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Acquaintances say bike path
suspect was argumentative, angry
NEW YORK — Some saw him as disagreeable and argumen-
tative, others as quiet and prayerful. He was said to be hardwork-
ing but also seemed to simmer with disillusionment over finan-
cial and career setbacks.
As Sayfullo Saipov lay in a hospital bed Wednesday, police
tried to piece together the life of the 29-year-old immigrant
accused of driving a truck onto a New York bike path and killing
eight people. A fuller portrait began to emerge of the suspect who
was described by the president as an animal and by the mayor as
a coward.
Saipov legally emigrated from Uzbekistan, a former Soviet
republic and predominantly Sunni Muslim nation north of
Afghanistan that is estimated to have produced hundreds if not
thousands of supporters for the Islamic State group and other
extremist organizations in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Notes found at the crime scene indicate Saipov acted in the
name of IS, authorities said.
After arriving in the U.S. in 2010, Saipov made his first home
in Ohio, acquaintances said.
Trump calls for death penalty
for NYC truck attack suspect
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday
backed away from his threat to send the suspect in the New York
bike path attack to Guantanamo Bay, acknowledging in an early
morning tweet that the military judicial process at the Cuban
detention center takes longer than the civilian federal court
system.
But Trump called again for the man to be executed, which
could complicate the case for prosecutors and give defense attor-
neys a chance to argue the president’s tweets hurt their client’s
right to a fair trial.
Trump tweeted Thursday morning that the case against Say-
fullo Saipov, 29, “Should move fast. DEATH PENALTY!” He
had tweeted Wednesday night: “NYC terrorist was happy as he
asked to hang ISIS flag in his hospital room. He killed 8 people,
badly injured 12. SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY!”
His comments broke with longstanding tradition against pres-
idents publicly commenting on criminal cases.
Trump on Wednesday, in seemingly off-the-cuff responses to
reporters, said he would consider sending Saipov to Guantanamo,
a notion the White House later reinforced by saying it considered
Saipov to be an “enemy combatant.” Authorities say Saipov was
inspired by the Islamic State group when he veered into a city
bike path in Manhattan on Tuesday, killing eight people.
But just a few hours later, the government filed federal terror-
ism charges against the Uzbek immigrant, signaling an intent to
prosecute him within the U.S. The one-two developments marked
a sharp disconnect between the president and his administration.
Trump said Thursday he would love to see Saipov prosecuted
at Guantanamo, but tweeted that there is “also something appro-
priate” about keeping him “in the home of the horrible crime he
committed.”
GOP tax plan slashes
corporate rate, cut for wealthy
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans on Thursday
unveiled a tax cut plan that slashes the corporate tax rate, low-
ers taxes for most Americans but limits a cherished deduction for
homeowners as President Donald Trump and the GOP seek to
deliver on the first tax revamp in three decades.
The proposal would add $1.5 trillion to the nation’s debt over
the next decade as Republicans largely abandoned fiscal disci-
pline in a desire to secure a legislative achievement for Trump
and score a political win ahead of next year’s midterm elections.
Middle-income families would pay less, thanks to doubling
of the standard deduction and an increase in the child tax credit.
Wealthy Americans, like Trump, would benefit from the repeal
of the alternative minimum tax and phase out of the estate tax.
Some two-income, upper middle class families would pay
more after being bumped into a higher tax bracket and losing a
valuable deduction on state income taxes.
Russia hackers had targets
worldwide, beyond US election
WASHINGTON — The hackers who upended the U.S. presi-
dential election had ambitions well beyond Hillary Clinton’s cam-
paign, targeting the emails of Ukrainian officers, Russian oppo-
sition figures, U.S. defense contractors and thousands of others
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AP Photo/Andres Kudacki
A police officer stands guard next to bicycles
Wednesday that lie on a bike path at the crime scene
after a motorist Tuesday drove onto the path near
the World Trade Center memorial, striking and killing
several people in New York.
Feds: Truck attack suspect said
‘he felt good about’ rampage
NEW YORK — The suspect in a deadly truck rampage
was inspired by the Islamic State group’s online videos and
plotted his New York City attack for two months, renting a
truck ahead of time to practice turning it, federal authori-
ties said in a criminal complaint bringing terrorism charges
against the Uzbek immigrant.
Sayfullo Saipov chose the attack date to target Hallow-
een crowds, according to the criminal complaint. And after
his trail of terror was halted by a police bullet, he asked to
display the Islamic State group’s flag in his hospital room,
saying “he felt good about what he had done,” authorities
said.
Brought to court in a wheelchair, Saipov was held with-
out bail on charges that could bring the death penalty. Sep-
arately, the FBI was questioning people who might have
information about his actions before the attack, including a
second Uzbek man.
The charges against Saipov, 29, came just a day after
the attack near the World Trade Center killed eight peo-
ple. Investigators in multiple states raced to retrace Saipov’s
steps and understand his motivations, which they said were
illuminated by a note he left by the truck: “Islamic Sup-
plication. It will endure.” The phrase “it will endure” com-
monly refers to the Islamic State group, and Saipov had a
cellphone loaded with the group’s propaganda, an FBI agent
said in the criminal complaint.
Handcuffed and with his legs shackled, Saipov nodded
his head as he was read his rights in a brief court proceed-
ing that he followed through a Russian interpreter. Outside
court, his appointed lawyer, David Patton, said he hoped
“everyone lets the judicial process play out.”
of interest to the Kremlin, according to a previously unpublished
digital hit list obtained by The Associated Press.
The list provides the most detailed forensic evidence yet of
the close alignment between the hackers and the Russian govern-
ment, exposing an operation that stretched back years and tried
to break into the inboxes of 4,700 Gmail users across the globe
— from the pope’s representative in Kiev to the punk band Pussy
Riot in Moscow.
“It’s a wish list of who you’d want to target to further Rus-
sian interests,” said Keir Giles, director of the Conflict Studies
Research Center in Cambridge, England, and one of five outside
experts who reviewed the AP’s findings. He said the data was
“a master list of individuals whom Russia would like to spy on,
embarrass, discredit or silence.”
The AP findings draw on a database of 19,000 malicious links
collected by cybersecurity firm Secureworks, dozens of rogue
emails, and interviews with more than 100 hacking targets.
Secureworks stumbled upon the data after a hacking group
known as Fancy Bear accidentally exposed part of its phishing
operation to the internet. The list revealed a direct line between
the hackers and the leaks that rocked the presidential contest in its
final stages, most notably the private emails of Clinton campaign
chairman John Podesta.
Gates: A Trump survivor
is tested by Mueller probe
NEW YORK — Inside Trump Tower, some knew Rick Gates
as “the walking dead.”
He had somehow survived the ouster of his closest campaign
ally, chairman Paul Manafort, and Donald Trump himself had
ordered Gates off the campaign more than once.
Yet Gates, Manafort’s longtime deputy, maintained a signifi-
cant role in Trump’s presidential campaign. He went on to man-
age Trump’s $107 million inauguration fund. And he would soon
become a regular visitor to the White House.
Gates’ resilience is now Trump’s headache. Both Manafort
and Gates were indicted on a dozen damaging charges related
to their consulting work, but it’s Gates, the lesser known of the
two, who brings the scandal into the White House. Few people
had more intimate knowledge of the Trump campaign’s day-to-
day operations, its work with outside groups and the Republican
National Committee and its transition to governing.
Gates, like Manafort, faces charges of conspiracy against the
United States, conspiracy to launder money, acting as unreg-
istered foreign agents and making false statements. Both have
pleaded not guilty. Gates, a 45-year-old father of four, ages 6 to
14, would likely receive at least 10 years in prison if convicted,
prosecutors wrote this week.
Asia braces for Trump and his
unpredictable foreign policy
BEIJING — Donald Trump vowed a more “unpredictable”
foreign policy when he campaigned for president. Mission
accomplished, if the mood in Asia ahead of his first presidential
trip to the region is any indication.
Much like the prelude to a bruising typhoon, Trump’s upcom-
ing visit has inspired fear, resignation, indignation, morbid curi-
osity — even, according to one South Korean politician, feelings
of national disgrace.
During his first months as president, Trump, who will visit
Japan, South Korea and China before attending regional summits
in Vietnam and the Philippines, has blended moments of flattery
with vows to rip up trade deals, destroy a sovereign nation with
nuclear weapons and generally crash long-standing norms of
diplomacy anywhere it suits his aims.
He has wined and dined the leaders of China and Japan, and
been fawned over in return, and his shaky ties with South Korea’s
leader have led to worries that Washington could take military
action against North Korea without Seoul’s approval.
Looming over his entire trip is one of the strangest relation-
ships in the world — an often surreal exchange of threats of anni-
hilation between North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and Trump,
who has also occasionally offered praise and dialogue.
Suu Kyi visits Myanmar region
torn by Rohingya conflict
YANGON, Myanmar — Aung San Suu Kyi made her first
visit as Myanmar’s leader Thursday to the conflict-torn region
where more than half a million Rohingya Muslims have fled
state-led violence that has spiraled into Asia’s worst refugee cri-
sis in decades.
Her visit to Rakhine state comes as Suu Kyi is under intense
international scrutiny for her response to the exodus, which
the U.N. has called ethnic cleansing, and as her government
said it is working on a plan to repatriate those who fled to
Bangladesh.
Suu Kyi arrived in the state capital, Sittwe, in the morning and
headed to restive northern Rakhine where many Rohingya vil-
lages were located. During a 2015 election campaign, she visited
southern Rakhine, where there hasn’t been much conflict.
“The state counselor just arrived but she is heading to Maung-
daw, northern Rakhine, with the state officials,” said Tin Maung
Swe, a deputy director of the Rakhine government, using Suu
Kyi’s official title.
Government spokesman Zaw Htay would not release Suu
Kyi’s plans for the trip until later because of security concerns.
Child sex offenders to be
named as such in US passports
WASHINGTON — America’s registered child sex offenders
will now have to use passports identifying them for their past
crimes when traveling overseas.
The State Department said Wednesday it would begin revok-
ing passports of registered child sex offenders and will require
them to apply for a new one that carries a “unique identifier” of
their status. Those applying for a passport for the first time will
not be issued one without the identifier, which will be a notice
printed inside the back cover of the passport book that reads:
“The bearer was convicted of a sex offense against a minor, and
is a covered sex offender pursuant to (U.S. law).”
The department said in a statement posted to its travel.state.
gov website that registered child sex offenders will no longer be
issued smaller travel documents known as passport cards because
they do not have enough room to fit the notice.
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