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Source: Associated Press
By ANGELA CHARLTON
1 hour ago
PARIS (AP) — The man behind a deadly knife attack in central Paris was born in Chechnya and had been on police radar for radicalism, and his parents have been detained for questioning, French authorities said Sunday.
Counterterrorism investigators are working to determine whether the man who stabbed five people in a busy neighborhood in the heart of the French capital Saturday night had any help. The attacker killed a 29-year-old man and wounded four others, before being shot by police.
Among the injured was a 34-year-old man from Luxembourg, the foreign ministry of the small country north of France said in a statement. After emergency treatment, he was out of danger.
Witnesses reported hearing the man shouting Allahu akbar, the Arabic phrase for God is great, during the attack. The Islamic State group claimed the attacker was one of its fighters, but provided no evidence or details about his identity.
Read more: https://www.apnews.com/9e9b262e17ec45289dc11d88bf442a60?utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP
Sure Looks Like the Trump Administration is Spying on Defense Attorneys
by Colin Kalmbacher | 4:12 pm, May 12th, 2018
On Thursday, a federal court issued an order demanding that the Department of Justice (DOJ) provide classified information regarding allegations that the U.S. government eavesdropped on attorney-client meetings between detainees and their counsel at Guantánamo Bay.
The unusual order issued by Judges Patricia Millett, Cornelia Pillard and Robert Wilkins with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia makes the following demand:
It is FURTHER ORDERED that the government submit to the court by Noon on Monday, May 21, 2018, in accordance with procedures governing classified information if warranted, a declaration describing any and all intrusions that have occurred, may have occurred, or that the government believes foreseeably could occur into the confidentiality of (i) petitioners’ communications with their client, (ii) petitioners’ communications with other lawyers, legal personnel, support personnel, or third parties as part of their representation of their client, or (iii) petitioners’ legal work product, legal files, or legal records (electronic or otherwise).
The three-page document also demands that the federal government turn over “Any classified or unclassified information provided by the government to Brigadier General John G. Baker, in his capacity as Chief Defense Counsel for the Military Commission Defense Organization, regarding alleged breaches, accidental or otherwise, of attorney-client confidentiality and/or work product privilege pertaining to the representation by attorneys under his supervision of detainees…”
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https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/looks-like-the-trump-administration-is-spying-on-defense-attorneys/
Trump Appointee Ran Charity That Donated to Middle Eastern Terrorist Group
by Colin Kalmbacher | 1:57 pm, May 12th, 2018
President Donald Trump‘s hand-picked ambassador to Israel was the president of a charity when it allegedly donated tens of thousands of dollars to a far-right terrorist group based in the Middle East.
According to a Friday report by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, David Friedman led the American Friends of Bet El Yeshiva Center (also known as American Friends of Bet El Institutions) when it donated some $12,000 to the Qomemiyut Movement, a U.S. State Department-designated terrorist organization more commonly known by its prior name, Kahane Chai.
An article in Israel’s paper of record, Haaretz, pegged the amount of funds donated by Friedman’s group to Qomemiyut quite a bit higher: roughly $93,000 between 2008 and 2013. The payments were originally noted by anti-racist Israeli NGO Democratic Bloc.
Based on the ideology and personality cult of anti-Arab Rabbi Meir Kahane, Kahane Chai and its associated fellow travelers support de jure and de facto discrimination against Arabs living in Israel, the revocation of Israeli citizenship for those not of Jewish descent and a ban on Jewish-Gentile intermarriage and sexual relations, in line with a fundamentalist interpretation of scripture.
On February 25, 1994, Baruch Goldstein, a friend and political adherent of Kahane’s, opened fire on dozens of Palestinian Muslims while they were praying inside of the Ibrahimi Mosque at the Cave of the Patriarchs in the city of Hebron. Goldstein’s assault took 29 lives and wounded 125 others–including many children–before he was beaten to death by survivors. Kahane’s movement expressed support for this attack and was subsequently outlawed in Israel.
After being outlawed as a political party, the group turned to terrorism and has been on the U.S. State Department’s official list of terrorist organizations since 1997 where it is listed as the “Qomemiyut Movement.” In 2013, when Qomemiyut was clearly listed as a terrorist group on that same government watch list, Friedman’s organization made the $12,000 donation–in shekelim–to the group.
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https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/trump-appointee-ran-charity-that-donated-to-middle-eastern-terrorist-group/
Salmonella sickens nearly three dozen people following recall of more than 200 million eggs
Source: The Washington Post
By Kristine Phillips May 12 at 2:05 PM
A salmonella outbreak that led to a recall of nearly 207 million eggs has now sickened nearly three dozen people in states along the East Coast.
Thirty-five people — up by 12 over the past few weeks — have been sickened by Salmonella braenderup, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week. The outbreak, which has been traced to a single egg producer, has resulted in 11 hospitalizations. No deaths have been reported.
In April, Rose Acre Farms recalled its products after federal officials tied the illnesses to the company's facility in North Carolina, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said. The recalled eggs were sold under brand names such as Great Value, Country Daybreak and Crystal Farms. They were also sold to Waffle House restaurants and Food Lion stores. (Click here for a full list of brands and stores.)
An investigation by federal officials led to an inspection of the farm’s facility in Hyde County, N.C., which produces 2.3 million eggs a day from 3 million hens. Eggs produced at the farm are distributed to retail stores and restaurants in Colorado, Florida, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the Carolinas. Illnesses have been reported in all of the states, the majority of which were from New York and Virginia, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/05/12/salmonella-sickens-nearly-three-dozen-people-following-recall-of-more-than-200-million-eggs
Nobel-Winning Doctors' Group Denounces Trump Pharma Plan
Caroline Orr
May 12, 2018 5:17 am
The international medical humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) slammed Trump’s speech on prescription drug prices Friday, using the White House’s own words to savage the sham proposal.
In a statement, MSF said Trump’s proposed plan to address prescription drug costs “fails to address the root problem” of rising prices and could make medicine unaffordable for the world’s most vulnerable populations while still not reducing costs in the U.S.
The group also hit back at Trump’s suggestion that drug prices in the U.S. are high because other countries aren’t paying their fair share — a suggestion that mirrors Trump’s misguided statements about NATO members.
“Other countries aren’t ‘free-riding,’ and lifesaving medicines aren’t more expensive here because they cost less elsewhere,” MSF said.
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http://www.nationalmemo.com/nobel-winning-doctors-group-denounces-trump-pharma-plan/
Russian companies to benefit from US Iran withdrawal
Source: Agence France-Presse
12 MAY 2018
While Russia has condemned Washington for its withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, Moscow remains less exposed to the economic consequences of US sanctions than Europe and its companies could even benefit from the move.
"The deal and the lifting of sanctions in 2015 marked the return of European business to Iran. But it's unlikely they can keep doing business today, giving room to Russia," said independent political scientist Vladimir Sotnikov.
"Russia can now go ahead at full speed," he added.
Russia and Iran once had difficult relations, but have seen ties improve since the end of the Cold War.
Read more: https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/russian-companies-benefit-us-iran-withdrawal-doc-14s3kk2
Mulvaney: WH Aide Remark About McCain Dying Was 'Awful' But Just 'Joke'
Source: Talking Points Memo
By Allegra Kirkland | May 12, 2018 2:14 pm
White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said Saturday that a communication staffer’s comment about Sen. John McCain dying was “awful” but not a fireable offense.
Kelly Sadler’s crack that McCain’s opposition to CIA director nominee Gina Haspel didn’t matter because “he’s dying anyway” was just a “joke” told at a private meeting, Mulvaney said in an appearance on Fox News.
“This was a private meeting inside the White House. It was a joke. It was a badly considered joke that she said fell flat,” Mulvaney told Fox.
https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/995315158070255616
Sadler, a special assistant, reportedly mocked McCain’s brain cancer diagnosis at an internal meeting one day after the Arizona senator publicly came out against Haspel for her role in the CIA’s torture program.
Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mulvaney-kelly-sadler-mccain-dying-awful-joke
Author reveals how Donald Trump chased after 'Russian criminal money' to build Trump Tower
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/05/author-reveals-donald-trump-chased-russian-criminal-money-build-trump-tower/
Trump picks Pastor who says Jews, Muslims Will Go to Hell - to pray at new US Embassy in Jerusalem
Source: The New Civil Rights Movement
By DAVID BADASH MAY 12, 20181:28 PM
Pastor Robert Jeffress, a Fox News contributor, megachurch Baptist preacher from Dallas, and close Trump ally and surrogate, has been chosen by the Trump administration to lead a prayer at Monday's opening dedication celebration of the new – and highly controversial – U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. The choice of Jeffress makes this highly controversial move all the more problematic, given his views on literally every other religion, including other Christian religions, Judaism, and Islam.
https://twitter.com/foxandfriends/status/995337556786065408
Jeffress, who hosts both radio and TV shows that are broadcast in hundreds of cities in the U.S. and around the world, has a long history of delivering incendiary and bigoted remarks.
In short, Jeffress says that if you're not a Christian – and a certain type of Christian – you're going to hell, as Right Wing Watch has documented.
He has said Islam promotes pedophilia, and is "evil," "violent," and a "false" religion. Pastor Jeffress, in a now infamous 2011 interview, also said that "every other religion in the world is wrong: Islam is wrong, it is a heresy from the pit of Hell; Mormonism is wrong, it is a heresy from the pit of Hell, and, "Judaism, you can’t be saved being a Jew."
Read more: http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2018/05/trump-picks-pastor-who-says-jews-muslims-will-go-to-hell-to-pray-at-new-us-embassy-in-jerusalem/
Greitens' fateful affair began during crossroads of his military life
By Kevin McDermott St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In February 2015, former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens signed a four-year commitment to return to active reserve status. Two months later, he told the Navy he was backing out of it.
What happened in between, the record now shows, is that Greitens began the extramarital affair that’s currently at the center of one criminal case against him — an affair that could theoretically have tarnished his military career had he carried out his original plans and returned to active status in the reserves.
“(I) had hoped to continue to serve, but just found that I couldn’t be a great Navy officer in the reserves again and a great Dad at the same time,” Greitens would later explain in an email to a reporter.
He cited in particular how weekend reserve drills would cut into family time: “Weekends were incredibly precious.”
Greitens went on trial Thursday in St. Louis on a felony charge of invasion of privacy. Prosecutors allege he snapped a nonconsensual photo of his extramarital lover while she was bound, blindfolded and partly undressed during their first sexual encounter, on March 21, 2015 — a Saturday.
Records show it was less than a month later, as the tumultuous affair continued, that Greitens backed out of his Navy reserve agreement, with a significant loss in pay and benefits.
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http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/greitens-fateful-affair-began-during-crossroads-of-his-military-life/article_f4529653-e67d-5106-adad-703de51abd94.html
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