Saturday, 4.21.12 ON THE WEB: www.yankton.net the world PRESS DAKOTAN NEWS DEPARTMENT: [email protected] 5 Obama, Romney March Through Key States President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are in the More Secret Service Agents Gone cat-and-mouse stage of their national race, chasing each other around the map as they jockey for position. tween a prostitute and a Secret Service agent The GOP nomination assured, Romney marched this week 6 Officers Have Now Lost Jobs Due To Scandal spilled into the hotel hallway. A 24-year-old through three states vital to both men. Colombian prostitute told The New York Times In North Carolina, which Obama narrowly won in 2008 but BY KEN THOMAS AND ALICIA A. CALDWELL implicated Friday, a government official said, that the agent agreed to pay her $800 for a where Republicans see an opening this year, Romney taunted the Associated Press commenting only on condition of anonymity night of sex but the next morning offered her president with a slashing attack delivered across from the Char- concerning the continuing investigation. That only $30. She eventually left the hotel, she told brings the number to 12. One has been cleared lotte stadium where Obama will give his Democratic convention ac- WASHINGTON — Three more Secret Service the newspaper, after she was paid $225. officers resigned Friday in the expanding prosti- of serious misconduct but still faces adminis- ceptance speech in September. Two Secret Service supervisors and another tution scandal that has brought scorching criti- trative action, an official said. employee were forced out of the agency earlier The trip mirrored 2008. That year, after dispatching primary cism of agents’ behavior in Colombia just Obama’s spokesman has assailed Republi- rival Hillary Rodham Clinton, Obama went to St. Paul, Minn., for a in the week. All of the agents being investigated before President Barack Obama’s visit for a can criticism that has attempted to blame a have had their top-secret clearances revoked. victory speech that helped him pivot toward John McCain. It was summit meeting last week. Agency Director lack of presidential leadership for the scandal Meanwhile, the lawyer for two Secret Serv- no coincidence that he spoke in the same hall where Republicans Mark Sullivan came to the White House late Fri- and has said Obama would be angry if allega- ice supervisors said that Obama’s safety was would later formally nominate McCain. day to personally brief Obama in the Oval tions published so far proved to be true. Fri- never at risk, and he criticized leaks of internal Obama visits North Carolina early next week. As Romney spoke Office. day’s was Obama’s first personal briefing by government investigations in the case, signaling there this week, Obama was campaigning in Ohio — his fourth visit The Secret Service announced the new res- Sullivan on the subject, officials said. a possible strategy for an upcoming legal since January. He carried the state in 2008 but faces a harder time ignations, bringing to six the number of agency Involvement by 11 Secret Service employees defense. now. officers who have lost their jobs so far because had been noted earlier. The 12th has been placed on administrative leave. The Secret Service briefed about two-dozen of events at their hotel in Cartagena. congressional staff members Friday, mainly Also late Friday, Republican Sen. Chuck The scandal also involves at least 11 military Manchin Unsure On Who He’ll Vote For Grassley of Iowa urged a broader investigation, members who were working on security before from the Senate Judiciary Committee, accord- including checking hotel records for White Obama arrived in Cartagena for the Summit of ing to one individual who was there but was not WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin says he’s House advance staff and communications per- the Americas. The Pentagon acknowledged Fri- authorized to be quoted by name. unsure whether he’ll vote for his party’s leader, President Barack sonnel who were in Cartagena for the summit. day that the 11th military person, a member of The person said investigators have photo Obama, or the likely Republican nominee Mitt Romney. In a letter to Sullivan and the inspector general the Army, was implicated. ID’s and names from a Cartagena, Colombia, In a statement Friday, the West Virginia lawmaker said he had at the Homeland Security Department, Grassley The incident in Colombia involved at least hotel registry for all the women who stayed “some real differences” with both leaders, finding fault with asked whether hotel records for the White some Secret Service personnel bringing prosti- overnight and are in the process of conducting Obama’s energy and economic policies while questioning whether House staffers had been pulled as part of the tutes to their hotel rooms. News of the incident, interviews. Investigators have interviewed Romney could understand the challenges facing ordinary people. investigations. which involves at least 20 Colombian women, maids and said no alcohol or drugs were found “I strongly believe that every American should always be root- An additional Secret Service employee was broke a week ago after a fight over payment be- in the rooms. ing for our president to do well, no matter which political party that he or she might belong to,” Manchin said. “With that being said, many West Virginians believe the last 3 1/2 years haven’t been good for us, but we’re hopeful that they can get better.” Manchin, one of the more moderate Senate Democrats, has bro- Hundreds Of Thousands ken with his party on several issues as he seeks re-election this year. His state has backed the Republican candidate in the last three presidential elections, and Obama did not fare well in 2008. Obama May Lose Internet In July lost to GOP nominee Sen. John McCain, 56-43 percent, and was LOLITA C. BALDOR Systems Consortium, to install overwhelmed by Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic pri- Associated Press two Internet servers to take the mary, losing 67-26 percent. place of the truckload of im- Manchin, the former governor who won the Senate seat in 2010, WASHINGTON — For com- pounded rogue servers that in- remains popular in West Virginia and is not considered vulnerable puter users, a few mouse clicks fected computers were using. in his rematch against Republican John Raese. could mean the difference be- Federal officials planned to keep tween staying online and losing their servers online until March, Internet connections this summer. giving everyone opportunity to Workers Excavate Basement In 1979 Case Unknown to most of them, clean their computers. But it was- their problem began when inter- n’t enough time. A federal judge in NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators ripped up the basement floor national hackers ran an online ad- New York extended the deadline of a Manhattan building Friday in a hunt for the remains of Etan vertising scam to take control of until July. Patz, a 6-year-old boy who disappeared on his way to school in infected computers around the Now, said Grasso, “the full 1979. world. In a highly unusual re- court press is on to get people to Utility workers with jackhammers and saws helped chip away sponse, the FBI set up a safety net address this problem.” And it’s up an area around aging pipes, then law enforcers wearing workmen’s months ago using government to computer users to check their gloves carried out the basketball-size chunks of rubble and care- GARY W. GREEN/ORLANDO SENTINEL/MCT computers to prevent Internet PCs. fully placed them in bins. The material will be sifted and then taken George Zimmerman enters Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester's courtroom for disruptions for those infected This is what happened: elsewhere for testing. his bond hearing in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla. users. But that system is to be Hackers infected a network of Friday, April 20, 2012. Lester ruled that Zimmerman can be released on probably more than 570,000 com- The space being excavated was about a block from the bus stop $150,000 bail as he awaits trial. shut down. where Etan was headed when he vanished. It is one of the few se- The FBI is encouraging users puters worldwide. They took ad- cluded places, easily accessible from the street, that sat along his to visit a website run by its secu- vantage of vulnerabilities in the two-block walk to the bus from his home. rity partner, http://www.dcwg.org Microsoft Windows operating sys- At the time, part of the basement was being used as a workshop Zimmerman Apologizes , that will inform them whether tem to install malicious software by Othniel Miller, a neighborhood handyman who had been they’re infected and explain how on the victim computers. This to fix the problem. After July 9, in- turned off antivirus updates and friendly with the family. fected users won’t be able to con- changed the way the computers Police and FBI officials haven’t named a suspect in the case. For Shooting; Gets Bail nect to the Internet. reconcile website addresses be- Most victims don’t even know hind the scenes on the Internet’s BY MIKE SCHNEIDER them to address the charges, and their computers have been in- domain name system. Romney Raises Nearly $13M In March AND CURT ANDERSON rarer still to apologize. fected, although the malicious The DNS system is a network WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign Associated Press An attorney for Martin’s par- software probably has slowed of servers that translates a web raised $12.6 million in contributions in March, adding to roughly ents, who were in the courtroom their web surfing and disabled address — such as www.ap.org — when Zimmerman spoke, spurned $14 million his Republican Party brought in last month. But the SANFORD, Fla. — A routine bail their antivirus software, making into the numerical addresses that hearing for George Zimmerman the apology. The parents, Tracy their machines more vulnerable computers use. Victim computers combined figure puts Romney at a disadvantage with the man Martin and Sybrina Fulton, had no whose job he wants in November. took a surprising turn into remorse to other problems. were reprogrammed to use rogue and explanation Friday when the comment as they left. Last November, the FBI and DNS servers owned by the attack- President Barack Obama countered Romney’s fundraising haul neighborhood watch volunteer got “This was the most disingenu- with about $53 million in donations between his campaign and the other authorities were preparing ers. This allowed the attackers to on the witness stand and told ous and unfair thing I’ve seen,” to take down a hacker ring that redirect computers to fraudulent Democratic Party during the same period. That left his campaign Trayvon Martin’s parents: “I am said attorney Natalie Jackson. versions of any website. “This was the most unmeaningful had been running an Internet ad with $104 million cash on hand — about 10 times more than the sorry for the loss of your son.” scam on a massive network of in- The hackers earned profits $10 million Romney had in the bank at the end of March. “I did not know how old he was. apology.” In a measure of how volatile the fected computers. from advertisements that ap- Yet a fire hose of cash from a major GOP “super” political com- I thought he was a little bit younger “We started to realize that we peared on websites that victims mittee is likely to bring some financial parity to the race, and Rom- than I am. I did not know if he was case has become, Zimmerman ap- peared to be wearing a bulletproof might have a little bit of a prob- were tricked into visiting. The ney just recently started collecting funds for the general election. armed or not,” Zimmerman said, lem on our hands because ... if we scam netted the hackers at least marking the first time he has spo- vest under his suit and tie, and his Restore Our Future, a super PAC supporting Romney, raised about parents and wife testified via tele- just pulled the plug on their crimi- $14 million, according to the FBI. $8.6 million last month, largely from a handful of wealthy donors. It ken publicly about the Feb. 26 nal infrastructure and threw It also made thousands of com- shooting of the unarmed black 17- phone because of fears for their spent more than $11 million on ads. safety. everybody in jail, the victims of puters reliant on the rogue year-old. servers for their Internet For the first time since Super Tuesday, voters are getting a look The hearing wrapped up with a After the hearing, Zimmerman’s this were going to be without In- at just how much money presidential candidates and their support- judge ruling Zimmerman can be re- lawyer, Mark O’Mara, acknowl- ternet service,” said Tom Grasso, browsing. ers have been raking in. leased from jail on $150,000 bail edged that putting Zimmerman on an FBI supervisory special agent. When the FBI and others ar- Friday also marks nearly three months since Obama’s campaign while he awaits trial on second-de- the stand was risky but said his “The average user would open up rested six Estonians last Novem- changed course and asked supporters to pony up cash to a favor- gree murder charges. Zimmerman, client wanted to respond after Mar- Internet Explorer and get ‘page ber, the agency replaced the able super PAC. who has been in jail for more than tin’s mother said in an interview not found’ and think the Internet rogue servers with Vixie’s clean is broken.” ones. Installing and running the Financial reports due Friday to the Federal Election Commission a week, could be out within days that she would like to hear from and may be allowed to live outside him. On the night of the arrests, the two substitute servers for eight will also show how much red ink struggling campaigns are bleeding “He had always wanted to ac- agency brought in Paul Vixie, months is costing the federal gov- — or, in the case of the Republican super PAC American Cross- Florida for his own safety once arrangements are made to monitor knowledge what happened that chairman and founder of Internet ernment about $87,000. roads, how much money some groups have been stuffing into their him electronically. day,” O’Mara said. “I was hoping war chests. Defendants often testify about that it could be accomplished in a The Republican National Committee reported a March fundrais- their financial assets at bail hear- private way. We weren’t afforded ing haul of $13.7 million, which will boost the eventual GOP nomi- ings, but it is highly unusual for that opportunity.” nee during the general election.

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