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| mikenov on Twitter: Senate Asks Trump Associates for Records of Communication With Russians https://t.co/D7O4KGjMDP | ||
| Fri, 05 May 2017 15:35:57 -0400
Senate Asks Trump Associates for Records of Communication With Russians https://t.co/D7O4KGjMDP
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| russia helping trump - Google News: Senate Asks Trump Associates for Records of Communication With Russians - New York Times | ||
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| Abedin - Google News: Special Prosecutor Called To Investigate Huma Abedin - Liberty News Now | ||
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| Donald Trump: Trump's assault on Obamacare | ||
| Fri, 05 May 2017 15:28:57 -0400 Republicans celebrate House vote to repeal Obama's healthcare plan | ||
| Trumpism - Google News: Obama's Macron Endorsement Is an Effort to Stop the Spread of Trumpism - The Nation. | ||
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| trump russian ties - Google News: Trump Campaign Associates Questioned Over Russia Ties - Wall Street Journal (subscription) | ||
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| Trump FBI file - Google News: Fake news? A look at what didn't happen this week - Ravalli Republic | ||
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| Comey - Google News: Comey pressed for anti-Trump dossier in classified Russia report, sources say - Fox News | ||
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| trump and russia - Google News: Comey pressed for anti-Trump dossier in classified Russia report, sources say - Fox News | ||
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| russia helping trump - Google News: Comey pressed for anti-Trump dossier in classified Russia report, sources say - Fox News | ||
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| Trump - Google News: Amid Presidential Access Questions, Former Trump Campaign Manager Quits Lobbying Firm - NPR | ||
Fri, 05 May 2017 15:26:41 -0400
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| emails investigation is Russia-Trump set-up - Google News: Amid Presidential Access Questions, Former Trump Campaign Manager Quits Lobbying Firm - NPR | ||
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| trump investigated by the fbi - Google News: Congress, law enforcement officials concerned Russia is trying to discredit FBI probe - CBS News | ||
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| trump and intelligence community - Google News: Rand Paul Demands Info: Was I Surveilled By WH, Intel Community? - TPM | ||
Fri, 05 May 2017 15:12:45 -0400
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| Trump FBI file - Google News: Senate Committee Asks Carter Page to Reveal Russian Contacts - NBCNews.com | ||
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| trump russian money - Google News: Senate Committee Asks Carter Page to Reveal Russian Contacts - NBCNews.com | ||
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| trump russian candidate - Google News: Senate Asks Former Trump Adviser for Documents on his Contacts With Russia - NECN | ||
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| FBI politicization - Google News: Dem Senator: You Know, The Comey Letter Was Just As Bad As The FBI's Wiretapping Of Martin Luther King, Jr. - Townhall | ||
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| Russian Intelligence services and organized crime - Google News: The Scandals of Donald Trump: Presidential Edition - The Atlantic | ||
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| Lawfare - Hard National Security Choices: Today's Headlines and Commentary | ||
| Fri, 05 May 2017 15:11:21 -0400 A U.S. service member was killed yesterday in an operation against al-Qaeda affiliated al-Shabab in Somalia, the Washington Post reports. The incident comes several weeks after the White House approved an expanded role for U.S. forces in the country, allowing military members to routinely accompany local forces on offensive operations against the extremist group. Foreign Policy notes that the service member killed was a U.S. Navy SEAL and that the casualty marks the first U.S. combat death in Somalia since 1993. The Wall Street Journal confirms that Pentagon officials have noted that the incident appears to be the first U.S. combat death in Somalia since the 1993 killing of 18 U.S. service members in Mogadishu. The Post reports that North Korea has accused South Korea and the United States of plotting an assassination attempt of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un using biochemical agents. This isnt the first time North Korea has made such claims, none of which have been verified, and experts on the North Korea-U.S. relationship say the claim is unlikely to be true. United States and allied military will be prohibited from much of Syrian airspace pursuant to a deal struck between Iran, Russia, and Turkey, according to the New York Times. It is not clear whether the United States has agreed to that prohibition or whether Russia will enforce the no-fly zone. The centerpiece of the deal is the establishment of four de-escalation zones, in which Syrian government and opposition forces have agreed to stop fighting, but that aspect of the agreement has not been accepted by all opposition groups. The Timesexplains that some rebel groups saw too many loopholes for the Syrian government in the proposal for de-escalation zones. At Just Security, Nathalie Weizmann distinguishes between these de-escalation zones and so-called safe zones. The Wall Street Journal reports that United States officials are wary of the deal, particularly in light of Irans role as one of three guarantor countries, along with Russia and Turkey. The Washington Post highlights that the deal may not be especially different from previous failed cease-fire deals in Syria. Meanwhile, the U.S. Air Force has deployed its newest combat planes, stealthy F-35A fighters, to Europe for training missions with NATO allies, a move intended in part to deter rising Russian aggression, the Journalreports. The training exercises lay the groundwork for the United States to permanently base several of the aircraft in Europe, shoring up NATOs deterrence posture, explained the head of U.S. Air Forces in Europe. Iraqi forces have launched a new offensive against ISIS in an effort to oust the group from Mosuls Old City, writes the Journal. Operations in the city are complicated by the presence of civilians, leading allied forces to forgo heavy weaponry, as the fight to regain the city enters its seventh month, the Journal explains. U.S. military personnel are more engaged than in previous efforts, with posts closer to the front lines in order to facilitate cooperation between U.S. and its allied Iraqi forces. The Pentagon will send President Trump its troop recommendations for Afghanistan within the week, notes the Hill. In a Washington Post op-ed, Michael Gerson examines President Trumps options in Afghanistan, arguing that [t]he choices are being clarified in a context that is the clearest strength of the Trump presidency: his first-rate national security staff. Meanwhile, President Trump is facing increasing opposition to his controversial pick for Secretary of the Army, Mark Green, over his anti-LGBT comments. The Hill reports that ten retired military officers have urged the administration to rethink the pick, calling Green unfit to serve. The Hill also notes that 41 civil rights groups have joined together to urge the Senate Armed Services Committee to reject Greens nomination. President Trump met yesterday with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull aboard a U.S. aircraft carrierreports the New York Times. Despite reports of a confrontational phone call between the two in the early days of the administration regarding an Obama-era refugee deal, the meeting appeared to go smoothly. President Trump admitted to the tense phone call yesterday in one breath, but called it fake news in another, explains the Washington Post. A global coalition of former military leaders and diplomats have created a Nuclear Crisis Group to advise world leaders and members of President Trumps administration on de-escalating nuclear tensions, Politico reports. The group, dubbed a shadow security council, is comprised of former officials from China, India, Pakistan, Russia, and the United States, including President George H.W. Bushs ambassador to the United Nations Thomas Pickering. The officials warn of a deteriorating global political climate, citing tensions with North Korea and nuclear build up in India, Pakistan, and China. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday that he called Chinese President Xi Jinping at the behest of President Trump to pressure China to exert its influence over North Korea, the Wall Street Journal reports. The comments come after Trump faced substantial criticism over his warm call with Duterte, accused on human rights violations in his anti-drug campaign, in which President Trump invited Duterte to the White House and praised Dutertes drug policies. President Trump is scheduled to meet with the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, and president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, in his first presidential visit to Europe at the end of the month, reports Politico. President Trump will be attending a NATO summit in Brussels and a G7 meeting in Sicily. The Senate Intelligence Committee has asked Trump associates including Roger Stone, Carter Page, Paul Manafort, and Michael Flynn to provide emails and other records of their communications with Russian officials. The Times writes that the Committee may issue subpoenas if the four men are not forthcoming.
ICYMI: Yesterday, On Lawfare
Tom Dannenbaum reviewed Aaron Xavier Fellmeths Paradigms of International Human Rights Law.Benjamin Wittes posted the latest episode of Rational Security, the Intelligence Porn edition, covering FBI Director James Comeys Senate testimony, President Trumps overtures to autocrats, and recent NSA surveillance news. Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck posted the latest episode of the National Security Law Podcast, Skirmishes in the Surveillance Wars, in which the two discuss NSA about collection and ODNIs 2016 Transparency Report. Russell Spivak analyzed Mohammed Jawads petition for certiorari to the Supreme Court in his case seeking damages for alleged torture while in U.S. custody. Jordan Brunner summarized ODNIs 2016 Annual Statistical Transparency Report. Email the Roundup Team noteworthy law and security-related articles to include, and follow us on Twitter and Facebook for additional commentary on these issues. Sign up to receive Lawfare in your inbox. Visit our Events Calendar to learn about upcoming national security events, and check out relevant job openings on our Job Board. | ||
| Россия ничего не сможет поделать со вступлением Черногории в НАТО - http://uinp.info/ | ||
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| Merkel Takes on Trump Over Demands for German NATO Spending - Bloomberg | ||
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| "Признание Путиным геев в Чечне": Кадыров резко изменил риторику - УНИАН | ||
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| Carter Page rebukes Senate Russia investigators in letter - CNN | ||
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| fbi - Google News: Breaking: FBI arriving in Belize to investigate expat double murder - Breaking Belize News (blog) | ||
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| Russian Intelligence, organized crime and war on police - Google News: The Triumph of James Comey - Antiwar.com | ||
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| putin won US 2016 election - Google News: When west isn't best - Financial Times | ||
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| Trump, Putin, and Pope Francis and the Plot to Kill Pope John Paul II - American Spectator | ||
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| trump and putin - Google News: Trump, Putin, and Pope Francis? - American Spectator | ||
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| Eurasia Review: Zika Virus Could Cost US Billions Of Dollars | ||
| Fri, 05 May 2017 14:59:51 -0400 As United States policymakers debate how to devote money and resources to the Zika virus outbreak, understanding the potential economic impact of the virus in the US is key. Now, using a new computational model described in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, researchers have calculated that Zika, depending on the rate at which it infected people in at-risk states, could result in total costs ranging from $183 million to over $1.2 billion. Since 2015, a strain of Zika virus originating in Brazil has been spreading internationally, with cases now confirmed in more than 40 countries, including the US. Six states — Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas — are at greatest risk of local Zika emergence. Zika can lead to a range of symptoms including fever, muscle pain, and headaches that have repercussions on medical costs and productivity. In addition, the virus has been linked to more serious Guillain-Barré Syndrome and severe birth defects. In the new work, Bruce Lee of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Alison Galvani of Yale School of Public Health, and colleagues developed a computational model of the economic burden of Zika in the six most at-risk states under a range of hypothetical scenarios. They were able to calculate economic costs to the country under different infection rates, and determine what infection rates would be needed to reach certain cost thresholds. Across the six states, they calculated that an attack rate of 0.01% would cost society $183.4 million, including both direct medical costs and lost productivity. An attack rate of 0.025% would cost $198.6 million, 0.1% would cost $274.6 million, 1% would cost $1.2 billion, and 2% would exceed $2 billion. For comparison, the attack rate of Zika in French Polynesia and that of chikungunya — a similar virus–in Puerto Rico have both exceeded 10%. The numbers reported in this new study did not include any potential impact on tourism or travel, any impact beyond the six most at-risk states, nor lost productivity and medical costs associated with fear of Zika or infected family and friends. “As we aimed to be conservative in our estimations, our model in many ways may underestimate the economic burden of Zika,” the researchers said. “Our analyses indicate that the health and economic burden of even low attack rates of Zika in the Continental US would be both substantial and enduring.” | ||
| AP Top News at 12:56 a.m. EDT: Anxiety over GOP health plan for those with severe illnesses | ||
| Fri, 05 May 2017 14:59:16 -0400 As Republicans move closer to dismantling Democrat Barack Obama's health care law, Americans with serious illnesses are feeling uneasy.... | ||
| Eurasia Review: One-Third Of Americans Are On Government Healthcare | ||
| Fri, 05 May 2017 14:58:20 -0400 By Ryan McMaken* The US House of Representatives voted to day to “repeal and replace” Obamacare. Unfortunately, those who use the phrase “repeal and replace” are greatly exaggerating the extent to which the Affordable Care Act is actually repealed. While perhaps a tiny step in the right direction, the new legislation signals no departure whatsoever from the long-established trend of expanding the role of government programs in subsidizing the regulating the health care industry. Perhaps worst of all, since this is being called a “repeal,” many may be prompted to think that the US health care system is a “free market” system, or that government spending has only a very small role in the industry. This couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, the US is fourth in the world in terms of per capita government spending on health care, behind only Norway, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. That’s government spending, not overall spending: In fact, those numbers from the World Health Organization (WHO) are from 2014, and with the expansion in Medicaid spending under Obamacare, it’s entirely plausible that the US has moved into third place in the past two years.  But how does this translate into actual persons on government programs? Viewed this this angle, we find that full one-third of all Americans are either currently enrolled in a government health program, or have recently been enrolled in one. “But, wait!” you might say. “Obamacare expanded the number of people on Medicare, so maybe if we remove all of those people, the numbers will be smaller.” Yes, it’s true, the numbers will be smaller, but as the Kaiser Family Foundation’s research shows, the pre-Obamacare average for Medicaid/CHIP enrollment was 56.8 million. So, if we go back to that pre-Obamacare number, we end up with about 31 percent of Americans on government healthcare still a hefty number.2 Moreover, given the way the Obamacare “repeal” is written, we shouldn’t expect any sizable long-term decline in Medicaid enrollment. That upward trend is going to continue unless major reforms takes place. As an additional illustration of the outsized role of government agencies in the industry, we might also look to the fact that government programs are starting to eclipse private sector insurance within the health insurance industry: Here’s a nugget that encapsulates the health insurance industry, despite all the noise surrounding the future of the Affordable Care Act: In the first quarter of this year, Aetna collected more premium revenue from government programs (namely Medicare and Medicaid) than it did from commercial insurance for the first time ever.This “free-market” health care system of our doesn’t seem to have much in the way of freedom or markets. And finally, let’s take a look at growth in federal government spending on health care over time. This is only federal spending and doesn’t include state spending, such as the state-funded portion of Medicaid. Between 1980 and 2014 that is, before Obamacare health care spending by the federal government increased many times over.. Yes, there has been a surge in spending thanks to Obamacare, but it’s a surge above what was already an immense amount of spending growth that already took place during the George W. Bush years and before. It was Bush, after all, who gave us an immense expansion of Medicare coverage into prescription drugs ten years before Obamacare.3  If we look at federal health care spending in terms of growth compared to GDP, we find that health care spending has been outpacing GDP for many years4:  If the GOP plan passed in by the House today ends up doing anything to restrain these costs, then we might say it’s a small victory. But let’s not pretend that government programs are not the single biggest driver of spending in the health care industry. Indeed, when it comes to spending on welfare programs, the US is a typical Western welfare state. Even with the “repeal” of Obamacare, the myth of the “free-market” American economic system will remain exactly that: a myth.About the author: *Ryan McMaken is the editor of Mises Wire and The Austrian. Send him your article submissions, but read article guidelines first. (Contact: email; twitter.) Ryan has degrees in economics and political science from the University of Colorado, and was the economist for the Colorado Division of Housing from 2009 to 2014. He is the author of Commie Cowboys: The Bourgeoisie and the Nation-State in the Western Genre. Source: This article was published by the MISES Institute
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| World Socialist Web Site (en): The class issues in the British election | ||
| Fri, 05 May 2017 14:57:55 -0400 With trade and military war comes the attack on wages, working conditions and the destruction of essential services. | ||
| World Socialist Web Site (en): The fight for socialist internationalism in Latin America | ||
| Fri, 05 May 2017 14:57:40 -0400 The overall impact of Castroism, and, even more decisively, that of the revisionist tendencies which promoted it, was to hold back the socialist revolution. | ||
| mikenov on Twitter: Senate hearing gives a glimpse of political warfare within the FBI - World Socialist Web Site: https://t.co/0T4sgGWhVt | ||
| Fri, 05 May 2017 14:56:18 -0400
Senate hearing gives a glimpse of political warfare within the FBI - World Socialist Web Site: https://t.co/0T4sgGWhVt
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| Senate hearing gives a glimpse of political warfare within the FBI | ||
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By Patrick Martin
A four-hour Senate committee hearing Tuesday gave a glimpse of the political warfare raging within the US military-intelligence apparatus, despite its nominally “nonpolitical” pretensions. Rival factions within the FBI fought to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election through illegal leaks to the media and carefully orchestrated political provocations. | ||
| World Socialist Web Site (en): Senate hearing gives a glimpse of political warfare within the FBI | ||
| Fri, 05 May 2017 14:55:24 -0400 The police agency was divided into rival factions, each using media leaks and political provocations in order to influence the 2016 presidential election. | ||
| World Socialist Web Site (en): Pentagon in talks with Baghdad on permanent US occupation of Iraq | ||
| Fri, 05 May 2017 14:55:04 -0400 The discussions are unfolding in the shadow of the US-backed siege of Mosul, which continues to inflict mass civilian casualties. | ||
| DEBKAFile: US House approves tighter sanctions on North Korea | ||
| Fri, 05 May 2017 14:53:54 -0400 May 5, 2017, 8:50 AM (IDT)By a vote of 419 to 1, the US House of Representatives Thursday approved tightened sanctions on North Korea by targeting its shipping industry and companies that do business with the reclusive state. The measure would have to be approved by the Senate before it could be sent to the White House for President Donald Trump to sign into law. | ||
| 1. US Security from mikenova (70 sites): fbi - Google News: FBI, NSA directors testify in closed House committee session - The Seattle Times | ||
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| Trump - Google News: Mexican Drug Smugglers to Trump: Thanks! - New York Times | ||
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| NYT > Opinion: Clergy Members Arent Being Persecuted for Their Politics | ||
| Fri, 05 May 2017 14:52:05 -0400 President Trump signing an executive order in the White House Rose Garden on Thursday.  | ||
| NYT > Opinion: Op-Ed Columnist: Whats the Matter With Europe? | ||
| Fri, 05 May 2017 14:51:48 -0400 French voters on Sunday will choose between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen for president.  | ||
| Russian Intelligence services - Google News: German spy chief warns Kremlin on election hack - EUobserver | ||
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| Russia-brokered Syria no-fly zone deal bans US aircraft, too - CBS News | ||
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| 1. US Security from mikenova (70 sites): Stars and Stripes: Iraq PM: No US combat troops to stay in Iraq after Islamic State | ||
| Fri, 05 May 2017 14:49:15 -0400 Haider Al-Abadi says the American troops will be advisers who will help Iraq's security forces maintain "full readiness" for any "future security challenges."       | ||
| Anti-Trump late night jokes coming at a blistering pace - kwwl.com | ||
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| Donald Trump - Google News: Tom Cotton has no problem with Donald Trump - Politico | ||
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| 1. Opinions from mikenova (36 sites): Roger Cohen: Macron and the Defense of the Republic | ||
| Fri, 05 May 2017 14:48:08 -0400 Le Pen would usher France into the mire. Her rebranding is a sham and the National Front still a racist party. |
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