Новости за 09.03.2017

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles say Wednesday that 54-year-old Carlos Canjura will also pay back more than $20,000. He was convicted in November of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and other charges.

The State Department has approved a resumption of weapons sales that critics have linked to Saudi Arabia's bombing of civilians in Yemen, a potential sign of reinvigorated U.S. support for the kingdom's involvement in its neighbor's ongoing civil war.

The 12-person jury, which began deliberations last Thursday, found Christopher Glenn guilty of nine counts. He is currently serving a 10-year sentence after pleading guilty to removing classified information from computers at the Army Southern Command’s Joint Task Force Bravo in Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras.

Current and former U.S. officials have said the publication of the tools could harm the ability of the United States to gather intelligence on other countries and terrorists.

"If Iran wants our help, we are ready to go and help it, even with our blood," said Nigerian carpenter Bashir Muhammad. "Donald Trump needs to know that Iran has followers all over the world ready to help defend it against America."

Gen. Michael Hayden, the former director of the CIA and National Security Agency, was on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" and spent most of his time addressing half-joking questions about the two biggest intelligence-related stories currently in the news.

Despite concerns from Democrats, a House panel advanced legislation Wednesday that would make it easier for the secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs to fire, demote or suspend VA employees.

President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who was fired from his prominent White House job last month, has registered as a foreign agent with the Justice Department for $530,000 worth of lobbying work that may have aided the Turkish government.

The anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks raised the prospect Wednesday of sharing sensitive details it uncovered about CIA hacking tools with leading technology companies whose flagship products and services were targeted by the U.S. government's hacker-spies.

As a young teenager in South Carolina, Estelle Artis has vivid memories of her uncle, Pfc. Cain Chisolm. But he joined the Army before the end of high school and went off to fight in the Korean War. He never returned home.

The House is set to vote on a $578 billion spending bill that keeps the U.S. armed forces operating through September and sets the stage for the substantial increases to the Pentagon budget advocated by President Donald Trump.

The House has voted decisively to approve a $578 billion spending bill. The measure keeps the U.S. armed forces operating through September and sets the stage for substantial increases to the Pentagon's budget advocated by President Donald Trump.

Prosecutors countered that both men did it, describing an elaborate plan in which Joseph Tyler Kimsey and Jonathan Paul Nelson schemed to get cash Ashley Melnyczok kept in her apartment - up to $20,000 at a time - from her work as an escort.

“While I really don’t think he had any personal concerns,” Guantanamo base commander Navy Capt. Dave Culpepper said of his call with Gary Sinise, “he basically said ‘I’m the one who has to order all these people to come. And I can’t do it.’”