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ALJAZAM News May 20, 2014

Find the missing girls . And bon voyage, a twoyear mission at sea inspired by hawaii culture to help save the earth. But we begin with breaking news, in thailand, six months of protest have brought the government and the economy to the edge of disaster. Today, though army declared marshall law. Local television reported that the military was not taking over, but its not clear yet whether this is the beginning of a cue cue data. From what we have been hearing the general has said the military here in thailand is not staging a coup. This is something they have done at political impasses in the past, but he said the reason they are imposing marshall law now is to prevent a civil war and prevent further unrest on the streets of this country. Now to cyber spying. It is one of the biggest threats to American Business and cost the u. S. More than 100 billion every year. For the first time the government is publicly accusing government officials of cyber crimes against u. S. Companies. Lisa . John those officials are members of the Chinese Military, five of them. Accused of essentially cyber espionage, economic espionage. The Justice Department says this sends a clear message that enough is enough. Their faces now adorn fbi wanted posters. Accused of stealing Sensitive Information from American Businesses and a major labor union. The range of trade secrets and other sensitive Business Information stolen in this case is significant, and demands an aggressive response. Reporter the u. S. Companies include alcoa, u. S. Steel, the united steal Workers Union and others. This 21st century burglary has to stop. We would not stand idolly buy if someone pulled a tractor trailer up to a company headquarters, cracked the lock and loaded up information. They say they stole information from solar world just as the company was losing business to solar products from china. The Justice Department said they traced the hackers to one unit of the Peoples Liberation army and that the men worked out of one office, in one building, in one city, shanghai. President obama has raised the touchy issue with the chinese president in the past. But the president says they are the ones who are the victims of spying from the us. But the white house today said there is a difference. The Chinese Government has officially protested todays indictments, saying the u. S. Move is based on, quote, fabricated facts. That the accusation is, quote, clearly ungrounded and absurd. But the attorney formerly with the Justice Department, says the six groups allegedly spied on are just the tip of the iceberg. I think it shows that the u. S. Is taking this more seriously, and communicates to the government that we are able to track their conduct and attribute specific hacks to specific actors. Reporter the white house says it wants to continue to work with the chinese on cyber security. But the chinese today said they are pulling out of joint talks. Economic espionage hurts not just American Companies, but american workers. They could lose their jobs if American Companies lose business because of unfair chinese competition. And john no one expects these five officials to end up in court to truly face charges, but the Justice Department clearly felt that diplomacy had not worked and it needed to take a stro stronger stand. Lisa, thank you. The chinese have been suspected of industrial espionage for decades. Jonathan betz is here with that story. Reporter some estimate it costs the u. S. Up to 120 billion a year. China is considered the one who spies the most on america, followed by russia, and even some u. S. Allies like israel and france. Some argue back in 1986, it launched project 863. It was a big push to catch up with the west. More phones and computers got connected to the internet made this possible. Operations like night dragon, ghost net, and shady rat hacked activists and companies, including all these big companies, all reportedly targeted by chinese hackers. But china says it too has been a victim. They were spying on the telecom giant. In 2009 china says an Australian Mining Company Stole state secrets. It allegedly cost chinese steal companies billions of dollars. And chinas actually been blamed when it did nothing wrong, like in 2011, when they were accused of bribing renault heads, and that turned out to be just wrong. All right. Jonathan, thank you. Joining us now is a retired special age went the fbi in sacramento tonight. James, welcome. Good evening, john. How do you track down a cyber crime . Look, john, they are not going to tell us exactly what they did. But we have the technologies and sets in place to identify hackers overseas. And let there be no doubt that the Justice Department released the photos across the United States, and theres no doubt that we have the technology and capability to identify these individuals. You could maybe identify the computer. How could you know you have the right person behind that come suitor . Exactly. And they are saying not only do they have the technology, but they have the assets in place. And that can be considered human intelligence to identify who is behind those key strokes. Why did the u. S. Government go public here . They wanted to make a statement. You know, companies for the last five years have been complaining about these instances, it has been costing billions of dollars. It has gone on unchecked so the government had to do something, had to say to Companies Like westinghouse, u. S. Steel, alcoa, that yes, we have heard your complaints and were going to do something. Why it is u. S. Steel and alcoa . Well, those particular companies had ongoing litigation interests, secrets that they were obviously interested in. So the list is long. Im sure there are many more out there. And as one Justice Department if i recall said, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Many of these companies are based neared pittsburgh. Does that matter or is it just they happened to be there . No, i dont think that really matters. I think that was just a coincidence. They obviously had those cases ready to prosecute and elected to make a decision to return charges, using those companies. We heard the denial from jay carney, suggesting that the u. S. Does not spy for the benefit of u. S. Businesses, however, is it possible that the nsa vacuum cleaner that picks up a lot of information could be picking up information on chinese businesses . It is possible. But regardless of what you think about snowden, what the United States does not do, has never done, is shared that data with private industry. And i dont believe it ever will. So thats what the chinese are doing, so what the issue here is, its not just collecting intelligence, but its sharing that intelligence with its companies in china for the purpose of economic gain. James thank you so much. Its good to see you. Russian president Vladimir Putin has just begun a twoday trip, he is hoping to sign a Million Dollars gas deal. Before he left for china, he said he has ordered troops to pull back from the border of ukraine, but the white house and nato say they have seen no sign of withdrawal. Rory challands reports from moscow. Reporter for months now, they have been a threatening presence on ukraines russian border, an estimated 40,000 troops officially on exercise, though battle trained and battle ready, but on monday, Vladimir Putin ordered soldiers back to their bases. This is a postponement of a real big war, which is rather very good. Its not a decision to not have it at all, its more of a tactical decision that gives us everyone, some breathing space maybe two months to seek a political solution that will be permanent. Reporter nato is skeptical. It has heard this before from russia in recent weeks. So far we havent seen any withdraw, at all. I strongly regard that. Because a withdraw of Russian Troops would be a first important contribution to deescalating the crisis. Ukraines Border Service has noticed a reduction in Russian Military activity in the last week, though it stopped short of l kaing it a withdraw. But if the soldiers do head back to their barracks, why might have putin given the order . Russias army operates on largely conscriptbased system. And last years welldrilled soldiers are about to be replaced by a new inexperienced draft. Also mr. Putin may be looking at the costs and thinking that the sanctions that russia is incurring is not worth it. Ukraine has brought eastwest relations to its lowest point in decades. Translator these relations require a substantial rethink. We are trying to conduct analysis in order to better understand where we are, where we disagree, and what to do to bring those relations back. Reporter there may be the whiff of deescalation in the air, but this challenge is far from over. After almost a week of flooding in the bakkens, there are hears that a new flood surge will reach serbias power plant. Soldiers have tried to protect the plant, but its not certain they will be able to top the upcoming surge. The floods have also triggered land mines. A federal jury found this man guilty on 11 counts. He was charged with trying to set up a terrorist Training Camp in 1999, and supporting alqaeda. Kristin has the story. Reporter he is known for his fiery sermons given at londons park, mosque, often in support of osama bin laden, and alqaeda, and the groups ideals, he had nothing to say when the jury handed down the verdict of guilty on all 11 counts. Counts that include host taij taking, conspiring to take hostages, and attempting to set up a her ris terrorist Training Camp in oregon. The prosecution showed that he had provided a Satellite Phone to the hostage takers in yemen. They showed he had sent two followers to the United States to explore the possibility of this Training Camp, and at the end of the day got this guilty verdict on all accounts. Now when he comes back here to the new york court for sentencing. In oregon a victory for advocates of samesex marriage today. A judge struck down a voter approved ban on gay marriage, saying it was unconstitutional. In utah another federal judge ordered state officials to recognize more than 1,000 samesex couples. The state attorney general put their marriages in limbo while legal wrangling continued. Up next, a top Libyan Military commander turning against his own government today. Were looking at whether libya can prevent civil war. Pakistanis forced out of a dying silk trade are turn to the taliban to make a living. Libya may be nearing civil war. Fighting as escalated between heavilyarmed militias, now a top military general has defected. Reporter the commander of the Libyan Special forces declared that he and his forces are joining the battle against what he called extremists and terrorists. He said we are joining the battle of dignity. This battle was declared by forces loyal to retired general. Its a very significant development. It comes only hours after another air force commanders in the east of libya announced that he is joining the hafta forces. The caretaker government which is struggling to impose law and order has declared a proposed initiative to end the political crisis. Now that initiative is made of ten points. The most important of that initiative, most important in those points are first to freeze the General National Congress and ask that parliament to hold a new session to choose a new Prime Minister. If it fails to do so, this current government will continue until new elections are held. Now the initiative sets a new date for elections. That is no later than midof august. It also calls on the current general congress to take a parliamentary holiday. All of this tells you the kei chaotic situation that is unfolding in libya. Libyans will tell you they are extremely worried that this is the beginning to either libya becoming an officially failed state or the beginning of a civil war. The associate Vice President at the u. S. Institute of Pieces Center joins us tonight. Welcome. Thank you. What do you see as the key issue in this conflict. I think the key issue is libya hasnt been able to form a go, particularly the gnc that has a very clear mandate. Without that, its very hard to deal with all of these parallel structures, particularly in the security sector. Is this about the structure of government or are there particular political issues that are really driving this . I think its a combination. I think the problem is that there hasnt been any way to solve the issues in clear way, because there isnt a clear government and clear mandate. So what keeps happening is a return to arms and violence as a way of resolving the issues. Who packs the biggest punch when it comes to military capability, though . I think its hard to pinpoint, because it is consistently shifting. Nobody has that kind of political bunch or weight. It really is the different alliances that take place. But its clear that the government doesnt have control over the parallel structures. Three Prime Ministers since march. Why . It goes back to a lock of trust. They were not looking at the dialogue and a lot of it goes back to the political isolation. So in many ways the National Dialogue is one of the ways to bring people together. If there is civil war, could this country be put in many parts . I think that were still far from civil war. What were seeing with the violence really overshadows a very strong willingness from people on the ground in libya. They are very eager to keep libya together and find a political solution. I think the challenge is what are the right outlets. You definitely have violence, but were far from the country falling apart. I was going to say what is the food in the country now . There is a lot of disappointment, particularly in the central government. There is a lot of frustration. There is still no response in terms of basic services. But all three Prime Ministers were done through political solutions. And i think its very important to highlight that that remains the commitment. Now like i said the parallel security structures are a real threat and until you address that head on, that situation could is it safe to travel to tripoli . I think its safe with precautions. When i was in libya, i was in tripoli. I didnt security and was able to move around. But in the past i could move around all over libya. But i stayed in triply. Thank you for joining us tonight. Thank you for having me. In parts of pakistan the battle against the taliban has had an unintended work. Companies have closed, and that has some turning to the taliban for jobs. Andrew simmons reports. Reporter its natural spinoff, tourism was destroyed by the twoyear rule of the taliban. By the time the army drove the taliban out in 2009, another traditional industry lay in ruins. The silk trade. There have been efforts to revive it, but talk of government subsidies havent materialized. This is one of the few factories left. Most of its workers have been laid off. Those left are each having to operate 12 of the machines. The owner has been holding on to stock because he cant sell at a profit. Translator im only carrying on now for the sake of these poor laborers. If the situation goes on like this, ill also have to close this factory. Reporter with labor costs low, business grew, but the cross border supply stopped. With high overheads and costly raw materials, this is what is in store now. What was a thriving industry providing 70,000 jobs handed down through generations, now reduced to scrap. This one of 500 factories closed down and about to be sold. With no jobs available, there are warnings that those falling into poverty can be attracted to the taliban, for money. A worker who is about to lose his job say it may be unthinkable, but some feel theres no all terntive. Translator thousands of people used to work in the silk industry, now its so bad some have joined the taliban, resorting to wear suicide vests to bring in so feed their familiar list. Translator what option do i have . I can either take a bullet in my head or join for the money. Reporter its an enemy pakistans government is underestimates, some say. Up next, more on our breaking news story. Thailands Army Declares marshall law. We have a reporter on the ground with the latest details. And waging war on boko haram. African leaders vow to fight the radical group. A look at whether they have the capability to actually do it. Welcome back to Al Jazeera America, im John Siegenthaler in new york. A lot more to cover this half hour. Tearful apology, south koreas president , addresses the anger over how her government responded to the deadly fairy disaster. Fighting extinction inside a socalled bio bank. An epic voyage circling the world from hawaii, 47,000 miles to honor the earth. But first the top stories in tonights briefing. A federal grand jury has charged five Chinese Military officials with cyber espionage. Prosecutors say the hackers working out of shanghai and targeted companies and labor unions in western pennsylvania. China called the charges unrounded and absurd. One of this fallout is what we see now as mutual untrust and accusations will be tchinese of probably enhancing its own Equipment Systems on their own, so that the fallout will be a

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