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Congress passes reform on how military handles sexual assault cases

By CNN Staff

updated 10:51 AM EST, Fri December 20, 2013

The number of service members reporting a sexual assault grew by more than 30% over the past two years.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• NEW: Obama tells military to "step up their game" or he'll consider other measures
• Changes to military law included in sweeping defense bill headed to President's desk
• Congress acted after report showed increase in military sexual assault complaints
• Defense bill also includes compromise to let Pentagon transfer Guantanamo detainees

(CNN) -- U.S. military commanders would no longer be permitted to overrule a court-martial judgment in sexual assault cases under reforms approved by the Senate late Thursday.

That and other steps to combat sexual assault in the armed forces were included in legislation outlining military priorities for the fiscal year ending September 30.

President Barack Obama said he was giving the military one year to implement reforms in preventing sexual assaults, saying the armed forces need to "step up their game" in dealing with the issue.

"If I do not see the kind of progress I expect, then we will consider additional reforms that may be required to eliminate this crime from our military ranks and protect our brave service members who stand guard for us every day at home and around the world," the President said in a statement issued Friday.

The National Defense Authorization Act passed on a 84-15 vote. It now goes to the White House for the President's signature.

The sweeping measure that reconciles a similar bill passed by the House last week also includes a compromise to ease limits on transferring terror suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility to other countries.

Battle against military sexual assault

Soldier tells her story of sexual assault

Obama wants to close Guantanamo, which began housing detainees after the 9/11 attacks.

It has been a lightning rod for criticism from civil libertarians and others and the site of high-profile hunger strikes by inmates protesting their treatment.

Veteran confronts rape, suicide

The legislation would continue to prohibit transfers to the United States.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel noted the new flexibility for detainee transfers overseas and said the Pentagon anticipates that it would "continue this effort" and "I think we're making good progress toward that objective."

The Pentagon has recently revived transfers from the facility, including two announced on Thursday to Sudan. Guantanamo now houses 158 detainees.

Another centerpiece of the bill enacts reforms and policy changes aimed at combating sexual assault in the military.

A Pentagon report earlier this year revealed a troubling increase in the number of military sexual assault cases.

The number of service members anonymously reporting a sexual assault grew by more than 30% over the past two years, according to the report released in May.

The Senate bill included more than 30 provisions or changes to military law, including one that would take away the long-held authority of commanders to dismiss a finding by a court-martial.

It also establishes minimum sentencing guidelines, requires that sexual offenses be included in military personnel records and eliminates the yearlong statute of limitations on rape and sexual assault.

Congress did not adopt a proposal pushed by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, to remove sexual assault prosecution from the chain of command.

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Lap, butt and fillet: The art of welding
25 May 2012 by britisharmy


Metal working techniques – heating metal in the furnace.
My name is Craftsman Thomas Mortimore and I am currently on Phase 2 training at 10 Training Battalion, Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers.

April started off with the continuation of tool making where we completed our mini vice. A week of filing, sawing, drilling and more filing it was complete. Just like the strap spanner there was a theory test as well as a mark for the vice. The results were 77% for the vice itself and 83% for the theory exam where our knowledge of tools and their use were tested. Just before we finished this phase we had a week and a half of Easter leave, which gives us time to catch up on family and friends, and of course remembering some of the luxuries you had like a double bed and lie ins. The occasional break from training is important because it just gives you the time you need to relax before your back to duty.

At the beginning of April I went with the SEME shooting team to a shooting competition at Bisley over a weekend. We were firing 7.62mm target rifles at targets placed at 300, 600, 900 and 1000 yards. I found it surprisingly easy to hit the target even at 1000 yards, but it was a lot harder to actually hit the centre. I will confess I came second to last, but I really enjoyed it and it was different to the normal Tuesday evenings because I had been used to firing smaller and lighter rifles with the weekly shoots after work.


The mini vice I made.
After bench fitting, we moved on to welding. Firstly we used oxyacetylene to make several joints including lap (one piece partially over the other), butt (one next to the other) and 2 kinds of fillet welding (one upright across the middle of the other). We then used an oxyacetylene cutter to cut pieces of metal. All this is something that I have never done before and it takes a while to get used to it. The last thing was Manual Metal Arc welding, which involves electricity and extremely high temperatures. I found this quite challenging and it took some getting used to before I made some improvements. The pieces we made would be marked along with the theory test.

Scorching hot furnace
The last thing we did this month was blacksmithing and heat treatment. This involves standing around a scorching hot furnace and heating up a piece of metal up to 900oc and then hammering it until we got the required shape that was needed. We made several tools including a chisel, centre punch, hexagonal spanner socket and a junior hacksaw. All this requires time and patience as it could be tricky getting the right shape but after a few hours practise you start to get the hang of it and know what to do to correct something.

Next month involves sheet metalwork, workshop procedures and Surveillance Systems.



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Authorities wait out Washington slaying suspect holed up in a bunker By Phil Gast, CNN

CNN) -- Authorities early Saturday waited out a Washington man wanted in the killings of his wife and daughter who is believed to be holed up in a fortified bunker near Seattle. SWAT and other teams aren't forcing the situation because of the danger involved in rushing inside the bunker to try to arrest Peter Keller, 41, said Sgt. Cindi West of the King County Sheriff's Office. "There is no urgency. We have him contained," West said. Authorities fired tear gas late Friday into the bunker set into the Cascade foothills about 25 miles east of Seattle, though it was unclear whether the gas went deep enough to have any effect. Keller has not been seen since Sunday following a fire at his home, where the bodies of his wife and teenage daughter were discovered. His standoff with authorities began Friday after investigators found evidence that led them to the bunker near Rattlesnake Ridge Trail, according to the King County Sheriff's Office. "We do believe somebody is in there. We heard something going on, but nothing lately," West said. "We can't send people in there because of safety." Investigators do not have a clear motive for the slayings, according to West. Keller, who is not believed to have a criminal record, has been described as a survivalist by some relatives, West said. "We gathered he had a doomsday attitude ... family and friends have indicated he thought the world was going to end at some point," West said. Keller was believed to be well armed and well supplied. "We know he in the past has had a number of rifles, scopes and handguns. He purchased some kind of bulletproof vest," she said. Clues to Keller's whereabouts came while investigators were processing evidence at the house, authorities said. People in the area also reported seeing Keller's pickup truck near the trailhead. "This isn't a hole in the ground. This is a large built-up structure," Sheriff Steven D. Strachan said of the bunker. "But hidden. It took some time to find it. In fact our tactical team smelled the wood smoke coming before they actually saw it." Strachan said Keller's house nearby was set afire Sunday after the slayings, but it failed to spread beyond the kitchen. Authorities found a hard drive with photos, he told CNN Seattle affiliate KING. One photo was enhanced and it aided in the search for Keller, who authorities said had been building the bunker for at least eight years. "We believe he has taken pictures from 2004 to the present day," West. said She said she did not know the precise size of the bunker, made partially of earth and logs. "We believe it is very large," the spokeswoman said. "He has had plenty of time to work on it." The sheriff's office this week obtained an arrest warrant for Keller stipulating two counts of first-degree murder and first-degree arson. The bunker was found early Friday about 800 yards off the trail. It's possible the bunker has an escape hatch or door, officials said. Keller works with a company that refurbishes and sells computers, according to West.

Worlds Importance..."Why Do We,Continue To Let This Happen"?

Anonymous takes out Boeing website


Twitter

Anonymous is taking responsibility for launching a coordinated cyberattack on Boeing’s website, a high-profile takedown that’s part of the hacking collective’s campaign against what it believes is a stifling piece of federal legislation.

Anonymous announced “Tango Down boeing.com by #Anonymous for #OpDefense” on its YourAnonNews Twitter feed at about 3:45 p.m. EDT Tuesday. Boeing’s website was down for most of the following two hours, returning at about 5:40 p.m. ET, but had some trouble again Wednesday morning.

Boeing did not return a call from SecurityNewsDaily seeking comment.

Operation Defense, or #OpDefense as mentioned on Twitter, stems from Anonymous’ opposition to the proposed Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), a bill that would enable private companies and the government to more easily share cybersecurity information.

Boeing, according to the U.S. House of Representatives, is one of nearly 30 private companies that have written letters in support of CISPA. Other vocal supporters include AT&T, Facebook, IBM, Intel, Microsoft and Lockheed Martin.

In a YouTube video posted by TheAnonMessage on April 7, the hackers made their anti-CISPA stance clear.

“CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011, and those who have crafted this bill have now become sworn enemies of Anonymous,” the narrator says. “We will unleash the worst pain on those who threaten our existence. You will neither eat, nor sleep, without hearing our voices through your walls. Your actions will be monitored … We will march through the streets, we will destroy your reign of terror on our domain, you will cease to exist. This is not a threat, this is a promise.”

Two other letter-writing supporters of CISPA, USTelecom and TechAmerica, were hit by denial-of-service attacks launched by Anonymous on Sunday and Monday (April 8 and 9), Bloomberg News reported. Both were back online later.

There were reports that the sites of the White House and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce had also been knocked offline in the past few days, but both were up Tuesday afternoon.

Anonymous on Tuesday also started #OpBoycottNetflix, urging its followers to cancel their Netflix subscriptions for what the hackers erroneously thought was Netflix’s support of CISPA.

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