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US rejects claims it participated in hacking of French presidential staff

By Jamey Keaten, AP

From Jamey Keaten, AP:  The U.S. Embassy in Paris on Wednesday "categorically" denied claims in a French magazine report that the U.S. government was behind a hacking attack against computers in the French president’s palace earlier this year.

NATO Secretary General: Turkey has officially requested deployment of Patriot missiles

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  Statement by the NATO Secretary General on Patriot Missile Deployment to Turkey

Libyan security chief assassinated in Benghazi

By Chris Stephen, Guardian

From Chris Stephen, Guardian:  The Libyan security chief who led an anti-militia crackdown in the wake of the killing of the country’s US ambassador has been assassinated in Benghazi, raising questions about the government’s ability to impose the rule of law. Colonel Farag al-Dersi, Benghazi’s chief of security, was shot dead by three gunmen in […]

French press accuse US of hacking computers in Presidential Palace

By Phil Muncaster, the Register

From Phil Muncaster, the Register:  US-sponsored snoopers hacked into the computers of the Élysée Palace earlier this year ahead of the French presidential election and lifted top secret information, using what appears to be the notorious Flame malware, a French newspaper has alleged. The attack, which occurred in May a few days before the second […]

Senior US diplomat reminds PM Ivanishvili ‘the world is watching’ Georgia’s democratic transition

By Philip H. Gordon, Department of State

From Philip H. Gordon, Department of State:  I noted how impressed we are with Georgia’s democratic development.

Lavrov: Clinton says US committed to finding ‘compromise agreement on missile defense’

By RT

Davutoglu: ‘We have reached an agreement’ with NATO allies to deploy Patriots in Turkey

By Reuters

From Reuters:  NATO member states have agreed to supply Turkey with an advanced Patriot missile system to defend against Syrian attacks and talks on its deployment are in the final stage, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Tuesday.

Ten European states agree military air tanker cooperation

By Adrian Croft, Reuters

From Adrian Croft, Reuters:  Ten European countries agreed on Monday to work together to boost their military air-to-air refueling capacity, to plug a gap in their defenses that was exposed by last year’s Libyan war.