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☆ 'Planned in plain sight': Senate report finds intel agencies failed in the lead-up to Jan. 6
  + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Ryan Nobles | Ryan J. Reilly | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
WASHINGTON — Federal law enforcement agencies failed to correctly analyze a wide range of intelligence showing the potential for violence on Jan. 6, 2021, Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security Committee concluded in a report released Tuesday. That post was one of many alluding to the potential for violence leading up to Jan. 6. "What was shocking is that this attack was essentially planned in plain sight in social media," Peters said in an interview, "And yet it seemed as if our intelligence agencies completely dropped the ball." According to the report, similar streams of intelligence continued to flood federal agencies tasked with keeping watch for violent activity. "On the contrary, these threats were made openly, often in publicly available social media posts, and FBI and I&A were aware of them."
Persons: Sen, Gary Peters, Parler, …, Peters Organizations: Senate Homeland Security, FBI, Department of Homeland Security's, of Intelligence, Capitol, U.S . Capitol Police, Washington Metropolitan Police, Washington Field Office, DHS National Operations Center Locations: WASHINGTON, Washington
☆ FTC Chair Lina Khan refused to sit out agency's case against Meta despite ethics concerns, report says
  + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Chelsey Cox | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
WASHINGTON — Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan refused to recuse herself from the agency's case against Meta Platforms against the advisement of top agency officials, according to internal FTC documents published by Bloomberg News. Pankey added that Khan's decision to adjudicate the case "is not per se a federal ethics violation." The FTC defended Khan's involvement in the case, and the agency's Democratic majority approved her decision over the objections of former Republican commissioner Christine Wilson, Bloomberg reported. Khan's perceived opposition to Meta acquisitions spurred the company's request to disqualify her participation in the case. FTC Bureau of Competition Deputy Director John Newman accused Meta of "trying to buy its way to the top" through an "illegal acquisition."
Persons: Lina Khan, Khan, Pankey, Christine Wilson, Wilson, Khan's, John Newman, Meta Organizations: Energy, Securities and Exchange Commission, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON — Federal Trade, Meta, Bloomberg News, Facebook, FTC, CNBC, Democratic, Bloomberg, Competition Locations: Rayburn, WASHINGTON —
☆ Powell duped by Russian pranksters who claimed to be Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy
  + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Christina Wilkie | In | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell spoke by phone with two Russian pranksters earlier this year who falsely claimed to be President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine. "Chair Powell participated in a conversation in January with someone who misrepresented himself as the Ukrainian president," a Fed spokesperson told CNBC on Thursday. The video appears to have been edited, the Fed spokesperson said, adding that they could not confirm the video's accuracy. Powell does not appear to have said anything controversial during his call with the Zelenskyy impersonators, according to Bloomberg, which first reported the prank. Yet the sheer fact that two well known allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin were able to evade detection and speak to Powell directly raises serious questions about security procedures at the central bank's Washington headquarters.
☆ Treasury will do whatever it takes to ensure 'savings remain safe,' Yellen tells senators
  + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Christina Wilkie | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services March 22, 2023 in Washington, DC. WASHINGTON — Federal bank regulators are prepared to do whatever is needed to "ensure that depositors' savings remain safe" in U.S. banks, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told members of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday. These actions included guarantees on uninsured deposits at the failed banks, and the creation of new liquidity sources for smaller banks experiencing a rush of withdrawals. Thanks in large part to these actions, "aggregate deposit outflows from regional banks have stabilized," Yellen told a bankers group Tuesday. Yellen and her deputies have so far said any blanket guarantee of uninsured deposits would require extraordinary circumstances, and likely an act of Congress.
☆ Fed minutes show members resolved to keep fighting inflation
  + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
Consequently, the Fed approved a 0.25 percentage point rate increase that was the smallest hike since the first of this tightening cycle in March 2022. But the minutes said that the reduced pace came with a high level of concern that inflation was still a threat. A "few" members said they wanted a half-point, or 50 basis point, increase that would show even greater resolve to get inflation down. Since the meeting, Fed officials have emphasized the need to stay vigilant even while expressing optimism that recent inflation data has been encouraging. "Participants observed that the uncertainty associated with their outlooks for economic activity, the labor market, and inflation was high," the minutes said.
☆ Feds boost reward to $500K for information on Capitol pipe bomber
  + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Ryan J. Reilly | Ryan J. Reilly Is A Justice Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
WASHINGTON — Federal investigators have increased the reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who left two pipe bombs near the Capitol the day before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot by fivefold, to $500,000, the FBI said Wednesday. The two pipe bombs found in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington. The individual wore black and light grey Nike Air Max Speed Turf shoes with a yellow logo. “We remain grateful to the American people, who have provided invaluable tips that have helped us advance the investigation,” Sundberg added. The unknown individual wore a face mask, glasses, gloves and a grey hooded sweatshirt and Nike Air Max Speed Turf shoes.
☆ DOJ rests in Oath Keepers trial without calling witnesses who pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy
  + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Ryan J. Reilly | Ryan J. Reilly Is A Justice Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +4 min
WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors rested their case against Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four other members of the far-right organization on Wednesday without calling three cooperating defendants who pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy. But the government did not call for three members of the group who pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy — Joshua James, Brian Ulrich and William Todd Wilson — before resting their case. Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, speaks during a rally outside the White House in Washington on Jun. Susan Walsh / AP fileProsecutors may have decided that presenting any of the three defendants who pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy would be too much of a risk on cross examination. Prosecutors also can't explicitly argue that because a witness pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy that the defendants are guilty of the same charge, which limits the value of their testimony.
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