Bipartisan leaders in Congress call for investigation; electors ask for intelligence briefing
By Miriam Raftery
Photo by Gage Skidmore
December 12, 2016 (Washington, D.C.) - The Washington Post published a bombshell report Friday, revealing that the Central Intelligence Agency, or CIA, has concluded that Russia intervened in the U.S. election to help Donald Trump win the presidency.
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Update: Sony has cancelled release it The Interview on Christmas Day, after Homeland Security confirmed it had linked the hacks/threats to North Korea.
By Miriam Raftery
December 17, 2014 (San Diego)--Hackers have threatened 9/11-style attacks on movie theaters debuting “The Interview,” which is set for release on Christmas Day. The threats follow hacks against Sony Pictures Entertainment over its film, a comedy depicting journalists recruited by the CIA to assassinate North Korean President Kim Jong-un.
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December 9, 2014 (Washington D.C.) --California Senator Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has released a 500-page executive summary of the committee’s report on enhanced interrogation techniques used by the CIA after the 9/11 attacks. Those treatments on 119 suspects amounted to torture in some cases, said Senator Feinstein, who concludes that the CIA’s actions a decade ago are “a stain on our values and on our history.”
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November13, 2012 -- (San Diego’s East County) – ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflecting all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:
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October 12, 2012 (San Diego) -- In the summer of 1993 my family and I went on a road trip through the Midwest. Among our stops was St. Louis. As the afternoon began to wind down, we headed for the parking garage. It started to get overcast. Shortly after, it started to rain a little bit. Within seconds it poured like the dickens. My parents, sisters, and I had to run all the way to the parking garage, but not before we were totally drenched. We were so sopping wet, we had to change in the parking garage.
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AB 2212 gives law enforcement new tool; AB 2126 streamlines campus administration
September 10, 2012 (San Diego) -- Assemblymember Marty Block (AD-78) today announced that Gov. Jerry Brown signed his measure to give law enforcement a new tool to shut down human trafficking, AB 2212, and another bill, AB 2126, which helps the California State University (CSU) system streamline its regulation process.
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May 9, 2012 -- (San Diego’s East County) – ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflecting all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:
U.S.
Gouged by the Wind Renewable fuel mandates are raising electricity prices in the states.
Obama makes his case for another term
Should Mitt Romney worry about Ron Paul? (Christian Science Monitor)
How Ron Paul could mess with Romney at the GOP convention (Bloomberg)
Key 9-11 suspects to appear in court (BBC)
CIA thwarts new underwear bomb plot by al Qaeda (CBS)
U.N.: U.S. should give back stolen lands to Indian tribes (UK Guardian)
U.S. unemployment falls to 8.1 percent, economy adds 115,000 new jobs (RawStory)
Wind farms warming Texas (Discovery News)
WORLD
Thousands rejoice as Japan shuts off nuclear power (NPR)
Socialists celebrate as French vote nears close (Reuters)
Socialist Hollande in, Sarkozy out as France elects new president (CNN)
Greek’s governing parties lose majority at polls (BBC)
Putin returns to presidency in a changed Russia (UT San Diego)
Rupert Murdoch declared unfit to lead: The price of half-truths? (Christian Science Monitor)
Running blind: Chinese activist’s dramatic escape (UT San Diego/AP)
Ahmadinejad’s support crumbles in Iran runoff (UT San Diego)
The sorry lessons of green power subsidies (Globe and Mail)
Antarctic ice melting from below – video (Christian Science Monitor)
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November13, 2012 -- (San Diego’s East County) – ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflecting all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:
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