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3-22-17
News Updates from CLG
22 March 2017
Previous editions: Electronic devices banned on flights to US from 13 countries after intel threat
London terror attack: Five dead after Westminster targeted | 23 March 2017 | At least five people have been killed and 40 injured in a terror attack in the heart of London during the afternoon when a man crashed into pedestrians on a bridge, then killed a police officer outside parliament before being shot dead. What we know so far: Police are treating the deadly attack at Westminster as a terror attack. Five dead, including the attacker and a London police officer. Police officer victim named as 48-year-old father of two PC Keith Palmer. Attacker ran down numerous pedestrians on Westminster Bridge at around 1.40pm , injuring at least 40, some "catastrophically". The attacker then ran through gates of Palace of Westminster just and stabbed the officer. He was then shot dead by police.
Parliament attack: man shot after police officer stabbed at House of Commons --Major security alert at Westminster after at least one person was shot after police officer was stabbed outside House of Commons --Alleged assailant shot by police in attack --'Several injured' in related incident on Westminster Bridge --Police confirm incident is being treated as terrorist attack --House of Commons suspended | 22 March 2017 | (Live updates.)
Parliament in lockdown: Police open fire outside Westminster and shoot knife-wielding man amid reports of explosion and 'at least 12 pedestrians mowed down on bridge' | 22 March 2017 | A knife-wielding attacker was shot by armed police in the grounds of Parliament today after pedestrians were mowed down on Westminster Bridge. More than 10 people are said to have been hit by a car on Westminster Bridge after a vehicle described as a '4x4' reportedly drove into pedestrians and cyclists. A 'middle-aged' armed intruder then managed to break into the grounds of the Houses of Parliament and stabbed a police officer before he was shot, reports suggest. Three injured people were seen on the floor outside Parliament and the Palace was placed on an immediate lock down. Prime Minister Theresa May is said to have been bundled into a car by a plain-clothes police officer and driven quickly from the scene.
U.K. joins U.S. in banning carry-on lap-tops and tablets for direct flights from Middle East and North African countries 'after Al Qaeda threat' | 21 March 2017 | The British government joined the U.S. on Tuesday in banning large electronics in carry-on baggage for direct flights from certain Middle Eastern and North African nations. America's Department of Homeland Security was the first to announce the decision this morning, saying that passengers on airlines flying directly to the U.S. from 10 airports in eight countries will soon only be allowed to bring cellphones on board with them...The new restrictions are based on 'evaluated intelligence' that terrorist groups are working on 'innovative methods' for attacks. Officials didn't elaborate on the intelligence but CNN reports that Al Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula (AQAP) is specifically the cause for the changes. The British government added legitimacy to the concerns by following through with their similar ban.
More than 30 dead after US-led coalition air strike hits school sheltering families near Raqqa | 22 March 2017 | A suspected US air strike on a school being used as a shelter by families displaced from the Isil-held Syrian city of Raqqa killed at least 33 people on Tuesday, in the latest high civilian casualty raid by the coalition. A school being used by some 50 families in Mansoura, 15 miles from the capital of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil)'s so-called caliphate, was levelled by airstrikes on Tuesday morning. The death toll is expected to rise, according to local activists, who said bodies were still being pulled from the rubble and many families were unaccounted for.
Baghdad car bomb kills at least 21 | 21 March 2017 | A car bomb exploded in the Iraqi capital on Monday, killing at least 21 people and wounding 43 others in a mainly Shia district in southwestern Baghdad. The attack - as Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi met US President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. - targeted a busy commercial district of the Hay al-Amel suburb, according to police and hospital officials. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion, which bore all the hallmarks of a suicide attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS [also known as I-CIA-SIS]) group.
'Everything went wrong': Surveillance footage of White House fence jumper shows he 'lingered' for 17 minutes as Secret Service agents were 'lackadaisical' in tracking him down --US lawmaker aghast after seeing CCTV footage of White House fence jumper | 21 March 2017 | Shocking surveillance footage of the man who jumped the White House fence shows that he lingered on the ground for 17 minutes, tied his shoes, and peered into windows as alarms were blaring -- all in plain view of the public and without the knowledge of the Secret Service, it was reported on Tuesday. Jonathan Tuan-Anh Tran, 26, was carrying a backpack with two cans of mace when he scaled the fence of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue because he said he had an appointment with his ‘friend,’ President Donald Trump, on the night of March 10. Tran faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison for trespassing.
House Intel chairman: Trump's personal communications may have been collected [aka Trump correctly asserted he was under surveillance] --'I'm actually alarmed by it,' Nunes said. | 22 March 2017 | House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes said Wednesday that President Donald Trump's personal communications may have been picked up by investigators through "incidental collection." Nunes said at a news conference he discovered the potential surveillance of Trump himself while reviewing intelligence reports, but said it was not related to Russia. "This is a normal, incidental collection, based on what I could collect," Nunes said. "This appears to be all legally collected foreign intelligence under" the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
White House: 'No evidence' of Trump-Russia collusion | 20 March 2017 | The White House on Monday asserted there is "no evidence" that President Trump's associates colluded with Russia to interfere in the 2016 election after FBI Director James Comey confirmed a bureau investigation. "Nothing has changed," a White House official wrote in an email. "Senior Obama intelligence officials have gone on record to confirm there is NO EVIDENCE of Trump-Russia collusion and there is NO EVIDENCE of a Trump-Russia scandal."
Crowd tells nuclear agency to shut down Plymouth plant | 22 March 2017 | State legislators representing the region called on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to stop the refueling of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station's reactor planned for this spring and instead order the plant to begin shutting down -- a demand that drew a roar of approval from the 200 plant opponents attending a public forum Tuesday in Plymouth. On Tuesday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission cited a long list of failures found at Pilgrim, including the failure to properly identify and resolve problems and a safety culture that allows such problems to persist. "Pilgrim leadership has not held themselves and their subordinates accountable to high standards of performance," said Donald Jackson, leader of a special inspection team sent to Pilgrim for three weeks in December and January.
Congress Votes to Kill Protections for Wolves, Bears on Alaska Refuges | 22 March 2017 | With the stroke of his pen, President Donald Trump could allow for bears, wolves and other predators to once again be hunted in Alaska's national wildlife refuges. Following in the footsteps of their House colleagues, Senate lawmakers on Tuesday approved a measure to repeal an Obama-era rule that largely banned hunting of Alaska's most iconic predators on more than 76 million federal acres.
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