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Putin appears to have hit list of U.S. officials
Almost from the day he arrived in Moscow as the U.S. ambassador in 2012, Michael McFaul and his family were subjected to a campaign of surveillance and harassment. According to McFaul’s book, “From Cold War to Hot Peace,” Russian authorities followed him to his son’s soccer game and outings to McDonald’s. They trailed his children’s bus to school and sat behind the family at church. They slashed the tires of an embassy staffer’s car and broke into the homes of other employees.Embassy security officials advised McFaul there was only one secure room at the embassy he and his wife should use if they ever quarreled, because everywhere else was monitored by the Russian government. Now, McFaul is one of 11 U.S. citizens a Russian prosecutor wants to question in connection with an investigation many U.S. officials say is bogus. The list is believed to include at least two other former diplomats, a congressional staffer, a CIA agent, a staffer for the … [Read more...] about Putin appears to have hit list of U.S. officials
With U.S. quiet, Russia shapes summit narrative
Russia provided additional details Friday of what it said were agreements made at the presidential summit in Helsinki this week, shaping a narrative of the meeting with no confirmation or alternative account from the Trump administration. Not surprisingly, the Russian story line tended to favor the Kremlin’s own policy prescriptions, at times contradicting stated administration strategy. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with local officials in Kaliningrad, Russia, on Friday. Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik Russian Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with Russian ambassadors to foreign countries in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 19, 2018. Putin says his first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump was "successful" and is accusing Trump's opponents in the U.S. of hampering any progress on the issues they discussed. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Search photos available for purchase: Photo Store → Russia already … [Read more...] about With U.S. quiet, Russia shapes summit narrative
Judge rejects Department of Justice’s efforts to strip terrorist of U.S. citizenship
COLUMBUS, Ohio >> The government can’t strip a terrorist of his U.S. citizenship, a federal judge ruled this month in a decision siding with a Pakistan-born man serving the last few years of a 20-year prison sentence for his guilty plea to plotting to destroy New York’s Brooklyn Bridge. ASSOCIATED PRESS / JUNE 30, 2016 FILE PHOTO The Brooklyn Bridge spans the East River from Brooklyn into Manhattan, as seen from Brooklyn Bridge Park, in New York. A federal judge has rejected an effort by the Department of Justice to strip a terrorist of U.S. citizenship. Pakistani-born Iyman Faris is a former Ohio truck driver and is serving the last years of a 20-year sentence imposed in 2003 for his guilty plea to plotting with al-Qaida to destroy New York’s Brooklyn Bridge. The Department of Justice argues Faris entered the U.S. using someone else’s passport, but his Chicago lawyer says his plea agreement never included the possibility of deportation. … [Read more...] about Judge rejects Department of Justice’s efforts to strip terrorist of U.S. citizenship
U.S. Chamber spends $200k lauding Dino Rossi on trade, but TV ads avoid mention of Trump tariffs
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has dropped $200,000 on new TV ads in support of Republican candidate Dino Rossi in Washington’s closely watched 8th Congressional District race, according to a Federal Election Commission filing Friday. The cash from the business lobbying group — a traditional backer of Republicans — is funding rosy TV ads praising Rossi as a champion on free trade. The 30-second spots note that 40 percent of jobs in Washington are trade-dependent. “We need someone in the other Washington who gets that,” the ad narrator says, as images of cherries, wheat and espresso roll by, adding, “Dino Rossi knows how important trade is.” But the ads avoid the elephant in the room — import tariffs imposed by President Trump, which have sparked fears of a trade war, and already brought retaliation that threaten some Washington industries and agriculture. (The U.S. Chamber has strongly and publicly opposed the tariffs, saying in a fact … [Read more...] about U.S. Chamber spends $200k lauding Dino Rossi on trade, but TV ads avoid mention of Trump tariffs