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| CNN's YouTube Videos: Rudy Giuliani’s Ukraine meltdown | ||||||||||
Rudy Giuliani is all over the place in public appearances about the Ukraine drama. As he keeps spilling information, it’s creating more of a mess for the administration. Chris Cillizza explains what is going on with Trump’s personal lawyer.
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING:
Giuliani contradicts himself but says he'll testify if directed by Trump https://cnn.it/2nrzxB6
Rudy Giuliani Cancels His Trip to Ukraine, Blaming Democrats’ ‘Spin’
https://nyti.ms/2nsdMRP
Trump’s Pinocchio-laden claims about Joe Biden, Ukraine and polls
https://wapo.st/2lyZL3G
Trump's Ukraine call cover-up implicates Rudy Giuliani — but there were other lawyers involved
https://nbcnews.to/2nj32oX
Who's Afraid of Rudy Giuliani?
https://politi.co/2oQ67NH
Why Giuliani is blaming his own problems on George Soros
https://wapo.st/2oSrldx
House Democrats subpoena Giuliani for Ukraine documents in impeachment inquiry
https://cnn.it/2nVTxfi
Ukrainians named in whistleblower report say Giuliani was clear about wanting to open probe into political rivals' dealings in Kiev
https://cnn.it/2oEF0os
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| Me and My Whistle-Blower - The New York Times | ||||||||||
Four days later, I published an article describing the Fed’s concerns. The bank’s shares fell 3 percent. Mr. Broeksmit told me he felt empowered by having dented Deutsche’s market value by more than $1 billion.
What makes a person crave the attention of journalists? Consider where Val Broeksmit comes from.
He was born in Ukraine in 1976, and his parents, Alla and Alexander, emigrated to Chicago three years later. Their marriage collapsed; Val and his father landed in a homeless shelter; and in 1982, Cook County took custody of the boy, placing the frightened 6-year-old in a foster home.
Meanwhile, Alla met and married Bill Broeksmit, who was then an up-and-coming banker. They moved to New Jersey and eventually extracted Val, then 9, from the foster care system. Bill adopted him — an angry, impulsive child with a strong anti-authority streak. A caseworker who visited the family noted that he insisted on calling his parents by their first names.
Val’s friends told me that he acted out through his boarding school and college years, compensating for what he described as his parents’ icy detachment. He was the guy trying to keep the party going with a little coke at 3 a.m., cajoling girls to make out with each other, stealing expensive gear from his college’s music department. (Mr. Broeksmit acknowledges all of this.) He wanted to be the center of attention, to prove that he mattered. That’s part of the reason he became a rocker — “It’s less lonely with an audience,” he once told me — but Bikini Robot Army never hit it big. When his father died and Mr. Broeksmit came into possession of his documents, he finally had an opportunity to make the world pay attention.
After his initial leak to me in the summer of 2014, Mr. Broeksmit started seeking out other big stories. Late that year, a group of North Korea-linked hackers, calling themselves the Guardians of Peace, penetrated the computer systems of Sony Pictures. When the hack became public, Mr. Broeksmit followed a bread crumb trail of links until he eventually came across an email address for the hackers.
“I’m interesting in joining your GOP, but I’m afraid my computer skills are sophomoric at best,” Mr. Broeksmit emailed the Guardians of Peace. (Typo his.) “If I can help in any other facility please let me know.” He doubted the hackers would reply, but an email soon arrived with a primer on how to access Sony’s stolen materials. As he waited for the hundreds of gigabytes to download, he sent another email. “Hey, you guys ever thought about going after Deutsche Bank?” he wrote. “Tons of evidence on their servers of worldwide fraud.” The hackers didn’t respond.
Mr. Broeksmit, leaning into his new persona as an exposer of corporate secrets, took to Twitter to post embarrassing Sony files: deliberations over who might direct a remake of “Cleopatra”; Brad Pitt freaking out about the edit of “Fury.” He wasn’t the only one airing Sony’s laundry, but his prolific postings set him apart.
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| "former FBI agents power influence" - Google News: Analysis | The Daily 202: Mike Pompeo and Bill Barr are increasingly implicated in the impeachment inquiry - Washington Post | ||||||||||
Analysis | The Daily 202: Mike Pompeo and Bill Barr are increasingly implicated in the impeachment inquiry Washington Post | ||||||||||
| Trump and Ukraine: The complete impeachment timeline | ||||||||||
It details Trump's efforts to influence Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden, his potential political rival in the 2020 presidential ... | ||||||||||
| "Trump FBI file" - Google News: Impeachment inquiry: Pompeo accuses Democrats of trying to "bully" diplomats-- live updates - CBS News | ||||||||||
Impeachment inquiry: Pompeo accuses Democrats of trying to "bully" diplomats-- live updates CBS News | ||||||||||
| "Donald Trump" - Google News: Trump impeachment: public support grows as scandal widens – live news - The Guardian | ||||||||||
Trump impeachment: public support grows as scandal widens – live news The Guardian | ||||||||||
| Trump and Ukraine: The complete impeachment timeline - Quartz | ||||||||||
Trump and Ukraine: The complete impeachment timeline Quartz | ||||||||||
| Palmer Report: Rudy Giuliani screws up badly after getting subpoenaed | ||||||||||
On Monday afternoon, three House committees subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani as part of the House impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump’s whistleblower scandal. All eyes were then on Rudy to see what he would say or do in response. At first he limited his reaction to a bizarre tweet accusing President Obama of being in on the fake Biden scandal. But then Rudy went on the Hannity show on Fox News last night and screwed up in substantive fashion.
During his largely incoherent TV appearance last night, Rudy Giuliani revealed that he has tapes and audio recordings in relation to the Ukraine scandal. Of course in Rudy’s deluded mind, these recordings exonerate him and incriminate Joe Biden. But back in the real world, these recordings surely incriminate Rudy, Trump, and other people in the Trump regime.
The thing is, now that Rudy has admitted that he has these recordings, the House knows to zero in on them as part of its subpoena. Rudy is just lucid enough to understand that if he changes his mind about the tapes and refuses to turn them over or destroys them, he’ll go down for obstruction of justice once Trump is gone. This means Rudy has to turn over these audio recordings.
So there you have it. House Democrats subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani, knowing full well that he would respond by immediately screwing up in a way that made things easier for them. Sure enough it only took Rudy a few hours to go on live national television and admit to possessing evidence that the House didn’t even know existed.
The post Rudy Giuliani screws up badly after getting subpoenaed appeared first on Palmer Report.
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| FBI: Israel Used StingRays to Spy on the US | ||||||||||
Israel has been accused of planting cellphone surveillance devices within the vicinity of the White House. First discovered in May 2018 by officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the alleged espionage has been ongoing for two years according to credible sources.
At the time it wasn't known who had planted those devices; only the evidence of their existence. However, a recent report by Politico of a detailed forensic analysis by the FBI revealed Israel to be responsible, to which claim the latter has strongly denied.
According to the report, the Israeli government used IMSI catchers, also referred to as “StingRays” to carry out the surveillance. In a case of armor necessitating better weapons, government espionage seems to have advanced from the days of using fake rocks and the like.
However, cellphone surveillance isn't just a problem for Presidents to worry about. It's for everyone using a connected device from smartphones, dumb phones to every IoT device that transmits any form of data.
Lots of people can spy on you
The use of IMSI catchers isn't "new" technology to any security professional. They simulate a cellphone tower to trick a subscriber's phone into revealing its data without the knowledge of the user or service provider. Some of this data is the International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) number that's assigned to each cellphone.
Using the IMSI, StingRays can track the phone and listen in on phone calls, but there is a lot more information they can gather, including the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number or Mobile Equipment Identifier (MEID). This is the unique serial number identifying your phone as a specific piece of hardware, down to the different manufacturers of its components.
When the StingRays device is designed for active listening -- meaning it can interact with your phone directly rather than passively report what's going on - the possibilities treble. Now the attackers can mess with your power management, camera (don't forget the rear), GPS tracking, car, electronics and appliances.
Most people imagine them to be very small devices that can be slipped behind a family photo or carefully fitted onto a bench somewhere. However, there is a whole range of sizes for StingRays: some of them are designed to install in a vehicle such as a van, an SUV, a plane or a drone. Others can be fixed in place such as a building near the target locations/victims. Some can fit in a backpack while others are small enough to hold by hand. This portability allows someone to gather data from distant locations. To operate, the system only needs power, access to data connection and a terminal to interpret and display the data (e.g. laptop).
Depending on the set up, an IMSI catcher can cost as little as $1,200 to build, which means that it's within the reach of many.
How to counter IMSI catchers
One of the most attractive features of 5G is its potential to prevent fake base station attacks. Issues with the exposure of IMSI and IMEI numbers would be fixed and attackers would not be able to identify and track users. With the latest improvements, device data is encrypted so it doesn't lie around in easily readable text. However, security experts warn that this isn't enough.
"For the best service, your device checks with the tower every three to seven seconds to determine the strength of your connectivity," explains Dr. Dror Fixler CEO and co-founder of FirstPoint, an Israel-based startup developing cellular protection technology.
"Whenever it needs to connect to a new tower, it transmits data about itself that, like in 4G, isn't encrypted in 5G. This information could easily identify the type of device, the make and model, the hardware and OS down to the version if it's on iOS. If they had a specific target, attackers could use the information to execute the attack."
Alternatively, he says, this data could be used by attackers to downgrade a complex and sophisticated device such as a smartphone and trick the telecom operator into assigning it an older connection such as 2G or 3G reserved for devices that are lower on the scale and don't need faster speeds. This allows older StingRays to work.
It isn't a fault in 5G as a network but an issue in deployment on the carrier's end. Similar sentiments were expressed by Sen. Ron Syden in a statement about surveillance on citizens last year: "I've spent the past year fighting to reveal what a terrible job the telephone companies and FCC are doing at protecting Americans from being spied on, tracked or scammed."
"If the security protocols were deployed at system launch and data encryption was carried out earlier during connection, the attacks would be minimal. Many carriers are leaving the data out in the open, facilitating manipulation," laments Dr. Fixler.
If you're more radical, you'll get a one-way pager to receive your messages on and avoid all this tower business. For most people however, the smartphone does everything, including check their spelling.
The universal solution to this man-in-the-middle attack lies heavily on cellular networks. More specifically, their ability to team up with companies such as FirstPoint to guarantee security to their subscribers.
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| On the Anniversay of Khashoggi's Grisly Assassination, Are Trump's Calls With Saudi Prince Also on Top Secret Server? - Common Dreams | ||||||||||
On the Anniversay of Khashoggi's Grisly Assassination, Are Trump's Calls With Saudi Prince Also on Top Secret Server? Common Dreams | ||||||||||
| Hong Kong, Alberto Salazar, Jessye Norman: Your Tuesday Briefing - The New York Times | ||||||||||
Hong Kong, Alberto Salazar, Jessye Norman: Your Tuesday Briefing The New York Times | ||||||||||
| William Barr Aims for Fresh Investigations in 2016 Collusion - Ask the Truth | ||||||||||
William Barr Aims for Fresh Investigations in 2016 Collusion Ask the Truth | ||||||||||
| "analysis of trump electorate" - Google News: The Rise of the Right - Monthly Review | ||||||||||
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| "trump russian candidate" - Google News: Trump Told Russian Officials He Was Unconcerned by Moscow's Election Interference: Report - The Daily Beast | ||||||||||
Trump Told Russian Officials He Was Unconcerned by Moscow's Election Interference: Report The Daily Beast | ||||||||||
| "trump anxiety" - Google News: Trump's embrace of conspiracy theories could endanger 2020 - Thehour.com | ||||||||||
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| Some Evidence That Barr Is Doing His Job After All - Ricochet.com | ||||||||||
Some Evidence That Barr Is Doing His Job After All Ricochet.com | ||||||||||
| “fbi and trump” – Google News: Me and My Whistleblower – The New York Times | ||||||||||
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