Nuclear forces unit upset by latest setback
WASHINGTON – The commander of the nuclear missile force in Montana where 34 launch control officers are implicated in an exam cheating scandal tells The Associated Press that his unit is “broken hearted” at the setback.
The commander of the 341st Missile Wing, Col. Robert W. Stanley II, spoke by phone Friday from Malmstrom Air Force Base, near Great Falls, Mont. He says the suspension of the 34 officers means others will have to do extra duty to maintain combat readiness of all 150 of the wing’s Minuteman 3 nuclear missiles.
Email from Target causing more panic
NEW YORK – An email sent to the roughly 70 million Target customers who may have been affected by a pre-Christmas data breach is causing panic among those who fear it could be an attempt to victimize them again.
Target says the email, which offers free credit monitoring services to potential victims of the breach, is legitimate. But the company has identified a handful of scammers who are trying to take advantage of the public’s fear and confusion.
Shawn Blakeman, 42, of Raleigh, N.C., received Target’s email Friday morning, but he didn’t click on the link it contained “just in case it was some kind of a website that I couldn’t get out of or had a hidden virus,” he says.
Bill for monitoring Iran may reach $6 million
VIENNA – The U.N. nuclear agency estimates that monitoring Iran’s compliance with terms of the nuclear deal Tehran reached with six world powers will cost $6 million.
The figure is contained in a confidential report obtained Friday by The Associated Press. It was prepared for a meeting Monday of the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency’s 35-nation governing board, which is expected to approve the IAEA’s monitoring role.
The report says the IAEA can save minimal costs by reassigning some staff, but most of the funding will have to come from contributions.
Associated Press
