News / MN Newsletter // October 15

October 15, 2019

Russia Ukraine Turkey's military aggression in Syria is as unlawful as Russia's in Ukraine, expert says - ND Newswire Trump's ex-Russia adviser tells impeachment investigators of Giuliani's efforts in Ukraine - The Keene Sentinel Report: John Bolton told aide to alert White House lawyers about Ukraine effort - WUSA9.com Bosnian Citizen Tried for Joining Ukrainian Separatist Militia - Balkan Insight John Bolton called Giuliani ‘a hand grenade’, testimony reveals - The Irish Times Turkey's military aggression in Syria is as unlawful as Russia's in Ukraine, expert says - ND Newswire ND Newswire VIDEO Turkey continues its military operation in northeast Syria to control a major swath of Syrian territory, moving the Kurdish population far from its border, and Notre Dame Law School Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell, a renowned expert on international law, calls it lawless. Read More Trump's ex-Russia adviser tells impeachment investigators of Giuliani's efforts in Ukraine - The Keene Sentinel The Keene Sentinel WASHINGTON — Fiona Hill, the White House's former top Russia adviser, told impeachment investigators on Monday that Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, ran a shadow foreign policy in Ukraine that circumvented U.S. Read More Report: John Bolton told aide to alert White House lawyers about Ukraine effort - WUSA9.com WUSA9.com John Bolton, the former national security adviser, reportedly became so alarmed over an effort to pressure Ukraine for political help that he told an aide to give a heads-up to White House lawyers. Read More Bosnian Citizen Tried for Joining Ukrainian Separatist Militia - Balkan Insight Balkan Insight The trial of Gavrilo Stevic, a Bosnian Serb charged with going to a fight in Ukraine as part of a pro-Russian separatist paramilitary unit, opened at the Bosnian state court. Gavrilo Stevic. Read More John Bolton called Giuliani ‘a hand grenade’, testimony reveals - The Irish Times The Irish Times The effort to pressure Ukraine for political help provoked a heated confrontation inside the White House last summer that so alarmed John Bolton, then the national security adviser, that he told an aide to alert White House lawyers, House investigators were told on Monday. Read More

Top News WIRED25: Stories of People Who Are Racing to Save Us - WIRED 4.5 Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Near Pleasant Hill - CBS San Francisco Violent Video Was Product of Right-Wing Provocateurs and Trump Allies - The New York Times 14 police officers killed in an ambush in Mexico, testing president's security strategy - Los Angeles Times Power lines may be at fault in raging fire near Los Angeles, officials say - NBC News WIRED25: Stories of People Who Are Racing to Save Us - WIRED WIRED Galperin and her team focus on protecting the activists, dissidents, lawyers, journalists, and civilians who find themselves in an increasingly lopsided conflict with entities that hack, surveil, and sabotage them—or better yet, equipping them to protect themselves. Read More 4.5 Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Near Pleasant Hill - CBS San Francisco CBS San Francisco PLEASANT HILL (CBS SF) — A pair of earthquakes, measuring 2.5 and 4.5 magnitude respectively, struck just south of Pleasant Hill on Monday evening, rocking the East Bay, authorities said. Read More Violent Video Was Product of Right-Wing Provocateurs and Trump Allies - The New York Times The New York Times WASHINGTON — The creator of a gruesome video that showed a fake President Trump killing journalists and political opponents and that was played at a meeting of a pro-Trump group over the weekend is part of a loose network of right-wing provocateurs with a direct line to the White House. Read More 14 police officers killed in an ambush in Mexico, testing president's security strategy - Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times A police convoy was passing through a small town in western Mexico on Monday morning when bullets began to fly. It was an ambush by one of Mexico’s most violent criminal groups. In a matter of minutes, 14 police officers were killed and several of their vehicles set on fire. Read More Power lines may be at fault in raging fire near Los Angeles, officials say - NBC News NBC News LOS ANGELES — Power lines are suspected to have been involved in a major wildfire that led to evacuation orders for 100,000 homes and was blamed for two deaths in Los Angeles County last week, authorities said Monday. Read More

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