Peeking behind the curtain of science legislation in the U.S.
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/us-congress-committee-science-space-technology-legislation-representativ
Did you know? The U.S. Congress has a committee on science, and anyone can watch their public hearings for free! The U.S. House of Representatives has a committee on...
#cybersecurity Today — Darren Van Booven Interview — an episode of Sensei School’s Meet-A-Pro series
▻https://hackernoon.com/cybersecurity-today-darren-van-booven-interview-an-episode-of-sensei-sch
Cybersecurity Today — An interview with Mr. Darren Van Boovenan episode of Sensei School’s Meet-A-Pro series.Mr. Darren Van Booven is a tech executive with over 20 years of experience. He has served in a number of senior executive positions, both in the US federal government as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at the U.S. House of Representatives and the private financial sector, including seven years as a counter-intelligence officer at the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) Directorate of Operations.SENSEI SCHOOL’s MEET-A-PRO interview series with Darren Van Booven.At the #cia he has been responsible for carrying out nation state intrusion investigations, incident response activities, and countering technical threats against operations. He has also worked as a senior staff (...)
U.S. House committee approves bill that would pave way for penalizing Israel boycotts
If it passes a House vote, the Israel Anti-Boycott Act would give the government authority to punish institutions and companies who boycott Israel
Amir Tibon | Jun. 29, 2018 | 6:50 AM
▻https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-u-s-house-committee-approves-israel-anti-boycott-act-1.6221634
WASHINGTON – The Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives approved on Thursday a bill that would give the Trump administration authority to penalize American institutions and companies that participate in international boycotts of Israel and its settlements in the West Bank. Following the committee’s approval, the bill will advance to a vote on the House floor.
The controversial bill, known as The Israel Anti-Boycott Act, was first introduced by Republican and Democratic lawmakers last year. However, it has not advanced until recently, because of strong criticism it faced from civil rights groups, most notably the American Civil Liberties Union, who warned that it hurts free speech and is therefore unconstitutional. A number of Democratic lawmakers came out against the bill, and one prominent legislator, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, withdrew her support forthe legislation.
Following that wave of criticism, the bill went through some modifications. The version that passed the committee vote on Thursday is different than the original version, but critics of the bill claimed on Thursday that it is, in fact, even more harmful to free speech than previously, because the new version gives the Trump administration influence in determining who is involved in such boycott activities and how to respond.
One group, the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, which is affiliated with the BDS movement, has stated that under the new version, “Congress will be essentially abrogating its legislative duties and turning the keys over to the Trump administration. This would be a reckless threat to the rule of law, especially given the Trump administration’s record on executive actions such as the Muslim ban and immigrant family separation. Once again, Congress will be trying to push anti-boycott laws past the limit of the First Amendment.”
The bill passed the committee unanimously, with support from both Democrats and Republicans. In order to become law, it will now have to be approved in a vote on the House floor, and also in the Senate. The original bill received strong support from the pro-Israeli lobby group AIPAC, but AIPAC hopes to advance it on the basis of a strong bi-partisan consensus, which means that leading Democrats in the Senate could still have influence on its final phrasing.
#BDS
U.S. House Admits Nazi Role in #Ukraine | Consortiumnews
▻https://consortiumnews.com/2015/06/12/u-s-house-admits-nazi-role-in-ukraine
Exclusive: The U.S. House of Representatives has admitted an ugly truth that the U.S. mainstream media has tried to hide from the American people – that the post-coup regime in Ukraine has relied heavily on Nazi storm troopers to carry out its bloody war against ethnic Russians, reports Robert Parry.
Mouais…
Comme par hasard, le Congrès le « découvre » au moment où le gouvernement ukrainien met la pression pour obliger les milices nazies à se rattacher à la Garde nationale (Ministère de l’intérieur).
Tous les moyens sont bons, y compris de « découvrir » (là aussi) que les milices nazies commettent des crimes.
Ukraine Opens Criminal Cases Against Pro-Kiev Battalions in Donbass / Sputnik International
▻http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150616/1023423546.html
Ukrainian investigators opened criminal cases against the so-called volunteer battalions including a case against former Aidar Battalion Commander Serhiy Melnichuk, suspected of forming a criminal gang.
Le vote du Congrès qui décide de ne plus fournir (officiellement) d’armes aux milices est donc dans la droite ligne des manœuvres en cours actuellement.
Yet, on June 10, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bipartisan amendment to the Defense Appropriations Act – from Reps. John Conyers Jr., D-Michigan, and Ted Yoho, R-Florida – that would block U.S. training of the Azov battalion and would prevent transfer of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles to fighters in Iraq and Ukraine.
Rappelons le règlement de comptes en cours avec I. Kolomoisky, principal financier de divers bataillons nazis, dont, hasard !, Aidar, Azov, etc.
Chechnya Threatens to Arm Mexico if U.S. Sends Weapons to Ukraine
▻http://www.newsweek.com/chechnya-threatens-arm-mexico-if-us-sends-weapons-ukraine-316959
The Chechen parliament have threatened to send weapons to Mexico in retaliation to the U.S. Congress calling for defensive lethal aid to be sent to Ukraine.
On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favour of sending arms - the resolution was passed 348 to 48.
U.S. senator for Wisconsin Ron Johnson branded it “absolutely necessary” that president Obama provide lethal and nonlethal military assistance to Ukraine, in light of the attacks by Russian-backed rebels on civilians in Mariupol in January.
In response, Chechnya’s parliamentary speaker Dukuvakha Abdurakhmanov said that the U.S. has “no right” to advise Russia on how to behave with its neighbours.
He warned that the supply of arms to Ukraine will be perceived by Chechnya, a southern Russian republic, as a signal to deliver new weapons to Mexico to “resume debate on the legal status of the territories annexed by the U.S.”
Abdurakhmanov is referring to the states of California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado and Wyoming, which Mexico surrendered to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, a peace deal which concluded the Mexican-American conflict.
The U.S. paid Mexico $15 million and took on the $3.25 million debt owed by the Mexican government to American citizens in exchange for the territory.
In the 1853 Gadsden Purchase, the U.S. paid an additional $10 million to buy what is now New Mexico and Arizona.
Adurakhmanov said: “We reserve the right to conduct conferences in Russia, Mexico and the U.S. to raise the question of breaking away the above mentioned states from the U.S. and supplying weapons to resistance fighters there.”
Et le Texas en 1845 ?
Que les tchétchènes s’épargnent la peine d’envoyer des armes au Mexique : les USA s’en chargent déjà bien eux-mêmes...
Selon les estimations les plus crédibles, entre 80 et 90% des armes utilisées au Mexique par les cartels viennent aujourd’hui des États Unis.
▻https://armerdesarmer.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/les-armes-us-dans-les-rues-de-monterrey-au-mexique
U.S. Republican, Democrat introduce bill to make Israel ’major strategic ally’
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▻http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/u-s-republican-democrat-introduce-bill-to-make-israel-major-strategic-ally.
A Republican and a Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation that would make Israel a “major strategic ally,” a one-of-a-kind designation.
The bill, introduced Monday by U.S. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican from Florida, and Ted Deutch, a Democratic from Florida, is timed for the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference, and 13,000 activists are expected to lobby for it and for Iran-related bills on Tuesday.
The “major strategic ally” bill codifies a number of existing facets of the relationship, including annual defense assistance and cooperation on missile defense, energy research and cyber security.
It also calls for Israel to join the program that waives pre-arranged visas for select nationals entering the United States.
The Iran-related bills AIPAC activists will champion would tighten sanctions aimed at forcing that country to suspend its suspected nuclear weapons program and would call for the president to support Israel should it feel “compelled” to strike Iran. Iran insists its nuclear program is peaceful.