2015年6月12日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Prison worker arrested, accused of aiding 2 N.Y. escapees

Posted: 12 Jun 2015 05:01 PM PDT

A wanted poster is displayed in the window of a state police officer's car near Dannemora, N.Y., Friday, June 12, 2015. Squads of law enforcement officers are heading out for a seventh day, searching for David Sweat and Richard Matt, two murderers who escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison in northern New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)A worker at an upstate New York maximum-security prison has been arrested on charges she helped two convicted killers escape, state police said Friday.


Officials: Second hack exposed military and intel data

Posted: 12 Jun 2015 04:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 5, 2015, file photo, a gate leading to the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington. Hackers stole personnel data and Social Security numbers for every federal employee, a government worker union said Thursday, June 11, 2015, charging that the cyberattack on U.S. employee data is far worse than the Obama administration has acknowledged. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)Several U.S. officials say hackers linked to China appear to have gained access to sensitive background information submitted by intelligence and military personnel seeking security clearances. The break is the second cyberbreach of federal records revealed in a week and could dramatically compound the potential damage.


Parents: Civil rights activist Rachel Dolezal pretending to be black

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Documents show bitter CIA dispute over pre-9/11 performance

Posted: 12 Jun 2015 03:57 PM PDT

The lobby of the CIA Headquarters Building in McLean, VirginiaBy Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top CIA officials fought bitterly in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks over whether U.S. intelligence agencies could have done more to stop the deadliest terrorist strikes in American history, documents released on Friday show. The once-secret documents include a more complete version of a 2005 report by the spy agency's inspector general, which found that the CIA did not have a comprehensive strategy or marshal adequate resources to combat al Qaeda before hijacked planes hit New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon on 9/11. At stake in the years-long dispute are the legacies of former top CIA officials and the agency itself.


Female employee of N.Y. prison arrested in convict escape

Posted: 12 Jun 2015 04:48 PM PDT

The tattoos of escaped prisoners Richard Matt and David Sweat are seen in a combination of undated photos released by the New York State PoliceBy Barbara Goldberg and Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Reuters) - A female employee of an upstate New York prison was arrested on Friday on charges that she helped two inmates stage a daring escape from the maximum security facility, authorities said. Joyce Mitchell, an industrial training supervisor at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, is suspected of having smuggled contraband into the prison, where convicts Richard Matt and David Sweat escaped last weekend, authorities said.


Court blocks immediate release of last of Louisiana's 'Angola Three'

Posted: 12 Jun 2015 03:05 PM PDT

Albert Woodfox, 68, is the last of three black inmates who gained notoriety for their long stays in isolation at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. The men said they were targeted for joining the Black Panther Party and advocating for prison reforms. Woodfox is believed to have spent more time in solitary confinement than nearly any other prisoner in U.S. penal history, mostly in Louisiana's infamous Angola prison in a cell measuring roughly 6 feet by 8 feet (1.8 metres by 2.4 metres), according to his attorney.

Obama quest for fast-track trade bill on ice in House

Posted: 12 Jun 2015 02:48 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. and House Minority Assistant Leader James Clyburn of S.C., leave meeting with House Democrats on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, June 12, 2015. The president made an 11th-hour appeal to dubious Democrats on Friday in a tense run-up to a House showdown on legislation to strengthen his hand in global trade talks (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)By Krista Hughes and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A raging battle over President Barack Obama's request for "fast-track" authority central to improving U.S. ties with Asia resumes in the House of Representatives next week when lawmakers are expected to try to reverse Friday's defeat of linchpin trade legislation. House Democrats disregarded Obama's personal pleas and teamed up with Republicans, for different reasons, to overwhelmingly defeat a program that helps American workers who lose their jobs as a result of trade deals. Supporters were heartened, however, when the House narrowly approved a separate measure to give Obama "fast-track" authority to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal.


2 charged with conspiring with Boston man to help IS group

Posted: 12 Jun 2015 01:05 PM PDT

This undated self portrait shows Usaama Rahim, who was shot to death by terror investigators in Boston, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. A Rhode Island man was arrested Thursday, June 11, 2015, in connection with the probe into the Massachusetts man who was fatally shot by terrorism investigators as they sought to question him about a possible plot to kill police officers. Nicholas Rovinski is expected to appear in federal court Friday, when the charges against him will be announced, U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz's spokeswoman Christina DiIorio-Sterling said. (Courtesy via AP)Two men were charged Friday with conspiring to help the Islamic State group by plotting with a Boston terror suspect to kill U.S. citizens to support the objectives of the terrorist organization.


Former IMF chief Strauss-Kahn acquitted in pimping trial

Posted: 12 Jun 2015 10:27 AM PDT

Former IMF chief Strauss-Kahn acquitted in pimping trialDominique Strauss-Kahn had a caustic reaction as four years of legal battles involving sex charges on two continents ended without a single conviction: "All that for this?" From a sordid New ...


US House rejects Obama on trade authority

Posted: 12 Jun 2015 12:40 PM PDT

Obama makes personal appeal on trade with key vote in HouseWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House of Representatives sidetracked a high-profile White House-backed trade bill on Friday, a blow to a pending Asian trade deal and a humiliating defeat for President Barack Obama inflicted by members of his own party.


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