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His defence barrister, Ben Cooper, claimed his crimes were no worse than the antics of the Bullingdon Club – an exclusive society dining club for Oxford University students, and put it down to a 'teenage prank'.
Hussain also bombarded the national anti-terror hotline with prank calls - leaving the numbers ‘permanently engaged’ after calling it 111 times in three days, Southwark Crown Court heard.
His actions, as leader of hackers group Team Poison, saw the centre’s seven lines overwhelmed by an 850 per cent increase in calls,.
He later posted recordings of the conversations on the internet, including a lengthy call in which he eavesdropped after a police operator mistakenly failed to hang up properly.
Passing sentence, Judge Nicholas Loraine-Smith QC said: ‘You told the probation officer that someone suggested Tony Blair’s PA should be a target.
‘You succeeded in hacking the personal account of Ms Kay, with some 150 contacts.
‘Some or all of those were then posted on the internet. She received abusive calls and emails from here and abroad.
‘This was a gross invasion of her privacy and those of her associates, for which you were responsible.
Turning to the hoax calls, he added: ‘These not only resulted in an appreciable waste of police time, but could have stopped genuine callers getting through.
The prank calls to the anti-terror hotline were made between December last year and April this year, with some hoaxers using specialist software to disguise their voices.
Recordings of the conversations were later posted to YouTube.
Richard Milne, prosecuting, said Team Poison’s actions caused the lines to be ‘constantly blocked’ to genuine callers who wanted to report suspicions of terrorist activity.
‘There was no useful information being given.
The court heard Ms Kay had started working for Windrush, one of the companies run by Mr Blair, in 2008.
Hussain managed to break into her Google Mail account, stealing 150 contacts from her address book along with the messages in her inbox.
Mr Milne said: ‘In the new year of 2011, Ms Kay became aware colleagues of hers had started receiving emails from her account which she had not sent.
In June that year, Ms Kay was contacted by a journalist from the Sunday Times who told her he had found information from her emails on the internet.
Open on his computer at the time was a Facebook chat window in which he bragged of ‘hacking a number of different people and organisations, including Tony Blair’.
In a witness statement read to the court, Ms Kay said: ‘I felt that this was an invasion of my privacy.
‘I was upset and embarrassed that my details, and personal details of friends, had been made public because of who I had worked for.
Hussain recently sat his A-Levels and was previously offered places at two universities to study computer forensics.
He has been working full-time as an accounts ledger since the summer holidays began.
The barrister then referred to the alleged antics of David Cameron and Boris Johnson when they were students at Oxford University.
He said many members of the infamous Bullingdon Club at Oxford University were guilty of ‘smashing up restaurants’ and behaving foolishly in their youth.
‘Thankfully, in this case, national security and counter-terrorism was not in fact compromised,’ he added.
The barrister added: ‘When one meets him, he is a very shy, unassuming young man.
Hussain, of Bagnell Road, Birmingham, admitted conspiring to commit public nuisance between January 1, 2010, and April 14, 2012, and causing a computer to perform a function to secure unauthorised access to a program or data.
A third charge, of ‘defacing’ numerous websites hosted by Hampton Media Services between June 3 and 7, 2010, was ordered to lie on file.
As for the steeplechase, well, that’s not a state event.
Longtime Heights coach Steve Crosley has been an advocate of the steeplechase, even requesting a steeplechase pit when the Falcons upgraded from a cinder track to an all-weather surface in 2007.
Steeplechase pits have since been installed at East, North, Northwest, Southeast and West.
The steeplechase – the hurdle at the water pit and four other hurdles during each lap – is part of Heights’ meets, and Crosley said it never lacks for participants.
City League athletic director J Means’ proposal before the Kansas Interscholastic Athletic Adminstrators Association to add steeplechase as a non-scoring state event was voted down in March. So it can’t go to the Kansas State High School Activities Association’s board of directors.
Kapaun track coach John Kornelson, who also was a longtime track coach at Wichita State, said the United States has lagged in steeplechase in international competition.
It’s the obstacles during the course of the 2000-meter race that increase the difficulty.
But the obstacles are Wilson’s favorite.
“It’s fun to win, and it’s better than the mile. It’s fast, it’s different,” he said.
Before high school, Wilson’s knowledge of the steeplechase came from watching videos highlighting competitors falling in the water after jumping over the hurdle.
He fell once last season, but was able to pop back up and not lose too much time.
Once Wilson tried steeplechase, he quickly realized he had talent.
He will compete in the steeplechase at the Great Southwest Track and Field Classic in Albuquerque next week.
Wichita State, Pittsburg State and Hutchinson have shown interest in signing Wilson.
Wilson, who finished fourth in Class 5A in cross country in 2014 and seventh in 2015, has shown marked improvement in his track events this season. He finished second in the 1600 at regionals.
But Wilson isn’t sure about his future.
His goal for the past 11 years has been to become a pilot.
He had hoped to attend the Air Force Academy, but while he got a nomination, he was denied. Yet through that process that included submitting personal essays, his mother, Michele Banks, discovered a deeper side to her son.
“Because he doesn’t talk a lot, we have to extract things from him,” Banks said. “From those papers, we found out things.… He said that he wants to push harder, find out how fast he can go, how hard he can push himself.
Such a mindset goes along with the fact that he’s an adrenaline junkie, Banks said.
“He likes to jump off 100-foot cliffs. He likes to water ski going really fast. He loves to get his mountain bike out,” she said.
If Wilson chooses track, it’s possible his path to being a pilot will take a detour.
He’s unsure right now if that’s what he wants. It’s possible that his track career will end with next week’s race.
Yet the steeplechase continues to tug at his competitive side.
The examination schedules are subject to change.
Unless your instructor informs you otherwise, you can determine the time and date of your final exams by following the final exam schedules below. The exam schedules do not apply to the Eastman School of Music.
Final exams for courses that do not have a common final exam are scheduled according to the days and hours the course meets during the semester.
All examinations will be held in their regularly scheduled classrooms unless you are notified to the contrary by the instructor.
Exams are occasionally rescheduled because of special circumstances.
The examination schedule is subject to change.
The official reading period is optional by the school offering the course. Arts, Sciences, and Engineering (AS&E) abides by the reading period. During this time, instructors are allowed to hold review classes but cannot schedule regular class.
He may only be nine-years-old, but Tolley Carter Jr. is already a national champion.
"It felt like really great because I finally feel like how to be a champion," said Carter Jr.
Tolley recently won the boys nine and ten-year-old, 114-pound weight division at the National Silver Gloves Tournament in Independence, Missouri.
"It felt great because I always wanted a belt since I was six years old and I saw other people getting a belt," saw Carter Jr.
Tolley first fell in love with boxing after watching the sport with his dad Tolley Carter Sr.
"He would sit down with me and watch boxing all the time, and he would say dad I want to box," said Carter senior. "Of course, I would just ignore it. No father wants to see his son get hit in the face, but he just kept bugging me, and I said you know what, I'm going to take him to a gym."
Tolley Sr. took Tolley Jr. to Legends boxing gym in Nicholasville, Kentucky to see how much he really liked the sport.
"I mean from the first punch he took he lit up the room with a smile, and I knew then that he was wired a little different," said Carter Sr.
Tolley Sr, who was once an amateur boxer, began coaching his son.
"As a father, there are nerves dealing with your kid putting himself in a perilous situation," said Carter Sr. "But as his coach, I'm confident in what he's able to do, and I've been able to separate the two."
For young Tolley, spending time with his dad in the gym is worth every punch.
"So if you're ever sparring he can give you ideas," said Carter Jr. "Yeah I like spending time with my dad and is like a boxer, and I'm a boxer, it felt great because y'all got something in common."
Are wool sneakers the future of footwear? Some investors think so.
Allbirds raises $7.25 million for its sustainable shoes.
Tracking data differently has allowed Garcia to consider new options.
Lieutenant Gov. Joe Garcia released Colorado's annual Remedial Report in April. And the results are a bit different this time around.
Formerly, he says, only data from students who tested into remedial-level coursework was counted. This year, an additional 2,009 in-state students who enrolled in remedial coursework on their own were added to the report.
"Now we're able to actually track student data back to the high school," says Garcia, also the executive director of the state's Department of Higher Education. "Not just whether they enrolled in college, and what courses they took."
So what's been learned? Well, 40 percent of Colorado students entering higher education aren't ready for it. And many times, students in remedial courses aren't gaining much ground toward a degree, as many courses at this level don't grant college credits.
In the report, the CDHE clearly states that its goal is to provide 66 percent of residents ages 25 to 34 with the tools necessary to hold "high-quality, postsecondary credentials." This is a good number, as, according to Garcia, 60 percent of the jobs created in Colorado in the next 10 years will require a college degree.
The lieutenant governor believes this can be done, and he sees several different ways of implementation. Shorter graduation times is one he's focused on in the past. And now, depending on the institution, coursework is being considered differently, which may help with remediation.
Some students are allowed self-paced courses. Other students can take a combined two-or-three-part course in just one semester. Still others are taking college-level coursework with a significant amount of supplemental help to ensure that they not only keep their heads above water, but actually learn, and grow as students.
The most proven method, however, according to Garcia, is earlier preparation. He references his time leading Colorado State University-Pueblo and Pikes Peak Community College, when he would make a point to leave campus to meet with junior high and high schools about what specific needs weren't being met prior to students' enrollment. He says bluntly, "This is one of the things that higher education needs to be doing."
Luckily, many people are addressing these problems in Colorado. Some issues, however, are big enough to require the largest of team efforts.
Among these larger issues are alarmingly higher rates of remediation among African-American students (90 percent at two-year institutions) and Hispanic students (78 percent at two-year institutions). Garcia says we see this "racial, ethnic, and income achievement gap" all over the country, and that some Colorado charter and traditional schools have shown success in reducing it by merely bringing a different approach to instruction. It's a job that needs to start early.
"A lot of this gap," he says, "exists before kids ever even arrive in preschool."
Tonight a stunning new development in the battle over the disputed primary in Florida. State Senate Democratic Leader Steven Geller filing a federal lawsuit to force the Democratic National Committee and its chairman, Howard Dean, to recognize Florida's votes. State Senator Geller is among our guests here tonight.
And the Bush administration refusing again to stand up for working men and women and our middle class. The Bush administration deciding to make it easier for corporate America to hire foreign workers to replace American workers. We'll have that report.
And tonight, new efforts to win justice for imprisoned border patrol agents, Ramos and Compean.
Also, an ethics complaint filed against the U.S. attorney responsible for the case. We'll have that and all the day's news and much more straight ahead here tonight.
ANNOUNCER: This is LOU DOBBS TONIGHT: news, debate, and opinion for Thursday, May 22. Live from New York, Lou Dobbs.
Top Democrats in Florida tonight have had a bellyful of the Democratic Party's national leadership and its refusal to recognize Florida's Democratic voters. State Senate Democratic Leader Steven Geller today filing lawsuit in federal court to force the national party to count Florida's nearly two million votes.
Geller telling Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean that the votes of those Democrats cannot be ignored. The lawsuit comes as Senator Clinton intensifies her battle to count votes from both Florida and Michigan, the other disputed primary.
Joining me now, Florida Senate Democratic Leader Steven Geller.
Good to have you with us, Senator.
STEVEN GELLER (D), FL SENATE MINORITY LEADER: Thanks, Lou. Nice to see you again.
DOBBS: Why did you decide to file this lawsuit now? Did you simply exhaust all over avenues? GELLER: Let me first say that it's important to note that I filed it. I'm one of those uncommitted superdelegates. But in addition to me, we have a Clinton delegate and an Obama delegate also. And I had agreed to endorse John Edwards before he dropped out.
So let's be clear, we're not doing this to help or hurt any candidate. We're doing this because in nine days, May 31, the Democratic National Committee Rules and Bylaws Committee is going to be hearing Florida's appeal. I've sent them a very nice letter, asking them to seat Florida's delegation and explaining why we should be seated.
DOBBS: What was the response?
GELLER: That's why we filed the lawsuit as well.
DOBBS: What do you expect to happen as a result and how soon will you know?

His defence barrister, Ben Cooper, claimed his crimes were no worse than the antics of the Bullingdon Club – an exclusive society dining club for Oxford University students, and put it down to a 'teenage prank'.

Hussain also bombarded the national anti-terror hotline with prank calls - leaving the numbers ‘permanently engaged’ after calling it 111 times in three days, Southwark Crown Court heard.

His actions, as leader of hackers group Team Poison, saw the centre’s seven lines overwhelmed by an 850 per cent increase in calls,.

He later posted recordings of the conversations on the internet, including a lengthy call in which he eavesdropped after a police operator mistakenly failed to hang up properly.

Passing sentence, Judge Nicholas Loraine-Smith QC said: ‘You told the probation officer that someone suggested Tony Blair’s PA should be a target.

‘You succeeded in hacking the personal account of Ms Kay, with some 150 contacts.

‘Some or all of those were then posted on the internet. She received abusive calls and emails from here and abroad.

‘This was a gross invasion of her privacy and those of her associates, for which you were responsible.

Turning to the hoax calls, he added: ‘These not only resulted in an appreciable waste of police time, but could have stopped genuine callers getting through.

The prank calls to the anti-terror hotline were made between December last year and April this year, with some hoaxers using specialist software to disguise their voices.

Recordings of the conversations were later posted to YouTube.

Richard Milne, prosecuting, said Team Poison’s actions caused the lines to be ‘constantly blocked’ to genuine callers who wanted to report suspicions of terrorist activity.

‘There was no useful information being given.

The court heard Ms Kay had started working for Windrush, one of the companies run by Mr Blair, in 2008.

Hussain managed to break into her Google Mail account, stealing 150 contacts from her address book along with the messages in her inbox.

Mr Milne said: ‘In the new year of 2011, Ms Kay became aware colleagues of hers had started receiving emails from her account which she had not sent.

In June that year, Ms Kay was contacted by a journalist from the Sunday Times who told her he had found information from her emails on the internet.

Open on his computer at the time was a Facebook chat window in which he bragged of ‘hacking a number of different people and organisations, including Tony Blair’.

In a witness statement read to the court, Ms Kay said: ‘I felt that this was an invasion of my privacy.

‘I was upset and embarrassed that my details, and personal details of friends, had been made public because of who I had worked for.

Hussain recently sat his A-Levels and was previously offered places at two universities to study computer forensics.

He has been working full-time as an accounts ledger since the summer holidays began.

The barrister then referred to the alleged antics of David Cameron and Boris Johnson when they were students at Oxford University.

He said many members of the infamous Bullingdon Club at Oxford University were guilty of ‘smashing up restaurants’ and behaving foolishly in their youth.

‘Thankfully, in this case, national security and counter-terrorism was not in fact compromised,’ he added.

The barrister added: ‘When one meets him, he is a very shy, unassuming young man.

Hussain, of Bagnell Road, Birmingham, admitted conspiring to commit public nuisance between January 1, 2010, and April 14, 2012, and causing a computer to perform a function to secure unauthorised access to a program or data.

A third charge, of ‘defacing’ numerous websites hosted by Hampton Media Services between June 3 and 7, 2010, was ordered to lie on file.

As for the steeplechase, well, that’s not a state event.

Longtime Heights coach Steve Crosley has been an advocate of the steeplechase, even requesting a steeplechase pit when the Falcons upgraded from a cinder track to an all-weather surface in 2007.

Steeplechase pits have since been installed at East, North, Northwest, Southeast and West.

The steeplechase – the hurdle at the water pit and four other hurdles during each lap – is part of Heights’ meets, and Crosley said it never lacks for participants.

City League athletic director J Means’ proposal before the Kansas Interscholastic Athletic Adminstrators Association to add steeplechase as a non-scoring state event was voted down in March. So it can’t go to the Kansas State High School Activities Association’s board of directors.

Kapaun track coach John Kornelson, who also was a longtime track coach at Wichita State, said the United States has lagged in steeplechase in international competition.

It’s the obstacles during the course of the 2000-meter race that increase the difficulty.

But the obstacles are Wilson’s favorite.

“It’s fun to win, and it’s better than the mile. It’s fast, it’s different,” he said.

Before high school, Wilson’s knowledge of the steeplechase came from watching videos highlighting competitors falling in the water after jumping over the hurdle.

He fell once last season, but was able to pop back up and not lose too much time.

Once Wilson tried steeplechase, he quickly realized he had talent.

He will compete in the steeplechase at the Great Southwest Track and Field Classic in Albuquerque next week.

Wichita State, Pittsburg State and Hutchinson have shown interest in signing Wilson.

Wilson, who finished fourth in Class 5A in cross country in 2014 and seventh in 2015, has shown marked improvement in his track events this season. He finished second in the 1600 at regionals.

But Wilson isn’t sure about his future.

His goal for the past 11 years has been to become a pilot.

He had hoped to attend the Air Force Academy, but while he got a nomination, he was denied. Yet through that process that included submitting personal essays, his mother, Michele Banks, discovered a deeper side to her son.

“Because he doesn’t talk a lot, we have to extract things from him,” Banks said. “From those papers, we found out things.… He said that he wants to push harder, find out how fast he can go, how hard he can push himself.

Such a mindset goes along with the fact that he’s an adrenaline junkie, Banks said.

“He likes to jump off 100-foot cliffs. He likes to water ski going really fast. He loves to get his mountain bike out,” she said.

If Wilson chooses track, it’s possible his path to being a pilot will take a detour.

He’s unsure right now if that’s what he wants. It’s possible that his track career will end with next week’s race.

Yet the steeplechase continues to tug at his competitive side.

The examination schedules are subject to change.

Unless your instructor informs you otherwise, you can determine the time and date of your final exams by following the final exam schedules below. The exam schedules do not apply to the Eastman School of Music.

Final exams for courses that do not have a common final exam are scheduled according to the days and hours the course meets during the semester.

All examinations will be held in their regularly scheduled classrooms unless you are notified to the contrary by the instructor.

Exams are occasionally rescheduled because of special circumstances.

The examination schedule is subject to change.

The official reading period is optional by the school offering the course. Arts, Sciences, and Engineering (AS&E) abides by the reading period. During this time, instructors are allowed to hold review classes but cannot schedule regular class.

He may only be nine-years-old, but Tolley Carter Jr. is already a national champion.

"It felt like really great because I finally feel like how to be a champion," said Carter Jr.

Tolley recently won the boys nine and ten-year-old, 114-pound weight division at the National Silver Gloves Tournament in Independence, Missouri.

"It felt great because I always wanted a belt since I was six years old and I saw other people getting a belt," saw Carter Jr.

Tolley first fell in love with boxing after watching the sport with his dad Tolley Carter Sr.

"He would sit down with me and watch boxing all the time, and he would say dad I want to box," said Carter senior. "Of course, I would just ignore it. No father wants to see his son get hit in the face, but he just kept bugging me, and I said you know what, I'm going to take him to a gym."

Tolley Sr. took Tolley Jr. to Legends boxing gym in Nicholasville, Kentucky to see how much he really liked the sport.

"I mean from the first punch he took he lit up the room with a smile, and I knew then that he was wired a little different," said Carter Sr.

Tolley Sr, who was once an amateur boxer, began coaching his son.

"As a father, there are nerves dealing with your kid putting himself in a perilous situation," said Carter Sr. "But as his coach, I'm confident in what he's able to do, and I've been able to separate the two."

For young Tolley, spending time with his dad in the gym is worth every punch.

"So if you're ever sparring he can give you ideas," said Carter Jr. "Yeah I like spending time with my dad and is like a boxer, and I'm a boxer, it felt great because y'all got something in common."

Are wool sneakers the future of footwear? Some investors think so.

Allbirds raises $7.25 million for its sustainable shoes.

Tracking data differently has allowed Garcia to consider new options.

Lieutenant Gov. Joe Garcia released Colorado's annual Remedial Report in April. And the results are a bit different this time around.

Formerly, he says, only data from students who tested into remedial-level coursework was counted. This year, an additional 2,009 in-state students who enrolled in remedial coursework on their own were added to the report.

"Now we're able to actually track student data back to the high school," says Garcia, also the executive director of the state's Department of Higher Education. "Not just whether they enrolled in college, and what courses they took."

So what's been learned? Well, 40 percent of Colorado students entering higher education aren't ready for it. And many times, students in remedial courses aren't gaining much ground toward a degree, as many courses at this level don't grant college credits.

In the report, the CDHE clearly states that its goal is to provide 66 percent of residents ages 25 to 34 with the tools necessary to hold "high-quality, postsecondary credentials." This is a good number, as, according to Garcia, 60 percent of the jobs created in Colorado in the next 10 years will require a college degree.

The lieutenant governor believes this can be done, and he sees several different ways of implementation. Shorter graduation times is one he's focused on in the past. And now, depending on the institution, coursework is being considered differently, which may help with remediation.

Some students are allowed self-paced courses. Other students can take a combined two-or-three-part course in just one semester. Still others are taking college-level coursework with a significant amount of supplemental help to ensure that they not only keep their heads above water, but actually learn, and grow as students.

The most proven method, however, according to Garcia, is earlier preparation. He references his time leading Colorado State University-Pueblo and Pikes Peak Community College, when he would make a point to leave campus to meet with junior high and high schools about what specific needs weren't being met prior to students' enrollment. He says bluntly, "This is one of the things that higher education needs to be doing."

Luckily, many people are addressing these problems in Colorado. Some issues, however, are big enough to require the largest of team efforts.

Among these larger issues are alarmingly higher rates of remediation among African-American students (90 percent at two-year institutions) and Hispanic students (78 percent at two-year institutions). Garcia says we see this "racial, ethnic, and income achievement gap" all over the country, and that some Colorado charter and traditional schools have shown success in reducing it by merely bringing a different approach to instruction. It's a job that needs to start early.

"A lot of this gap," he says, "exists before kids ever even arrive in preschool."

Tonight a stunning new development in the battle over the disputed primary in Florida. State Senate Democratic Leader Steven Geller filing a federal lawsuit to force the Democratic National Committee and its chairman, Howard Dean, to recognize Florida's votes. State Senator Geller is among our guests here tonight.

And the Bush administration refusing again to stand up for working men and women and our middle class. The Bush administration deciding to make it easier for corporate America to hire foreign workers to replace American workers. We'll have that report.

And tonight, new efforts to win justice for imprisoned border patrol agents, Ramos and Compean.

Also, an ethics complaint filed against the U.S. attorney responsible for the case. We'll have that and all the day's news and much more straight ahead here tonight.

ANNOUNCER: This is LOU DOBBS TONIGHT: news, debate, and opinion for Thursday, May 22. Live from New York, Lou Dobbs.

Top Democrats in Florida tonight have had a bellyful of the Democratic Party's national leadership and its refusal to recognize Florida's Democratic voters. State Senate Democratic Leader Steven Geller today filing lawsuit in federal court to force the national party to count Florida's nearly two million votes.

Geller telling Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean that the votes of those Democrats cannot be ignored. The lawsuit comes as Senator Clinton intensifies her battle to count votes from both Florida and Michigan, the other disputed primary.

Joining me now, Florida Senate Democratic Leader Steven Geller.

Good to have you with us, Senator.

STEVEN GELLER (D), FL SENATE MINORITY LEADER: Thanks, Lou. Nice to see you again.

DOBBS: Why did you decide to file this lawsuit now? Did you simply exhaust all over avenues? GELLER: Let me first say that it's important to note that I filed it. I'm one of those uncommitted superdelegates. But in addition to me, we have a Clinton delegate and an Obama delegate also. And I had agreed to endorse John Edwards before he dropped out.

So let's be clear, we're not doing this to help or hurt any candidate. We're doing this because in nine days, May 31, the Democratic National Committee Rules and Bylaws Committee is going to be hearing Florida's appeal. I've sent them a very nice letter, asking them to seat Florida's delegation and explaining why we should be seated.

DOBBS: What was the response?

GELLER: That's why we filed the lawsuit as well.

DOBBS: What do you expect to happen as a result and how soon will you know?