DTN News: Boeing Top Stories / Headlines News Dated July 8, 2013

DTN News: Boeing Top Stories / Headlines News Dated July 8, 2013
*International Media on BOEING Related News

 Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources Major News Media, Google, Yahoo & Others

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 8, 2013: Comprehensive daily news related to Boeing and associates respectively.

*Comprehensive daily news related to Boeing and associates respectively.
*International Media on BOEING Related News

China Southern Airlines confirms delivery of second Boeing 787 CAPA - Centre for Aviation IAG recently announced the conversion of 18 options to buy Boeing 787 aircraft for delivery to its UK subsidiary British Airways between 2017 and 2021. These new orders, which need confirmation by IAG shareholders, are in addition to 24 firm orders ... See all stories on this topic »

Can The Boeing Company (BA) Grasp This Huge Opportunity? Insider Monkey (blog) Airbus won the order battle from Boeing and booked orders for 466 aircraft worth $69 billion. These orders included 59 orders from Singapore Airlines and Air France for A350. Boeing booked a total 442 aircraft orders, including 102 orders for the 787 ... See all stories on this topic »

GE Aviation gets more than $26 billion in orders - FOX19.com-Cincinnati News ... WXIX United Airlines selected GEnx-1B engines to power its order for 20 firm Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners and the remaining 15 firm 787 Dreamliners from a previous order. The engine order for the 35aircraft plus five firmed aircraft options from last year are ... See all stories on this topic »

Boeing to Take Off With Commercial Transition, Says Drexel Hamilton TheStreet.com NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Boeing (BA ) shares were up about a half a percent in Monday trading after Drexel Hamilton analysts said they expect the aircraft producer to take off as the company weans itself from military contracts and transitions into ... See all stories on this topic »

Hainan Airlines Takes Dreamliner Delivery Aerospace Manufacturing and Design Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines has taken the delivery of its wide-body, twin-engine Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which is the first of 10 787 airliners the carrier has ordered. "Today is a great day ... Its current fleet includes 106 Boeing airplanes. The ... See all stories on this topic »

*Link for This article compiled by Roger Smith - DTN News 
*Speaking Image - Creation of DTN News ~ Defense Technology News 
*Photograph: IPF (International Pool of Friends) + DTN News / otherwise source stated
*This article is being posted from Toronto, Canada By DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News Contact:dtnnews@ymail.com 
©COPYRIGHT (C) DTN NEWS DEFENSE-TECHNOLOGY NEWS

DTN News - EGYPT UNREST: At Least 51 Killed in Attack Outside Cairo’s Army Headquarters

DTN News - EGYPT UNREST: At Least 51 Killed in Attack Outside Cairo’s Army Headquarters
• ElBaradei calls for independent investigation
• Muslim Brotherhood calls on Egyptians to 'rise up'
• Army says compound was targeted by 'terrorists'
• Injured report tear gas – then live ammunition
• Protesters face military at Rabaa mosque
• Live coverage of all developments throughout the day
• Share your text, images or videos of what's happening in Egypt

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources Guardian & Alarabiya
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 8, 2013:  The death toll from an attack outside the headquarters of the Egypt’s Republican Guard in Cairo early on Monday soared to 51, the head of the emergency services told Reuters.

Khaled al-Khatib, a health ministry official, hat put the initial death toll at 34, saying that more than 300 others were wounded. 

The Egyptian army and the Muslim Brotherhood traded blames over responsibility for the carnage.

“At dawn, an armed terrorist group tried to storm the Republican Guard [building]... attacking army troops and police,” the Egyptian army said in a statement, adding that one officer was killed.

A security source said that around 200 armed members of the Muslim Brotherhood were arrested in the attack on the Republican Guard's headquarters.

Meanwhile, the Brotherhood said on Monday that 35 supporters of ousted President Mohammad Mursi were shot dead by security forces while they were praying.

"Mursi supporters were praying while the police and army fired live rounds and tear gas at them. This led to around 35 dead and the figure is likely to rise," the Brotherhood said in a statement.

The incident took place outside a key army headquarters, where – according to AFP – reporters were not allowed access.

The army reportedly fired tear gas canister and bullets in the air to disperse the crowd. AFP quoted one protesters as saying that men in civilian clothing attacked the demonstrators.

“The Republican Guard fired tear gas but the thugs came from the side. We were the target,” the protester told AFP.

Supporters of Mursi – who hails from the Muslim Brotherhood – have gathered in large number is different areas in Cairo in the past few days. They are vowing to defend the Islamist president, who was ousted by the Egyptian army after mass demonstration calling for him to be removed from power.

Mursi was the first freely elected president in Egypt.

*Link for This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources Guardian & Alarabiya
*Speaking Image - Creation of DTN News ~ Defense Technology News 
*Photograph: IPF (International Pool of Friends) + DTN News / otherwise source stated
*This article is being posted from Toronto, Canada By DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News Contact:dtnnews@ymail.com 
©COPYRIGHT (C) DTN NEWS DEFENSE-TECHNOLOGY NEWS

DTN News - HUNGARIAN DEFENSE NEWS: Hungary To Sell Soviet Military Hardware

DTN News - HUNGARIAN DEFENSE NEWS: Hungary To Sell Soviet Military Hardware

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources AFP/Defense News
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 6, 2013: Hungary announced Monday plans to sell off its old Soviet-made tanks and fighter planes, saying they were in “very good condition” but expensive to maintain.

Zoltan Borbiro, state secretary for the defense ministry, said MIG 29 fighter jets and T-72 tanks, military equipment and clothing would all be up for sale later this year.

“Since Hungary’s transition from communism in 1990, the army has been organized on a professional and modern basis, and a part of our military inventory is no longer compatible with NATO requirements,” he said.

“It won’t be an easy sale,” he admitted.

Hungary scrapped conscription in 2004 and now maintains an army of some 19,000 soldiers, down from around 140,000 during the Warsaw Pact era.

Hungary sold 77 of its stock of 180 T-72 tanks to the newly formed Iraqi army in 2005.

*Link for This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources AFP/Defense News
*Speaking Image - Creation of DTN News ~ Defense Technology News 
*Photograph: IPF (International Pool of Friends) + DTN News / otherwise source stated
*This article is being posted from Toronto, Canada By DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News Contact:dtnnews@ymail.com 
©COPYRIGHT (C) DTN NEWS DEFENSE-TECHNOLOGY NEWS

DTN News - NIGERIA NEWS: 30 Killed in School Attack in Northeast Nigeria

DTN News - NIGERIA NEWS: 30 Killed in School Attack in Northeast Nigeria

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources AP /ABC
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 6, 2013: (POTISKUM, Nigeria) Islamic extremists have killed 29 students and one teacher in an attack on a boarding school in northeast Nigeria.

Survivors being treated for burn and gunshots wounds say some students were burned alive in the attack before dawn Saturday on Government Secondary School in Mamudo town in Yobe state.

As he wept over the bodies of his two boys, farmer Malam Abdullahi swore he would withdraw three remaining sons from a nearby school.

He complained there was no protection for students despite the deployment of thousands of troops since the government declared a state of emergency mid-May in three northeastern states.

Dozens of schools have been torched and unknown scores of students killed among more than 1,600 victims slain by extremists since 2010.

DTN Nigeria
@DTNNigeria 
Comprehensive Daily News on Nigeria Today ~ © Copyright (c) DTN News Defense-Technology News http://defense-technologynews.blogspot.com/ 

Canada 

*Link for This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources AP/ABC
*Speaking Image - Creation of DTN News ~ Defense Technology News 
*Photograph: IPF (International Pool of Friends) + DTN News / otherwise source stated
*This article is being posted from Toronto, Canada By DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News Contact:dtnnews@ymail.com 
©COPYRIGHT (C) DTN NEWS DEFENSE-TECHNOLOGY NEWS

DTN News - WHITE HOUSE NEWS: Obama Thanks Troops At White House July Fourth Celebration

DTN News - WHITE HOUSE NEWS: Obama Thanks Troops At White House July Fourth Celebration

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources American Forces Press Service
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 5, 2013: (WASHINGTON) President Barack Obama praised and thanked U.S. military members and their families for their service to the nation during an Independence Day celebration held yesterday on the South Lawn of the White House.

The event was attended by military members representing all branches of the armed forces.

“We are incredibly grateful for your service, and we're thankful that you get a chance to spend the Fourth here with us,” Obama told the service members.

This year’s Fourth of July celebration marked 237 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the president said. Today, the United States “stands as the greatest nation on Earth,” he said.

“And what makes us great is not our size or our wealth, but our values and our ideals and the fact that we're willing to fight for them,” the president added.

America continues to be “a land of liberty and opportunity; a global defender of peace and freedom; a beacon of hope for people everywhere who cherish those ideals,” Obama said. 

And the nation’s service members -- past and present -- “have defended our nation at home and abroad,” Obama said.

“You fought for our nation's beliefs, to make the world a better and safer place,” he told service members at the White House. “People in scattered corners of the world live in peace today are free to write their own futures, because of you.”

Obama praised the “incredibly capable and brave men and women” serving in the nation’s armed forces, and he highlighted some of the military members in attendance, including Army Spc. Heidi Olson, who, after being wounded by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, gave lifesaving treatment to other injured soldiers.

Olson “had to be ordered to stop and get treatment for herself when the MEDEVAC aircraft arrived,” the president said. “And for her courage, she was awarded a Bronze Star. ”

The president also saluted Navy Petty Officer Joe Marcinkowski who, he said, “serves wounded warriors at Walter Reed, coordinating their care and supporting their families throughout their recoveries. ”

Obama also recognized Air Force Staff Sergeant Adam Ybarra. The airman, he said, “helped save nine lives in 11 combat search-and-rescue missions in Afghanistan in 2012. ”

The president also praised Marine Corps Cpl. Amber Fifer. Fifer “was shot five times in an attack in Helmand province [in Afghanistan], and has stayed on to serve as a Marine Corps drill instructor,” the president said.

Obama also saluted Coast Guard Petty Officer Randy Haba. The Coast Guard member, the president said, “was one of the first responders to rescue the crew of a ship off the coast of North Carolina when Hurricane Sandy struck and saved the lives of five mariners.”

Each day, U.S. service members are “carrying forward the ideals that inspired that American Dream [that began] 237 years ago,” Obama said.

“Defending our nation and our freedoms with strength and with sacrifice is your daily charge,” the president told the service members. “And it's the charge of all of us -- the charge of all who serve worldwide, including our troops that are still in harm's way, and their families back home. They serve, too. And so we think of them, we pray for them.

“And on behalf of all Americans, I want to say thank you and wish you all a very, very happy Fourth of July,” Obama continued. “You've earned it. So, God bless you. God bless your families. God bless the United States of America.”

Related Sites:
President's Remarks 
Video
Related Articles:
President Salutes Independence Day in Weekly Address

*Link for This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources American Forces Press Service
*Speaking Image - Creation of DTN News ~ Defense Technology News 
*Photograph: IPF (International Pool of Friends) + DTN News / otherwise source stated
*This article is being posted from Toronto, Canada By DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News Contact:dtnnews@ymail.com 
©COPYRIGHT (C) DTN NEWS DEFENSE-TECHNOLOGY NEWS

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated July 5, 2013

DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated July 5, 2013
Source: U.S. DoD issued No.  493-13 July 5, 2013
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 5, 2013: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  July 5, 2013  are undermentioned;

Contracts

Navy

            United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $133,979,288 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-12-C-0090).  This modification provides for non-recurring and recurring sustainment, site activation and depot activation efforts in support of the Joint Strike Fighter F135 Propulsion System Low Rate Initial Production Lot VI.  Efforts to be provided include procurement of initial support equipment; packing handling storage and transportation material; fleet management; item management; joint technical data; sustaining engineering; production support; site activation preparation for initial operations; and depot engineering, repair development, inspection limits development for engine depot stand-up and support.  Work will be performed in East Hartford, Conn. (63 percent); Indianapolis, Ind. (25 percent), and Bristol, United Kingdom (12 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2015.  Fiscal 2012 Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, Fiscal 2012 Aircraft Procurement Navy, and International Partner funding in the amount of $133,979,288 are being obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Air Force ($59,056,849; 44.1 percent); U. S. Marine Corps ($31,442,198; 23.5 percent); the U.S. Navy ($28,884,205; 21.6 percent); and the governments of the United Kingdom ($2,889,881; 2.1 percent); Italy ($2,743,250; 2 percent); Turkey ($2,094,260; 1.6 percent); Australia ($2,094,260; 1.6 percent); the Netherlands ($1,779,956; 1.3 percent); Canada ($1,361,104; 1 percent); Norway ($1,005,376; .8 percent); and Denmark ($627,949; .4 percent).  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. 

            BAE Systems San Francisco Ship Repair, San Francisco, Calif., is being awarded a $10,772,461 firm-fixed-price contract for a 56-calendar day regular overhaul and dry docking availability of Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE 7).  Work will include inspection of the propeller shaft and stern tube, cleaning and painting of the hull, inspection and polish of the bow thruster propeller, installation of the cloropac unit and overhaul of the seal valves.  Brashear’s primary mission is to operate as part of a carrier strike group, providing fuel, ammunition, and dry and refrigerated stores to support the U.S. Navy ships at sea.  The contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the total contract value to $12,334,532.  Work will be performed in San Francisco, Calif., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 25, 2013.  Fiscal 2013 Navy Working Capital contract funds in the amount of $10,772,461 will be obligated at the time of award, and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured with proposals solicited via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with one offer received.  Military Sealift Command Norfolk, Norfolk, Va., a field activity of Military Sealift Command, is the contracting activity (N32205-13-C-3015). 

Air Force

            TRI-COR Industries Inc., Lanham, Md., has been awarded a $73,903,803 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for applications, infrastructure and systems support, Increment 2 (AISS II) services in support of the Mobility Air Force Command and control and in-transit visibility/business systems.  Work will be performed at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., and is expected to be completed by July 31, 2017.  This award is the result of a competitive small business set-aside acquisition with no limit to the number of offers solicited and six offerors were received.  A combination of Transportation Working Capital Fund Operating funds and Operations and Maintenance funds will be used for this contract.  The maximum dollar value of the life of the contract (Aug. 1, 2013 through July 31, 2017) is $99,000,000.  Fiscal 2013 funds will be used for two months of phase-in for which $71,178 will be obligated at time of award.  This is not a multiyear contract.  Headquarters Air Mobility Command/ A7KQ, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity (FA4452-13-D-0002).

*Link for This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources U.S. DoD issued No.  493-13 July 5, 2013
*Speaking Image - Creation of DTN News ~ Defense Technology News 
*This article is being posted from Toronto, Canada By DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News Contact:dtnnews@ymail.com 
©COPYRIGHT (C) DTN NEWS DEFENSE-TECHNOLOGY NEWS

DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated July 5, 2013

DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated July 5, 2013

 Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources including latest updates Defense News, Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News& Yahoo

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 5, 2013: Comprehensive daily news related to Aerospace/Defense for the world of TODAY.

*Comprehensive daily news related on Aerospace/Defense for the world of TODAY

Friday July 5, 2013

• Macquarie Infrastructure Company Generates Performance Fee in Second Quarter of 2013
  10:27 am - Business Wire
• Polish airline LOT says Dreamliner problems not battery-related
  7:11 am - Reuters
• UK teams with defense and telecom companies on cyber security
  1:30 am - Reuters

Thursday July 4, 2013

• UK teams with defence and telecom companies on cyber security
  7:01 pm - Reuters
• NATO says its security not compromised by alleged U.S. spying
  11:17 am - Reuters
• Space Center Houston Launches “Name the Shuttle” Contest Throughout Texas
  11:00 am - Business Wire
• Opsens reports third quarter 2013 results
  10:12 am - CNW Group
• ISNR Abu Dhabi 2014 Latest Developments Announced
  8:21 am - Business Wire
• Saab to deliver integrated security solution for Defence Base Security in Australia
  6:07 am - Business Wire
• RockTape Partners With 5.11 to Launch New Line for Tactical Athletes, Military and First Responders
  3:01 am - Business Wire
• Northrop Grumman Exhibits at Waddington International Air Show, RAF Waddington, UK
  3:00 am - PR Newswire
• Boeing celebrates delivery of Hainan Airlines' first 787 Dreamliner
  1:51 am - PR Newswire

Wednesday July 3, 2013

• GENERAL MOTORS COMPLETES FIRST MAJOR LED LIGHTING CONVERSION WITH ALLED® HIGH BAY SERIES
  5:30 pm - PR Newswire
• iLOOKABOUT Corp. Announces Conversion of Unpaid Dividends to Common Shares
  5:23 pm - Marketwire
• Firan Technology Group Corporation ("FTG") Announces the Second Quarter 2013 Earnings Release and Conference Call Dates
  5:05 pm - Marketwire
• Mini-Skycars Coming:
  5:03 pm - GlobeNewswire
• Haynes International, Inc. Announces Ratification of Labor Agreement
  4:00 pm - GlobeNewswire
• Strong ties bind spy agencies and Silicon Valley
  3:29 pm - Reuters
• Airbus A380 marks start to fleet modernization for British Airways
  3:17 pm - Reuters
• Western Hemisphere Unites to Raise Awareness Against Cybercrime Scourge, APWG Announces
  2:54 pm - Business Wire
• Triumph Group to Webcast First Quarter Fiscal 2014 Earnings Conference Call
  2:23 pm - Business Wire
• Discover and Operation Homefront Reunite Military Family
  2:00 pm - Business Wire
• Luxfer Declares Quarterly Dividend
  1:30 pm - Business Wire
• TransDigm Group Incorporated Announces Successful Completion of Incremental Term Loan, Notes Offering and Special Cash Dividend of $22 Per Share
  1:05 pm - PR Newswire
• Northrop Grumman Supports Successful Propulsion System Rocket Engine Test
  12:45 pm - PR Newswire
• Intelligent Decisions Congratulates Winners of the 2013 International Submarine Races Innovation Award
  11:58 am - Business Wire
• The Global Naval Vessels and Surface Combatants Market 2013-2023 - Country Analysis: Market Profile
  11:47 am - PR Newswire
• IEC to File Restated Financial Statements Today
  11:33 am - Marketwire
• Kaydon Corporation Announces Second Quarter 2013 Earnings Conference Call
  11:30 am - Business Wire
• Digital Map Products Debuts New Release of GovClarityTM for Revolutionizing Government Effectiveness
  11:16 am - Marketwire
• Jack Daniel’s/USO “Toast to the Troops” Campaign Heads to Jacksonville for Stuffing Party
  11:02 am - Business Wire
• Defense Industry Reports: Submarine, Naval Vessels, Surface Combatants and Country Forecasts in New Research Reports
  11:00 am - PR Newswire
• Boeing Reports Second-Quarter Deliveries
  11:00 am - PR Newswire
• Proto Labs, Inc. Reports New Chief Technology Officer
  11:00 am - Business Wire
• SG Private Wealth Advisors To Market Gulfstream V N765SG
  10:00 am - PR Newswire
• Electric Aircraft 2013-2023
  9:46 am - PR Newswire
• U.S. Military All Stars Honor the Sacrifices of Hometown Heroes
  9:36 am - PR Newswire
• ATA Engineering Wins Top NASA Quality Award
  9:30 am - PR Newswire
• Pratt & Whitney and SkyWest, Inc. Sign Aftermarket Agreement for Fleet of Mitsubishi Regional Jets
  9:30 am - PR Newswire
• Airbus reports 722 net orders, 295 deliveries in H1
  9:29 am - Reuters
• AlarmForce Announces Completion of Strategic Review
  9:00 am - Marketwire
• Harris Corporation Successfully Tests Mid-Tier Networking Vehicle Radio with U.S. Government Wideband Networking Waveform
  9:00 am - Business Wire
• Marinvent Corporation of Canada and GosNIIAS of Russia Sign Strategic MOU for the Certification of Russian-Produced Integrated Modular Avionics
  9:00 am - Marketwire
• ITT Exelis selected for U.S. Marine Corps logistics support services contract
  9:00 am - Business Wire
• AlarmForce Announces Completion of Strategic Review
  9:00 am - Marketwire
• GE Chairman and CEO, Jeff Immelt’s Statement on the Power Africa Initiative
  8:58 am - Business Wire
• Mobile Active Defense Earns a Perfect Overall Rating for Mobile Security by SC Magazine
  8:40 am - PR Newswire
• Northrop Grumman Selects Amy F. Hopkins, Thomas E. Laux to Lead Elements of New Business and Advanced Systems Development Organization
  8:00 am - PR Newswire
• Navy Transitions Tropical Cyclone Prediction System to Operations
  7:00 am - Business Wire
• Astronics Corporation Announces Extension of Agreement to Acquire PECO Inc.
  6:55 am - GlobeNewswire

Tuesday July 2, 2013

• The Global Naval Vessels and Surface Combatants Market 2013-2023 - Competitive Landscape and Strategic Insights: Market Profile
  5:58 pm - PR Newswire
• Northrop Grumman's Innovative Logistics Solutions Deliver Greater Affordability, Higher Mission Readiness for Global Customers
  5:30 pm - PR Newswire
• United Technologies Corp. Second Quarter Earnings Advisory to Securities Analysts, Investors and News Media
  5:24 pm - PR Newswire
• The Global Submarine Market 2013-2023 - Competitive Landscape and Strategic Insights: Market Profile
  5:21 pm - PR Newswire
• UTC Aerospace Systems and ST Aerospace sign long-term agreement for maintenance, repair and overhaul for Boeing 787 Dreamliner nacelle systems
  5:00 pm - PR Newswire

*Link for This article compiled by Roger Smith - DTN News
*Speaking Image - Creation of DTN News ~ Defense Technology News 
*Photograph: IPF (International Pool of Friends) + DTN News / otherwise source stated
*This article is being posted from Toronto, Canada By DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News Contact:dtnnews@ymail.com 
©COPYRIGHT (C) DTN NEWS DEFENSE-TECHNOLOGY NEWS

DTN News - EDWARD SNOWDEN SPECIAL REPORT: Ex-Russian Spy Anna Chapman Proposes Marriage To Edward Snowden

DTN News - EDWARD SNOWDEN SPECIAL REPORT: Ex-Russian Spy Anna Chapman Proposes Marriage To Edward Snowden

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources  By Claudine Zap | Yahoo! News

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 5, 2013: The rest of the world may not want him, but NSA leaker Edward Snowden has at least one potential taker: Anna Chapman. The ex-spy tweeted yesterday, “Snowden, will you marry me?!”

The former Russian spy may have sympathy for the man who spilled top-secret documents. Chapman, after all, is no stranger to run-ins with government authorities.

The 31-year-old had been posing as a real-estate agent in the United States in 2010 when she was accused of gathering intel for Russia. She and nine others were deported back to Russia in a prisoner swap.

Now the ex-secret agent has become a celebrity in her homeland, most recently as host of the TV show, “Secrets of the World.”

Snowden may have caught Chapman’s attention since he landed at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport to seek refuge. “@nsa will you look after our children?” She posted later.

But Snowden seems to be unavailable at the moment -- and may be rejected by Russia as well. After 11 days, the AP reports that “Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Russia had received no request for political asylum from Snowden and he had to solve his problems himself.”

The NSA contractor has been on the run since he spilled secrets on the classified NSA surveillance programs to the press. He has been in diplomatic limbo since having his passport revoked, and has had countless requests for asylum refused.

*Edward Snowden Related News:
Blowback from the White House's vindictive war on whistleblowers
Shamai Leibowitz - guardian.co.uk, Friday 5 July 2013 13.30 BST
Edward Snowden is explicit: seeing whistleblowers like me punitively treated only motivates citizens of conscience more

In 2009, I was working as a contract linguist for the FBI when I discovered that the FBI was committing what I believed to be illegal acts. After I revealed these to a blogger, the Department of Justice came after me with a vengeance.

When the FBI confronted me, I admitted what I had done. I tried to negotiate for a reasonable resolution of my case. The documents I disclosed were never explicitly published anywhere, but that didn't matter: the DOJ was adamant that I be charged under the Espionage Act and spend time in jail. Even though I leaked the material because I thought the FBI was doing something illegal, and the American people had a right to know, I faced the threat of dozens of years in prison. I did what was best for my family, and signed a plea agreeing to a 20-month sentence.

Considering Edward Snowden's revelations, what I witnessed pales in comparison. But reading about the secretive NSA programs collecting the private data of millions of Americans did not surprise me. As Snowden explained, he watched for years as the military-industrial-intelligence complex turned our country into a massive surveillance state, and observed a "continuing litany of lies" from senior officials to Congress. Eventually, he decided to speak out, because he could not in good conscience remain silent.

Although he chose a very different path than I did – he fled first to Honk Kong and then to Moscow while apparently seeking asylum in another country – the US authorities are faced with a similar dilemma in how to react to his revelations. Can the DOJ and national security establishment act in a reasonable manner? Or will they allow their fuming anger to consume them into making further irrational decisions?

This ongoing manhunt, accompanied by a smear campaign and threats to throw the book at Snowden, is a grave mistake. If the government really wanted to keep more secrets from coming out, they would do well to let this man of conscience go live his life in some other country. Meanwhile, it would only help them if they were to apologize to the American public for lying to us, and turning the country into what Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg calls the United Stasi of America.

In my case, my family and I pleaded with the DOJ lawyers to avoid a prison term, agree to a lesser punishment and put this case to rest without any media attention. But the FBI and DOJ were insistent on imprisoning me and splashing it all over the media. The ink was not even dry on my plea bargain before they ran to the media with a press release, announcing to the whole world how the 20-month prison sentence will teach me – and any future whistleblowers – a great lesson.

But this punitive strategy, this desire to demonize and imprison people at all costs, is wrong and misguided.   

When Edward Snowden, hiding in Honk Kong, participated in an online chat to explain his motives, he was asked whether the treatment of other whistleblowers influenced him. He responded:

"[Previous whistleblowers] are all examples of how overly-harsh responses to public-interest whistleblowing only escalate the scale, scope, and skill involved in future disclosures. Citizens with a conscience are not going to ignore wrongdoing simply because they'll be destroyed for it: the conscience forbids it. Instead, these draconian responses simply build better whistleblowers."

So it seems that in their goal to imprison me, to imprison John Kiriakou, to detain Bradley Manning in what have been called cruel and inhumane conditions and seek monstrous punishment, to aggressively prosecute NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake and others – they actually encouraged Snowden to reveal this important information.

The Snowden saga is a great teaching moment for the Obama administration. It is now reaping the fruit of its vindictive behavior.

Even in a democracy certain information needs to remain secret, and those with access to that information must honor their obligation to safeguard it. But Snowden and other whistleblowers have not leaked secrets for their own benefit or enrichment; rather, they sacrificed the comfort of their lives to expose lies, fraud, human rights abuses, and unconstitutionality.

As Martin Luther King pointed out, we should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was "legal" and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was "illegal". Of course, the abuses revealed by Snowden are a far cry from the atrocities of the Nazis, but the principle, nevertheless, is the same: obedience to the law should not be absolute. Technically, we whistleblowers broke the law, but we felt, as many have felt before, that the obligation to our consciences and basic human rights is stronger than our obligation to obey the law.

*Link for This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources By Claudine Zap | Yahoo! News
*Speaking Image - Creation of DTN News ~ Defense Technology News 
*Photograph: IPF (International Pool of Friends) + DTN News / otherwise source stated
*This article is being posted from Toronto, Canada By DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News Contact:dtnnews@ymail.com 
©COPYRIGHT (C) DTN NEWS DEFENSE-TECHNOLOGY NEWS