April Ryan Says US ‘Not Safe’ For Journalists

Journalist April Ryan made the claim that the United States is not safe for journalists during a discussion of a Washington Post columnist who was killed in Turkey. The remarks came during a discussion on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi at Politicon Sunday evening and featured Axios’s Jonathan Swan and Breitbart’s Alex Marlow. “It’s infinitely safer here [in the US] for a journalist,” said Swan. “It’s not safe here for journalists,” replied Ryan, leading Swan to ask “You don’t think it’s safer here than Saudi Arabia or Turkey?” Marlow then mocked Ryan’s comments by saying she was “a character of Breitbart,” which sparked a fierce back-and-forth between the two. Politicon is an annual convention in Los Angeles featuring various journalists, pundits, and politicians. The event took place Saturday and Sunday.

https://www.dailycaller.com/2018/10/21/april-ryan-jamal-khashoggi-politicon/

Uber's Head Of Corporate Development Resigns Over Sexual Misconduct

More than a year after Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick resigned as Uber CEO following a string of sexual harassment scandals and general chaos, on Monday afternoon Uber’s head of corporate development, Cameron Poetzscher, resigned shortly after a Wall Street Journal article revealed more allegations of prior sexual misconduct in the office. An Uber spokesman on Monday confirmed Poetzscher’s departure to the WSJ. Poetzscher's resignation is effective immediately with the Journal reporting that Uber’s new CFO Nelson Chai is assuming Poetzscher’s responsibilities while the firm seeks a replacement. “We thank Cam for his four and a half years of service to Uber,” a spokesman said.

Last month, the WSJ reported that following complaints, an investigation by an outside law firm found the former biz dev head had engaged in “a pattern of making sexually suggestive comments about other co-workers, including describing which ones he would like to sleep with." In addition to making suggestive comments, Poetzscher had a consensual affair with a colleague, violating company policy because he took part in her annual review, the Journal reported, based on unnamed people said to be familiar with the investigation. After the law firm reported on Poetzscher’s behavior, some members of an Uber internal panel called for his head, the WSJ reported. But Uber’s leadership elected to give him a formal warning, cut his annual bonus and put him through sensitivity training, according to the paper. Then, after a number of months, Poetzscher was promoted to acting head of finance, reporting to Khosrowshahi, according to the paper. The company has since hired a new chief financial officer who is now Poetzscher’s superior.

Poetzscher was a trusted adviser to Kalanick's CEO replacement Dara Khosrowshahi, and oversaw Uber’s biggest deals, like the $7.7 billion investment from SoftBank as well as the sale of its Southeast Asia operations. In November 2017, Uber gave Mr. Poetzscher a formal warning, reduced his annual bonus, and mandated sensitivity coaching, according to the people. In a statement to the Journal for that September article, Poetzscher said he was “rightfully disciplined” by Uber. "I deeply regret and have learned from this error in judgment, and I am proud of how hard everyone at Uber is working to ensure our company is a positive, respectful, and inspiring place to work," he said at the time. An Uber spokesman told the Journal that Poetzscher’s behavior at the company had been fully investigated by the outside law firm, and that “appropriate actions were taken as a result.” A few weeks later Poetzscher tendered his resignation.

In a separate matter, in 2015, a live-in nanny sued Cameron Poetzscher and his wife, Airbnb head of global operations Varsha Rao, claiming the power coupled sexually-harassed and under paid her for years while working at their $7 million home. Julieta Yang, 45, sued Poetzscher and his wife, alleging that she was the victim of sexual advances and innuendos when looking after their two children. The Filipino mother-of-three, who moved from Singapore to continue working with the couple in 2013, has also suggested Poetzscher exposed himself, masturbated and asked for 'handwork' at the luxury San Francisco property. According to the lawsuit, Uber's head of corporate development repeatedly asked the housekeeper to rub his back with lotion and offered her extra cash for 'massage services'. The document added that Poetzscher, a former investment banker at Goldman Sachs, allegedly wanted to keep his alleged lewd behavior secret from his wife, while Yang cooked, cleaned and did chores for a flat weekly rate of $450. Poetzscher and settled with the nanny later that year, with the couple not admitting to any wrongdoing, court records show.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-22/ubers-head-corporate-development-resigns-over-sexual-misconduct

>>3566065

She is a scum of the highest order, kek, I can't imagine that anyone believes a word that comes out of her trap.

Watch: Saudi Consulate Employees Burn Documents Day After Khashoggi Killing

The drumbeat of incriminating leaks from the Turkish investigation into the killing of Jamal Khashoggi has continued apace Monday afternoon. And in the latest salacious piece of evidence that appears to support the theory that Khashoggi's murder was a premeditated act ordered by a senior official in his government, if not the Crown Prince himself, a Turkish TV station has aired footage showing employees from the Saudi consulate in Istanbul burning documents on Oct. 3, the day after Khashoggi disappeared inside the consulate and was never seen again. Per Middle East Eye, Turkish television channel A Haber released on Monday a video seemingly filmed by a small drone of consulate employees throwing documents into a fire outside of the consulate building.

Turkish authorities haven't commented on the latest video, which was shared by a number of Turkish news outlets. The identity of the individuals in the video and the contents of the documents they burned remained unknown as of publication time. Meanwhile, Middle East Eye reported that five more Turkish employees of the Saudi consulate in Istanbul gave witness statements on Monday to investigators in the Khashoggi probe. That brings the total number of consulate employees interviewed to 25 - roughly 20 short of the 45 that investigators hope to interview.

On Saturday, Saudi Arabia officially admitted that Khashoggi had been killed inside the embassy during what they described as a "botched interrogation. However on Sunday, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir appeared to walk back these claims, saying the kingdom didn't know how Khashoggi died. There have also been conflicted reports about how Khashoggi's remains were disposed of, with Saudi sources saying his body was rolled into a carpet and given to a local fixer to dispose of, while Turkish sources insist that he was cut into 15 pieces. Turkish President Erdogan is expected to release more details about the killings on Tuesday. But evidence leaked on Monday suggest that Turkey will embrace a more aggressive tone.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-22/watch-saudi-consulate-employees-burn-documents-day-after-khashoggi-killing

Canada Installs Underwater Chinese Monitoring Devices Near US Sub Base

Canada has placed four Chinese monitoring devices just 186 miles away from the US coast, near a major waterway used by a US nuclear submarine base, reports SCMP. The sensors were placed on the Endeavour segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge by a remote controlled Canadian Coast Guard submersible on June 27, and are now fully operational.

The instruments, which use hi-tech sensors to monitor the underwater environment, are connected to the Ocean Network Canada (ONC), a grid of marine observatories stretching from the northeast Pacific to the Arctic. While the network is operated by the University of Victoria in British Columbia, its four new additions are the property of the Sanya Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, a unit of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which also developed and built them. -SCMP Data from the sensors can be streamed in real-time to the Chinese institute's control center in the city of Sanya, located on the island province of Hainan.

While there is no indication that the devices will be used to spy on the United States, both Canada and Beijing have refused to say what they're for, while the US State Department said it had "nothing to say" on the matter. What is known is that information collected by the devices will help Chinese marine scientists better understand the environment of a strategic waterway close to the United States, and get a close look at the structure and operation of one of the world’s largest and most advanced underwater observatories. While there is no evidence to suggest China’s military is involved with the project – there is also no suggestion the devices can be used to track submarines or other vessels – maritime environmental data is equally valuable to both civilian and non-civilian researchers. Some Chinese government research websites have suggested the positioning of the monitoring devices could be a precursor to China building its own network in the region. -SCMP

ONC is primarily a research facility, however it does maintain a defense contract with the Canadian military monitor Arctic waters using an AI-powered surveillance system, according to state broadcaster CBC. As SCMP notes, "the Strait of Juan de Fuca is one of the world’s busiest waterways. Across the strait to the south, not far from the city of Seattle, is one of the United States’ two strategic nuclear weapon facilities – Naval Base Kitsap – which is home to a nuclear submarine shipyard and the only dry dock on the country’s west coast capable of accommodating a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier." "Deep sea observation networks are highly sensitive, and closely related to national security," says Chen Hongqiao - a researcher for the Centre for Canadian Studies at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in Guangzhou. "Countries don’t open them up to third parties unless there is a high level of trust and confidence." "Such collaboration is very unusual. The implications go far beyond science, [so] it could have only happened with a nod from the top on both sides.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-22/canada-installs-underwater-chinese-monitoring-devices-near-us-sub-base

>>3566108

I agree with that look at some of the operators.