Zarif Had No Knowledge of Israeli Strikes Until Kerry Told Him, Translation Reveals US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) poses for a photo opportunity prior to a meeting with Iran s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif April 19, 2016 at the United Nations in New York. / AFP / DON EMMERT (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images) Adam Kredo • April 29, 2021 9:30 pm
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Leaked audiotape of Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif indicates he had no knowledge of covert Israeli military strikes before former secretary of state John Kerry provided him with the information, new details that contradict the State Department s recent defense of Kerry.
Gregory Touhill, former federal chief information security officer and deputy assistant Homeland Security secretary for cyber security operations, seen here at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in 2015 in Washington, DC. Touhill was named director of Carnegie Mellon University’s CERT in April. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
On April 21, Gregory Touhill was named as the new director of the Computer Emergency Readiness Team at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), a non-profit, federally funded research center at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania that partners with stakeholders in government, industry and academia to study and improve the cybersecurity ecosystem.
Touhill brings a rich and diverse background to the role, having spent years protecting military computer networks as an Air Force brigadier general and later serving as director of the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integrations Center at the Department of Homeland Security. He was the
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Sputnik International
30 Apr 2021
Former Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice have reportedly expressed concerns about President Joe Biden’s planned withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.
Clinton, who served as Secretary of State under President Barack Obama and Rice, who held the office under President George W. Bush, weighed in on the scheduled withdrawal during a Zoom call with House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
[A] member of the committee confirmed both Clinton and Rice raised concerns about the potential fallout from a quick removal of all U.S. troops. Both also expressed concerns about protecting U.S. diplomats on the ground following the withdrawal and what the move will mean for the global war on terrorism. […] Both Rice and Clinton supported military intervention in the Middle East following the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.