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Efraín Ríos Montt, Guatemalan Dictator Convicted of Genocide, Dies at 91
The conviction, seen as a landmark in human rights law, was overturned shortly afterward. At his death he was being retried in absentia.
But the general was also a paradox. He began his political career as a reformer and became an evangelical preacher and teetotaler. Though reviled by many, he was a hero to others who believed his “beans and bullets” policy had helped keep Guatemala from falling under the power of Marxist-led guerrillas.
President Ronald Reagan was General Ríos Montt’s most prominent admirer. After meeting him in 1982, Mr. Reagan said the general was “getting a bum rap on human rights.”
General Rios Montt, center, announcing the formation of a junta after the overthrow of Gen. Romeo Lucas García’s right wing government.
Credit Associated Press
“I know that President Ríos Montt is a man of great personal integrity and commitment,” he said. “I know he wants to improve the quality of life for all Guatemalans and to promote social justice. My administration will do all it can to support his progressive efforts.”
José Efraín Ríos Montt was born on June 16, 1926, in the highland town of Huehuetenango. He joined the army as a young man and was trained at the United States Army School of the Americas in the Panama Canal Zone.
Guatemala has long been under the shadow of American influence. The leftist president Jacobo Arbenz was overthrown in a C.I.A.-backed coup in 1954, an event in which General Ríos Montt, then a young junior military officer, played a minor role.
In 1970, he became army chief of staff, but lost his post as a result of political rivalries and was sent to Washington to join the faculty of the Inter-American Defense College.
General Ríos Montt returned to Guatemala in 1973. The next year he ran for president as the candidate of a coalition supported by the center-left Christian Democrats. He lost after what was widely seen as fraud directed by military commanders. He was then sent out of the country as military attaché in Spain.
In the late 1970s, after returning to Guatemala, General Ríos Montt reinvented himself. He took a Dale Carnegie course in human relations, abandoned Roman Catholicism, became a preacher in the California-based Church of the Word, and struck up friendships with American evangelists, including Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson.
With his slicked-back hair, bushy mustache, charismatic speaking style and reputation for personal rectitude, General Ríos Montt built an enthusiastic following. On March 23, 1982, he and a handful of other officers staged a successful coup. He became head of a three-man junta.
By that time, leftist guerrillas had seized power in Nicaragua and were mounting strong campaigns in El Salvador and Guatemala. Determined to crush the Guatemalan insurgency, General Ríos Montt intensified the scorched-earth campaign that had been waged by his predecessor, Gen. Romeo Lucas García. In his first five months in power, according to Amnesty International, soldiers killed more than 10,000 peasants.
Thousands more disappeared. Hundreds of thousands fled their homes, many seeking refuge across the border in Mexico. Nearly all victims were indigenous people of Mayan extraction.
General Ríos Montt liked to say that a true Christian carried the Bible in one hand and a rifle in the other.
Mr. Ríos Montt at his trial in 2013. He was convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity and sentenced to 80 years in prison.Credit Moises Castillo/Associated Press
“If you are with us, we will feed you,” he told Guatemalan peasants. “If not, we will kill you.”
Rival officers deposed General Ríos Montt in a coup on Aug. 8, 1983, after he had effectively ruled as dictator for 17 months. He remained a public figure, however, running for president in 1990 and 2003. Supporters portrayed him as incorruptible, and said he had brought a measure of peace to a country that was careening toward anarchy.
General Ríos Montt served several terms in Congress, which gave him immunity from prosecution. When his last term expired in 2012, he lost that immunity.
By then, advances toward civilian democracy in Guatemala had made it feasible to indict him. An exhaustive “truth commission” investigation provided much evidence. More came from the excavation of mass graves.
General Ríos Montt’s trial opened in January 2013. He and his former chief of intelligence were charged with responsibility for massacres in 15 Ixil Maya villages in which 1,771 unarmed men, women, and children were killed.
The general, who was then 86, protested his innocence.
“I never did it,” he testified at his trial. “Of everything that has been said here, there has never been any evidence of my participation.”
In pronouncing her verdict after a five-month trial, Judge Yasmín Barrios said she was “completely convinced” of General Ríos Montt’s guilt. She sentenced him to 80 years in prison.
Relatives of victims who packed the courtroom, many wearing colorful Maya clothing, erupted in cheers of “Justice!” and “Yes, it was genocide!” The general’s co-defendant was acquitted.
“For Guatemala it broke gound that these people are no longer untouchable,” Jo-Marie Burt, a Latin America expert at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, said of the trial. “The Ríos Montt trial was another example of Latin America leading the way in showing that it is possible to bring war criminals to trial and to bring some measure of reparation to the victims, and to rewrite the historical record so that it’s a more accurate reflection of what happened and who was responsible.”
General Ríos Montt is survived by his wife, María Teresa; a son, Enrique, who served as army chief of staff but resigned after being charged with embezzlement; and a daughter, Zury, a former member of Congress who is married to a Republican former member of the United States Congress, Gerald C. Weller. Another son, Homero, a military doctor, was killed in 1982 when guerrillas shot down a helicopter in which he was traveling.
“Consider the thousands of unarmed men, women and children killed by the army while he sermonized about morality, and he is a monster,” wrote David Stoll, a professor of anthropology at Middlebury College in Vermont. “Consider the hopes invested in him by many Guatemalans, including poverty-stricken Catholic peasants, and he becomes a hero of mythic proportions.”
Elisabeth Malkin and Nic Wirtz contributed reporting.


-soak 2 cups dried cannellini beans overnight in bowl, covered in water.
-Bring to a rapid boil, then bring to a simmer, let simmer 1 hour, stirring every 10-15 minutes or more.
- bring to a low boil and add pasta mista, cook until soft but firm to the bite "al dente"
-serve in bowl, garnish with 274 EVOO and Parmigiano-Reggiano and piece of bread for scarpetta when done!


As the long days of summer begin to cool and leaves start to lose their color, winemakers across the Northern Hemisphere are gearing up for the most exciting time of the year: Crush. This is the point in the season the magic of winemaking truly begins. While there are many people who know the secrets of winemaking, the process is a complete mystery to others. With our easy guide, you too can understand the craftsmanship that goes into our favorite beverage.
At its core, winemaking requires two simple ingredients: Grapes and yeast. While winegrapes are very similar to the grapes that you buy from the market, there are several key differences. Wine grapes (Vitis Vinifera) have much thicker skins, smaller berries, and higher sugar content than table grapes.
Wine’s second ingredient, yeast, is a bit more complicated. Yeast is alive, meaning that it eats, grows, and reproduces. These single celled organisms are responsible for the creation of alcohol through the process of fermentation. With the right conditions, yeast will feast on the sugar in grapes, creating carbon dioxide and alcohol.
With over 1,000 different strains, the flavors and characteristics these microorganisms can impart drastically affects the final quality of the wine. Some winemakers choose to allow ambient yeasts present in the air around the winery and vineyard to carry out the fermentation, while others inoculate their freshly pressed juice with specific strains. Yeast and grapes are at the core of winemaking, and the additional steps along the way are what truly set apart a master winemaker.
The saying goes “It is easy to make bad wine from good grapes, but it is impossible to make good wine from bad grapes.” Over the past 8,000 years, mankind has been perfecting vineyard management and site selection. The Romans knew to plant vines where the winter snows melted first, and the ancient monks of Burgundy became fanatics when it came to understanding the intricacies of terroir. Today, a great vineyard manager is as important as a master winemaker when it comes to crafting the perfect bottle.
Throughout the season, vines are tenderly cared for, and it’s in the vineyard that the first decision of winemaking occurs: When to harvest? Ripeness is when the seeds, skins, and pulp of the grape are in perfect harmony; ideally this will occur when the fruit reaches the desirable level of sugar for winemaking.
In the winery the winemaker must make their biggest decisions. The most important of which is whether they want to make a red, white, or rosé.
White wines must have the skins removed prior to fermentation and can be made using red or white grapes. This differs from rosés and reds, which are produced exclusively using red varieties.
Once fermentation has begun, there are still more decisions to be made. For red wine, skin contact is key to extracting color, tannin, and flavor. Winemakers have to decide how much skin contact a wine will need to be balanced.
After fermentation has run its course, most wines still have months or years before they will be consumed. First, red wines are pressed off of their skins, the free run juice is prized for its lighter body, while the pressed juice is more tannic and assertive. The wine is transferred into a barrel or a tank where it will begin to settle. During this stage, most red wines and some white wines will undergo a secondary fermentation known as malolactic fermentation. This converts harsh, tangy malic acid into soft, round lactic acid and is responsible for the buttery profile you might be familiar with in many Chardonnays.
Wine is usually racked several times during this stage as well. As the wine settles, particulate matter such as yeast falls out of suspension and down to the bottom of the barrel. This can be removed by siphoning the wine from the top of the barrel into a new vessel, leaving the sediment at the bottom.
While in barrel, the wine will pick up many flavors from the wood. Oak is the most common type of wood used to house wine and will add different nuances depending on the type of oak used, the length of time the wine is in barrel, the size of the barrel, and the toast on the wood.
Once the winemaker deems the wine ready, it is time for blending and bottling. Winemakers will taste wines from different barrels and lots, searching for the perfect combination of flavors, aromatics, and mouthfeel to craft an exceptional wine.
Then it is time for bottling. The bottles are fitted with a cork, and allowed to rest for another 1 to 24 months before being released to the market.
Last is the most important part of the whole process - Enjoyment! Wine culture is all about sharing and exploring, and we at Firstleaf are delighted to share our wines with you as you explore the fascinating world of wine.


ComplyRight was the victim of a criminal cyberattack. In late May 2018, ComplyRight was alerted to a potential issue affecting the tax form preparation websites using our platform. Upon learning of the potential issue, we disabled the platform and remediated the issue on the website. In consultation with third-party forensic cybersecurity experts, we took swift action to secure the data of our partners, business customers and the individuals potentially impacted.
The forensic investigators concluded that there was unauthorized access to our website resulting in compromise of personal information for some individual recipients of tax forms such as 1099 or W-2 forms. Although the forensic investigation determined the information was accessed and/or viewed, the investigators were unable to confirm whether the information was downloaded or otherwise acquired by the unauthorized user. And at this time, we are not aware of any reports of identity fraud as a direct result of this incident.
Nevertheless, out of an abundance of caution, we initiated a thorough communication plan to advise all affected businesses and individuals to explain what happened and provide the individuals with information (What to Do When You Receive a Data Breach Notice) and services to help safeguard them against identity fraud, including 12 months of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.
At ComplyRight, we take privacy and security very seriously and sincerely apologize for this occurrence. We have been providing businesses with tax reporting products and services for more than 30 years. We share your concern about cyber security and remain committed to continuously updating our practices to protect individual privacy.
We recognize how concerning this has been for those affected – and we are working diligently, within our company and with the support of outside experts, to answer your concerns and questions.
On May 22, 2018, ComplyRight initially learned of a potential issue involving our tax reporting web platform. After investigation, we concluded that a criminal cyberattack had targeted some of the personal information maintained on the websites using our platform.
The investigation determined there was unauthorized access to the ComplyRight web platform that is used by various websites to prepare tax-related forms for individuals (for example, 1099 and W-2 forms). Upon learning of the issue, we disabled the platform, remediated the issue on the website, and commenced a prompt and thorough investigation using external cybersecurity professionals to determine who was potentially affected and what information was accessed or viewed. Although the investigation determined the information was accessed and/or viewed, it could not confirm if the information was downloaded or otherwise acquired by an unauthorized user.
A portion (less than 10%) of individuals with tax forms prepared on the ComplyRight web platform were impacted by this incident. All affected individuals have been sent notifications via U.S. Mail to their last known addresses. This letter included information to help safeguard them against identity fraud, including 12 months of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through TransUnion.
The investigation confirmed that the portion of the website that was accessed contained names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and Social Security numbers of individual tax form recipients.
Why did I receive a letter from ComplyRight?
ComplyRight provides a web platform used by a number of different tax form preparation websites. On behalf of those organizations and our clients, we executed the communication plan to advise those affected as promptly as possible.
This is not a scam, and we apologize for any confusion that may have arisen due to your lack of familiarity with our company.
Why did ComplyRight has my information?
Tax reporting forms (such as 1099s or W-2s) sent to you were prepared on a site using the ComplyRight web platform.
How am I affected if I am a site user or employer (payer)?
The investigation found no evidence that any user or payer information was compromised. No credit card or bank account information of users or payers was involved.
What has the unauthorized person(s) done with the individual information?
To date, we are not aware of any reports of identity fraud using individual tax form recipient information as a direct result of this incident. Although the investigation determined that the information was accessed and/or viewed on the website, it was unable to determine whether the information was downloaded or otherwise acquired. Nevertheless, out of an abundance of caution, we provided notice to all impacted individual tax form recipients. Further, we have no evidence that user or payer information was involved.
What else is ComplyRight doing in light of this incident?
ComplyRight has been providing businesses with tax reporting products and services for more than 30 years. We consistently endeavor to follow the best practices in data security and privacy, utilizing both internal and outside experts. This incident is unprecedented in our history and we immediately executed additional security measures and analysis of our platform and practices.
We remain committed to maintaining the privacy of information entrusted to us and, moving forward, we will continue to strengthen our security protocols and practices.
I have additional questions about my individual situation. What should I do?
Please call the number provided on your notification letter for immediate assistance.
Again, we extend our sincere apologies to those businesses and individuals affected by this incident. We understand your concern and will provide additional updates here, if applicable.


These Sugar Free Pikelets are a twist on an old traditional favourite I grew up with. They are light and fluffy, with a slight banana taste, low calorie, and packed with protein and fibre. They are a perfect clean eating snack for work or on the go.
What are Sugar Free Pikelets?
Banana pikelets have kind of been a staple in our household, probably because I grew up eating them (alongside the never-ending packets of biscuits!).
Every time I make banana pikelets there is a bit of nostalgia as I’m transported back in time, and it’s one of those warm fuzzy feelings that comes from remembering good times and good food, hanging around in the school playground, just being a kid without a care in the world!
Is A Pikelet Similar To A Crumpet?
No. Not to Aussies. A crumpet and pikelet are completely different.
Crumpets are thicker and have holes in them for the topping to drip through.
Crumpets are also firmer, and a little more rubbery.
Pikelets have a smooth top and texture.
Pikelets are soft, small, round and thinner.
Crumpets are toasted, whereas pikelets are eaten fresh.
Over the last couple of years I’ve modified the original pikelet recipe I grew up with to be a healthier sugar free pikelets recipe.
Gave it a burst of flavour with cinnamon, vanilla and creamy mashed banana.
Healthy banana pikelets are are great option for work or school lunchboxes. They’re filling, nutritious and an ideal portable snack option.
TIP: You do need to have a bit of patience whilst making these sugar free pikelets as you need to be ready at the stove top for dropping the batter into the pan and flipping.
If you’re looking for a banana pikelets recipe that would give you awful sugar highs and is loaded with calories, this is for you. They are easy to make, and a fun way to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon in the kitchen.
What about you? Have you ever tried pikelets without sugar? Or pikelets at all for that matter? These sugar free banana pikelets are simple to make and I find it’s hard to stop eating them as I make them, they are that good.
What to Put On Pikelets Without Sugar?
Vanilla Butter of course. Just 4 ingredients and it is much tastier that just putting regular butter on. You an easily make a vanilla butter with any type of butter, ground cinnamon, vanilla bean paste/vanilla essence, and a super fine granulated sweetener like Natvia Stevia Baking Blend.
Looking for some other healthy sweet treats to satisfy your sweet tooth and keep cravings under control? How about this sugar free lemon loaf with lemon drizzle, sugar free bliss balls, peanut butter date cookies or this sugar free and wheat free banana bread.
These healthy Sugar Free Pikelets are easy to make, light and fluffy. They're made with juicy ripe bananas, are low calorie, and packed with protein and fibre. They are a perfect clean eating snack for work or on the go. Serve with my special Vanilla Butter or jam and cream.
Heat frypan on medium heat and coat with coconut oil or melted butter. Drop spoonfuls of batter onto pan and when bubbles start to form, flip pikelet over to other side.
Repeat until you have made about 20.


Our Election Day Spaghetti Dinner was once again a resounding success. I would like to thank all those who were able to participate in this event; the Lodge truly appreciates the fine people of Middletown and surrounding areas that attend this event. We served more than 160 individuals throughout the day. All the proceeds for this event will go to support the Middletown Library. See you next November!


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Over the past week we have repeatedly exposed the BLS' shennanigans to both keep the headline unemployment rate suppressed and to generate an upward bias in the market courtesy of a "bigger than expected beat" of expectations. Granted, various semantics experts continue to scratch their heads in attempting to explain a collapsing labor force when even Goldman's Sven Jari Stehn just predicted that it will drop to 63.1% by the end of 2012 (and 62.5% by the end of 2015). Funny then that the US will have no unemployment left when the participation rate drops to 58.5%. And no, the "population soared argument based on revised data" doesn't quite cut it when the bulk of said surge not only did not get a job, but was not even counted toward the labor force. Yet what the biggest flaw with all these arguments that vainly (and veinly) attempt to defend the US economy as if it is growing, is that they focus exclusively on the quantity of jobs, doctored or not, and completely ignore the quality. We have decided to step in and fill this void.
By now, most of our readers know that every incremental dollar of public debt leads to less than one dollar of GDP growth, courtesy of the debt/GDP ratio having surpassed 100% a month ago. Yet what most don't know is that the marginal utility of public debt is not the only thing that may have peaked: as of January 31, 2012, the date of the most recent BLS jobs report, it appears that the "marginal utility" of job formation (if such a concept existed) also turned negative. And since it doesn't exist, yet, allows us to explain.
While the BLS is the best, if massively seasonally adjusted, tracker of job quantity, the only true indicator of job quality is the FMS's Daily Treasury Statement, which tracks and updates how much government revenue is generated any given day courtesy of withheld income and employment taxes. So to avoid any potential semantic confusion, we will stick to numbers and bullets: hopefully even the most dedicated newsletter sellers and "asset managers" can follow those without losing much in translation.
In the fiscal year 2011 and 2012 (starting October 1) and continuing through the date of the most recent BLS update or January 31, there have been 87 official work days. This is the period which we will define as YTD (fiscal year to date period) for 2012, and will use its matched equivalent for 2011 for comparative purposes.
In other words, the US Treasury collected $310 million more in tax withholdings in the first 4 months of fiscal 2011 than in the first 4 months of fiscal 2012.
Presented visually - the black bar shows the cumulative divergence between the fiscal 2011 and 2012 data series. Below zero, such as that on January 31, is bad.
Said otherwise, in the first 4 months of fiscal 2011 the US "created" 571,000 jobs; in the first 4 months of 2012, the US "created" 715,000 jobs.
More importantly, between January 31, 2011 and January 31, 2012 the US added 1,953,000 jobs.
Over the same period, as shown above tax withholdings are actually trending lower in 2012 compared to 2011!
The 130.456MM workers "employed" at January 31, 2011 created a total of $592.985MM in withholdings, or on average of $4,545.48 per worker over the first 4 months of the fiscal year 2011.
The 132.409MM workers "employed" at January 31, 2012 created a total of $592.675MM in withholdings, or on average of $4,476.09 per worker over the first 4 months of the fiscal year 2012.
Translation: based on the above, even as America was "creating" jobs, 2 million to be precise (and 2.5 million between Sept 30, 2010 and January 31, 2012), the government tax revenues created by these jobs actually declined in 2012 compared to 2011, on a per job basis, by roughly 1.5%!
This analysis ignores completely any seasonal fudging, census adjustments, "updated population controls" and all those other "fudge factors" which keep BLS Ph.D.s employed (especially during election years). It is pure math based on numbers reported by both the US Treasury and the BLS.
This analysis also has substantial ramifications on the Treasury's forecast debt issuance schedule, which is driven substantially based on model assumptions for tax withholdings. Alas, absent some massive surge in income, and thus increased tax withholdings, going forward, we see no reason why there should be any material upside in government income tax revenues in 2012 compared to 2011. Which means that absent significant spending cuts, which we all know will never happen, the US is about to substantially underestimate just how much debt it has to issue for fiscal Q2 and Q3. Needless to say, this also means that the debt ceiling in such a case, would be breached far sooner than even in our pessimistic scenario of early November 2012.
Finally, and most, importantly, we hope that this analysis has proven that while the BLS may play around with various numerators, denominators, seasonal adjustments, and other irrelevant gimmicks which are only fit for popular consumption particularly by those who have never used excel in their lives, a deeper analysis confirms our concerns, that not only is America slipping ever further into a state of permanent "temp job" status, but that a "quality analysis" of the jobs created shows that the US job formation machinery is badly hurt, and just like the marginal utility of debt now hitting a critical inflection point, so the "marginal utility" of incremental jobs is now negative, which means that Obama, or whichever administration, can easily represent to be growing jobs, and declining the unemployment rate by whatever gimmick necessary. Yet these very jobs are now generating far less in so very critical tax revenue for the US treasury, and continue to declining steadily in quality.


Esther Choo
Strategic Lead, Time's Up Healthcare; Emergency Medicine Physician; Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health and Sciences University
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Esther Choo is a founding member and strategic lead of Time’s Up Healthcare, an affiliate (launched March 2019) of the nonprofit tackling sexual harassment and gender inequity in various industries. An associate professor of emergency medicine at Oregon Health & Science University, she is a practicing clinician and NIH-funded investigator with expertise in drug policy, partner violence, and gender disparities in health care. Choo co-founded Equity Quotient, a company that provides metrics of health care culture, and writes columns for The Lancet. She is past president of the Academy of Women in Academic Emergency Medicine and former associate director of the Division of Women’s Health in Emergency Care at Brown University.
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Russian spies hacked the Olympics and tried to make it look like North Korea did it, U.S. officials say
The PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics opened with a dazzling ceremony Feb. 9. (Pawel Kopczynski/Reuters)
By Ellen Nakashima
Ellen Nakashima
National security reporter
Russian military spies hacked several hundred computers used by authorities at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea, according to U.S. intelligence.
They did so while trying to make it appear as though the intrusion was conducted by North Korea, what is known as a “false-flag” operation, said two U.S. officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter.
Officials in PyeongChang acknowledged that the Games were hit by a cyberattack during the Feb. 9 Opening Ceremonies but had refused to confirm whether Russia was responsible. That evening there were disruptions to the Internet, broadcast systems and the Olympics website. Many attendees were unable to print their tickets for the ceremony, resulting in empty seats.
Analysts surmise the disruption was retaliation against the International Olympic Committee for banning the Russian team from the Winter Games due to doping violations. No officials from Russia’s Olympic federation were allowed to attend, and while some athletes were permitted to compete under the designation “Olympic Athletes from Russia,” they were unable to display the Russian flag on their uniforms and, if they won medals, their country’s anthem was not played.
As of early February, the Russian military agency GRU had access to as many as 300 Olympic-related computers, according to an intelligence report this month.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence declined to comment.
[World Anti-Doping Agency confirms Russian hack of Rio Olympic drug database]
The intelligence, which has not been publicly affirmed, is consistent with reports from private-sector analysts who have said they saw signs Russia had targeted the 2018 Olympics. It also would continue a pattern of such attempts, including during the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Some U.S. officials are concerned the Russians may try to disrupt the Closing Ceremonies on Sunday. “We’re watching it pretty closely,” said one. “It’s essentially a Korean problem,” the official added. “We will help the Koreans as requested.”
Apart from accessing the computers, GRU cyber-operators also hacked routers in South Korea last month and deployed new malware on the day the Olympics began, according to Western intelligence agencies. Such access could enable intelligence collection or network attacks, officials said.
It is not clear whether the disruptions during the Opening Ceremonies were the result of that access, but the development is concerning regardless, information security experts said.
“Anyone who controls a router would be able to redirect traffic for one or more selected targets or cause total disruption in the network by stopping the routing entirely,” said Jake Williams, a former National Security Agency cyber-operator and co-founder of Rendition Infosec, a cybersecurity firm.
“Development of router malware is extremely costly, and Russia would likely use it only in locations where it contributes to accomplishing a high-value goal,” said Williams.
The GRU hackers are thought to work for the agency’s Main Center for Special Technology, or GTsST, according to intelligence agencies. That unit has been highly active in information warfare against the West and was behind the NotPetya cyberattack that crippled computers in Ukraine last year.
[The CIA concludes the Russian military was behind NotPetya cyberattack in Ukraine]
Two years ago, the GRU penetrated a database containing drug test results and confidential medical data, and posted information about noteworthy U.S. athletes including tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams, four-time gymnastics gold medalist Simone Biles and women’s basketball standout Elena Delle Donne.
That action was widely seen as payback after nearly every member of Russia’s track and field team was banned from the 2016 Olympics. Numerous investigations uncovered a widespread, government-run doping scheme that dated back years.
Russia has a long history of undertaking such “active measures” against the Olympic Games, noted Thomas Rid, a professor of strategic studies at Johns Hopkins University. During the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, Soviet intelligence released fake Ku Klux Klan leaflets threatening violence against African athletes as part of an effort to embarrass the United States, he said. That year, the Soviets led a 14-nation boycott of the Games in retaliation for a U.S. boycott of the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow, which was prompted by the Soviets’ 1979 invasion of Afghanistan.
[NotPetya ‘ransomware’ was a ruse to hide hackers’ identity]
The 1984 effort failed, Rid said, because the U.S. government “very quickly” revealed the Soviet attempt. As a result, no African athletes withdrew from the Games.
While “old-school” tactics relied on leaflets among other things, the Internet has provided new tools to spread disinformation, he said.
In this case, the GRU sought to make it appear as though the intrusions were the work of North Korean hackers by using North Korean IP addresses and other tactics, said the officials. Such deception is common for the GRU.


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PARIS - France’s Emmanuel Macron aims to kickstart a new chapter in his presidency on Monday with a series of policy announcements based on a major voter listening exercise launched in response to the “yellow vest” revolt. Macron will give a speech at 1800 GMT setting out the “first concrete measures” to be taken in response to the grievances aired at over 10,000 townhall-style meetings between January and March or posted online, the presidency told AFP.
The yellow vest movement, so called for the fluorescent jackets worn by demonstrators, began in rural and small-town France over fuel taxes and quickly snowballed into a broader anti-capitalist, anti-establishment rebellion. In January, Macron launched a series of debates to try to take the heat out of the protests.
Between January 15 and March 15, nearly 500,000 people took part in 10,134 meetings in community halls across the country, with hundreds of thousands more filling out questionnaires or offering up unprompted suggestions on the official debate website. Macron, who criss-crossed the country to engage local mayors and residents in marathon discussions, promised the French at the outset of the process to “transform anger into solutions” afterwards.


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After my second lease vehicle I decided to go with 21st Century for my third as their price was just completely unbeatable. Customer service was friendly, polite and fast. Now this lease has ended I've just arranged my fourth yet again with 21st Century as their prices were still unbeatable. Every other broker I called was astounded at the price I was getting.
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I failed to give a review last lease, so special mention to Maisie, and to Mark for being on the ball.
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I found 21st Century Motors on Facebook, followed them and subscribed to the newsletter, watching the deals for about a year before making contact.
I have just taken delivery of my car and can honestly say the whole experience has been a pleasure. Vehicle delivered to my work within 20 mins of arranged time despite coming from half way up the country!
Excellent service from start to finish. The team at 21st Century Motors were able to get me an excellent deal on a car I've had my eye on for over a year. Brilliant customer service and constantly keeping me up to date with my order. Couldn't recommend these guys enough.
I have dealt with Mark for around 10 years to order cars for both my company and me personally. I have just taken delivery of my latest car from 21st Century and despite the build time from order to delivery being over 5 months they have been absolutely brilliant every step of the way. I have been kept informed every week and even when there were problems potentially with dates for delivery and my old car being returned Mark stepped in and got it resolved. In a fiercely competitive marketplace I would not use any other company for our vehicles. The price given at the outset is always highly competitive and their customer service is head and shoulders above anyone else so I cannot recommend them highly enough.
Really great service. Kept informed weekly up until delivery and then a follow up email on the day of delivery.
I have received my A Class sports edition and I am very pleased with it. The delivery driver was with helpful and explained the basics to me.
Thank you so much for all your help with my new car! Great customer service would highly recommend!
very pleased with my new Hyundai Tucson and the great service I got! all went as expected and look forward to two years of driving it!!
Absolutely fantastic service and hassle free order. I was told by 3 different leasing companies that we could not apply due to the companies age. 21st century motors were a lot more positive and got me a vehicle ordered and delivered within 2 weeks. Amazing service and a pleasure to deal with! Thank you!
This was the first time that I have leased a car. I had looked around for some time at other leasing company’s. The service that 21st century motors provides was faultless..
I was kept informed at all stages of the process and applying was all on line and easy to do..
Pass on my thanks to yourself and everyone I have dealt with within the company regarding my delivery. The whole experience has been a pleasure from initial contact to final delivery. I am very impressed with the car and very impressed with the company. I look forward to renewing my car through you at the end of this contract.
Car was delivered yesterday, no problems at all.
I just wanted to drop you a note to say thanks to you Laurence and your team for an awesome experience. It was exactly as I wanted it, fast, fuss free with all promises attended to and kept which is a refreshing change from my recent personal experience in trying to purchase a �£80k car which was so fraught with broken promises and outright lies about the details of the car being purchased that I withdrew from the deal.
I will recommend your business to my contacts who may need similar services in the future.
I needed a car in a hurry - as in within 6 business days! - but had some specific requirements. Mark was able to quickly present me with a range of options and a recommendation for a Hyundai i30. I took Mark's advice on the i30. Not only did the car arrange on my drive in 5 working days, the whole process was done in a stress free way. The i30 was everything Mark said it would be and much more than I was expecting. Thank you for your amazingly fast and efficient service and great advice.
I just wanted to say thank you for arranging the lease of my new car. It arrived yesterday as arranged.
I’m very pleased with it and can’t fault the service Maisie and Laurence have provided.
I will be in touch in a couple of years time!
Laurence was exceptional from my first enquiry! He was super helpful and being my first car I had a lot of question none of which were too much for him to answer. He was so good my friend decided to order his car from him straight after I did. I’d highly recommend him and I will order my next car will be from Laurence/21st Century Motors. Furthermore Maisie was great keeping me up to date after my sale was confirmed.
Just wanted to let you know that the delivery went perfectly on Friday and we are thrilled with the car.
I can't believe how simple and smooth the whole process has been and I would like to thank you both for providing such an amazing, professional service.
We are recommending you to all our family and friends!
I can't thank 21st Century Motors enough for their fantastic and efficient service. Mark was a star from start to finish answering all queries quickly and just took all of the stress out of it for me.
He arranged for my old car to be picked up on the same day as the new one was delivered with no fuss.
This is my 2nd car through 21st Century Motors and I will definitely be back for a 3rd!
Hi Maisie/ Kirk. I'd like to thank you for your services. I received my car yesterday with no problems, it looks fantastic.
The whole process has run smoothly and hope to do business again in the future.
The car arrived this morning.
The delivery driver called prior to drop off.
He was very professional and did exactly what he said he would do. Couldn't fault the delivery.
The car arrived in perfect condition.
Received the car yesterday - really pleased with it ! Thanks for your professional service..first class.
Excellent service from both Mark and Lewis at 21st Century. They kept me informed and answered queries all the way through the process. The car was delivered exactly when they said it would be. I had been searching for a private contract hire for some time and could not find another company that could beat the price given to me by 21st Century. Extremely good value.
I would not hesitate in using them again or recommending them to others!
Everything is absolutely great! The car looks perfect. I am delighted.
Thank you for all you help. I will not hesitate in repeating my business with you and recommending my friends and family to do the same.
Great service from start to finish with Lewis, always helpful and always replied to emails everything worked as he said it would from start to finish.
I was really impressed with the service provided, Lewis Jackson made the whole process from start to finish very smooth and kept me informed at all times of the status of my order. I look forward to working with Lewis again.
I think my experience with 21st Century has been very good!
From this first communications to working through my needs!
I will definitely be using you guys in the future!
Having set up business on my own I needed a good car and settled on the BMW 5 series. Looking on line for car leasing, all were expensive for the model I chose but one company stood out, 21st Century Motors. They were far cheaper like-for-like but had the same finance company as others so I contacted Mark, double checked the price and placed the order. He walked me through the various stages and kept me informed about delivery. I was still expecting the price to be wrong but everything went through OK. The car has now been delivered. I will certainly use 21st Century Motors again.
Really happy with the service from 21st Century who were able to provide me with the 5 series that I wanted at a much better price than most of their competitors. As well as the good price, service was excellent, even though we changed our mind on the details a few times and probably weren’t the easiest of customers!
There are so many companies around in the car leasing business that it's tough to choose who to go with.
21st Century were fantastic from start to finish. They constantly kept me updated with delivery information without me having to prompt them. The car arrived exactly on time, and at the right price. Excellent customer service with a real interest in helping me along the way. Thanks to Mark and his team.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your colleges for a hassle free lease of my 5 series. I am really pleased with the car. I was happy with the service you provided and hopefully when this lease is coming to an end we can arrange another. I have already recommended your company to other people.
21st Century Motors have been a pleasure to deal with since comparing quotes and through to post receiving the vehicle. Communication has been excellent throughout with expectations realistically set and then over achieved. Additionally the handover of the vehicle was very professional with a thorough explanation of all the vehicle controls. I would definitely use again.
The car was outside my office when I arrived first thing with a cherry driver. He was very professional and the car looks great. I have only driven it down to the underground car park but all looks great. Will take the long route home tonight !
Thanks for all your help, five star service throughout and will be back in 2 years to see what you have to tempt!
A fantastic service throughout. As a newcomer to the leasing game Mark (my contact there) helped me along every step of the way and explained everything. Very happy with the full service and smooth delivery of my new 5 series. A pleasure to deal with.
Brilliant car, great price, plus excellent service from Mark and the team. Would definitely recommend!
Ordered my BMW 5 series and it was on my doorstep in two weeks, at a much cheaper price than anywhere else. Can't ask for better than that! Mark and the team clearly value their customers and despite a few hiccups along the way they always endeavoured to make things right. Would definitely recommend. Thank you!
This is my 3rd lease vehicle but first time I have used 21st Century Motors. The service I received from the initial enquiry, responses to various questions I asked when I ordered the vehicle through to the delivery has been an excellent experience and Mark has always been quick to reply to my emails. Very happy with the vehicle and I highly recommend 21st Century Motors.
I just received my C4 Cactus and am more than pleased. Mark was easy to work with and got me a great deal.
Ordered my BMW 5 series best deal around other companies quoted a lot more the car arrived when the team said it would great level of service. Thanks Guys.
Overall the service has been great throughout – would definitely recommend you to others.
Just to let you know that the car has arrived and to say thanks for providing this car with what seemed to be such little effort. Thanks for making the whole experience a comforting one and all for a very competitive price package.
Whilst looking for a personal lease for our second car we tried several companies. 21st Century were the only firm that didn't make the transaction feel like pulling teeth.
Whilst others fail to call back when promised and quote completely different prices than listed, 21st were great to deal with, friendly, helpful and efficient. Would and have already recommend to all.
Tried other firms but the level of service did not match 21st Century Motors, couldn't be happier.
Can't fault this really. Quick delivery, amazing price and really good service. I'll be back.
Loving the car already. Thank you Mark and Terry for making the process so smooth and easy. Can't believe it was only a matter of days ago that I ordered the car and here it is!
Took delivery of my car today. Never leased before so was not sure of the process. These guys made it easy and were a pleasure to deal with.
This company was recommended to me and rightly so. The service was excellent and everything went to plan. Can't recommend them highly enough. Thanks for a good job!!
Our new Hyundai i30 arrived as promised on time by 21st Century Motors love the car, great service from Mark, very professional business operation.Will recommend to anyone.
Just had my L200 challenger arrive on time with no problems. Dealing with Mark has been very easy and straight forward. highly recommend 21st Century motors. CHEERS!!!
Thought I was having a nightmare with my old banger! Emailed 21st Century and never looked back - prompt, curteous and clear information and did exactly what they said, I now don't have to worry - should have got in touch with 21st Century months ago! I highly recommend getting in touch with them.
Rather than committing to the entire cost of a vehicle, you simply commit to a period of time. However you know exactly how much the entire period will cost before you take delivery! Rather than second guessing your "re-sale" value!
The amount of money you will spend within the contract period will be less than the vehicle depreciates, so instead of buying with cash or finance, you get the same vehicle, for the same period of time, for less money!
Call us on 03333 70 2121 or email sales@21stcenturymotors.co.uk with any questions you have.
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