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LightworkerJosh : ♥ #Instream #Intelligent... Did Michele Bachmann Reveal Classified Intelligence During CNN’s GOP Debate? Nothing rings in the holidays better than a somewhat predictable increase of “raising of terror threat” news. So the “national security” focus of Tuesday night’s GOP Debate seemed particularly timely on the eve of one of the biggest travel days of the year. And while various campaign managers and political pundits are still to spin candidate performances in the CNN hosted debate, there are serious questions about Rep. Michele Bachmann‘s seeming revelation of classified intelligence during an explanation on how best to deal with Pakistan’s nuclear capability.

The moment in question came after Governor Rick Perry had suggested that Pakistan no longer receive foreign aid since they’ve shown that they aren’t necessarily a friend and ally to the United States. Debate moderator Wolf Blitzer then asked Bachmann if, as a member of the House Intelligence committee, if she agreed with Perry’s assessment. However! Watch the moment in question below, courtesy of CNN: China Cyber War Destroying US Economy. China Cyber War Destroying US Economy An astute US congressman calls for allies of America to band together against China’s thievery of intellectual property.

Representative Mike Rogers yesterday called on Asia and Europe to put a stop to piracy from Beijing. From Google’s tangle with China censorship of the internet and China’s hacking of mammoth Google’s search engine last year, to military technology stolen by their spies China must be stopped cold. Rogers said Google’s attack were “just the tip of the iceberg”. Most US companies will not speak about the attacks for fear of greater reprisals from China’s hackers. Here is more of his statements: “While U.S. officials and firms point the finger at China for many cyber attacks, China says it is one of the world’s biggest victims of hacking.” China Cyber War Destroying US Economy Again the US has not initiated any policies to stop the international theft by China of American ingenuity and that affects jobs.

Currency Manipulation by China. Uzbekistan: Activists detained for photographing child labor. Russian spy agency targeting western diplomats | World news. Russia's spy agency is waging a massive undercover campaign of harassment against British and American diplomats, as well as other targets, using deniable "psychological" techniques developed by the KGB, a new book reveals. The federal security service (FSB) operation involves breaking into the private homes of western diplomats – a method the US state department describes as "home intrusions". Typically the agents move around personal items, open windows and set alarms in an attempt to demoralise and intimidate their targets. The FSB operation includes the bugging of private apartments, widespread phone tapping, physical surveillance, and email interception.

Its victims include local Russian staff working for western embassies, opposition activists, human rights workers and journalists. The clandestine campaign is revealed in Mafia State, a book by the Guardian's former Moscow correspondent Luke Harding, serialised in Saturday's Weekend magazine. Mafia State also reveals: Press/Blog | Access. China's Internet Censorship Harms Trade, US Companies. GAO: Federal network security breaches spike 650 percent. Russia reveals arrest of Chinese man for espionage.

5 October 2011Last updated at 13:49 Russian already supplies the S300 system to China A Chinese man faces a charge in Russia of attempted spying for allegedly trying to gain details of a missile system through bribery. The man, identified as Tun Sheniyun, was arrested in Moscow on 28 October last year but his arrest was kept secret until now. He allegedly sought technological and repair documentation on the Soviet-era S300 surface-to-air system. The case surprised analysts, as Russia has already sold the system to China. Mr Tun is thought to have been acting on the instructions of the Chinese state security ministry, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said.

Formally, he worked as an interpreter for official delegations, it added. There was no immediate reaction to news from Chinese officials. 'Mystifying' Fifteen S300 units were exported to China last year, Reuters news agency notes. China is also licensed to manufacture the system locally. Everest's ice is retreating as climate change grips the Himalayas | Environment | The Observer. The climb to Everest base camp is a journey into a monochrome world, a landscape reduced to rock, ice and grey sky. The only spots of colour are the bright, domed tents of the few climbing teams willing to attempt the summit in the off-season.

There are no birds, no trees, just the occasional chunks of glacier splashing into pools of pale green meltwater like ice cubes in some giant exotic drink. The stillness suggests nothing has changed for decades, but Tshering Tenzing Sherpa, who has been in charge of rubbish collection at base camp for the past few years, remains uneasy. "Everything is changing with the glaciers. All these crevasses have appeared in the ice. Before, base camp was flat, and it was easy to walk," he said. Climbers had reported that they barely needed crampons for the climb, there was so much bare rock, Tenzing said. This much is known: climate change exists, it is man-made, and it is causing many glaciers to melt across the Himalayas. Interpol's Red Notices used by some to pursue political dissenters, opponents. When Iranian political activist Rasoul Mazrae sought shelter from his own government, he fled, headed for Norway via Syria.

He was followed by a petition from Iranian officials that Interpol, the international police agency, list him as a fugitive. Despite the United Nations recognizing him as a political refugee, the same Syrian government that today is cracking down on its own dissidents used that Interpol alert to deport Mazrae to Iran in 2006. Mazrae was jailed for two years. His family told a UN rapporteur he was tortured to the point of paralysis, had blood in his urine and lost all of his teeth. Mazrae was sentenced to death, and human rights observers lost track of him.

“We are not aware that his death penalty has been carried out, but we cannot be absolutely sure,” said James Lynch of Amnesty International. What Syria and Iran used to go after Mazrae was an Interpol "Red Notice. " ICIJ analyzed a snapshot of Interpol's Red Notices, published on December 10, 2010. Among the cases: