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| U.S. spy chief 'resolute' on Russia cyber attack, differs with Trump | | Friday, January 06, 2017 12:13 AM | |
|  By Patricia Zengerle and Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. intelligence official said on Thursday he was "even more resolute" in his belief that Russia staged cyber attacks on Democrats during the 2016 election campaign, rebuking persistent scepticism from Republican President-elect Donald Trump about whether Moscow was involved. James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, said he had a very high level of confidence that Russia hacked Democratic Party and campaign staff email, and disseminated propaganda and fake news aimed at the Nov. 8 election.
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| U.S. intercepts show Russian officials celebrating Trump win - Washington Post | |  Senior Russian officials celebrated Donald Trump's election victory as a geopolitical win for Moscow, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing U.S. officials who said intercepted communications showed the Russians congratulating themselves on the outcome. The ebullient reaction among high-ranking Russian officials - including some who U.S. officials believe had knowledge of the country's cyber campaign to interfere in the U.S. election - contributed to the U.S. intelligence community's assessment that Moscow's efforts were aimed at least in part at helping Trump win the White House, the Post reported.
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| Four Yemeni detainees transferred from Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia | | | By Katie Paul and Matt Spetalnick RIYADH/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon sent four Yemeni detainees from the Guantanamo Bay military prison to Saudi Arabia on Thursday, launching President Barack Obama's final flurry of prisoner transfers despite Donald Trump's demand for a freeze. It was the first phase of Obama's plan to move as many as 19 prisoners to four countries - Oman, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and possibly Italy - to shrink Guantanamo's inmate population as much as possible before the Republican president-elect is sworn in on Jan. 20. |
| Brazil prosecutors eye contract corruption at massacre prison | |  By Ueslei Marcelino and Alonso Soto MANAUS/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian prosecutors on Thursday demanded a multi-million dollar private prison contract in Amazonas state be axed due to signs of corruption as the government blamed mismanagement for the country's bloodiest prison massacre in decades. Amazonas' accounting court prosecutor, Carlos Almeida, said he found signs of payment irregularities in a contract the state signed with the Pamas consortium to manage all its prisons, including the Anisio Jobim penitentiary where 56 inmates died in an uprising this week. The killings have raised questions about whether private companies should be running prisons in Brazil, especially in Amazonas where the inmate population has more than doubled since 2010.
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| U.S. loses bid to overturn AmEx antitrust decision | |  By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the U.S. government's request that it reconsider its decision allowing American Express Co to stop merchants from encouraging customers to use rival cards that charge lower fees. Without comment, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals let stand its Sept. 26 reversal of a lower court ruling that had struck down AmEx's "anti-steering" rules.
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| South Carolina church gunman objects to tearful testimony | |  By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Convicted murderer Dylann Roof said on Thursday tearful testimony by family members of those slain in the South Carolina church massacre was excessive and would prejudice jurors who will decide whether he should be sentenced to death. The 22-year-old white supremacist, found guilty last month of killing nine black people at Charleston's Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in 2015, said in written motions it was unfair for federal prosecutors to pile on given he does not plan to present any mitigating evidence. Roof is serving as his own lawyer during the penalty phase of his capital trial.
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| U.S. sues D-Link, alleges lax security in routers, cameras | |  By Diane Bartz and Jim Finkle WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against D-Link Corp on Thursday, accusing the Taiwan-based manufacturer of failing to take reasonable steps to protect its routers and internet-linked security cameras from hackers. The FTC brought the charges as part of a broader effort to improve security of internet-connected devices, including routers, webcams, digital video recorders and other widely used consumer electronics devices. "The security of our products and protection of our customers private data is always our top priority." Concerns about security of internet-connected devices, which are sometimes referred to collectively as the internet of things, or IoT, have surged since last year when hackers used armies of compromised routers, webcams and other electronic devices to launch a series of increasingly powerful attacks that severed access to some of the world's biggest websites.
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| Tennis - Australian Boys champion Anderson charged with match fixing: local media | |  (Reuters) - Australian teenager Oliver Anderson, one of the brightest young talents in tennis, has been charged by police with involvement in match fixing following an investigation, local media reported on Thursday. Police in Victoria said in a statement that an unnamed 18-year-old Queensland man had been charged. Australian media identified Anderson and quoted a family statement saying the teenager from Brisbane was cooperating fully with authorities.
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| Investigators return to question Netanyahu over alleged receipt of gifts | | | By Ori Lewis JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police officers on Thursday questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under caution for a second time this week on suspicion of taking gifts from businessmen in breach of his role as a public servant. Police said the session, which lasted some five hours, was held at Netanyahu's official residence in Jerusalem. "The investigation under caution of (Netanyahu's) alleged receipt of benefits continued today and involved questioning about another affair ... due to a fear of disrupting the investigation, no further details can be revealed at the moment," a police statement said. |
| U.S. Senate Democrats demand probe of Trump health nominee | |  By Susan Cornwell and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats on Thursday demanded an ethics probe into Tom Price, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for U.S. health secretary, following a report that the fierce Obamacare critic traded in healthcare company stocks while pushing legislation in Congress that could affect those shares. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and others made their comments as congressional Republicans moved ahead with their long-desired effort to dismantle President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, and signalled the vehemence with which Democrats will fight to protect the 2010 law. Price is an orthopaedic surgeon and a Republican congressman from Georgia who, if confirmed by the Senate as Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, would be given the task of carrying out Trump's promise to gut the law that has enabled up to 20 million previously uninsured Americans to obtain medical coverage.
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| Kerry says he accepts U.S. intelligence assessment on Russian hacking | |  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday he accepted the U.S. intelligence assessment that the "highest level" of the Russian government was responsible for cyber attacks during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign. Asked during a news conference if he thought Russian President Vladimir Putin directed the hacking of the Democratic National Committee, Kerry said: "I accept the judgment of the intelligence community that this went to the highest level" of the Russian government.
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| U.S. spy chief 'resolute' on Russia cyber attack, differs with Trump | | By Dustin Volz and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. intelligence official said on Thursday he was "even more resolute" in his belief that Russia staged cyber attacks on Democrats during the 2016 election campaign, rebuking persistent skepticism from Republican President-elect Donald Trump about whether Moscow was involved. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said he had a very high level of confidence that Russia hacked Democratic Party institutions and campaign staff email, and disseminated propaganda and fake news aimed at the Nov. 8 election.
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| Suspected Kurdish militants kill two in car bombing in Turkey's Izmir | |  By Nevzat Devranoglu and Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA (Reuters) - Suspected Kurdish militants clashed with police and detonated a car bomb in western Turkey on Thursday after their vehicle was stopped at a checkpoint, killing a police officer and a court employee, officials said. The explosion and gunfire outside the main courthouse in Izmir, Turkey's third largest city, highlighted the country's deteriorating security after a gunman killed 39 people in a New Year's Day mass shooting at an Istanbul nightclub. "Based on the preparation, the weapons, the bombs and ammunition seized, it is understood that a big atrocity was being planned," Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak told reporters.
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