan Tran, who had two cans of mace on him, came in "close proximity" to the White House and may have even "jiggled the door" to the executive mansion. Tran was charged with entering a restricted building and carrying a dangerous weapon.

 

Secret Service laptop with Trump Tower floor plans, details on Clinton email probe stolen | 17 March 2017 | A laptop computer containing floor plans for Trump Tower, details on the criminal investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server and other national security information was stolen from a Secret Service agent's vehicle in New York City on Thursday, law enforcement sources tell ABC News. The agency confirmed that an agency-issued laptop was stolen, but it did not offer details on its contents. "The U.S. Secret Service can confirm that an employee was the victim of a criminal act in which our Agency issued laptop computer was stolen," the agency said in a statement on Friday.

 

Tillerson wraps up Asia trip on hopeful note, but uncertainties over North Korea remain | 19 March 2017 | Secretary of State Rex Tillerson capped his Asia trip Sunday on a note of collaboration as leaders tried to reset the tense, uncertain relationship between China and the new Trump administration. President Xi Jinping called talks with Tillerson "productive" and said he believes ties can "move ahead in a constructive fashion in the new era." Tillerson met Xi at the conclusion of his six-day Asia tour, where he sought to pressure China on North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and defuse one of the biggest security threats facing the Trump administration.

 

G20 financial leaders acquiesce to U.S., drop free trade pledge | 18 March 2017 | Financial leaders of the world's biggest economies dropped a pledge to keep global trade free and open, acquiescing to an increasingly protectionist United States after a two-day meeting failed to yield a compromise. Breaking a decade-long tradition of endorsing open trade, G20 finance ministers and central bankers made only a token reference to trade in their communique on Saturday, a clear defeat for host nation Germany, which fought the new U.S. government's attempts to water down past commitments.

 

Trump cracks the whip on Obamacare, fueling GOP momentum | 17 March 2017 | Rep. Robert Aderholt was among a bloc of conservatives threatening to tank the Republican health care plan when President Donald Trump summoned him to the White House on Friday. At a meeting with more than a dozen other lawmakers wary of the legislation, Aderholt told Trump he was worried that elderly Americans would be hit with huge premium increases. But Trump prevailed on him, looking Aderholt in the eye and promising: "These are my people and I will not let them down. We will fix this for them." Aderholt switched his vote in favor right then and there.

 

Comey says FBI and Justice Department have no information supporting Trump's wiretapping claims | 20 March 2017 | FBI Director James B. Comey said his agency and the Department of Justice have "no information" to support President Trump's allegations that his predecessor ordered wiretapping of him and his campaign. "With respect to the president's tweets," Comey testified at the House intelligence committee, "I have no information that supports those tweets. We have looked carefully inside the FBI."

 

White House seeks to cut EPA budget 31 percent as Trump targets regulation | 16 March 2017 | President Donald Trump's administration is proposing a 31 percent cut to the Environmental Protection Agency's budget, eliminating its climate change programs and trimming back core initiatives aimed at protecting air and water quality, according to budget documents released on Thursday. The White House's proposed 2018 budget for the agency comes as Trump seeks to clear away regulations he claims are hobbling U.S. businesses - like oil drillers and coal miners. The proposed cuts are a starting point in negotiations with Congress, and could be tempered.

 

Trump blasts court ruling blocking revised travel order | 15 March 2017 | President Trump on Wednesday slammed a court ruling blocking his revised travel ban as "an unprecedented judicial overreach." Speaking at a campaign rally in Nashville, Tenn., Trump called the ruling "terrible" and pledged to take the legal fight all the way to the nation's highest court. "We're going to take our case as far as it needs to go, including all the way up to the Supreme Court," Trump said.

 

Federal Judges Block Trump's New Travel Ban | 16 March 2017 | A federal judge in Hawaii put a temporary nationwide halt to key parts of President Donald Trump's new travel ban Wednesday just hours before it was set to take effect, dealing another significant setback to the administration's highest profile initiative. U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson blocked provisions of the March 6 executive order that would have frozen the refugee program for 120 days and largely stopped citizens of six majority Muslim nations - Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen - from entering the U.S. for 90 days.

 

Trump voter sues Manhattan cocktail bar for 'refusing to serve him' because he was wearing a Make America Great Again hat | 19 March 2017 | A Trump supporter has launched legal action against a Manhattan bar he claims refused to serve him because he was wearing a Make America Great Again hat. Greg Piatek was visiting New York from Philadelphia when he stopped in The Happiest Hour on January 28 for a drink. The 30-year-old accountant claims he was served one round of drinks before staff noticed the slogan on his hat and told him he wasn't welcome if he supported the president. Mr Piatek said he was shown the door by a manager after being asked whether the hat was 'a joke'.

 

Amid Charges by Former Law Student on Gender Equality, Former Clerks Defend Gorsuch | 20 March 2017 | A former law student of Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Trump's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, alleges that in a course she took from Gorsuch at the University of Colorado Law School last year, the judge told his class that employers, specifically law firms, should ask women seeking jobs about their plans for having children and implied that women manipulate companies starting in the interview stage to extract maternity benefits.

 

Snowflakes 101: University of Arizona distributes 20-page booklet on how to deal with microaggressions - recommending the offended say 'OUCH' and the offender 'OOPS' --The University of Arizona has released a booklet on handling microaggressions --Microaggressions are 'everyday verbal, nonverbal, and environmental slights, snubs or insults' based off an individual's minority status | 17 March 2017 | In an attempt to create a more respectful campus environment, the University of Arizona has released a booklet on handling microaggressions. The 20-page packet discusses a number of guidelines for inside and outside the classroom for teachers and students to follow. One section titled 'Oops/Ouch' discusses one possible method to use in identifying and reacting to microaggressions in a classroom...

 

McDonald's tweets to Trump: 'You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President' | 16 March 2017 | A tweet from the McDonald's corporate account called President Trump "a disgusting excuse of a President" on Thursday morning. The tweet, which was briefly pinned to the top of the account before being deleted, mocked Trump and called for the return of former President Obama. "@realDonaldTrump You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President and we would love to have @BarackObama back, also you have tiny hands," the tweet read. McDonald's later tweeted that it had been informed the account was "compromised."

 

John McCain Slams Rand Paul for 'Working For Vladimir Putin' | 15 March 2017 | On Wednesday, 2008 Republican presidential candidate and recently re-elected Arizona Senator John McCain blasted colleague Senator Rand Paul for opposing Montenegro's bid to join NATO, saying, "The senator from Kentucky is now working for Vladimir Putin."

 

Brazile admits she forwarded debate questions to Clinton camp | 17 March 2017 | Former interim Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile admitted Friday that she forwarded Democratic primary debate questions to members of Hillary Clinton's campaign -- something she had previously denied. In an essay for Time published Friday, called "Russian DNC Narrative Played Out Exactly As They Hoped," the Democratic strategist said she had in fact passed on topics, despite saying she had not when her communications with the campaign were leaked by WikiLeaks in October.

 

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