it — what Emil Pain terms “ imperial nationalism . ” On the one hand , Putin and his administration recognize the leading role of the ethnic Russian people in forming the Russian state . On the other , naked ethnic nationalism could provoke separatism in a multiethnic country such as the Russian Federation . Imperial nationalism offers a middle ground .
The two male Australian officials were wearing their team uniforms and were walking the short distance back to their hotel , after attending the Australian team 's informal opening ceremony on Ipanema Beach , when they were confronted by two male teenagers about 8.30pm on Friday , local time , Australian Olympic Committee spokesman Mike Tancred said . One of the teenagers pulled out a knife and threatened the pair , while the other teen grabbed one of the coaches by the throat and demanded he hand over his money , Mr Tancred said . " One coach was robbedconflict.attack.stealrobhijackof his wallet which contained a credit card , and he also lost his team blazer which he was carrying over his arm at the time . They both lost their mobile phones , " Mr Tancred said . " They did n't resist , they complied and handed everything over . "
They laid him on the ground and searched him for around two minutes before taking him away . At 2:43pm it was announced that " the hijacker has just been arrested " . A policeman stands guard at Larnaca Airport near a hijackedconflict.attack.stealrobhijackEgypt Air A320 . Photo : Reuters Officials in both Cyprus and Egypt then confirmed that all crew and passengers were safe .
By Chip McLean " Why are n't I up 50 points , " exclaimed an angry Hillary Clinton . The bizarre outburst came this week after nearly all polls showed the race to be basically even , with some swinging slightly in favor of Donald Trump . The Hildebeast has reverted to total shrill mode – a shrewish side of her that former Clinton staffers have alluded to on numerous occasions but is almost universally ignored by the sycophantic MSM.Hillary is angry because she believes it 's " her turn " to be president but Donald Trump and his supporters keep getting in her way . Of course , she also believed that it was " her turn " in 2008 , when ( in her view ) , she was robbedconflict.attack.stealrobhijackafter Democrats decided that the " black card " – pardon the expression – " trumped " the " woman card . " So Hillary instead became the most horrific Secretary of State in the nation 's history ... During her tenure , she compromised our national security with her illegal private email server . That would of course be the same server on which the emails were subsequently deleted with BleachBit – right after those emails were subpoenaed .
Airline officials later said they had been told by Cypriot authorities that the belt was fake . The hijacker 's motives remain unclear but the Cypriot president said the incident was not terrorism - related . No - one was injured in the hijackingconflict.attack.stealrobhijack, Cypriot government spokesman Nikos Christodulides tweeted . How the hijacking unfolded Image copyright AFP / Getty Image caption A man believed to be the hijacker leaves the aircraft
At that point , creationism became a matter of public and political debate . Polls were taken all over Europe to determine public opinion . Some online polls were hijackedconflict.attack.stealrobhijackby creationists in Turkey to alter the outcome . Books , pamphlets and Web sites were launched and circulated . And the media loved it .
That ’s why they come to us , so we can protect their anonymity . ” The Metropolitan Police Department in Washington have not established a motive for the killing but reportedly told the young man ’s family that he died during a robbery attempt turned tragic . His father , however , told Omaha CBS - affiliate KMTV he did not think it was a robberyconflict.attack.stealrobhijackbecause nothing was stolen : his watch , money , credit cards and phone were still with him . The WikiLeaks founder said that others have suggested that Rich was killed for political reasons and that his organization is investigating the incident . “ I think it is a concerning situation .
Asked why he robbedconflict.attack.stealrobhijackbanks , Willie Sutton answered , “ It ’s where the money is . ” His answer remains a classic example of clarity through simplicity . This contrasts with politicians ’ obfuscations that are accepted and repeated by the media – or just ignored . The New York Times did not bother to mention Hillary Clinton Hillary Rodham ClintonGOP fires opening attack on Dem reportedly running for Heller 's Senate seat Trump seeks tech 's help for government IT overhaul What do Democrats stand for ?
Ryan seeks manufacturing muscle for tax push Dems step up attacks on GOP ObamaCare bill MORE ( R - Ky . ) that would give the FBI more power to get a customer 's email records during terror investigations . ( The Hill ) A network of hijackedconflict.attack.stealrobhijackcomputers that was believed to be offline has resumed spamming its victims with ransomware . ( The Hill ) Hackers have hit the Indonesian and South Korean central banks ' public websites , after a recent pledge by the hacking group Anonymous to target the global banking industry , senior officials in both countries said .
EgyptAir operates from a hub at Cairo International Airport and is based in Heliopolis , Egypt . It offers passenger and freight services to more than 75 destinations . In March , EgyptAir Flight 181 en route to Cyprus was hijackedconflict.attack.stealrobhijackby a passenger claiming to be wearing a suicide belt . The hijacker surrendered at Larnaca International Airport in Cyprus and all passengers were released safely . No one was hurt in the incident , which Cypriot authorities said was not terrorism related .
[ Hundreds attend vigil for slain DNC staffer ] Rich was shot twice in the back as he walked to his townhouse about 4:20 a.m. Nothing was taken , but police have said attempted robberyconflict.attack.stealrobhijackis their leading theory for a motive , noting a spike in robberies in the neighborhood in the preceding weeks . WikiLeaks released the trove of emails later that month , on July 22 . Rich , 27 , had worked for the DNC for two years and helped develop a computer program to make it easier for people to find polling places on Election Day .
As a 27-year - old , works for the DNC , who was shot in the back , murdered just a few weeks ago for unknown reasons as he was walking down the street in Washington , ” Assange said on Nieuwsuur . BuzzFeed drew more attention to the interview in the U.S. Somewhat startled , news anchor Eelco Bosch van Rosenthal said , “ That was just a robberyconflict.attack.stealrobhijack, I believe — was n’t it ? ” “ No , there ’s no finding , ” Assange responded . “ I ’m suggesting that our sources take risks and they become concerned to see things occurring like that . ”
Photo : Twitter / The Cairo Post " The negotiations with the hijacker have resulted in the release of all the plane passengers with the exception of the crew and five foreigners , " the airline said in a statement . Egypt ’s Foreign Ministry said the man behind the hijackingconflict.attack.stealrobhijackis ‘ not a terrorist , he ’s an idiot ’ . Mustafa surrendered after six hours . Photo : AFP / Getty Images
As well as the following data : Mac Donald writes in The War On Cops , " The statistics on the race of criminals as reported by the crime victims match the arrest data . As long ago as 1978 , a study of robberyconflict.attack.stealrobhijackand aggravated assault in eight cities found parity between the race of assailants in victim reports and in arrests – a finding replicated many times , among a range of crimes . " She also points out that criminologist Alfred Blumstein determined in 1993 that " blacks were significantly underrepresented in prison for homicide compared with their presence in the arrest data . " In other words , the notion of systemic racism oppressing blacks is nothing more than a phantom pursued by race - baiters like Clinton to pander to the Black Lives Matter crowd .
A recent opinion poll showed two thirds of Turks agree with their president that Gulen was behind the coup plot . Turkey has been holding almost daily mass rallies since July 15 in support of democracy and the government and against the plotters . Authorities have suspended , detained or put under investigation tens of thousands of people in the armed forces , the judiciary , civil service and elsewhere since the coup , in which a faction of the military commandeeredconflict.attack.stealrobhijackwarplanes , helicopters and tanks in an attempt to topple the government . On Tuesday Bozdag put the number of people now formally arrested awaiting trial at 16,000 , adding that a further 6,000 detainees were still being processed . Another 7,668 people are under investigation but have not been detained , he said .
Two non - Turkish NATO staff familiar with the situation confirmed that Turkish personnel are being recalled but did not have more details . Although the number of dismissals is a small fraction of the 100,000 judges , police , teachers and soldiers to be suspended or fired since the failed coup , the decision to target some of the most highly - trained staff in prestigious foreign posts underscores the depth of President Tayyip Erdogan 's purge . Turkish officials say the scale of the crackdown , which has broad popular support at home , is justified by the gravity of events on July 15 , when rogue soldiers commandeeredconflict.attack.stealrobhijacktanks , fighter jets and helicopters , bombing parliament and government buildings in their attempt to seize power . More than 240 people , many of them civilians , were killed . But the dismissals at NATO raise questions about Turkey 's strategy after the failed coup , as Erdogan seeks closer ties with the alliance 's Cold War foe Russia .
After the 1979 revolution that brought Shi'ite Muslim clerics to power , Iran would typically use hostages to extract concessions from its western adversaries . Early on , it held 52 hostages taken from the U.S. embassy in Tehran for 444 days . That incident ranked alongside Iranian - backed suicide bombings against Western embassies and troops in Lebanon , the hijackingconflict.attack.stealrobhijackof planes and the kidnapping of Western hostages in the country . All this left deep scars and incited hostility towards Iran as an outlaw , in the region and the world . Yet last week 's naval incident contrasted to 2007 when Iran captured British sailors in similar circumstances , but accused of them of spying and held them for two weeks .
In terms of American political mechanics , how could this happen and what does it mean ? How did it get here , and what can we learn from it ? The one common mechanical process in almost every aspect of American politics is the two - party system : an extra - constitutional artifice that long ago hijackedconflict.attack.stealrobhijackgovernment . And it is through those double swinging doors that we have stumbled into our current political purgatory . This bi - polar orgy of villainy signifies that America 's two - party system itself is badly broken ; indeed , odds are that such a scenario would not have emerged if there were additional healthy political parties .
I was always able to tell it like it is , and I do n't think that has anything to do with my immigrant background . " Still , she says , she has noticed how quickly one can become jaded as a journalist . Since September , when the chancellor began allowing refugees from Hungary to enter Germany , Hayali has repeatedly received messages on Facebook telling her how German women had allegedly been raped or how mass robberiesconflict.attack.stealrobhijackwere being committed by refugees . " I pursued every lead at first . But none of them were true . "
MANILA , Philippines ( AP ) — A Philippine police van rammed into protesters , leaving several bloodied , as an anti - U.S. rally turned violent Wednesday at the American Embassy in Manila . The van 's driver , police officer Franklin Kho , told reporters he did not deliberately hit the protesters but was trying to drive away from them because they were hitting the vehicle with wooden clubs and he feared they would commandeerconflict.attack.stealrobhijackit and use it to attack other policemen . " They were already trying to seize the vehicle , " Kho told reporters . Associated Press TV footage showed the van repeatedly ramming the protesters as it drove wildly back and forth after activists surrounded and started hitting it with the wooden batons they seized from police .
The crash of EgyptAir flight 804 in May was initially suspected to have been caused by a terrorist attack , forcing many tourists to reconsider their travel plans . It 's still not clear what brought the plane down , but investigators have found evidence of a fire on board . On top of that , an EgyptAir domestic flight was hijackedconflict.attack.stealrobhijackin March , and terrorists brought down a Russian plane that took off from an Egyptian tourist airport in late October . Tunisia This small country wedged between Algeria and Libya in northern Africa experienced a near 20 % drop in international visitor arrivals in the first quarter of 2016 following two shocking terrorist attacks that targeted tourists .
His spokeswoman , Hope Hicks , did not respond when asked for this information . He decried outsourcing , not mentioning that his own Trump - branded merchandise is made in other countries and that he recently filed a petition for 78 visas to staff his resorts with foreign workers . “ We ’re not safe , ” he then said , stoking fear of violence even though violent crime — murders , rapes , robberiesconflict.attack.stealrobhijack, assaults — is down considerably from 2008 . He went on to claim that Syrian refugees who come to America are unknown entities . “ We have no idea who they are , ” he said , which is false .
These materials include a summary of the 3½-hour interview the FBI conducted with Clinton in July along with a package of documents classified as SECRET . " The material contains classified and other sensitive information and is being provided with the expectation it will not be disseminated or disclosed without FBI concurrence , " an FBI spokesperson said in a statement . TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK — Bangladesh Bank has apparently had a change of heart and decided it wo n’t sue the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the SWIFT financial network over the $ 81 million digital robberyconflict.attack.stealrobhijackit suffered earlier this year . Rather , the bank will work with the two institutions to recover the funds . The as - of - yet unexplained reversal came the same day SWIFT launched a “ security tools ” campaign designed to boost awareness of the network ’s existing protection features .
Several shots failed to stop Brown , until one killed him . RELATED : Conspiracy - a - Rama : A Return to the Paranoid Style in African - American Politics Ignoring the facts , Black Lives Matter promoted the lie , invented by Brown ’s robberyconflict.attack.stealrobhijackaccomplice , that Brown had his hands up and was attempting to surrender when he was shot . “ Hands Up , Do n’t Shoot ” quickly became the anthem of the movement . But this lie was refuted not only by black eyewitnesses testifying before the grand jury convened for the case and by forensic evidence , but by a review conducted by former attorney general Eric Holder ’s Justice Department , otherwise bent on demonstrating the existence of bigotry in the Ferguson police department .
Turkey 's top Muslim cleric and chief rabbi also attended . But the pro - Kurdish HDP , the third - largest party in parliament , was not invited due to its alleged links to Kurdish militants , prompting anger on social media from its supporters . The brutality of July 15 , in which rogue soldiers commandeeredconflict.attack.stealrobhijackfighter jets , helicopters and tanks , shocked a nation that last saw a violent military power grab in 1980 . Even Erdogan 's opponents saw his leadership as preferable to a successful coup renewing the cycle of military interventions that dogged Turkey in the second half of the 20th century . " Erdogan has been brutal and unfair to us in the past , but I believe he has now understood the real importance of the republic 's values , " said Ilhan Girit , 44 , a musician and CHP supporter , carrying a flag of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk , founder of the modern secular republic .
-- " It was arguably the most remarkable collection of champions ever collected in one place , " Sally Jenkins writes in a column . " ‘ There you go ; I am the greatest , ’ Usain Bolt crowed after winning his ninth gold in the 4x100-meter relay , but he had to share the claim with the dolphin - backed Michael Phelps , the epic sojourner Katie Ledecky , the human pinwheel Simon Biles and a titanic U.S. women ’s basketball team that won its sixth straight gold medal . ” -- U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun promised “ further action ” will be taken against Ryan Lochte and his three U.S. swimming teammates who fabricated a story about being robbedconflict.attack.stealrobhijack. “ We all understand they let down our athletes and they let down Americans , and they really let down our hosts in Rio , ” Blackmun told reporters . “ We feel very badly about that .
" However complicated the United States ' relationship with Russia may be at the moment , there is nothing to the argument that the two countries are at war , or that Russia is an ' enemy ' within the meaning of the proviso . " But he added that Trump could have transgressed a different federal law that makes it a crime for an individual to induce others to commit felonies involving physical force against American property , " which almost certainly includes cyberhacking . " Trump 's explosive comments on the emails Wednesday , during a news conference apparently called to try to commandeerconflict.attack.stealrobhijackmedia coverage focused the Democratic convention , were not confined to the two email sagas . He denied reports in some media outlets that his business was under undue influence from Russia and that Putin hoped he would win the election . He also claimed that Putin had once used the ' N ' word in a show of disrespect against Obama .
Rio a city of humiliation apparently 👎🏻 # rio2016 pic.twitter.com/Xd1nT4ayya — Jason Lee ( @jasonleejitsu ) July 5 , 2016 Last year it was reported extra security forces — more than double what was used in London in 2012 — would flood the city in an effort to combat the significant crime level . Aussie Paralympian Liesl Tesch experienced Rio ’s dangerous underbelly first hand in June when her and her physio were robbedconflict.attack.stealrobhijackby two men , one of whom was armed with a gun . “ It was absolutely horrific , ” Tesch said afterwards . “ I can see it clear as day in my own head ... it was a pistol . ”
This means voting machines with voter - verified paper audit trails , and no Internet voting . I know it ’s slower and less convenient to stick to the old - fashioned way , but the security risks are simply too great . There are other ways to attack our election system on the Internet besides hacking voting machines or changing vote tallies : deleting voter records , hijackingconflict.attack.stealrobhijackcandidate or party websites , targeting and intimidating campaign workers or donors . There have already been multiple instances of political doxing — publishing personal information and documents about a person or organization — and we could easily see more of it in this election cycle . We need to take these risks much more seriously than before .
The group WikiLeaks on Tuesday said it is offering $ 20,000 for information leading to a conviction in the case involving the death of a former Democratic National Committee staffer earlier this year . “ ANNOUNCE : WikiLeaks has decided to issue a US $ 20k reward for information leading to conviction for the murder of DNC staffer Seth Rich , ” the website tweeted . Police have said it is possible that Rich ’s death was the result of an attempted robberyconflict.attack.stealrobhijackin the Bloomingdale neighbourhood of Washington , DC , last month . The case remains under investigation , and police and the victim ’s mother appealed last week for tips on Rich ’s murder . Rich ’s case has gained an inordinate amount of attention from some right - leaning outlets , which have posited without factual evidence that Rich ’s death was part of a larger conspiracy .
The Russian army can outgun British troops on the battlefield after military advances by the Kremlin , a leaked report suggests . The assessment by the British army ’s warfare branch , seen by the Times , warned that Russian weapons , including rocket launchers and air defence systems , were more powerful than their British equivalents . The report added that UK and its Nato allies were “ scrambling to catch up ” with Russia ’s ability to use electronic means to hijackconflict.attack.stealrobhijackenemy drones and disrupt other military transmissions . The publication was produced in March under the direction of Gen Sir Nick Carter , the head of the army , the newspaper said . It is understood the report is based on one training exercise carried out in Ukraine .
52/74 Iraq crisis A van carrying volunteers joining Iraqi security forces against Jihadist militants . Prime Minister Nuri al - Maliki announced the Iraqi government would arm and equip civilians who volunteered to fight AFP / Getty 53/74 Iraq Fighters of the Isis group parade in a commandeeredconflict.attack.stealrobhijackIraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road at the northern city of Mosul 54/74 Iraq An Islamist fighter , identified as Abu Muthanna al - Yemeni from Britain ( R ) , speaks in this still image taken undated video shot at an unknown location and uploaded to a social media website . Five Islamist fighters identified as Australian and British nationals have called on Muslims to join the wars in Syria and Iraq , in the new video released by the Isis
Photo : Twitter Rich was shot twice in the back as he walked to his townhouse about 4.20am . Nothing was taken , but police have said attempted robbery is their leading theory for a motive , noting a spike in robberiesconflict.attack.stealrobhijackin the neighbourhood in the preceding weeks . WikiLeaks released the trove of emails later that month , on July 22 . Rich , 27 , had worked for the DNC for two years and helped develop a computer program to make it easier for people to find polling places on Election Day .
WikiLeaks , the group that released the DNC emails , recently offered a $ 20,000 reward for information on the death of a DNC staff member , Seth Rich , who was shot to death outside his Washington , D.C. , home July 10 . News that WikiLeaks is offering an award raised questions that he may have been connected to the hacked emails , but Washington , D.C. , police have said that there is no evidence that his death was connected to the DNC hack . The victim ’s mother told NBC Washington that police initially told her that her son may have been the victim of an attempted robberyconflict.attack.stealrobhijack. Police later backtracked on that theory , with the New York Daily News quoting police as saying that , “ there is no immediate indication that robbery was a motive in this attack . ” The victim ’s body showed signs of a significant struggle , and the assailants did not take his watch , wallet , phone or credit cards . Gizmodo reported that authorities have not yet been able to determine if the DNC email hack was part of standard espionage or if the Russians are deliberately attempting to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election .
In “ The Dark Knight , ” the seminal reboot of the “ Batman ” cinematic franchise , the Caped Crusader is able to locate any of Gotham ’s denizens on a whim , by hijackingconflict.attack.stealrobhijackthe microphones and cameras on their cellphones . FindFace , the identification app created by Alexander Kabakov , 29 , and Artem Kukharenko , 26 , is not quite as powerful as Christopher Nolan ’s Orwellian nightmare tool . But the Russian developers say their facial recognition software could be used by authorities to fight crime — and , just as easily , score dates with attractive strangers .
One witness told how the mugger shouted , ' you 've lost , hand over your watch ' as he announced the robbery , before breaking the car window with his revolver . Show of force : Massive numbers of heavily - armed police and members of the armed forces have been deployed in Rio Torch procession : This was the police guard for the Olympic Torch Relay - which caused the traffic jam in which a motorcycle robberyconflict.attack.stealrobhijackwent fatally wrong for the perpetrator His accomplice reportedly fled after seeing his partner suddenly hauled inside the diplomat 's shot and killed . In a statement , Rio 's 31st Military Police Battalion , which investigated the incident , said Braga ' acted quickly pulling the criminal inside the car , took his revolver and fired it towards him . '
The offer from the clearinghouse for hacked and leaked documents was made Tuesday on Twitter , but it came after Roger Stone , a onetime adviser to Republican nominee Donald Trump , alleged on Twitter that Hillary Clinton was responsible for Seth Rich ’s death . Rich , 27 , from Nebraska , had worked at the Democratic National Committee on a database to expand voter registration . He was shot dead in what Washington D.C. police have said was possibly a botched robberyconflict.attack.stealrobhijackwhile he was walking home before dawn on July 10 . Stone said Rich was on his way to meet with the FBI . Stone provided no evidence for his claim .
The Dilbert creator also said he was against Hillary Clinton 's proposed estate tax hike , because he was a self - made man The cartoon creator then said he read up on the issue of the estate tax . ' I understand that issue and I view it as robberyconflict.attack.stealrobhijackby government , ' Adams explained , saying that he disagreed with the hike that Clinton proposed . ' You can argue whether an estate tax is fair or unfair , but fairness is an argument for idiots and children . Fairness is n’t an objective quality of the universe , ' he continued .
" It looks like a completely controlled flight aside from the fact it was hijacked , " Petchenik said . Reuters , citing an Israeli military source , reported that Israel scrambled warplanes in its airspace as a precaution in response to the hijacking . The hijackingconflict.attack.stealrobhijackagain calls attention to security at Egyptian airports , five months after a Russian aircraft crashed over Egypt 's Sinai Peninsula minutes after it took off from Egypt 's Red Sea resort of Sharm el - Sheikh . All 224 people on board were killed in the crash . Russia later said an explosive device brought down the aircraft and the Islamic State terror group claimed it downed the plane .
The first part of that remark is just another Trumpian rewriting of his personal history . But to assert , over and over , that the United States should have seized Iraq ’s oil in to - the - victor - go - the - spoils fashion is to display an utter disregard for the way civilized nations conduct themselves . A reputable international - law - abiding country ca n’t simply invade another country and forcibly commandeerconflict.attack.stealrobhijackits natural resources . Not even in cases when the country is question is run by a ruthless tyrant like Saddam Hussein . Speaking of Hussein , that ’s exactly what he did to Kuwait in 1990 — and why President George H.W.
He has used these finding to give cover to thinly sourced theories about Clinton ’s health — in late August , he dug up an e - mail that showed that Clinton once received information about a Parkinson ’s disease drug — and inventing new anti - Clinton theories out of whole cloth . After Clinton claimed that Russian hackers had been the source of the leak , Assange deflected the allegation in part by pointing out that a low - level Democratic Party staffer , Seth Rich , had been murdered weeks earlier while walking home from a bar in Washington . Although police believe Rich was the victim of a botched robberyconflict.attack.stealrobhijackattempt , Assange hinted at a darker possibility : that Rich was murdered for sharing documents with WikiLeaks . “ Our sources take risks , ” Assange said ominously . ( The Rich family criticized Assange for “ pushing unproven and harmful theories about Seth 's murder . ” )
Earlier , IOC spokesman Mark Adams said reports of the robbery were " absolutely not true " . Lochte swam in two events at the Rio Games , winning gold in the 4x200 m freestyle relay . In the build - up to the games , three members of the Spanish Olympics sailing team and an Australian paralympian were robbedconflict.attack.stealrobhijackat gunpoint . The Brazilian authorities have deployed more than 80,000 police and soldiers to patrol Rio during the games . Security incidents at Rio 2016
“ There ’s a 27-year - old who works for the DNC and who was shot in the back , murdered , just a few weeks ago , for unknown reasons as he was walking down the streets in Washington . ” Seth Rich , shown at left , a DNC employee who did voter outreach , was shot to death last month early in the morning in Washington , D.C. The case is unsolved and Washington , D.C. , police have speculated it was an attempted robberyconflict.attack.stealrobhijack. On Reddit , his death has become the source of theories about whether he was involved in the leaks . WikiLeaks released emails and files from the Democratic National Committee last month .
STEIN : There are a couple of things , you know there are a couple of very important things the president can do under executive orders that are not part of the discussion that we ’ve just had . For example : Breaking up the big banks . I do n’t know if you ’re familiar with Bill Black , who wrote the book “ The Best Way to Robconflict.attack.stealrobhijackA Bank Is to Own One ” . You can take a look at his ten - point platform for how the president right now could actually break up the big banks and return the rule of law to Wall Street by essentially restoring the “ cops on the beat ” who have been laid off from Wall Street – the FBI agents , the SEC , Securities and Exchange Commission agents , etc . , Department of Justice appointees , who should be regulating Wall Street . And he makes the point that Wall Street does not regulate itself and that through the agencies the president could essentially ensure that regulatory requirements are put in place that would make the so - called “ cash on hand ” requirements commensurate with the level of risk undertaken by the banks , and that that would enable the banks to downsize , which would profoundly change the way of things .
How was it that a passenger , described by the Cypriot authorities as " mentally unstable " was able to carry enough materials through Alexandria airport to resemble a bomb ? And what is to stop any future airline passenger , similarly unarmed , from pretending that he or she has a real device strapped to them ? For Egypt 's battered tourism industry , that has yet to recover from the October airline bombing , this hijackconflict.attack.stealrobhijackis a further blow it can ill afford . The hijacker 's surrender came shortly after several people were seen fleeing the aircraft . One - apparently a crew member - escaped by climbing out of the aircraft 's cockpit window .
Incoming flights were diverted to Paphos on the island 's western edge . The Larnaca airport operator later said it had reopened " after the end of the unfortunate incident " and that flights had resumed . Israel scrambled warplanes in its airspace as a precaution in response to the hijackingconflict.attack.stealrobhijack, according to an Israeli military source . Egypt 's vital tourism industry was already reeling from the crash of a Russian passenger plane in the Sinai in late October . President Abdel Fattah al - Sisi has said it was brought down by a terrorist attack .
One oft - heard idea is to fire missiles from outside Syria to crater military runways to make them unusable . One aim of such strategies is to increase the odds of a negotiated end to the war . Obama ’s reticence has robbedconflict.attack.stealrobhijackSecretary of State John Kerry , who is valiantly trying to negotiate a lasting Syrian cease - fire , of leverage . The U.S. was able to get an Iran deal because it held bargaining chips , while in Syria we have relinquished all clout . And Obama ’s dithering has had a real cost , for any steps in Syria are far more complex now that Russia is in the war .
The flight was scheduled to land in Cairo . At least 55 passengers were on board . Egyptian passenger Farah el - Dabani told the Dubai - based Al - Arabiyah TV network that the suspect was seated in the back of the aircraft and that it was the crew who told passengers that the plane was being hijackedconflict.attack.stealrobhijack. " There was panic at the beginning , but the crew told us to be quiet . They did a good job to keep us all quiet so the hijacker does not do anything rash , " she said in a telephone interview .
Updated standards , passed in 2010 , are being treated more like suggestions than requirements . ( Joe Heim ) -- Cause for concern : MS-13 is making a comeback in the streets of D.C. An 18-year - old man , arrested in a series of what police describe as random robberiesconflict.attack.stealrobhijackand assaults in Northwest Washington , might be linked to the Central American gang , which has been mostly active in the suburbs . “ Federal law enforcement officials have said MS-13 — considered one of the most dangerous groups linked to murders , prostitution and drug trafficking — has begun to reassert itself after years of relative quiet , ” Peter Hermann reports . -- Metro police arrested a man for allegedly exposing himself to a woman on an Orange Line train and attempting to force her to perform a sex act .
But Assange , in an interview with a Dutch news program highlighted by the conspiracy website InfoWars , implied Rich was the source of the email and was killed for working with his group “ Whistleblowers often take very significant efforts to bring us material and often at very significant risks , ” Assange said in the interview , before bringing up , unpromoted , that Rich was killed “ for unknown reasons . ” When the interviewer pressed Assange by noting Rich ’s death was “ just a robberyconflict.attack.stealrobhijack, ” Assange replied , “ No . There ’s no finding . ” Asked what he was suggesting , Assange replied , “ I ’m suggesting that our sources take risks ... We are concerned about it . ”