Scott Smith Named Assistant Director for the Cyber Division

FBI Director James B. Comey has named Scott Smith as the assistant director for the Cyber Division. Mr. Smith most recently served as a deputy assistant director in the Human Resources Division at FBI Headquarters.

Mr. Smith entered on duty with the FBI in 1996. He was first assigned to the Cleveland Division, where he investigated violent crimes and general criminal matters and served as a member of the Safe Streets Task Force targeting local and Mexican drug trafficking organizations.

Mr. Smith deployed to Iraq in 2005 and led a contingent of special agents, analysts, and language specialists in support of the FBI’s counterterrorism program.

Throughout his career, Mr. Smith has held leadership positions in the Counterterrorism Division; the Cleveland Division’s Toledo, Sandusky, and Lima Resident Agencies; as the deputy on-scene commander in Iraq in 2008; as an assistant special agent in charge in the Dallas Division; as a chief in the Human Resources Division; and as the special agent in charge of the Pittsburgh Division.

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President Trump's @POTUS Twitter Linked To A Private Gmail Account

It seems like the new American President's Twitter account could easily be hacked due to security blunders he made with the most powerful Twitter account in the world, experts warned.

Days after we got to know that the newly inaugurated President Donald Trump was still using his old, insecure Android smartphone, it has now been revealed that the official @POTUS Twitter account was linked to a private Gmail account.

http://thehackernews.com/2017/01/president-trump-twitter.html

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Tulsi Gabbard Defends Criticism Of The Stop Arming T-E-R-R-O-R-I-S-T-S Act

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Gabbard meeting with Assad draws disgust from fellow lawmakers

Democrats and Republicans appear equally rattled at Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's decision to meet this month with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.

“There's a pretty unanimous feeling of shock and disgust,” said a Democratic aide who works on national security issues. “Everybody I've talked to on both sides of the aisle, I think people are just stunned.”

Republicans appeared more willing than Democrats to go on the record in ripping

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/316430-gabbard-meeting-with-assad-draws-disgust-from-fellow-lawmakers

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Chaffetz Says He Wants To Review Trump's DC Hotel Lease

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), the chair of the House Oversight Committee, told reporters on Wednesday that he is looking into the lease for President Donald Trump's Washington, D.C., hotel.

"I did request from the [General Services Administration] the full unredacted contract,” Chaffetz told reporters, according to Politico. “It’ll be interesting to see what they produce and what their take on it is.”

Democratic lawmakers and ethics experts say that Trump has violated his lease for the hotel. Trump leases the building from the federal government, and his lease states that an elected official cannot be involved in or benefit from the hotel, creating a conflict of interest for the new president.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/chaffetz-trump-hotel-lease

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Wave Of State Department Personnel Resign, Are Fired As Tillerson Takes Control

Update: according to a CNN report - so as always take with lots of salt - the story has shifted materially, because according to two senior administration officials, it wasn't a resignation by the State Department officials, but more of a termination: "the Trump administration told four top State Department management officials that their services were no longer needed as part of an effort to "clean house" at Foggy Bottom."

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-26/entire-senior-management-team-state-department-just-resigned

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White House Misspells UK Prime Minister's Name In Official Memo (Multiple Times)

A White House memo detailing President Trump's Friday schedule offered what some might call 'alternative letters' in the spelling of UK Prime Minister T(h)eresa May's name... mutliple times.

As The Hill reports, May's name was spelled "Teresa" three times in the daily guidance and press schedule email, which was sent Thursday evening with an hourly breakdown of the president's schedule.

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