| Syria: What Trump is signaling to Mideast allies and foes about US priorities Posted: 05 Apr 2018 02:08 PM PDT ![Syria: What Trump is signaling to Mideast allies and foes about US priorities]( "Syria: What Trump is signaling to Mideast allies and foes about US priorities") Late last year Secretary of Defense James Mattis laid out the details of a plan that would see the United States remaining in Syria well into the future – after the defeat of the Islamic State. The US would stick around and shift to a stabilization role to make sure ISIS did not come back, and to keep cards in the diplomatic game (a game that includes adversaries Russia and Iran) to find a political settlement to Syria's civil war. This week President Trump, who earlier had signed off on Secretary Mattis's plan, sent a different message to his Pentagon chief: Not going to happen quite like that.
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| Cybersecurity may be beating cyber fear Posted: 05 Apr 2018 12:32 PM PDT ![Cybersecurity may be beating cyber fear]( "Cybersecurity may be beating cyber fear") When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress on April 10-11, he will try to explain why the social media giant let the personal data of 87 million users be exploited for targeting voters in the 2016 election. Despite a drumbeat of data breaches in recent years, such as those at Facebook, Uber, and Equifax, the good news is that cybersecurity may be improving, at least in the United States. Both companies and governments "are getting better at discovering compromises in-house with their own internal teams," according to a global survey by cybersecurity firm Mandiant.
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| If Mueller finds evidence of wrongdoing, can he indict Trump? Posted: 05 Apr 2018 12:02 PM PDT ![If Mueller finds evidence of wrongdoing, can he indict Trump?]( "If Mueller finds evidence of wrongdoing, can he indict Trump?") One of the most fundamental questions facing Special Counsel Robert Mueller in his investigation of President Trump is what to do if he uncovers evidence of wrongdoing by Mr. Trump. Since 1973, the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel has maintained a policy that a sitting president may not be prosecuted or indicted. Now, 19 months into the Trump-Russia investigation, legal analysts are questioning whether Mr. Mueller should jettison the 45-year-old Justice Department policy, if necessary, to indict Trump.
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| He helps homeless people reconnect with loved ones through video messages Posted: 05 Apr 2018 10:41 AM PDT ![He helps homeless people reconnect with loved ones through video messages]( "He helps homeless people reconnect with loved ones through video messages") Tim Spires sits in an ordinary white office space wearing a baseball cap and a dark long-sleeved shirt. The video is recorded by Miracle Messages, a nonprofit based in San Francisco that works to connect homeless people with loved ones they may have lost track of over the years. Volunteers record these heartfelt video messages and then use social media to find the family and friends of the individuals and deliver the messages.
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