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As “chief of base” of a CIA Black Site in Thailand, Haspel oversaw the torture and waterboarding of Abu Zubaydah, who still hasn’t been charged with a crime. Continue reading New CIA Director Gina Haspel Oversaw Torture at a Black Site Then Lost Evidence of It
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has a plan to create a new “cyber bureau” within the State Department that would focus on building relationships with foreign governments to coordinate on international cybersecurity priorities, according to a letter sent Tuesday to the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The proposition first surfaced publicly during a committee hearing Tuesday on the state of U.S. cyber diplomacy. Former State Department Cybersecurity Coordinator Christopher Painter and former Pentagon cybersecurity adviser Michael Sulmeyer criticized Tillerson for shuttering one such office, which Painter previously oversaw, last year during a myriad other cuts. “The Department of State must be organized to lead diplomatic efforts related to all aspects of cyberspace,” says Tillerson’s letter to committee Chairman Edward Royce, R-Calif. Since Tillerson took the helm, the State Department’s cyber diplomacy mission had been consolidated and wrapped into the Bureau of Economic Affairs’ Office of International Communications and Information Policy. The decision was […]
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Secretary of State hopeful, Mike Pompeo, considers climate action the work of “radical environmentalists.” Continue reading A Secretary of State Pompeo Would Be Bad for Climate Issues
The State Department’s cyber coordinator office will be shuttered, Secretary Rex Tillerson announced Monday. The move comes one month after Chris Painter, America’s top cyber diplomat for six years, announced his departure in July. Some of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues (CCI) office’s responsibilities will fall to the Bureau of Economics and Business Affairs (EB), according to a letter Tillerson sent to Congress that outlined a broad reorganization, downgrading and even elimination of some special envoys in the State Department. The Economic and Business Affairs bureau will receive a $5.5 million budget boost as a result of the realignment. Two weeks after leaving his post, Painter published a blog defending the CCI office’s work. “Achieving the future we want will require continued high-level attention and a significant and sustained effort,” Painter argued. “Diplomacy has and must continue to play a pivotal role — shaping the environment, building cooperation, and working to build coalitions to respond to shared […]
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Capitol Hill wants no part of President Donald Trump’s plan to create a cybersecurity working group with the Russian government; an idea that was first revealed following a private meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the 2017 G20 Summit. The backlash comes following Trump’s participation in the G20 summit last week, where he met with Putin on a number of issues. Sunday morning, Trump tweeted that the two countries discussed forming an “impenetrable Cyber Security unit.” Putin & I discussed forming an impenetrable Cyber Security unit so that election hacking, & many other negative things, will be guarded.. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2017 Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., filed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act Monday that would block Trump from creating such a diplomatic unit. Separately, Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., introduced a standalone bill Monday that “prohibit[s] the United States from participating in any type […]
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Officials warn of a ‘labor-intensive’ extension will create logistical and administrative hurdles Continue reading US to make social media checks compulsory for some visas
Trump’s Secretary of State had admitted that his company contributed to global warming. Continue reading Rex Tillerson Used Alias ‘Wayne Tracker’ to Secretly Discuss ExxonMobil’s Climate Change Problem
“Many companies face criticism and critique, but few respond with the kind of vehemence and aggressive attack strategy that Exxon has executed over the last year.” Continue reading Top Advisor Scorches Exxon’s Harassment of Environmentalists in Her Resignation Letter
“People, including the media, like believing what is easy to believe.” Continue reading We Talked to Fake Rex Tillerson About Fake News
Tillerson acknowledged that climate change was real, but it’s clearly not a priority. Continue reading Rex Tillerson Dances Around Climate Change Questions During Senate Hearing