Month: June 2017

Despite Concerns About Blackmail, Flynn Heard C.I.A. Secrets – NYTimes.com https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/us/politics/mike-pompeo-cia.html By MATT APUZZO, MATTHEW ROSENBERG and ADAM GOLDMAN June 20, 2017 Mike Pompeo, center, the C.I.A. director, at the

Exxon Mobil Lends Its Support to a Carbon Tax Proposal – NYTimes.com https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/science/exxon-carbon-tax.html By JOHN SCHWARTZ June 20, 2017 Protesters outside the Exxon Mobil shareholders’ meeting in

Heat waves expected to increase, says study: Can adaptation outpace climate changes? – CSMonitor.com http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2017/0620/Heat-waves-expected-to-increase-says-study-Can-adaptation-outpace-climate-changes What constitutes ‘deadly heat,’ and who might be affected by

A Republican contractor’s database of nearly every voter was left exposed on the Internet for 12 days, researcher says – The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/06/19/republican-contractor-database-every-voter-exposed-internet-12-days-researcher-says/?utm_term=.ef5f8d95819e Play

Russia threatens to treat U.S. coalition aircraft as targets over Syria – The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russia-threatens-to-treat-us-coalition-aircraft-as-targets-over-syria/2017/06/19/95e87428-54ca-11e7-9e18-968f6ad1e1d3_story.html?utm_term=.581f7ff6bf89 MOSCOW — Russia on Monday angrily condemned the downing

U.S. aircraft shoots down a Syrian government jet over northern Syria, Pentagon says – The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/06/18/a-u-s-aircraft-has-shot-down-a-syrian-government-jet-over-northern-syria-pentagon-says/?utm_term=.d0a7de774cea A formation of U.S. Navy F-18s leaves

Top North Korean Nuclear Negotiator Secretly Met With U.S. Diplomats – WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/top-north-korean-nuclear-negotiator-secretly-met-with-u-s-diplomats-1497783603 Talks were aimed at freeing U.S. prisoners, establishing diplomatic channel Jay SolomonJune

China sends unhackable message nearly 750 miles using quantum satellite https://www.yahoo.com/tech/china-sends-unhackable-message-nearly-750-miles-using-190217471.html Mike Wehner June 17, 2017 <img class=”StretchedBox W(100%) H(100%) ie-7_H(a)” src=”https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/C2r2BTs34Dtz4bMZzrKlfw–/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9MTAwMA–/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/quantum.jpg?quality=98&amp;amp;strip=all” itemprop=”url”/> Hacking as

CFPB Complaints: Treasury Department Sides with Wall Street | Fortune.com http://fortune.com/2017/06/14/treasury-report-consumer-finance-data/ An agency created to protect the interests of American consumers may be gutted by

Trump allies hit Mueller on relationship with Comey | TheHill http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/338210-trump-allies-hit-mueller-on-relationship-with-comey Jonathan EasleyJune 17, 2017 – 06:01 AM EDT President Trump’s legal team is zeroing-in