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Obama administration says China not manipulating currency

MARTIN CRUTSINGER plunging in August with is required by law to submit new report, the administra- what type of guarantees
AP Economics Writer a surprise devaluation of to Congress twice a year, tion softened its language the administration was able
WASHINGTON (AP) — The the yuan. Since then, Chi- did not charge any country to say that China’s cur- to negotiate in the recently
Obama administration said na’s currency, also known with unfair currency manip- rency “remains below completed 12-nation Trans-
Monday that China’s cur- as the renminbi, has fallen ulation. Such a designation its appropriate medium- Pacific Partnership trade
rency remains undervalued 2.3 percent against the dol- could ultimately lead to term valuation.”American agreement.
in relation to the U.S. dollar lar. trade sanctions. manufacturing companies In an interview before the
but it did not cite the coun- Treasury said it will be im- Treasury’s latest report complain that China is still report was released, Trea-
try for unfairly manipulating portant going forward stood in contrast to the manipulating its currency sury Secretary Jacob Lew
its currency to gain trade for China to allow its cur- previous report in April to gain trade advantag- said that there was still
advantages. rency to again rise in value and several before that in es and their supporters in room for China’s currency
In a new Treasury Depart- against the dollar when which the administration Congress have pushed to appreciate once the
ment report, the admin- market forces dictate such said it believed that Chi- the administration to take country gets past some of
istration noted that Chi- a move. na’s currency was “signifi- a tougher stand. They are its immediate economic
na sent global markets The report, which Treasury cantly undervalued.” In the closely watching to see problems.q

Hacker claims to have breached CIA director’s personal email

CIA Director John Brennan listens during a news conference at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. includes links to files that other secure facilities, they
An anonymous hacker claims to have breached CIA Director John Brennan’s personal email he says are Brennan’s con- are required to supply their
account and has posted documents online, including a list of email addresses purportedly from tact list, a log of phone Social Security numbers.
Brennan’s contact file. calls by then-CIA deputy Brennan could have been
director Avril Haines, and forwarding a list of invitees
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) other documents. to the White House when
The Post said he didn’t re- he was President Barack
KEN DILANIAN line, including a list of email New York Post, which de- veal his name or where Obama’s counter terror-
AP Intelligence Writer addresses purportedly from scribed him in an article he lived. The hacker ism adviser, the job he
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Brennan’s contact file. published Sunday as “a also claimed to have held before he became
anonymous hacker claims The CIA said it referred stoner high school student,” breached a Comcast CIA director in 2013.
to have breached CIA Di- the matter to the proper motivated by his opposition account belonging to Security experts advise
rector John Brennan’s per- authorities, but would not to U.S. foreign policy and Homeland Security Secre- people not to email per-
sonal email account and comment further. support for Palestinians. His tary Jeh Johnson, and re- sonal identification num-
has posted documents on- The hacker spoke to the Twitter account, @phphax, leased what appeared to bers, and some compa-
be personal information. nies have software that
One document purport- automatically blocks an
ing to come from Bren- email if it detects charac-
nan’s AOL email account ters in the format of these
contains a spreadsheet of numbers.
people, including senior The hacker told the Post he
intelligence officials, along had obtained a 47-page
with their pension identifi- version of Brennan’s appli-
cation numbers, although cation for a security clear-
the hacker redacted the ance, known as an SF86.
numbers in the version he That document — millions
posted on Twitter. of which were stolen from
It’s unclear why Brennan the federal personnel of-
would have stored such fice last year by hackers
a document in his private linked to China — con-
email account. Based on tains detailed information
the titles, the document about past jobs, foreign
appears to date from 2009 contacts, finances and
or before. When people other sensitive personal
visit the White House and details.q

Waiting for Biden: Impatience about 2016 takes chaotic turn

JOSH LEDERMAN put Democrats on edge, with his decision-making deputy. look like he’s about to run?
Associated Press eager to know whether disputed claims that an “We’re talking about cli- Is he agonizing over the de-
WASHINGTON (AP) — He’s he’ll challenge front-runner announcement was immi- mate change, guys,” cision?
running! He’s about to de- Hillary Rodham Clinton. nent. No surprise: the indi- Obama replied. After all, “I’m not going to stand
cide! He’ll announce within Monday’s flood of purport- viduals weren’t authorized he said pointedly, the cli- here and assess the vice
two days! He’s maybe, pos- ed revelations reverber- to comment publicly and mate meeting was merely president’s body lan-
sibly, surely, definitely going ated throughout the po- demanded anonymity. about “the survival of the guage,” Earnest said.
to figure it out really, really litical world, but there was Their protestations did little planet.” One House of Representa-
soon! just one problem: None of it to curb rampant specula- White House press secretary tives Democrat claimed in-
No shortage of people came from Biden’s lips. tion at the White House, Josh Earnest spent much side knowledge. Congress-
made assertive decla- Months in to his painfully in Congress and on cable of his daily briefing fielding man Brendan Boyle wrote
rations Monday about drawn-out deliberations, television. Even President unconventional questions on Twitter that he has “very
whether Joe Biden is going the vice president contin- Barack Obama, after a aimed at yielding some- good source close to Joe
to run for president. Biden’s ued his public silence. Yet meeting on global warm- thing — anything — about that tells me VP Biden will
delays have increasingly several individuals familiar ing, was asked about his Biden’s decision. Does he run for Prez.”q