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19 Former first lady Laura Bush is a grandmother, a former librarian and a fierce fighter for women's rights. Nearly 10 years since she and her husband, former President George W. Bush, left the White House, Bush remains committed to the mission she began after 9/11: empowering women in Afghanistan. She and Afghan first lady Rula Ghani agreed to sit down with me in a rare interview in the Afghan Embassy in Washington. After our conversation of nearly an hour, part of which included three young Afghans, the two women traveled to Capitol Hill to urge lawmakers to continue their support for Afghanistan and its women. But it was clear their bond extends beyond that shared cause. Friends since 2015, the two women laughed and chatted warmly, traded ideas about Afghanistan, and finished sentences in unison. Beneath their poised and approachable exteriors, it was also clear that the former and current first ladies share a steely determination to make headway in the fight to improve the lives of Afghan women. For Bush, the work started 16 years ago this month, when she took over her husband's weekly radio address -- the first solo appearance by a first lady -- to call attention to the oppression of women and children under the Taliban in the wake of the attacks of September 11, 2001. All these years later, Bush is still fighting for change. "After September 11th, when the spotlight turned on Afghanistan, American women were shocked, really, at the plight of the life of women" there, Bush told me. Women couldn't walk on the street alone and weren't allowed to be educated. "And what you see when half of a population is left out, like it was then in Afghanistan, is a failed country," she said. Now, Ghani added, "you start seeing women in government organizations, you start seeing them in the private sector ... many more girls studying, so women are a little bit everywhere." There are more women in positions of power than at any other time in history, and more than 2.5 million girls in school, according to the UN. But "what's really important," Ghani said, "is that they're not just being visible, they're also starting to speak up." Since the dark days of 2001, "women have progressed tremendously." Bush's work could be one factor in that progress. After making Afghan women a focus during her White House years, she and former President Bush established the Dallas-based Bush Institute, which includes the Afghan Women's Project. Mrs. Bush has used the Project to advocate for sustained US support for Afghan women and to spotlight their successes. She has a fellow fighter in the Lebanese-born Ghani, who holds three university degrees, speaks five languages and is breaking barriers on her own terms. When President Ashraf Ghani gave his 2014 inaugural speech at the presidential palace, he choked up thanking his wife for her support and announced that she would take on a public role. That a male leader in Afghanistan would thank his spouse -- let alone go on to promote her work and appear with her publicly -- made news around the world. "He opened the door for me and I went through that door and this is what I'm doing in return," Ghani said. "I'm opening the door for all these women." But when she returned to Kabul in 2001, Ghani encountered a starkly different Afghanistan than the country she knew in the '70s. "Disposable beings" "It was very disturbing," she said. "I was used to seeing very strong women. Some of them stayed home, some of them worked outside the home, but they were very respected. And what really annoyed me the most is the lack of respect towards women. It's as if they had become disposable beings." Both Bush and Ghani repeatedly returned to one theme. "You'd be surprised at how strong Afghans are, how strong Afghan women and men are," Bush said, comparing them to Texans: "Strong, with a big, sort of unforgiving ... terrain, country, that builds strong people." The former first lady's first exposure to Afghanistan came in sixth grade. "We each made a country report and my country report was Afghanistan," she said, as she and Ghani laughed. "I just picked a country that seemed the most remote and interesting country. I never expected to visit Afghanistan or really hear about it again." Along the way, she learned that Afghanistan has a rich, long and "fascinating" heritage. Ghani leaned in. "I think what Mrs. Bush pointed out is that it's not a country without a history, it's a country with ..." And here the two women seamlessly finished the sentence together: "a very long history." Perhaps with that in mind, Bush told Ghani that, "it would be great if Afghanistan could become a tourism place, once its more secure." For now, it remains the site of the United States' longest running war. Their obvious camaraderie can only help the work Bush and Ghani do as honorary co-chairs of the US-Afghan Women's Council, which works to support "Afghan women and girl's education, healthcare, economic empowerment and leadership." On her own, Bush has made four trips to Afghanistan, helped produce the George W. Bush Institute book, "We are Afghan Women: Voices of Hope," and helped launch the American University of Afghanistan, which opened its doors in 2006. Onaba Payab was the first female valedictorian to graduate from that university. As she and two other young Afghan women joined our conversation, Bush and Ghani greeted them warmly, with Bush calling out, "how are you, darlin'?" Payab, Manizha Wafeq and Manizha Naderi -- a Fulbright scholar, the head of the Afghanistan Women Chamber of Commerce, and the executive director of a non-profit serving women -- are three examples of what Afghan women can achieve today. But it's not just about women helping women. Men are just as important in this fight, the young women said. "Change is coming" "In the context of a society like Afghanistan, it's very important to have the support of a male [family] member," Wafeq said. "We really need their support in order to move forward and progress, and I'm very happy that that attitudinal change is coming and we have witnessed it." Wafeq credits her father with making sure she got an education and supporting her when she got her first job at age 16, surrounded by men. "It was very tough, the harassment," she said. "My father was the one who kept telling me that, 'you can do it.'" Payab, the valedictorian, says the stigma once attached to educating girls "is going away, but the thing is that it takes time." There are still huge hurdles, to be sure. About 14,000 US troops remain in Afghanistan, alongside 6,000 foreign troops. Despite efforts by the NATO-led coalition, the Taliban remains a threat. This year it has been steadily gaining territory, fueled by cash earned from opium and heroin production. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime estimates that opium trade doubled in 2016 from the year before, to about $3 billion -- about 16% of Afghanistan's GDP. Women and girls in Afghanistan continue to face persistent discrimination, violence, street harassment, forced and child marriage, severe restrictions on working and studying outside the home, and limited access to justice, the UN says. And according to a Global Rights study, 87% of women in Afghanistan experience physical, sexual or psychological violence during their lifetime, with 62% experiencing multiple forms. Manizha Naderi came to the US as a refugee when she was young -- but as she got older, she wanted to go home and help women deal with those stresses. She now serves as the executive director of Women for Afghan Women, where the majority of women seeking shelter come. "Afghanistan was reborn in 2002," Naderi said. But she cautions that, "you can't build a country in 15 or 16 years. We need a generation, if not more." I was so overwhelmed by the strength of these young women -- I've never been to Afghanistan, but maybe one day, in the not-too-distant future, I'll have a chance to see more examples of this resilience at work. As we wrapped up, I turned to Mrs. Bush with a question that I just had to ask. "You've been listening to all of this and you've talked about the resilience of Afghan women," I said. "Where do you think this resilience comes from?" "I think it's just a basic strength that women and men have," she said. "And fortunately, they've been able to use that, now that things have changed in Afghanistan."
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42 French President Emmanuel Macron paid homage Monday to families and survivors of France's deadliest terror attack in Paris two years ago in which 130 people died and more than 35 were wounded. Visibly moved, Macron and his wife Brigitte consoled relatives and survivors at a ceremony in the French capital to mark the occasion. Psychiatrists and security personnel were also on hand to comfort the bereaved, many finding it difficult to stand because of their grief, CNN's French affiliate BFMTV reported. ISIS extremists caused carnage on November 13, 2015 when, using explosive devices and machine guns, they attacked people in cafes, the national stadium and the Bataclan theater where the US rock group Eagles of Death Metal were playing a gig. Monday's memorial ceremony was followed by a concert by Eagles of Death Metal, the second given by the band in Paris since the attacks. The 2015 attacks began at 9.16 p.m. local time, when three suicide bombers detonated a bomb outside the Stade de France during a football match attended by then French President Francois Hollande. There then followed several mass shootings, and a suicide bombing, at cafés and restaurants. Finally, gunmen killed 89 people attending the rock concert. Seven of the attackers also died in the attacks. The suspected ringleader, the Belgian-Moroccan Abdelhamid Abaaoud, was subsequently killed during a police raid, along with his female cousin. Two other alleged attackers, Mohamed Abrini and Saleh Abdeslam are currently in custody in Belgium and France.
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65 Seven years ago, I was proud to stand behind President Barack Obama as he signed into law the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act. The bill, which I named in honor of former Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, placed press freedom at the center of promoting human rights and democracy -- where it belongs. Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and brutally murdered by terrorists in Pakistan shortly after the September 11 attacks. Like many, I was shaken by Daniel's death and moved by the courage and commitment that he, and so many other reporters around the world, demonstrate when they put themselves in real danger to tell stories that would otherwise go untold. The Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act required the US State Department to report on press freedoms in its annual human rights report for the first time. Sadly, those reports have captured a world in which basic press freedoms and the safety of journalists are increasingly under threat from authoritarian regimes and violent nonstate actors. Every day, journalists risk their lives to bring news and information to people around the world. They are often the first to report at the front lines of conflict zones, the first to uncover corruption and the first to suffer the backlash when powerful forces would rather keep something hidden. They are dedicated to the truth and driven by the belief that an informed world is a safer and better world. The authoritarian governments, terrorists and organized crime organizations that try to silence journalists have one thing in common -- they are all threatened by transparency and the free flow of information. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has attempted to silence independent media through a campaign of censorship and imprisonment that has made Turkey the world's leading jailor of journalists, according to Reporters Without Borders. In Syria and Iraq, ISIS has beheaded numerous journalists as part of its sadistic campaign of violence and terror. In Mexico, drug cartels have targeted the press and citizen journalists alike, hanging the mutilated bodies of social media users from a bridge as a warning to others who would report on their operations. And, in Russia, President Vladimir Putin has systematically suppressed the independent press through killings and intimidation, while building a state-sponsored propaganda network to take its place. Promoting and protecting a free press is a value shared across the aisle. In 2006, I founded the Congressional Caucus for Freedom of the Press with my then-colleague, Vice President Mike Pence. We created the caucus to inform our colleagues in Congress about the centrality of press freedom to human rights and economic development, and to exert pressure on countries that put journalists on trial, or worse, for the crime of telling the truth. One of the first actions the newly formed Freedom of the Press Caucus took was writing to Putin in response to the assassination of Anna Politkovskaya, a world renowned investigative journalist who was slain in her apartment building in 2006. She was one of six journalists working for the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta killed in recent years. It's the same newspaper that earlier this year broke the story of Chechnya's anti-gay campaign in which gay men were detained and tortured to death. Gazeta's death was never properly investigated, and few observers believe those truly responsible were held accountable. More recently, we called attention to Ahmed Abba, convicted in a Cameroonian military court on "terrorism charges" for reporting on the plight of those suffering at the hands of Boko Haram, and Vietnamese blogger and activist Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, who was sentenced to 10 years by a Vietnamese court for her writing. And in September, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Mykola Semena was found guilty of "separatism" for expressing the view that Crimea should be returned to Ukraine. Journalists are under the greatest threat when governments or violent nonstate actors believe they can target them with impunity, and that no one will come to their aid. The caucus is our attempt to help meet that challenge by calling attention to governments that threaten or imprison journalists, or allow their killings to go unpunished. The caucus continues its bipartisan work, with US Rep. Steve Chabot of Ohio serving as co-chair. Unfortunately, there remain far too many nations in which press freedom and the safety and well-being of journalists are under daily threat. Too many journalists are jailed for reporting the truth or telling the stories that the powerful or violent would rather keep in the shadows. A nation cannot be free unless the press is free, and we must continue to stand with these brave truth tellers. A thriving marketplace of ideas, where reporters ask difficult questions and hold governments accountable for their words and actions, is critical to a free, democratic society. Wherever journalists face prison for questioning power, or are taken captive for fighting for the truth, I hope they will know they have an ally in the Freedom of the Press Caucus -- and the United States of America.
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88 US President Donald Trump has offered his services as a "mediator and arbitrator" over disputed territorial claims South China Sea issue, one of the most pressing issues for many of Asia's leaders. Speaking to his Vietnamese counterpart, Tran Dai Quang in Hanoi, Trump said he could employ his diplomatic skills to help Asian nations come to an agreement over competing maritime claims. "I can help mediate and arbitrate. Please let me know," Trump said. "I know you've had a dispute for quite a while with China, if I can help in any way, I'm a very good mediator and a very good arbitrator." "I've done plenty of it from both sides, so if I can help you, let me know," he added. In a joint news conference, Quang said he had "shared my thoughts with (Trump) on the recent developments in this area and it is our policy to settle disputes in the South China Sea through peaceful negotiations, and with respect for diplomatic and legal process in accordance with international law, including the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea." China is claimant to swathes of ocean, extending far outside its internationally agreed 200-mile economic exclusion zone (EEZ). Several other Asian nations hold overlapping claims to areas of ocean and shoals, islands and sandbars, making the issue a regional flashpoint. Trump is in Vietnam for a state visit and to attend meetings of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group. Following the conclusion of the APEC meetings, many attendees will next head to Manila, where a meeting of members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will commence. US finds unlikely ally in Vietnam as a former partner tilts to China Regional issue Whilst in Vietnam, Chinese Premier Xi Jinping also discussed the South China Sea issue with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, which has claims in the region. Ahead of the next regional meetings, the ASEAN summit in Manila, Chinese state media reported that Xi pledged to work with China's ASEAN partners "to maintain peace and stability, as well as development and prosperity." The report added that Duterte had pledged that his nation will handle "maritime issues through bilateral channels in accordance with the consensus reached by the two sides." Ahead of his trip to Vietnam, Duterte said he would ask his Chinese counterpart what Beijing's intentions in the region are. "You want to control the passage, or do we have free passage? Unbridled, undisturbed, unmolested while we use that small way from the Indian Ocean ... facing Palawan," Duterte said, referencing the southern Philippines province which juts out into the South China Sea. Duterte also said he "might" raise the issue of the South China Sea dispute with Trump, alongside trade, Islamic extremism and terrorism, according to a statement. Ahead of his visit to Vietnam, Xi also said that China and Vietnam -- another claimant -- need to "stay committed to seeking a fundamental and durable solution to their maritime issues acceptable to both sides through friendly consultation," he is quoted as saying in Chinese state media. He added that the two need to "jointly uphold peace and stability" in the region. Disputed zone Dotted with small islands, reefs and shoals, the South China Sea is a crucial shipping route and home a messy territorial dispute that pits multiple countries against one another. Tensions in the contested waters have ratcheted up since 2014 as China has turned sandbars into islands, equipping them with airfields, ports and weapons systems and warned US warships and aircraft to stay away from them. China, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei all have competing claims to various island chains in the South China Sea. US position Briefing reporters in Beijing during the China leg of Trump's Asia tour, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the US view on the maritime dispute hadn't changed -- that "claimants should stop construction and militarization" of disputed islands. He said that Trump and Xi had discussed ways to "prevent mishaps, misunderstandings and miscalculations" in the vital seaway. At a joint statement with the two leaders in Beijing, Xi told Trump the Pacific Ocean was "big enough to accommodate both China and the United States." Since Trump took office, priorities in the region lie elsewhere, with US focus largely on containing the North Korean threat. While China is frustrated with the intractable nuclear standoff, the US focus on it does afford China "a lot of strategic opportunities," Harry Kazianis, director of Defense Studies at the Center for the National Interest told CNN ahead of Trump's Asia trip. "(US) Foreign policy in Asia has had its oxygen sucked out the room," he said. "The South China Sea, Taiwan, the East China Sea. For China, this is their time." Broken promises China is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which sets territorial limits at 10 miles, with a 200-mile economic exclusion zone from a country's coast. The country claims a huge swathe of the South China Sea. It's claims are based on its traditional "nine-dash line" -- waters that extend hundreds of miles to the south and east of its island province of Hainan, abut its neighbors' claims and, in some cases, encroach upon them. Beijing has also ignored a landmark ruling last year by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, which said there was no legal basis for China's maritime claims. A dangerous dance: China, Vietnam posture in the South China Sea
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111 President Donald Trump downplayed on Sunday his past skepticism of Russia's involvement in US election meddling, saying he sides with American intelligence agencies over Vladimir Putin when it comes to assigning culpability for the hack. But he again stopped short of stating explicitly that Russia was behind the interference in the 2016 presidential election, which US intelligence has determined was conducted to help Trump. Speaking at a news conference in the Vietnamese capital, Trump was clarifying remarks he made a day earlier which suggested Putin was being sincere in his denials that Moscow engaged in election meddling. The President stressed he was not accepting Putin's denials at face value, instead saying he merely believed Putin was being genuine. "I believe that he feels that he and Russia did not meddle in the election," Trump said. "As to whether I believe it or not, I am with our agencies, especially as currently constituted with the leadership." Trump has long declined to say definitively whether he believes Russia was behind the attempts to sway last year's election. And he did not say conclusively on Sunday when asked directly whether Russia was responsible. But his nod toward American intelligence agencies, which he said were led by "very fine people," put him closer to accepting what his own government has determined happened months ago. The remarks came after Trump ignited further controversy over the Russia interference issue when he told reporters aboard Air Force One on Saturday that he believed Putin was being sincere when he denied involvement in the cyber-intrusion. "I really believe that when he tells me that, he means it," Trump said. Backlash in Washington The remark prompted backlash in Washington, where intelligence officials are unanimous in their assessment that Russia sought to influence last year's contest. The CIA released an unusual statement saying the current director Mike Pompeo believes the agency's determination that Russia was behind the election meddling. Trump, however, insisted during his news conference on Sunday that his remarks were clear. "I'm surprised there's conflict on this," he said. "I think it was very obvious to everybody." Trump said he didn't want to engage in a public spat with his Russian counterpart over the issue of election meddling during talks this week in Vietnam. "I'm not looking to stand and start arguing with somebody when there are reporters all around and cameras recording and seeing our conversation," Trump said. His meetings with Putin in Da Nang were held in private, however, and reporters did not see the two men engage in discussions. Trump said it was imperative the US and Russia work together to solve problems like Syria and North Korea. "What I believe is we have to get to work," Trump said. "People don't realize, Russia has been very, very heavily sanctioned. They were sanctioned at a very high level. And that took place very recently. It's now time to get back to healing a world that is shattered and broken." Tweetstorm Earlier Sunday, Trump unleashed a series of tweets as he nears the end of his epic 13-day diplomatic tour of Asia, going after "haters and fools" who question his ties to Russia and mocking the shape of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. The stream of invective came after days of relatively restrained tweeting as Trump darted between Asian capitals on his first presidential trip to the continent. "When will all the haters and fools out there realize that having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing," Trump wrote at 7:18 a.m. local time in Hanoi. He spent the night here after a state dinner, and held talks and a joint news conference with Vietnamese President President Tran Dai Quang on Sunday morning. "There (sic) always playing politics - bad for our country," he added. "I want to solve North Korea, Syria, Ukraine, terrorism, and Russia can greatly help!" In a second posting at 7:43 a.m., Trump wrote: "Does the Fake News Media remember when Crooked Hillary Clinton, as Secretary of State, was begging Russia to be our friend with the misspelled reset button? Obama tried also, but he had zero chemistry with Putin." He was referencing a 2009 episode in which Clinton, then secretary of state, presented her Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, a small red button with the Russian word "peregruzka" printed on it. "We worked hard to get the right Russian word. Do you think we got it?" she asked Lavrov, laughing. "You got it wrong," said Lavrov. The correct word for "reset" was "perezagruzka," he explained. "Peregruzka" means "overcharged." Trump has long insisted that a better relationship with Russia could help solve vexing global problems, including ending the civil war in Syria and containing North Korea. Trump has worked while in Asia to consolidate support behind his efforts to choke off support for Pyongyang, and delivered stern warnings to Kim during stops in Tokyo and Seoul. But his message on Twitter Sunday delved further into the types of personal insults that colored his rhetoric about the dictator before arriving in Asia. "Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me 'old,' when I would NEVER call him 'short and fat?'" Trump wrote at 7:48 a.m. "Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend - and maybe someday that will happen!" He appeared to be responding to North Korea's statement last week that Trump is a "dotard," implying senility. Asked at his news conference about the prospects of befriending Kim, Trump offered a coy response. "Strange things happen in life," he said. "That might be a strange thing that happens. But it is certainly a possibility." The flurry of tweets on Sunday came as Trump approaches the end of his Asia trip. He will depart midday for Manila, the Philippine capital, for a summit meeting of Southeast Asian leaders. "Will be doing a joint press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam then heading for final destination of trip, the Phillipines," Trump wrote, misspelling the name of his next stop. Trump had remained dutifully on script during his visits to Japan, South Korea, China and Vietnam, including on Twitter, where his postings have stuck to the talking points he's delivered during his stops. But after a formal meeting with Putin was stymied during his visit to an economic summit in Da Nang, Vietnam, Trump held forth with reporters about the damage the Russia investigations unfolding in Washington are having on Washington-Moscow ties.
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134 While active-shooter training is not new to houses of worship, the massacre this month at a Texas church has renewed attention to their vulnerability and the fine line religious leaders walk as they try to create a welcoming atmosphere that doesn't tempt a would-be shooter. "One of the responsibilities I have as a pastor, as a shepherd of the church, is to protect the people, and that includes spiritually, but it also includes the physical protection," said Pastor Jack Graham of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas. The deadliest-ever mass shooting in Texas -- in which a gunman walked among pews at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, killing 25 parishioners and an unborn child -- has become the latest in a string of attacks directed at religious institutions. Now, Christian leaders, in particular, are considering new security measures or bolstering existing rules, mirroring actions taken by leaders of Jewish, Muslim and other faith communities when their institutions have been targets. "We need to be doing everything we can right now to protect our people," Graham said, "and that includes visible police officers, volunteers and keeping our eyes open." 'Church should be a safe place' At a congregation in central Florida, volunteers who welcome parishioners every weekend know they also need to remain alert. "The more you understand what is normal, the easier it is to spot what is abnormal," said Eric Little, associate pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in Lakeland. The church has installed security cameras, and doors remain locked during services. The minister said it was an adjustment for many but "people feel safer and they understand why." "The church should be a safe place," Little said. "We are hoping we are doing that. People are welcome. We are not trying to keep people away." For Pastor Darius Pridgen of True Bethel Baptist Church, preparedness has become a priority. Volunteer security guards patrol the Buffalo, New York church, and on Sunday, parishioners are due to learn "run, hide and fight back" techniques from local police. People need to know where exits are and how to pay attention if a threat emerges amid the music, prayers and solemnity, Pridgen said. "It doesn't give me any pause; it's the world we are in," he said, pointing out that no one used to worry about so-called soft targets, such as movie theaters and churches. Volunteers become armed guards At some places of worship in Texas, ushers and greeters serve double duty as armed guards. Chuck Chadwick, who founded the National Organization of Church Security and Safety Management, has trained more than 350 parishioners and pastors to become certified security officers approved by the Texas Department of Public Safety. During a six-day training, Chadwick teaches volunteers handgun skills, de-escalation techniques, and hand-to-hand tactics, such as handcuffing suspects. "You could think of them as bodyguards," Chadwick said. Until recently, churches in Texas were required to hire certified officers as armed security. A state law that went in effect in September now allows churches, synagogues and other places of religious worship to create their own security teams with volunteers who are legally allowed to carry guns. "I would rather arm law-abiding citizens and make sure they can prevent this from happening, as opposed to trying to pass laws that would prevent law-abiding citizens from having guns," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told Fox News Channel. At least five volunteers trained as guards are on duty every Sunday at Trinity Lighthouse Church in Denison, Texas. Pastor Brian Ulch said his team opted not to hire a private security firm because "they don't know your congregation; they don't know the heartbeat of your ministry." Ulch says the 750-member church nestled in the northeast Texas Hill Country, 75 miles outside of Dallas, is prepared for a shooting scenario, as well as other dangers. Those include "the hot topics that pastoral teams touch every day that can be controversial that can lead to picket lines, to protests," he said. "You never know what you're going to engage on a Sunday-to-Sunday basis, and doing nothing was not an option."
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157 Every tragedy, big or small, leaves behind victims and loved ones whose lives are inalterably changed. In some cases, survivors find themselves driven to become activists or advocates, finding meaning in the tragedy by fighting whatever caused it. There are many examples making headlines all over the country. Chris Hurst was an evening news anchor at WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia, when his girlfriend, Alison Parker, a reporter, and her cameraman, Adam Ward, were shot and killed during a live interview one morning in August 2015. Eventually, Hurst left his spot at the anchor desk, inspired to run for office and address some of the issues that led to Parker's death -- though he stresses he's not a single-issue candidate, and gun control wasn't a focus during his campaign. On Tuesday, Hurst was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates. Also this week, the uncle of Philando Castile -- a black man killed by a police officer last year during a traffic stop -- became a reserve officer in St. Paul, Minnesota. He plans to help be the change he wanted in the department and his community. Mary Fetchet, a clinical social worker who lives in New Canaan, Connecticut, lost her son, Brad, in the terror attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. When she visited the family assistance center in New York City, set up to provide aid to victims' families, Fetchet said she was "struck by the magnitude of the event, seeing thousands of families coming from around the country and around the world." It was that experience, in part, that led Fetchet to start Voices of September 11th, an organization that works to provide resources to, and address the needs of, September 11 survivors, first responders and victims' families. "When I think about how it's changed my life, I almost see my life in two chapters," Fetchet told CNN. "Before 9/11 and after 9/11." But what drove these people, in the midst of their grief, to try to be the force for change? Making sense of the insensible David Kessler, an author, grief expert and founder of Grief.com, told CNN that these families have undergone what he calls the sixth stage of grief: "Finding meaning." "We come away from something so devastating that we go, 'The story just can't end this way,'" Kessler said. "Their life needed to matter, and their death needed to have some meaning, so for many people, that spurs us into action." Dr. Robin Gurwitch, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University who has spent most of her career studying the effects of trauma on children, agreed with Kessler's assessment that some people who deal with a traumatic, insensible loss are looking to find meaning in their suffering. In the aftermath of a traumatic loss, Gurwitch said, people ask themselves, "What are some things I can do to honor the life of the person that's no longer here?" Sometimes that's done by drawing attention to the things that caused the traumatic death, she said. There are those like John Walsh, who founded the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and started the TV show, "America's Most Wanted," after the abduction of his 6-year-old son, Adam, in 1981. Walsh now hosts CNN's "The Hunt with John Walsh." More recently, Mothers of the Movement, a group of mothers who have lost their children to police violence, are advocating for reform at the cross section of race and policing. During the 2016 Democratic National Convention, they stumped for Hillary Clinton. But Gurwitch points to the families of children killed in December 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary as examples of people who have made sense of their children's deaths by using their experience to help others. Many of those families started a foundation, she said, focusing on a different piece of what contributed to the loss of their child. For example, Mark and Jackie Barden -- whose 7-year-old, Daniel, was killed that day -- started the Sandy Hook Promise alongside parents of other victims of the shooting. The nonprofit seeks to change public policy and prevent gun violence, whether it's criminal, suicide or by accident. Jeremy Richman, a neuroscientist whose 6-year-old daughter, Avielle, was killed at Sandy Hook, started the Avielle Foundation, which calls attention to mental health issues through research and community engagement. Such causes "help in terms of recovery and resilience," Gurwitch said, but "there's still going to be those times that are going to be challenging, that are going to be hard." Memorializing their loved ones When people are pushed into advocacy or social work as a result of a traumatic loss, part of the benefit for those affected is in keeping busy, but it's also a way to memorialize their loved ones, explained Joanne Cacciatore, an associate research professor at Arizona State University who studies traumatic grief. "In my research, one of the reasons that parents most want to get active in volunteering and doing things has to do with remembering, honoring and making sure that the world doesn't forget -- not only this terrible thing that happened, but also the beautiful person (that was lost)," she said. In 1996, two years after her own daughter died, Cacciatore started the MISS Foundation, which offers support to families who have experienced the death of a child. The foundation and "random acts of kindness" were the best way to remember her daughter, she said. "For me, really, compassion was the most powerful thing," Cacciatore said. "It just felt like that was the only way I would survive it." Helping others through their experience Cacciatore isn't alone in feeling that her ability to help others helped her. Some people benefit from altruistic acts, like reaching out to others after a loss, Gurwitch said. "We know that when people are really struggling, even though you're hurting, if you reach out and try to help someone, it helps you do better," she said. It could be as simple as writing a letter to first responders in your community who were first on the scene of the tragedy, or something as big as creating a foundation to change how the public considers gun control or mental health services, Gurwitch said. Fetchet, whose son was killed in the 9/11 attacks, said that because of her background in social work, she felt she was "in a unique position, because I had an understanding of the impact of traumatic events." "I almost felt like I had an opportunity and a responsibility to make a difference," she said. 'Creating a new future' Kessler, who dealt with the loss of his 21-year-old son more than a year ago, said the people who are able to move forward and find meaning in their loss are the ones who are "creating a new future." "That loss can paralyze you," he said. "But it can also help you grow in ways that you never thought." Fetchet echoed this sentiment. As awful as losing Brad was, his death prompted a change in her life's work, and she's proud of the "great strides" she and others affiliated with the Voices of September 11th have been able to make in developing the 9/11 memorial and providing help to victims of the tragedy. "The loss of my son has had a profound impact on me," Fetchet told CNN. "It was certainly a life-changing event that in a sense expanded my life's journey, personally and professionally."
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180 President Donald Trump suggested on Saturday he's done confronting Russian President Vladimir Putin over his country's election meddling since it's insulting to the Russian leader. Trump said he took Putin at his word that Russia did not seek to interfere in the US presidential election last year, despite a finding from US intelligence agencies that it did. The fraught relations between the two leaders was underscored anew when Putin's spokesman initially said election meddling did not come up when they spoke, even though Trump said it did. And he stressed that bigger issues persist between the United States and Russia that require the two leaders to move on. "He said he didn't meddle. He said he didn't meddle. I asked him again. You can only ask so many times," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he flew from Da Nang to Hanoi in Vietnam. Trump spoke to Putin three times on the sidelines of summit here, where the Russia meddling issue arose. "Every time he sees me, he says, 'I didn't do that,' " Trump said. "And I believe, I really believe, that when he tells me that, he means it." "I think he is very insulted by it," Trump added. On Sunday, Trump was asked to clarify his Air Force One comments about Putin and the election meddling. "I believe that he feels that he and Russia did not meddle in the election. As to whether I believe it or not, I am with our agencies, especially as currently constituted with the leadership," Trump said during a joint press briefing in Hanoi, Vietnam. "I believe that our intel agencies, our intelligence agencies, I work with them very strongly ... As currently led, by fine people, I believe very much in our intelligence agencies," Trump said. As Trump has traveled abroad, the special counsel investigation looking into possible collusion between his campaign aides and Russia has crept closer to Trump's inner circle. 'There was no collusion' Jetting from Tokyo to Seoul to Beijing, Trump has largely remained quiet about the Russia investigation back home. But on his flight, which departed Da Nang in the early evening Saturday, Trump's simmering anger over the Russia matter burst forth. "There was no collusion. Everybody knows there was no collusion," Trump insisted. "I think it's a shame that something like that could destroy a very important potential relationship between two countries that are really important countries." He added he thought that Putin and he could "have the potential to have a very, very good relationship." Trump's acceptance of Putin's denial that Russia sought to sway the election in his favor seemingly runs counter to assessments by US intelligence agencies. While describing his relationship with Putin and the ongoing investigations into 2016 meddling, Trump seemed to indicate on Saturday that he trusts Putin's denials more than the comments of former intelligence officials, like former high-ranking intelligence officials James Comey, John Brennan and James Clapper. "I mean, give me a break, they are political hacks," Trump said. "So you look at it, I mean, you have Brennan, you have Clapper and you have Comey. Comey is proven now to be a liar and he is proven now to be a leaker. So you look at that and you have President Putin very strongly, vehemently says he had nothing to do with them." When asked for comment about the President's comments, the CIA said in a statement that the man Trump picked to lead the agency, Mike Pompeo, reiterated his support for US intelligence findings and that the "assessment with regard to Russian election meddling has not changed." The agency declined to comment further. Trump said Sunday: "As currently led, by fine people, I believe very much in our intelligence agencies." The discrepancies between Putin and American officials weren't worth debating when other security issues require the two men's attention, Trump said Saturday. "You are not going to get into an argument, you are going to start talking about Syria and the Ukraine," he said. "I can't stand there and argue with him," he added. "I'd rather have him get out of Syria, to be honest with you. I'd rather have him, you know, work with him on the Ukraine than standing and arguing." In a tweet Sunday morning local time, Trump said he had a "good discussion" with Putin on Syria and North Korea, making no mention of the election meddling. He added: "When will all the haters and fools out there realize that having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. There always playing politics - bad for our country. I want to solve North Korea, Syria, Ukraine, terrorism, and Russia can greatly help!" Conspiracy invented by Democrats Trump repeated his claims that Russian interference in the US election is a conspiracy invented by Democrats to distract from their electoral losses. And he implied that investigators looking into his campaign aides' ties to Moscow were better off probing elsewhere. "That whole thing was set up by the Democrats," Trump declared Saturday. Trump's comments, which came after a two-day stay at this seaside resort, reflected ongoing frustration at his inability to warm ties with Moscow, which he pledged to do on the campaign trail. While attending meetings for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, the question loomed whether he would meet with Putin, either formally or in a casual pull-aside chat. Ahead of Trump's arrival, his aides indicated that a meeting was possible. The Kremlin indicated the same. But as the summit wore on, US and Russian officials diverged in their public statements, with American officials saying a meeting wasn't happening and Russian officials indicating it still might. Trump and Putin did speak at various occasions throughout the summit, and agreed to release a joint statement on Syria. But they did not sit for formal talks. Trump has met his Russian counterpart only one for such a face-to-face bilateral session, at the G20 summit in Germany in July. Following those talks, Trump's aides insisted he raised the election meddling issue with Putin and expressed concerns about the issue. But Putin, speaking to reporters in Hamburg, said Trump had accepted his denials. After Trump departed Da Nang on Saturday, Putin similarly spoke during an on-camera press briefing. He said US-Russia ties remained in a precarious condition. "The relations between Russia and the US have not come out of the crisis state yet," he said. "As you know, and I often talk about it, we are prepared to turn the page and go forward to look into the future to solve the problems that are of interest to people of the United States and people of the Russian Federation." Peskov told CNN's Matthew Chance earlier Saturday that, as far as he knew, Putin and Trump did not discuss meddling in the elections, though he later said it was discussed between the two leaders. "Putin told Trump these reports have no ground and categorically rejected even the hypothetical possibility that Russia could somehow interfere in the election process," Peskov said, according to state news agency RIA.
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203 A mile down the road, a heavily armed killer had just crashed his vehicle after committing the worst mass shooting in the state's history. Joel Robbins hopped in his car, where he keeps a loaded .38 revolver, and rushed to the scene. His wife, Lynn Robbins, 63, didn't blink. "I don't get nervous," she said, taking a draw from her home-rolled cigarette, "because I know we could protect ourselves. Plus, I've got Joel, and he's got the whole family's back." Guns are life out here, some 30 miles east of San Antonio, and not just for personal protection. The First Baptist Church massacre in nearby Sutherland Springs reinforces the notion -- commonly held in these parts -- that the best way to stop a bad man with a gun is a good guy with a gun. Sunday's slaughter killed 25 innocent people and an unborn child -- roughly the equivalent of 4% of the town's population. In a church. Women and children. Old folks. A preacher's daughter. All at the hands of a deeply disturbed shooter with a mile-long record of reasons why he should've never possessed weapons, let alone an assault rifle. Talk to rural Texans around here, though, and most will tell you the answer to America's scourge of mass shootings is more guns, not fewer. If Stephen Willeford hadn't been nearby with his own assault rifle, they say, the killer might have continued his deadly spree. It could have been much, much worse. "There's crazy people out there and you don't know who they are," Lynn Robbins said. "They look like me and you and Joe Schmo from Kokomo. They don't glow in the dark. That's why you have to be prepared." 'You don't have guns where you're from' To call Sutherland Springs sleepy would be to understate it. The reporters and satellite trucks that converged on the town after the shooting doubled the population and traffic in town, which boasts a post office, dollar store and a pair of gas stations. Mobile and prefab homes -- many with similar shades of siding -- sit on sprawling lots around the First Baptist Church. A few are dilapidated and abandoned. Birdhouses, weather vanes and stars of Texas serve as yard ornaments. A homemade sign nailed to a utility pole offers "Quilts for Sale." Huge oaks squat along ragged, curbless roads that abut residents' fenced-in lawns, where you might find roosters, an old Ford Mustang or a lazy dog. Several pups roam freely. Kevin Langdon, 62, carries a jumbo box of dog biscuits in the back seat of his pickup truck. He freely hands them out to the pooches, Mama and Buddy, that hang out at the VP Racing gas station, about 500 feet from the church. The retired welding instructor stops at the station every morning for coffee before heading off to work on his property down by Cibolo Creek. On Wednesday, he encountered a reporter from New York City. Langdon started up a conversation with her as a man in a blue jean jacket watched, waiting for fresh breakfast tacos. "You don't have guns where you're from," Langdon said, more telling than asking. "No, we don't," she replied. "But the criminals do," Langdon said. The reporter nodded. The man waiting on tacos walked off, shaking his head. "Well, I feel sorry for y'all," he said, making his way to the register. Guns vs. shoes As Langdon enjoyed his daily coffee, heavy on the cream, he pulled out a Bond Arms .410 double-barrel Derringer -- a star of Texas on its grip -- and laid its shells on a cafe table in full view of the cashier and patrons. "You got critters," he said. "That's why Texans don't pick bluebonnets down here." He's already killed six rattlesnakes and two copperheads with the gun just this year, he said, showing off the leather cowboy boots he wears for protection. Langdon has another gun in his pocket, a .380-caliber. At his home -- a cabin he built himself out of reclaimed crates -- he has dozens more. Many are just "oddities," he said, such as the .357 Mare's Leg, a replica of actor Steve McQueen's in "Wanted Dead or Alive." There's also the CZ pistol that his buddy's dad took from a German officer during World War II and a 1969 police-issue .38 Special, his favorite revolver. His wife of 43 years sometimes gives him a hard time about his collection. "She says, 'What're you going to do with another gun?' I say, 'What're you going to do with another pair of shoes?'" One day, he'd like to acquire a gun from his favorite actor, Chuck Connors of "The Rifleman" fame, but it'll be expensive. "I'll have to wait for the wife to get another Coach or Dooney & Bourke purse," he said, a mischievous smile piercing his woolly beard. Strong support for gun rights In Wilson County, where the gunman opened fire on the church, and neighboring Guadalupe County, where the shooter died after a 10-mile car chase, almost 7 out of 10 voters cast their ballots for President Donald Trump. It's an important factor when weighing attitudes toward firearms in Texas, as Republicans feel more strongly about the value of guns than does the state at large. A poll last month by the University of Texas/Texas Tribune found that 38% of Texans feel more guns make society safer, while slightly more than half support stricter gun control laws. Among Republicans, though, those numbers were 66% and 25%. Langdon, a former Civil War re-enactor who grew up in northwest Ohio, suspects most city folks don't understand rural America's need for guns, including assault rifles. They don't come across dangerous wildlife in places like Washington, D.C., he said. "Well, they got a lot of snakes there," he added, "but we call them Democrats." Gun control efforts worry him, he said, because police can take a while to respond in unincorporated areas like Sutherland Springs. That's why he and the pastor at his church obtained concealed handgun licenses in 1999, after the Columbine school shooting in Colorado. "There is no solution because mental illness is mental illness," he said. "The best thing you can do is get everybody trained and make it part of the schooling that people learn safety first, and realize that nutcases are nutcases and you've got to deal with those people in a separate situation." Protection against 'animals that can kill you' Joel Robbins, 62, who rushed to the scene of the car crash after Sunday's shooting, never came face-to-face with the gunman. When he arrived, police were already on the scene. They stopped him 60 or 70 yards from the crash. He backed into a driveway, tossed his .38 Smith & Wesson in the passenger seat and watched as officers approached the dead gunman's car. "It didn't spook me. I was armed. I didn't want the guy coming this way," he said. Robbins, who grew up around firearms and keeps a loaded shotgun leaning on the wall next to his bed, said that, before Sunday, he had a lot more to worry about than crazed gunmen. Coyotes have killed two of his dogs and one of his family's calves. There are three packs of them in the area, he said, and they're so clever that when you hit them with a spotlight, they turn their backs so you can't see the glint from their eyes. As their daughter's boyfriend sat in a deer blind on the family's 88-acre property across the road, Lynn Robbins explained that a game camera recently captured about 15 wild boars traipsing across their land in a single night. They recently trapped a 300-pound feral pig that filled a 4-foot-by-4-foot cage. Not only do the hogs pose a danger to humans, Joel Robbins said, but they dig up land looking for food, leaving ruts that can break a cow's or horse's leg. A gun would be the only way to protect yourself if one of the beasts charged you, Joel Robbins said. "It's like a shovel or a post-hole digger. It's just a tool," he said. In elementary school in the 1960s, Langdon saw firsthand how dangerous a hog can be. A farm hand slipped while corralling the animals, and a hog bit his calf off through his coveralls. "And that was a domestic hog," he said. Today, the wild versions tear up his property near Sutherland Springs and steal his pecans. And that's the least of his concerns. Recently, a mountain lion ate eight of his goats and two of his neighbor's calves, dragging one of them -- a 350-pounder -- into a tree. Langdon has no qualms carrying an AK-47 assault rifle as a means of protection. "When you got animals that can kill you, how many shots do you want and how fast do you want to get them off?" he asked. 'It's not about laws' At the Bexar Community Shooting Range in Marion, the closest range to Sutherland Springs, manager Alex McInnnis said more shooters have been dropping by this week -- not because of Sunday's violence, but because deer season began November 4. The 40-year-old father of one, who's worked at the range since he was 15, doesn't foresee the church killings altering his customers' feelings about their weapons. A madman, not a gun, killed those churchgoers, and the shooter could've easily used household chemicals or an automobile, he said as the booms of shotgun blasts and cracks of assault rifles sounded in the distance. "You're not blaming a truck for what happened in New York," he said of the Halloween terror attack in Manhattan in which a man in a rental truck mowed down bystanders on a bike path. Down at the rifle range, men with spotting scopes and long guns -- many of them assault rifles -- were "sighting in," or checking the accuracy of their weapons, on 50-, 100- and 200-yard targets. Among them were John Hirst, 62, of Temple, and his son-in-law Joseph Sustayta, 38, of Cibolo, who were sighting in their AR-15s for an upcoming hunt. They're looking forward to the bonding experience. "The fellowship you have there, just the time spent out there in nature, it means a lot," said Hirst, who is retired after 40 years in law enforcement. Hirst has "put a lot of meat on the table with a rifle," he said. He and Sustayta question why mass shootings always lead the country back to debates over gun laws. The law didn't prevent the Sutherland Springs shooter -- despite a history of violence and mental instability -- from procuring his weapons, so how would more laws help? "It's not about laws. You're going to have to change the hearts of people, and only God can do that," Hirst said. Later, he nodded toward the AR-15s on the concrete table behind them: "They haven't moved since we sit them here. Guns don't kill people." Sustayta, who spent six years in the Army Reserve, said he and Hirst are 100% in favor of efforts to keep guns out of the hands of felons, the violent and the mentally ill -- just like they approve of laws that keep those unfit for driving from getting behind the wheel. But he, too, doubts laws alone will alter human behavior. "I think we can do better for sure. Can you stop it? I don't think so," said the father of three teenage daughters. "People have been killing people for as long as people have been around." If anything, the church mas
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226 A vehicle was intentionally driven Friday into three students outside a high school near the southern French city of Toulouse, injuring them, the country's interior ministry said. A driver was arrested after the collision, and the Toulouse prosecutor has been called to investigate, the ministry said. The vehicle accelerated as the students crossed a road, the interior ministry said. The collision happened outside Saint Exupéry high school in the Toulouse suburb of Blagnac, according to CNN affiliate BFM TV. Initial information about the conditions of the injured -- identified by authorities only as Chinese students -- conflicted. The interior ministry said the students were lightly injured; BFM reported that two were in serious condition. Toulouse Prosecutor Pierre-Yves Couilleau said Friday evening that two students remained hospitalized and one had left the hospital. The driver has a history of mental illness, the interior ministry said in a statement. The incident doesn't initially appear to be related to terrorism, the interior ministry said. Developing story - more to come
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249 Our nation — still grieving the recent Las Vegas tragedy — now mourns the lives lost in this week's massacre by a gunman who opened fire in a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, leaving a death toll of 25 and an unborn child. As was the case with the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida, the San Bernardino Elementary School shooting, the open fire on congressional members playing baseball, and, according to Everytown USA, a majority of other recent mass shootings, the gunman had a history of domestic violence that should have raised red flags. The Texas church shooter, specifically, had served a year in military jail for beating and choking his wife, threatening her with a firearm, and fracturing her child's skull, and was not eligible to have a gun. Through our grief, we search for answers and long to prevent further tragedy. Part of our agony is that so many of these massacres are preventable. As a co-chairwoman of the county review team that examines local domestic violence fatalities and makes recommendations to prevent further deaths, I am painfully aware of how domestic violence endangers homes, schools and communities and of how our nation needs to engage in better violence prevention efforts, starting with our youth. It's one thing to look back through the histories of men like Devin Kelley and pluck out the red flags; it's another to intervene early enough to interrupt the interlinked misogyny, violence and firearm possession that often underlie their crimes. Only in recent years have we realized the early age at which relationship violence begins. A 2011 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that many girls as young as 11 experience dating violence. During teenage years, according to a report from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, one in three girls in the United States experience dating violence, with consequences including elevated rates of suicidal thoughts and actions, substance abuse, sexually transmitted infections, teen pregnancy, future experiences of domestic violence, and fatality. Preventing relationship violence at an early age is crucial because, as Duke University professor Jeffrey Swanson told CNN, "a history of violent behavior is a far better predictor of future violence than mental illness." Regarding the causes, empirical research explains that relationship violence is about power and control: Abusive partners engage in violence and coercively controlling behaviors to gain and maintain power and control over an intimate partner. Research also reveals that gender inequality, patriarchy (or male control in domestic or intimate settings), and intergenerational patterns perpetuate abuse. Children's peer relationships contribute to and predict violence in their adult relationships as well; for example, a study of familial and peer influences found that male youth who have friends with "aggressive attitudes toward women" are at increased risk of becoming perpetrators of domestic violence. Studies have also found links between firearm possession and male gender, dating or intimate partner violence, and substance abuse. Positively, anti-violence programs that target youth ages 11 to 14 are the most effective at preventing domestic violence because relationship expectations are being set during this highly formative period. In my work, I frequently engage in these educational efforts and witness results firsthand. For example, residents I worked with in a juvenile detention center told me that before our program on teen dating violence, they didn't know they had a right not to be hit and didn't know they could end a relationship, all of which demonstrates the pressing need for early education and intervention. Programs such as Dating Matters and Safe Dates offer training programs and best practices for educators and other adults to help teens establish healthy and safe dating norms and promote respectful behavior. While Kelley's horrific record of domestic abuse and animal cruelty reflects his behavior as an adult, it doesn't surprise me that his high school classmates reported to the Washington Post that, as they grew older, Kelley communicated increasingly inappropriately and aggressively on social media. Some of them even expressed a lack of surprise at his shooting rampage. What better argument could there be for effective intervention at a young age? Since research shows that domestic violence prevention efforts are most effective at young ages, when seeking to prevent future gun massacres, it is equally critical to recognize the strong association between teen dating violence and firearm possession. New studies show that youth with firearms are more likely to commit dating violence, to have been in recent serious physical fights, and to endorse aggressive attitudes that increase risk for retaliatory violence. Factors such as young age, possessiveness, impulsivity, and use of force further increase the risk that young people with guns will die or kill with them. Although individuals under age 18 are generally prohibited from possessing a handgun, surprisingly high percentages of youth possess or have access to firearms. According to the CDC, approximately one in 18 high school students in the United States report having carried a firearm in the past 30 days. In a study of nearly 700 assault-injured youth (age 14 to 24) appearing at emergency departments, 23% reported firearm possession in the past six months, and this study excluded any firearm used for hunting, target shooting, or sporting activity. Nearly one-quarter of youth reporting firearm possession owned highly lethal rapid-fire, large-clip automatic or semiautomatic weapons. The Texas massacre is a grave reminder that the majority of mass shootings in America are committed by individuals with histories of domestic violence. This ease of access to illegally obtained highly lethal weapons demands action, as does the connection between firearm fatalities and relationship violence. Fortunately, there are many effective, data-driven ways to prevent gun violence supported by a majority of Americans, including gun owners and members of the National Rifle Association, such as background checks, federal databases to track gun sales, and bans on rapid-fire assault weapons, according to the Pew Research Center. Universal background checks for all gun sales, including private sales, are supported by 83% of voters, and these background checks would, according to Everytown USA, reduce domestic violence gun murders by 47%. Naturally, for background checks to be effective, relevant data must be input in the national system maintained by the FBI. While Kelley should have been denied the sale of a firearm due to his criminal record, the Air Force had failed to provide the FBI with Kelley's criminal history. Because adults and youth currently easily obtain firearms outside legal channels, minimizing illegal firearm access is also key to preventing mass shootings and other gun deaths. Although some federal and state domestic violence gun laws exist, they often only cover spousal abuse, typically rely on the "honor system" for abusers to surrender guns, and obviously failed to prevent the Texas gunman from purchasing the firearms he used in this week's church massacre. Federal lawmakers have thus far declined to enact important safety measures; to the contrary, the House recently considered legislation to increase the availability of silencers and permit concealed carry across states. After the Texas church massacre and so many other mass shootings, legislators offer prayers and moments of silence, but are silent about meaningful reform. But prevention is possible. To avoid future tragedies, we must invest in anti-violence education beginning with our youth, pay attention to relationship violence, and enact and implement sensible gun safety measures.
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272 Nearly a week after a gunman unleashed several minutes of hell on a congregation of Texas churchgoers, the long journey toward healing has begun. The first funerals for the victims of the massacre at First Baptist Church will be held this weekend, and the community will come together for its first Sunday service since Sutherland Springs was changed forever. The church, now pock-marked with hundreds of bullets, blood stains and shattered windows, has been rendered uninhabitable. Sunday's service, organized by pastors from around the area, will be held at the community center next door. Frank Pomeroy, the pastor of First Baptist Church who lost his 14-year-old daughter in the shooting, is scheduled to speak. In simpler times, the white walls of the church vibrated with hymns, prayers and sermons praising Christ. Several dozen people, many of them casually dressed in jeans and T-shirts, sat in the caramel brown pews of its unpretentious worship hall; its altar little more than a carpeted stage. Now, Pastor Pomeroy wants to tear down the church and possibly build a memorial in its place for the more than 20 people who died there. "This was just the pastor discussing what he thinks [the] best case scenario would be," Roger Oldham, spokesman for the Southern Baptist Convention, told CNN. "But the church has to make the decision together to tear down the church. "Everything is in such grief mode right now in this church [that] these decisions will have to unfold as they come for the people there. It will be in their own timeline." Charlene Uhl lost her 16-year-old daughter, Haley Krueger, who had loved going to the church and attended youth group there twice a week. "I think the church should be held elsewhere," Uhl told Spectrum News, a CNN affiliate. "Still have the church, but this particular one be gone." In previous mass shootings, decisions on what to do with the site have varied. Sandy Hook Elementary School in rural Connecticut where 20 children and six staff were killed, was razed to make way for a new school that opened in 2016. The Pulse in Orlando, in which 49 people were killed at the LGBT nightclub, is to be turned into a memorial, the owner had said. The Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston re-opened its venerable structure days after nine people were killed in a racially motivated shooting. The victims White crosses stand near the church in memory of the victims as well-wishers and community members stopped to pray, and left behind flowers and messages of love. The small church was an anchor in the unincorporated community, which lies about 30 miles east of San Antonio. It's where neighbors sang hymns, shared their lives and prayed for each other. The 25 victims have been identified: Robert Marshall, 56; Karen Marshall, 56; Keith Braden, 62; Tara McNulty, 33; Annabelle Pomeroy, 14; Peggy Warden, 56; Dennis Johnson, Sr., 77; Sara Johnson, 68; Lula White, 71; Joann Ward, 30; Brooke Ward, 5; Robert Corrigan, 51; Shani Corrigan, 51; Therese Rodriguez, 66; Ricardo Rodriguez, 64; Haley Krueger, 16; Emily Garcia, 7; Emily Hill, 11; Gregory Hill, 13; Megan Hill, 9; Marc Holcombe, 36, Noah Holcombe, 1; Karla Holcombe, 58; John Holcombe, 60; Crystal Holcombe, 36, who was pregnant and her unborn child, Carlin Holcombe, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. The gunman's troubled history The gunman, Devin Kelley, had a troubled past and was prone to domestic violence and animal cruelty, according to public records and those who knew him. As an airman in New Mexico, he was convicted in military court in 2012 of assaulting his then-wife and stepson. While awaiting that military trial, he escaped from a New Mexico mental health facility where he had been confined. The Air Force acknowledged it did not appropriately relay Kelley's court martial conviction for domestic assault to civilian law enforcement, as required, preventing the conviction from showing up in a federal database that licensed gun dealers must check before someone can buy a firearm. Kelley posted on social media about his rifle and his affinity for mass shootings. A neighbor of his said that in the week before the shooting, he heard gunshots coming from Kelley's property every morning. He had an ongoing dispute with his in-laws from his current marriage, who attended the Sutherland Springs church, police say. Kelley's grandmother-in-law was among those killed. And police say Kelley had a history of texting threats to his mother-in-law, who was not inside the church during Sunday's shooting.
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295 The past few months have seen two of the deadliest mass shootings in modern US history -- and that has revived debates over what, if anything, can be done to prevent mass killings. Some want stricter gun laws; others say more good guys with guns will prevent deaths. Others argue that stopping mass shootings before they happen is almost impossible. What we haven't heard as much about are the times that police say they've stopped mass shootings before they happened. Here are four recent cases where law enforcement officers say they've stopped a potentially deadly mass attack. A YouTube rant threatening a "killing spree" Earlier this month, sheriff's deputies arrested David Kenneth Smith, 39, of Los Angeles, after learning he emailed a video link to an instructor at Soka University in Aliso Viejo, California, where Smith was once a student. The video shows Smith "sitting with a semi-automatic pistol on his chest talking about the university," the Orange County Sheriff's Department said. The video is one of several recently recorded and posted on Smith's YouTube channel that show Smith talking "about his desire to engage in a 'killing,' " according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department. In another video, he says he'd "rather go on a killing spree" after debating whether he should do that or commit suicide. Deputies were notified of the email and within 48 hours arrested Smith. They seized nine fully loaded firearms -- all registered under his name. Calls to Smith's attorney, Huy Nguyen, were not immediately returned to CNN. On Monday, Smith pleaded not guilty to one felony count of making criminal threats, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office. His bail was set at $1 million. A pretrial hearing is scheduled for November 15. Planning a school massacre to rival Columbine In the summer of 2013, prosecutors say 17-year-old John David LaDue of Waseca, Minnesota, was meticulously planning a massacre that he hoped would leave at least 40 dead. Police say he told them he hoped to time the attack with the anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre, which occurred on April 20, 1999. He planned to hide pressure cooker bombs in recycling bins in the hallways of Waseca Junior and Senior High School and detonate them remotely. He'd then use two firearms -- a bolt-action Soviet-style SKS rifle and sawed-off shotgun -- to kill more. The teenager even had a black duster jacket so he could dress like Eric Harris, one of the Columbine shooters whom he idolized. Police say he planned to start his spree by killing his mother, father and sister. LaDue's plans were thwarted on April 29, 2014, when a 911 caller reported seeing someone she suspected of breaking into a storage locker. Police would learn that Ladue kept bomb materials there. According to transcripts of his interview with police, LaDue told them, "I think I'm really mentally ill and no one has noticed. I've been trying to hide it." In 2015, LaDue pleaded guilty to a single felony count of possessing an explosive device. By accepting the plea, he avoided prison time and will receive up to 10 years of court-ordered treatment for autism spectrum disorder. Roughly eight months later, a judge said LaDue could return to his parents' house where, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune, he has worked to rebuild his life. "I have no desire to hurt people," he told the newspaper. Potential Maryland school attack thwarted Nichole Cevario, 18, allegedly detailed plans for a Columbine-style mass shooting at her Maryland high school on April 5, 2017, according to the Frederick County Sheriff's Office. If her father hadn't tipped off school officers, authorities say, her plans might have come to fruition. Cevario's journal outlined information she had gathered about her school's emergency procedures. She even talked to a school resource officer about how they respond to shooting incidents, according to the sheriff's office. Police say they found a shotgun with ammunition and material for making pipe bombs when searching her home. "There's no doubt in my mind that we averted disaster there," Sheriff Charles Jenkins told reporters at the time. Cevario was removed from Catoctin High School without incident and taken to a hospital for evaluation. She was later arrested on charges of possession of explosive and incendiary material with an intent to create a destructive device. A jury trial is set for February 2018. A plea has not been entered, according to the clerks office at the Circuit Court for Frederick County. Cevario's attorney, Alan Winik, would not comment on the case. Foiled Shooting At Masonic Temple He planned to kill at least 30 people in the name of Islam, according to the FBI. In January 2016, Samy Hamzeh was charged with illegally possessing two automatic weapons and was planning a massacre at a Masonic temple in Milwaukee. The investigation prevented an attack "that could have resulted in significant injury or loss of life," the FBI said. A criminal complaint alleged that Hamzeh toured the Masonic center with two FBI informants and then laid out details of an attack in a subsequent meeting. Conversations from that meeting were captured in a recording and translated from Arabic to English. "If I got out, after killing 30 people, I will be happy 100% ... 100% happy because these 30 will terrify the world," Hamzeh told one of the informants, according to the complaint. However, Hamzeh's attorneys argued he was manipulated, "in hopes of pressuring him into a FBI-orchestrated terrorism plot that he would be prosecuted for," and that their client should be released on bail. They said Hamzeh "refused to participate and insisted they abandon any plan for violence" despite persistence by the informants. The bond request was denied. An attorney for Hamzeh, Craig Albee, would not comment on the case. Hamzeh pleaded not guilty to the charges. His trial date has been set for February 2018.
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318 Americans on the far right could hardly contain their excitement, judging by their effusive comments on social media. A widely publicized incident, which appeared to have been a hate crime, turned out to have been a hoax. It was time to celebrate for extremists, and for others who have joined President Donald Trump in claiming that anyone whose message they dislike is a purveyor of "fake news." The incident in question occurred in late October at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, when someone wrote ugly graffiti outside the dorm room of black cadets in the Academy's prep school, scrawling messages including, "Go home N--." In response, the head of the Academy, Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, summoned everyone there for a stirring speech, a defense of tolerance and civility that quickly went viral. "If you can't treat someone with dignity and respect," he told them, "then get out." The speech has garnered well over a million views -- and for good reason. It is a passionate defense of America's true values. Everyone should watch it. That remains absolutely true even after the school revealed this week that the offensive graffiti was written by an African-American cadet, one of the students it was supposed to have targeted. "The individual admitted responsibility," has "received administrative punishment" and is no longer attending the preparatory school, according to the Academy. In the porous logic of prejudice, hoaxes are leveraged to undermine any and all claims of racist attacks. I was one of the people who wrote about Gen. Silveria's speech and, not surprisingly, I was called upon to "retract" my article by a number of people on social media. But I find little, if anything, to retract in what I wrote. The news definitely demands updating the story. But I still believe the most powerful lesson from what occurred remains unchanged: Silveria's speech went viral because Americans are yearning to hear a message of inclusion and tolerance from their leaders. That is true no matter what caused the general to call an all-hands meeting that day at the Air Force Academy. And it's no secret why there's such a hunger for principled, enlightened leadership. The reason is that the election of President Donald Trump lifted the rock under which much of the hatred had hidden, allowing it to squirm out into the light. Trump was elected after campaigning in a fashion that shocked much of the nation. Undoubtedly, many who voted for him did it for reasons that have nothing to do with prejudice, perhaps hoping for lower cost health insurance or better jobs. But it's just as clear that Trump sounded the dog whistle of racism, inspiring white supremacists who openly praise him and acknowledge they are "energized," by his words. From his feverish campaign rallies where he talked about Mexican "rapists," to his sexist remarks, to his reaction to the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville -- an event staged to look like a Nazi event in Germany, complete with torches and chants of "blood and soil," (translated from the original German) and "Jews will not replace us" -- Trump has given new oxygen to divisiveness and prejudice. After Charlottesville, Trump found it necessary to blame both sides and claim there were "very fine people," among the bigoted protesters, one of whom deliberately drove his car into the crowd, killing a young woman. The FBI is investigating the attack as an "act of domestic terrorism." Regardless of who wrote the racist messages at the Air Force Academy, Gen. Silveria's message remains as valid today as it ever was. He exhorted everyone to treat people of all genders and races with dignity and respect and urged them to take on those who promote bigotry and intolerance, calling for "civil discourse," and explaining that "we come from all walks of life ... from all races ... all backgrounds ... all upbringings," and that diversity and tolerance are not only a core American value, a core human value, but also one of America's greatest sources of strength. The call resonated because it reflects what the vast majority of Americans believe. We saw it this week in the latest round of elections that proved a resounding defeat for Trump's brand of politics. Most Americans see Trump as a divisive leader, as a many polls show, and judging by the latest election results, they don't like it. In Virginia, the Republican candidate for governor, Ed Gillespie, tried to follow Trump's script, aiming to stoke fear of immigrants. His rival, Ralph Northam, cast himself as a unifier, and won by a margin that surprised almost everyone. And that was just one of the races. Across the country, bigots lost. The man who called himself "Virginia's chief homophobe," who wrote an anti-transgender "bathroom bill," lost the seat he had held for 13 terms to Danica Roem, who became Virginia's first openly transgender elected official. The New Jersey politician who taunted women on the day of the Women's March with a Facebook post saying they should get home in time to cook dinner was defeated by a woman fired up by anger at the sexist joke. The backlash against prejudice was predictable, but so was the upsurge in hate crimes. Statistics show a sharp rise in hate crimes since Trump's election, targeting African-Americans, LGBTQ people, Jews, Muslims, and others. The experts say hoaxes make up a minuscule amount of the cases. In fact, the vast majority of hate crimes are never reported. Far right groups like to dismiss all such accusations, brandishing the hoaxes as evidence that any person or organization with which they disagree lacks credibility. But there was no false reporting on the Air Force Academy case. Graffiti was found, a speech was given, and when the perpetrator was discovered it was reported. Gen. Silveria says his speech is as valid and necessary today as it was six weeks ago. He's absolutely right. Racists may rejoice in the discovery of a hoax. The rest of us can rejoice in seeing the message of tolerance and civility winning the battle of ideas.
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341 On Tuesday, voters decided we should be better than our fearmongering, tweeting president who works overtime to stir up divisions, rather than solutions, for just about every issue Americans care about: health care, immigration, jobs, racial justice, education, religious freedom, woman's rights, LGBTQ equality. The list goes on. It's tiring. "Discrimination is a disqualifier," said Danica Roem, a Democrat who unseated a longtime staunch conservative Republican state representative, Robert Marshall -- who called himself the state's "chief homophobe." Roem is the country's first openly transgender woman to serve in a state legislature. The race against Marshall was ugly, as is the norm these days. Marshall, who had sponsored a failed bathroom bill to target transgender people, refused to debate Roem. Instead he pulled a page from Trump's playbook and tried to incite fear and hate of transgender people to dissuade voters from electing Roem. His strategy failed, just as it did for dozens of other losing candidates who tried to use fear and bigotry to win votes. Maybe there's a reason to hope, again. Roem's election is not the only indication that voters want a new direction. In Minnesota, an African-American transgender woman, Andrea Jenkins, was elected to the Minneapolis City Council with 70% of the votes, according to the Star Tribune. Only time will tell if this new movement to include more diverse voices in politics will stick. But I want to believe this is the beginning of setting a more positive, productive future for our nation. All across the country, from the first black female mayor in Charlotte, North Carolina, to the first-ever female mayor in Provo, Utah, and the first Asian-American elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, in municipalities large and small, diverse new faces and political viewpoints won big at the polls. Scores of candidates broke barriers across gender, race, sexual orientation -- and religion. Hoboken, New Jersey, voters elected the state's first Sikh mayor, Ravinder Bhalla, rejecting racist attack ads that read: "Don't let TERRORISM take over our town," according to NJ.com. Even economic and race status didn't seem to determine election results, no matter what the stereotypes tell us about how people vote. Seems voter dissatisfaction with the current negative climate in Washington was the galvanizing factor for change this time around. In Connecticut, Democrats, Green Party candidates and women scored huge upsets in municipal elections across affluent and working-class communities. Women won big in the mostly white, swanky Greenwich, where median household income is $83,824 (national median: $59,039, according to a new report released by the US Census Bureau in September) and the median property value is a whopping $936,500. Two gritty, grass-roots anti-Trump groups — Indivisible Greenwich and March On Greenwich — are credited for the victories. The groups organized to support a slate of candidates for local offices to resist Trump's agenda, Indivisible founder Joanna Swomley told greenwichfreepress.com. Twenty-two of the 24 candidates on the group's slate were elected. The anti-Trump sentiment spread across the state -- to the opposite end of the economic spectrum in New London, Connecticut, a diverse city that is home to the Coast Guard Academy and generations of military families. There the median household income is far below the national average, at $36,250; median property value is $185,400. Still, voters turned out strong for the top vote-getter for the City Council, Anthony Nolan, an African-American who focused his campaign on more government fiscal transparency and senior citizens who are struggling to deal with rising taxes and budget cuts to health care and other services. Nolan is also a New London City Police officer but calls himself a "peace officer" instead, he told me, because the word police conjures up fear in many communities. He wants to see federal law reforms and budgeting for safety training programs that will hold rogue officers accountable when they hurt and kill people. "Let's stop protecting these guys and covering up their actions. They make it bad for every decent officer," Nolan said. "When I drive by kids, often they shout, 'don't kill me, don't shoot me.' We have to talk about this. I get nervous around other police officers myself." Nolan is just one of many who inspired Americans to go to the polls and show the world that hate doesn't always have to win. That we are better than the toxic politics of both parties that have divided our democracy and grown stronger under President Trump. Just when it felt like all hope for America — a more just and gentle America — was lost, voters decided we can and must be better. Better than the bigots we've seen marching with Nazi flags, spewing white supremacy slogans. Better than the angry, gun-toting men who've terrorized this nation by slaughtering innocent women, men and children, over and over again. Better than rogue police officers who have killed more than 1,178 black and Hispanic people from 2015 to November 2017. Who knows if this anti-Trump moment is just politics as usual? Maybe it's not surprising at all considering Trump's approval rating hovers around 37.6%, according to FiveThirtyEight. And it's general knowledge that opposition parties almost always gain ground in midterm elections. As political pundits and focus groups scramble to make sense of it all, I can't help but remember what my Grandma Leonard told me once: "God don't like ugly." Turns out a lot of voters don't either.
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364 One year after Donald Trump's election, views of the nation's economy are the best they've been since before the September 11, 2001 attacks, but Americans' confidence in their President to handle just about everything else has fallen, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. Only 40% think President Trump is doing a good job keeping candidate Trump's promises, down from 48% in April, and an equal 40% now say he can bring the kind of change the country needs, down from 49% shortly after his election. Related: Full poll results The shift since November 2016 on whether Trump can bring change has come mostly among independents and Republicans. Among Republicans, the percentage saying Trump can bring needed change is down 10 points since November 2016, while it's off nine points among independents. Among Democrats, there's been just a three-point shift, not a statistically significant movement. Republicans haven't shifted on whether Trump is keeping his promises -- 86% said he was doing a good job on that in April, 86% say so today -- but on other matters, their impressions of Trump have worsened significantly. Trump has lost ground on being able to unite the country, and on empathy. Overall, 30% say they think the President will unite the country rather than divide it, down 13 points since last November, and 38% say he cares about "people like you," also down significantly from a year ago. Here too, the shifts are larger among Republicans. Last year, 81% of Republicans thought Trump would unite the country, 91% that he cared about people like them. Now, those figures are 65% and 83%, respectively. The poll was conducted as the President began his trip to Asia last week, his longest foreign trip since taking office. Looking overseas, most Americans doubt the President has the respect of leaders around the world, just a quarter (24%) say he does, down from 36% at the 100-day mark. Again, the shift comes largely among Republicans, 71% of whom said Trump had the respect of world leaders in April, 55% say so now. Almost two-thirds (64%) overall say Trump's statements and actions since taking office have made them less confident in his ability to serve as president. Last year, considering his statements and actions since Election Day, just 43% said they had lost confidence in President-elect Trump compared to candidate Trump. That shift comes across party lines. Republicans are 17 points more likely to say they're losing confidence in Trump now, while independents are 24 points more likely and Democrats are 14 points more likely to say the same. Fewer see the President as "honest and trustworthy" now than have at any point since before he launched his run for president in June 2015, 34% call him honest and trustworthy, 64% say he's not. And only 30% trust most of what they hear in official communications from the White House. All told, just a third think the President deserves re-election in 2020, 63% say he doesn't deserve it. And a similar 64% say they aren't proud to have Trump as President. Trump won the presidency last year on the strength of voters seeking change. Among those voters who prioritized a candidate able to bring change, 82% backed Trump, per exit polls. But as impressions of Trump's ability to bring that change and confidence in his leadership have waned, his approval rating has dipped to reflect an unimpressed America. In findings released earlier this week, Trump's overall approval rating stood at 36%, the worst of his presidency. His approval ratings for handling most top issues are also deeply net negative and stand below 40%. Two exceptions are the economy: 45% approve, 46% disapprove, and terrorism, 44% approve and 48% disapprove. The economy is a bright spot in the poll, and one the President frequently touts. Almost seven in 10, 68% describe the economy as in good shape, up from 57% just before Trump's inauguration and the highest share to do so since spring 2001. And 59% say they expect it to be in good shape a year from now, just slightly lower than the 63% who said so shortly after Trump's election last year. Trump's personal favorability has dipped to 38%, the worst we've measured for him since he was elected. His vice president, Mike Pence, has also taken a favorability hit since Election Day 2016. Overall, 38% have a favorable view of Pence and 45% hold an unfavorable view -- that's his highest unfavorable number in CNN polling by a six-point margin. The CNN oll was conducted by SSRS by telephone November 2 to 5 among a random national sample of 1,021 adults. The margin of sampling error for results among the full sample is plus or minus 3.6 percentage points; it is larger for subgroups.
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380 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/08/politics/kirstjen-nielsen-homeland-security-confirmation-hearing/index.html">DHS nominee Kirstjen Nielsen: 'No need for a wall from sea to shining sea'</a>
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387 The woman nominated to replace John Kelly as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen, faced senators who will vote on whether to confirm her for the first time on Wednesday, largely pledging to carry on her predecessor's legacy. That extended to Kelly's promise a border wall would be more limited than the one pledged by President Donald Trump. "There is no need for a wall from sea to shining sea," Nielsen told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, echoing a Kelly quote from earlier this year and his statements that border security would be a tailored approach that includes heavy use of technology. Nielsen also pledged she would say something if she felt a policy announced by the White House was illegal or detrimental to the department. "I fully intend in all cases and in all ways at all times to fully comply with all laws. I would expect the same of any employee or member of DHS," Nielsen said. "I would definitely tell the President if I thought a particular policy violated the laws of our country," Nielsen said. "But perhaps more importantly, it would be my intention in every instance to speak with him and other White House staff prior to any announcement of policy to make sure they understand both operational constraints, legal constraints, resource constraints and the views and insights of other stakeholders that would need to be part of its implementation." Nielsen has been Kelly's right-hand woman since before he was confirmed to the secretary post. She served as his guide through his own confirmation hearings, was his chief of staff at DHS and followed him to the White House to be the deputy chief of staff when he took on the White House chief of staff job. Nielsen avoided any major confrontations and appeared on track for confirmation by the Republican Senate. Trump nominated Nielsen last month to replace Kelly. If confirmed, she would be the first former secretary who has previously worked at the department. Johnson focuses on mass violence Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson focused on the handling of domestic threats. Johnson spoke about last week's attack in lower Manhattan and the suspect's consumption of ISIS how-to manuals, asking Nielsen if she'd support limitations on what kinds of content can be posted on the internet. Nielsen left the door open. "I would offer that I think we need to have a serious discussion, frankly, in conjunction with the executive branch and legislative branch, to look at this issue of content," Nielsen said. In his opening statements, Johnson noted the issues DHS faces, including cybersecurity, hurricanes, illegal immigration and drug smuggling -- but took time to focus on one issue in particular: mass killings. He noted the shooting in Wisconsin at a Sikh temple that killed six people in 2012, and then listed virtually every mass killing since. The nearly 20 killings he listed included the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, the Boston Marathon bombing, the shooting at a Charleston church, the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado, the San Bernardino terrorist attack, the Pulse Nightclub shooting, and the recent killings in Las Vegas, New York City and Texas. Johnson said his list included the deaths of 262 Americans and more than 1,000 wounded, and held a moment of silence. "Later Sunday evening, my 34-year-old daughter asked me the questions we are all asking ourselves: What is happening; why is this happening; what can we do about it? Those are the questions the next Department of Homeland Security secretary will be asked to address," Johnson said. "It will not be an easy task." Immigration and DACA Neilsen also said recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which the Trump administration is ending, deserve a "permanent" answer, without advocating for a particular version. "I believe that we must, and we owe it to them, to find a permanent solution. It's no way to live a month, two months at a time," Nielsen said. Nielsen committed that DACA recipients would not be a priority for immigration enforcement if they lost their status and that their information would be not shared with ICE outside of limited national security cases. She also committed to "look into" any leniency with the October 5 deadline for renewals, which more than 20,000 recipients did not meet to extend their status. That went farther than the administration had previously, when it decline to extend the deadline. "I would commit to you to look into it," Nielsen said. "I'm not familiar with those specific numbers, but if there are extenuating circumstances we should take into consideration, I would commit to look at it."
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410 After a violent year serving in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan, I returned to the war-torn land in early 2012. On August 8 of that year, I was leading a security detail near the Pakistani border in Asadabad when my fellow soldier, Sgt. 1st Class Brian Brink, noticed a suspicious figure stumbling toward our patrol. It took eight seconds for me to reach the threat, who I soon realized was a suicide bomber. After I threw him to the ground, the attacker detonated his vest. While most of our patrol survived, four incredible men did not. USAID Foreign Service Officer Ragaei Abdelfattah, US Air Force Maj. David Gray, and US Army Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin Griffin were among the dead. The fourth American hero to make the ultimate sacrifice that day was US Army Maj. Tom Kennedy. Before Kennedy deployed to Afghanistan, a neighbor asked why he was returning to the battlefield despite two previous tours in Iraq. "I'm a soldier," Kennedy replied. "This is what I do." Although Tom and I would eventually cross paths in Afghanistan, how we got there was different. While he grew up playing hockey in the New York suburbs, the early part of my childhood was spent kicking around a soccer ball in a town near Paris. In 1994, I arrived in the United States at 12 years old. Soon after my family settled into a Washington suburb, I received the dreadful news that my Uncle Abdou, an Algerian soldier, had been murdered by Islamic extremists. That terrible day pointed me toward military service, but it wasn't until the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, that I ultimately decided to join the Army. At the time, I had dual citizenship in France and the United States. After waiting for the French government to renounce my citizenship, I enlisted in the Army in 2008. As an immigrant, I wanted to earn my place as an American. While serving in the military wasn't the only way to do so, I felt an intense desire to give back to a country that had already given me so many opportunities to learn, grow and succeed. When I made the choice to serve, I knew that death was a part of war. But nothing really prepares you for it. I lost 50% of my lower left calf, lost hearing in my left ear, was in the hospital for 2.5 years and had 33 surgeries, but seeing the bodies of my fallen friends hurt more than the injuries I suffered in the explosion. It was the worst moment of my life. My team of fellow survivors and I wouldn't reunite until 2015, on the night before Veterans Day. As I write in my new book, "8 Seconds of Courage," the pain of losing friends in battle never subsides. Over a few beers later that night, Brink -- the first soldier to spot the suicide bomber -- pulled me aside to share that one of the soldiers in our group was still having a hard time speaking about the events of that day. After we asked the soldier how he was doing, he eventually decided not to participate in the next day's marathon interview session. More than three years after the suicide bombing, my Army brother was still hurting deeply inside, which made sharing his story with strangers very difficult. It reminded me that so many combat veterans, including myself, grapple with these types of emotions daily. I received the Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama on November 12, 2015. What made the ceremony so special was that my fellow Afghanistan veterans and -- most importantly -- the families of my fallen military brothers were able to join us at the White House. For me, the meaning of Veterans Day changed forever on August 8, 2012. It is a day to honor all who have served, like my four fallen friends and fellow veterans like Brink and my medic, Spc. Daniel Balderrama, who helped save my life. It is also a day to thank their families, who often sacrifice every bit as much as the man or woman who deploys. Sixteen years after the US-led coalition's invasion of Afghanistan, I believe America has found a new "Greatest Generation." Without taking anything away from the patriots who fought in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm and other conflicts, the current all-volunteer force will likely be forced to shoulder at least two decades of constant war. When I made my decision to serve on 9/11, a future warrior was sitting in kindergarten or preschool, too young to comprehend the horrors of terrorists flying planes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field. Today, that young man or woman is following in the footsteps of my teammates in Afghanistan and other global hot spots. All Americans have a sacred duty to not only spotlight the sacrifices of fallen heroes, Gold Star families, and veterans, but also to thank the next Greatest Generation of vets. Without their willingness to step forward in wartime, we would be at the mercy of enemies much like the evil men who murdered my uncle and stole my friends from their loved ones. Those of us who have experienced war firsthand also have a responsibility to honor and nurture the brave men and women who are still fighting. After all, to slightly modify the powerful words of Maj. Tom Kennedy: We are veterans, and this is what we do.
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433 In a night of many firsts, several minority and LGBT candidates won local elections that echoed the blue wave in which Democrats won races large and small. Two openly transgender candidates won races as well as the first Sikh mayor in New Jersey and first African-American mayors in major cities. First openly transgender state lawmaker elected in Virginia Danica Roem defeated incumbent delegate Bob Marshall, who had been elected 13 times over 26 years, for a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates. When Roem takes office, she will be the first openly transgender candidate to be elected and serve in a state legislative body. Althea Garrison, elected in Massachusetts, was the first openly transgender person to serve in a state legislature, but did not campaign as an openly transgender person during her race in 1992. The race between Roem and Marshall to represent Virginia's 13th district, which encompasses Prince William County and Manassas Park, had been rooted in ideological opposites. Marshall had been at odds with LGBT issues and had proposed a state bill in 2015 that would allow anyone who has a license with the state to refuse services to gay people and earlier this year introduced a bill to restrict transgender people's access to public restrooms, CNN local affiliates reported. During the campaign, Marshall refused to use Roem's correct pronouns. Roem was open about her gender identity and had backing from LGBT groups. "To every person who has ever been singled out, who has ever been stigmatized, who has ever been the misfit, who's ever been the kid in the corner, who's ever needed someone to stand up for them when they didn't have a voice of their own because there is no one else with them, this one is for you," she told her supporters Tuesday night. Prior to running for office, Roem worked as a journalist. First openly transgender person of color elected to public office Andrea Jenkins won a seat in the Minneapolis City Council to represent the city's 8th ward, the Star Tribune reported. She won more than 70% of the votes, the newspaper reported. Jenkins had served as a senior policy aide to two Ward 8 city council members. She touted more than 25 years of public service experience as a policy aide, nonprofit executive director, consultant and employment specialist on her website. She also described herself as a poet, writer and performer. First Sikh mayor elected in New Jersey Hoboken voters chose Ravinder Bhalla, who became the first Sikh mayor to be elected in the state of New Jersey. Bhalla, who had served in the Hoboken City Council for two terms was backed by the city's mayor Dawn Zimmer, who decided not to seek another term. "Thank you Hoboken. I look forward to being your Mayor!" Bhalla tweeted on Tuesday night. Bhalla was born and raised in New Jersey. After finishing law school, he moved to Hoboken to work at a law firm. He won Tuesday in a six-person race for the mayor's seat. The race had become divisive recently as campaign fliers popped up with a picture of Bhalla in his turban that read "Don't let TERRORISM take over our town," reported NJ.com. First lesbian mayor elected in Seattle Jenny Durkan is projected to win the mayoral race, which would make her the first lesbian mayor in Seattle, reported the Seattle Times. Durkan was born in Seattle and attended law school at the University of Washington. In 2009, she became the nation's first openly gay US Attorney after being appointed by then-President Barack Obama. The mayor's race unexpectedly became wide open earlier this year after former Seattle mayor Ed Murray ended his re-election bid and resigned amid accusations of sexual abuse. Provo's first female mayor Michelle Kaufusi became the first woman elected mayor in the 157-year history of Provo, the third-largest city in Utah, on Tuesday night. She had 3,601 votes to Sherrie Hall Everett's 2,695 votes, according to Utah County election results. Kaufusi replaces John Curtis, Provo's current mayor, who successfully ran for the US House seat that was left open when former congressman Jason Chaffetz resigned in June. Kaufusi was born and raised in Provo, attended Brigham Young University and served as the president of the Provo City Board of Education, according to her campaign bio. She ran on a platform of leadership and fiscal responsibility. Here are some more historical firsts from Election Day: Vi Lyles became the first black woman to be elected mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina. Kathy Tran became the first Asian-American woman to be elected to the Virginia House of Delegates. Zachary DeWolf became Seattle's first openly gay school board member. Melvin Carter III was elected St. Paul's first mayor of color.
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456 President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to North Korea during his address Wednesday to South Korea's National Assembly. Read Trump's speech, as recorded by the Federal Document Clearing House: TRUMP: Assembly Speaker Chung, distinguished members of this assembly, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the extraordinary privilege to speak in this great chamber, and to address your people on behalf of the great people of the United States of America. In our short time in your country, Melania and I have been awed by its ancient, modern wonders, and we are deeply moved by the warmth of your welcome. Last night, President and Mrs. Moon showed us incredible hospitality in a beautiful reception at the Blue House. We had productive discussions on increasing military cooperation and improving the trade relationship between our nations on the principle of fairness and reciprocity. Through this entire visit, it has been both our pleasure and our honor to create and celebrate a long friendship between the United States and the Republic of Korea. This alliance between our nations was forged in the crucible of war and strengthened by the trials of history. From the Inchon landings to Pork Chop Hill, American and South Korean soldiers have fought together, sacrificed together, and triumphed together. Almost 67 years ago, in the spring of 1951, they recaptured what remained of this city, where we are gathered so proudly today. It was the second time in a year that our combined forces took on steep casualties to retake this capital from the Communists. Over the next weeks and months, the men soldiered through steep mountains and bloody, bloody battles. Driven back at times, they willed their way north to form the line that today divides the oppressed and the free. And there, American and South Korean troops have remained together holding that line for nearly seven decades. (APPLAUSE) By the time the armistice was signed in 1953, more than 36,000 Americans had died in the Korean War, with more than 100,000 others very badly wounded. They are heroes, and we honor them. We also honor and remember the terrible price the people of your country paid for their freedom. You lost hundreds of thousands of brave soldiers and countless innocent civilians in that gruesome war. Much of this great city of Seoul was reduced to rubble. Large portions of the country were scarred severely, severely hurt by this horrible war. The economy of this nation was demolished. But as the entire world knows, over the next two generations, something miraculous happened on the southern half of this peninsula. Family by family, city by city, the people of South Korea built this country into what is today one of the great nations of the world. And I congratulate you. (APPLAUSE) In less than one lifetime, South Korea climbed from total devastation to among the wealthiest nations on Earth. Today your economy is more than 350 times larger than what it was in 1960. Trade has increased 1,900 times. Life expectancy has risen from just 53 years to more than 82 years today. Like Korea, and since my election exactly one year ago today, I celebrate with you. (APPLAUSE) The United States is going through something of a miracle itself. Our stock market is at an all-time high. Unemployment is at a 17-year low. We are defeating ISIS. We are strengthening our judiciary, including a brilliant Supreme Court justice, and on and on and on. Currently stationed in the vicinity of this peninsula are the three largest aircraft carriers in the world, loaded to the maximum with magnificent F-35 and F-18 fighter jets. In addition, we have nuclear submarines appropriately positioned. The United States under my administration is completely rebuilding its military and is spending hundreds of billions of dollars to the newest and finest military equipment anywhere in the world being built right now. I want peace through strength. (APPLAUSE) We are helping the Republic of Korea far beyond what any other country has ever done. And in the end, we will work things out far better than anybody understands or can even appreciate. I know that the Republic of Korea, which has become a tremendously successful nation, will be a faithful ally of the United States very long into the future. (APPLAUSE) What you have built is truly an inspiration. Your economic transformation was linked to a political one. The proud sovereign and independent people of your nation demanded the right to govern themselves. You secured free parliamentary elections in 1988, the same year you hosted your first Olympics. Soon after, you elected your first civilian president in more than three decades. And when the republic you won faced financial crisis, you lined up by the millions to give your most prized possessions -- your wedding rings, heirlooms and gold "luck" keys to restore the promise of a better future for your children. (APPLAUSE) Your wealth is measured in more than money. It is measured in achievements of the mind and achievements of spirit. Over the last several decades, your scientists have -- engineers -- and engineered so many magnificent things. You've pushed the boundaries of technology, pioneered miraculous medical treatments, and emerged as leaders in unlocking the mysteries of our universe. Korean authors penned roughly 40,000 books this year. Korean musicians fill concert halls all around the world. Young Korean students graduate from college at the highest rates of any country. And Korean golfers are some of the best on Earth. (APPLAUSE) In fact -- and you know what I'm going to say -- the women's U.S. Open was held this year at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey... (APPLAUSE) ... and it just happened to be won by a great Korean golfer, Sung Hyun Park, and eight of the top 10 players were from Korea. And the top four golfers -- one, two, three, four -- the top four were from Korea. Congratulations. (APPLAUSE) Congratulations. Now, that's something. That is really something. Here in Seoul, architectural wonders, like the 63 Building and the Lotte World Tower -- very beautiful -- grace the sky and house the workers of many growing industries. Your citizens now help to feed the hungry, fight terrorism, and solve problems all over the world. And in a few months, you will host the world and you will do a magnificent job at the 23rd Olympic Winter Games. Good luck. (APPLAUSE) The Korean miracle extends exactly as far as the armies of free nations advanced in 1953. Twenty-five miles to the north, there it stops. It all comes to an end, dead stop. The flourishing ends and the prison state of North Korea, sadly, begins. Workers in North Korea labor grueling hours in unbearable conditions for almost no pay. Recently, the entire working population was ordered to work for 70 days straight or else pay for a day of rest. Families live in homes without plumbing, and fewer than half have electricity. Parents bribe teachers in hopes of saving their sons and daughters from forced labor. More than a million North Koreans died of famine in the 1990s, and more continue to die of hungry today. Among children under the age of 5, nearly 30 percent of afflicted and are afflicted by stunted growth due to malnutrition. And yet, in 2012 and 2013, the regime spent an estimated $200 million, or almost half the money that it allocated to improve living standards for its people, to instead build even more monuments, towers, and statues to glorify its dictators. What remains of the meager harvest of the North Korean economy is distributed according to perceived loyalty to a twisted regime. Far from valuing its people as equal citizens, this cruel dictatorship measures them, scores them, and ranks them based on the most arbitrary indications of their allegiance to the state. Those who score the highest in loyalty may live in the capital city. Those who score the lowest starve. A small infraction by one citizen, such as accidentally staining a picture of the tyrant printed in a discarded newspaper, can wreck the social credit rank of his entire family for many decades. An estimated 100,000 North Koreans suffer in gulags, toiling in forced labor, and enduring torture, starvation, rape, and murder on a constant basis. In one known instance, a nine-year-old boy was imprisoned for 10 years because his grandfather was accused of treason. In another, a student was beaten in school for forgetting a single detail about the life of Kim Jong-un. Soldiers have kidnapped foreigners and forced them to work as language tutors for North Korean spies. In the part of Korea that was a stronghold for Christianity before the war, Christians and other people of faith who are found praying or holding a religious book of any kind are now detained, tortured, and, in many cases, even executed. North Korean women are forced to abort babies that are considered ethnically inferior. And if these babies are born, the newborns are murdered. One woman's baby born to a Chinese father was taken away in a bucket. The guard said it did not deserve to live because it was impure. So why would China feel an obligation to help North Korea? The horror of life in North Korea is so complete that citizens pay bribes to government officials to have themselves exported aboard as slaves. They would rather be slaves than live in North Korea. To attempt to flee is a crime punishable by death. One person who escaped remarked, "When I think about it now, I was not a human being. I was more like an animal. Only after leaving North Korea did I realize what life was supposed to be." And so, on this peninsula, we have watched the results of a tragic experiment in a laboratory of history. It is a tale of one people, but two Koreas. One Korea in which the people took control of their lives and their country and chose a future of freedom and justice, of civilization and incredible achievement, and another Korea in which leaders imprison their people under the banner of tyranny, fascism, and oppression. The results of this experiment are in, and they are totally conclusive. When the Korean War began in 1950, the two Koreas were approximately equal in GDP per capita. But by the 1990s, South Korea's wealth had surpassed North Korea's by more than 10 times. And today, the South's economy is over 40 times larger. So you started the same a short while ago, and now you're 40 times larger. You're doing something right. Considering the misery wrought by the North Korean dictatorship, it is no surprise that it has been forced to take increasingly desperate measures to prevent its people from understanding this brutal contrast. Because the regime fears the truth above all else, it forbids virtually all contact with the outside world. Not just my speech today, but even the most commonplace facts of South Korean life are forbidden knowledge to the Nor
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479 As voters head to the polls on Tuesday, state and local officials are working with the federal government to monitor any potential cybersecurity issues on the first major Election Day since the 2016 election. While experts do not believe any interference with actual voting occurred last year, Russian efforts to meddle in the election -- in part through hacking emails and some probing of election-related systems at the state level -- have fueled a national conversation about the cybersecurity of elections. The Department of Homeland Security has taken the lead for the federal government in helping shore up election systems, which are managed at the state and local level. "We are working closely with officials in Virginia and New Jersey and other states and will have cybersecurity advisers embedded with state officials and with direct lines to DHS' National Cybersecurity Communications Integration Center throughout the day today," spokesman Scott McConnell told CNN in an email. "We continue to offer state and local governments our cybersecurity services, including cyber hygiene scans of Internet-facing systems and onsite risk and vulnerability assessments. " Virginia and New Jersey have high-profile gubernatorial elections, but voters across the country are casting ballots in other state and local races. Despite the intelligence community's assessment last year that Moscow was engaged in efforts to meddle in US elections, in part by cyber means, experts have long noted that it would be near impossible to alter the outcome of a national election by hacking. The myriad state and local offices that manage elections provide an element of decentralization, and voting machines are not connected to the Internet. Most also produce a paper trail for auditing purposes. Still, the experience has heightened concerns -- and tensions -- between state officials and DHS over adequately protecting against possible threats, especially when a few votes could swing a small local election. Multiple state officials complained to DHS, for example, that they publicly announced that 21 states were the target of hacking attempts in 2016 without notifying states if they were included until nearly a year later. McConnell said DHS has worked to improve communication since last year. "We've done a lot since last year in terms of building relationships and establishing information sharing mechanisms," McConnell said. "Just last month, the first government coordinating council for the election infrastructure was convened." Still, DHS is not scoring top marks for its ability to share critical cybersecurity information. Last week, the department's inspector general published a report saying that progress has been slow after a 2015 law designed to enhance DHS information sharing on cybersecurity with the private sector, saying "the system DHS currently uses (for that process) does not provide the quality, contextual data needed to effectively defend against ever-evolving threats." Earlier this fall, Virginia moved to decertify all of its paperless elections equipment. "Our No. 1 priority is to make sure that Virginia elections are carried out in a secure and fair manner," State Board of Elections Chairman James Alcorn said in a statement.
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495 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/07/health/trauma-surgeons-mass-casualties/index.html">When the hospital looks like a 'war zone'</a>
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502 "The question is not if something is going to come," said Dr. Mayur Narayan, a trauma surgeon who treated victims of the truck attack in New York last week. "The question is when." "We're seeing it all around us. We're seeing it in Vegas. We're seeing it in Texas. These things are now unfortunately part of our reality -- our sad reality," added Narayan, an attending surgeon at Weill Cornell Medical Center in the Division of Trauma, Burns, Critical and Acute Care Surgery. He remembers a time when mass casualty events were a "one-off." Now, incidents like the shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, this week are putting hospitals, first responders and everyday people on high alert. About 20 victims of the Texas shooting were transported to at least three hospitals in and around San Antonio, Freeman Martin of the Texas Department of Public Safety said Sunday. "We are now in an era when you can't just go about your business without being aware of your surroundings," Narayan said. "This is now forcing us as trauma centers to really start to think about, what is our active shooter plan? What is our mass casualty plan?" Two of the five deadliest mass shootings in modern American history happened this year, within 35 days of each other. Of the 30 deadliest shootings since 1949, 18 have occurred in the past decade. Surgeons like Narayan are no strangers to the chaos of the trauma bay: the uncontrolled bleeding, the patients getting chest compressions as they're being rolled in. But for some, it's the sheer amount of carnage that's unprecedented. "We deal with blood a lot, but we don't deal with this magnitude of blood loss all at once," said Dr. Scott Scherr, medical director for the emergency department at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, which accepted more than 200 patients last month after a gunman fired repeatedly into a concert crowd in Las Vegas. In a busy week, the Sunrise emergency room might see six or seven shooting victims, Scherr previously told CNN. But that night, the ER was flooded with hundreds. Doctors and nurses color-coded the deluge of patients: red for dying. Those patients were sent to trauma bays or operating rooms. Yellow meant life-threatening injuries, but the patient had an hour or so to live. They could wait. Green was for walking wounded. One of Scherr's colleagues, a doctor who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan, told him it was like "something you would see in a war zone." Element of surprise Describing the hospital as a "war zone," whether intentional or not, says something about how trauma centers have been trained to respond in these situations, as experts have pointed out. "We have unfortunately learned many lessons from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq," Narayan said. "We learn from our soldiers' experience." The military has influenced much of how civilian doctors respond to trauma events, such as transporting victims, controlling hemorrhage and dealing with blood transfusions. Narayan, who has trained medics from various branches of the military, said the information they've brought back has saved lives. "We're giving them skills that will save lives on battlefield. At the same time, the battlefield is teaching us." But there's one key difference, he added: "In the military, there's an anticipation." In civilian mass casualties, there's "the element of surprise." Narayan, however, wasn't new to the sudden influx of patients last week, when one man hit multiple bystanders with a rented truck in lower Manhattan. In 2015, he was working at the Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore when riots broke out over the death of Freddie Gray. "I drew on that experience" to effectively mobilize the team in New York, he said. But many in the hospital hadn't seen anything like it. Narayan and his colleagues tried to build teams in which some members had experience handling a mass casualty incident. They mobilized dozens and dozens of people, from nurses and administrators to janitors, who had minutes to clean the trauma bays before the next set of patients arrived. But it's not just hospital staff who have suddenly found themselves in the midst of a mass casualty response, he said. Everyday people have been thrust into action before first responders arrive on the scene. After the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, runners tore off their shirts to make tourniquets. In Las Vegas, some people ran back into harm's way to shield the wounded, load them into trucks and transport them to the hospital. "It's now no longer run, hide, fight -- it's run, hide, fight, help," said Dr. Alexander Eastman, a trauma surgeon and police lieutenant in Dallas. Eastman, the medical director in chief at the Rees-Jones Trauma Center at Parkland, added, "If you looked at Vegas, very few of those people were initially treated by traditional medical providers, because bystanders ... are on the scene taking care of people." Eastman was one of the original experts who advised the White House in creating what became the Stop the Bleed campaign, an effort launched in 2015 to engage bystanders in preventing death from blood loss. "We've got to give (people) the training and the equipment they need to do that well." The debrief "This is a fraternity no one wants to be a part of," Eastman said, echoing a similar comment from Orlando's chief medical examiner, Dr. Joshua Stephany, who was at the scene of a 2016 mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub hours after a gunman killed dozens of people. Eastman responded to two major active shooters in two years: a 2015 attack on the Dallas Police Department, where he's lead medical officer, and a sniper attack on police officers at a protest last year. After the second shooting, he received a call from Our Lady of the Lake hospital in Baton Rouge when there was another shooting in that city. They asked him to say a few words at their hospital debriefing and pray with them. "There's a growing fraternity of us who have dealt with these who find support in talking to each other about what we went through," he said. "Even to this day, 15 months later." Narayan said that "when your adrenaline's running," the trauma team's training kicks in, and they come together for patients. But they sometimes overlook the psychological impact on themselves, long after their patients have been stabilized and discharged. The moments that stick with Narayan aren't just the tense moments from the operating room but rather the moments when he had to tell family members about their loved ones. "There are cases that we are just not going to be able to save," he said. Speaking as both an officer and a doctor, Eastman said, "we train our whole lives to care for other people. "When I think about the toll that it takes on you, it's real."
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525 Ten people have been arrested after a joint anti-terror operation by French and Swiss police, CNN affiliate BFMTV reported Tuesday. Two of the suspects were arrested on suspicion of having links to ISIS, according to the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland. The two -- a 27-year-old Swiss man and a 23-year-old Colombian woman -- had been on the radar of Swiss authorities, the office said. France ended a state of emergency last week, replacing it with a controversial security law. The new measure allows police additional powers to search properties as well as close mosques or other locations suspected of being used for preaching hatred. The move came two years after a state of emergency was first introduced in the aftermath of the Paris terror attack in November 2015 that killed 130 people.
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541 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/07/africa/zimbabwe-mugabe-vice-president-mnangagwa/index.html">Robert Mugabe fires Zimbabwe's VP, paves way for wife to succeed him</a>
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548 Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has fired his longtime ally and vice president, potentially clearing the way for his wife, Grace Mugabe, to take the role and eventually succeed her 93-year-old husband. Mugabe accused Emmerson Mnangagwa of "disloyalty, disrespect, deceitfulness and unreliability," according to a press statement issued by Zimbabwe's Information Minister Simon Khaya-Moyo. Mnangagwa's removal means Grace Mugabe is expected to be appointed vice president at a special congress of the ruling Zanu-PF party next month. "The First Lady is well-positioned to fill the (role) of Vice President and has significant support from the Zanu-PF party machinery," says Tinashe Jakwa, a Southern Africa analyst at the African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP). However, the party's constitution does not currently allow for a female to take the vice presidency, so this would first need to be amended, although provincial councils have expressed their willingness to make these changes. In August, Grace Mugabe was accused of assaulting a model, Gabriella Engels, with an electric cord in South Africa, but was allowed to return home to Zimbabwe after the South African government approved her request for diplomatic immunity. Mugabe has potential competition for the vice presidency. Minister for Defense Sydney Sekeramayi is "believed to be a contender for the vice presidency and is considered a dark horse in the succession drama," Jakwa says. "His elevation to the VP post would be a strategic move to curb perceptions of a Mugabe dynasty." Political wrongdoing Robert Mugabe has long been criticized for corruption and abuse of power. In 2000, he ordered white farmers to give up their land, and two years after that the EU and the US imposed targeted sanctions on Mugabe and some senior ZANU-PF party members after widespread reports of human rights violations. That year he was re-elected to another six-year presidential term amid charges of fraud and state-sponsored-terrorism. The years that followed the land grabs saw Zimbabweans endure the country's worst famine in 60 years, while the rights organization Human Rights Watch accused Mugabe's Zanu-PF party of using starvation as a tool for the regime's support among Zimbabweans. The World Health Organization came under fire last month after selecting the nonagenarian leader -- who has ruled Zimbabwe since 1980 with little opposition -- as a goodwill ambassador. Public disapproval, however, prompted WHO's director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, to say on Twitter that he was "rethinking" the decision.
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564 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/06/us/what-is-terrorism-definition-trnd/index.html">The New York attack was labeled 'terrorism.' The Texas shooting wasn't. Here's why</a>
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571 A man in a rented pickup truck mows down people on a busy bicycle path near the World Trade Center. Eight people are killed, and the attack is almost immediately called an act of terror. A man armed with a rifle storms into a Texas church during Sunday morning service and starts firing. More than two dozen people are killed, but investigators don't call it terrorism. Why are some violent acts labeled terrorism and others not? And does it even matter? What's terrorism? It's understandable that the New York truck attack -- the deadliest terror attack in New York since 9/11 -- was called terrorism. The suspect, Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, said he was inspired by ISIS, and other ISIS sympathizers have used vehicle-ramming attacks overseas to kill scores of people in recent years. But armed terrorists around the world have also charged into public spaces, firing indiscriminately at innocent people, just like Devin Kelley did when he killed more than 26 people Sunday at the First Baptist Church in tiny Sutherland Springs, Texas. The massacre -- the worst in Texas' history and the fifth-worst in modern American history -- killed about 4% of the town's population. At a news conference Monday, Christopher Combs, special agent in charge of the San Antonio division of the FBI, said "at this time we don't have a terrorism investigation open." So why isn't the Texas church shooting being called an act of terror? Part of the confusion stems from the fact that the world has never really settled on a standard definition of "terrorism." The US Code of Federal Regulations defines it as "the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives." But it is not a standalone criminal charge. "There is not a domestic terrorism crime as such," FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a Senate hearing in September. "We in the FBI refer to domestic terrorism as a category but it's more of a way in which we allocate which agents, which squad is going to work on it." So once again, it all comes down to motive. Was there a political or ideological agenda behind the attack? In another example, from March of this year, a white man named James Harris Jackson stabbed to death a black man in New York and said he did so as a "practice" run for more killings of black people. Jackson was charged with murder in the second degree as a hate crime. But Jackson also faces a terrorism charge in the case -- murder as an act of terrorism in the first and second degrees. According to police, Jackson, a Baltimore resident, said he traveled to New York because it is the media capital of the world and he wanted to make a statement. That was enough to convince the Manhattan District Attorney that Jackson should be charged with terrorism. "James Jackson prowled the streets of New York for three days in search of a black person to assassinate in order to launch a campaign of terrorism against our Manhattan community and the values we celebrate," he said. What's not terrorism? Some attacks, at first glance, seem like they should be labeled terrorism. But they're not. Just a month ago Stephen Paddock smashed two windows on an upper floor at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas and fired on thousands of people at a country music festival below. He killed 58 people in the worst mass shooting in modern American history. But neither President Trump nor investigators called that an act of terror. Trump called Paddock a "sick man, demented man," but did not answer reporters' questions at the White House about whether he committed an act of domestic terror. "We have to establish what his motivation was first," Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said at the time. The investigation, which is ongoing, has so far not discovered a motive for Paddock's violent rampage. Think back to Dylann Roof and the killing of nine people at historically black Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in June 2015. Roof, a white supremacist, said he killed the nine attendees of a Bible study at the Charleston, South Carolina, church because he wanted to start a race war. He was convicted of hate crimes and sentenced to death, but never charged with terrorism. That's despite an outcry from many who said what Roof did was, in their eyes, the textbook definition of terrorism. In an CNN Digital opinion piece, CNN National Security Analyst Peter Bergen wondered what the US would have called the attack if Roof had been a Muslim. "But do the thought experiment: If this attack on the church in Charleston had been conducted by a Muslim man shouting 'Allahu Akbar,' what is already a big news story would have become even bigger, as it would appear to fit so well into the political and media narrative that Muslim militants are the major terrorist problem in the United States," Bergen wrote. His comments get at what some observers have been saying for years -- some acts of violence are only labeled terrorism if the attacker is dark-skinned and Muslim. "There's a danger that we only use the word 'terrorism' to refer to a particular racial profile of perpetrator," said Andrew Mumford with the Center for Conflict, Security and Terrorism. "The Charleston example is a really important one ... Sometimes (the label) terrorism is not used when the nationality of the perpetrator does not fit conventional stereotypes." Does it matter what you call it? There are legal distinctions to calling an act of violence a hate crime or terrorism. And because labeling something as terrorism has legal ramifications, it is not applied lightly. Federal officials work with a very specific definition of when something is an act of domestic terrorism. It has to have three characteristics: an act that takes place in the United States, that's dangerous to human life, and is intended to intimidate civilians or affect government policy by "mass destruction, assassination or kidnapping." Consider the Fort Hood shooting in 2009. To the victims at the Texas base, it was an act of terror, when Maj. Nidal Hassan opened fire on his fellow service members, killing 13 people. But again, even though the attack met some of the criteria, federal authorities never used the terrorism label. Avoiding the label made it easier for them to pursue the death penalty. At the end of the day, does it really matter if something is or isn't labeled a hate crime or an act of terror? The pain and anguish felt by the survivors of such violence and the victims' families is just as unbearable ... no matter what you call it.
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587 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/06/middleeast/saudi-foreign-minister-interview/index.html">Missile attack 'an act of war' by Iran, Saudi Foreign Minister says</a>
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594 Saudi Arabia regards the failed ballistic missile attack on Riyadh's international airport Saturday as an act of war by Iran and will take "appropriate" measures when the time is right, the country's Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed al-Jubeir told CNN Monday. Yemen's Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for firing the projectile on Saturday, which was intercepted by Saudi defense forces before it hit the ground. Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies accuse Iran of providing material support to the rebels. "It was an Iranian missile, launched by Hezbollah, from territory occupied by the Houthis in Yemen," al-Jubeir told CNN, referring to Shia militias in Lebanon and Yemen closely allied to Tehran. "We see this as an act of war," he said. "Iran can not lob missiles at Saudi cities and towns and expect us not to take steps," he added, citing article 51 of the UN Charter whereby a nation can act if an armed attack occurs against it. Al-Jubeir said the missile was made in Iran and smuggled in parts into Yemen, where he claimed "operatives from the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah" helped put it back together again and then launch it. "We reserve the right to respond in the appropriate manner at the appropriate time," said the softly-spoken career diplomat. He declined to say what those measures against Iran might be. "This is a very, very hostile act," he said. "We have been extending our hand to Iran since 1979 in friendship, and what we get back is death and destruction." Earlier Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi described Saudi claims about Tehran's involvement as "false, irresponsible, destructive and provocative," the Iranian news agency Tasnim reported. CNN spoke to al-Jubeir -- who was the Saudi ambassador to the United States before becoming Foreign Minister -- after an extraordinary series of events at the weekend that began with the resignation of the Lebanese Prime Minister from the Saudi capital and ended with the detainment of a large group of high-profile Saudi princes and ministers on corruption charges, along with other officials and prominent businessmen. Saudi to close ports and borders with Yemen Al-Jubeir said Iran could not just "sit there" and expect to get "a free pass" to meddle in countries in the region, citing Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Bahrain. He added that Saturday's missile was similar to one fired from Yemen in July that was shot down close to the Saudi city of Mecca, a month before the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Islam's holiest site. Al-Jubeir confirmed to CNN on Monday that his country was closing its ports and borders with Yemen to stop Iranian penetration of the Kingdom. He insisted however that humanitarian aid would still make it through to the millions of people suffering from malnutrition and cholera brought on by the years-long proxy war between the Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia. "Our objective is to increase the flow of humanitarian assistance in Yemen, but do it in such a way that Iran and its militias and its proxies cannot use that access in order to smuggle weapons and technology that can be re-assembled into missiles in Yemen, that will then be used against us and against the Yemeni people," he said. Al-Jubeir: Hezbollah calling shots in Lebanon With regard to Hariri's bombshell resignation Saturday, al-Jubeir said: "It is very clear that Hezbollah is undercutting him at every turn, that it is doing Iran's bidding, that the Lebanese political system became paralyzed, that the issue of a government that could act independently was a sham, it was Hezbollah who were calling the shots, and he basically said enough is enough." The Saudi Foreign Minister said that as a dual passport holder with both Saudi and Lebanese citizenship, Hariri would be able to leave the Kingdom if he so chooses. Lebanon's Interior Minister said Monday he expected Hariri to return in a few days. Saudi Arabia's 'zero tolerance policy' on corruption Al-Jubeir also described as "nonsense" speculation that Saturday's shock arrests of princes and ministers on corruption charges amounted to a grab for power and a purge of opponents by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The Kingdom has a "zero tolerance policy on terrorism" and now, also "a zero tolerance policy on corruption," al-Jubeir said. "I assure you that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia takes very, very seriously the issue of corruption, waste, and mismanagement." "There is a reason why everybody was brought in or detained and will be questioned and will be investigated and these have to do with the commission. I'm sure when the investigations are complete that people will know what the reasons are." Al-Jubeir said the arrests were in line with the Kingdom's plans to diversify the economy and modernize society by 2030 and achieve economic growth, rejecting suggestions that the detentions could put off potential investors. "We want investors to have confidence in our system," he said. "We want companies to know that when they come to compete in Saudi Arabia they will compete fair and square with any other company and not be subject to people using their influence or their position in order to extract better deals."
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617 As he approaches the first anniversary of his election victory over Hillary Clinton, President Donald Trump's approval ratings have hit historic lows. According to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, 59% disapprove of Trump's handling of the presidency — the worst of any president at nine months in office since modern polling began. Of those who disapprove, 50% say they do so strongly. Only 37% of those polled approve of Trump's performance in office. Trump is the first president since Harry Truman to see a net-negative approval at this point in his term, according to The Washington Post. Former President Bill Clinton had the next worst, with a net positive of 11 points. A record percentage of respondents (65%) do not think that Trump is "honest and trustworthy," up from 58% in April 2017, while a third say he does have these characteristics. Two-thirds say they do not think Trump "has the kind of personality and temperament it takes to serve effectively as president." Expectations for Trump's presidency have also dropped significantly since before he took office in January. Prior to his inauguration, 61% thought he'd do an excellent or good job on the economy, while only 44% feel he is doing that well now. Fifty-six percent expected he'd do good work dealing with terrorism, while only 43% say he is doing so now. Expectations on his handling of race relations have dropped 12%; on improving the health care system, they've dropped by 18%. A majority of those polled think Trump has accomplished "little or nothing" during his first nine months in office. Less than four in 10 respondents believe he has kept most of his major campaign promises. Fifty-three percent say America's leadership in the world has gotten weaker under Trump, while 26% say it has gotten stronger, and 20% say it has remained the same. As Trump begins his five-country trip through Asia, where much of the conversation is expected to center on countering North Korea's nuclear threat, only about a third (32%) say they trust him to handle the issue responsibly; 51% have no trust in him at all on North Korea and another 16% say they trust him "just some." As special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into allegations of collusion between the Russian government and members of Trump's team intensifies, a majority (58%) approve of Mueller's handling of the investigation; 28% disapprove. Meanwhile, 68% say they approve of the charges against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. A majority (51%) do not believe the President is cooperating with the Mueller investigation; 37% say he is. Trump has said he does not intend to fire Mueller. Regarding the charges against Manafort, former campaign staffer Rick Gates, and former campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, 53% think they represent broader wrongdoing in the Trump campaign; 28% say they show wrongdoing only from those three individuals and 19% have no opinion. Manafort and Gates both pleaded not guilty to their charges, while Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the FBI. A little less than half of respondents (49%) think Trump "committed a crime in connection with possible Russian attempts to influence the election," but only 19% of that group think there is "solid evidence" of such a crime; 30% say their belief is based on suspicion only. 44% think it is unlikely that the President committed a crime.
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633 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/05/world/iraq-suicide-attack/index.html">Suicide bombers target mosque in Kirkuk, Iraq</a>
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640 Two suicide bombers struck the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Sunday. The bombers targeted a Shiite mosque on Atlas Street, according to Gen. Saad Maan, a spokesman for Iraq's Interior Ministry. At least one person was killed and 16 others were wounded, Maan said in a statement. However, health and security officials in Kirkuk said at least six people were killed and 14 others were wounded in the twin bombing in the oil-rich city. No group has claimed responsibility for Sunday attack. It is the first such attack after Iraqi security forces took direct control of the strategic city last month after it was under Kurdish forces' control for three years. The Kurds had gained control of the city after Iraqi government forces abandoned it during ISIS' offensive in 2014. Kirkuk is about 270 kilometers (168 miles) north of Baghdad.
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656 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/05/us/nyc-marathon-runners-resilience/index.html">NYC marathon runners stay the course, despite last week's terror attack</a>
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663 Runners showed up on Sunday morning to race in the TCS New York City Marathon, which went ahead as planned despite last week's terror attack -- the worst in the city since September 11, 2001. On Tuesday, officials say, Sayfullo Saipov, a 29-year-old Uzbek living in New Jersey, drove a truck down a Manhattan bike path near the World Trade Center before slamming into a school bus. On Thursday, Saipov was charged with federal terrorism offenses in the attack that left eight people dead and a dozen others wounded. In the days since, city and state officials have assured attendees of Sunday's marathon that the event would be safe, and they ramped up security. "You'll have thousands of officers on duty this weekend," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a news conference on Saturday. "But I want to stress, this is just a precautionary measure. We have no information that points to any issues." A record number of city sand trucks and New York Police Department blocker vehicles were scheduled to line the roadways to protect pedestrians, police Chief Carlos Gomez said Friday. The TCS New York City Marathon is expected to draw more than 50,000 runners, who will make their way through five boroughs while 2.5 million spectators cheer them on. "I hear it's the greatest walking tour of New York with 50,000 of your best friends," said Michael Steiner, a 46-year-old from Maplewood, New Jersey, who is participating for the first time on Sunday. Steiner said he feels great, and while the event is just days after last week's attack, he's only worried about one thing. "The trap," he said. "The biggest marathoner's fear is that the adrenaline gets the best of you and you run way too fast in the beginning and get killed at the end." Peter Ciaccia, the president of New York Road Runners, the running club that organizes the marathon, and director of the race, told CNN's Brynn Gingras that Sunday would be a "safe, great day for the city." "This is going to be a celebration of what makes New York City great," Ciaccia said. "The NYPD has been on this, and they're on this every year. They're a great partner of ours, we collaborate very closely with them," he said. "But they're the best in the business. They know what they're doing." 'I won't let fear stop me' The marathon, which boasts a $100,000 prize to the first place male and female winners, attracts people from around the world, whether they be diehard fanatics or casual runners. And those that spoke to CNN echoed Steiner's sentiment. "I can't live my life being afraid of what could happen," said Ursula Forrester, 46, from Rocky Mountain, North Carolina, when asked if she was worried about security after the attack. "The truth of the matter is, those types of things could happen any time, any place." Sunday's race will be her 14th marathon, Forrester said, and the first since she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. "This race has personal meaning to me," she said. "I'm grateful for a chance to do this. I won't let fear stop me." Forrester said she is confident the organizers of the race and local authorities are taking the necessary precautions and security measures to ensure the safety of runners and spectators. It's not worth worrying about a potential terror attack, Forrester said, because that danger could exist anywhere. "I don't want that person and their actions to stop me from living my life and accomplishing the goal that I have: to run the marathon tomorrow." New York marathon a 'beautiful event' Drew Swiss, a veteran runner from Armonk, New York, turned 60 on Saturday. Sunday's race is his 32nd marathon, and his 20th New York marathon. "I felt it was a tragedy," Swiss said of the attack, "but I didn't give it a second thought in regard to the marathon, because the security is pretty intense." Read more: New York City Marathon Fast Facts Swiss knows more about public attacks than the typical runner. He was at the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013, when two brothers carried out a double bombing at the finish line, killing three and injuring at least 264. He had reached mile 25¾, Swiss said, when he came to a "wall full of runners, just stopped in their tracks." "It was a bittersweet moment," Swiss said, remembering that day. "It was a tragedy, but it also brought out the best in people." He recalled how Bostonians opened their doors and sheltered runners, and how some went straight to the hospital to donate blood. "The New York City Marathon is similar," Swiss said, "in the sense that people come from all walks of life, and for one day, everyone's on the same page. It's a really beautiful event." 'I wouldn't hesitate' Remi Chian, a 57-year-old from Brooklyn, only started running four years ago, he said, but he has run about four dozen events. "I just have a passion for the running sport. I run as often as I can, especially with the New York Road Runner races," he said, referring to the running club that organized Sunday's race. He said he was shocked when he heard about last week's attack, but he waited for the facts to be straightened out. But regardless, he feels "safe and confident" about the race. "I wouldn't hesitate," he said. "If you cower before such acts, they pretty much win. So you go about your life and do the best you can."
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679 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/05/world/yemen-suicide-attack/index.html">ISIS claims responsibility for suicide attack in Yemen</a>
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686 A suicide bomber struck security headquarters in the southern port city of Aden on Sunday, killing several people and sparking clashes, Yemeni officials said. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement posted by its Amaq News Agency. At least seven people were killed and 12 were injured in the attack, according to a local security official. The bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the entrance gate to the building, three Yemeni security officials said. Emergency trucks rushed to the scene as smoke billowed in the sky just minutes after the attack. "Fierce clashes between security forces and suspected terrorists escalated after the explosion," a local Aden security official said. The fighting has since subsided, officials said. Regional powers fight proxy war in Yemen Yemen, a troubled nation that borders Saudi Arabia and Oman, is embroiled in a complex civil conflict. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates support the central government in its fight against Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who toppled the internationally recognized leadership there in 2015. Saudi Arabia and its allies joined the war, leading a military operation to support the government, now based in Aden. Saudi Arabia accuses Iran of arming the Houthi rebels, and has been fighting a proxy war in Yemen against Iran. The UN Human Rights Office says thousands have been killed in the escalating violence in the past two years. On Saturday, Saudi Arabia intercepted a ballistic missile fired at its capital by Yemeni rebels. Meanwhile terrorist groups have flourished in the country. Yemen is home to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, considered by US officials to be the most dangerous branch of the terrorist network. Earlier this year, the United Nations' humanitarian chief warned that Yemen was spiraling toward "total social, economic and institutional collapse." Stephen O'Brien, the UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, said the country's citizens face a "triple threat" of "armed conflict, famine, and deadly disease that has already killed, injured, displaced or otherwise affected millions and it will spare no one if it continues unchecked." Yemen's conflict is often called "the silent war" because it receives relatively little attention.
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702 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/04/us/ny-school-bus-survivor-trnd/index.html">Student who survived terror attack gets right back to work</a>
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709 As New York City mourns those killed in Tuesday's terror attack, one young resident has been singled out for his resilience. Noah Salz, 16, was on his way home to Brooklyn when a truck crashed headlong into his school bus. Eight people died and 13 were injured when the truck plowed down a bike path in what authorities say was an ISIS-inspired bid to kill New Yorkers. Sayfullo Saipov, originally from Uzbekistan, is the suspect. The impact mangled the bus, and sent two of its four passengers to the hospital. A video taken by a passerby shows firefighters working to free those trapped. Noah's mother, Kim Salz, said that she first knew something was amiss when she received a call from the high school student on his cell phone. "His voice sounded scared and shaken," she told CNN on Saturday. "He said, 'Mommy, you have to come pick me up from this place.'" Noah had been sitting on the side of the bus opposite the impact, and was unscathed. Another student on the bus, along with the school bus monitor, underwent surgery after the impact and are expected to make a full recovery, according to New York Public Schools. Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina held Noah up as an inspiration. "We all assumed (Noah) would not come back the next day," she said Thursday. "And what he told his mother is he had to go to school because he was working on 100 percent perfect attendance." Salz told CNN that going back to school was indeed Noah's idea. "I said, 'You can stay home today' -- he didn't want to," she said. "He's very diligent about getting his work done." Salz and her son took the subway to school Wednesday morning. "He's starting to digest it," Salz said of Noah's recollection of the attack. "He'll tell me little bits and pieces." She added, "It will take us a while to fully comprehend what happened, and how incredibly lucky Noah was."
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725 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/04/politics/somalia-travel-us-officials/index.html">State Department asks US citizens to leave Somali capital</a>
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732 The State Department on Saturday requested all non-essential US citizen employees leave the Somali capital of Mogadishu due to "specific threat information against U.S. personnel on the Mogadishu International Airport." "The security situation in Somalia is extremely unstable, and the threat to all U.S. citizens in Somalia remains critical," the statement reads. Last month, at least 300 people were confirmed dead after a double car bombing rocked Mogadishu, making it the deadliest attack in Somalia's modern history. Two US citizens were among those killed, a State Department official said. Mogadishu, a large city on the east African nation's coast, has endured high levels of violence for years. Al-Shabaab, an al Qaeda-linked terror group, has carried out several deadly car bomb attacks in recent months.
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748 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/04/middleeast/saudi-arabia-ballistic-missile/index.html">Saudi Arabia intercepts ballistic missile over capital</a>
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755 Yemeni rebels on Saturday targeted an airport in Saudi Arabia's capital with a ballistic missile, according to Yemen's Houthi-controlled Defense Ministry. But the missile was intercepted over northeast Riyadh, the Saudi Ministry of Defense said in a statement carried on government-backed Al-Arabiya television. Yemen's Defense Ministry said the missile attack "shook the Saudi capital" and the operation was successful. The attack was conducted using a Yemeni-made, long-range missile called the Burqan 2H, it said. The Riyadh airport tweeted that it hadn't been affected. "Travelers across King Khalid international airport in Riyadh, we assure you that the movement is going on as normal and usual, and trips going according to time," the airport said on Twitter. Airstrikes later in the day targeted Yemen's capital Sanaa, shaking homes and breaking windows. This is the first night attack on Sanaa in weeks, according to CNN's Hakim al-Masmari from Sanaa. Saudi Arabia has been leading a coalition of states against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who toppled Yemen's internationally recognized government in 2015. The missile launch on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh was the first time the heart of the Saudi capital has been attacked and represents a major escalation of the ongoing war in the region. No injuries The Saudi-led coalition accused a regional state of providing material support to the Houthi rebels, saying the firing of a ballistic missile at Riyadh "threatens the security of the Kingdom and regional and international security," according to a statement carried by Saudi state-TV al-Ekbariya. The coalition didn't name the country. Saudi Arabia has been fighting a proxy war in Yemen against Iran, which it accuses of arming the Houthi rebels. Saudi Arabia has led a military operation in Yemen in support of the internationally recognized government, which was driven out of the capital by the Shiite Houthi rebels and is now based in the southern city of Aden. "This hostile and random act by the Houthis proves that one of the terrorism-supporting countries in the region supports the Houthis," the statement said. The missile was fired at 8:07 p.m. local time (1:07 p.m. ET) and targeted civilian areas in Riyadh, the coalition said. It was intercepted by the Patriot missile defense system, leading to shrapnel falling over an uninhabited area east of the airport, the statement said. There were no injuries, it said. US President Donald Trump praised the US-made Patriot missile defense system. "We make the best military equipment in the world," he said. "... You saw the missile that went out? And our system knocked the missile out of the air. That's how good we are. Nobody makes what we make, and now we're selling it all over the world," Trump told reporters Sunday aboard Air Force One en route to Japan. 'New phase' The UN Human Rights Office has documented 13,829 civilian casualties in Yemen, including 5,110 people killed, from the beginning of the fighting into late August. An airstrike in Sanaa in August destroyed two residential buildings, which a spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition said was an "unintentional accident." An airstrike days earlier destroyed a hotel on the outskirts of Sanaa, leaving dozens dead. "We previously warned that capitals of countries attacking Yemen will not be safe from our ballistic missiles," Houthi spokesman Mohammed AbdulSalam said. "Today's missile attack comes in response to Saudi killing innocent Yemeni civilians." A senior Yemeni air force official told CNN that the claim that Saudi Arabia intercepted the ballistic missile is false. "The Saudi regime cannot hide the heavy fires that was seen by thousands of Saudi nationals in the King Khalid Airport premises as result of the Yemeni missile," the official said. "This is not the end. Saudi cities will be a continuous target. We are entering a new phase," he said.
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771 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/04/africa/zimbabwe-american-citizen-mugabe-tweet/index.html">US woman jailed after tweet called insulting to Zimbabwe ruler</a>
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778 An American woman in Zimbabwe has been sent to prison after reportedly tweeting that President Robert Mugabe -- one of Africa's longest-serving leaders -- is "a selfish and sick man," according to court documents. Accused of subversion, Martha O'Donovan, 25, who works for an satirical video website, was referred to Zimbabwe's highest court Saturday for a bail application, according to court documents released by the group Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights. O'Donovan is the first to be accused of plotting to overthrow the government since last month's creation of a cybersecurity ministry intended to police social media. Her tweet read, "'We are being led by a selfish and sick man," according to the court documents. In the court papers, O'Donovan said, "I deny the allegations being leveled against me as baseless and malicious. That is all I wish to say." She will be held in prison while Zimbabwe's High Court considers her bail status. If convicted of subversion, she faces 20 years in prison. "You have to approach the High Court for bail since you are facing a third-schedule offense," Magistrate Nomsa Sabarauta told O'Donovan during a court appearance Saturday, referring to the most serious category of criminal offenses. O'Donovan showed no emotion at the time of the ruling. Her attorneys unsuccessfully argued that the subversion charge seemed to come as an afterthought. When the Ministry for Cyber Security, Threat Detection and Mitigation was announced last month, presidential spokesman George Charamba told reporters that the new office was intended to "trap all rats" that abused social media. Mugabe has long been criticized for corruption and abuse of power. At 93, he has ruled Zimbabwe since 1980 with little opposition. The World Health Organization came under fire last month after selecting Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador. Public disapproval, however, prompted WHO's director-general, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, to say on Twitter that he was "rethinking" the decision.
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794 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/04/us/ny-terror-attack-suspect-sister/index.html">NY terror suspect planned to return to Uzbekistan, sister says</a>
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801 The younger sister of Sayfullo Saipov, the man suspected of carrying out this week's terror attack in New York, said he had recently expressed his desire to return to his native Uzbekistan. "(He) said he had a wish to come back," said Umida Saipova speaking with CNN in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent. "(He) said he missed us, we would live together upon his return. He started arranging his return." Although he longed to come home, he "had no bad thoughts and expressions about America," she said. Umida Saipova, 27, said she is one of three sisters and was in regular contact with her brother in the United States, though she hasn't seen him in eight years. Those insights come days after officials said Sayfullo Saipov, 29, intentionally drove a rented truck into cyclists and pedestrians on a bike path in Lower Manhattan, killing eight people and injuring about a dozen others. He crashed into a school bus and exited the truck brandishing imitation weapons, and a New York police officer shot him and took him into custody, according to a criminal complaint. Saipov closely followed the ISIS playbook, according to the complaint, and he told investigators the terror group had inspired him to carry out Tuesday's attack. Saipov appeared in federal court Wednesday and didn't enter a plea, a source at the US attorney's office told CNN. He is charged with providing material support to ISIS, violence and destruction of motor vehicles. 'Dumbfounded' Saipov has lived in at least three states since coming to the United States on a diversity lottery visa in 2010, working alternately as a truck driver and Uber driver. Yet friends and family said he had shown few signs of being radicalized. One neighbor in Paterson, New Jersey, described him as a peacemaker who calmed everything down during a disagreement six months ago. Umida Saipova told CNN she is "dumbfounded by what he did." The news was "like a nightmare," she said. "We can't figure out why it happened." Her brother was a busy father whose third child, a son, was born in August. "He went to work, came home, his elder daughter went to school, he brought her there on a bike," the sister said. She said the family had no idea he was radicalized. "He didn't have new friends and only communicated with old friends from Tashkent and colleagues." According to two of her parents' neighbors, police detained their father after the attack. It is not clear for how long. Their mother returned from a visit to the United States in June to see her son. "She noticed no changes, no suspicious signs," Umida Saipova said. "In general, she did not notice. If she had noticed, she would have checked things." Her mother fainted when she heard about the attack and was hospitalized for several days. She cannot "recover from the shock," Umida Saipova said. She and her family have been inundated with calls since the attack but they "don't have any answers." "The truth is he has the right mind in general; he likes Uzbekistan, is hard-working. He always talked about his Uzbekistan, about the motherland, had no bad thoughts in his head," she said. "I would like ask my brother what was the reason. Maybe he would tell his kin why and what he did that for."
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824 As Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's senior adviser for national security, I spent a lot of time getting to know the vigilant, behind-the-scenes-work of the New York City Police Department to keep New Yorkers safe from planned terrorist attacks. Mothers and fathers raising families in New York City see NYPD efforts first hand -- but also see the strength and resilience of everyday New Yorkers that flies in the face of those who would frighten us. This human resilience comes, in large part, from living and working together in urban environments. Neighbors constantly interact in apartment buildings and say hello to small shop owners while running errands, parents rub shoulders with other parents on the playground, and commuters recognize and smile at familiar faces on their bus routes. Over time, those small interactions build up into a connective tissue that binds us together. This week, in the wake of the terrorist incident in Tribeca, New Yorkers witnessed this connective tissue at work. Neighbors and acquaintances who know each other simply because they drop their kids off at the same school buses quickly turned to each other to alert family and friends, offer to pick up kids stuck at school and generally offer emotional support. Friends texted and called each other to check if everyone was safe, and to see whether anyone needed a hand. Parents told their children: Don't be scared, be aware of your surroundings, but focus on the network of support we rely on as New Yorkers. And kids and adults alike turned out for Halloween trick-or-treating, even downtown -- not to mention the Halloween parade. "To change plans would be unacceptable," said one New York resident, a sentiment echoed by the mayor and governor alike. So as New York prepares this weekend for one of our celebrated traditions -- the New York City Marathon -- the NYPD is surely carefully preparing for potential risks. But equally true is that the diverse communities across New York's five boroughs and those who visit us will greet complete strangers as they cheer the runners and offer them snacks and water. As New Yorkers, we've been building and nurturing this connective tissue for a long time. Anyone who lived in downtown Manhattan during 9/11 remember to this day the feeling of being all in together as complete strangers would pause at the local elementary school where kids had hung up thank yous to the local firemen, many of whom perished while working to save others. We grieved as a collective, surely helping us through an attack that impacted every New Yorker, whether or not working in the Twin Towers. And it's not just in New York where you see this kind of resilience at work. In Boston, after the marathon bombing in 2013, people reached out across all sorts of social and economic divides. In the immediate aftermath of the incident, passersby ran to help and Bostonians opened their doors to those needing a place to rest. As the city worked to heal, having these memories of resilience and community support seemed to make the struggle just a little bit easier. From Orlando and Las Vegas to Paris and Manchester, there are innumerable stories of cities filled with people who didn't know each other but who felt compelled to support and offer help in the wake of deadly attacks. Manchester residents tweeted out offers of a lift or a room; Orlando communities donated blood; and in Paris, they hugged and showed up to pay their respect. In other words, in the face of tragedies that have threatened to cleave cities down the center, the resilience of urban environments has stitched these same communities right up. This resilience of cities has been documented -- by books such as Larry Vale's and Tom Campanella's "The Resilient City" and elsewhere -- as critical in the wake of both terrorism and natural disasters, and methodologies have been crafted to support and deepen urban networks. This is what New Yorkers most celebrate about our city -- and what is so compelling about cities in general: As urban dwellers, most of us are not isolated. The very nature of city life forces residents to connect, and it gives communities a scaffolding to lean on when a disaster hits. This busy and multifaceted environment also brings many different types of people into one ecosystem -- hopefully preventing us from lapsing into reliance on stereotypes, because neighbors lend a hand -- despite not looking, living, or praying the same way. New Yorkers are savvy - and thus will be vigilant, during this weekend's marathon and in the future. But that will not mean that the city will turn in from fear, but rather we will turn out in celebration, together. This is what great cities do -- and this is what builds the connective tissue that makes us resilient.
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847 Four Argentine men who survived this week's terror attack in New York are pleading for love and justice as they mourn the loss of five friends. Eight people died and about a dozen others were injured Tuesday when a man drove a truck onto a bike path in Lower Manhattan. Five of the dead were among a group of 10 Argentine men who had traveled to New York to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their high school graduation. "What has the world turned into? How could someone think of, plan and execute something like this? We can't wrap our heads around it," Guillermo Banchini said in a prepared statement on behalf of his friends Friday at the Argentine Consulate in New York. Three of Banchini's friends were unharmed, but one other was injured. "Let there be justice. Hopefully this doesn't happen again. Not here and not anywhere else in the world," Banchini said. The slain Argentines were Hernán Diego Mendoza, Diego Enrique Angelini, Alejandro Damián Pagnucco, Ariel Erlij and Hernán Ferruchi, Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship said. A Belgium woman, Ann-Laure Decadt, 31, as well as two Americans, Darren Drake, 32, and Nicholas Cleves, 23, were also killed in Tuesday's attack. The suspect, Sayfullo Saipov, 29, an Uzbek national, was arrested on federal terrorism charges. He didn't enter a plea to charges in his first court appearance Wednesday. The survivors said they are hurting after their dream trip quickly turned into a nightmare. "We will forever mourn our friends. It was love that brought us here and love will continue to unite us," the statement said. "We want to make a plea: that love conquers hate, that life overcomes death." The Argentine survivors said they will be traveling back to comfort the families of their late friends in their hometown of Rosario, a city nearly 200 miles northwest of Buenos Aires. "We have to go now. We want to go back to our families, our children, our wives and our parents and siblings. Let us go home with our pain," Banchini said.
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870 Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies are ramping up security for the TCS New York City Marathon that is set to go on as planned Sunday in the wake of the worst terrorist attack to hit the city since September 11, 2001. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday that "out of an abundance of caution, we are stepping up security measures at the NYC Marathon with resources from state law enforcement agencies." There are no credible and specific threats against the marathon or the city, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday. Authorities are focusing on security after an ISIS-inspired terrorist drove a truck down a Manhattan bike path near the World Trade Center on Halloween, killing eight people and wounding more than a dozen others. A record number of city sand trucks and New York Police Department blocker vehicles will be strategically lining roadways for the marathon, police Chief Carlos Gomez said Friday. The state Department of Transportation said it is working with other organizations, including the NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau, "to evaluate all necessary steps to protect pedestrian safety." The NYPD increased the number of observation teams and sniper teams in the marathon detail, Gomez said. There will also be thousands of uniformed and plainclothes officers stationed along the route, which winds through the city's five boroughs, starting on Staten Island and finishing in Central Park in Manhattan. Hundreds of counterterrorism-trained officers along the route will have radiation detection devices and explosive-detecting canines, Gomez said. The NYPD will also have its aviation unit hovering over the city and police harbor vessels patrolling city waterways. About 2.5 million spectators are expected along the course, officials said. That's in addition to the more than 50,000 runners from more than 100 countries participating in the world's largest marathon, according to event sponsor, New York Road Runners. De Blasio called the globally-broadcast event an important day for the city. "It's a chance for us to show the whole world once again who we are and to show that New York City will always be New York City. We won't change." He added, "We remain America's safest big city, and what happened on Tuesday didn't change that, and what happened on Tuesday didn't change us. We are still New Yorkers."
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886 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/03/politics/death-penalty-trump/index.html">Trump's complicated past with the death penalty and due process</a>
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893 The day after Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was charged with desertion in 2015 after being held captive in Afghanistan for nearly five years, Donald Trump tweeted that the former Taliban prisoner should "face the death penalty" for abandoning his post and endangering his unit. On Friday, a military judge gave Bergdahl no prison time, a move that now-President Trump criticized on Twitter as "a complete and total disgrace to our Country and to our Military." Earlier this week, as the clock approached midnight, the President tweeted that the suspect who killed eight by driving a truck down a Manhattan bike path "SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY!" -- the first time he tweeted a call for capital punishment as sitting President. Legal experts said the President's comment, followed by a subsequent tweet repeating his call the next day, could entangle prosecutors as they seek to seat an unbiased jury and deliberate over what punishment to seek. For the last half decade of public life and beyond, Trump has consistently called for capital punishment against some of America's most high-profile criminals. But he's done so with limited concern for due process -- in both the justice system and the method of execution itself -- which courts have shaped and ethicists have debated in the US for decades. Trump has called for the death penalty more than a dozen times in the last five years, including: On Drew Peterson, who gained national headlines after the disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy, Trump tweeted to "change the law" and "bring back the death penalty!"
894Trump called for the "DEATH PENALTY!" in a tweet against the "deranged animals" who killed two police officers in Mississippi in 2015.
895He also tweeted that Jared Lee Loughner, who shot former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed a half dozen others in 2011, "should be given the death penalty, not his plea bargained life in prison -- which will cost the taxpayers many millions of dollars." But it's not just the use of capital punishment that Trump has pushed for. He's also called for expediting the judicial process and hinted at skirting the justice system's due process and implementing more brutal methods of execution. In one tweet against the Aurora, Colorado, shooter James Holmes, who shot 82 people in a movie theater, Trump called for a "fast trial" and for lawmakers to "immediately pass speed up legbostoislation."
896On a gunman who shot and killed a former coworker at the Empire State Building in 2012, Trump recommended "fast trials and death penalty."
897In the case of Boston Marathon bomber, Trump tweeted for a "quick trial, then death penalty."
898After a string of missing children in October 2012, Trump called for "fast trial" and "death penalty" on Twitter. But he's also entertained more gruesome methods of execution. He also called for a "very fast trial and then the death penalty" against "the animal" who beheaded a woman in Oklahoma in September 2014, then tweeting "the same fate - beheading?" And in a February 2016 speech on the campaign trail, Trump mocked people who consider the death penalty unconstitutional and develop humane methods of execution while talking about the fight against ISIS and the immigration system. "It's like these guys that commit murder, right? They commit murder. They kill someone. ... They go to jail. 'We don't want the death penalty. It's cruel and unusual punishment,'" he said. "And then you have another case when they get the death penalty, want to give them drugs to put them to sleep quietly and this. Look, we're in a fight for our lives." Capital punishment is legal in 31 states and the federal government, according to the National Conference for State Legislatures. On the campaign trail ahead of the Iowa caucuses, Trump proposed an executive order requiring mandatory capital punishment for killing a police officer. Legal experts highlighted multiple constitutional concerns with the proposal at the time. Trump's support for the death penalty stretches back decades, when he ran multiple full-page ads in New York City newspapers in 1989 following the rape and assault of a Central Park jogger. In the full-page ads, Trump said that "our society will rot away" until capital punishment is used more commonly. "I no longer want to understand their anger. I want them to understand our anger. I want them to be afraid," he wrote. "They should be forced to suffer and, when they kill, they should be executed for their crimes.'' Trump interviewed with Playboy on the topic the next year. "When a man or woman cold-bloodedly murders, he or she should pay. It sets an example. Nobody can make the argument that the death penalty isn't a deterrent. Either it will be brought back swiftly or our society will rot away. It is rotting away," he said. Trump's desire to expedite the justice system hasn't stopped at capital punishment. When asked on "Fox and Friends" in April 2013, he said he supported nixing the US Supreme Court's requirement that suspects be read their rights to remain silence and obtain a lawyer at apprehension -- dubbed Miranda rights. "I don't think so at all," Trump said in 2013 when asked whether he thought police ought to maintain the Miranda requirement. "What I don't like seeing is a lot of people are saying we did something wrong," he said, lamenting questions at the time over whether a Boston Marathon bombing suspect was read his Miranda rights properly. "Here we go again, I mean I see it all the time. We did something wrong. We didn't read their rights. They weren't told of their rights." "You know we have to get back to business in this country. This is disgraceful," he said.
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914 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/03/opinions/trump-endangers-prosecution-of-a-terrorism-case-opinion-callan/index.html">Trump recklessly endangers prosecution of a terrorism case</a>
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921 It's bad enough that President Trump called his own country's justice system a laughingstock. What may be even worse is that his remarks may have given a terror suspect who allegedly killed eight people an argument to avoid the death penalty. On Tuesday, the President reacted with his customary incendiary rhetoric to the murderous rampage on a bike and pedestrian pathway bordering the Hudson River. Sayfullo Saipov, a 29-year-old immigrant from Uzbekistan, is alleged to have driven a rented truck on the path and deliberately ramming into cyclists and pedestrians -- leaving eight people dead and more than a dozen hurt. A note found near the rented truck claimed that the act was committed in the name of ISIS, authorities said. The killing spree only ended after he crashed into a school bus and was shot in the abdomen by New York City Police Officer Ryan Nash. Saipov, who survived Nash's shot, may now have an argument to avoid the death penalty due to reckless and intemperate remarks by President Trump regarding his case. Many Americans would probably agree with the President's vitriolic blasts when he referred to those who commit terroristic acts as "animals" in need of "far quicker and greater punishment..." A president's proper role is not to inflame the passions and fears of the angry crowd with name-calling that could get a prosecutor held in contempt of court and the conviction of a dangerous criminal reversed. On the contrary, given the stellar record of the American court system in bringing terrorists to justice, the president should be reassuring the public rather than stirring a hornet's nest of fear and hatred. Since 9/11, in more than 600 cases of alleged terrorism or plots to commit terroristic acts, the US law enforcement authorities Trump frequently claims to support, have done just that. Justice Department statistics demonstrate a conviction rate of 100% in cases involving a variety of claims related to ISIS, with an average sentence of 14.5 years. The conviction rate in all terrorism cases since 9/11 is approximately 87%, with an average sentence of 14 years. One expert quoted in the New York Times said sentences for terrorism-related crimes are among the highest in the world -- and may trail only China in that regard. In Saipov's case we saw the seasoned professionals in law enforcement and the criminal justice system move into action at breakneck speed. They swiftly apprehended and charged the criminal suspect, and have continued to investigate the possibility of a wider plot involving co-conspirators. Much of this task had been completed by Wednesday, the day after the attack, when two criminal charges -- one which is punishable by death and the other by life in prison -- were filed against Saipov in a New York federal court. While the suspect was being apprehended and charged, the President began indiscriminately firing accusations at not only the suspect but also the criminal justice system which had so efficiently apprehended and charged him. During a Cabinet meeting Wednesday, the day after the attacks, the President called for "quick" and "strong" justice for terror suspects, observing that it is not surprising that terror attacks happen because the way the United States punishes terrorists is "a laughingstock." Later he told reporters: "We also have to come up with punishment that's far quicker and far greater than the punishment these animals are getting right now... They'll go through court for years. And at the end, they'll be -- who knows what happens." Given the statistics indicating harsh punishments are generally the rule in terrorism cases, the President can put himself at the top of the "who doesn't know what happens" list. With these comments, the President was recklessly undermining public confidence in the criminal justice system while inflaming the baser and darker instincts of an already fearful citizenry. His "animal" reference and the call for "far quicker" and "greater punishment" appears to be a thinly veiled call for swift and painful punishment as an act of vengeance. And let's face it, even in the world of Trump's "politically correct" enemies, animals don't get trials. They are hunted, shot or euthanized. Perhaps even the vengeful President, missing the implication of his metaphor, would permit a brief trial even though he describes the suspect as an animal. The President also suggested that Saipov should be transferred to the US military prison facility at Guantanamo but later withdrew that argument. By this time, he had presumably taken the unusual step of consulting with one of his many lawyers about the situation at Guantanamo. They would surely have advised him that a transfer to Guantanamo for Saipov was probably illegal and might delay the suspect's trial for as long as 16 years as it has for five of the original 9/11 conspirators who are still awaiting a military trial there. For future reference, President Trump and some of his conservative allies in Congress who call for the transfer of domestic terrorists to "Gitmo" as "enemy combatants" should consult with one of their favorite websites, Breitbart, where they will find a comprehensive list of statistics regarding the abysmal job that "Gitmo" has done in dispensing the "swift punishment" the President seeks. Perhaps most distressingly, Trump's Twitter call for the death penalty in Saipov's case may backfire, preventing the death penalty from ever being imposed. Presidents almost never publicly comment on pending criminal jury trials for fear that defense attorneys will claim that the jury pool has been poisoned by the publicity surrounding the presidential expression of opinion. Finally, and most importantly, Saipov's attorneys will be able to assert that the President's pretrial suggestion, on multiple occasions, that Saipov deserves the death penalty will deny Saipov his right to a fair and unbiased internal review of his case by the Justice Department's Capital Case Unit and by the attorney general himself, as required in all federal death penalty cases under the rules and regulations of the department. What looks to be a potentially ironclad death penalty case given the motive, premeditation, multiple victims, as well as the utter cruel and senseless brutality of the murders, has the real potential of being completely undermined as a result of the President's inappropriate expression of opinion regarding the suspect's guilt and the imposition of the death penalty prior to trial. The President should know better since he did the same thing in the Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl case, which may also be overturned on appeal as a result of the President's pretrial expression of opinions about it. The only thing that might make the US justice system truly a laughingstock is if the President continues to try to improperly influence it. On Thursday the President lamented that he cannot get involved in pushing for a criminal investigation of his defeated rival. "The saddest thing is that because I'm the President of the United States, I am not supposed to be involved with the Justice Department," Trump said. "I am not supposed to be involved with the FBI." And he is not supposed to be involved in how a terrorism suspect is prosecuted and -- if convicted -- sentenced. Future problems in the nation's appellate courts and possibly in the jury selection process are likely to be caused by President Trump's intemperate, inappropriate and reckless comments regarding the case against Sayfullo Saipov. If such presidential behavior continues, it will not be a joke but a national tragedy, potentially undermining the war on terror.
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944 The United States conducted two separate airstrikes targeting ISIS militants in northeastern Somalia for the first time on Friday, US Africa Command said in a statement. While the results of the strikes are still being assessed, Africa Command said "several" terrorists were killed. A US official told CNN the strikes were carried out by an unmanned drone. "US forces will continue to use all authorized and appropriate measures to protect Americans and to disable terrorist threats," Samantha Reho, a spokesperson for Africa Command said. That includes partnering with the African Union Mission in Somalia and Somali National Security Forces, "targeting terrorists, their training camps and safe havens throughout Somalia, the region and around the world." The strikes mark the first time the US has targeted ISIS in a country in the Horn of Africa that has been beset by violence and a barely functioning central government for years. It also comes the same day President Donald Trump told reporters the US military would dramatically ramp up military operations against the terrorist group following an attack in New York earlier this week by a man claiming allegiance to ISIS. There was nothing to immediately suggest the strike in Somalia had any relation to the attack in Lower Manhattan that killed eight people and injured many more. US special operations forces teams, along with US air power, have periodically operated inside Somalia in recent years against the al-Shabaab terrorist group, which has been responsible for plotting and executing attacks targeting Westerners throughout eastern Africa and beyond. While al-Shabaab has claimed its allegiance to al Qaeda, terrorist groups affiliating themselves with ISIS have worked to gain a foothold in places across the continent. US Africa Command, which oversees US military operations on the continent, was granted enhanced authorities by Trump earlier this year that allowed US forces to target al Shabaab, and other militant groups operating in Somalia in offensive strikes.
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960 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/03/us/alleged-nyc-attacker-drove-uk-couple-in-uber-days-before-attack/index.html">The NYC terror suspect was my Uber driver, man says</a>
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967 A British couple who visited New Jersey last week for a friend's wedding was shocked to discover that the friendly Uber driver who picked them up at Newark's airport is the man accused of mowing down cyclists and pedestrians in New York City Tuesday, an attack that left eight people dead. Damian Erskine, 34, a graphic designer, and his girlfriend ordered an Uber by cellphone and were picked up by a "polite and friendly" man in a white Toyota Sienna, who helped them with their bags, offered them water, and engaged in friendly conversation throughout the roughly hour-long drive. What we know (and don't know) about Uber background checks Tuesday night after returning to London, Erskine told CNN, he was watching news coverage about the terror attack in New York and the man suspected of carrying it out. He remembered thinking that it was scary to realize that he had been in lower Manhattan less than a week before this happened. "A little later when they showed a picture of the guy, I thought, he looks really familiar," Erskine said. "On the picture they gave his name and it said he was an Uber driver, and I said hang on -- I looked at my Uber receipt on my phone ... it showed the driver's name and the picture, and I asked my girlfriend, am I being crazy, is this jet lag? I was almost trying to convince myself that it wasn't him. "Then it suddenly hit me -- it was the same guy," he said. Erskine sent CNN a screenshot of his receipt, which said in the middle, "You rated Saipov (5 stars)," next to a small photo of the man who has been identified as Sayfullo Saipov, who allegedly drove a rented truck onto a bike path and struck as many people as he could. Who is New York terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov? "The color drained from my face, I did go cold. I never experienced something like that before. Hairs on my neck had gone cold." Erskine said he immediately called the FBI. Sayfullo Saipov's path from 'very kind boy' to terror suspect Saipov, a 29-year-old Uzbek native living in New Jersey, has been charged with providing material support to ISIS, violence and destruction of motor vehicles. He told investigators that ISIS videos inspired him, in particular one showing ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, according to a federal criminal complaint. But Erskine didn't see any hint of radicalization in the time he spent with Saipov, a drive that cost him $41.65. "We didn't talk about politics and religion," Erskine said. "It wasn't deep and meaningful. It was just chitchat. "I ran it through my head -- was there anything like a red flag? -- and there wasn't." Erskine said Saipov asked the couple about the biggest differences between New York and London. He told the couple of his history in the trucking industry, mentioning driving from New Jersey to California transporting Range Rovers. "He was very chatty," Erskine said.
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983 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/03/politics/donald-trump-nyc-attack-isis-military-action/index.html">Trump claims increased military action after NYC attack</a>
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990 President Donald Trump claimed Friday morning that the United States military is hitting ISIS "much harder" after an alleged ISIS-inspired attacker drove a truck down a bike lane in New York, killing eight, though he didn't provide any evidence. Trump, in a series of tweets ahead of his five-country, 12-day trip to Asia, labeled the accused attacker, 29-year-old Uzbek national Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, a "Degenerate Animal." "ISIS just claimed the Degenerate Animal who killed, and so badly wounded, the wonderful people on the West Side, was 'their soldier,'" Trump wrote on Twitter. "Based on that, the Military has hit ISIS 'much harder' over the last two days. They will pay a big price for every attack on us!" Trump did not explain the nature of what he said was the increased military action. He doubled down on those comments while speaking to reporters at the White House Friday morning, saying his administration will hit ISIS "10 times harder" every time ISIS attacks the United States. He said the military action "took place yesterday" but did not provide further explanation. It was not immediately clear if any missions were conducted specifically as a result of this week's terror attack. Targets are typically struck because they are planned or suddenly pop up, so it's unlikely that the New York incident would have altered existing military planning. In some cases, airstrikes have been down due to weather and a lack of ISIS targets as the terror group retreats from its strongholds in the Middle East. Asked about Trump's claim, Pentagon spokesman Marine Corps Maj. Adrian Rankine-Galloway would only say the US is continuing to "strike ISIS hard and often, along with al Qaeda and other affiliated or like-minded violent extremist organizations wherever they are globally." He mentioned several countries in which the US is conducting these efforts, including Yemen, the Philippines and Niger, where four US service members were killed in an ISIS-linked attack last month. According to data from the United States Central Command, the US-led coalition launched 11 airstrikes on November 1 and 13 strikes on November 2 against ISIS terrorists in Syria and Iraq. Those numbers are consistent with the airstrikes launched against ISIS before the attack. According to CENTCOM, coalition military forces conducted 10 strikes on October 26, eight strikes on October 27, eight strikes on October 30 and 13 strikes on October 31. ISIS claimed some responsibility Thursday for the attack, labeling Saipov a "Soldier of the Caliphate" in the group's weekly newspaper, al-Naba. ISIS did not provide any credible evidence that it had knowledge of the attack before it happened or that ISIS was involved in planning, and the article did not name the attacker. CLARIFICATION: This story has been updated to clarify the coalition's involvement in the airstrikes.
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1013 The man accused of killing eight people after driving a truck onto a New York bike path is a "soldier of the caliphate," the ISIS terror group said without providing evidence to back up its claim. "One of the Islamic State soldiers in America attacked on Tuesday a number of crusaders on a street in New York City," the group's weekly al-Naba newspaper reported Thursday. ISIS provided no evidence it had knowledge ahead of Tuesday's attack in Lower Manhattan or was involved in planning. ISIS did not claim direct responsibility, and the article did not give a name for the attacker. Responding to the claim Friday morning in a series of tweets, President Donald Trump called the New York terrorism suspect a "Degenerate Animal" and said the US military had attacked ISIS "much harder" over the past two days. "ISIS just claimed the Degenerate Animal who killed, and so badly wounded, the wonderful people on the West Side, was 'their soldier,' " he tweeted. "Based on that, the Military has hit ISIS 'much harder' over the last two days. They will pay a big price for every attack on us!" He doubled down on those comments while speaking to reporters Friday morning at the White House. "What we are doing is every time we are attacked from this point forward, and it took place yesterday, we are hitting them 10 times harder," Trump said. Earlier this week Trump had tweeted that suspect Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov should be executed. "NYC terrorist was happy as he asked to hang ISIS flag in his hospital room. He killed 8 people, badly injured 12. SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY!" the President tweeted Wednesday night. The wording of the ISIS statement Thursday mirrors the language in its claims after last year's attack in Nice, France, and the nightclub shooting in Orlando. But it was the first time the terror group had put such a claim in its newspaper before releasing it through its media wing, Amaq News agency, usually the first point of publication for claims of responsibility. Suspect's link to ISIS Suspect Saipov has told authorities that watching ISIS videos inspired him to carry out this week's attack and that he closely followed the terror group's playbook, according to a federal criminal complaint. The 29-year-old Uzbek native was charged with providing material support to ISIS, violence and destruction of motor vehicles, said Joon H. Kim, acting US attorney for the Southern District of New York. Saipov drove a rented truck down a bike path near the World Trade Center, crashed into a school bus and then jumped out, brandishing imitation firearms, officials said. New York police Officer Ryan Nash shot him in the abdomen, and he was taken into custody. More than a dozen people were also injured in Tuesday's attack. He didn't enter a plea to the federal terror charges in his first court appearance Wednesday. Saipov was so devoted to ISIS, he wanted to display the terror group's flag in his hospital room, documents show. He had about 90 videos and 3,800 images on a cell phone featuring ISIS propaganda, including video of a beheading, according to the criminal complaint. No signs of radicalization Those who crossed Saipov's path are trying to reconcile the man they met with the image of the one about whom they're now hearing. Approached in the lobby of her Brooklyn apartment building, the suspect's mother-in-law, Nodira Agzomova, said she was in shock. "I don't know what happened," she said. Those who knew Saipov in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and in at least three states where he had lived since coming to the United States in 2010 said they saw no warning signs of radicalization. "He was happy that he was here, he had a family here, and he was a truck driver and his business was really good," said Makhina Kadirova, a childhood friend. His neighbors described him as quiet and said his family didn't socialize often. Concrete barriers on bike path The Lower Manhattan bike path where the attack took place has reopened, CNN affiliate WPIX reported, as New York started installing concrete barriers to prevent something similar happening. The work started Thursday as part of a statewide review of shared-use paths, according to the New York State Department of Transportation. Fifty-seven barriers are being positioned diagonally along the path, leaving enough space for bicycles, but not for larger vehicles, CNN affiliate WABC reported. However, some local cyclists said they think the barriers are problematic. "There's no way two bikes can pass each other there and the runners as well," New Yorker James Petty told WABC. "There's going to be accidents." Similar concrete barriers were placed in Times Square in May after a man drove a car onto a crowded sidewalk there, killing a woman and injuring at least 22 people. Besides work on the bike path barriers, there are other signs that life's daily routines have resumed for many in the city. The New York City Marathon will go forward Sunday as planned, but with increased security measures. About 2.5 million spectators are expected along the course, officials said.
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1036 The last time Sayfullo Saipov talked to Makhina Kadirova he was working his way toward the American dream. It had been one year since Saipov left Uzbekistan and came to the United States on a diversity visa. He reached out to Kadirova on social media in 2011. She was a former classmate of his from early elementary school through ninth grade, also living in America. "He was happy that he was here, he had a family here, and he was a truck driver and his business was really good," Kadirova says. Kadirova remembers meeting Saipov as a 5-year-old. He was quiet. Calm, even. As they grew up together and until they were about 16 years old in their ninth-grade class in private school, he was active and "didn't do any bad things." Crazy? That's not the "very kind boy" she remembers. And certainly not the terrorist being portrayed on TV after allegedly ramming a rented Home Depot truck into a crowd of pedestrians and bicyclists in lower Manhattan, killing eight and injuring more than a dozen. As investigators begin to piece together the life of a man accused of planning an attack in the name of ISIS, those who crossed his path are trying to reconcile the Saipov they met and the one they are now hearing about. Those who knew him in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and in at least three states he bounced between since coming to America, say they saw no warning signs of Saipov being radicalized. Maybe an occasional outburst. A bit of a hothead. A little bit secretive here and there. But no indication he would ever carefully plan a terror attack in the name of ISIS. "I don't remember him being aggressive, or having bad attitude with others. Overall, I remember him positive," Kadirova says. "Whatever happened, that happened after he moved to USA. When I saw him on news, I couldn't believe that it [was him.] I hardly recognized him." A 'peaceful' upbringing Saipov grew up in Uzbekistan's capital city of Tashkent, living with his parents until 2006. He lived in an apartment there with his three sisters, neighbors say. Saipov's family is remembered fondly. "They were known as a normal, secular and peaceful family," one neighbor in town says. "No radical religious views, or at least they didn't show any." They were "a good family," a resident who used to live across the hall says. Both residents say after 2006, the family bought a private home, which they thought meant the family was financiall well off. The young man never provoked suspicions, neighbors say. They told authorities he kept a low profile and was friendly, according to an e-mail from the Uzbekistan Embassy. His parents preached traditional Islam, according to the Uzbeki government. Neighbors say they didn't attend mosque and were secular. And nobody in town noticed any communication with extremist groups. Residents in town are now concerned that the stigma of Saipov will somehow connect them to the incident. They don't want to say much. Police and security services have swarmed the area. Aggression, a family and a disappearance Saipov began to put down roots of his own in Stow, Ohio, after arriving in the United States on the diversity visa. The suburb just north of Akron, Ohio, is where he would start his first business and eventually get married. Mirrakhmat Muminov remembers the first time he saw Saipov in the town where about 30 other Uzbek families lived. But Muminov says Saipov lived a bit removed from the town's Uzbek community. Both men were in the trucking industry. Saipov registered his company Sayf Motors Inc. in Ohio in 2011. And at one point he worked for Muminov as a truck driver. It was only for a couple of months. "He was fired because of [a] customer quality issue," Muminov says. "Someone complained about him." While Muminov says there were some disagreements between Saipov and the community, he made at least one meaningful connection in town. In 2013, he married a fellow Uzbek also from his hometown of Tashkent. He was 25. Nozima Odilova was 19. They were married in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. The marriage license listed him as a truck driver. Saipov registered a motor carrier business, Bright Auto LLC, in Ohio that same year. Saipov's three years in Ohio would be relatively mundane. But he certainly left an impression on Muminov, who describes himself as an employer and acquaintance of Saipov. There was something a little off about him, Muminov says. He was an "aggressive man." Some bad habits. He seemed nervous. Small things seemed to nag at him a bit deeper. Saipov could yell at people for no reason, Muminov says. It was as if Saipov was always "swimming against the rules." "I can describe him like this nervous, young man with some monsters maybe inside his mind," Muminov says. He never showed signs of radicalization, Muminov says. There were rumblings about financial trouble and elements of depression, he told Radio Free Europe. Saipov's time in Stow ended quickly. He moved in a rush, Muminov says. There was no goodbye. "He just take everything in one day and he disappear. He didn't say a word." A man of few words Saipov made his way south, eventually ending up living with his wife and three kids in an apartment complex in Tampa, Florida. He and his family mostly kept to themselves, neighbors say. A 59-year-old Egyptian woman says Saipov's wife wore a niqab, a traditional Muslim veil that left only her eyes showing. The only words she ever exchanged with Saipov were to say "Salam-Alaikum," wishing each other a good morning. It wasn't out of the ordinary, she says. Most people here kept to themselves. And many didn't stay for too long. The family didn't socialize often. Neighbor Melissa Mathews has lived in the complex three years and only saw them socialize once. There was a barbecue on Saipov's back patio. Saipov's young children sometimes played in the community pool. Saipov seemed to have regular hours -- as if he had a job, Mathews says. It is unclear how much of Saipov's time was on the road as a trucker. But he began racking up traffic violations. He already had a ticket from December 2011 in Iowa for not keeping his commercial driving log up to date. In April 2014, he was cited for missing a reflective device on the rear of his tractor-trailer cab, cracks on his windshield and oil on the front of his car hauler. Then in December 2015, he was ticketed for an equipment violation in Missouri. His tractor-trailer had cracks in the brake lining, according to a statement obtained by CNN affiliate KMBC. He had the option of paying a $129.50 fine for the offense. Or he could tell officials he wanted to plead not guilty. He did neither, the prosecutor said. So a warrant was issued for his arrest. He was taken into custody in Missouri in 2016 and posted a $200 bond. Saipov's Tampa neighbors say he left town suddenly. One day the family was just gone, Mathews says. The alleged plot comes into focus The last known move Saipov and his family made was north to New Jersey about a year and half ago. In just a few months, he would become inspired to carry out a deadly attack in the United States, authorities allege. Saipov watched ISIS videos on his cellphone, according to court documents. At the same time, he was establishing himself in his Paterson, New Jersey, neighborhood. One neighbor even viewed him as somewhat of a peacemaker, though he didn't extensively interact with him. Carlos Batista was riding his dirt bike in the neighborhood about six months ago. Saipov's friends complained it was too loud and things got a little testy. But Saipov stepped in and "calmed everything down," Batista says. While living in Paterson, Saipov began driving for Uber. He passed his last background check for the company in July 2017. There are no reports of any complaints from customers, the company says. It was about one month later that Saipov made the decision to use a truck in the attack, authorities say. Authorities say Saipov, in a hospital bed after being shot by police, shared details of what he did in the month leading up to the attack. They say he told them he chose a truck as his weapon to "inflict maximum damage." He said he was motivated in particular by a video in which ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi asked what Muslims in America and around the world were doing to respond to Muslims being killed in Iraq, court records state. Saipov began narrowing in on the specifics of the attack in early October. His internet searches focused on details about Halloween in New York and truck rentals, according to court documents. Nine days before the attack, Saipov told authorities he rented a truck "so he could practice making turns with the truck in advance of the attack." Neighbors in Paterson had no reason to question the Home Depot truck in the community, even though they never saw it being used with tools or for any work. The day of the attack, Saipov traveled to a Home Depot and rented a truck under his name for two hours. He never intended to bring it back, according to court documents. He thought about displaying ISIS flags on the truck, but decided against it, so it didn't attract attention. His plan was to drive the truck into pedestrians on the West Side Highway, and continue all the way to the Brooklyn Bridge, according to court documents. Saipov killed eight people and injured more than a dozen in the process, police said. The attack ended when the truck crashed into a school bus. Witnesses said the driver exited the truck yelling "Allahu Akbar." He carried a paintball gun and a pellet gun, police said, and left behind a bag of knives and a handwritten note in Arabic stating that the Islamic State would endure. Saipov was shot by police and taken to the hospital. Authorities say they found a trove of videos and pictures related to ISIS on Saipov's phone: 90 videos full of propaganda, beheadings, instructions on explosives and about 3,800 images, including the ISIS flag and images of the ISIS leader. On Tuesday, from his hospital bed, Saipov seemed to show no remorse, authorities said. He asked to display an ISIS flag in his hospital room, court documents show. On Wednesday he was wheeled into a federal courtroom to face the charges against him: providing material support to a terrorist organization and violence and destruction of motor vehicles. He entered no plea. Meanwhile, friends and relatives were baffled by what they've learned. Saipov's mother-in-law lives in a Brooklyn neighborhood that's home to Uzbek immigrants. When approached in the lobby of her apartment building on Tuesday, she said she was in shock. "I don't know what happened," she said.
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1059 ISIS defectors have known it for several years. So have those who study these atrocities closely. But with the attack in Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon that claimed eight lives, it is becoming increasingly evident that there is something different about the extremists bringing blood and misery to the streets of major Western cities. Whether it is running people over with a vehicle, shooting them with an assault rifle, or detonating a homemade suicide bomb, there is a common theme among many of the perpetrators. They weren't born in the Middle East, but in the nations of the former Soviet Union. Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, the 29-year-old suspect of Tuesday's truck attack, came to the United States in 2010, earned a green card, and was apparently radicalized somewhere along that American route. One ethnic Uzbek acquaintance who knew him in Ohio told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty that as recently as a few months ago Saipov began expressing "very radical views." Another Uzbek friend in Ohio says that when he met the suspect in 2010, Saipov was not "very religious" although a "little aggressive." Such observations, assuming they're true, seem to follow a cookie-cutter model for self-radicalization, usually via one's own interest in jihadist literature and sermons online. Whatever the trajectory Saipov took, it allegedly culminated in a letter pledging allegiance to ISIS being left behind near the rental truck converted into a human battering ram. And while New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday night that Saipov acted alone and had only incurred minor traffic violations in his seven years here, his name was reportedly familiar to federal authorities, as part of a separate investigation in which his role has not yet been disclosed. That an Uzbek, not an Arab, was behind the deadliest terror attack in New York since 9/11 isn't all that surprising and tracks with an uptick in attacks being perpetrated abroad by actors from the post-Soviet sphere, and also with the rising prominence of such actors within the elite cadres and central command structures of ISIS itself. In 2015, weeks before the grisly Paris attacks, I interviewed a former ISIS operative who had defected from the terror organization and wound up temporarily in Istanbul. "Abu Khaled" (not his real name) had worked for ISIS' domestic intelligence service, the amn al-dawlah, and in that capacity he'd been tasked with training foreign fighters from around the world. He said the most admired -- and feared -- contingent of ISIS recruits were the "Chechens" -- in this case a reference not just to citizens of the semiautonomous region of the Russian Federation, but to those who had grown up in the greater Caucasus or various Central Asian republics that attained their independence upon the collapse of the USSR. Many were in fact Chechens or Dagestanis, battle-hardened from decades of civil war and insurgency back home. According to Steve Swerdlow, a human rights researcher and attorney for Human Rights Watch's Europe and Central Asia Division, veterans of the two Chechen wars in Russia "had to survive [Vladimir] Putin's carpet bombing for so long" that they emerged almost as professional soldiers, not guerrilla fighters. Some of the post-Soviet fighters in ISIS are actually graduates from their countries' armies or law enforcement bodies, having made the pendulous transition from agents of counterterrorism to agents of terrorism. Consider the allegedly deceased Gulmurod Khalimov, the terror army's so-called war minister, a special operations colonel who had previously served in an elite police unit back in Tajikistan, known as OMON. Khalimov actually received his counterterrorism training from the US State Department. He personally underwent five US-funded courses, in both Tajikistan and the United States. "Listen, you American pigs," Khalimov taunted his former patrons, in Russian, in a 2015 video in which he declared his loyalty to ISIS. "I've been three times to America, and I saw how you train fighters to kill Muslims. God willing, I will come with this weapon to your cities, your homes, and we will kill you." Khalimov's predecessor was the better known Abu Omar al-Shishani, or Tarkhan Batirashvili, a Georgian national (with partial Chechen ethnicity) who had also apparently served in Georgia's special forces, according to Georgian defense officials. Shishani's battlefield prowess was highly romanticized, and his skills were evidently put to use in Tbilisi's 2008 conflict with Russia. And, in characteristic fashion for so many foreign recruits to ISIS, Shishani served time in jail back home before emigrating to Syria. The difference between these emigres to caliphate country and the more ISIS-inspired or ISIS-affiliated attackers who strike abroad depends largely on which post-Soviet state one is examining, according to Swerdlow. "With Uzbeks and Tajiks and Kyrgyz and Kazakhs, you have a different demographic. They didn't fight in any wars, with some exceptions." "[Uzbeks] that go to ISIS," Swerdlow said, "tend to be the losers, the lonely boys from villages on the outskirts of Moscow," another frequent point of migration. "They're trying to prove their manhood. Some are lured in by sex and the prospect of the wives ISIS fighters are promised. But they suffer from a profound societal disconnect, falling prey to radicalization in that specific experience of being migrants in Russia, where they're discriminated against by neo-Nazis, or humiliated in the Russian cultural sphere." Turkey in ISIS crosshairs Many are then repurposed by ISIS as foreign operators — suicide bombers and terrorists intent on striking outside the ever-dwindling caliphate, as a recent spate of terror attacks in Turkey demonstrates. In June 2016, three gunmen opened fire on civilians passing through Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, killing more than 40 people and injuring hundreds more. All three -- reportedly from Russia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan -- were believed to have been dispatched to Turkey under the orders of Akhmed Chatayev, a notorious jihadist from Russia's North Caucasus. Turkey later identified two of the three attackers as Rakim Bulgarov and Vadim Osmanov, without providing full details of their backgrounds. This attack was followed on New Year's Eve by an assault by Uzbek national Abdulgadir Masharipov, who Turkish officials said confessed to being the gunman that later claimed a connection to ISIS, sprayed gunfire into the crowded Reina nightclub, also in Istanbul, killing 39 people. Closer to home, in 2015, US prosecutors in Brooklyn charged Uzbek and Kazakh immigrants to the United States with "attempt[ing] and conspir[ing] to provide material support and resources" to ISIS. That also happens to be the year that Russia started its intervention in Syria, an act of adventurism that catalyzed further calls for jihadism in the Russosphere, particularly on social media, where ISIS supporters have an easier time congregating than on the English-language forerunner social media platform. Even before Vladimir's Putin's bloody campaign -- which international monitors have frequently criticized as focusing more on non-ISIS actors, including civilians, than on ISIS militants -- Russia and its former imperial holdings have long been cynosures for radicalization and recruitment. (It's worth recalling that al Qaeda's now leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was arrested in Dagestan in 1996 and ended up serving six months in prison there, under an alias, before being released.) Historically it's been harder to trace the importation from Islamist violence from the civil wars and low-boil insurgencies that have bedeviled the post-Soviet into the United States. True, the Tsarnaev brothers, who carried out the Boston Marathon bombings, were originally from Chechnya. The elder brother, Tamerlan, spent time in Dagestan not long before the attack was carried out, but it is still unclear as to how immersion in the Caucasus contributed to their turn to jihad. Finally, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi himself has long sought to brand ISIS as a polyglot and diverse franchise open to all ethnicities, races and nationalities, next to the hoary and mostly Arab al Qaeda brand. In 2014, he issued an international casting call for Russian-speakers specifically when he declared in a public speech as "caliph" in the now-destroyed Grand Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul that Russia was part of a worldwide conspiracy against Muslims (by his narrow definition, the only true Muslims are Sunnis beholden to the ISIS ideology), "led by America and Russia, and being mobilized by the Jews." ISIS has made it a point in its propaganda videos to emphasize the polyglot and multiethnic composition of its ranks, displaying African, Asian, Central Asian and Russian fighters as a united brotherhood against the "Zionist-Crusader" West. Compounding the threat posed by such injunctions to transnational violence has been the approach of authoritarians in the post-Soviet space, who have been all too happy to place the extremist label on genuine suspects and mere political opponents alike. Many of these states would also prefer to export their Islamist problem where crushing it domestically hasn't worked. Russia at one point took precisely this approach. In the lead-up to the 2014 Winter Olympics, as Reuters reports, the FSB, Russia's domestic intelligence service, helped create a corridor for jihadists to exit the North Caucasus and enter into Syria, arranging for visas that would otherwise be impossible to obtain. The objective was to minimize the risk of a domestic Islamist atrocity distracting from the exorbitantly expensive international sporting competition about to be held in Sochi. The Russians deny having such a program, although one unnamed FSB officer interviewed by the International Crisis Group said: "Of course, we did. We opened borders, helped them all out and closed the border behind them by criminalizing this type of fighting. If they want to return now, we are waiting for them at the borders. Everyone's happy: They are dying on the path of Allah, and we have no terrorist acts here and are now bombing them in Latakia and Idlib. State policy has to be pragmatic; this was very effective." Of course, before being bombed by the Russian Air Force, these militants might have easily joined al Qaeda's Syria franchise or any other insurgency that later enlisted in what, by 2013, had become ISIS. A probability that many Syrians won't have found nearly as "pragmatic" as that FSB officer. Politics is perception Some US politicians have praised Vladimir Putin and Eurasian strongmen leaders for their counterterrorism savvy, which has taken the form of the carpet bombing and razing of Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, in the 1990s; disastrous military raids on terror-besieged theaters and schoolhouses, resulting in the death of hundreds of civilian ho
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1082 The physical resemblance to his father is evident and chilling. Hamza bin Laden -- the favored son of Osama bin Laden -- has kept his image hidden from the public since he was a young child, despite taking on an increasingly vocal role in al Qaeda propaganda in recent years. But video released by the Central Intelligence Agency shows, for the first time, images of Hamza bin Laden as a young adult -- the most recent depiction to date of the man a resurgent al Qaeda could be grooming for a leadership role, one senior counterterrorism official told CNN. The video is part of a massive collection of materials seized during the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in 2011 and released by the agency on Wednesday. The Foundation for Defense of Democracies is analyzing the videos and more than 500,000 other files released by the CIA. Wearing a white robe with gold trim, Hamza is seen at times smiling sheepishly as children hover in and out of the frame. Officials said the images are from his wedding, which is believed to have taken place before 2009 in Iran. "In the video, Hamza is being married to the daughter of a senior al Qaeda leader," according to Bill Roggio of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. "Osama bin Laden, in his documents, is very interested in the growth of Hamza as a young man." Osama bin Laden was in hiding at the time of his son's wedding, but analysts told CNN that he was very eager to see the video and made sure that senior al Qaeda members were in attendance. Hamza bin Laden was introduced to militant audiences as a child -- often featured in al Qaeda propaganda videos holding his father's automatic rifle, reading a poem or engaging in militant training with other young boys. He is now believed to be in his mid- to late 20s. Al Qaeda has increasingly called upon the son to help spread their propaganda message in recent years, but despite indications that Hamza bin Laden's profile within the terrorist group was on the rise, his image has been hidden from public view -- until now. US officials said Hamza was at his father's side right before and after the 9/11 attacks, but then went on the run -- relocating to Iran with other members of the bin Laden family, according to FDD analysts. While he and his family were initially welcomed into Iran after 9/11, their presence soon became a point of tension between al Qaeda and the Iranian regime. Hamza studied al Qaeda's militant ideology while under house arrest in Iran after the 9/11 terror attacks, Ali Soufan, a former FBI agent who tracked al Qaeda, told CNN earlier this year. In one letter to his father, he said he was "forged from steel,"and ready to "march with the armies of the Muajahadeen," Soufan added. Earlier this year, Hamza released a 10-minute audio message calling on followers to attack Jews, Americans, Westerners and even Russians, in lone-wolf-style attacks, using whatever means are easily available. "If you are able to pick up a firearm, well and good; if not, the options are many," the voice says, in a video obtained by SITE Intelligence Group. "He has been trying to copy his dad, the tone of his dad, and also to copy and repeat the messages and terminologies used by his dad in the past," Soufan told CNN at the time of the recording's release. "Hamza at this point is being prepared for senior leadership in al Qaeda, to play a role down the road in leading the organization, and probably in unifying the global jihadi movement," he said. "He had a lot of charisma, and he had enormous public-speaking abilities at a very young age." A senior US counterterrorism official told CNN that al Qaeda could be grooming Hamza for future leadership roles and some analysts said he may be in line to become the terror group's next leader. "Because he is Bin Laden's preferred son. Because he has the right name," said Matthew Levitt of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. "He's got the blood in his veins." In a 2015 recording, al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri introduced the younger bin Laden as one of al-Qaeda's "lions." Previously reported documents recovered after the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan in 2011 showed that Osama bin Laden wanted his son to join him, a US counter-terrorism official told CNN earlier this year. But by the time of the raid, the two had not been reunited -- although Hamza's brother, Khalid, was at the compound, and was killed along with their father. Al Qaeda has often been overshadowed by the brutality and shock value of ISIS in recent years, but US officials have said they are still a potent and durable organization, even as it has become more dispersed throughout the Middle East. The terror group has expanded into war-torn countries like Syria, Somalia, Yemen and Libya.
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1105 More than 15 years after it accepted its first war on terror detainees, Guantanamo Bay is once again at the center of a political firestorm, as President Donald Trump is learning, like his predecessor, that making big changes in US detention policy is harder than it looks. Even within the administration, there are mixed messages about whether there is trust in criminal courts to handle terrorism. In the wake of a deadly terrorist attack in New York earlier this week, Trump on Wednesday suggested he'd be open to holding the suspect, a 29-year-old Uzbek national who has lived in the United States since 2010, as an enemy combatant at the Cuba facility nicknamed Gitmo. "Send him to Gitmo. I would certainly consider that," Trump said at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. "We need quick justice and we need strong justice -- much quicker and much stronger than we have right now. Because what we have right now is a joke, and it's a laughingstock." The suspect, Sayfullo Saipov, was later charged in federal courts in New York, and Trump backtracked on Thursday, saying he recognized that Guantanamo may actually mean a slower process. "Would love to send the NYC terrorist to Guantanamo but statistically that process takes much longer than going through the Federal system..." Trump tweeted, adding: "...There is also something appropriate about keeping him in the home of the horrible crime he committed. Should move fast. DEATH PENALTY!" Even so, Trump's attorney general, Jeff Sessions, on Thursday left open the possibility that Guantanamo detention could remain an option. "Terrorists should know: This administration will use all lawful tools at our disposal, including prosecution in Article III courts and at Guantanamo Bay," Sessions' prepared speech in New York said. "If anyone has any doubt about that, they can ask the more than 500 criminals whom the Department of Justice has convicted of terrorism-related offenses since 9/11. And they can ask the dozens of enemy combatants in Guantanamo Bay." South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, a noted hawk, originally praised the President for considering detaining Saipov, then harshly criticized the change of heart and decision to charge him in federal courts. "If there was ever a candidate to be held as an enemy combatant for intelligence gathering purposes, it is Sayfullo Saipov -- a self-declared 'Soldier of the Caliphate,'" Graham said in a statement. But in further evidence of the internal struggle of the administration, Sessions was introduced by Joon Kim, acting US attorney for the Southern District of New York who on Wednesday, after the "laughingstock" comments, forcefully defended the success of the civilian courts. "The folks in that unit working with the (New York Police Department) and the (Joint Terrorism Task Force) have a long and unblemished track record of successfully investigating and prosecuting domestic and international terrorists," Kim said. The battle echoes a fight by Trump's predecessor, President Barack Obama, in trying to transform US policy on Guantanamo. Coming into office with a promise to close the detention facility, Obama never succeeded, and ended up having to continue to operate and legally defend practices there. Obama did wind down use of the facility and transferred many prisoners out of it, and didn't send any further detainees to Guantanamo. There were 41 detainees at Guantánamo Bay as of August 2017. Murky legal battle Experts say Trump pursuing Guantanamo detention in this case, where a US resident was arrested on US soil, would open a potentially unwise legal battle for the administration, and that it might only expose the ongoing challenges of the military commissions hearing cases there. "There are three layers here," said Steve Vladeck, University of Texas School of Law professor and CNN legal contributor. "I think the first is, is it legal? The second is, is it necessary? And the third is, it is wise? And I think we're 0 for 3." Courts have not ruled on whether the current Authorization of Military Force would apply to ISIS or whether a person arrested on US soil could be held at Guantanamo, both major legal challenges such a detention would face, Vladeck said. Additionally, civilian courts are able to handle terror trials and waive Miranda rights in exigent circumstances, undercutting the necessity, he added. And, as Trump acknowledged Thursday, the Guantanamo process tends to be slow. "If your goal is to actually get justice for the victims, Guantanamo is a black hole, whereas the civilian courts are there, they're fast, their legitimacy is not regularly questioned," Vladeck said. More controversy at Gitmo Columbia Law professor Matthew Waxman served in the Bush administration and specifically worked on Guantanamo Bay detention, and largely agreed with Vladeck that detaining Saipov would probably accomplish more harm than good. He also noted that this week is a particularly controversial time to advocate for expanding Guantanamo's use. The Marine Corps general who oversees war court defense teams at the station was found guilty this week of contempt for disobeying orders by a military judge and sentenced to 21 days confinement. "(Trump) seems totally oblivious to the fact that the military commission system, which has already faced many delays, is just this week suffering another meltdown, so the idea that Guantanamo -- military commissions at Guantanamo -- a form of swift justice, is badly mistaken," Waxman said. Both Trump and Obama, Waxman said, may have overestimated political support for their desired goal with Gitmo. "I think they're both going to face realities that they weren't anticipating," he said. In the meantime, the Guantanamo Bay limbo is likely to carry on. "I expect Guantanamo to continue looking a lot like it does now," Waxman said. "Especially absent a new Authorization of the Use of Military Force from Congress, I don't expect many new detainees to be sent to Guantanamo, I don't expect military commissions to run smoothly in prosecuting detainees who are there, (and) I don't expect many detainees to be transferred from Guantanamo. I think for the foreseeable future, Guantanamo will look like it does now."
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1128 Amid the President's own controversial comments about this week's New York City terrorist attack, the Trump campaign sent out a fundraising email Thursday to supporters linking the attack with an immigration program the President wants to end. The email was sent by the "Trump Make America Great Again Committee," the joint fundraising vehicle of the Republican National Committee and Trump's campaign. In it, the campaign asked supporters to add their names to an "official petition" to the White House to end the diversity visa lottery. "The deranged animal who terrorized New York City came into our country through the 'Diversity Visa Lottery' -- a politically correct government program that selects new immigrants at random with no other purpose than to fill quotas," the email started. "We can no longer sacrifice our sanity and our security at the altar of political correctness. ... Now (Trump) needs you to join the call to end this backwards program." Once a supporter enters their name on the "Official Petition W.H. 4540" page, they are prompted to donate to the fund. Preemptively, the email further encourages supporters by noting the email may draw controversy. "The fake news media is going to unleash a flurry of attacks against this petition," the email reads. "Which is why the President truly needs your support." The White House declined to comment and the RNC did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program awards up to 50,000 individuals per year with a visa that paves the way for a green card and eventually a path to citizenship. Visas are awarded by random selection in certain countries to promote immigration from places that don't otherwise send many immigrants to the US. Critics complain that the program brings people to compete for American jobs without matching their skills to needs in the US. The 29-year-old Uzbek national suspected of committing Tuesday's terror attack, which killed eight people and injured a dozen more, first came to the US on a diversity visa in 2010. Trump has linked that fact with a call to shut down the program -- and to restrict other forms of immigration to the US. "The people put in that lottery are not that country's finest," Trump said before a White House meeting Thursday. "We know that the program presents significant vulnerabilities to our national security. It's a very unsafe program for our country and we're not going to allow it to happen." While individuals are selected for visas randomly, they still are vetted for security and eligibility requirement. Diversity recipients must also meet unique requirements attached to the visa: They must have at least a high school education or equivalent and must have had at least two years of experience working a job that requires at least two years of training or experience within five years of the date of the application. They must also be admissible to the US -- categories of inadmissibility to the US broadly include terrorism connections. The process includes an in-person interview. Asked about the President's push to end the diversity lottery on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio noted that the 2013 bipartisan Senate immigration bill he helped write did just that, and Congress could be open to it. But he also rejected the notion that the issue should be linked to the terror attack. "I think (the lottery) is an idea that really outlived its usefulness if it ever had any, but unrelated to what happened in New York," Rubio said. "I don't even know the circumstances by which that terrorist entered the United States, but it sounded like his radicalization came way after. We just didn't think we needed a diversity lottery (in 2013)." Democrats have slammed the President as politicizing the attack. "We must take swift and decisive action to bring the perpetrator of this heinous attack to justice. But the President is exploiting a national tragedy to further his anti-immigrant agenda and once again divide our nation," Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairwoman Michelle Lujan Grisham said in a statement Wednesday. "It is shameful to wrongfully build suspicion around people who immigrated here legally and are contributing to our country."
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1151 Almost two years before Sayfullo Saipov used a rented truck to run down cyclists and pedestrians in New York Tuesday, killing eight, authorities had been visiting vehicle rental businesses to help owners recognize suspicious activity. "We went and did extensive outreach to the truck rental business," said John Miller, New York Police Department deputy commissioner for intelligence and counterterrorism, after an ISIS publication about two years ago mentioned New York's Thanksgiving Day Parade as a possible target for a vehicle attack. "We visited over 148 truck rental locations in this area. The obvious ones, U-Haul, Ryder, Home Depot ... and talked about suspicious indicators, ways to come forward." Suspect inspired by ISIS As terror tactics evolve, law enforcement officials have had to learn and adapt. After deadly truck attacks in France and Germany last year, Miller said the NYPD repeated those contacts with local truck rental companies. "The industry has had a high level of awareness on this matter from the NYPD," Miller said. The department has two programs -- NYPD SHIELD and Operation Nexus -- that maintain regular contact with New York area businesses and private security officials to discuss ways terrorists may try to exploit firms like rental truck companies, according to Miller. Saipov was inspired to carry out Tuesday's assault after watching ISIS videos and closely followed the terror group's playbook for an attack, according to a criminal complaint. "He appears to have followed almost exactly to a 'T' the instructions that ISIS has put out in its social media channels before, with instructions to their followers on how to carry out such an attack," Miller said. While al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, based in Yemen, had called for vehicle attacks in the West beginning in 2010, it wasn't until ISIS leaders called for such operations three years ago that they began to occur more regularly, CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen wrote this week. Suspect made practice run On October 22, Saipov, rented a truck from a Passaic, New Jersey, store that authorities identified as Home Depot to practice making turns ahead of this week's attack, according to the complaint. On Tuesday, the 29-year-old Uzbekistan native went to the same store and rented the truck for two hours, with "no intention of ever returning it," the document said. It wasn't clear if the Home Depot store where Saipov rented the truck had been one of those visited by the NYPD. Miller said the NYPD also works with the Homeland Security Department and other federal agencies to contact truck rental companies outside New York. The Operation Nexus web page said it involves a nationwide network of businesses and that detectives have visited more than 25,000 firms. Truck leasing association works with Homeland Security Department The Virginia-based Truck Renting and Leasing Association, or TRALA, which represents nearly 500 trucking companies throughout the country, said Thursday that its members have been collaborating on security issues with local and federal law enforcement for decades. In addition, the association and member companies worked with Homeland Security to develop a guide on "counterterrorism and security at truck rental and leasing businesses and, in particular, what could constitute a 'red flag,'" the statement said. "TRALA members stand in full support of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies and their efforts to prevent the use of trucks for illegal and/or harmful purposes," said Jake Jacoby, president and CEO. "Further, we will continue to work with law enforcement agencies to prevent these types of acts in the future." While Saipov allegedly began planning the attack a year ago and decided to use a truck two months ago, a federal Transportation Security Administration report said he needed little preparation. Truck attacks require minimal planning and training, report says "Vehicle-ramming attacks are considered unsophisticated, in that a perpetrator could carry out such an attack with minimal planning and training," said the TSA report, released in May. "It is likely that terrorist groups will continue to encourage aspiring attackers to employ unsophisticated tactics such as vehicle-ramming, since these types of attacks minimize the potential for premature detection and could inflict mass fatalities if successful." In fact, terrorists have carried out 17 known vehicle ramming attacks worldwide from 2014 to 2017, causing nearly 200 deaths and more than 600 injuries, according to the TSA report, which included security tips for truck rental companies. Such attacks are simple to carry out and largely unstoppable, according to Bergen. Closing access to vehicles to anywhere there are crowds would be an impossible task in crowded Western cities. "What was once a rarely used tactic has now become a tactic of choice for terrorists who are living in the West, because these attacks simply require the rental or purchase of a suitable vehicle and access to crowds of people," Bergen wrote. A truck rental at Home Depot costs $19 for the first 75 minutes, requires the renter to be at least 21, hold a current US or Canadian driver's license and pay with a valid credit card, according to the company website. "As far as the truck rental goes, those interviews are being conducted and ... there was certainly nothing unusual enough to cause anyone to call," Miller said.
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1174 Nestled in a bucolic neighborhood just outside Washington, DC, diplomatic security personnel are working around the clock to protect some of the country's most sensitive information from cyber attackers, their already daunting task further complicated by the State Department's aging and obsolete technology. Every day, these men and women of the Foreign Affairs Cybersecurity Center sift through five terabytes of information -- the data equivalent of about 85,000 hours of music or 1.5 million pictures -- looking for abnormalities that could indicate an attempted intrusion into the State Department's vast communications network. "We're quite proud of the place," said Lonnie Price, the Assistant Director for Cyber and Technology Security in the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service, who hosted reporters for a rare tour of the facility this week. With so much data to monitor, finding potential intrusions may seem like the proverbial search for the needle in the haystack. But in today's increasingly connected world, both the haystack and the number of needles are growing. According to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office, "the number of information security incidents reported by federal agencies -- including the State Department -- increased from 5,503 in fiscal year 2006 to 77,183 in fiscal year 2015." Price puts the number of significant incidents affecting the State Department at about 17,000 per year -- including anything from phishing schemes, attempts to steal data, vandalism of government websites and other efforts to disrupt US foreign policy. "Cyber is a hot topic," Price noted in his briefing to reporters, "and it's only going to get more so." "Aging and obsolete technology systems" But it's not just the prevalence of attacks that the staffers need to worry about. The GAO report also found that the State Department "relies on several aging and obsolete technology systems, which require significant resources to operate and create challenges to ensuring information security." Put simply, the State Department's cyber infrastructure is something of a dinosaur, and it has earned the scorn of lawmakers and civil servants alike for being outdated, even by government standards. It quickly caught the attention of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, a former oil executive, who has made it a priority to reorganize the State Department bureaucracy to run more efficiently. In an email to employees in September, Tillerson said the bureau's antiquated technology was a major source of concern for employees in a recent agency-wide survey. "Secretary Tillerson is absolutely committed to modernizing and innovating within the State Department," said Price, adding that Tillerson is "driving us all very, very hard toward the greater good." In particular, the State Department is looking toward cloud migration as a way to streamline data accessibility at its missions. By moving data to a remotely accessible server, or "cloud," the State Department would be able to better access and share data at posts around the world. And given the agency's global reach, it's a surprisingly late adopter of the technology. In 2011, the Obama administration published a government-wide cloud computing strategy, outlining how the technology could "significantly help agencies grappling with the need to provide highly reliable, innovative services quickly despite resource constraints." Several branches of the US military have since moved toward cloud migration, as have the departments of homeland security and veterans affairs. These agencies have awarded multi-million dollar contracts to tech giants like Microsoft and IBM. Price said the State Department is currently considering several potential commercial providers, but wouldn't say which companies have made the short list. "We want to make sure that they are completely vetted and can handle all of the things -- all of the protective care that we provide our data on premises," said Price, who calls himself "a big fan" of the technology. "I am completely sold on it," he said, but cautioned that the migration will take time. "There will be a transition, probably over multiple years," he suggested. "You don't get rid of your legacy infrastructure on premises overnight. ... So we're going to have quite a bit of time to evolve our processes too." "Spearphishing is a plague upon all of us" But even the most sophisticated systems are vulnerable to attack if its users aren't on alert. "Spearfishing" scams, in which an email is designed to coax a user into clicking, can put systems at risk. "Spearphishing is a plague upon all of us here in the US government and beyond," Price said. "It is an extremely effective way to compromise a network, even as well defended as ours." "It only takes one of these people to click on a link and we have hundreds of man hours of work ahead of us," he added, "if not millions of dollars in damage repair." That's why the department is fighting spearfishing from all ends, filtering out as many suspicious emails as possible before they hit an employee's inbox, and raising awareness of the problem by conducting "spearfishing exercises" -- sending out emails that look like phishing emails, then tracking how employees respond. And apparently the fake emails can be quite convincing. "I have to say -- rather embarrassing for myself -- I received one of these spearfishing messages weeks ago," Price admitted sheepishly. "It looked just like a LinkedIn -- a person's photo, they want to connect to me," he recounted. "And it has two choices: It says, do you want to connect with this person, or if you don't know them, do you want to see their bio? And I said, 'well, I'm not stupid. I want to see their bio!'" "And then the immediate message that says you've been phished and that starts the remedial training," he continued. "And I was embarrassed. I've been an information security professional for 30 years, and I was fooled." Social media, the "soft target" There's also a growing understanding at the FACC that social media and private email accounts can be used to indirectly target government agencies or officials. It's a danger that was highlighted on a massive scale during last year's presidential election, when Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta, fell victim to phishing scheme that targeted his Gmail account. Podesta -- who did not work for the government at the time, but communicated with important figures in government and politics -- clicked a link in an innocuous-looking email, purporting to be a password-reset prompt from Google. The email was actually a trap set by hackers, who stole tens of thousands of Podesta's emails and provided them to the website Wikileaks. "One of the things that we're seeing on the rise is personal accounts are becoming more and more popular because they're soft targets in that they're lightly defended and there's a high return on investment," Price revealed, "whether it's just personal stuff, or whether people are taking work home or whatever." To counter this potential threat, the State Department offers support to its staffers for any issues they might be experiencing with their personal email accounts or social media platforms, in hopes these employees will raise potential incursions with the agency. "Even if it's their personal account," said Price, "we let them know we're here as a resource. And it is paying off."
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1197 Ahead of President Donald Trump's five-country, 12-day trip to Asia, his top national security adviser is making one thing clear: The President won't be moderating his language in the region. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster told reporters on Thursday, less than 24 hours before the President departs for his trip, that Trump doesn't plan to change his bellicose rhetoric on North Korea even though he will be nearby when he visits Japan, South Korea and China. "The President will use whatever language he wants to use, obviously," McMaster said. "I don't think the President really modulates his language. I mean, have you noticed him do that? He has been very clear about that." Trump has reacted to North Korea's saber-rattling and missile tests with combative rhetoric and pledges to respond with "fire and fury." The rhetoric has not alleviated tensions in the region and has left some critics questioning whether the President underestimated North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. McMaster noted that while he has seen the criticism of Trump's rhetoric, he countered that it is only North Korea's activities that are inflammatory. "Inflammatory is the North Korean regime and what they're doing to threaten the world," McMaster said. McMaster also told reporters that Trump is considering putting North Korea back on the list of state sponsors of terrorism, a designation the country lost under President George W. Bush in 2008. "That is an option that is under consideration," he said. "And so, the President's Cabinet is looking at this as part of the overall strategy on North Korea." He added that reporters will "hear more about that soon." Under sanctions legislation signed by Trump in August, the State Department must report to Congress by Thursday whether it will re-designate North Korea. The Trump administration has faced mounting bipartisan calls to relist North Korea in the face of the growing threat from Pyongyang. Administration officials say the designation is a technical one, based on a statutory standard. Several US officials said that the administration has not made a decision and is expected to notify Congress that it is still reviewing the matter. The officials said the decision would likely be made after Trump's trip to Asia. Thae Yong-ho, a former high-ranking North Korean official who defected to South Korea, endorsed adding North Korea back to the state sponsor of terrorism list during testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday. "Once relisted, it will be easier to drive them from global financial systems and convince other world partners to detect the channels North Korea uses to fund its nuclear development," Thae said. Adding them back to the list will also increase the effectiveness of sanctions, he added. Thae was number two in the North Korean embassy in London before he escaped with his wife and two sons, arriving in South Korea in 2016.
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1213 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/02/politics/trump-new-york-city-death-penalty/index.html">Did Donald Trump subvert the case against New York City terror suspect?</a>
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1220 President Donald Trump's Twitter declaration that the man charged with killing eight pedestrians and bikers in New York City "SHOULD GET THE DEATH PENALTY" has ignited controversy over whether Trump could have jeopardized the government's legal case. Presidents have uttered vengeful statements in the wake of terror attacks and terrible murders before. Yet, as with all things Trump, his late-night missive went further and could cause greater trouble for prosecutors. Still, with history as a guide and the present context of a defendant who apparently mowed down people in the name of ISIS, it is likely Trump's intemperate tweet has complicated -- but not wrecked -- the prosecution's ability to obtain the ultimate penalty. Judges bring extra scrutiny to capital cases, and federal prosecutors must show they are seeking the death penalty based on fair-minded, well-considered grounds distinct to an individual defendant. The rapid-fire (some might say knee-jerk) nature of a Twitter message by the person at the helm of the executive branch that includes the Justice Department, could undermine that deliberative process. "It is entirely inappropriate for the President to call for a specific punishment for a federal criminal defendant, especially one who has not been convicted," said Ron Weich, dean of the University of Baltimore law school and a former federal prosecutor. "It amounts to improper White House interference in Justice Department litigation. It pre-empts the careful deliberative process within DOJ about whether to seek the death penalty. It may taint the jury pool," Weich added. Joon Kim, acting US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, is overseeing the prosecution of Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, a 29-year-old Uzbekistan native charged with two terrorism counts: providing material support to ISIS and violence and destruction of motor vehicles with willful disregard for human life. "At the end of the day," said Andrew McCarthy, a former federal prosecutor who writes for the National Review, "it makes Joon Kim's life more difficult. ... Any time a President spouts off about a legal case it's going to complicate work for prosecutors." Trump's statements, as they stand, likely would not be a factor not in jurors' consideration of Saipov's guilt or innocence, but rather in a sentence of, say life in prison or death. Even then, McCarthy added, jurors may not be influenced by Trump. They may be more inclined to recall the horrific events of that Halloween afternoon than anything the President asserted. In the past, pronouncements of presidents and other top officials in high profile legal case have prompted challenges, and eventually been rejected. Immediately after the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, President Bill Clinton said, "These people are killers, and they must be treated like killers." He and Attorney General Janet Reno endorsed the imposition of the death penalty for the perpetrators, who were not yet caught. Lawyers for Timothy McVeigh, one of the bombers, later asked a judge to prevent Reno from not participating in the case. The move was rejected, and McVeigh was executed in 2001. Back in 1970, President Richard Nixon declared cult leader Charles Manson guilty before his trial was over. Amid an immediate debate over whether he had tainted the case, Nixon, a lawyer, withdrew his remark, reportedly saying, "the last thing I would do is prejudice the legal rights of any person, in any circumstances." The United States Constitution requires due process of law, including the presumption of innocence until a person is proven guilty. On Wednesday night, Trump tweeted: "NYC terrorist was happy as he asked to hang ISIS flag in his hospital room. He killed 8 people, badly injured 12. SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY." He was back at it Thursday morning, tweeting: "Would love to send the NYC terrorist to Guantanamo but statistically that process takes much longer than going through the Federal system. There is also something appropriate about keeping him in the home of the horrible crime he committed. Should move fast. DEATH PENALTY!" Trump's tweets and other remarks have continually become evidence in legal cases. Judges used his statements earlier this year to find that his first travel bans were wrongly directed at Muslims and religious rights. More recently, his campaign comments about US Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl were raised at a military trial. During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump said Bergdahl "should be shot" for walking off his post. "In the good old days, he would have been executed." Bergdahl pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. A military judge said Trump's comments would not hurt Bergdahl's ability to receive a fair trial. "I am completely unaffected by any comments President Trump has made about Sergeant Bergdahl," Army Col. Jeffery Nance said, although he acknowledged Trump's statements during the campaign were "conclusory, condemning and damning of the accused." Asked by CNN's Sara Murray about Trump's comments regarding New York City, national security adviser H.R. McMaster said Thursday that the President has asked for "options" to assess how terrorism suspects should be held and tried. "What the President wants is to secure the American people from this threat and from mass murderers like this," McMaster said told reporters at the White House. He added that Trump has asked for options to assess if the US judicial system has "all the tools they need to combat this threat to the American people."
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1236 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/02/opinions/how-trump-can-get-real-on-terror-at-home-miller/index.html">Trump's fixes for terror are fairly useless</a>
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1240 <span>Nov 2, 2017</span>
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1243 It's a cruel irony that the worst terror attack in New York City since 9/11 occurred on the watch of a President who boasts that he's done more to combat terror in eight months than Obama did in eight years. Donald Trump's rhetoric -- that getting tougher on terror will fix the problem at hand -- is not only unrealistic, his focus and methodology are deeply flawed. His travel bans and extreme vetting won't work and may even make things worse. Sure, we need to address flaws in our immigration procedures, but given that radicalization occurs here at home, we need more attention to local outreach in Muslim communities, to identify it and, if possible, prevent it from occurring. Instead of looking for quick fixes and politicizing the issue, the President should work to reassure the public, even as he prepares the country to accept the reality that it's virtually impossible to prevent the kind of attacks that occurred in downtown Manhattan this week: a suspect drove a rented pickup truck down a bike path, killing eight and injuring about a dozen. And none of us, especially the President, should lose sight of the fact that extremism is not just a problem involving Muslims; the worst mass shooting in modern American history -- the massacre in Las Vegas October 1 -- was carried out not by a jihadi extremist but by an affluent American citizen living in Nevada. It's a local problem... Tragically, Tuesday's attack in New York City drives home a point that terrorism watchers have been making for years. It's impossible to hermetically seal the United States both internally and externally against jihadist attacks. In many respects, we've done an extraordinary job on the external piece. Two oceans and a well-integrated American Muslim community have helped, as have our own improved counterterrorism efforts. Indeed, since 9/11 there has not been a single successful attack planned, coordinated and carried out by ISIS or al-Qaeda operatives. Instead, the real challenge we face is from homegrown jihadis. All 13 of the perpetrators of lethal jihadist terrorist attacks in the United States since 9/11 were native-born citizens or legal residents. And both a March 2017 Department of Homeland Security report and a US House Homeland Security Committee report from December 2016 suggest these US-based extremists were likely radicalized only several years after they arrived in the US. It's too early to say, but it should surprise no one if that proves to be the case with Tuesday's vehicular killer. ... and a long-term problem Americans are impatient and prone to look for comprehensive and quick fixes for complicated problems. We have declared war on drugs; mental illness; cancer; poverty and crime. And yet decades later these battles go on. Such is the case with the "war on terror." It took the allies six years to defeat Germany and Japan in World War II; and the victory was total. Here we are 16 years after 9/11 and by the looks of things, even with recent successes against the ISIS caliphate in Iraq and Syria, we are nowhere near that kind of victory. If defeating the enemy means breaking its will to fight, then we surely are in for a long campaign. Paradoxically, the destruction of the caliphate will only impel the jihadi movement to strike out, to demonstrate its relevance and capacity. Control of territory is an overrated asset in the jihadi world. ISIS and its jihadi derivatives will morph into local insurgencies in Iraq and Syria. Through online contacts and inspiration it will seek to motivate adherents to strike out abroad in Europe and the US, as we've already seen, using less complex tools, such as trucks. In a free and open society, like ours, in a country where mobility and anonymity are cherished, it's virtually impossible to expect that these attacks with common and everyday weapons can be prevented. Extreme vetting and travel bans won't fix the problem We can always enhance our security and look for innovative and effective means to keep us safer, but it is essential that we direct those efforts at solving the problems we actually face. The Trump administration has become too adept at developing solutions for non-problems. For example, none of the original 9/11 terrorists came from countries that are covered by any of the administration's travel bans; and of the 13 extremists responsible for the fatal attacks since 9/11, none emigrated from or were born into families that emigrated from a country on the administration's original travel ban. After Tuesday's attack, the President's initial response was to call for tougher border security; restrictions on immigration and extreme vetting, as well as to attack New York Sen. Chuck Schumer for supporting a visa program that, Trump claimed, allowed the truck-driving terrorist to enter the United States. Not only was the killer's country of origin, Uzbekistan, not on any of the administration's travel bans, the consensus among terrorism experts is that radicalization, in most cases, occurs within the United States. No immigration restriction, even the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program under which the killer was admitted in 2010, would have been able to detect the propensity for radicalization. That visa diversity program may well be flawed, but we cannot read minds or intuit motivation, particularly if the process of radicalization develops over time. A country-by-country-based set of restrictions simply won't address the problem we face. Indeed, an approach that effectively bans Muslims from entering the US -- as the President wanted to do earlier in his term (and may well be what he would like to achieve) would undermine our nation's values, and in the process alienate the 3 million-plus Muslims in the United States (whose cooperation we need) by stigmatizing them. We can't secure every jogging or bike path in every large city in America. Educating those who rent trucks about the signs of what might constitute suspicious behavior is a hit-or-miss proposition in a country this large and independent. More focus on local communities; better partnerships with law enforcement and community institutions, and liaisons and other contact with peers and family members who would be the first to identify signs of radicalization is critically important. Indeed, we need to find more effective ways of identifying radicalization and pre-empting it before it leads to an attack. But we should have no illusion that this will be easy or successful. Trump needs to set the right tone The President's comments Tuesday do precisely the opposite. Focusing on getting "less politically correct" -- Trump's unsubtle reference, during a Cabinet meeting, to toughening up the country's policies toward Muslims -- is the wrong way to go. Attacks by right-wing extremists and jihadis are now nearly equal. And the President's preferences for quick and strict justice for those who allegedly commit these acts of terror raise serious questions about his regard for the rule of law and due process. The conviction rates for terrorists prosecuted in federal criminal courts is quite high; federal prosecutors have convicted 200 jihadist related cases, while military commissions at Guantanamo have not convicted a single 9/11 defendant. If the bicycle-path killer were sent to Guantanamo Bay, as Trump suggested Tuesday, it would guarantee a lengthy period most likely without trial and conviction. There is no question: We must always review immigration procedures, particularly if they've proven to be ineffective and threaten homeland security. But in 10 months of his administration, Mr. Trump has provided very little evidence to suggest he's been much "tougher and smarter" when it comes to preventing attacks at home. Cutting the budget for programs that prevent terrorism, as Trump has proposed in his 2018 budget, sounds neither tough nor smart. Instead of sounding like a confident President, one who reassures citizens that together we'll surmount the challenge that terror acts present, while maintaining a free and open society consistent with our values, Mr. Trump has sounded like he is on the campaign trail playing to his base. And immediately after the worst terror attack in New York City since 9/11, that's definitely not what the country needs to hear.
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1259 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/02/us/new-york-attack-school-bus/index.html">'They're stuck in there!' Video shows kids trapped in bus after terror attack</a>
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1266 Sebastian Sobczak was walking down the street near the World Trade Center when he heard yelling and saw a mangled yellow school bus. With camera in hand, he went to take stock of what was happening and spotted several children inside the bus. "They're stuck in there!" the bus driver yelled. "Oh my God!" Sobczak said. "Can you call 911? Oh my God!" Video that Sobczak provided to CNN shows the hectic moments after a man drove a rented truck into cyclists and pedestrians Tuesday on a bike path in Lower Manhattan, killing eight people in the deadliest terrorist attack in New York since 9/11. Sayfullo Saipov, the suspect in the attack, then slammed into the school bus, authorities said. The collision stopped the suspect, and he exited the truck brandishing imitation weapons before police shot him and took him into custody. The suspect's white truck can be seen in the background of Sobczak's video, but the focus is on students stuck in the caved-in bus. Two students can be seen through a window, and another appears lodged underneath a hunk of mangled metal. Police quickly arrived on the scene, and later in the video footage, first responders work to rescue a trapped child. The crash injured two children and two adults, New York Police Commissioner James P. O'Neill said Tuesday. And Sobczak said he's unlikely to forget what he saw. "The horror of hearing that bus driver and those screaming kids will haunt me," he said.
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1289 President Donald Trump is calling for the death penalty against the man charged with mowing down pedestrians and bikers in New York City, raising the question of whether his rhetoric could imperil prosecutors' efforts in the case. Trump has used the Halloween attack to push his agenda of tightening immigration laws and toughening anti-terror policies. "NYC terrorist was happy as he asked to hang ISIS flag in his hospital room," Trump tweeted late Wednesday night. "He killed 8 people, badly injured 12. SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY!" He then resumed his call on Twitter Thursday morning. "Would love to send the NYC terrorist to Guantanamo but statistically that process takes much longer than going through the Federal system. There is also something appropriate about keeping him in the home of the horrible crime he committed. Should move fast. DEATH PENALTY!" Presidents typically don't comment on pending criminal cases because of the potential impact their statements can have. For instance, the defense could claim his comments will taint a jury pool. The call for the death penalty was aimed at Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, a 29-year-old Uzbekistan native who was living in New Jersey, is charged with providing material support to ISIS, violence and destruction of motor vehicles, said Joon H. Kim, the acting US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. During the Halloween attack, he killed eight people by driving over them in a pickup truck. He did not enter a plea in federal court Wednesday. "Mr. President, we all know he should get the death penalty," tweeted Andrew C. McCarthy, a former federal prosecutor. "But when *you* say it, it makes it harder for DOJ to make that happen." "Trump helped the terrorist with this tweet. Now prosecutors will have to spend time dealing with motions that the jury pool is tainted," said Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor. Speaking to the press Wednesday, the President called the justice system "a laughingstock" and said he would consider sending the suspect to Guantanamo Bay.
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1305 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/02/us/five-things-november-2-trnd/index.html">5 things for November 2: A terror plot a year in the making</a>
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1312 We're learning more about the suspect and the plans behind this week's deadly New York City terror attack. Here's what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get "5 Things You Need to Know Today" delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) 1. NYC terror attack Sayfullo Saipov, the man accused of killing eight people in this week's terror attack in New York, is reportedly talking to authorities. What he has to say is chilling: According to a criminal complaint, he allegedly "felt good about what he had done" and had been planning the attack for a year. Saipov told investigators he was inspired by ISIS videos, and investigators found 90 videos and 3,800 images that appeared to be ISIS-related propaganda on one of his cell phones, the complaint says. Saipov was charged with federal terrorism offenses in Tuesday's attack, but President Donald Trump tweeted that he should "GET DEATH PENALTY." Trump also vowed to terminate the visa lottery program that help bring Saipov to the United States and branded the justice system a "laughingstock." 2. Facebook and Russia The House Intelligence Committee released a small sample of the 3,000 ads a Russian troll farm purchased on Facebook during the 2016 US presidential election. They focused on divisive issues such as immigration, religion and race, and some mentioned Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders by name. Some of the ads were sophisticated attempts to appeal to certain interest groups or races. Others pushed false missions, such as a petition to remove Clinton from the ballot or an ad claiming you could vote via Twitter. A few were just downright bizarre, such as an image of Satan and Jesus arm-wrestling for the country's future. Really. 3. Brett Ratner Director and producer Brett Ratner is the latest Hollywood figure accused of sexual misconduct. In a Los Angeles Times story published Wednesday, six women, including actresses Olivia Munn and Natasha Henstridge, accused Ratner of allegations ranging from sexual assault to harassment in incidents in private homes, at industry events and on movie sets. Among other things, Munn accused Ratner of touching himself in front of her, and Henstridge accused him of physically forcing her to perform sexual acts. Rattner's attorney says his client "vehemently denies the outrageous derogatory allegations." 4. North Korea North Korea is working on an advanced version of its existing KN-20 intercontinental ballistic missile that could potentially reach the United States, according to a US official. This newly assessed ICBM is just one part of an accelerated effort by Kim Jong Un's regime to improve every part of its missile and nuclear weapons attack capability as quickly as possible. While it's scary news all around, the development chiefly means the United States has to recalculate the timing of the threat that a North Korean missile could pose to the country, and rethink what kind of response would be most effective. 5. Osama bin Laden The CIA has released a huge collection of files connected with the 2011 raid that led to the killing of Osama bin Laden. This newly released info includes the al Qaeda founder's personal journal. CIA Director Mike Pompeo said the release "provides the opportunity for the American people to gain further insights into the plans and workings of this terrorist organization." However, it also provides some unexpected insight into the bin Laden family's viewing tastes. The CIA has withheld some material on the grounds of security or copyright, including family movies such as "Cars," "Chicken Little" and "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" as well as the documentaries "Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?" and "CNN Presents: World's Most Wanted." BREAKFAST BROWSE People are talking about these. Read up. Join in. Houston wins the World Series.
1313It's the Astros' first World Series title, so be happy for them. Disney unveils the cast for 2019's "Lion King" remake and people are screaming over it.
1314Beyoncé! James Earl Jones! Disney is trying to give us all heart attacks. Papa John's says NFL protests are hurting sales.
1315Not entirely sure how that's supposed to work, but OK. Quit smoking and this company will give you an extra week off.
1316Now if that's not an incentive, nothing is. Michelle Obama gives advice to young people on when to tweet.
1317The answer is never. Never tweet. QUOTE OF THE DAY "I wish them the very best. That's what every American should wish for the people in the White House since they are our President and first family." Former first lady Laura Bush, on the Trumps and the challenges the first family faces AND FINALLY ... You think it's just a tangerine being peeled, but ... Some talents are a little more obscure than others!
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1333 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/02/asia/rakhine-myanmar-suu-kyi/index.html">Myanmar's Suu Kyi visits Rakhine State for first time since mass exodus</a>
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1340 Myanmar's de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has visited the country's conflict-ridden Rakhine State for the first time since an outbreak of violence in August forced more than 600,000 people to flee. Suu Kyi arrived in the northeastern region Thursday for a one day trip, government spokesman Zaw Htay told CNN. Conflict in the region intensified after Rohingya militants launched a series of alleged attacks on government border posts in late August, sparking widespread reprisals from Myanmar's security services. Former democracy activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Suu Kyi has come in for intense international criticism for her handling of the crisis, that has seen hundreds of thousands of Rohingya -- a predominantly Muslim ethnic minority not recognized by Myanmar -- flee into neighboring Bangladesh. Many of those crossing the border have brought tales of death and destruction in their homeland, including villages burned to the ground and women and children being murdered. Myanmar has repeatedly denied claims it is working to deliberately and forcibly expel Rohingya from Rakhine, instead arguing that the military is carrying out necessary counter measures to protect innocent civilians against "brutal acts of terrorism" perpetrated by Rohingya extremists. Following a visit to Myanmar this week, UN Assistant High Commissioner Volker Turk called for "unrestricted humanitarian access for communities in need, and for the voluntary return of refugees in safety and dignity," according to a statement. 'Human rights nightmare' The United Nations has condemned the ongoing violence against the Rohingya inside Myanmar, with UN Human Rights Chief Zeid Raad al-Huseein labeling it "textbook ethnic cleansing." UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged those involved to look beyond the underlying grievances and address the current situation, telling a special meeting of the Security Council in September that the crisis in Myanmar and Bangladesh was quickly spiraling into "a humanitarian and human rights nightmare." "We've received bone-chilling accounts from those who fled, mainly women, children and the elderly," he said. Rohingya Muslims are considered to be among the world's most persecuted people. The predominantly Buddhist Myanmar considers them Bangladeshi, but Bangladesh says they're Burmese. As a result, they're effectively stateless. Last month, Bangladesh announced it will build a single, enormous refugee camp to house around 800,000 Rohingya refugees as a Bangladeshi minister warned his country was struggling to deal with the flood across the border. Fallen idol In a highly publicized speech in September addressing the Rohingya issue, Suu Kyi repeatedly contradicted the findings an official report commissioned by the government and compiled by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. In particular, she claimed her government was unaware of the underlying causes of the crisis, when Annan's report explicitly pointed to "military and police operations" causing thousands to flee across the border, among other issues. Defenders of Suu Kyi point to her lack of control over the country's military, owing to the constitution crafted by former junta leaders as they oversaw the shift from an army-led government to partial democracy. The 2008 constitution allocated a quarter of the seats in parliament to the military and guaranteed army control over the country's security forces, the police and key cabinet positions in the government.
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1356 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/02/us/new-york-terror-attack/index.html">Terror suspect wanted to attack people on Brooklyn Bridge, documents say</a>
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1363 The man accused of using a truck to plow down pedestrians and cyclists on a New York bike path and killing eight people was so devoted to ISIS that he wanted to display the terror group's flag in his hospital room, documents show. Details that emerged at Sayfullo Saipov's initial court appearance Wednesday paint a picture of a man who reportedly had planned even more carnage after the deadly attack on a bike path near the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. The 29-year-old Uzbek native had planned to continue striking pedestrians on the Brooklyn Bridge on Tuesday, he told investigators, according to a criminal complaint. Instead, Saipov crashed his truck into a school bus in Lower Manhattan and then jumped out, brandishing imitation firearms, officials said. New York police Officer Ryan Nash fired nine shots at him, wounding him in the abdomen, before police took him into custody. Saipov did not say much when he appeared in court Wednesday using a wheelchair. But he waived his right to silence and told investigators that he had planned Tuesday's attack for about a year, according to the criminal complaint. Read the federal complaint against the suspect Saipov picked Halloween to carry out the deadliest attack in New York since 9/11 because he believed more people would be out on the streets for the holiday, according to the criminal complaint. More than a dozen people were also injured Tuesday. He was inspired to carry out the attack after watching ISIS videos and closely followed the ISIS playbook for an attack, according to the complaint. Saipov had about 90 videos and 3,800 images on a cell phone featuring ISIS propaganda, including video of a beheading, according to the complaint. Saipov is charged with providing material support to ISIS, violence and destruction of motor vehicles, said Joon H. Kim, acting US attorney for the Southern District of New York. Saipov didn't enter a plea Wednesday to the federal terror charges, a source at the US attorney's office told CNN. Trump tweets about death penalty On Twitter, President Donald Trump said Saipov should be executed and added that he "would love" to send him to the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba. "NYC terrorist was happy as he asked to hang ISIS flag in his hospital room. He killed 8 people, badly injured 12. SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY!' the President tweeted Wednesday night. Presidents typically do not comment on pending criminal cases because their statements could be seen as influencing a potential jury pool. In prepared remarks Thursday, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions did not rule out using Guantanamo Bay to prosecute terrorists. The remarks did not specifically refer to the Saipov case. "Terrorists should know: This administration will use all lawful tools at our disposal, including prosecution in Article III courts and at Guantanamo Bay," Sessions said. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday that he wasn't clear about all the legalities but said he did not believe in the death penalty in general. "I believe this is a person who should rot in prison for the rest of his life," de Blasio said. Suspect's plans After his arrest, Saipov told investigators who talked to him at Bellevue Hospital that he planned the attack for about a year. Two months ago, he said, he decided to use a truck "to inflict maximum damage against civilians," the complaint said. On October 22, he rented a truck from a Passaic, New Jersey, store that authorities earlier had identified as Home Depot to practice making turns ahead of the attack, according to the complaint. Carlos Batista, a neighbor of Saipov in Paterson, New Jersey, told CNN that he'd seen the same type of truck around the neighborhood "for the last couple of weeks." According to the complaint, Saipov went to the same store and rented the truck for two hours. He "had no intention of ever returning it," the document said. He planned to use the truck to hit pedestrians in the area where he carried out the attack and "then proceed to the Brooklyn Bridge to continue to strike pedestrians," it said. "Saipov wanted to kill as many people as he could," the complaint said. Investigators also sought to question Mukhammadzoir Kadirov, 32, an Uzbek national, in relation to the attack. Law enforcement sources said Wednesday night they found the man and are questioning him. "We have found him, and we'll leave it at that," said William Sweeney, assistant director in charge of the FBI's New York field office. The state of New York began installing concrete barriers to "enhance protections" for the bike path where the attack occurred. The work began Thursday as part of a statewide review of shared-use paths, according to a statement from the New York State Department of Transportation. Inspired by ISIS During an interview with investigators, Saipov asked to hang an ISIS flag in his hospital room and said "he felt good about what he had done," the complaint said. At some point, Saipov had considered displaying ISIS flags in the front or back of the truck he used during the attack but decided against it to avoid drawing attention to himself, he told investigators. Authorities did not find any flags near the truck, but they found a handwritten note in Arabic expressing affinity for ISIS. "The gist of the note was the Islamic State would endure forever," said John Miller, deputy commissioner for intelligence and counterterrorism for the New York police. ISIS has not made any claim of responsibility for the attack, but Saipov told investigators that the group's videos inspired him, in particular one that shows ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi questioning "what Muslims in the United States and elsewhere were doing to respond to the killing of Muslims in Iraq," the complaint said. The videos that law enforcement found on Saipov's cell phone include graphic scenes of ISIS fighters killing prisoners, beheadings and "instructions for how to make a homemade improvised explosive device," the complaint said. Saipov has also been linked to social media accounts that contain ISIS-related material, a law enforcement official said. The tactic of turning an ordinary vehicle into a lethal weapon is familiar to groups such as ISIS. In 2014, an ISIS spokesman called for attacks using improvised weapons such as knives, rocks, poison and cars.
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1379 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/02/politics/africa-washington-terror-force/index.html">African countries press Washington to partner on anti-terror force</a>
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1386 Foreign ministers whose countries form an anti-jihadist force in the Sahel region of Africa called on Washington to further support their effort Wednesday, as US counterterrorism operations in Africa are under the spotlight following the deadly ambush in Niger which killed four US soldiers. "We are asking for an investment in our future," Abdoulaye Diop, Mali's foreign minister, told a Washington audience at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Mali is the chair of the G5 Sahel force, made up of troops from Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad and Mauritania. "We are not sitting and begging for the money. We are playing our part, but we shouldn't be left alone," he added. "We want the US to be a part." The ministers were in Washington meeting with Trump administration officials after attending a UN Security Council meeting in New York on Monday to drum up international support for the force, which is set to begin operations this week. The five-nation force plans to build up to 5,000 military and police personnel by March 2018. Western fears about the rise of extremist groups in Africa's desert Sahel region have grown since the fall of Libya in 2011. Diop said the Sahel was facing a global threat, and warned if the vast arid region was not fully governed by governments, the consequences could reach Europe and the United States. France, which supports a UN-mandate, has deployed thousands of troops to the region to combat jihadists. The US had already been targeting ISIS in Libya and al-Shabaab in Somalia. But the growing US military presence in the region has drawn public attention after last month's ISIS ambush in Niger that killed four US servicemen while they were on a joint patrol with troops from Niger near the Niger-Mali border. The Trump administration said Tuesday it would provide up to $60 million to the five-nation counterterrorism force. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a statement that the funding will "bolster our regional partners in their fight to ensure security and stability in the face of ISIS and affiliated groups and other terrorist networks." "This is a fight we must win, and these funds will play a key role in achieving that mission," Tillerson said. But while it supports bilateral funding for the force in order to stabilize the region, Washington has balked at calls by France and the G5 nations themselves to put the force under a formal UN umbrella without a strategy for the operation. "They can't show us a goal, they can't show us how they're going to proceed, " US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told CNN in an interview Friday in Democratic Republic of Congo. Haley was on the last leg of her first tour as US envoy to the UN, which also took her to Ethiopia and South Sudan. "If they go back and they show us a strategy, and if it's something that General (James) Mattis and General (Joseph) Dunford feel like is moving in the right direction, then yes. We will. But right now they're not showing that, and so it doesn't make sense for us." The African ministers blamed the 2011 NATO intervention in Libya in large part for the chaos plaguing the region, especially the movement of arms and people from Libya to the rest of the Sahel. Foreign minister Diop called the military action a "strategic mistake" and a "complete game-changer in the region" which was "ill-planned, ill-executed and the aftermath was not handled." Boko Haram also took over swathes of Northeastern Nigeria and al Qaeda-linked groups took over northern Mali. While the situation in Mali has improved somewhat, attacks have spread to neighboring countries, which are poor and rife with political chaos. "In Africa with all the challenges of the youth bulge, poverty, the lack of governance, wide open spaces, these are areas where violent extremist organizations, like ISIS or like al Qaeda, thrive," Thomas Waldhauser, the commander of US troops in Africa, told a small group of reporters in Africa last week. Waldhauser also said the new force is exactly the type of partnership the US wanted to develop in the region. "We want partner nations who share the same overall strategic objectives that we do," he added. "We want to try to foster that type of behavior." But the US would prefer to fund the effort bilaterally, as opposed to via a UN mandate, Waldhauser explained, adding, "United Nations forces don't do counterterrorism, they do peacekeeping operations." "One of the hardest things to do in an organization like that is to try to synchronize the efforts of those five countries and have a coherent strategy as opposed to just a series of engagements in different locations," he told the reporters traveling with Haley. Foreign Minister Diop of Mali said that the group had shared a "conception of operation" with the US, but that they would provide more information on the regional strategy if necessary. He and the other ministers said curbing cross-border terrorism was the first-phase of a comprehensive approach that would ultimately include intelligence sharing and development for the region. "This is not a panacea to the problems of the Sahel," Jennifer Cooke, director of the Africa program at CSIS, said of the G5 force. "But it is a first step toward addressing one of the central challenges, which is movement of arms and people and extremist groups across borders which has eluded these countries so far. The trans-border threat is an immediate problem that this joint force beings to fix. And it's a good first step toward getting these countries to cooperate." The group has estimated that it would need a budget of nearly $500 million in its first year, but has only raised about one-quarter of that, with the European Union promising about $58 million, and each of the participating African governments committing a little over $11 million annually. A donor conference will be held in Brussels on December 14. During Wednesday's discussion at CSIS, the ministers said they needed additional technical, logistical and communications support, as well as intelligence sharing, to build the necessary capacity to fight extremists, which they argued the US has the best capability to provide. "We know what we need to do this job," Diop said. "We just need maximum support." "We are engaged in the fight but we need to be successful," Diop said. "If you don't have the resources, you are calling all the terrorists to rally to this place. And that could cause an even bigger problem."
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1402 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/02/politics/trump-terror-attack-language/index.html">Trump's post-attack talk doesn't change terror response</a>
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1409 Donald Trump just changed the way Presidents talk about terror attacks. But while Trump's venting may be emotionally satisfying for the President and delight his supporters, it's not clear it represents a thought-through framework for changes in how the legal war on terrorism is fought. And it's even possible his outburst will jeopardize the process of bringing terrorists to justice. Instead of channeling grief and offering reassurance and resolve, as his predecessors might have done after the Halloween horror in New York where eight people died, Trump amplified the fury and desire for vengeance stirred by such carnage. He lashed out at the "animal" behind the truck attack, threatened to throw him in Guantanamo Bay, vowed to terminate the visa lottery that help draw him to the US and branded the justice system a "laughingstock." He then called for the death penalty against the attacker, raising questions of whether his rhetoric could potentially jeopardize a legal case against the assailant by prejudicing jurors. Trump, handling his first major attack on American soil as President, was true to his bruiser's persona: He was tough, politically incorrect and trampled nuance. He also politicized the attack, all but accusing his top Democratic foe, Sen. Chuck Schumer, of enabling it by nurturing the visa program which benefited the alleged attacker Uzbek immigrant Sayfullo Saipov. "Diversity lottery. Sounds nice. It's not nice. It's not good," Trump said at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. Trump rejects politicizing attacks -- unless it's Islamist terrorism "That was a horrible event, and we have to stop it, and we have to stop it cold," said the President, who rarely misses a chance to incite the fight against Islamic radicalism. His approach contrasted sharply with the measured response to terrorism adopted by his predecessor Barack Obama, who was often criticized for insufficiently appreciating public anxiety after attacks. Obama reasoned that reacting viscerally to such horror helped terrorists who want to divide Americans and spread indiscriminate fear. Trump also did not offer assurances that the alleged attacker, who yelled "God is Great" in Arabic during the assault, was not a representative of Islam itself, as a whole, as another President, George W. Bush, often did. Guantanamo Bay? But the practice of fighting terrorism is more complicated than talking about it as Trump quickly discovered on Wednesday. The President argued that accused terrorists do not deserve legal protections granted to others -- but there were signs the White House was acting off the cuff without deep forethought. In a staggering moment, the President of the United States branded his own nation's justice system as a "joke." "We need punishment that's far quicker and far greater than the punishment these animals are getting right now," he said, before saying he might send Saipov to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, which holds suspects caught abroad. Trump's spokesman Sarah Sanders told reporters later that the White House considered Saipov an "enemy combatant" -- a designation that would deprive him of legal representation and the right to remain silent and would not necessarily apply to his case from a legal perspective. Despite the tough words, Trump soon came up against a familiar impediment: the legal and constitutional constraints that sometimes frustrate his desire for a strongman presidency. "Our criminal justice system is based on the Constitution," said Republican Rep. Mike McCaul on "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer. "Under due process, this individual, like it or not, came into the US legally, is a lawful permanent resident and has rights under the Constitution," said McCaul, the chairman of the House Homeland Security committee. Shortly after McCaul spoke, New York justice officials announced federal criminal charges against Saipov, including providing material support to ISIS. Susan Hennessey, a former National Security Agency attorney, said on CNN that the afternoon of "sound and fury" raised questions about the administration's approach. "It is not clear whether the President legitimately did plan on making this novel or really quite dramatic legal argument if he did not understand what the words enemy combatant meant and what the ramifications of that kind of designation would mean here," Hennessey said. Trump's new favorite golf partner, South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham, was not happy, accusing the President of following Obama's example in viewing the war on terror as a domestic criminal issue, rather than looking at using the enemy combatant tag. "The Trump administration missed an important opportunity to send a strong message to terrorists and make America safer. This is a huge mistake. Very sad," Graham said in a statement. While Trump's contempt for the record of the justice system in terrorist cases might satisfy his sense of frontier justice, it also doesn't reflect reality. Most perpetrators of attacks on US soil have been handled in civilian courts since 9/11. Many of them, like shoe bomber Richard Reid and September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, are serving life in draconian Supermax prisons where inmates are locked in spartan cells for up to 23 hours a day. Immigration changes stalled, too The President also announced on Wednesday that he had started the process of "terminating" the diversity lottery program. But his next sentence reflected limits of his personal power to act. "I'm going to ask Congress to immediately initiate work to get rid of this program," he said. While the federal government has a say in how it implements the law, the President has repeatedly discovered that getting Congress to change it, can be futile. A previous push to change the diversity visa lottery and to move towards a more merit-based system -- that was supported by Schumer -- foundered in the last comprehensive immigration reform push four years ago. The President may be on firmer ground in his vow to enhance "extreme vetting" for immigrants -- a pledge he first made in his campaign. At the White House, Sanders called for improvements in biometric and biographical data for immigrants, to require more documentation and verification and better sharing of intelligence with foreign law enforcement and intelligence services. But there are no guarantees that an enhanced vetting system may be effective in predicting whether an immigrant will be radicalized and embrace terror years hence. The courts have also repeatedly curtailed Trump's plans for strict restrictions on entry by citizens of states with a history of terrorism. Uzbekistan, meanwhile, was not on the list of nations covered by the plan's latest iteration.
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1425 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/01/us/criminal-complaint-new-york-terror-attack/index.html">7 new details from the New York truck attack investigation</a>
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1432 New York terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov faces federal terrorism charges in connection with Tuesday's truck attack in Manhattan. Saipov was charged with providing material support to ISIS and violence and destruction of motor vehicles. A criminal complaint filed Wednesday in New York's Southern District Court lays out evidence collected so far in support of the charges. After his arrest, Saipov spoke to investigators at Bellevue Hospital, the complaint states. Here are some highlights from his interview and the investigation. Saipov started planning an attack in the United States about one year ago Saipov told investigators that about two months before the attack, he decided to use a truck "to inflict maximum damage against civilians," the complaint states. He was inspired by ISIS videos to use a truck Saipov told investigators he watched ISIS videos on his cellphone that inspired the truck attack, the complaint states. Investigators searched two cellphones and found about 90 videos and 3,800 pictures, many of which were ISIS-related propaganda. In particular, Saipov said he was motivated to proceed after watching a video of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi questioning "what Muslims in the United States and elsewhere were doing to respond to the killing of Muslims in Iraq." The second cellphone's Internet history shows searches for a truck rental store in New Jersey on October 4 and a search for "Halloween in NYC" on October 15. He rented a truck before the attack to practice Around 2:06 p.m. Tuesday, Saipov rented the truck used in the attack from a store in Passaic, New Jersey, previously identified as Home Depot. On October 22, he rented a truck from the same store so he could practice making turns before the attack, according to the complaint. He said he wanted to kill as many people as possible Saipov said he chose Halloween because he thought there would be more people on the streets for the holiday, the complaint states. He hoped to make it as far as the Brooklyn Bridge. He wanted to display ISIS flags in the truck and his hospital But he decided against displaying a flag in the truck so he would not draw attention to himself, he told investigators. During the interview at Bellevue Hospital, Saipov asked to hang an ISIS flag in his hospital room, saying "he felt good about what he had done," the complaint states. Several items were collected from the area where Saipov was shot When an officer shot Saipov, he dropped a paintball gun, a pellet gun and a black bag, the complaint says. The bag contained three knives and a wallet with a Florida driver's license. Law enforcement also recovered a document containing Arabic and English text about 10 feet from the driver's door. Items were found inside the truck, too Law enforcement recovered two cellphones and a stun gun from the truck's floor near the driver's seat, the complaint says.
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1448 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/01/us/new-york-terror-attacks-footprints/index.html">Terror's footprint runs deep along New York City's streets</a>
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1455 Jung Min Lee stood in the shadow of the rebuilt World Trade Center Wednesday, describing how she must now impart the lessons of 9/11 to her two children, ages 9 and 13. "This is their experience now," said Lee, 49, who witnessed the Twin Towers collapse 16 years ago. "They don't know much about 9/11. They weren't even born." A day earlier, Lee had watched the aftermath of the deadliest terror attack on New York City since 9/11 from the window of her 18th-floor apartment at Chambers and West streets. A man in a rental truck plowed into bicyclists and pedestrians just blocks from the soaring peak of the Freedom Tower. Mangled bicycles littered the street. Medics wheeled away victims. Lee used her phone to snap photos from the window. Six people were killed instantly. Two others died later. More than a dozen others were wounded. For residents of lower Manhattan, it seems the shadow of terrorism is never far away. 'Everyone was kind of expecting something' In February 1993, a bombing at the World Trade Center killed six people and injured more than 1,000. The September 11, 2001, attacks killed 2,752 people, including 343 firefighters and 60 law enforcement officers. For 15 years, the city was relatively peaceful. Then came the September 2016 bombing in Manhattan's Chelsea section, about two miles north, which left at least 30 injured in what authorities believe was New York's first jihadist attack since the towers collapsed. It occurred days after the 15th anniversary of 9/11. "It almost was a miracle that since 9/11 nothing major happened," said Marta Szoke, who lives a block from the latest terror attack. "Everyone was kind of expecting something. These kinds of attacks are very difficult to prevent." Szoke and her husband moved to the Manhattan neighborhood from upstate New York two years ago. "We love the proximity to the World Trade Center," she said. "It's just the right distance. It's still residential around here. "I don't want to move but I'm very worried." Szoke had just arrived home from the hairdresser when the attack happened Tuesday. "It's so disturbing," she said. "I had just walked through there." People in the neighborhood still panic Abdula Nezaj, 65, tends to a fruit stand on the corner of Chambers and Greenwich streets, one block from where the rental truck crashed after Tuesday's attack. He said he heard the 1993 blast at the World Trade Center from his shower. In 2001, Nezaj said, he was walking home from a hospital visit when the planes struck the towers. "I grabbed my niece, then five or six years old, and we started walking north," he said. "You saw people jump from the towers. My niece asked me, 'Are we going to be OK?'" They were. His niece has since graduated from NYU, he said. "I know people in the neighborhood who still panic when they hear a loud noise," Nezaj said. "You can't worry. You have to move on." 'I've been thinking a lot about 9/11 today' On September 11, 2001, Lee said, she watched the towers come down from a spot near Chelsea Piers. She was training for the New York marathon. "It's starting to hit me," Lee said Wednesday. "I've been thinking a lot about 9/11 today. I think about how far we've come. I think about my children. What kind of world are we bringing them into?" Tuesday afternoon, shortly before the bloodshed, Lee picked up her son from school across the street from their home. He was anxious to go trick-or-treating. The nine-year-old started to put on his Luke Skywalker costume. And his mother went to walk the dog. The doorman asked Lee to stay inside. There were reports of six or seven gunshots, she recalled him saying. Emergency vehicles descended on the neighborhood. "I thought, 'I'm glad my son is upstairs,'" she said. "But I needed to understand the situation." With her dog, she walked north along the West Side Highway. Crowds had gathered. "My purpose was to make sure it was safe for my kid to go trick-or-treating," she said. A stranger told her the rental truck had crashed after running over a woman with a dog. The woman who was struck was out cold. The man looked at Lee's dog, she said. He started weeping. Lee then saw a young woman with bloodshot eyes. A man was comforting her. "What did you see?" Lee asked her. The young woman said a school bus struck a rental truck. She said she ran up to help the truck driver but then saw he had two guns. He ran toward the woman but she got away, according to Lee. "Nobody could make sense of what was going on," Lee said. "Was it a car crash, as my doorman said? Did he mistake the car crash for gunshots? I thought maybe it was a case of road rage." Life goes on Lee returned home, where her son was ready to go trick or treating. "This area was packed with kids Tuesday night," she said. "My son needed to see that life goes on and we're not going to be holed up in our apartment." On the street, Lee said she stopped and hugged a neighbor who recently moved to New York from California. "I said, 'Welcome to New York.'" On Wednesday morning, Lee said she prepared her 13-year-old daughter for the subway ride to school. She made sure her daughter had an ID to get through the police checkpoints near their home. "Don't worry about being late," she told her daughter. "I wrote her a note. 'Take your time,' I told her. 'Everything is going to be different now.'" By late Wednesday afternoon, after the smashed rental truck used in the attack was finally hauled away, Chambers Street bustled with life again.
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1471 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/01/politics/countering-domestic-terror-cuts/index.html">Trump administration has sought domestic counterterror cuts</a>
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1478 After a deadly terrorist attack in New York City, critics of President Donald Trump on Wednesday pointed to the millions in proposed cuts to counterterror programs sought by his administration, which reduced multiple such initiatives in its budget request. The Trump administration has proposed sharp cuts to programs that seek to prevent domestic terrorism and prepare localities to respond -- a point made by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, in response to Trump criticizing him on Wednesday morning, in a tweet linking the attack to an immigration policy Trump ascribed to Schumer. "President Trump, instead of politicizing and dividing America, which he always seems to do at times of national tragedy, should be focusing on the real solution - anti-terrorism funding - which he proposed cutting in his most recent budget," Schumer said in a statement. "I'm calling on the President to immediately rescind his proposed cuts to this vital anti-terrorism funding." The Department of Homeland Security says, for its part, that it continues to improve the administration's efforts on countering terrorism, and promises more effective measures to come. Trump's 2018 budget proposal included steep cuts to a number of grant programs run by the Department of Homeland Security that go toward terrorism and violent extremism preparedness and prevention. All told, more than $300 million would be cut from such programs. New York itself would stand to lose millions in federal funds. On Tuesday, a 29-year-old Uzbek national killed eight people and injured more than a dozen more when he drove a rented truck onto a bike and pedestrian path in Manhattan, pledging his support to ISIS in a note found at the scene. The administration has also folded two counterterror grant programs altogether, and is in the process of rebranding the Obama administration's Countering Violent Extremism office. A senior DHS official earlier this fall disputed the notion that the administration was retreating from fighting terrorism and domestic extremism, though, saying a new strategy is forthcoming. "We really intend to elevate and amplify our terrorism prevention efforts in a big way, because the threat environment is serious, we're taking it seriously and we're doing a full end-to-end review of what we do on terrorism prevention to make sure that our efforts are effective," the official told CNN. "We do not intend to focus our terrorism prevention efforts exclusively on one ideology. DHS is committed to combating both domestic terrorism and international terrorism and bolstering efforts for both." Millions in cuts Two grant programs -- Countering Violent Extremism and Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks -- would be eliminated entirely from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's budget under Trump's plan, to the tune of nearly $49 million. The budget also would cut two full-time employees managing the program. Congress has also declined to reallocate money for the Countering Violent Extremism program in its proposed budgets, though it cited the slowness in disbursing funds it appropriated previously as a reason. A DHS official said the intent of the program was always experimental and its results still needed to be assessed. The administration sees the money as "testbed funding to assess counterrecruitment and counterradicalization efforts nationwide to determine what efforts are effective -- and what efforts are not," the official said. The administration's budget documents say the program goals can be achieved through other grants, like the State Homeland Security Program, but those would also be slashed in Trump's budget. Overall, the DHS grant program's budgets cut by more than $200 million. The State Homeland Security Program budget would be cut by $117 million, and the Urban Area Security Initiative, also cited by FEMA as a replacement for the pair of grant programs, would be cut by $150 million. Similarly, the Emergency Management Performance Grant Program would be cut by $70 million. A program run by the Transportation Security Administration, called the Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response program, would also be drastically cut. Such teams support security efforts on all modes of transportation, and also deploy for security of major events like sports' championship games and Inauguration. Those would be cut from 31 teams to eight, totaling $43 million. New York City and the state, for example, could millions of dollars under the grant cuts. The New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services got nearly $1.4 million in fiscal year 2016 from the Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks, which the Trump administration would cut entirely, according to award notice documents. Under the 2017 allocation, New York got nearly $77 million from the State Homeland Security Program and $15 million from the Emergency Management Performance Grant program, according to DHS allocation documents obtained by CNN. The New York City area also got $178 million from the Urban Area Security Initiative. All of those programs would be decreased by roughly 20% to 25% across the board under the 2018 budget proposal. In testimony before Congress earlier this year, acting Secretary Elaine Duke told lawmakers that administration is evaluating its approach to preventing terrorism going forward -- and she and other officials have begun calling it "terrorism prevention" instead of "countering violent extremism." "Americans do not want us to simply stop violent plots, they want us to keep them from materializing in the first place," Duke said in her prepared testimony. "As part of this effort, we have launched an end-to-end review of all DHS 'countering violent extremism' or CVE programs." Nevertheless, DHS officials have faced numerous questions from lawmakers about the proposed cuts to the programs and criticism from counterterror experts. The House-passed 2018 budget, which still needs to pass the Senate, largely increases or maintains the funding that Trump has proposed to cut.
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1494 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/01/politics/trump-new-york-city-attack-guantanamo/index.html">Trump responded to the NYC attack exactly like you thought he would</a>
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1501 Once again, it's all about President Donald Trump. Less than 24 hours after a terror attack that killed eight people on a New York City bike path, Trump is doing precisely what you expected of him: blaming others, talking tough, scrambling the facts -- and making himself the center of attention. The behavior is familiar to anyone who's followed -- and who, even if they wanted to, could avoid it? -- the first nine months of his inescapable presidency. Trump's opening volley of tweets, late Tuesday afternoon, telegraphed all that's followed. "We must not allow ISIS to return, or enter, our country after defeating them in the Middle East and elsewhere," he wrote, capping off the message with his signature exclamation, in this case: "Enough!" After then offering his "thoughts, condolences and prayers" to the victims and their families, Trump announced — at 9:26 p.m. ET — that the days of "politically correct" anti-terror policy were over: "I have just ordered Homeland Security to step up our already Extreme Vetting Program," he tweeted, reviving talk of what might have sounded like an existing program. But there is no such thing as a proper "Extreme Vetting Program." Perhaps he meant the travel ban? Or changes to the US refugee policy? Asked about the term Monday by Fox News host Laura Ingraham, chief of staff John Kelly was unable to give a strict definition. No matter, it had us asking. By early Wednesday, Trump was up and parroting Fox News talking points, tagging @FoxandFriends in his tweets, and attacking New York's senior senator, the Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. At issue, what Trump called the "Diversity Visa Lottery Program," an immigrant entry path Schumer supported back in 1990 but, in pushing for an ultimately doomed comprehensive immigration reform bill in 2013, would have written out of the law. Lame duck Republican Sen. Jeff Flake, one of the "Gang of 8" that pushed the legislation through the Senate, reminded the President of this in a tweet of his own: Asked on Wednesday during his first on-camera appearance since the attack to explain "how the diversity program fit into (the alleged terrorist's) plot," Trump skipped past the nut of the question. "They say he came in through that program, so we'll see, we're looking at it," Trump replied. "But they say he came in -- I don't want, look, it's very simple, what we are demanding is merit-based immigration." Earlier in his remarks, Trump blustered about his plans for the alleged New York City terrorist. "We have to come up with punishment that's far quicker and far greater than the punishment these animals are getting right now," he said. "They'll go through court for years. At the end, they'll be -- who knows what happens?" Again, the President here crafted a kind of ominous mystery -- who knows?!? -- where, in fact, there are some very distinct, and defined, possibilities. The suspect could be charged and convicted, for one. But that might have sounded, as Trump might put it, weak. Instead, he delivered something out of his campaign speech. First calling for a system that delivered "quick justice" and "strong justice," because what "we have right now is a joke and it's a laughingstock," he suggested more deliberative measures might've been to blame. "No wonder," he said, at close of his lament, "so much of this stuff takes place." Then, as a reporter pressed for more information on rumors the administration would seek to send the suspect to the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Trump, as if it to insist to the world that the decision was his alone, left the room hanging. "I would certainly consider that, yes. I would certainly consider that." Trump said. Then, without breaking for air, he declared, "Send him to Gitmo," before pausing to add, again: "I would certainly consider that, yes." Was it confusing? Certainly. Surprising? Not in the least. From the time he entered office (and really, well before that), Trump's behavior has been predictable in at least one way: when the cameras are on and the country, if only by habit now, turns to the White House for some kind of guidance or authority, there stands Trump -- front and center.
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1524 Much has been made of the very different responses from President Donald Trump for the Las Vegas shooting that claimed 58 lives, when a gunman opened fire from above during the final act of a a country music festival, and the New York attack, where a driver plowed into a bike lane just before rush hour. Below is a more detailed look at the two. Look out for some of the distinctions, including his lack of a policy response to Las Vegas as opposed to his immediate call for response after New York. There are also differences in how he refers to the suspects -- a "sick man, a demented man" in Las Vegas; and "animals" in New York. Trump tweeted in relation to the Las Vegas shooting eight times between October 2 and October 11 (all offering support/praising law enforcement/video from his trip). He tweeted in relation to the NYC attack seven times in about 14 hours. Las Vegas First word to CNN that a shooting occurred: 1:23 a.m. ET on October 2. Here's one of the first pieces of video on CNN from that attack: First tweet by Trump after the attack: Trump sends a message of condolence a little less than six hours after the attack: "My warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible Las Vegas shooting. God bless you! First on-camera remarks: A message of condolence in the Diplomatic Reception Room on October 2. According to CNN's report at the time: "In a subdued statement, Trump said the nation was united 'in sadness, shock and grief.' 'We cannot fathom their pain, we cannot imagine their loss,' Trump said of those who lost loved ones in the massacre. Shortly after Trump spoke, the White House released a proclamation ordering flags be flown at half-staff on federal buildings." In his remarks, he did not comment on the character of the shooter, only referred to event as a whole as "an act of pure evil" Transcript: Trump's post-Las Vegas statement. First statement on a policy position: October 3, more than a day after the shooting, when asked by reporters about gun laws. Trump said Tuesday following the shooting that the US will "be talking about gun laws as time goes by" in the wake of the Las Vegas shooting, the nation's deadliest in modern history. Also, "he didn't answer when reporters pressed him about whether the shooting was an act of 'domestic terrorism.' Trump previously addressed the nation in a somber speech on Monday morning, labeling the shooting 'pure evil.'" He described the shooter as "a sick man, a demented man." A day later, more than two days after the shooting, Trump again avoids talking about gun laws during a visit to Las Vegas on October 4. "We're not going to talk about that today," Trump told a reporter at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada trauma center. "We won't talk about that." There has been no movement by the White House to address gun laws or otherwise respond to the Las Vegas shooting since. New York City First word to CNN of an attack: 3:18 p.m. ET on October 31. Here's one of the first pieces of video on CNN from that attack: First tweet from President Trump: 5:30 p.m. ET, a little more than two hours after the attack: "In NYC, looks like another attack by a very sick and deranged person. Law enforcement is following this closely. NOT IN THE U.S.A.!" The first condolence tweet: It's the third he sends, at 6:57 p.m.: "My thoughts, condolences and prayers to the victims and families of the New York City terrorist attack. God and your country are with you!" First statement on a policy position: About four hours after the attack. "I have just ordered Homeland Security to step up our already Extreme Vetting Program. Being politically correct is fine, but not for this!" First political blame from Trump: Follows up with tweets the morning of November 1, blaming Democratic New York Sen. Chuck Schumer for the program used by the driver. But the reality is more complicated. He follows that with more tweets: "The terrorist came into our country through what is called the 'Diversity Visa Lottery Program,' a Chuck Schumer beauty. I want merit based." "We are fighting hard for Merit Based immigration, no more Democrat Lottery Systems. We must get MUCH tougher (and smarter). @foxandfriends" Trump's first on-camera remarks: The President speaks during spray for Cabinet meeting in the early afternoon on November 1, and forcefully calls for a re-examination of US immigration policy and says his White House will undertake that immediately. He speaks out against "chain migration," and the visa program that allowed the driver into the US and calls the US system of justice a "joke." He suggests he could send the suspect, who he calls an "animal," to Guantanamo Bay. Trump demands "punishment that's far quicker and far greater than the punishment these animals are getting right now." "We also have to come up with punishment that is far quicker and far greater" for terrorists, he added. His clear policy agenda is to change the US immigration system: "I am, today, starting the process of terminating the diversity lottery program," Trump said. "I am going to ask Congress to immediately initiate work to get rid of this program, diversity lottery, diversity lottery. Sounds nice, it is not nice, it is not good. It hasn't been good and we have been against it."
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1540 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/01/politics/trump-vegas-nyc/index.html">The stunning difference between Trump's reaction to the Las Vegas shooting and the NYC attack</a>
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1547 On October 1, a man shot and killed 58 people at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas -- the largest mass murder in modern American history. On October 3, President Donald Trump was asked about the impact of the shooting on current gun laws -- and possible future gun control measures. He said that his administration and Congress would "be talking about gun laws as time goes by." Trump was also asked whether the shooting was an act of domestic terrorism. He declined to answer. On October 4, in Las Vegas, Trump was again asked about possible legislative action on guns. "We're not going to talk about that today," he responded. "We won't talk about that." Fast forward 30 days. On October 31, an Uzbek man drives a rental truck in a bike lane in New York City. He kills eight people and injures a dozen more. Within hours, Trump tweeted this: "In NYC, looks like another attack by a very sick and deranged person. Law enforcement is following this closely. NOT IN THE U.S.A.!" He followed up with a second tweet last night: "We must not allow ISIS to return, or enter, our country after defeating them in the Middle East and elsewhere. Enough!" And a third: "I have just ordered Homeland Security to step up our already Extreme Vetting Program. Being politically correct is fine, but not for this!" On November 1 (aka today), Trump tweets again: "The terrorist came into our country through what is called the 'Diversity Visa Lottery Program,' a Chuck Schumer beauty. I want merit based." He adds in a subsequent tweet: "We are fighting hard for Merit Based immigration, no more Democrat Lottery Systems. We must get MUCH tougher (and smarter). @foxandfriends" Prior to a meeting with his Cabinet Wednesday around noon -- about 18 hours after the attack -- Trump proposes action be taken on the diversity lottery program -- the means by which the alleged attacker made it into the US. "I am, today, starting the process of terminating the diversity lottery program," Trump said. "I am going to ask Congress to immediately initiate work to get rid of this program, diversity lottery, diversity lottery. Sounds nice, it is not nice, it is not good. It hasn't been good and we have been against it." How about the words Trump uses to describe the men who perpetrated these attacks? About the Las Vegas shooter, Trump said this: "The wires were crossed pretty badly in his brain. Extremely badly in his brain. And it's a very sad event." Of the man alleged to have committed the attack in NYC? "This animal who did the attacking." Notice any difference between the two responses? If you don't, you may want to confirm that your spine is connected to your brain stem and/or your eyes are working properly. The disparity in Trump's responses is striking -- and telling. Trump cares deeply about the threat posed by ISIS and international terrorism more broadly. He ran for president explicitly on that message. He promised he would be much smarter and much tougher in the fight against terrorism than President Barack Obama. That fire needed to be met with fire. He echoed that sentiment on Wednesday. "We need quick justice and we need strong justice," Trump said. He is far less animated by gun control -- or the debate over the right regulations on guns that happens (and then inevitably disappears) in the wake of these ever-more-frequent mass shootings. In the wake of the Las Vegas shooting, there appeared to be real momentum behind a ban on bump stocks -- the add-on the shooter used to turn a semi-automatic weapon into something like a fully automatic one. "We'll be looking into that in the next short period of time," Trump promised on October 5. But, a legislative-driven ban on bump stocks remains largely stalled in Congress as Republican leaders insist that the better course of action is for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to handle the regulation change. Trump hasn't said much of anything on bump stocks since October 5. The broader point here: Trump is more than willing to seize on tragic events when they confirm his previous political and policy beliefs. He will effectively ignore them when they don't. It's that simple.
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1563 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/01/politics/trump-justice-laughing-stock/index.html">Trump labels US justice system 'laughing stock'</a>
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1570 President Donald Trump called for "quick" and "strong" justice for terror suspects in the wake of the deadly New York City attack, saying that it is not surprising terror attacks happen because the way the United States punishes terrorists is "a laughing stock." Tuesday's terror attack in New York was the city's deadliest since 9/11. Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov drove a rented van down a bike path, law enforcement sources have said. The attack killed six victims instantly, while two others died later. New York politicians and officials quickly labeled the incident a terror attack. Trump's comments, made during a White House Cabinet meeting Wednesday, malign the justice system for a lack of toughness. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the head of the so-called 'laughing stock' justice system, was in the room for this comment -- sitting across from Trump. The President also said he would consider sending the attacker to the controversial prison at Guantanamo Bay. "We also have to come up with punishment that's far quicker and far greater than the punishment these animals are getting right now," Trump told reporters. "They'll go through court for years. And at the end, they'll be -- who knows what happens." He added: "We need quick justice and we need strong justice -- much quicker and much stronger than we have right now. Because what we have right now is a joke and it's a laughing stock. And no wonder so much of this stuff takes place." White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, defending the President, claimed during her Wednesday briefing with reporters that Trump said "the process has people calling us a joke and calling us a laughing stock" -- which is not what Trump said. Sanders also added that Trump was "voicing his frustration with the lengthy process that often comes with a case like this." "That was simply the point he was making," Sanders said. Trump's call to get tougher on terrorism fall in line with the same rhetoric he used during the campaign trail, where he called the Geneva Convention -- a 1949 agreement that dictates international rules on torture and humanitarian treatment of prisoners -- a problem that the United States had to move past. "Torture works," he said bluntly. Trump also pledged to "load up" the prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during the campaign, slamming Democrats and then-President Barack Obama for sustained efforts to cut the number of detainees from the controversial prison. "This morning, I watched President Obama talking about Gitmo, right, Guantanamo Bay, which by the way, which by the way, we are keeping open. Which we are keeping open ... and we're gonna load it up with some bad dudes, believe me, we're gonna load it up," Trump an audience in February 2016. Legal scholars are divided on whether Trump could actually send people to Guantanamo, with most acknowledging that such an action would set up an unprecedented constitutional showdown. Daphne Eviatar, the Human Rights Director with Amnesty International, slammed Trump's suggestion that he would consider sending Saipov to Guantanamo, stating that he was a "a criminal suspect and should be treated as such by the US justice system." Trump also derided political correctness in his Wednesday remarks, complaining that the country is "so politically correct that we're afraid to do anything." The call for swift action that breaks through political correctness contradicts the White House talking point after the mass shooting in Las Vegas a month ago, when multiple White House aides avoided talking about gun control, saying it was too close to the tragedy to talk about policy. "Again, we haven't had the moment to have a deep dive on the policy part of that," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said the day after the shooting. "We've been focused on the fact that we had a severe tragedy in our country. And this is a day of mourning, a time of bringing our country together, and that's been the focus of the administration this morning."
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1593 The New York City Marathon will go on as planned this weekend -- but with beefed-up security. One day after a terrorism suspect killed eight people in Lower Manhattan, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised runners and spectators that Sunday's marathon will still happen. "The marathon will go on because New York goes on, and it's an important event for all of New Yorkers," Cuomo said at a Wednesday press conference. More than 51,000 people are expected to run Sunday, New York Police Chief of Department Carlos Gomez said. Another 2.5 million spectators will line the city's streets to cheer them on. But security will be enhanced, Gomez said. Police will deploy more counter-sniper and heavy weapons teams, sand trucks and blocker vehicles. The department has more than doubled the number of observation teams and added additional rooftop observation posts, he said. "This increase will supplement the already large substantial detail of uniformed officers that you'll see along the route," Gomez said, adding there will also be plainclothes officers among the crowds. Helicopters will patrol the race from above, and K-9 units will be on the ground, Gomez said. Traffic control agents will be on hand to keep traffic moving, too. "It's going to be a very safe event," Gomez said. Races have been the target of violent attacks in recent years. In 2013, twin bomb blasts near the finish line at the Boston Marathon killed three people and wounded more than 260 others. In 2016, a bomb exploded in a trash bin along the route of a Marine Corps charity race in New Jersey, but no one was injured.
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1616 As American counter-terrorism officials piece together the planning behind Tuesday's terrorist attack in Manhattan and possible connections between the Uzbek perpetrator and ISIS, the spotlight has fallen on the roles that Uzbekistan and Central Asia have played as recruitment bases and launch pads for transnational terrorist groups. The Manhattan attack is not unique in terms of the tactic of turning a vehicle into a lethal weapon, but neither is it unique that an Uzbek national -- 29-year-old suspect Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov -- has been involved in a major terrorist attack in 2017. In fact, the tragedy that has unfolded in New York is not an original starting point but a continuation of previous attacks in terms of scale, scope and the region from where the suspect hailed. Five former Soviet republics -- Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan -- are considered to be potent recruiting areas for ISIS to replenish its ranks, either through the remnants of the falling caliphate or through its affiliates. It is estimated that close to 5,000 Central Asia foreign fighters have traveled to Iraq and Syria, with around 1,500 from Uzbekistan, according to a report last month from the Soufan Group. Over a 16-month period, Uzbek nationals either inspired, directed or affiliated with ISIS have carried out numerous mass casualty attacks in the West. In April, Rakhmat Akilov, an Uzbek national and failed asylum seeker, mowed down pedestrians with a truck in Stockholm, killing four people. On January 1, 39 people were killed and 70 were injured in an attack at an Istanbul nightclub where hundreds of people were celebrating the New Year. The perpetrator was Abdulgadir Masharipov, an Uzbek citizen who was later captured. At his home, two guns, SIM cards, and a substantial amount of cash in dollars were discovered. In June 2016, 45 people were killed and more than 230 people were injured in a coordinated attack at Atatürk Airport in Istanbul. The assailants were from the Russian North Caucasus region, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Not all ISIS fighters from Central Asia are cannon fodder for attacks -- some have attained senior positions within the terrorist infrastructure. Colonel Gulmurod Ghalimov from Tajikistan became one of the highest-ranking members of ISIS from the region. Previously, he was head of a Tajik police unit but defected to ISIS in 2015 and left the same year for Syria. Ghalimov has played an instrumental role in recruiting Tajiks and other foreign fighters from Central Asia to join ISIS. ISIS's media organs -- including al-Hayat Media Center and Amaq News Agency -- have released many messages acknowledging the significant number of suicide bombers from Central Asia who were deployed against Iraqi and Kurdish forces seeking to liberate the ISIS strongholds of Mosul and Raqqa. The successes by the international coalition against ISIS as well as the ground work by the Iraqi military and Kurdish fighters in Iraq and Syria has led to the capture and deaths of numerous Central Asian fighters. Those that survived and fled the battles, however, are believed to have either made their way back home through Turkey or attempted to travel westwards into Europe. Men from Central Asia have not been the only contributors for ISIS. The al-Khansaa Brigade -- the all-female enforcement division formed by ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi himself -- also has had Uzbek, Tajik, Kyrgyz, and Kazakh women as members. Increasing usage of children from Central Asia as suicide bombers has become a proliferating and disturbing trend by ISIS in grooming young impressionable minds for nefarious purposes. In November 2016, ISIS released a video depicting four children shooting and killing Iraqi and Kurdish prisoners. One of the them was a 10-year-old boy from Uzbekistan. Another was from Kazakhstan. The children in the video are wearing military uniforms, while the prisoners are in orange prison outfits. Worryingly, this is one example of many, and other terror groups have used children from Central Asia in their propaganda material. The decline of ISIS's caliphate project has impacted on the movement of fighters to and from Central Asia, especially Uzbekistan. Consequently, the momentum of those leaving for the frontline in Syria and Iraq from Central Asian nations has markedly decreased. But recruitment through encrypted messaging and the dark web is ongoing and in fact increasing, particularly amongst Uzbeks based in Europe and potentially North America too. To assist this goal, ISIS developed "Istok," a Russian language magazine aimed largely at Central Asians and highlighting residents of the region that have joined the terror group. ISIS is also using "Furat Media," a Russian language social media to tap into and expand its Central Asian nexus. ISIS's intelligence apparatus, the Emni, also act as recruiters for Central Asia either through physical or virtual networks. They principally target poor and underdeveloped regions based in areas with large bazaars. The government responses to radicalization in Central Asia, meanwhile, have frequently been paradoxical and ineffective. In Uzbekistan, the authoritarian government's failure to reform, coupled with its heavy-handed security approach, has been seized upon by terrorist groups like ISIS and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) to further their own recruitment agenda. On October 30, ISIS released social media messages and banners in several languages calling for attacks on Halloween. Regardless of whether the terror group is found to have assisted in the attack in Manhattan, the incident fits with ISIS' wider strategy and message to the West: the fall of Raqqa may lead to the dismantling of the physical caliphate, but the virtual caliphate will live on and expand. Indeed, for the past year ISIS has managed to generate a new cadre of jihadists, prepared to wage war against the West at short notice using low tech and low cost (but high intensity) attacks. The recruitment of Uzbeks from Central Asia plays an important part in this. ISIS's ability to spread its tentacles within its Central Asian sphere of influence is partly dependent on its relationship with affiliates. ISIS established a branch in Afghanistan in January 2015, Wilayat Khorasan, which has attained notable momentum and notoriety whilst gaining territory from both the Quetta Shura Taliban and the Afghan government. ISIS has suffered setbacks in this realm. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan moved away from its proximity to al Qaeda and declared its support for ISIS in 2014. But two years later, some of those that had switched allegiance to ISIS again reversed their loyalty back to al Qaeda. As ISIS's physical land mass continues to contract and it cedes its influence to affiliates across the world, careful attention needs to be paid to Central Asia. By ignoring the problem, it creates the potential of the region being used as a hub to recruit, train and plot terrorism globally. This in turn has a knock-on effect for countries like Afghanistan and, from a wider perspective, for blowback in the West. History has a disturbing way of repeating itself.
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1632 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/01/politics/chuck-schumer-trump-response/index.html">Chuck Schumer tells Trump 'stop tweeting and start leading'</a>
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1639 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer blasted President Donald Trump on Wednesday for casting blame‎ on him in the aftermath of a deadly terror attack in New York, saying the President should "stop tweeting and start leading." "All President Trump does is to take horrible advantage and try to politicize and divide," the New York Democrat said at a news conference in Washington, adding that Trump can't refrain from his "nasty, divisive habits." Schumer contrasted Trump's response to then-President George W. Bush's response in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, terror attacks. In the aftermath of 9/11, Schumer said, Bush had him and other New York politicians over the White House the next day. The terror attack in New York that killed eight people Tuesday is the deadliest such attack since 9/11. Earlier Wednesday, Trump sent a series of tweets blaming Schumer for an immigration program under which the alleged New York suspect, a 29-year-old Uzbek national, was allowed into the country in 2010. "The terrorist came into our country through what is called the 'Diversity Visa Lottery Program,' a Chuck Schumer beauty," Trump tweeted. "I want merit based." He added shortly thereafter: "We are fighting hard for Merit Based immigration, no more Democrat Lottery Systems. We must get MUCH tougher (and smarter)." RELATED: What is the diversity visa lottery? Schumer helped shape the 1990 legislation that created the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, but he also played a lead role in the 2013 "Gang of Eight" bill that that passed the Senate on a bipartisan basis and included removing the diversity lottery program. That bill was never picked up by the House. The diversity visa has been contentious for years. The 50,000 visas, distributed by random selection among countries where there is a low rate of immigration to the US, were originally designed to diversify the pool of immigrants to the US. The visas offer immigrants green cards, permanent legal residence and a path to citizenship. Schumer, echoing his earlier statements, called out Trump over anti-terrorism funding cuts in the proposed budget. He refused to comment on whether the diversity lottery program needed to be revisited -- saying the details are not yet fully known yet about the suspect. Schumer said he hopes Trump's tweets do not have an impact on moving forward on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program, which Trump said he would end last month, giving Congress a six-month window to pass a fix to the immigration program.
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1655 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/01/politics/trump-nyc-attack-las-vegas-reaction/index.html">Trump rejects politicizing attacks -- unless it's Islamist terrorism</a>
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1662 When 58 people were killed last month by a white gunman in Las Vegas with no apparent ties to Islamist terrorism, the White House rejected a policy debate on gun control as inappropriate in the days following the tragedy. But when eight people were mowed down in a terrorist attack by a man shouting "Allahu akbar," President Donald Trump pounced almost immediately, seizing on the tragedy to push his proposals for tightening immigration controls. There was more than a double standard at work: it was just the latest example of Trump's knee-jerk instinct to politicize terrorist attacks to advance his policy agenda and rally his political base, which has cheered Trump's hardline posture on terrorism and his efforts to curtail Muslim immigration. Just 30 days apart, Trump's response to the two attacks underscored the pattern of his wildly different attitudes about how the US should respond to attacks carried out by those inspired by radical Islamist ideology and those with no such motivations. In his first public remarks the day after the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history, Trump offered thoughts and prayers to the Las Vegas victims and remarked on the heroism of first responders, but offered no hint of policy action. "Today is a day for consoling the survivors, and mourning those we lost," press secretary Sarah Sanders said on behalf of the White House later that day. "There's a time and place for a political debate, but now is the time to unite as a country." The next 24 hours -- and the 24 hours after that, etc. -- were also not an appropriate time to discuss potential legislation to address the scourge of gun violence, which has claimed vastly more US lives than terrorism on American soil since 2001. "At some point, perhaps that will come. But that's not for now. That's for -- at a later time," Trump told reporters on the second day of mourning, which he reiterated the next day, too. Thirty days later, when an apparently radicalized Muslim man allegedly rammed through a crowd of bikers and pedestrians in New York City, killing eight, there was not a mark of hesitation or wariness about disturbing the sanctity of mourning. "I have just ordered Homeland Security to step up our already Extreme Vetting Program," Trump tweeted about six hours after initial reports of an attack. "Being politically correct is fine, but not for this!" The next morning, Trump pressed forward with a laser focus on US immigration measures, explaining in a tweet that the terrorist suspect "came into our country through what is called the 'Diversity Visa Lottery Program'" and lobbed an attack at one of New York's own senators, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. "We are fighting hard for Merit Based immigration, no more Democrat Lottery Systems," Trump tweeted on Wednesday. "We must get MUCH tougher (and smarter)." Sanders defended herself and the President from cries of hypocrisy in the wake of Trump's tweets and insisted during a briefing Wednesday that Trump wasn't politicizing the situation. "This wasn't about going the political route. This is something that, frankly, the President's been talking about for a long time. This isn't a new policy, this isn't a new position, this isn't a new conversation," Sanders said. "We're talking about protecting American lives." Sanders also denied having claimed it wasn't appropriate to talk about policy in the wake of the Las Vegas shooting, even though she directly rejected questions about the President's position on gun control policy by saying it was too early for a policy conversation. Reaction time During the campaign and into his presidency, Trump has been quick to jump to conclusions after reports of an apparent terrorist attack, sometimes within minutes of initial reports and nearly always before local officials have officially reached the conclusion that the attack amounted to terrorism. Trump's reaction to the attack in New York was similar to his response to the killing of 49 people in a nightclub shooting in Orlando in June 2016 by a shooter who pledged allegiance to ISIS. Then-candidate Trump responded by suggesting that President Barack Obama was either not tough enough or was being willfully blind to the threat from such attackers. He later gave a speech that warned that terrorists were being allowed to flow into the US because of a failed immigration system and delivered a speech unveiling his proposals for "extreme vetting." Asked to reconcile his responses to the attacks in Orlando and Las Vegas, Sanders suggested Trump had adopted a different tack since assuming the mantle of the presidency. "I think there's a difference between being a candidate and being the President," she had said. Trump clearly did not perceive that distinction on Tuesday as he dove right into the part of political provocateur, igniting a debate on immigration within hours of the New York attack. Trump took a similar tack after an attack in London last month, while British police were still investigating the cause of an explosion on a London Underground train. "Another attack in London by a loser terrorist," Trump tweeted. "The travel ban into the United States should be far larger, tougher and more specific-but stupidly, that would not be politically correct!" he added. The tweets earned Trump a rebuke from British Prime Minister Theresa May, who said it is "never helpful for anyone to speculate on what is an ongoing investigation." But Trump, earning plaudits from his supporters for his reaction and lack of "political correctness," was unrepentant even as he faced a backlash in the US. Pattern emerges Just two months earlier, Trump had been slow to call out white supremacists and neo-Nazis as responsible for violence in Charlottesville, Virginia -- and later blamed counter-protesters, too -- and defended himself by insisting that he "wanted to make sure, unlike most politicians, that what I said was correct, not make a quick statement." "You don't make statements that direct unless you know the facts. It takes a little while to get the facts," Trump said then. The pattern proved itself out once again in October, a month that began with the mass shooting in Las Vegas and ended with the terrorist attack in New York. Local and federal officials had already labeled the attack in New York as terrorism by Tuesday evening, based on the suspect's shouts of "Allahu akbar," evidence of his allegiance to ISIS and the trademark style of the truck attack. And the White House confirmed Trump's tweet that the assailant, Sayfullo Saipov, entered the US through the Diversity Visa Lottery Program, which awards visas to vetted individuals randomly selected from countries where there is a low rate of immigration to the US. But while in Las Vegas, officials are still struggling to determine the gunman's motives for his attack on an outdoor concert venue, they have determined that his shooting spree was aided by the use of bump stocks, a device that speeds up the rate of fire of semi-automatic weapons to mimic automatic fire. Despite early signs of support from Democrats and Republicans alike for legislation that would limit access to bump stocks, a bill on the matter has stalled and Trump has not offered his support for the measure, choosing instead to tread cautiously on an issue that touches on the Second Amendment, a lightning rod for conservatives in his base. Pressed on the President's support for legislation on bump stocks, Sanders dodged, pointing to the delicate environment. "Right now, our focus, as we've said over the last couple of days, has been on healing and uniting the country," Sander said from the White House briefing room. "Members of both parties and multiple organizations are planning to take a look at bump stocks and related devices. We certainly welcome that -- would like to be part of that conversation." But she added: "At this point, again, I don't think that we want to go out and start having -- and making rash decisions, while we're still in an open investigation." Trump, for his part, said the same day "we'll be looking into (bump stocks) in the next short period of time." A month later, the country is still waiting. But now Trump has shifted his attention elsewhere -- to an attack in New York involving a man who shouted "Allahu akbar."
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1678 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/01/politics/trump-nyc-schumer-terrorist-attack/index.html">The NYC attack is the latest proof Donald Trump is our first pundit president</a>
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1685 Cable television is at the center of Donald Trump's life. It's stoked his interest in politics, informed him (sort of!) on policy and sharpened his natural instincts for attack and confrontation. And so, it's not surprising -- although it is worrisome -- that in office, Trump acts more like a pundit and less like a president. Trump's response to the terror attack in New York City Tuesday night that left eight people dead and more than a dozen injured is the latest example of his pundit sensibilities. After a relatively generic tweet wishing the victims of the attack well, Trump quickly put on his pundit hat. "I have just ordered Homeland Security to step up our already Extreme Vetting Program," he promised on Twitter. "Being politically correct is fine, but not for this!" A quick check with the Department of Homeland Security showed that they had no information on any sort of increase in the "Extreme Vetting Program," referring all questions back to the White House. Trump's initial promise of "extreme vetting" -- a vague one made on the 2016 campaign trail -- turned into a suite of policies that have stepped up checks on people seeking visas and also included the so-called "travel ban," which kept immigrants from several Muslim-majority countries from entering the US. (The suspect in the New York City attacks is reportedly from Uzbekistan -- a country not included on the extreme vetting list.) DHS has said that some increased vetting measures will remain confidential due to national security concerns. On Wednesday morning, Trump was at it again -- this time, as he often does, apparently watching Fox News Channel and offering his thoughts via Twitter in real time. First, there was this: "The terrorist came into our country through what is called the 'Diversity Visa Lottery Program,' a Chuck Schumer beauty. I want merit based." Then, this: "'Senator Chuck Schumer helping to import Europes problems' said Col.Tony Shaffer. We will stop this craziness! @foxandfriends" The first of those tweets is a classic move by a partisan talking head. In the wake of a tragedy, find a policy -- or a person -- on the opposite side of the aisle to blame. Lay the incident at their feet and let them explain why it's not their fault. But make sure your viewers -- er, voters -- know that you saw this coming and if only the other side had acted like you told them to act, this whole thing could have been avoided. The second tweet is just a simple the-President-is-live-blogging-a-morning-cable-show situation. While this would be absolutely stunning under another President -- imagine Barack Obama tweeting out some quote from Mike Barnicle on "Morning Joe" the day after a terror incident -- it's de rigeur for this President. This is all classic pundit behavior. 1. See a major incident. 2. React immediately -- and without all facts. 3. Draw hard and fast conclusions -- without all the facts. 4. Blame your political opponents. 5. Cite other pundits who agree with you to bolster your point. The terror attack in New York is the latest, but hardly the only, example of Trump as more pundit than President. In the immediate aftermath of twin attacks in London over the summer, Trump fired off five tweets that, among other things, advocated for the necessity of his travel ban, attacked the mayor of London and bashed gun control backers. Then, after another attack on London in September, Trump tweeted this: "Another attack in London by a loser terrorist. These are sick and demented people who were in the sights of Scotland Yard. Must be proactive!" UK Prime Minister Theresa May scolded Trump for his premature tweet suggesting Scotland Yard knew about the attackers. "I don't think it's helpful for anyone to speculate on what is an ongoing investigation," she said on ABC. Trump, again, appears to have jumped the gun in blaming the "Diversity Visa Lottery Program" and Schumer for the attack. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, said on Wednesday morning that the attacker had self-radicalized in the US, meaning that the program by which he entered the country is less relevant than how he became radicalized in America. "I think it's usually better before we start to come out with policy statements or things that are political, maybe take a breath," said Utah Republican Rep. Chris Stewart on CNN Wednesday. "I think that's true of all of us. and I would say it's also true of our President." And Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, a Republican, tweeted a defense of Schumer regarding the Diversity Visa Program. "Actually, the Gang of 8, including @SenSchumer, did away with the Diversity Visa Program as part of broader reforms. I know, I was there," wrote Flake. Then, in a follow-up tweet, he added: "In fact, had the Senate Gang of 8 bill passed the House, it would have ended the Visa Lottery Program AND increased merit based visas." (Read this for much more on the history of diversity visas.) Any past president would be cowed by not only repeatedly politicizing these sorts of tragedies but also getting some of the basic facts wrong. Trump, of course, is, by his own definition, "modern day presidential." The best way to understand that phrase is to think of Trump more as pundit and less as president. Trump views all of politics -- and all of the world -- through the lens of cable and reality TV. In both of those mediums, you are often rewarded by jumping to conclusions, by saying the most controversial thing and always always always refusing to back down or apologize. It works for pundits. Not so much for presidents.
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1701 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/01/politics/diversity-visa-lottery-schumer-trump/index.html">What is the diversity visa lottery?</a>
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1708 President Donald Trump on Wednesday tweeted that the 29-year-old Uzbek national suspected of killing eight people in a suspected terrorist attack in New York City the day before is a recipient of a "diversity visa," reigniting a long-simmering debate about immigration in the US. Lesser known than traditional ways of immigrating into the country like family or work ties, the program benefits up to 50,000 people per year from countries with lower levels of immigration to the US. "The terrorist came into our country through what is called the 'Diversity Visa Lottery Program,' a Chuck Schumer beauty," Trump tweeted on Wednesday. "I want merit based." Minutes later, he added: "We are fighting hard for Merit Based immigration, no more Democrat Lottery Systems. We must get MUCH tougher (and smarter)." What is it? The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program awards up to 50,000 individuals per year a visa for a green card, which bestows permanent residency in the US and is a path to citizenship. Opponents of immigration complain that the program brings people to the US to compete for jobs, and even supporters of immigration acknowledge the program does not tailor applicants to needs in the US. Visas are awarded by random selection in select countries to promote immigration from places that don't otherwise send many immigrants to the US. Roughly 1 million green cards are issued by the US per year. In 2016, 45,664 diversity visas were issued. The vast majority of green cards are based on family connections, and other categories include employment-based visas and refugees or asylees. How does it work? Individuals in countries that are determined by a formula to have a low enough level of immigration to the US can apply for the visas at certain times each year. Most of the lottery recipients live outside the US, but a few are in the US legally on other visas. According to the formula set out by law, countries that have had more than 50,000 natives immigrate to the US in the previous five years are ineligible. The visas are distributed further by regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America (other than Mexico), Oceania and South America, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. The program is run by the State Department. While individuals are selected for visas randomly, they still must meet security and eligibility requirements that all immigrants must clear to actually get their visas. Diversity recipients specifically must also have at least a high school education or equivalent and must have had at least two years of experience working a job that requires at least two years of training or experience within five years of the date of the application. They must also be admissible to the US -- categories of inadmissibility to the US broadly include terrorism connections. The process also includes an in-person interview. "In order to immigrate, DV selectees must be admissible to the United States," a State Department information handout for applicants states. "The DS-260, Online Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration Application, electronically, and the consular officer, in person, will ask you questions about your eligibility to immigrate under U.S. law. These questions include criminal and security related topics. " How did it get started? The program was established in a bill passed in 1990, the Immigration Act. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer -- then a New York congressman -- was one of 31 co-sponsors of the House version of the bill, spearheaded by Rep. Bruce Morrison, a Connecticut Democrat. Schumer was credited with the concept of giving visas to countries with low admission rates to the US, which he developed in a different bill that he sponsored that was rolled into the broader law. Morrison also promoted the bill as a way to legalize Irish immigrants, according to a 1990 report in The New York Times and an analysis of the development of the program from the group NumbersUSA, which advocates for sharp cuts in overall immigration. The final bill passed the Senate 89-8 and the House 264-118. Has Congress tried to change the program? In 2013, Schumer helped author the Gang of Eight bill that passed the Senate by a wide margin, which would have replaced the program. The Gang of Eight measure was the result of a bipartisan effort to secure comprehensive immigration reform and had included senators such as Florida Republican Marco Rubio and South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham. The bill died in the House. The bill would have moved the diversity visas elsewhere in the system and introduced a merit system that took into account multiple factors like family and work skills. "Actually, the Gang of 8, including @SenSchumer, did away with the Diversity Visa Program as part of broader reforms. I know, I was there," tweeted Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake on Wednesday in response to Trump. "When re-evaluating immigration policy, it is right to give priority, through a point system or otherwise, to those who have skills and abilities unique to the new economy," Flake wrote in a recent op-ed. "We did this in 2013, in the bipartisan immigration bill that passed the Senate. But there must always be a place in America for those whose only initial credentials are a strong back and an eagerness to use it." What is Trump proposing? Republican Sens. Tom Cotton and David Perdue have introduced a bill, endorsed by Trump, that would eliminate the diversity lottery and certain categories of family-based green cards, and then would transform the remaining employment-based visas into a point system that favors heavily highly skilled, highly educated, English-speaking immigrants. But while there is consensus around needing to reform the process, limited support exists even within the GOP for Cotton and Perdue's bill. The Cotton-Perdue bill would roughly halve the number of green cards overall per year, a point of contention for many Democrats and Republicans alike, and wouldn't easily allow for low skilled immigrants to come to the US permanently, another sticking point for many.
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1724 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/01/us/new-york-attack-what-we-know/index.html">What we know about the New York attack</a>
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1731 Eight people were killed and about a dozen were hurt Tuesday when a 29-year-old man drove a rental truck into crowd, mowing down pedestrians and cyclists in what officials are calling the deadliest terror attack in New York City since 9/11. Here's what we know -- and don't know -- so far. What happened? What we know: A man drove a rented truck around 3:05 p.m. onto the West Side Highway bike path in New York's lower Manhattan, hitting bicyclists and pedestrians.
1732About a mile down the path, the truck collided with a school bus, injuring two adults and two children. The driver, identified by two law enforcement sources as Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, exited the truck with a pellet gun and a paintball gun.
1733A police officer shot him in the abdomen.
1734One official said Saipov followed ISIS instructions "for carrying out such an attack" almost to the letter. The terror group has posted instructions on its websites and on social media. Saipov told investigators he was inspired by Islamic State videos, in particular one showing ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and began planning an attack a year ago, a federal criminal complaint states. What we don't know: What was the attacker's precise motive, and were there others involved or who have information? An Uzbek national is being questioned in connection with the attack, law enforcement sources say. The individual, previously identified as Mukhammadzoir Kadirov, may have pertinent information and is possibly an associate of Saipov, one source says. The victims What we know: Hernán Diego Mendoza, Diego Enrique Angelini, Alejandro Damián Pagnucco, Ariel Erlij and Hernán Ferruchi were killed while celebrating the 30th anniversary of their graduation from their high school in Rosario, Argentina.
1735A Belgian mother of two, Anne-Laure Decadt, was also killed, according to her husband. She was traveling with her sisters and mother at the time of the attack.
1736Also killed were Darren Drake, 32, of New Milford, New Jersey, and Nicholas Cleves, 23, of New York, said a source with knowledge of the investigation.
1737Another Argentine who was part of the group was injured in the attack, as was a German woman who was not with the group.
1738Of the injured, nine remain hospitalized. Four of those are in critical but stable condition, officials said.
1739Injuries included a bilateral amputation and trauma to the neck, head, chest and back. The police officer What we know: His name is Ryan Nash, 28. He was "on post near the location" at the time of the attack and apprehended Saipov, Police Commissioner James O'Neill said
1740He's been with the New York Police Department since 2012 and works in the city's 1st precinct.
1741O'Neill says he "stopped the carnage" by shooting Saipov in the abdomen.
1742Nash told reporters he was just doing his job, but was thankful for public recognition of what officers did in response. "I just want to thank my family and friends for their support and all the responding officers who assisted me," he said. What we don't know: Whether Nash is one of the officers with whom Saipov spoke after he was shot, and if so, what did Saipov tell him? The suspect What we know: The suspect appeared in court Wednesday but did not enter a plea to charges of providing material support to ISIS and violence and destruction of motor vehicles.
1743Saipov decided to conduct a truck attack "to inflict maximum damage against civilians" and said that he specifically chose to strike on Halloween "because he believed there would be more civilians on the street for the holiday," the federal complaint says.
1744Saipov has been linked to social media accounts containing ISIS-related material, and a note found near the truck used in the attack claimed the action was taken in the name of the terror group, authorities say. The crux of the note, one official said, is that ISIS will endure forever.
1745The suspect had planned the attack for weeks, said John Miller, NYPD deputy commissioner for intelligence and counterterrorism.
1746Saipov came to the United States in 2010 from Uzbekistan through the Diversity Immigrant Visa program, commonly known as the green card lottery. He has since become a legal permanent resident. He apparently spent time in Tampa, Florida, at some point.
1747Investigators plan to search the crime scene, including his car that is parked at a Home Depot where he rented the truck used in the attack.
1748One of Saipov's cellphones reviewed by law enforcement contained approximately 90 videos, "many of which appear to be ... ISIS-related propaganda." The phone also had almost 4,000 images, many of which were ISIS propaganda, the FBI said in the complaint.
1749The 29-year-old recently lived in New Jersey and worked as an Uber driver there in the past six months, the company told CNN. Uber says he passed a background check and the company received no complaints about him.
1750He was once arrested in Missouri for failing to appear in court on a misdemeanor charge. He posted bond and failed to appear again in November 2016.
1751He married Uzbek national Nozima Odilova, 19, in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, in 2013. He has three children, according to multiple law enforcement officials. He registered two companies in Ohio, in 2011 and 2013.
1752Investigators have spoken with his wife and she is providing them with information, multiple law enforcement officials said. What we don't know: What exactly is Saipov's connection to ISIS, if there is one?
1753Evidence suggests the suspect acted alone, but authorities said it was "all very preliminary."
1754Why did Saipov move to the US?
1755He listed his occupation as a truck driver on his marriage license, but we don't know much about his previous employment.
1756How he was "radicalized domestically," per the claim from Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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1779 A week after the Las Vegas shooting, Kevin McMahill, the undersheriff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, appeared visibly frustrated at a press conference. Authorities had run down more than 1,000 leads in the investigation into the October 1 massacre. But they still were struggling to determine why Stephen Paddock fired on a packed crowd of concertgoers, killing 58 people and wounding hundreds more. Why was he trying to kill so many people? McMahill asked the public to avoid the constant rumor and speculation about Paddock's motives, which he said were understandable but unhelpful. "I get it," he said. "We all want answers." A month after the deadly rampage, little has changed in the investigation. Even so, there remains an intense focus on figuring out the shooter's motivation. But why exactly? Paddock is dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police are looking to find out if anyone knew of his plans ahead of time, but they have said he acted alone. There will be no criminal case against him. Learning his motivation won't bring back the dead or help heal the nearly 500 wounded. Does his motivation even matter? Why do we care so much about the motives of mass shooters? The answer, according to experts in profiling mass shooters, is that we dig into the motive of mass killings to try to prevent future attacks, adjust policy and -- perhaps most of all -- satisfy our own human curiosity. "Everybody is talking about this. Everybody is asking 'Why'd he do it? What's the reason?' " said Jeffrey Simon, a visiting lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author of "Lone Wolf Terrorism: Understanding the Growing Threat." "It's just human nature to speculate and want to know why something occurred." Lessons learned For Mary Ellen O'Toole, a former senior FBI profiler and author of "The School Shooter: A Threat Assessment Perspective," understanding a mass killer's motives can help stop future attacks. "I like to think of these things as education," she said. The public has a misunderstanding of how these mass shooters radicalize, she said. In general, they don't suddenly "snap." Instead, they slowly radicalize to the point where their brains begin to see other humans as objects and just a means to a desired end. Elliot Rodger, who killed six people at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 2014, had written a lengthy manifesto describing plans to kill "beautiful girls" and "popular people" after years of rejection and jealousy. The 22-year-old Rodger fatally stabbed his three roommates before shooting dead two women outside a sorority house and another man inside a deli. He wounded 13 others during his shooting spree before killing himself. If we understand that end goal -- the motive -- then we can better understand how the process of radicalization happened and whether any groups or causes contributed to that. That may help the public better predict who might be at risk for radicalizing and prevent future attacks, O'Toole said. "I find that this is a teachable moment, and we don't want to lose that opportunity," she said. Policy changes A killer's motivation can also lead to policy changes, taking on that issue on a local, state or national level. For example, Dylann Roof, motivated by white supremacist beliefs, killed nine people in a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015. Afterward, several states in the South began to reconsider monuments or symbols of the Confederacy, which critics felt glorified the history of racism and slavery. South Carolina, in particular, passed legislation ordering the removal of the Confederate flag from state Capitol grounds. "I think it's part of human nature," said Michael Stone, a professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University who has studied hundreds of mass killings. "When something terrible happens, you want to know what were the factors that led up to it and whether there's something about it that we could spot beforehand. Maybe we could head trouble off at the pass." Other mass killings have sparked policy changes on a wider scale. The Columbine High School shootings in Colorado in 1999 led to a sharper focus on bullying as an underlying cause of violent behavior, and various states have passed anti-bullying laws in the years since, according to an analysis of state bullying laws. In Orlando last year, a gunman's targeted killing of 49 people at Pulse, a gay nightclub, led to much stronger support for the LGBTQ community, local lawmakers have said. "You always have lessons learned after any kind of incident such as this, whether terrorist-related or not terrorist-related," Simon said. 'Part of human nature' But there's also an essential human component to knowing a shooter's motivation. Stone, who wrote the book "The Anatomy of Evil," which explores the motivations and mindsets of the world's most prominent killers, said there's a "fascination" with such people. "It's very hard to escape the fascination with these mass killers and mass murderers, and also the wish to have answers to what prompts some of these people to do these kinds of things," he said. In general, mass killers, almost all of whom are young men, are motivated by some combination of paranoia and mental illness or financial and social problems, he said. A disgruntled recently fired worker, perhaps, or a jilted lover. Paddock, though, doesn't seem to fit that type. He was a 64-year-old retired accountant with a girlfriend and plenty of money to spend. Investigators said they hadn't learned anything in his social life, finances or political beliefs that explained his path to radicalization. "He doesn't fit into the major categories," Stone said. "Because Paddock doesn't fit in, he's all the more intriguing. So people are pounding on the table, 'We have to figure this guy out.' " The large number of casualties in the Las Vegas shooting also makes these questions particularly relevant. Not knowing why it happened leaves many grieving families with lingering questions. "In the end, (the motive) doesn't change anything in terms of the impact it has had on the poor people who died, who've been injured, their loved ones," Simon said. "But they may also want some type of closure as to why in the world did this occur." McMahill, the undersheriff, said law enforcement will continue to dig into Paddock's background to learn more. O'Toole said she believes investigators should expend every effort to uncover his motivation. "This was too horrible a crime, too extraordinary a crime to not to close the books (on)," O'Toole said. "(We are) obligated to the country, obligated to the citizens of Las Vegas, obligated to the families to understand why this happened."
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1795 <a href="//www.cnn.com/2017/11/01/us/new-york-police-parade-photo-trnd/index.html">This photo perfectly captures how a terror attack cannot dent New York's resilience</a>
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1802 Take a look at this photo. It shows a police officer, gun in hand, keeping a wary eye as a parade of costumed New Yorkers stream past him. It was taken in Manhattan's West Village during the city's annual Halloween Parade Tuesday night, just a few blocks away and a mere few hours after a man mowed down pedestrians and bicyclists with a rented truck. And yet, the parade went on. Sure, there was a greater police presence than usual. Officers were lined up with long guns along the parade route. But as participants told CNN, they weren't going to give in to terror, to the city's deadliest terror attack since 9/11. "If you change your life then the bad guys win," one of them said. And this photo, taken by photographer Andres Kudacki, perfectly captures that spirit -- of a city unbowed and unafraid.
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1825 President Donald Trump, during a White House Cabinet meeting Wednesday, said he wants to terminate the Diversity Visa Lottery, a program that distributes around 50,000 visas to countries where there is a low rate of immigration to the US. "I am, today, starting the process of terminating the diversity lottery program," Trump said, seated next to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. "I am going to ask Congress to immediately initiate work to get rid of this program, diversity lottery, diversity lottery. Sounds nice, it is not nice, it is not good. It hasn't been good and we have been against it." He added: "We're going to quickly as possible get rid of chain migration and move to a merit-based system." Trump added that based on preliminary information, the attacker in New York "was the point of contact, the primary point of contact for, and this is preliminarily, 23 people, that came in or potentially came in with him and that is not acceptable." The comments follow Trump's tweets on Wednesday morning that blamed Sen. Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, for the program. "The terrorist came into our country through what is called the 'Diversity Visa Lottery Program,' a Chuck Schumer beauty," Trump tweeted. "I want merit based." Schumer was a key shaper of the 1990 legislation that created the program, but also played a lead part in the 2013 Gang of Eight bill that that passed the Senate on a bipartisan basis and included removing the diversity lottery program. The bill would have moved those visas elsewhere in the system and introduced a merit system that took into account multiple factors like family and work skills. The diversity visa has been a point of contention for years. The 50,000 visas, distributed by random selection among countries where there is a low rate of immigration to the US, were originally designed to diversify the pool of immigrants to the US. The visas offer immigrants green cards, permanent legal residence and a path to citizenship. Republican Sens. Tom Cotton and David Perdue have introduced a bill, endorsed by Trump, that would eliminate the diversity lottery and certain categories of family-based green cards, and then would transform the remaining employment-based visas into a point system that favors heavily highly skilled, highly educated, English-speaking immigrants. But while there is consensus around needing to reform the process, limited support exists even within the GOP for Cotton and Perdue's bill. Sen. Jeff Flake, an Arizona Republican who has been an ardent critic of Trump, noted in a tweet Wednesday that the Gang of Eight bill, had it been signed into law, would have done away with the diversity visa program. The Cotton-Perdue bill would roughly halve the number of green cards overall per year, a point of contention for many Democrats and Republicans alike, and wouldn't easily allow for low skilled immigrants to come to the US permanently, another sticking point for many. Initial response Trump also labeled the alleged attacker an "animal" to reporters Wednesday, and said the United States must "get much tougher" with terror suspects. Trump called for "quick justice" and "strong justice" for terror suspects. "What we have right now is a joke and it is a laughing stock and no wonder so much of this stuff takes place," Trump said. The President's initial Twitter response to the attack labeled the attacker a "very sick and deranged person" and offered his "thoughts, condolences and prayers to the victims and families of the New York City terrorist attack." Trump later tweeted that he was ordering his Department of Homeland Security to "step up our already Extreme Vetting Program." It was not clear what program the President was referring to. Reached Tuesday night, DHS referred all questions on the "vetting" order to the White House, which did not respond to questions. Soon after Trump tweeted Wednesday morning, Schumer responded with a tweet of his own: "I guess it's not too soon to politicize a tragedy." Schumer also accused the President of "politicizing and dividing America" and urged him to focus "on the real solution -- anti-terrorism funding -- which he proposed cutting in his most recent budget." New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, said at a Wednesday morning news conference that the President's tweets were "not helpful." "I don't think they were factual. I think they tend to point fingers and politicize the situation," he said. "You play into the hands of the terrorist to the extent that you disrupt, divide and frighten people in the society. The tone now should be the opposite -- on all levels." Trump's decision to address immigration policy hours after the terrorist attack is markedly different than the tack the White House took after a shooter in Las Vegas opened fire on a concert last month, killing 58. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, asked about gun control policy the day after the shooting in Las Vegas, dismissed the idea of talking about policy so soon after a shooting. "We haven't had the moment to have a deep dive on the policy part of that," Sanders said. "We've been focused on the fact that we had a severe tragedy in our country. And this is a day of mourning, a time of bringing our country together, and that's been the focus of the administration this morning." Pressed on why Trump brought up the travel ban hours after shootings in Orlando and San Bernardino, Sanders added at the time, "I think there's a difference between being a candidate and being the President." Right-wing sites blame Schumer Tuesday's terror attack in New York was the city's deadliest since 9/11. Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov drove a rented van down a bike path, law enforcement sources have said. The attack killed six victims instantly, while two others died later. New York politicians and officials quickly labeled the incident a terror attack. Right-wing blogs and publications began blaming Schumer's immigration policies on Tuesday night and Trump's comments track with much of what was written. "Blame Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer," read a post from the Gateway Pundit. Breitbart, the right-wing publication run by Steve Bannon, Trump's former chief strategist, was leading with a story about the Diversity Visa Lottery Program, citing an ABC New York story that reported Saipov came to the United States through the program. Turning to immigration politics shortly after a terrorist attack has become a pattern for Trump. After a deadly mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, in 2015, then candidate-Trump called for the "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on." Trump ran on hard-line immigration policies in 2016, pledging to build a wall along the US-Mexico border, cut down the number of refugees coming into the United States and deporting undocumented immigrants currently in the United States. After stepping into the Oval Office in January, Trump proposed a sweeping travel ban that banned immigration from a series of countries. The ban, which has been repeatedly altered and fought in court, currently puts increased screening on nationals from Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Venezuela and Yemen. Immigration from North Korea and Syria is suspended entirely. Democrats slammed Trump on Wednesday for quickly turning to immigration after the terror attack. "This has become the pattern for President Trump, dating back to the campaign," Rep. Adam Schiff, D-California, told MSNBC. "No matter where an attack happens around the world, whether it's in the United States, Europe, he immediately goes to questions about immigration."
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1848 Eight people -- six foreign tourists and two Americans -- were killed Tuesday in the deadliest terror attack that New Yorkers have seen since 9/11. A man drove a rented pickup truck down a crowded bike path near the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, crushing and striking cyclists and pedestrians. In addition to those killed, about a dozen people were hurt. Here's what we know about those killed: Nicholas Cleves The 23-year-old software developer had recently started his first job out of school, one of his friends told CNN affiliate WABC. "He was a really, really kind, not heartless, intelligent and curious person. We always had conversations about what he was studying at school," Bahji Chancey told WABC. Cleves recently graduated from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. The college said in a statement that Cleves also worked as an analyst and web developer. "An incident of terrorism that takes the lives of innocent people anywhere in the world touches each of us in our fundamental humanity," the statement said. "But the effect is more pronounced -- and far more personal -- when our community is directly linked to such a horrendous event." Cleves grew up biking around the city and would bike everywhere around town, Chancey said. Darren Drake Drake, 32, was an avid reader and was always helping his parents. "He had everything going for him. Everything you can imagine," Drake's father, Jimmy, told CNN affiliate WCBS. Drake lived in New Milford, New Jersey, but worked in New York as a project manager for Moody's Analytics, an economics research firm. When his parents couldn't reach him hours after the attack, they drove to Bellevue Hospital in New York, where they were told he had died. "At the moment, I just lost it," Jimmy Drake said. "You see the child you loved for 33 years." Darren Drake would have celebrated his birthday in two weeks, his father said. Drake was remembered as "a good man with a soft touch and huge heart" in a statement released by the New Milford Public School District, where he served on the local board of education from 2009 to 2013. "He is respected for his unwavering commitment to the children of New Milford and their education," Superintendent Michael Polizzi wrote of Drake. "In addition to his insights into the needs of students, he brought to the board significant business acumen, intelligence and humor. He was friendly, fully engaged and forward-thinking." Ann-Laure Decadt Decadt, 31, was traveling with her two sisters and mother in New York at the time of the attack. The Belgian mother of two died Tuesday night at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, according to a statement from her husband, Alexander Naessens. Decadt's mother and two sisters were not harmed, he said. She had been cycling on the bike path when she was hit from behind by the truck, CNN Belgium affiliate VTM reported. Decadt "was a fantastic wife and the most beautiful mom to our two sons of 3 months and 3 years old. This loss is unbearable and difficult to understand," Naessens wrote. Five friends from Argentina The group had traveled thousands of miles for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their high school graduation. Hernán Diego Mendoza, Diego Enrique Angelini, Alejandro Damián Pagnucco, Ariel Erlij and Hernán Ferruchi died in the attack, Argentina's Foreign Affairs Ministry said. The men were from Rosario, a town nearly 200 miles northwest of Buenos Aires. Jose Nunez, a representative in Argentina's national congress, was a friend of Erlij's. He told CNN en Español that Erlij was a successful businessman who loved his family of four children. "We are losing a great man, a great businessman and a great family man," Nunez said. On Twitter, Argentine President Mauricio Macri said he was "deeply moved by the tragic deaths ... in NY. We put ourselves at the disposition of the families of the Argentinian victims." President Donald Trump tweeted late Wednesday that he had a conversation with Macri. "Just spoke to President Macri of Argentina about the five proud and wonderful men killed in the West Side terror attack," Trump said. "God be with them!" An Argentine national who lives in the Boston area, Martin Marro, was injured during the attack. He is still hospitalized. He was told Thursday that his friends had been killed, Argentinian Consul General Mateo Estreme said at a news conference in New York. CORRECTION: This story has been updated to correctly spell the name of Ann-Laure Decadt.
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1871 For a man with such bright ambitions, Donald Trump sure keeps himself in shady company. First there are all the guys with connections to Russia and its former satellites -- like Paul Manafort, Carter Page, Michael Flynn, and Felix Sater. Then there are the fringe political characters like Roger Stone, Sebastian Gorka, Steve Bannon, and the late Roy Cohn. In choosing over the years to ally himself with these men, with their murky dealings and extremist ways, Donald Trump tells us who he is. Examine the men whose company Trump keeps and you will know him. For a group of people who presented themselves as superpatriots, complete with American flag lapel pins, Trump's campaign crew entered the fray of the 2016 presidential campaign with an astounding number of ties to America's chief geopolitical antagonist: Vladimir Putin's Russia. If they weren't the type to team up with the Russians, they sure seemed to be disposed to use whatever means necessary, perhaps even a foreign power's aid or financial backing, to get what they want. Manafort is now in the brightest spotlight, as the Trump campaign's former chairman has been indicted by special prosecutor Robert Mueller. Manafort has spent much of his career doing the kind of dirty business that would make him untouchable for a regular president. As a political consultant he became so well known as far back as 1992 for helping the world's strongman dictators that the Center for Public Integrity included him in a report entitled "The Torturers' Lobby: How Human Rights-Abusing Nations are Represented in Washington." In a single year his then-firm, Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly, got paid more than $3 million by the likes of Nigeria, Kenya, the Philippines and Angola's UNITA rebel group -- all of whom were widely criticized for their dark records on human rights. As Trump's campaign chief from early spring 2016 to the Republican National Convention, Manafort paraded around in fancy suits and bright ties, cutting just the right public figure for Trump, who always wants the people around him to look the part. Behind the scenes, Manafort was a campaign contact for the candidate's young foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos as the latter communicated with Russian contacts about offers to help the Trump campaign and visits to Russia. Corey Lewandowski, Trump's first campaign manager, was a marginal political player who, prior to working for Trump, may have been best-known for smearing an opponent in a 2002 Senate campaign about his stance on terrorism. Now he appears to have been another one of the higher campaign officials Papadopoulos contacted about Russia. Manafort, meanwhile, is now under indictment for hiding millions of dollars, some of which was gained for work done in Ukraine for a president the Russians favored. Although another campaign chairman would likely recognize the danger, and possible betrayal, of American interests in these Russian overtures and report them to authorities, it appears that Manafort did not. This is consistent with the kind of risk-taking Donald Trump has often embraced. He likes people who, like him, flout convention and go to extremes. A case in point is Stone, Manafort's former business partner, who was recently banned from Twitter for life after he used the social media platform for profanity-laced tirades. Like Trump and Manafort, Stone is known for his fancy clothes and tendency to push the limits. A Nixon dirty trickster as a youth, he became Trump's longest-standing political adviser. He preaches aggression and disruption. One of his main maxims is "nothing is on the level." Trump met Stone through Cohn, his most notorious, well-dressed shadowy friend. New York's impresario of the political dark arts, Cohn was notorious for playing the henchman for Red-baiting Senator Joe McCarthy, and then became a lawyer/fixer for anyone who could pay, including mobsters and corrupt union officials. In Cohn, Trump found a lawyer so menacing that his mere name would prompt opponents to shiver. Cohn served as a role model in the use of threats and intimidation and also taught Trump how to manipulate the press. Shortly before he died of AIDS, Cohn was disbarred for practices a court found ''unethical,'' ''unprofessional'' and ''particularly reprehensible.'' Cohn radiated the kind of odious charm that repelled some and attracted others, including Trump. According to Stone, Cohn once told mob boss "Fat" Tony Salerno that "everything's fixed" including the Supreme Court, which can be bought "for a few more dollars." In more recent years, Trump's shady playmates have included his development partner Sater, a convicted felon with ties to mobsters who was prosecuted on charges related to investment scams by one of the lawyers now helping Mueller. There's also Boris Epshteyn, whose background includes a bar fight conviction that required he take court-ordered anger management classes. Brash and aggressive, Epshteyn was prominent in the campaign and worked briefly in the White House. He too had business ties to Russia. In September he testified in secret to the Congressional committee investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. Another Trump adviser with deep Russia ties, Page, was an obscure business and financial adviser until then-candidate Trump offered his name in response to a question about his team. By September 2016 his contacts with Russians had captured the attention of US intelligence officials, and a judge authorized surveillance of his communications. On Monday, he said that Russia "may have come up" in his conversations with Papadopoulos during the campaign. Page is not the kind of person most reputable people would seek as an adviser. Then again, neither are Manafort, Stone, Sater, Epshteyn, Cohn and many others whom Trump has drawn close to him over the years. There's no other way to say it: Trump is clearly attracted to figures who enjoy having bad reputations. Michael Flynn, who was briefly his national security adviser, was famously known as a hot-headed defense official who failed to disclose money taken from Russian sources in 2015. Former White House adviser Gorka was linked to members of an ultranationalist group in Hungary and recently compared Hillary Clinton to Ethel Rosenberg in an interview with Sean Hannity. Bannon, a former campaign official and co-chief-of-staff at the White House, had promoted the views of white nationalists in his media empire at Breitbart. The thing Trump's men have in common is a willingness to go beyond the boundaries normally respected by others. Donald Trump is the same kind of heedless risk-taker who sees no reason to adhere to ethical norms. This is why, in the long run-up to his election, so many reputable and sober Republicans like Mitt Romney and both Presidents Bush would not endorse him. They understood that we are known by the company we keep.
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