A US carrier strike group conducted naval exercises with the Malaysian military in the South China Sea on Sunday to support the US 7th Fleet’s security cooperation goals, the US Navy said in a press release on Monday.

The SM-3 Block IB is a kill vehicle that destroys ballistic missiles through high-speed impact; it will be deployed ashore in Romania in 2015.

Prosecution of Jeffrey Sterling stands in stark contrast to leniency granted to former CIA director General David Petraeus

The US military reduces the Information Operations Condition (Infocon) to Normal—the lowest possible threat level—less than 12 hours before the 9/11 attacks commence, reportedly due to reduced fears of attacks on computer networks.
Level Reduced Due to ‚Decreased Threat‘ – The Infocon level is lowered to Normal, meaning there is no special threat, at 9:09 p.m. this evening. The reason for this, according to historical records for the 1st Fighter Wing at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, is “a decreased threat from hacker and virus attacks on the computer networks across the US.”

Since October 1999, the commander of the US Space Command has been in charge of Defense Department computer network defense, and has had the authority to declare Infocon levels. General Ralph Eberhart, the current commander of both the US Space Command and NORAD, is thus responsible for evaluating the threat to US military computers and issuing information conditions—“Infocons”—to the US military. He is presumably therefore responsible for lowering the Infocon level this evening.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is “very worried” about Thursday’s federal appeals court decision that struck down the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of American’s phone records, he said Thursday on Fox News’s “America’s Newsroom.”

“We have to have the ability to monitor these communications,” he said.

“It’s pretty clear that 9/11 could have been prevented if we had known about some of the communications that were linked to those who committed the terrible atrocity of 9/11.”

What‘s been really odd is that the story as to why Clapper lied seems to keep changing. When questioned about this, Clapper‘s initial response was that he thought that Wyden was asking about collection of email information, which is clearly not the case if you just listen to the actual question. Wyden, pretty clearly, says „any type of data at all.“ About a week later, Clapper changed his story, saying that he believed the question was an unfair „loaded question“ (he compared it to the „when did you stop beating your wife“ type of question — even though it‘s not that at all) and then said that he gave „the least untruthful answer.“

This didn‘t make much sense either — and it made even less sense when Senator Wyden revealed that he didn‘t just spring this question on Clapper, but had sent it to Clapper‘s office a day ahead so he could review the question and be aware of what he was to be asked. On top of that, Wyden revealed that after Clapper‘s answer — which Wyden knew was false — Wyden staffers sent a letter to Clapper asking him if he wanted to amend his answer, and Clapper‘s office refused to do so.

Finally, about a month later, Clapper finally admitted that he lied, now claiming that it was all a „mistake.“

„mistakes will happen, and when I make one, I correct it.“

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Statement von Ronald Pofalla #CDU nach der Sitzung des #PKG

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