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☆ Opinion: Henry’s Kissinger’s obsession with American power
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Opinion Jeremi Suri | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Too much American power and too much support for anti-communist strongmen brought its own form of apocalypse. The intense protests in the United States against Kissinger’s policies — and the anger expressed toward him, even in death — show how his unwavering commitment to American power often harmed the people that power was meant to serve. For all his intelligence, he never understood how deeply American power could threaten and harm people who stood in its way. For better and worse, Kissinger’s life was the story of American power in the last century. His death offers an opportunity for reflection on what American power has done and what it might become.

Persons: Jeremi Suri, Mack Brown, “ Henry Kissinger, America’s, Henry Kissinger, Henry, Jeremi Suri Korey, Kissinger, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford’s, strongmen, — Organizations: Leadership, Global Affairs, University of Texas, History Department, LBJ School, Democracy, CNN, Army, Harvard University, Harvard, Foreign Service Locations: Austin, Fürth, Germany, New York, Manhattan, United States, America, American, Europe, Soviet Union, China, Communist China, Washington, Moscow, Asia, Soviet, Israel, Egypt, Vietnam, Cambodia, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, South America, Iran, South Korea, Indonesia, Pakistan, Latin America

☆ A Crossword Anniversary
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( David Leonhardt | More About David Leonhardt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Will Shortz celebrated his 30th anniversary as The Times’s Crossword editor this week. He is one of only four Crossword editors since 1942, when the paper began publishing puzzles as a way to offer relief to readers overwhelmed by war news. To mark Will’s anniversary, I interviewed him by email for today’s newsletter. I’m grateful to crossword devotees who suggested some of today’s questions. But what have been the biggest changes to the puzzle during the past 30 years?

Persons: Will Shortz, ” Lester Markel, Arthur Hays Sulzberger, David Leonhardt, I’ve Locations: Pearl

☆ North Korea's Kim inspects spy satellite photos of 'target regions', US bases
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Nuclear-armed North Korea launched the satellite on Tuesday, but South Korean defence officials and analysts said its capabilities have not been independently verified. Kim examined photos of Seoul and other cities of Mokpo, Kunsan, Pyeongtaek and Osan, where U.S. and South Korean military bases are located. The photos were taken as the satellite passed over the peninsula on Friday morning, state news agency KCNA said. On Saturday, Kim visited the control centre once again to examine more photos taken in the morning of different target regions in South Korea: Jinhae, Busan, Ulsan, Pohang, Daegu and Gangneung. On Thursday, South Korean Defence Minister Shin Won-sik said North Korea had "exaggerated" by saying Kim had already viewed images of Guam.

Persons: Kim Jong, Kim, KCNA, Carl Vinson, South Korean Defence Minister Shin Won, sik, Yonhap, Josh Smith, Jihoon Lee, Clarence Fernandez, Jacqueline Wong Organizations: Korean Central News Agency, KCNA, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Korean, National Aerospace Technology Administration, Naval, Hickam Air Force, U.S . State Department, U.S, South Korean Defence Minister, Thomson Locations: Rights SEOUL, Seoul, North Korea, Mokpo, Pyeongtaek, Osan, Pyongyang, South Korea, Jinhae, Busan, Ulsan, Pohang, Daegu, Gangneung, Korean, Harbor, Hawaii, United States, Japan, Pacific, Guam, U.S

☆ Where the 9/11 Dead Are Not Forgotten at Guantánamo Bay
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Carol Rosenberg | More About Carol Rosenberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But pretrial proceedings for four men accused of conspiring in the plot are now in their second decade. For most hearings, the prosecutors bring about 10 people who were injured or lost family members in the attacks to watch the proceedings. Over the years, more than 150 of the people who were killed on Sept. 11 have been represented in the hearings by relatives. Some family members have come looking for answers about why the United States was so vulnerable then. Some come simply to represent a loved one who was killed in an attack that, for some Americans, has become as distant as the one at Pearl Harbor.

Persons: Osama Locations: U.S, United States, Pearl

☆ Philip Schlamberg: Final US combat death of World War II was Jewish teen in Japan
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

“The Last Fighter Pilot” says when the service saw those scores, Schlamberg was offered his pick of jobs and chose to be a fighter pilot. During that trip, he saw Japanese war veterans up close and felt a kinship, he said. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty ImagesFitting endingsYellin died in December 2017, shortly after “The Last Fighter Pilot” was published. In the foreword to “The Last Fighter Pilot,” Yellin recounted how World War II’s end was fitting for the times. “And that the final combat life in the defense of freedom would be laid down by a teenage Jewish fighter pilot who had not yet learned to even drive a car.”

Persons: Emperor Hirohito, Jerry Yellin, Philip Schlamberg, Yellin, Schlamberg, “, ” Yellin, Hirohito, ”, Phil, they’d, Ian Hitchcock, I’m, “ I’m, ” Schlamberg, Andrew Caballero, Reynolds, Melanie Sloan, ” “, ” Sloan, Philip, Sloan, Don Brown, he’d, Schlamberg’s smarts, Jerry Yellin’s, ‘ I’m, ’ ”, Yellin’s, Michael, ’, ” Michael Yellin, Saul Loeb, Helene, Robert, Taro Yamakawa, Yamakawa, “ Yellin Organizations: CNN, US Army Air Corps, US Defense Department, Nazi, US, 78th Fighter Squadron, National Archives, Iwo, Fighter Squadron, American, T150 Defence Force Air, Culpeper Regional Airport, Getty, Abraham Lincoln High School, Army Air Corps, Memorial, of, Monuments, New, Montclair Local, Arsenal, Democracy, US Air Force, Arlington National Cemetery, “ Locations: Tokyo, Nazi Germany, Europe, Brooklyn, Iwo Jima, Ukraine, East, Sudan, Myanmar, United States, Nagasaki, Japan, Hiroshima, Utah, Townsville, Australia, Culpeper, Brandy Station, Virginia, AFP, Honolulu, Honolulu , Hawaii, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, New Jersey, America, Washington ,, Arlington, Pacific, New York

☆ Israel is looking to World War II in its Gaza fight, and it risks taking lessons from the wrong war
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Sam Fellman | Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

It's a critical question that will define whether Israel's war succeeds, experts on military strategy told Insider. Smoke and flame rise after Israeli air forces targeting a shopping center in Gaza Strip, Gaza on October 07, 2023. In the aftermath of the October 7 attacks, Israel has abandoned "mowing the grass" in favor of a much more far-reaching and deadly strategy. Marcus Yam/Getty ImagesIn this war, Israeli leaders have used heated rhetoric while their forces maintain a deadly bombing campaign. Not the destruction of Israel of course, but a state on the West Bank and in Gaza," Mansoor said.

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Despite the intensified IDF ground operation, Hamas continued to fire rockets from Gaza. Alarms indicating incoming fire were activated in a number of areas around the Gaza perimeter overnight and early Tuesday. Abed Khaled/APThe Israeli military said Monday its troops killed four prominent Hamas operatives as part of its expanded ground operations in Gaza. One hostage – a female Israeli soldier – was rescued Monday during ground operations in Gaza, the IDF said. A source involved with her identification told CNN Louk’s death was announced after forensic examiners found a bone fragment from her skull.

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☆ The S&P 500 has entered a correction. Here's why Warren Buffett likely thinks that's good news
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The stock market tumbled into correction territory this week, spurring fear among investors that more turmoil is ahead. But if you are a disciple of Warren Buffett, a 10% drawdown for the equity benchmark shouldn't matter. "I know what markets are going to do over a long period of time — They're gonna go up. Buffett believes that when there's emotional selling in the market, it offers an opportunity for him to hunt for bargains. "Anytime stocks go down as far as I'm concerned, I like it because I'm a net buyer of stocks," he said.

Persons: Warren Buffett, Buffett, Benjamin Graham, They're, I've, Berkshire Hathaway, Stocks, aren't Organizations: Columbia University, CNBC, Berkshire, Oracle, Omaha, BNSF Railway, America, Dow, Cities Locations: Berkshire

☆ An embarrassing Russian defeat a century ago is a warning about the risks of losing a war to China now, top US Air Force official says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Benjamin Brimelow | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

In May 1905, Russia's navy suffered a resounding defeat by the Japanese at the Battle of Tsushima. The battle is a lesson about complacency in the face of new threats, a top US Air Force official says. AdvertisementAdvertisementGreat-power competitionJapanese soldiers relieve Russian troops in an outer fort at Port Arthur after the Russian surrender in 1905. Proctor via Wikimedia Commons"The Battle of Tsushima Straits did not go well for Russia," Kendall, a self-proclaimed history buff, said at the conference. If our power-projection capability and capacity are not adequate to deter Chinese aggression against Taiwan or elsewhere, war could occur," Kendall said.

Persons: —, Frank Kendall, Kendall, aren't, George Rinhart, Port Arthur —, Korea's, Shigetada Seki, Port Arthur, Oriol, Tsushima, Oleg, Proctor, Theodore Roosevelt Organizations: Russia's, Russo, US Air Force, Service, Air Force, Air and Space Forces Association, Getty, Imperial, Siberian Railway, Asahi, Wikimedia, Imperial Japanese Navy, Russian, Baltic Fleet, 2nd Pacific Squadron, Wikimedia Commons, Mukden, Japanese Defense Ministry, US Defense Department Russia's Locations: Tsushima, Japanese, Asia, European, Imperial Japan, Imperial Russia, Pacific, Japan, Russia, China, Port, Europe, Korea, Dalian, Liaodong, Port Arthur, Tokyo, Russian Pacific, Chemulpo, Ulsan, Baltic, Russian, Vladivostok, Philippines, Madagascar, Manila Bay, Shandong, Okinawa, US, Britain, Germany, Imperial Germany, South, Soviet Union, Manchuria, Taiwan

☆ For Many in Wyoming, a Biden Plan to Protect Land Is Beyond Unpopular
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Lisa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Of all of the efforts by the Biden administration to protect environmentally fragile lands, few have generated as much vitriol as a proposal that would block oil and gas drilling on 1.6 million acres of high desert sagebrush steppe in Wyoming. A federal lands manager said she had received violent threats, prompting an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The 1,350-page proposal for managing 3.6 million of acres of federal land in Southwest Wyoming was years in the making but still took many Wyoming residents by surprise when the Bureau of Land Management made it public in August. In addition to blocking energy development on nearly half that land, or 1.6 million acres, the plan would also restrict mining and some grazing. Those areas include petroglyphs dating back some 200 years, North America’s largest sand dunes and migration corridors in the Red Desert for bighorn sheep, mule deer and elk.

Persons: Biden, Biden’s, ” Organizations: Republican, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Land Management Locations: Wyoming, Pearl Harbor, China, Southwest Wyoming, North

☆ Japanese American prisoner art depicts life in WWII detention camps
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Jessie Yeung | Emiko Jozuka | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Courtesy Japanese American National MuseumThe detention of Japanese Americans, most of whom were US citizens, was enacted by Franklin Roosevelt via executive order following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Courtesy Japanese American National MuseumThe artworks, some of which are now showing at the Museum of Modern Art in Wakayama, Japan, also serve to preserve disappearing first-hand memories of the camps. Courtesy Japanese American National MuseumYang added that the collection’s diversity reflects the varied experiences of detainees — perspectives that were overlooked by US officials at the time. The detention of Japanese Americans, Emanuel said, was a “shameful” chapter in American history. Courtesy Japanese American National MuseumSome juggled their art with more pressing responsibilities — like Hibi, who single-handedly raised her two children after her husband’s death by working in a garment factory, all while painting and attending art classes.

Persons: ”, Rahm Emanuel —, Kango Takamura, Franklin Roosevelt, Robert T, Fujioka, “, Alice Yang, Yang, Hisako Hibi, Hibi, ” Yang, Miné, ’, …, Jerome, Fred Korematsu, Henry Sugimoto's, Jerome Camp, Emiko Jozuka, Henry Sugimoto, Douglas MacArthur, Emperor Hirohito, Japan’s, Rahm Emanuel, Emanuel, Tokio, Ann Burroughs, Sugimoto, Sugimoto’s, Henry Fukuhara Organizations: Japan CNN, National Museum, American National Museum, CNN, National, Museum of Modern, University of California, Jerome War, National Museum JANM Locations: Tokyo, Japan, United States, California's Owens, Wakayama, University of California Santa Cruz, California, Utah, Arkansas, Fresno, America

☆ A volunteer in Israel says the Gaza region looks like the set of a horror movie now, with 'burnt-out cars' and 'bodies strewn all across the road'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A volunteer in Israel says the region around Gaza now resembles a horror movie set. Josh Wander told The Daily Beast he is working to help recover bodies of civilians killed in Israel. "You're literally driving around bodies as you're driving down the main roads there," Wander said. AdvertisementAdvertisementA volunteer working to recover the bodies of civilians killed in Israel says the conflict following Hamas' attacks has transformed the region around Gaza into a scene of continuous horror. "You're literally driving around bodies as you're driving down the main roads there."

Persons: Josh Wander, Wander, —, Clarissa Ward, Ward, It's, Israel, Yoav Gallant, he'd, ZAKA Organizations: Daily, Service, Palestinian, Nova Music, Gaza Ministry of Health, Israel's Locations: Israel, Gaza, Jerusalem

☆ 'This is Israel's 9/11': Why Israelis say Hamas' unprecedented assault will change their country forever
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Some are likening Saturday's attack on Israel by Hamas to the September 11, 2001, attacks on the US. The timing of the attack on Saturday morning "was a shock," Aisenberg told Insider on Sunday night from her home. Up and down the country, Israelis were angered by the lapses that enabled Hamas to evade the eyes of Jerusalem's military and intelligence services, Quinn added, calling the failures "incomprehensible." AdvertisementAdvertisementThere, close to the Gaza border, Aisenberg's mother- and father-in-law spent much of Saturday afternoon hiding in their home as Hamas fighters infiltrated their small town and wreaked havoc. 'We cannot afford to be divided'As the fighting continues, Aisenberg said Israelis are determined to prevail against Hamas and Hezbollah.

Persons: —, Aisenberg, they'd, — Aisenberg, I'm, Ian Bremmer, Jessica Cohen, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Iron, Netanyahu, Kenneth Quinn, who's, Quinn, Be'er Sheva, he'd, Quinn's, Cohen, Gilad Peretz, Mark, she'll Organizations: Service, Eurasia Group, Israel, West Bank, Street, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Palestinian Health Ministry, Soroka Hospital, Audi Locations: Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel's, United States, Gaza, Sderot, Pearl, Hawaii, Long Island , New York, Al, Aqsa, Jerusalem, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Iran, Afghanistan — Israel, New York, Be'er, Nova, revel, Lebanon

☆ Opinion: The 9/11 attack wasn’t an intelligence failure. The Hamas attack may be
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Peter Bergen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Hamas’s attacks are also being ascribed to an intelligence failure, just as 9/11 was. But this is a fundamental misunderstanding of the 9/11 attacks, which were not so much an intelligence failure as a policy failure. Intelligence distributed to officials in the George W. Bush administration included warnings entitled, “Bin Ladin Planning High Profile Attacks,” “Bin Ladin Attacks May Be Imminent,” and “Planning for Bin Ladin Attacks Continues, Despite Delay.” (“Bin Ladin” was the spelling used by the US government at the time.) Certainly, the Hamas attacks in Israel were a surprise, just as 9/11 was, but it is premature to label it an intelligence failure. Right now, we have no idea if there were signals amid the “noise” coming into Israeli intelligence about a likely Hamas attack.

Persons: Peter Bergen, ”, Osama bin Laden, George W, Bush, “, Shin Bet, can’t, Benjamin Netanyahu, Roberta Wohlstetter, Bruce Riedel, couldn’t, Netanyahu, Richard Hecht, wasn’t Organizations: New, Arizona State University, Apple, Spotify, CNN, CIA, Intelligence, Twitter, Facebook, Israeli Defense Forces Locations: New America, Israel, Texas, United States, Egypt, Syria, Gaza, Pearl Harbor

☆ Why didn't Israel's sophisticated border security stop Saturday's attack? `
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Joshua Berlinger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

A day that began with air raid sirens blaring out in the early morning had by lunchtime turned into one of the most terrifying attacks Israel has known in the 75 years of its existence. Though Israel is no stranger to terrorist attacks, Saturday’s assault was unprecedented – not least because of the lack of warning. Since Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, it has spent billions of dollars securing the border from attacks. To stop rocket attacks, Israel has used the Iron Dome, an effective rocket defense system developed with help from the United States. The Israel Defense Forces have already begun airstrikes in Gaza targeting Hamas infrastructure, resulting in hundreds of dead and injured.

Persons: Israel, It’s, ”, Jonathan Conricus, Richard Hecht, “, ” Hecht, Aaron David Miller, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, ” Miller, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ghassan Alian, Conricus Organizations: CNN, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, Reuters, State Department, Hamas Locations: Gaza, Israel, Israeli, Pearl, Yom Kippur, United States, Middle, Palestinian

☆ As China churns out warships, the US Navy is looking for drones and AI to help it pick up the pace at its struggling shipyards
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Meanwhile, China's navy is growing thanks to shipyards that churn out naval and commercial ships. The US Navy is now looking for new tools to improve maintenance and reduce delays at its shipyards. AdvertisementAdvertisementWith maintenance backlogs hampering fleet readiness, the US Navy is hoping that autonomous systems and artificial intelligence can fix its overburdened shipyards. The solicitation cited penetrant testing, ultrasonic testing, and magnetic testing as possible solutions. AdvertisementAdvertisementAt the same time, "the Federal Government sees the development of these capabilities as benefiting industrial maintenance activities in partnership with the Navy at commercial shipyards.

Persons: —, PO1 Emmitt, MCS3 Brandon Roberson, Michael Peck Organizations: US Navy, Service, Technologies, DON, Department of, Navy, sustainment, Corpus Christi, Navy Shipyards, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, PO1 Emmitt Hawks, Federal Government, Labor, Office, Defense, Foreign Policy, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Corpus, Pearl, Norfolk, Boise, China, Forbes

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense department authorities say the remains of an Ohio sailor killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, have been identified. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Monday that Navy Seaman 2nd Class Stanley C. Galaszewski, 29, of Steubenville, Ohio, was one of 104 crewmen on the battleship USS California killed during the Dec. 7, 1941, attack. Unidentified remains were buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl in Honolulu. In 2018, the remains of 25 unknown casualties were exhumed and DNA and other evidence was used to identify the remains of Galaszewski, who officials said was accounted for in May. Political Cartoons View All 1190 ImagesGalaszewski will be buried Nov. 3 in Steubenville, Ohio.

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The high-quality video includes the official identification of the Akagi, while also providing new clues about the final hours of the aircraft carriers. “I just hated to see my ship torn up like that.”All three aircraft carriers were found previously, the Yorktown in 1998 and the Japanese ships four years ago. Besides sinking the Akagi, the Kaga and two other Japanese aircraft carriers, U.S. forces shot down more than 250 Japanese airplanes. When ordered to abandon ship, Taylor jumped overboard and tried to swim to a nearby destroyer, U.S.S. “I was really upset because I loved that ship,” Taylor said.

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☆ The Russians painted elaborate camouflage on their warships in Crimea to try to confuse Ukraine's maritime drones, but that didn't stop Ukraine from decimating 2 vessels and setting the Sevastopol por
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

They even painted some ships with camouflage stripes, hoping it would confuse drone sensors. But the latest Ukrainian missile attack on a shipyard in Sevastopol damaged two ships anyway. The Russian Black Sea Fleet's base in Sevastopol, a city in Russia-controlled Crimea, was attacked by missiles in the early hours of Wednesday. It is unclear if the two vessels hit in Wednesday's attack had the camouflage stripes painted on them. AdvertisementAdvertisementUkraine's plans to strike Sevastopol and the Russian Navy's fleet have been a long time coming.

Persons: Essen, —, Elon Musk, Walter Isaacson, Musk Organizations: Service, London's Royal United Services Institute, Russia's Ministry of Defense, Elon Locations: Sevastopol, Wall, Silicon, Russian, Crimea, Ukraine, Russia

CNN —Two Russian warships were damaged after Ukraine launched an extensive assault on a Russian ship repair base in Crimea early Wednesday morning, officials said, in what appears to be Kyiv’s most ambitious strike on the port since the war began. Russia’s Defense Ministry said Ukrainian armed forces attacked the Sergo Ordzhonikidze shipyard in Sevastopol, which Russia uses as a repair base for its Black Sea Fleet, with 10 cruise missiles and three unmanned boats. But Russian officials confirmed that the attack had damaged two Russian warships and left 24 people injured. An ambulance leaves the area next to the shipyard in Sevastopol, Crimea, on September 13, 2023. Stringer/ReutersAnother prominent Russian military blogger said the attack on the Sevastopol shipyard was carried out by the Ukrainian Air Force, which launched 10 Storm Shadow cruise missiles at the facility.

Persons: Vasily Bykov, Mikhail Razvozhaev, Razvozhaev, Don ”, Stringer, Rybar, ” Rybar, Andriy Yermak, ” Yermak, Mykola Oleshchuk, Volodymyr Zelensky, Elon Musk, Walter Isaacson’s Organizations: CNN, Russia’s Defense Ministry, Reuters, Ukrainian Air Force, Su, Storm, Ukrainian, Russian, SpaceX Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Crimea, Ukrainian, Sevastopol, Russia, Rostov, Minsk, ”, United Kingdom, France, Novorossiysk, Kerch, Crimean

☆ Elon Musk's control of Starlink gives him unchecked power over elected governments
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Elon Musk's control over Starlink is in the spotlight after he thwarted a Ukrainian attack. "If the Ukrainian attacks had succeeded in sinking the Russian fleet, it would have been like a mini Pearl Harbor and led to a major escalation," Musk told Isaacson. (Musk later reassured a Russian ambassador that Ukraine would not be able to use Starlink for offensive operations, according to Isaacson). AdvertisementAdvertisementAs Ukrainian officials see it, sinking Russia's fleet, if that was indeed a possibility, would have prevented hundreds of missiles from raining down on the country's infrastructure, and spared civilian lives. Even if it wanted to change Musk's mind, it is not clear that it can actually compel him to do anything when it comes to Ukrainian attacks on territory controlled by Russia.

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☆ Elon Musk says Joe Biden and the US government are the ones to blame for the Crimea Starlink debacle, not him
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukrainian officials have slammed Elon Musk for not allowing Ukraine to access Starlink satellites. Musk said the US government did not give him the OK to turn on Starlink access in Crimea. Musk said he would have given Ukraine access to the satellites if Biden gave the green light. Access to Starlink in the territory near Crimea was "turned off" because the US has sanctions against Russia, Musk said. AdvertisementAdvertisementMusk did not specify who turned Starlink access off, or when exactly it was turned off.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Biden, Starlink, Walter Isaacson, Elon, it's Organizations: Service, Crimea —, Russia, SpaceX, Elon, The State Department, White Locations: Ukraine, Crimea, Wall, Silicon, Starlink, Russia, Ukrainian, Russian, Harbor, Japan

☆ An explosive Elon Musk biography is just hitting shelves. But the book’s acclaimed author is already walking back a major claim
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Walter Isaacson’s highly anticipated biography on Elon Musk is hitting shelves on Tuesday — and he is already walking back a major claim. Over the weekend, The Post updated the excerpt it had published and offered a correction to its readers. “After publication of this adaptation, the author learned that his book mischaracterized the attempted attack by Ukrainian drones on the Russian fleet in Crimea,” the correction stated. This version reflects that change.”CNN also updated its story on Monday, noting Isaacson had backpedaled his initial claims. “After this story published, Walter Isaacson clarified his explanation regarding Elon Musk restricting Ukrainian military access to Starlink, a critical satellite internet service,” an editor’s note said.

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☆ US marks Sept. 11 attacks with Pentagon, World Trade Center site events
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/6] A person holds a flag, on the day of the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, in New York City, U.S., September 11, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Americans paused on Monday to remember the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, 22 years after Islamist hijackers seized control of jetliners and crashed them into the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Biden's decision to hold the event in Alaska, instead of Washington or New York, was a departure from what has been presidential custom. Across the Potomac River from Washington, Pentagon officials held the traditional event at the U.S. military's headquarters. The 9/11 attacks were the worst assault on U.S. soil since the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where 2,400 people were killed.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Douglas Emhoff, George W, Bush, al, Osama bin Laden, Bin, Barack Obama, Steve Holland, Heather Timmons, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: World Trade Center, & Museum, REUTERS, Rights, Trade Center, Pentagon, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Alaska, India, Vietnam, Anchorage, Washington, New York, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

☆ Elon Musk scrambled to justify blocking a Ukrainian attack on the Russian navy using Starlink
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk defended his decision to block a Ukrainian attack that could have decimated Russia's navy. Per a new biography, he refused Ukraine use of his Starlink network to make the attack in 2022. Musk appears to believe that by blocking the attack he prevented a nuclear war. Musk argued repeatedly that he had avoided a nuclear war by thwarting the attack, believing that would have been Russia's response had it gone ahead. AdvertisementAdvertisement"The onus is meaningfully different if I refused to act upon a request from Ukraine vs. made a deliberate change to Starlink to thwart Ukraine," Musk wrote in another post.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Walter Isaacson, Mykhailo Podolyak, Volodymyr Zelenskyy's, Garry Kasparov, Bill Browder, Isaacson Organizations: Service, Washington Post, Russian, SpaceX Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Russian, Crimea, Ukrainian, Russia

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