Saturday, May 6, 2017

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Comey: 'I love this job' - Washington Post
Comey faces Senate grilling on FBI investigations into 2016 election - Los Angeles Times
5 Takeaways From James Comey's Hearing - New York Times
'The Daily': On Comey's Mild Nausea - New York Times
Comey Refuses To Publicly Address FBI Ties To 'Peeing Russian Prostitutes' Dossier - Breitbart News
Private Hearing With Intelligence Chiefs Revives House Inquiry on Russia - New York Times
Comey's poor choices - Washington Post
Fight Brews Over Push to Shield Americans in Warrantless Surveillance - New York Times
Private Hearing With Intelligence Chiefs Revives House Inquiry on Russia
THE DRIVE: Trump signs spending bill; FBI paid big to open iPhone - Ocala
USA TODAY asks FBI to probe rise in fake Facebook followers - USA TODAY
Senator says FBI paid $900K for iPhone hacking tool - News Talk Florida
Russias 4 Syrian ceasefire zones Kremlin spin
Can Russian Safe Zones Solve Syria?
Trump Transition Team Raised Flags About Flynn, Russia Contacts
Merkel calls on Putin to support gay rights in Chechnya  video
Trump's day in tweets: Friday, May 5 - Los Angeles Times
Trump: Hazardous to Our Health - New York Times
Russia says Helsinki Would be Fitting Venue for Putin-Trump Meeting - Voice of America
Fight Brews Over Push to Shield Americans in Warrantless Surveillance
Leaked document indicates big proposed cuts to drug czar's office - 89.3 KPCC
Amid Putin 'bromance,' Steven Seagal banned from Ukraine as national security threat - Washington Post
Unsurprisingly, Networks Refuse To Air Donald Trump's 'Fake News' Ad Against Them - Huffington post (press release) (blog)
GOP congressman: Nobody dies because they don't have access to health care" - CBS News
U.S. Pressures Abbas to End Controversial Family Payments

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Comey: 'I love this job' - Washington Post


Washington Post

Comey: 'I love this job'
Washington Post
May 3, 2017 10:29 AM EDT - Here is the opening statement from FBI Director James BComey at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on May 3. (Reuters). RELATED LINKS. STORY: Senators grill FBI Director James Comey on Clinton, Russia probes.

Comey faces Senate grilling on FBI investigations into 2016 election - Los Angeles Times


Los Angeles Times

Comey faces Senate grilling on FBI investigations into 2016 election
Los Angeles Times
It's May and chatter about FBI Director James BComey's decision to announce last October -- 11 days before the election -- that he had reopened an investigation into Clinton's use of a private email server while she was secretary of State is making ...

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5 Takeaways From James Comey's Hearing - New York Times


New York Times

5 Takeaways From James Comey's Hearing
New York Times
WASHINGTON The F.B.I. director, James BComey, provided his first public explanation Wednesday of why he revealed days before the election that he had reopened the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails, saying he could not risk concealing ...
FBI director says he feels 'mildly nauseous' about possibility he affected election, but has no regretsWashington Post
Comey makes his case, and scores some pointsLos Angeles Times 
James Comey 'mildly nauseous' over thought Clinton disclosure affected electionWashington Times
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Comey: More Russian election hacks aheadBoston Herald
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'The Daily': On Comey's Mild Nausea - New York Times


New York Times

'The Daily': On Comey's Mild Nausea
New York Times
James BComey, the F.B.I. director, has given his first public explanation for why, less than two weeks before Election Day, he notified Congress about new emails related to the investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private server. He defended ...

Comey Refuses To Publicly Address FBI Ties To 'Peeing Russian Prostitutes' Dossier - Breitbart News


Breitbart News

Comey Refuses To Publicly Address FBI Ties To 'Peeing Russian Prostitutes' Dossier
Breitbart News
During yesterday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on FBI oversight, FBI Director James BComey repeatedly refused to answer questions about his agency's ties to the controversial, partially discredited 35-page dossier alleging collusion between ...

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Private Hearing With Intelligence Chiefs Revives House Inquiry on Russia - New York Times


New York Times

Private Hearing With Intelligence Chiefs Revives House Inquiry on Russia
New York Times
James BComey, the F.B.I. director, testified before the Senate Oversight Committee on Wednesday, one day before he met with members of the House Intelligence Committee to discuss Russian meddling. Credit Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times.

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Comey's poor choices - Washington Post


Washington Post

Comey's poor choices
Washington Post
FBI Director James BComey asserted before Congress that he would make the same decision to disclose that the FBI was reopening the email probe of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on the eve of the election [Comey defends pre-election ... 
House Intelligence Committee finally begins new round of meetings on Trump-Russia connectionsDaily Kos

Tim Kaine: FBI's decision in Hillary Clinton email case 'lowest moment' in its historyWashington Times 
Federal Bureau of Investigation director defends Clinton email decision that may have handed Trump victorypppFocus
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Hillary Clinton's Lament OpEdEurasia Review
Hillary Clinton to launch political group as soon as next weekPolitico
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Fight Brews Over Push to Shield Americans in Warrantless Surveillance - New York Times


New York Times

Fight Brews Over Push to Shield Americans in Warrantless Surveillance
New York Times
This is a tool that is essential to the safety of this country, the F.B.I. director, James BComey, told Congress at a hearing on Wednesday. I did not say the same thing about the collection of telephone dialing information by the N.S.A. I think ...

Private Hearing With Intelligence Chiefs Revives House Inquiry on Russia

Lawmakers heard from the director of the F.B.I. and the head of the National Security Agency, and the investigations leaders said they were inviting more witnesses and requesting documents.
THE DRIVE: Trump signs spending bill; FBI paid big to open iPhone - Ocala


Ocala

THE DRIVE: Trump signs spending bill; FBI paid big to open iPhone
Ocala
Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate committee that oversees the FBI, said publicly this week that the government paid $900,000 to break into the locked iPhone of a gunman in the San Bernardino, California, shootings. TheFBI considers the ...

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USA TODAY asks FBI to probe rise in fake Facebook followers - USA TODAY


USA TODAY

USA TODAY asks FBI to probe rise in fake Facebook followers
USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO – The parent company of USA TODAY said it had asked the FBI to investigate a wave of fake Facebook accounts so large it accounted for half of the newspaper's following on the social media platform. Facebook purged millions of those ...

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Senator says FBI paid $900K for iPhone hacking tool - News Talk Florida


News Talk Florida

Senator says FBI paid $900K for iPhone hacking tool
News Talk Florida
In this May 3, 2017 file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa talks with the committee's ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. on Capitol Hill in Washington. Feinstein has said publicly that the FBI paid ...

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Russias 4 Syrian ceasefire zones Kremlin spin

May 6, 2017, 12:54 PM (IDT)The widely reported Kremlin plan to set up four safe or “de-escalation” zones, that were supposed to have gone into effect in Syria Friday night, May 5, turns out to be nothing but a propaganda ploy. The spin factor leaps to the eye from the small print of the plan released by Gen. Sergey Rudskoy, head of Russian General Staffs Operations Division, Friday night. 
Can Russian Safe Zones Solve Syria?

From left, Col. Gen. Sergei Rudskoi of the Russian General Staff, Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin and Lt. Gen. Stanislav Gadzhimagomedov attend a briefing in the Defense Ministry in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 5, 2017.
Trump Transition Team Raised Flags About Flynn, Russia Contacts

In late November, a member of Donald Trump's transition team approached national security officials in the Obama White House with a curious request: Could the incoming team get a copy of the classified CIA profile on Sergey Kislyak, Russia's ambassador to the United States? Marshall Billingslea, a former Pentagon and NATO official, wanted the information for his boss, Michael Flynn, who had been tapped by Trump to serve as White House national security adviser. Billingslea knew...

Merkel calls on Putin to support gay rights in Chechnya  video

Angela Merkel says she has asked Vladimir Putin to help protect the rights of gay people in Chechnya after reports of persecution. Merkel made the remarks during a visit to Russia for talks expected to focus on the unresolved conflict in eastern Ukraine
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Trump's day in tweets: Friday, May 5 - Los Angeles Times


Los Angeles Times

Trump's day in tweets: Friday, May 5
Los Angeles Times
President Trump's motorcade and support vehicles arrive at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., where he was slated to spend the weekend. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Associated Press). President Trump tweeted about: His welcoming of ...
Trump's 100-day rally: president launches attack on 'failing' mediaThe Guardian

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Trump: Hazardous to Our Health - New York Times


New York Times

Trump: Hazardous to Our Health
New York Times
Trump has twice pushed to pass disgraceful health care bills without even trying to grasp what's in them or more important, what's not in them. He couldn't care less that the dog's breakfast served up by the House on Thursday wounds the struggling ...

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Russia says Helsinki Would be Fitting Venue for Putin-Trump Meeting - Voice of America


Voice of America

Russia says Helsinki Would be Fitting Venue for Putin-Trump Meeting
Voice of America
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that the Finnish capital Helsinki would be an appropriate venue for a possible meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, should such a meeting be proposed by Washington. Lavrov said ...

Fight Brews Over Push to Shield Americans in Warrantless Surveillance

Privacy-minded lawmakers in Congress look to limit the N.S.A.s use of information about Americans that it incidentally collects while spying on foreigners.

Leaked document indicates big proposed cuts to drug czar's office - 89.3 KPCC


89.3 KPCC

Leaked document indicates big proposed cuts to drug czar's office
89.3 KPCC
A draft document from the White House budget office, obtained by NPR, proposes nearly zeroing out funding for the Office of National Drug Control Policy, despite Trump campaign promises to tackle the opioid epidemic. /Office of National Drug Control ...

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Amid Putin 'bromance,' Steven Seagal banned from Ukraine as national security threat - Washington Post


Washington Post

Amid Putin 'bromance,' Steven Seagal banned from Ukraine as national security threat
Washington Post
Steven Seagal, the American actor best known for his role in '90s action movies such as Hard to Kill and Under Siege, has been blacklisted from the Ukraine as a national security threat. Seagal is banned from entering the country for five years on ...

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Unsurprisingly, Networks Refuse To Air Donald Trump's 'Fake News' Ad Against Them - Huffington post (press release) (blog)


Huffington post (press release) (blog)

Unsurprisingly, Networks Refuse To Air Donald Trump's 'Fake News' Ad Against Them
Huffington post (press release) (blog)
It also notably features the words fake news, a phrase Trump often uses to undermine reporting with which he disagrees, over the faces of well-known journalists such as Rachel Maddow of MSNBC and George Stephanopoulos of ABC. CNN was the first ...
All Major TV Networks Block Trump's 'Fake News' AdVariety
Watch The Donald Trump Ad The Mainstream Media Don't Want You To SeeThe Federalist
Donald Trump team furious after ABC, CBS and NBC refuse to run 'fake news' election campaign adThe Independent

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GOP congressman: Nobody dies because they don't have access to health care" - CBS News


CBS News

GOP congressman: Nobody dies because they don't have access to health care"
CBS News
Idaho Republican Rep. Raul Labrador sparked outrage from his audience and online after saying "nobody dies" for lack of health care access in a town hall Friday night at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. Labrador made the comments the day ...
Labrador: 'Nobody dies because they don't have access to health care'Idaho Statesman
New study finds 45000 deaths annually linked to lack of health coverageHarvard Gazette

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U.S. Pressures Abbas to End Controversial Family Payments

The U.S., hoping to revive stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, is pressuring Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to end payments to families with relatives imprisoned in Israeli jails and to families of those killed while attacking Israelis.

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