Union: Hackers Have Personnel Data on Every Federal Employee
Associated Press
by Ken Dilanian
Jun 11, 2015
WASHINGTON — Hackers stole personnel data and Social Security numbers for every federal employee, a government worker union said Thursday, saying that the cyber theft of U.S. employee information was more damaging than the Obama administration has acknowledged.
Sen. Harry Reid, the Democratic leader, said on the Senate floor that the December hack into Office of Personnel Management data was carried out by "the Chinese" without specifying whether he meant the Chinese government or individuals. Reid is one of eight lawmakers briefed on the most secret intelligence information. U.S. officials have declined to publicly blame China, which has denied involvement.
J. David Cox, president of the American Federal of Government Employees, said in a letter to OPM director Katherine Archuleta that based on OPM's internal briefings, "We believe that the Central Personnel Data File was the targeted database, and that the hackers are now in possession of all personnel data for every federal employee, every federal retiree, and up to one million former federal employees."
The OPM data file contains the records of non-military, non-intelligence executive branch employees, which covers most federal civilian employees but not, for example, members of Congress and their staffs.
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Friday, June 12, 2015
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Paralyzed US Afghanistan Veteran Going to China for Treatment
Paralyzed Afghanistan veteran to undergo state-of-the-art stem cell therapy — in China
RAW Story
By Scott Kaufman
Sunday, March 23, 2014
An Army veteran who was partially paralyzed after being shot in the throat is heading to China to undergo stem cell therapy that could allow him to walk to again, according to a report in the York Dispatch.
U.S. Army Corporal Matthew Hanes was hit by sniper fire on June 22, 2012. “I was the only target that day,” he told The York Daily Record.
He was transported to Germany, then to Walter Reed Hospital, but doesn’t remember the trip — or meeting President Barack Obama shortly after his 21st birthday.
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RAW Story
By Scott Kaufman
Sunday, March 23, 2014
An Army veteran who was partially paralyzed after being shot in the throat is heading to China to undergo stem cell therapy that could allow him to walk to again, according to a report in the York Dispatch.
U.S. Army Corporal Matthew Hanes was hit by sniper fire on June 22, 2012. “I was the only target that day,” he told The York Daily Record.
He was transported to Germany, then to Walter Reed Hospital, but doesn’t remember the trip — or meeting President Barack Obama shortly after his 21st birthday.
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Friday, October 12, 2012
Jobs and US flag replaced by China at Bain factory
Here is a heads up sent from a veteran.
Workers at Sensata Technologies Beg Romney to Stop Latest Bain Outsourcing
'We'd like Mitt Romney to come to Freeport, see what this is doing to this community, and contact his friends that run Bain Capital and say "this is absolutely the wrong thing to do" and save our jobs,' worker said.
Sep. 25, 2012
Agence France-Presse
Being told to train his replacement was humiliating and surreal, but Tom Gaulrapp said the worst part was when the plant's U.S. flag was taken down before the Chinese engineers arrived.
Gaulrapp decided it was time to take a stand against outsourcing and the man he blames for the loss of his job: Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney, who founded the private equity firm that owns the Freeport, Illinois auto parts plant.
Gaulrapp thinks it would only take a phone call from the candidate who's vowed to create 12 million jobs in the United States to save the 170 jobs at Sensata Technologies that are about to leave this already economically depressed town of 26,000.
Sayer acknowledged that the decision to shift production to China is "an unfortunately event" for Freeport and said he understands why it could be "difficult" for the workers to train their replacements.
He has no idea why -- or if -- the U.S. flag was removed before the Chinese engineers and technicians arrived. "We didn't request it. I can tell you that," Sayer said, adding that the company has been leasing the facility from Honeywell and has no involvement in grounds maintenance.
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
Chinese Parents Frantic Over Tainted Milk
Baby milk powder laced with melamine, used in plastics and fertilizers, has been blamed in the deaths of four babies. More than 6,000 others have been sickened.
Chinese Parents Frantic Over Tainted Milk
By ANITA CHANG, AP
SHIJIAZHUANG, China (Sept. 18) - Hundreds of Chinese parents, some cradling infants, converged on the company at the heart of the tainted baby formula scandal Thursday, demanding refunds and asking what they can safely feed their children.
Thousands of others filled hospitals, many hovering over sons and daughters hooked to IVs after drinking milk powder tainted with melamine, a toxic industrial chemical that can cause kidney stones and lead to kidney failure.
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Monday, September 1, 2008
China earthquake:Bodies of mother protecting child found in rubble
The poignant moment rescue workers found the bodies of a mother protecting her child beneath the rubble of an earthquake
By Wil Longbottom
Last updated at 12:54 AM on 02nd September 2008
Rescue workers looking for survivors in the rubble in China's southwest region have found the heartbreaking bodies of a woman protecting her child in a collapsed house in Lixi.
The death toll from the earthquake in the Sichuan province has hit 38, two days after the most recent in a series of tremors.
An appeal for temporary housing and tents has been launched today after the earthquake, which measured as high as 6.1 on the Richter scale, left tens of thousands homeless.
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
China post quake leaves PTSD epidemic
Chinese Army Hit With PTSD Epidemic
June 18, 2008: In the wake of the relief efforts for the recent earthquakes in China, army doctors find themselves faced with thousands of soldiers exhibiting strange symptoms. These include severe fatigue, shortness of breath, palpitations, headaches, excessive sweating, dizziness, disturbed sleep, fainting and flashbacks to traumatic situations encountered during the weeks of working in the earthquake zone (where nearly 100,000 people died). A few of the army doctors recognized the symptoms as PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). It's been three decades since Chinese soldiers experienced combat, and there are only stories left of its after-effects. Some of the oldest NCOs and officers vaguely remember, when they first entered military service, hearing about veterans of the 1979 battles on the Vietnamese border, suffering from combat fatigue.
PTSD is not unusual for relief workers at the site of particularly horrendous disasters. The recent earthquakes in central China were the kind of disaster that only occurs every generation or two.
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http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htatrit/articles/20080618.aspx
June 18, 2008: In the wake of the relief efforts for the recent earthquakes in China, army doctors find themselves faced with thousands of soldiers exhibiting strange symptoms. These include severe fatigue, shortness of breath, palpitations, headaches, excessive sweating, dizziness, disturbed sleep, fainting and flashbacks to traumatic situations encountered during the weeks of working in the earthquake zone (where nearly 100,000 people died). A few of the army doctors recognized the symptoms as PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). It's been three decades since Chinese soldiers experienced combat, and there are only stories left of its after-effects. Some of the oldest NCOs and officers vaguely remember, when they first entered military service, hearing about veterans of the 1979 battles on the Vietnamese border, suffering from combat fatigue.
PTSD is not unusual for relief workers at the site of particularly horrendous disasters. The recent earthquakes in central China were the kind of disaster that only occurs every generation or two.
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
China:Psychological assistance on track in post-disaster reconstruction
Psychological assistance on track in post-disaster reconstruction
June 10, 2008
The Wenchuan earthquake was traumatic for people living in the region. "Regulations on Wenchuan Post- Earthquake Reconstruction," which will go into effect on June 8, stipulate that people's governments at all levels in earthquake-stricken areas should organize people and enterprises to begin self-help projects; actively resume production; and provide people with psychological assistance.
Mental health teams from Guangdong distributed stress-response questionnaires in Sichuan. The results show that 48 percent of people in disaster area have suffered from psychological trauma. Mental health teams found that approximately 50% of people who received intervention therapy showed marked improvement in sleep, emotional state, cognition, and other activities. Their sleep quality improved, they had a more stable mood and they were more active and positive. However, incidents of post-traumatic stress disorder can occur within a week to up to several decades after the disaster; and long-term effects need to be monitored with regular follow-ups.
At present, large numbers of volunteers and experts engaged in psychological trauma intervention have arrived in Sichuan from across the country. The psychological assistance scheme for post-disaster reconstruction has been launched in earthquake-stricken areas.
By People's Daily Online
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6427395.html
June 10, 2008
The Wenchuan earthquake was traumatic for people living in the region. "Regulations on Wenchuan Post- Earthquake Reconstruction," which will go into effect on June 8, stipulate that people's governments at all levels in earthquake-stricken areas should organize people and enterprises to begin self-help projects; actively resume production; and provide people with psychological assistance.
Mental health teams from Guangdong distributed stress-response questionnaires in Sichuan. The results show that 48 percent of people in disaster area have suffered from psychological trauma. Mental health teams found that approximately 50% of people who received intervention therapy showed marked improvement in sleep, emotional state, cognition, and other activities. Their sleep quality improved, they had a more stable mood and they were more active and positive. However, incidents of post-traumatic stress disorder can occur within a week to up to several decades after the disaster; and long-term effects need to be monitored with regular follow-ups.
At present, large numbers of volunteers and experts engaged in psychological trauma intervention have arrived in Sichuan from across the country. The psychological assistance scheme for post-disaster reconstruction has been launched in earthquake-stricken areas.
By People's Daily Online
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6427395.html
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
China:1,000 teenagers died in school collapse
Crying for the children, and for justice
Posted: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 11:38 AM
Filed Under: Beijing, China
By Kari Huus, msnbc.com reporter
DUJIANGYAN, China – Releasing a tidal wave of emotion and anger, hundreds of grieving parents and sympathizers gathered at a pile of rubble that was once the Juyuan Middle School on Tuesday to memorialize the nearly 1,000 teenagers who died when the building collapsed in the May 12 earthquake.
The heart-rending ceremony also offered the victims’ parents an opportunity to demand justice.
A woman clutching the portrait of her daughter, Dong Yan, cursed the people in charge of building the school, which collapsed even though all the buildings around it remained standing. Like most of the people in the crowd, she believes local corruption was the reason for the poor construction.
Ryan Pyle / msnbc.com
"We want the truth to come out and the corrupt officials to be punished," she said between sobs. "These corrupt players are the ones who have caused us so much misery."
Banners hung across the destroyed building for the occasion were more blunt: "Get even for the deaths of the Juyuan students," read one.
Another demanded harsh punishment for the "murderers" responsible for the collapsed school.
"Whoever is responsible for the building should pay with their life," said another, comparing the building materials used in the structure to tofu.
As the crowd grew, the sound of weeping became a chorus. Women sobbed, and men drew deeply on cigarettes as tears trickled down their cheeks. Mourners lit candles and incense in the wreckage.
Some women were so distraught they were carried away by family and friends. A girl recovering from head injuries stood holding a picture of her dead brother, a faraway look on her face. A hastily set up sound system broadcast a dirge. The crack of fireworks cut through the din.
Notably missing from the memorial service were any representatives of the school or the local government, who in most crises would be expected to attempt to console the mourners.
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http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/27/1067009.aspx
Posted: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 11:38 AM
Filed Under: Beijing, China
By Kari Huus, msnbc.com reporter
DUJIANGYAN, China – Releasing a tidal wave of emotion and anger, hundreds of grieving parents and sympathizers gathered at a pile of rubble that was once the Juyuan Middle School on Tuesday to memorialize the nearly 1,000 teenagers who died when the building collapsed in the May 12 earthquake.
The heart-rending ceremony also offered the victims’ parents an opportunity to demand justice.
A woman clutching the portrait of her daughter, Dong Yan, cursed the people in charge of building the school, which collapsed even though all the buildings around it remained standing. Like most of the people in the crowd, she believes local corruption was the reason for the poor construction.
Ryan Pyle / msnbc.com
"We want the truth to come out and the corrupt officials to be punished," she said between sobs. "These corrupt players are the ones who have caused us so much misery."
Banners hung across the destroyed building for the occasion were more blunt: "Get even for the deaths of the Juyuan students," read one.
Another demanded harsh punishment for the "murderers" responsible for the collapsed school.
"Whoever is responsible for the building should pay with their life," said another, comparing the building materials used in the structure to tofu.
As the crowd grew, the sound of weeping became a chorus. Women sobbed, and men drew deeply on cigarettes as tears trickled down their cheeks. Mourners lit candles and incense in the wreckage.
Some women were so distraught they were carried away by family and friends. A girl recovering from head injuries stood holding a picture of her dead brother, a faraway look on her face. A hastily set up sound system broadcast a dirge. The crack of fireworks cut through the din.
Notably missing from the memorial service were any representatives of the school or the local government, who in most crises would be expected to attempt to console the mourners.
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http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/27/1067009.aspx
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