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By Hannah Rabinowitz, Kristen Holmes, Holmes Lybrand, CNN

(CNN) — Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted Tuesday over a photo of seashells that officials said threatened President Donald Trump, marking the administration’s second attempt to prosecute one of his largest political opponents, three sources first told CNN.

The indictment was brought in the Eastern District of North Carolina. An arrest warrant was issued for Comey by a court clerk.

Comey faces charges of making a threat against the president and transmitting a threat in interstate commerce, according to court documents.

The charges come with a prison sentence of up to 10 years.

“He publicly posted a photograph on the internet social media site Instagram which depicted seashells arranged in a pattern making out ‘86 47’, which a reasonable recipient who is familiar with the circumstances would interpret as a serious expression of an intent to do harm to the President of the United States,” the indictment says.

Comey responded to the indictment in a video posted to his Substack account.

“I’m still innocent. I’m still not afraid,” Comey said. “And I still believe in the independent federal judiciary, so let’s go.”

Trump has long pressed for his political adversaries to face charges, including the former FBI director he sees as a key leader in the perceived effort to “weaponize” justice system against him.

Last May, Comey posted a photo on social media of shells on a beach writing out the numbers “86 47,” which critics said referred to taking out or killing Trump.

When used as slang, the number 86 can refer to getting rid of or tossing something out. Trump is currently the 47th president. Comey posted the photo of the shells, writing in the caption, “Cool shell formation on my beach walk.”

In a press conference Tuesday, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche talked about the case as an example of the Justice Department’s effort to prosecute people who make threats against the president.

Immediately following the presse conference, Blanche showed up at the White House.

“Over the past year, this department has charged dozens of cases involving threats against all sorts of individuals,” Blanche said. “We take these seriously. Every single one of them.”

When asked by CNN’s Evan Perez why the Justice Department requested an arrest warrant in this case, Blanche pointed to the grand jury in North Carolina.

“The Department of Justice does not issue arrest warrants, grand juries do,” he said. “And so the grand jury returned an indictment and arrest warrant, I expect that there will be communication with Mr. Comey’s counsel, and we’ll go from there. This case will proceed like hundreds of others do every year.”

The court docket includes a request for an arrest warrant submitted with Justice Department letterhead, with no signature from the grand jury.

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“¡Terreno adelante. ¡Ascienda!”

Es una orden que normalmente solo se escucha en una película de desastres o en un simulador de vuelo. Pero pilotos y expertos en aviación dicen que estas alertas están generando cada vez más alarma en las cabinas, a medida que señales falsas de satélites de posicionamiento global afectan a vuelos comerciales.

La interferencia de las señales GPS se ha vuelto endémica en zonas de conflicto, incluida la región ahora afectada por la guerra de EE.UU. e Israel con Irán, impactando a aeronaves en rutas que bordean focos de actividad militar en Medio Oriente, el mar Báltico y el mar Negro. En estos casos, el sistema de advertencia de proximidad al terreno de un avión puede captar una señal errónea y activar alertas inquietantes, aunque la aeronave vuele a una altitud segura.

“Tengo colegas pilotos que se enfrentan a esto de forma habitual. Ese es el verdadero peligro: se está normalizando”, dijo el capitán Ron Hay, presidente de la Federación Internacional de Asociaciones de Pilotos de Líneas Aéreas, que representa a más de 160.000 pilotos en más de 70 países. Hay, quien trabaja para Delta Air Lines, expresó su preocupación de que los pilotos pierdan confianza en sistemas críticos de seguridad al volverse insensibles a estas alertas.

Además de las alarmantes órdenes fantasma de ascenso, los vuelos que enfrentan estas señales manipuladas experimentan respuestas anómalas en los sistemas, como desplazamientos en los mapas, donde la ubicación del avión en pantalla se mueve kilómetros fuera de la ruta real, o indicaciones erróneas cuando la aeronave está en pista lista para despegar, según una guía de recursos de 2026 de la Administración Federal de Aviación de EE.UU. (FAA, por sus siglas en inglés).

Alrededor de 900 vuelos al día se ven afectados por interferencias de GPS, según Benoit Figuet, investigador asociado de la Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas de Zúrich y fundador de SkAI Data Services, que desde 2024 rastrea estos incidentes en su sitio GPSWise.

Las pantallas de navegación digital en cabina “se convierten en una obra de ficción”, dijo un piloto comercial que pidió no ser identificado. Explicó que, en ocasiones, los pilotos deben desactivar el interruptor de inhibición de terreno para silenciar las alarmas, desacoplar manualmente los relojes del GPS y depender de sistemas terrestres “como si estuviéramos en los años 70”.

Los pilotos pueden recurrir al radar, sistemas de navegación inercial y transmisores en tierra cuando el GPS falla o se vuelve poco fiable. Sin embargo, dado que el GPS está integrado en múltiples sistemas a bordo, las señales manipuladas pueden afectar herramientas como los relojes de la aeronave, el radar meteorológico y el wifi para pasajeros. En última instancia, la interferencia puede generar interrupciones y retrasos en los vuelos.

Los sistemas globales de navegación por satélite (GNSS, por sus siglas en inglés), como el GPS de EE.UU., son una parte esencial, aunque en gran medida invisible, del mundo moderno. Permiten calcular ubicación y hora exactas en cualquier lugar.

Pero sus señales, comparables a la potencia de un par de bombillas, son fáciles de interferir porque se debilitan tras recorrer más de 20.000 kilómetros desde los satélites hasta la Tierra. Aunque esta vulnerabilidad se conoce desde hace tiempo, se convirtió en un problema mayor tras la invasión rusa de Ucrania en 2022, cuando los drones comenzaron a usarse ampliamente en combate.

La interferencia GNSS ocurre cuando fuerzas militares emiten señales de radio de alta intensidad en las mismas frecuencias que los sistemas d

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By Christian Edwards, CNN

(CNN) — Britain’s ambassador to Washington has said that the only country that has a “special relationship” with the United States is “probably Israel,” not Britain, in leaked comments which could overshadow King Charles III’s state visit underway in the US this week.

Christian Turner, who took office in February to replace Peter Mandelson – who was sacked over his ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein – made the remarks privately to a group of British students visiting the US in the same month he was appointed.

“‘Special relationship’ is a phrase I try not to utter because it’s quite nostalgic, it’s quite backwards-looking, and it has a lot of sort of baggage about it,” Turner said in a leaked audio recording. “I think there is probably one country that has a special relationship with the United States – and that is probably Israel.”

For the recently-appointed ambassador to have cast doubt on the “special relationship” – which the British government and monarchy has been at pains to revive – is a cause for embarrassment for Downing Street and could make Charles’ state visit uncomfortable. The remarks were first reported by the Financial Times on Tuesday, shortly before Charles and Queen Camilla were greeted by US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump at the White House.

In unusually outspoken comments, Turner also told the students he thought it was “extraordinary” that the Epstein scandal “hasn’t touched anybody” in the US. By contrast, he said, senior British figures – including Mandelson, his predecessor, and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor – had been “brought down” by the affair.

He said the Epstein scandal had raised an “interesting question” about the “different levels of accountability in our systems.”

Turner noted that Prime Minister Keir Starmer had been “on the ropes” for months because of the fallout from his decision to appoint Mandelson as ambassador. He said that the Labour Party could “remove” its embattled leader after local elections in May.

A Foreign Office spokesperson told CNN that Turner’s remarks were “private, informal comments” not intended to become public. “They are certainly not any reflection of the UK Government’s position,” the spokesperson said.

Despite disparaging the so-called “special relationship” between the United States and Britain, Turner said that Anglo-American relations were nevertheless “strong.”

“There is a deep history and affinity between us. Particularly on defense and security, we are intertwined,” he said.

But the ambassador said that Britain and its European neighbors must “work to redefine” the relationship, particularly on defense.

“We in Europe can’t just rely on a US security umbrella. So the relationship will carry on, if you want, special, but I think it’s going to have to be different,” Turner said.

“And my advice to my prime minister is ‘I can’t just put my hands on my ears and say it’s special, it’s going to be fine,’ we’ve got to work really clearly to see what we the UK bring to the table.”

Turner’s comments mean the Epstein scandal – which the British government and monarchy have attempted to skirt over during this week’s visit – will once again cast its shadow over proceedings.

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