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☆ Anduril founder Palmer Luckey says the ChatGPT buzz is making politicians more interested in AI-powered weapons
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Palmer Luckey told Breaking Defense the ChatGPT hype is making politicians interested in AI weapons. While Luckey may be best known as the founder of Oculus, in 2017 he created a defense tech startup called Anduril Industries. In a recent interview with Breaking Defense, Luckey said "ChatGPT has probably been more helpful to Anduril with customers and politicians than any technology in the last 10 years." Luckey, who referred to Anduril as an "AI company," clarified to Breaking Defense that ChatGPT wasn't actually powering Anduril's products. It builds military technology including drones, surveillance towers, and underwater vehicles powered by its AI software system, Lattice.

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☆ The Pennsylvania Fugitive: Why Wasn’t He Deported?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Miriam Jordan | More About Miriam Jordan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At an unknown time and at an unknown location, Danelo Souza Cavalcante, a 34-year-old citizen of Brazil, entered the United States unlawfully — without being inspected or admitted by a U.S. immigration official, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Sometime after that, in April 2021, prosecutors said he fatally stabbed his Brazilian girlfriend in front of her children in Pennsylvania, and he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. It was the second time he was accused of a horrific crime: He was fleeing a 2017 murder charge in Brazil when he entered the United States, the authorities said. His escape from the Chester County Prison in Pennsylvania on Aug. 31 touched off a colossal manhunt, now entering its second week, and a host of questions about why Mr. Cavalcante had not been deported after his arrest in the United States — and whether, once captured, he would remain in a U.S. prison at taxpayers’ expense. The case highlights an issue the criminal justice system has long confronted: the question of what happens when crimes are committed by undocumented immigrants, who studies show are much less likely to commit crimes than U.S.-born citizens.

Persons: Danelo Souza Cavalcante, Cavalcante Organizations: Department of Homeland Security, Prison Locations: Brazil, United States, Pennsylvania, Chester, U.S

☆ Factbox: US government shutdown: what does it mean?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The 2018-2019 shutdown furloughed roughly 800,000 of the federal government's 2.2 million employees. It is not clear whether the United States' 63 national parks would remain open. In the 2018-19 shutdown the Trump administration kept them open with public restrooms and information desks closed and waste disposal halted. Some states, such as New York and Utah, paid for their sites to stay open and staffed during the 2018-2019 shutdown. Unlike a government shutdown, a U.S. debt default would likely have severe consequences, roiling global financial markets and plunging the country into recession.

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☆ Opinion: The Proud Prosecution doesn’t mean we’re any safer
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Anna Lee | Opinion Jon Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Editor’s Note: Jon Lewis is a research fellow at the Program on Extremism at George Washington University, where he studies domestic violent extremism. However, the 814-page document devoted less than three pages to making recommendations, and in those, perplexingly failed to offer a meaningful set related to domestic terrorism. There is little question that right-wing extremism, particularly white supremacist extremism, is currently the deadliest and most pervasive domestic terrorism threat facing the United States. Nearly 1 in 4 of these right-wing extremist killings were committed in the name of white supremacist terrorism – a staggering 251 total deaths. We stand at a crossroads in the fight against domestic terrorism.

Persons: Jon Lewis, Timothy Kelly, Proud, Enrique Tarrio, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Ethan Nordean, Jon Lewis Jon Lewis, perplexingly Organizations: Extremism, George Washington University, CNN, Proud Boys, Justice Department, Biden, Terrorism, Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Twitter, Facebook Locations: United States, Poway, El Paso, Pittsburgh, Buffalo

☆ Chinese hack of Microsoft engineer led to breach of US officials’ emails, company says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The Chinese hackers who breached senior US officials’ emails in May and June were able to do so by first stealing sensitive data from a Microsoft engineer, the company revealed Wednesday. Multiple mishaps, including the crash of an internal Microsoft system in April 2021 and the hack of the engineer, gave the Chinese hackers coveted access to a cryptographic key that was later used to break into the US officials’ email accounts, the tech giant said in a blog post. The hackers had breached the email accounts of US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, in advance of Raimondo’s trip to China. Microsoft has been under scrutiny from US lawmakers and officials who have demanded more information on how the alleged Chinese hackers broke into the email accounts. As CNN previously reported, the Biden administration believes the Chinese hacking gave Beijing insights about US thinking ahead of Blinken’s trip.

Persons: China Nicholas Burns, Gina Raimondo, Don Bacon of Nebraska, Antony Blinken, Biden, Rob Joyce, ” Joyce, “, ” Organizations: CNN, Microsoft, Republican, Department of Homeland Security, State Department, National Security Agency Locations: Washington, China, Beijing

☆ Fulton County DA seeks to keep potential juror identities secret in election interference case
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Sara Murray | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis wants to keep the identities of jurors who may be chosen to hear the Georgia 2020 election interference case secret, after grand jurors who issued the indictment against Donald Trump and his allies were doxed online, according to a new court filing. “Based on the doxing of Fulton County grand jurors and the Fulton County District Attorney, it is clearly foreseeable that trial jurors will likely be doxed should their names be made available to the public,” according to the filing. The names of the grand jurors were included on the indictment as a matter of practice for indictments in Fulton County. However, the indictment, which is a public record available on the court website, does not include their addresses or any other personally identifiable information. It notes that personal information for Willis and members of her family was also shared online.

Persons: Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Willis, ’, ”, Trump, Russia “ Organizations: CNN, Attorney, ” CNN, Atlanta Police Department, Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, Department of Homeland Security, Russia, DHS Locations: Fulton County, Georgia

☆ The U.S. government is investing $22 million into developing surveillance clothing that includes shirts, pants, and underwear that can record video and audio
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The federal government has a $22 million surveillance clothing program, according to The Intercept. The initiative will develop shirts, pants, socks, and underwear that can record audio and video. In other words, funding moonshots like underwear that's as stretchable and washable as normal underwear, but can also record your every move. Some are worried, though, that the SMART ePANTS program could lay the groundwork for more invasive forms of surveillance. She added, "now suppose SMART ePANTS detects a chemical on your skin — imagine where that can lead."

Persons: Dawson Cagle, Cagle, Annie Jacobsen, they're, IARPA Organizations: Apple, Oura, Textile Systems, SMART, Intercept, Smart, National Intelligence, Intelligence, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, SMART ePANTS, United, TSA

☆ Chinese gatecrashers at US bases raise espionage concerns -WSJ
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The Defense Department, FBI and other agencies held a review last year to try to limit these incidents that involved gatecrashers because of their attempts to get into U.S. military bases without proper authorization, the WSJ report said. The gatecrashers ranged from Chinese nationals found crossing into a U.S. missile range in New Mexico to scuba divers swimming in murky waters near a U.S. government rocket launch site in Florida, according to the report. The incidents that occurred in rural areas where there is little tourism typically involved Chinese nationals who were pressed into service and required to report back to the Chinese government, the report added, citing officials familiar with the practice. The U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the WSJ report. Reporting by Akanksha Khushi in Bengaluru; Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Jamie FreedOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Akanksha, Jacqueline Wong, Jamie Freed Organizations: Wall Street, U.S, The Defense Department, FBI, U.S . Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Thomson Locations: U.S, New Mexico, Florida, Washington, Beijing, United States, Coast, Bengaluru

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is worried about the safety of chemical facilities across the country after its power to keep dangerous substances out of the hands of extremists lapsed a month ago. Homeland Security officials say this left gaping holes in the country's national security, and they are calling on Congress to act quickly when it returns this week. The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, which falls under DHS, then determines whether the facility is considered high risk and therefore must develop a security plan. Congress gave the department the authority to begin the chemical security program in 2006, and it went into effect the following year. Homeland Security officials say the program's lapse has left them without a vital security tool.

Persons: Alejandro Mayorkas, ”, Kelly Murray, Sen, Rand Paul, Paul, ” Paul, there's, Murray, she's, reauthorized, they're, Matt Fridley, “ They’re, Scott Jensen Organizations: WASHINGTON, Department of Homeland Security, Chemical, Homeland Security, Homeland, Chemical Security, Infrastructure Security Agency, DHS, Congress, Kentucky Republican, & Infrastructure Security Agency, American Chemistry Council Locations: Virginia, Kentucky

Yet several hard-right conservatives told CNN they are prepared to take down the rule over the spending bill if their demands aren’t met. Democrats are already trying to pin the blame on any shutdown on the House GOP. Ukraine funding a key flashpoint in HouseHow McCarthy deals with the immediate spending demands remains to be seen, including whether he’ll agree to pair the short-term spending bill with any aid to Ukraine. Simpson said of tying Ukraine aid to the short-term spending bill: “That’s a tougher sell. “Once you get truly into the presidential cycle, everything gets that much more difficult.”Hardliners may upend McCarthy’s strategyHard-line conservatives are already threatening to make McCarthy’s calculus more complicated if he cuts a short-term spending deal with Democrats.

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☆ US to continue deporting Haitians as it evacuates its citizens
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON/PORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug 31 (Reuters) - The United States will continue deporting Haitian migrants back to their country, a spokesperson from the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday, amid worsening gang warfare that prompted it a day earlier to urge its own citizens to evacuate. "Removals of Haitian nationals encountered at our southern border and repatriation of Haitian nationals encountered at sea continue," the spokesperson said, noting the Biden administration had expanded parole processes for Haitian migrants. "Those interdicted at sea are subject to immediate repatriation, and those encountered in the United States without a legal basis to remain are subject to removal," they said. The United Nations and human rights group have called on the United States and other countries to stop this practice. U.S. border authorities encountered more than 125,000 Haitians between last October and July, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Persons: Ralph Tedy Erol, Biden, Toussaint, Ted Hesson, Sarah Morland, Stephen Coates Organizations: Boeing, Omni Air International, REUTERS, PORT, Department of Homeland Security, United Nations, U.S . Customs, Protection, Homeland Security, Reuters, Omni Air, Integrated, Thomson Locations: U.S, Port, Prince, Haiti, WASHINGTON, United States, Washington, Mexico City

☆ Fact Check-Opening of Arizona border floodgates predates Biden administration
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

But posts on social media read: “The Biden administration welded open the Trump border wall in Tucson, AZ. The floodgates, however, open seasonally and predate the Biden administration. The Tucson Sector of the wall runs through most of the state of Arizona (here). A January 2020 article by the Washington Post, published almost a year before Joe Biden became president, shows floodgates had been opened for monsoon season during the Trump administration (here). Border Patrol agents have opened them during monsoon season since before Biden became president.

Persons: Biden, Ali Bradley, ” Bradley, “, It’s, Joe Biden, Trump, Ariel Ruiz Soto, Read Organizations: U.S, Facebook, Patrol, DHS, Department of Homeland Security, Biden, U.S . Customs, Border Protection, Tucson Sector, Washington Post, Migration Policy Institute, Border Patrol, Reuters Locations: U.S, Mexico, Arizona, Lukeville , Arizona, Tucson , AZ, Tucson, Washington

☆ Abbott's Texas National Guard set up a secret spy operation and treated the border like it was the war in Iraq: whistleblowers
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Texas National Guardsmen set up a secret spying mission by using WhatsApp to snoop on migrants, a watchdog found. Top brass in Operation Lone Star — a state-run effort to combat illegal immigration — "wanted to pretend it was like Iraq," one servicemember told The Texas Tribune and The Military Times. Insider has reached out to the Texas National Guard for comment. After whistleblowers reported the WhatsApp surveillance, leaders in the Texas National Guard shut down Operation Lone Star's intelligence unit, the report said. The Texas Military Department's inspector general also investigated the activity and determined it was an unauthorized foreign intelligence operation, the outlets reported.

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☆ Exclusive: Smuggler with ties to ISIS helped migrants enter US from Mexico, raising alarm bells across government
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Katie Bo Lillis Evan Perez Priscilla Alvarez Natasha Bertrand | Katie Bo Lillis | Evan Perez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

And they are closely scrutinizing a number of the migrants as possible criminal threats, according to two US officials. The security of the southern border has been a political sticking point between Republicans and the Biden administration. John Moore/Getty Images/FILEAdministration officials have also grappled with limited resources as they face a growing number of migrants at the US southern border. In July, border authorities encountered more than 183,000 migrants at the US southern border, according to US Customs and Border Protection data. Both the Biden and Trump administrations have been forced to wrestle with similar cases of suspected terrorists trying to enter the country at the southern border.

Persons: Adrienne Watson, Joe Biden’s, Biden, ” Watson, John Moore, Christopher Wray, ” Wray Organizations: CNN, FBI, ISIS, National Security, Staff, Department of Homeland Security, Turkish, Biden, DHS, Administration, US Customs, Trump, Migrants Locations: Mexico, United States, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, China, Russia, Asia

☆ Vivek Ramaswamy says racism is often 'manufactured,' calls on nation to 'restore colorblind equality'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Vivek Ramaswamy has recently made a series of controversial comments about race. He said white supremacy is rare, racism is "manufactured," and compared Ayanna Pressley to the KKK. AdvertisementAdvertisementNBC host Chuck Todd asked about the Jacksonville shooting and how Ramaswamy would address racially motivated violence as president. At a campaign stop in Iowa on Friday, Ramaswamy suggested white supremacy is as realistic as unicorns. Maybe I will meet a — maybe I will meet a unicorn sooner.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Ayanna Pressley, Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy's, Martin Luther King Jr, Chuck Todd, colorblind Organizations: Service, GOP, Klux Klan, NBC, Jacksonville, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, CNN Locations: Florida, Wall, Silicon, America, United States, Jacksonville , Florida, Washington, Iowa

In Florida, Senate Bill 254, enacted in May, banned gender-affirming care for minors but also created less-noticed barriers for adult care. The state laws largely intervene to stop gender-affirming medical care around adolescence: treatments such as puberty blockers, hormones and later, in rare cases, surgery. Medical consensus favors gender-affirming care as essential and sometimes life-saving, after careful consideration by multiple providers. But he also said gender-affirming medical treatments were extreme. Colorado has not enacted restrictions on gender-affirming care.

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CNN —Former President Donald Trump has attracted a lot of attention for his lead in the polls and the money race, but he’s also already ahead in an essential area that’s gotten less notice: the delegate process. Republicans often point to Jeff Roe, who is leading the pro-DeSantis super PAC, as an expert on the delegate process. The delegate process rivalry between DeSantis and Trump speaks to the overall strategy of many of these campaigns. Trump’s state party advantageIn 2016, the idea that Donald Trump would eventually have deep roots with state Republican party officials seemed outlandish. The Trump campaign denies the former president ever made such a comment.

Persons: Donald Trump, he’s, Ron DeSantis, –, Simply, Trump, DeSantis, Chris Christie’s, Sen, Tim Scott’s, Christie, Scott, Trump’s, Chris LaCivita, Susie Wiles, Brian Jack, Texas Sen, Ted Cruz, Jeff Roe, Ken Cuccinelli, LaCivita, Ken Cuccinelli –, Cuccinelli, Cruz, “ There’s, ” LaCivita, “ We’ll, “, ”, ” Cuccinelli Organizations: CNN, Republican, Flordia, Trump, Republican National Committee, New, New Jersey Gov, RNC, Advisers, Republicans, DeSantis, Republican National Convention, GOP, White, Party, Michigan Republican Party, Trump’s Department of Homeland Security Locations: New Jersey, Louisiana, Texas, headwinds, California , Massachusetts , Idaho , Colorado, Nevada, Michigan

☆ As Trump racks up indictments, his supporters are getting arrested and threatening violence against a judge and jurors
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

As Trump racks up indictments, his supporters are threatening and doxxing judges and jurors. Homeland Security alleged that a Trump supporter told a judge overseeing his case "You are in our sights, we want to kill you." Far-right message boards also lit up with violent threats against grand jurors in Georgia after Trump was indicted (again) this week. And as the former president keeps racking up indictments, his most extreme supporters are stepping up their rhetoric too, escalating their threats against judges and jurors involved in handing down those indictments. Other Trump supporters online discussed targeting the grand jurors in another Trump case, according to media reports.

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☆ Looming Trump trials are throwing judges into an election maelstrom
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —Judges are being forced into an unprecedented and perilous spot in the middle of an already tempestuous presidential campaign because of rising acrimony over the criminal trials of Donald Trump. Indeed, Trump and his allies are already framing the four indictments against him as an example of election interference. Smith’s prosecutors implicitly admitted this in arguing in the federal election subversion case that there was an overriding national interest in avoiding unnecessary delays – given the identity of the accused. Thorny questions judges must addressThe fateful decisions that judges will be called on to make go far beyond when the trials take place. For instance, one of his lawyers argued that Smith’s election subversion case cannot be fairly tried in Washington, where Trump won only 5% of the vote.

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☆ Novak Djokovic ‘glad to be back’ on American soil after two-year absence
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Novak Djokovic is preparing to play on American soil for the first time since 2021 after the Covid vaccine requirement for non-US travelers was lifted earlier this year. His last match in the States was at the 2021 US Open when he lost to Daniil Medvedev in the final. “I’ve had plenty of success on American soil with Indian Wells, Miami, obviously Canada and here, [I’ve] won many times at these Masters 1,000 events, all of them. Djokovic plays a forehand against Carlos Alcaraz during this year's Wimbledon final. Regarding his defeat in the Wimbledon final, Djokovic said on Sunday that he was “over it in a day” and looking forward to the hard-court swing.

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☆ Jana Partners loaded up on little-known defense stocks in second quarter
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Barry Rosenstein's Jana Partners placed two new bets on defense and aerospace stocks in the second quarter, according to a 13F filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission . Among Jana's other notable moves in the second quarter were buying a new position in Leidos Holdings worth $29 million. Jana lowered its holding in LabCorp nearly 40%, or $55 million, bringing it to roughly $97 million by the quarter's end. The fund entirely exited a $4 million position in geospatial intelligence stock BlackSky Technology . Jana managed about $1.3 billion in 13F securities at the end of the second quarter, according to WhaleWisdom.com .

Persons: Barry Rosenstein's Jana Partners, Jana Organizations: U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Mercury Systems, Leidos Holdings, U.S ., U.S . Department of Defense, U.S . Department of Homeland Security, Fidelity National Information Services, Technology Locations: LabCorp

REUTERS/Adrees LatifEAGLE PASS, Texas, Aug 11 (Reuters) - The leafy trees on Magali and Hugo Urbina's 350-acre orchard next to the Rio Grande river in Eagle Pass, Texas, should be bursting with pecans this time of year. Migrants for years have forged the river from Mexico to Eagle Pass, part of increasingly higher numbers of people crossing illegally in recent years. He has accused Biden of failing to enforce migration laws and said he has the authority to "defend" Texas' border. Immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility, with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) tasked with securing the border. ENVIRONMENTAL RISKSIn Eagle Pass, sediment falling into the river from the installation of fences and buoys is already altering the water's flow, according to environmentalists.

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☆ US cyber body to review cloud computing safety, Microsoft breach
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A man types into a keyboard during the Def Con hacker convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on July 29, 2017. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File PhotoWASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - A U.S. cyber safety body will review issues relating to cloud-based identity and authentication infrastructure that will include an assessment of a recent Microsoft (MSFT.O) breach that led to the theft of emails from U.S. government agencies, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Friday. The review by the Cyber Safety Review Board will look at the malicious targeting of cloud computing environments, the DHS said in a statement. Senator Ron Wyden in July asked the Federal Trade Commission, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Justice Department to "take action" against Microsoft following the hack. The Cyber Safety Review Board's review will provide recommendations to help organizations protect against malicious access to cloud-based accounts , DHS said.

Persons: Steve Marcus, Alejandro Mayorkas, Ron Wyden, Jasper Ward, Ismail Shakil, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Def Con, REUTERS, Microsoft, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Federal Trade Commission, Infrastructure Security Agency, Justice Department, Thomson Locations: Las Vegas , Nevada, U.S, Washington, Ottawa

REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File PhotoWASHINGTON, Aug 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden asked Congress to approve about $40 billion in additional spending on Thursday, including $24 billion for Ukraine and other international needs, $4 billion related to border security and $12 billion for disaster relief. Trump, the front-runner in the race to be the Republican presidential nominee in 2024, has been sharply critical of U.S. support for Ukraine in the war. FIRST UKRAINE REQUEST SINCE REPUBLICANS TOOK HOUSERepublicans narrowly control the House, where Speaker Kevin McCarthy signaled in June that any request for more assistance for Ukraine would face an uphill path through Congress. The House and Senate last approved aid for the Kyiv government - $48 billion - in December, before Republicans took control of the House. The request includes $13.1 billion for the Department of Defense, including $9.5 billion for equipment for Ukraine and replenishment of U.S. equipment stocks already sent to Kyiv.

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