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>>139335
You can't occupy your own country, shill.

>>139425
>You can't occupy your own country, shill.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>139335

>dat face

Chernobyl - not even once

>On April 15, Russian state-controlled TV channel Rossiya-1’s “Vesti” news program broadcast a story about the latest developments in Russian electronic warfare. The report was timed to coincide with the Russian Electronic Warfare Specialists’ Day, one of many Soviet-era days dedicated to different branches of the military.

>The broadcast, written up in English two days later, claimed that the latest Russian technology can disable any plane or ship by jamming its electronic systems. As proof, it alleged that a Russian Su-24 attack aircraft (NATO reporting name “Fencer”) had managed to knock out the USS Donald Cook, an Aegis-class missile defense frigate, in April 2014, by jamming its systems.

>Within days the report had gone global, was picked up by mainstream outlets on both sides of the Atlantic, and reported with varying degrees of skepticism by UK tabloids such as the Sun and the Daily Express, and US outlets including Fox News.

>The DFRLab can show that the story was a fake, based on a parody “social media post” from a sailor who never was. Moreover, the fake had been in existence since April 2014, including in the Russian state media, and had already been debunked.

>What was the origin of the story, how can we demonstrate that it was false, and how did it spread so far?

>The Vesti report

>To showcase Russia’s capabilities in electronic warfare, the Vesti report focused on an incident on April 12, 2014, in which a Russian Su-24 made a dozen low-level passes close to the Cook in international waters in the Black Sea. According to Vesti, the Su-24 approached the Cook, “switched on the equipment, and powerful radio-electronic waves deactivated the whole ship’s systems.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI4uS307ydk

>As the sole piece of evidence for this sensational claim, it quoted an alleged social media post from a crew member of the Cook, portrayed on the screen in Russian only, and retranslated into English for subtitles.

>>“This is how one of the crew members of the destroyer described these events in social networks.”

>The following screenshots from the video give the Russian-language text of the alleged post, together with Vesti’s English translation, which is accurate, though not idiomatic:

https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1000/1*9IAoBkFmj6JwpZItJHMRAw.png

https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1000/1*4zJXE4IPldD0O9lLZFreMA.png

https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1000/1*_ERe4XZRtOjWW0yW8bia0w.png

https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1000/1*u8wpAtbRoq8dPoBDluCOhA.png

>Vesti claimed that the Su-24 was “equipped with the latest electronic warfare complex, Khibiny.” It added weight to its story by quoting US General Frank Gorenc, the former commander of the US Air Force in Europe, as saying that “Russian electronic weapons completely paralyze the functioning of American electronic equipment installed on missiles, aircraft and ships.”

https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1000/1*jHbBtImlXJ56oytvDIIuOg.png

>Ending on a bombastic note, it claimed, “Experts are sure that in modern wars, electronic warfare is a key element. You don’t need to have expensive weapons to win, powerful radio-electronic jamming is enough.”

>The facts

>What are the facts of the story?

>The Su-24 flypast was a genuine event, widely reported at the time. According to a Pentagon statement issued on April 14, 2014, one Su-24 made a dozen close passes over the Cook while its wingman stayed at a safe distance. Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steve Warren accused the Russian pilot of “provocative and unprofessional” behavior; Kremlin broadcaster RT reported the statement, based on reports from Reuters and the Associated Press, and added a Russian accusation that NATO was violating the Montreux Convention, which limits the amount of time foreign warships can spend in the Black Sea.

>Neither side mentioned electronic warfare; instead, Warren underlined that the Cook was “never in danger” and was “more than capable of defending itself against two Su-24s.”

>Following the incident, the Cook made a port visit in Constanta, Romania, during which she received a scheduled visit by Romanian President Traian Basescu and conducted exercises with the Romanian Navy and with American frigate the USS Taylor. She then departed the Black Sea on April 24, having entered it on April 10.

>>137267
Moumenah says she only helps women and children -- negotiating with European governments and using her contacts in Syria.
She says they're a threat if they're left in Syria.
"That's when they become a danger," she says. "They're widows, so their children can be taken from them at any moment -- brainwashed, radicalized and turned into human bombs. The children have a right to a second chance."
The Syrian rebels who gave refuge to Sarah when she fled ISIS told us they've also been sheltering 20 other defectors -- all from Western countries.

>>137267
Here is the original CBS story that MSN copypasted with a more sensational headline for adsense money:

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/isis-defector-reveals-how-terror-groups-propaganda-draws-recruits/?ftag=MSF0951a18

>>137267
If France has any backbone at all they'll refuse her, but it is Europe, and i am therefore skeptical.

>>138987
>How long
For as long as people like you continue to pretend like all the evidence has been investigated and uncovered when barely any has. When she says "No evidence" you wrongly take it to mean the investigation is over..Comey said at his last hearing he wouldn't have a complete picture until the end of the year and that was before he got fired.

On top of that you have to take into account that Feinstein has to deny all knowledge of any classified material in the testimony she has heard in her role on the Senate Intel Committee.

>>138987
https://archive.is/mbCgx
>http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/09/politics/grand-jury-fbi-russia/
Talk of grand jury subpoenas being issued has been everywhere. CNN seems to have the only source, though.

>>138990
>For as long as people like you continue to pretend like all the evidence has been investigated and uncovered when barely any has.
Source on how you were able to quantify how much evidence there is vs how much has already been investigated?

>When she says "No evidence" you wrongly take it to mean the investigation is over..
No, I take it to mean that there's no evidence.

>Comey said at his last hearing he wouldn't have a complete picture until the end of the year and that was before he got fired.
That's probably part of why he was fired. This investigation has been going on for nearly a year and still hasn't presented a thing.
Pitching a wide open time for completion without being able to offer up a single scrap of directly incriminating proof supporting specific charges of collusion is generally a sign that there's nothing there. By this time into the Hillary-email investigation, we were already reading the emails she said didn't exist and didn't delete.

>On top of that you have to take into account that Feinstein has to deny all knowledge of any classified material in the testimony she has heard in her role on the Senate Intel Committee.
Good thing Blitzer didn't ask her about classified material then :^)

>>137901
This is not news.

>>137901
I see these cucks. They have prepared responses obviously, just waiting for Trump to tweet. They aren't even funny and get BTFO by randoms all the time.

They get very few likes. There is no growing resistance. It would be sad if they weren't such traitors.

>>137901
I'd hate to agree with the trumpkins but this is just barely newsworthy in that they're journalistically documenting the social phenomenon of replying to the President on twitter. But on the other hand, it reeks of opinion piece, which as we all know are prohibited in the sticky.

So, Finn in bin?

fugg DDDD:

>Trusts and hospitals in London, Blackburn, Nottingham, Cumbria and Hertfordshire have been affected.

>GPs are resorting to using pen and paper, according to newspaper the Blackpool Gazette, and phone and IT systems have been shut down.

>NHS England says they are aware of the issue and are looking into it.

>Among those affected is the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust which says it is experiencing problems with computers and phones systems.

>It has postponed all non-urgent activity today and is asking people not to come to A&E at the the Lister Hospital in Stevenage.

>IT specialists are working to resolve the problem as quickly as possible, a statement from the Trust says.

>Also affected is Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust which says it has shut down all of its IT systems following a 'secure system attack'.

>>139106
inb4 russians

So about Rod Rosenstein

>The deputy attorney general is getting an invite from senators to brief them about his role in Comey's firing. According to Politico, Rosenstein reached out to Senate Intelligence Committee leaders about meeting amid reports that he was "furious" about the White House's characterization of his recommendation that allegedly caused Comey's firing.

>Democrat and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer asked Rosenstein more than two dozen questions in a letter on Thursday, including whether Comeys' firing came days after he asked for more resources for the FBI's Russia inquiry, as has been widely reported.

>The all-senators briefing with Rosentein is slated for next week, according to a spokesman Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Russia reportedly tricked Trump's White House

>Optics be damned, Trump met with top Russian diplomats on Wednesday, the day after firing the man overseeing the FBI's investigation into his own campaign and Russia. In a move both surprising and not, all media was barred from the meeting except one Russia-owned news agency. Photos soon surfaced of a beaming Donald Trump with Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, the man who's caused much of Trump's Russia-related headaches through his communications with Trump associates, including now-fired adviser Michael Flynn.

>CNN reported Thursday that the White House is furious over release of the photos, claiming the Russians "tricked us."

>>138969
>Actually admitting the Russians tricked you
>During an investigation about whether the Russians compromised your staff
I hope this quote has a name attached, because this shit is rich.

>>138988
Actually it fits into the 'fake news' narrative nicely. There isn't any irony to the 'tricked us with the photo' story if you are denying that the Russian meddling in the election was ever real to start with. Whatever you think of the effectiveness of their goal post moving, nobody can say they aren't consistent. That's the same kind of "stick-to-it-ness" that the GOP clamored over in the Bush era.

>Kislyak has figured prominently in a series of damaging stories for the administration. Former national security adviser Michael Flynn was forced to resign in February over his contacts with Kislyak last year and over misleading statements about the nature of those conversations to Vice President Mike Pence.

>The administration official said that "it is standard practice for ambassadors to accompany their principals, and it is ridiculous to suggest there was anything improper." He added that White House rooms "are swept routinely" for listening devices.

>Russia has in the past gone to significant lengths to hide bugs in key U.S. facilities. In the late 1990s, the State Department's security came under fire after the discovery of a sophisticated listening device in a conference room on the seventh floor, where then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and others often held meetings.

>Speaking to reporters at the Russian Embassy after his White House talks with Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Lavrov did not hide his irritation with repeated questions about Moscow's alleged meddling in the U.S. presidential election to boost Trump's chances and damage Hillary Clinton's.

>"I never thought I'd have to answer such questions, particularly in the United States, given your highly developed democratic system," he said, according to a simultaneous translation of his remarks into English.

>Lavrov said that no evidence exists linking Russia to hacked Democratic Party emails released during last year's election campaign and that the issue of Russian interference in the campaign did not arise in his meeting with Trump that morning.

>U.S. intelligence agencies said they concluded with "high confidence" that Russia tried to affect the outcome of the 2016 election. Lavrov at turns characterized such allegations as "noise" and a "humiliation" for the American people.

>"We are monitoring what is going on here concerning Russia and its alleged 'decisive role' in your domestic policy," he said, according to a quote reported in TASS, which added a remark phrased less colorfully by the embassy interpreter. "We have been discussing specific issues, but never touched upon this bacchanalia."

>By chance, Lavrov visited as the White House is coming under political fire for Trump's firing of James Comey as FBI director on Tuesday night. The FBI has been conducting an investigation into possible ties between Russia and the Trump campaign.

>The overlapping events led to a series of odd scenes.

>Before a separate, early-morning meeting with Tillerson at the State Department, Lavrov professed mock surprise when asked whether Comey's dismissal had cast a shadow over his visit.

>"Was he fired?" Lavrov said, arching his eyebrows. "You're kidding! You're kidding!"

>He then jerked his head back in a dismissive gesture and walked away, shaking his head.

>In Moscow, the reaction to Comey's dismissal also has been acerbic.

>"A Comical Firing" was the headline on the Comey story on Russia's pro-Kremlin NTV news channel. In the report, Konstantin Kosyachev, a senior Russian legislator, said that the FBI director was let go "because he's not supposed to act like he's the president."

>The main purpose of Lavrov's visit to Washington was to discuss the ongoing conflicts in Syria and Ukraine.

>In a statement after the meeting, the White House said Trump had "emphasized the need to work together to end the conflict in Syria," particularly urging Russia to "rein in" the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad and its ally, Iran. He also urged Russia to implement the Minsk accord reached in 2014 in an attempt to end the fighting in Ukraine and "raised the possibility of broader cooperation on resolving conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere," the statement said.

>In his remarks to reporters, Lavrov did not try to paper over his disdain for the Obama administration. He said the Obama administration had driven U.S.-Russian relations to new lows as a result of its "ideological" positions.

>Lavrov also said he wants the United States to give back to Russia two properties it seized outside New York and Washington, D.C., last year after the Obama administration said they were linked to spying.

>>138984
>My God, we need to make this woman the face of the Democratic Party. The unhinged rants would have independent voters running for the hills. It’s just highly entertaining. Maybe she’ll even run for president. One can only hope for such a landslide re-election for Mr. Trump.

What kind of opinion piece shit is this? Read the sticky.

>>139002

>Article with nothing but quotes and event statements

>"Opinion piece"

Fake news from a shill source.

WHERE PROOFZ HUH?

>Heyman repeatedly asked the secretary whether domestic violence would be considered a preexisting condition under the Republican bill to overhaul the nation’s health care system, he said.

>“Do you think that’s right or not, secretary?” Heyman asked, according to a recording an audio recording Heyman provided to The Washington Post. “You refuse to answer? Tell me no comment.”

>A male voice is heard telling Heyman, “Do not get close to her. Back up.”

>Moments later, an officer in the capitol pulled Heyman aside, handcuffed him and arrested him. Heyman was jailed on the charge of willful disruption of state government processes and was released later on $5,000 bail.

>Authorities said while Secret Service agents were providing security in the capitol for Price and Conway, Heyman was “aggressively breaching” the agents to the point where they were “forced to remove him a couple of times from the area,” according to a criminal complaint.

>Heyman “was causing a disturbance by yelling questions at Ms. Conway and Secretary Price,” the complaint stated.

>But Heyman said he was simply fulfilling his role as a journalist and feels that his arrest sets a “terrible example” for members of the press seeking answers to questions.

>“This is my job, this is what I’m supposed to do,” Heyman said in a news conference Tuesday after being released from jail. “I think it’s a question that deserves to be answered. I think it’s my job to ask questions and I think it’s my job to try to get answers.”
...

>Price and Conway were visiting Charleston, W.Va. Tuesday, to hear about efforts to fight opioid addiction in a state that has the nation’s highest drug overdose death rate. They met privately with state and local policymakers and members of several groups, including officials of an addiction treatment center and an addiction hotline, according to the Associated Press.

>Before Heyman’s arrest, no police officer told him he was in the wrong place, Heyman said. He was wearing a press pass as well as a shirt with a Public News Service logo on the front, and identified himself to police as a reporter, he said.

>Heyman is heard on the recording saying, “you want to beat me up and end up on the news tonight?” A male officer tells him, “calm down, relax.”

>“You know those people are there for a reason,” the officer says on the recording.

>“Yeah, well what do you think I’m there for?” Heyman responds. “So the Capitol of the state of West Virginia is no longer a public space?” he says later.

>At the news conference, Heyman’s lawyer called the arrest a “highly unusual case” and said he has never had a client arrested for “talking too loud.” The lawyer, Tim DiPiero, described Heyman as a mild-mannered, reputable journalist and called the arrest “bizarre” and “way over the top.”

>Heyman has worked as a reporter for about 30 years, and his stories have appeared in the New York Times, NPR and other national news outlets, he said. Since 2009, he has worked as a West Virginia-based producer and reporter for Public News Service, which provides content to media outlets while also publishing its own stories.
...

>Lark Corbeil, chief executive and founder of Public News Service, said Heyman’s arrest took the organization “very much by surprise.”

>“From what we can understand, he did nothing out of the ordinary,” Corbeil said in an interview with The Washington Post. “He was doing what any journalist would normally do, calling out a question and trying to get an answer.”

>The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia said in a statement that Heyman’s arrest constituted “a blatant attempt to chill an independent, free press.” It called the charges against Heyman “outrageous” and demanded they be dropped immediately.

>“This is a dangerous time in our country,” the statement read. “Freedom of the press is being eroded every day.”

>“Today was a dark day for democracy,” the ACLU of West Virginia added. “But the rule of law will prevail. The First Amendment will prevail.”

>Heyman said he has been reporting on health care issues for many years, calling it “well-trodden ground” in his coverage. As a veteran journalist, he is used to criticism, he said, but he has never heard of a reporter being arrested for asking a question. Heyman said he thinks the public relies on journalists aggressively “pursuing the truth.”

>“If they don’t like the stories I write, that’s fine,” Heyman said. “They can criticize me all they want.”

>“But just saying that I shouldn’t be able to do my job is a bit ridiculous,” he added.

>>138160
I've never seen an asian with Down Syndrome, that was weird.

>>138160
If she's already been recorded in the act, even a jury full of kindergarteners would have no problem prosecuting her. Take it to court and be done with it.

I'm not the owner of the video, nor do I know who or where this is at.

I can't believe there are people somewhere in the world who take this story seriously.

>>139057

dude. DEPUTY OF UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT!

>>139053
I wonder how much money being a putin shill pays.

>Then a local TV station reported a story on the PSA and the Cochise County Sheriff called it “disturbing.”

>Now, Lotsof has pulled his warning from the airwaves altogether because some of his advertisers have received threats.

>But he’s not backing away from why he recorded the PSA in the first place: Arizona’s penalties for possession of child pornography, he believes, are far too harsh.

>“Nobody put me up to it, and nobody paid,” Lotsof told the Associated Press. “My feeling is that these people don’t deserve life in prison just because they have pictures of naked juveniles.”

>Indeed, Arizona’s sentencing guidelines for possessing, creating or distributing child pornography are among the most severe in the nation. Sexual exploitation of a minor is a class 2 felony in Arizona and carries a minimum sentence of 10 years per violation, according to the state’s criminal code.

>“There’s no picture in the world that’s that dangerous,” Lotsof told NBC affiliate News 4 Tucson earlier this week.

>He claimed there was “no connection” between the people who actually create and distribute child pornography and those who only possess it.

>“The difference is one case, you’re molesting children and abusing them, causing children to do things that are not natural for children to do,” Lotsof told New 4 Tucson, “and the other case, they’re just possessing pictures.”

>In an email to the Arizona Republic, Lotsof said his PSA “does not condone child pornography in any way,” but “merely points out that the penalties for possession of child pornography are draconian.”

>“The real victims,” Lotsof added, “are the people serving these incredibly long sentences.”

>Carol Capas, a spokeswoman with the Sheriff’s Office, told the Republic it is “sickening” to hear people say “a picture isn’t a crime.”

>“It is a crime,” Capas said. “Those children are victims of a crime.”
...

>According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, data suggests that at least 100,000 American children are sexually exploited each year. A study of those perpetrators arrested for possessing child pornography found that 40 percent had also been accused of raping children.

>“Child victims suffer at the hands of the offender who sexually exploited them,” the center’s website says. “This harm is compounded when the offender memorializes the victimization by taking photos or videos and then distributing these images on the Internet where additional offenders use them for purposes of sexual gratification.”

>The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office is investigating whether the PSA violates state law, Capas told the Republic. In a statement, Sheriff Mark Dannels said that his office “will continue to seek legal advice on actions that can be taken for the content that has already been released and to ensure this kind of information is not released again.”

>“This is very disturbing to know that a member of our local media, who should be one of the responsible groups of people to provide factual information to our public to keep them safe, is promoting and encouraging criminal behavior,” Dannels said, describing the PSA as “disgusting and unacceptable” propaganda that “encourages evil behavior.”

>“Freedom of speech does not include telling people to commit crimes,” he said, “and continuing to pass on this information could lead to judicial action being taken.”
...

>But Cochise County Attorney Brian McIntyre told the Associated Press that Lotsof’s PSA was protected speech under the First Amendment.

>“This individual just happens to have a platform that maybe others don’t and is advocating beliefs that are personally repugnant to me,” McIntyre said.

>The Federal Communications Commission does not enforce requirements or restrictions on the content of PSAs, spokeswoman Janice Wise told the Associated Press.

>“It’s up to the station to determine their [community’s] public interest,” she said.

>In his statement defending the PSA, Lotsof said he was simply providing his audience with facts.

>“That information is perfectly accurate and important,” he said.

Its nothing. The media is going to make it something because it happened at the nuclear site.

>>138190
the media is going to make it something because it highlights the lack of funding our nation's crumbling infrastructure receives. The tunnel ceiling failed due to lack of maintenance.

>>138196
That is why they are acting like its Chernobyl 2: FREEDOM edition?

the media doesn't care about infrastructure.