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Attorneys for National Security Agency contractor Reality Winner have asked a court to suppress the statements she made to investigators prior to being taken into custody and charged with leaking classified intelligence.

Ms. Winners legal team wrote in a motion filed Tuesday that their client wasnt read her Miranda rights prior to being questioned by authorities inside her home June 3 and that her statements from then shouldnt be used as evidence.

Winner was never told she was free to leave, nor was she advised as to her arrest status; indeed, when she specifically asked whether she was under arrest, the agents told her they did not know the answer to that yet, her attorneys wrote.

The filing also requests a hearing be scheduled regarding the request.

Ms. Winner, 25, is accused of leaking a classified document to the website The Intercept detailing Russias involvement in the 2016 U.S. presidential race.

According to the federal complaint filed against her, Ms. Winner printed and improperly removed classified intelligence reporting in early May obtained on the job at Pluribus International Corporation, an NSA contractor near Augusta, Georgia.

Federal investigators learned about the leak after The Intercepts reporters contacted the government May 30 prior to publication. Investigators subsequently traced the leak to Ms. Winner and questioned her at her Augusta home on June 3, according to charging documents.

During that conversation, Winner admitted intentionally identifying and printing the classified intelligence reporting at issue, the government argued. Winner further admitted removing the classified intelligence reporting from her office space, retaining it and mailing it from Augusta, Georgia, to the news outlet, which she knew was not authorized to receive or possess the documents.

Winner further acknowledged that she was aware of the contents of the intelligence reporting and that she knew the contents of the reporting could be used to the injury of the United States and to the advantage of a foreign nation, according to investigators.

Ms. Winner ultimately pleaded not guilty to a federal charge of gathering, transmitting or losing defense information, and faces a maximum of 10 years in prison if convicted.

A tentative start date for the governments case against Ms. Winner was established during a status hearing Wednesday for Oct. 23, a local Fox affiliate reported.

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PrintWednesday 30th August, 2017By EdnaA. Quansah, GNAAccra, Aug. 30, GNA - The Director General ofthe National Sports Authority (NSA) Mr. Robert Sarfo Mensah has said that hisprayers is for Egypt to lose against Uganda as they lock horns in the qualifiers of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.The Pharaohs of Egypt have amassed six pointsin Group E and top the standing after beating Congo and Ghana in their theirtwo mat

By EdnaA. Quansah, GNA

Accra, Aug. 30, GNA - The Director General ofthe National Sports Authority (NSA) Mr. Robert Sarfo Mensah has said that hisprayers is for Egypt to lose against Uganda as they lock horns in the qualifiers of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

The Pharaohs of Egypt have amassed six pointsin Group E and top the standing after beating Congo and Ghana in their theirtwo matches played so far.

Uganda are lying second with four pointswhilst Ghana and Congo have with one point and zero respectively.

The Black Stars of Ghana will play Congo onFriday, September 1 at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi before travellingto Congo Brazzaville for the return encounter whilst Uganda hosts Egypt onThursday, August 31.

Though Egypt, the seven times Africa Championsare in a better position to qualify to the quadrennial showpiece, the NSA bosstold the GNA Sports that he is praying and fasting that Egypt slips tomorrowagainst Uganda so that our chances will be brighter.

He urged the team to concentrate on theremaining matches and do all they can to win all the remaining games.

This is the beginning of our qualification tothe World Cup. The previous matches played are over. What I want to tell theBlack Stars is that, they should do their best to win for us. They shouldforget about all the permutations and win all the matches.

They should concentrate on our remaining fourmatches and I believe that with God on our side, Egypt can slip against Uganda.In football anything can happen and thats all what we hopping for.

This years qualification is similar to whathappened in 2006 and I dont think it is beyond us. Ghanaians are counting onthem and whatever they need to do, they should do and qualify us to thetourney.

Ghana will be chasing her fourth appearance tothe competition under Coach James Kwesi Appiah who qualified the country to thelast edition in Brazil.

GNA

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Researchers hack Intel's back door

A team of insecurity experts from Positive Technologies has found a way to disable the Intel Management Engine (ME) thanks to the NSA.

For those who came in late, ME is as popular with the IT community as Donald Trump is in Scotland. Most see it as a backdoor, even if Intel advertises it as a "remote PC management" solution.

For this reason, security experts have been trying for years to find a way to disable the Intel ME component, but have failed. If you disable Intel ME, the computer crashes because it runs initialisation, power management, and launch of the main processor.

However apparently there is a hidden bit inside the firmware code, which when flipped (set to "1") will disable ME after ME has done its job and booted up the main processor.

The bit is labelled "reserve_hap" and a nearby comment describes it as "High Assurance Platform (HAP) enable". High Assurance Platform (HAP) is an NSA program that describes a series of rules for running secure computing platforms.

Researchers believe Intel has added the ME-disabling bit at the behest of the NSA, which needed a method of disabling ME as a security measure for computers running in highly sensitive environments.

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Object storage software shipper Caringo is offering free 100TB licences to media and entertainment companies.

A 100TB licence for Caringos Swarm object storage software is being offered to recording studios, content creation and post-production houses, broadcasters, studios and other M&E businesses.

Swarm installs on any mix of standard storage hardware and provides an object storage resource with asset protection, life-cycle management, search and security included.

IT execs in the M&E space are under extreme pressure to provide long-term accessible storage and instant search and delivery to customers and viewers," said Caringo marketing VP Adrian Herrera. "The [public] cloud isnt a viable option for many because of security and cost concerns... we are making it easy for qualified firms to get started by offering 100TB of storage for free.

No doubt it hopes to seed Caringo Swarm use and then receive capacity upgrade licence requests once the content stored passes the 100TB level, as it's likely to do with M&E businesses.

The companys announcement adds: Caringo Swarm is the ideal solution for M&E firms looking to balance the industry expectations that storage should be free and assets should be immediately accessible from any device. Wed suggest any M&E firms with expectations that storage should be free might need a reality check before they go out of business.

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At their pre-IFA 2017 press event in Berlin today, along with updates to a variety of other products, Samsung announced updates to their Gear IconX wireless ear buds. Ergonomically, Samsung says the redesigned units are lighter weight and will stay secured in a users ears better. More importantly, Samsung has added some software technology and made battery improvements.

When we reviewed the Gear IconX cord-free earbuds last year, one issue we noted was that battery life was downright pathetic. In our tests, low battery warnings started up after only about one hour of use although we could double that by loading music files into the onboard storage and streaming from there rather than via a Bluetooth connection with a smartphone. Samsung says they have improved this so that the updated Gear IconX earbuds can last up to five hours now or even six hours when music is played standalone. This is thanks to a bigger battery clocking in at 82mAh versus the older models 47mAh. The charging case also got a bump from 315mAh to 340mAh.

On the software side, Sasmung has built-in support for their Bixby AI assistant technology. One place where this will be noticeable will be in controlling volume or moving through music selections as that can now be accomplished with voice commands. Note that compatibility with Bixby is limited to users who also have a Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+ or Galaxy Note8 smartphone. Samsung also includes their Running Coach software, accessible in standalone mode, which can provide exercise status updates with a tap of the earbuds.

The latest version of the Gear IconX will be available in black, white or pink as Samsung drops the blue color of the older model. We are still waiting on word from Samsung on when the new version will be available and whether pricing will change compared to last years $200 mark.

Raised in North Carolina, Jeff Causey is a licensed CPA in North Carolina. Jeff's past Android devices include an HTC EVO, a Samsung Note II, and an LG G3, and a Motorola Moto X Pure Edition along with a Samsung Galaxy Tablet 10.1. He currently uses a Samsung Galaxy S8 and (very rarely) a Nexus 7 (2013). He is also using a Verizon-branded Motorola Moto Z Play Droid supplied by his job. Jeff used to have a pair of Google Glass and a Moto 360 Sport in his stable of gadgets. Unfortunately, his wife and kids have all drunk the Apple Kool-Aid and have i-devices. Life at home often includes demonstrations of the superiority of his Android based devices. In his free time, Jeff is active in his church, a local MINI Cooper car club, and his daughter's soccer club. Jeff is married, has three kids, and a golden retriever.

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Samsung updates Gear IconX wireless, cord-free earbuds - TalkAndroid (blog)