'Isis will be looking for targets': guns and fear mark Afghan Ashura
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/19/isis-will-be-looking-for-targets-guns-and-fear-mark-afghan-ashura
Colombia continues to break records for cocaine production, report says
The South American nation produced a record estimated 1,379 tonnes of cocaine last year – up 31% on 2016
"Colombia is desperate to shed its reputation as a nation dogged by the drug trade, but new figures from the United Nations show that it continues to break records for producing cocaine.
In 2017, around 171,000 hectares (423,000 acres) of the South American nation’s land was used to grow coca, the plant whose leaf is the base ingredient of cocaine – up 25,000 hectares (17%) on the year before, according to a report published on Wednesday by the United Nation’s Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/19/colombia-cocaine-production-breaks-record
Prior to joining NSA, Storch served in several positions at the Department of Justice’s OIG, including as senior counsel to the IG and acting deputy IG prior to his 2015 appointment as deputy IG. He also served as chairman of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency Whistleblower Ombudsman Working Group. The Whistleblower Ombudsperson program he helped establish is widely seen as a leader in the field.
Earlier in his career, Storch also worked as a federal prosecutor in the Northern District of New York, most recently serving as the deputy criminal chief and counsel to the U.S. Attorney. He was also posted overseas for two years as a
Department of Justice resident legal advisor in Ukraine.
http://intelligencecommunitynews.com/robert-storch-confirmed-as-nsa-ig/
NSA questioned over unauthorized call-record collection by Sens. Wyden, Paul
"Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat, and Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, wrote the NSA’s inspector general in response to the agency stating recently that it was erasing call records that it had obtained from telecommunications providers but “was not authorized to receive.”
“Was the deletion of data sufficient to ensure that all unauthorized production was, in fact, deleted?” the senators wrote in their 2-page letter to Robert Storch, a former Deputy of Justice deputy inspector general serving as the NSA’s in-house watchdog since January.
“Has the NSA adequately ensured, not only that the same unauthorized production will not reoccur, but also that systems are in place to prevent other technical irregularities from resulting in unauthorized production?
The NSA’s office of the inspector general received the senators’ letter but declined to comment further, a representative told The Washington Times."
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/3/nsa-questioned-over-unauthorized-call-record-colle/
Storch gonna torch the Deep State?