Subject: The Evening: LV Motive, Trump Visits PR, Tom Petty and More
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Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 21:55:13 +0000
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The Evening: LV Motive, Trump Visits PR, Tom Petty and More
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** Good Evening,
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It's Tuesday, October 3rd.

** Vegas Massacre Motive
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Investigators continued the hunt for answers Tuesday morning into why a retiree and gambler opened fire on a crowd of concert goers Sunday night in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Authorities have found 49 guns linked to the shooter, as the
Wall Street Journal reports (https://www.wsj.com/articles/investigators-probe-las-vegas-shooters-motive-1507037109?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5712034632-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5712034632-145367789) .

** Trump Visits Puerto Rico
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President Donald Trump made his first visit to the storm-ravaged island Tuesday, as
Politico’s Matthew Nussbaum and Nolan McCaskill report (http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/03/trump-puerto-rico-hurricane-visit-243382?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5712034632-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5712034632-145367789) .

On the eve of Trump’s visit, approximately 95 percent of the U.S. territory’s electrical customers lacked power, according to the U.S. Energy Department and as reported (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-puertorico/as-trump-set-to-visit-puerto-rico-95-percent-lack-power-idUSKCN1C71S9?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5712034632-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5712034632-145367789) by Reuters.

** United States Expels Cuban Diplomats
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The Trump administration has expelled 15 Cuban diplomats from the embassy in Washington in an escalating response to mysterious illnesses afflicting U.S. embassy personnel in Havana, as Gardiner Harris and Julie Hirschfeld of
NYT report (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/03/world/americas/us-cuba-diplomats.html?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5712034632-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5712034632-145367789) .

The move follows last week’s withdrawal of over half of the U.S. diplomats from the Cuban capital. Nearly two dozen U.S. personnel have suffered ill health, with symptoms including hearing loss and cognitive difficulties, after unexplained attacks in Havana.

BBC has an explainer: “What is a covert sound weapon? (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41047721?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5712034632-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5712034632-145367789) ”

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Catalan Crisis
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Several thousand demonstrators gathered outside the Barcelona headquarters of Spain’s national police force on Tuesday amid strikes in protest of police violence during the disputed referendum on Catalonian independence, as the Guardian reports (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/03/catalonia-holds-general-strike-protest-referendum-violence?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5712034632-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5712034632-145367789) .

In a TV address to the nation on Tuesday, Spain’s King Felipe VI condemned organizers of the referendum for having put themselves “outside the law,” as BBC reports (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41493014?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5712034632-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5712034632-145367789) .

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France Backs Tough Antiterrorism Bill
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France’s parliament adopted an antiterrorism bill on Tuesday that will bolster police surveillance powers and make it easier to close mosques suspected of preaching hatred, but rights groups said it would lead to civil freedoms being infringed, as Reuters reports (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-security-lawmaking/france-backs-tough-anti-terrorism-bill-after-wave-of-attacks-idUSKCN1C81CA?il=0\) .

Dive Deeper: See the CSIS Commission on Countering Violent Extremism’s report, A New Comprehensive Strategy for Countering Violent Extremism (https://www.csis.org/features/turning-point?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5712034632-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5712034632-145367789) .

And, Anthony Cordesman has a commentary, “Terrorism and Hate Crimes: Dealing with All of the Threats from Extremism (https://www.csis.org/analysis/terrorism-and-hate-crimes-dealing-all-threats-extremism?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5712034632-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5712034632-145367789) .”

** In That Number
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** 145.5 million
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Equifax has revised its estimate for the number of people potentially affected by its recent massive data breach to a total of 145.5 million people, 2.5 million more than it initially reported. Source: Fortune (http://fortune.com/2017/10/02/equifax-credit-breach-total/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5712034632-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5712034632-145367789) .

** Critical Quote
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** “Yes Senator, I do.”
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— Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in response to a question as to whether it is in the U.S. national interest to remain in the Iran nuclear deal. Source: Politico (http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/03/jim-mattis-iran-deal-243411?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5712034632-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5712034632-145367789) .

** iDeas Lab
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Die Welt
The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative released a (https://amti.csis.org/busy-summer-beijings-rigs/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5712034632-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5712034632-145367789) new feature (https://amti.csis.org/busy-summer-beijings-rigs/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5712034632-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5712034632-145367789) on China’s three new oil rigs in the East China Sea, which appear to have been accompanied by a spike in activity by Chinese service vessels.

The Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab at CSIS enhances our research with the latest in cutting-edge web technologies, design, and video.

** Optics
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Die Welt (Photo Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) A medic who worked during the night of the Las Vegas shooting visits a makeshift memorial for the victims on the north end of the Las Vegas Strip on October 3, 2017.

** Recommended Reading
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“A North Korean ship was seized off Egypt with a huge cache of weapons destined for a surprising buyer (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/a-north-korean-ship-was-seized-off-egypt-with-a-huge-cache-of-weapons-destined-for-a-surprising-buyer/2017/10/01/d9a4e06e-a46d-11e7-b14f-f41773cd5a14_story.html?utm_term=.e1d980e401d9&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5712034632-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5712034632-145367789) ,” by the
Washington Post’s Joby Warrick.

** This Town Tomorrow
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Join CSIS at 9:00 a.m. for the latest “Careers in Global Development (https://www.csis.org/events/careers-global-development-gregory-gottlieb?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5712034632-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5712034632-145367789) ,” this time featuring Gregory Gottlieb, director of the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University.

At 3:00 p.m., join the CSIS Europe Program for a discussion with H.E. Simon Coveney, Irish minister of foreign affairs (https://www.csis.org/events/managing-brexit-challenge-ireland-eu-and-transatlantic-relationships?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5712034632-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5712034632-145367789) , on Ireland’s priorities in the Brexit negotiations.

Also at 3:00 p.m., join the CSIS International Security Program for “Escalation and Deterrence in the Second Space Age (https://www.csis.org/events/escalation-and-deterrence-second-space-age?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5712034632-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5712034632-145367789) ,” a discussion that takes place on the 60th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik.

And, at 4:00 p.m., join the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program for "Central Asia's New Dilemma (https://www.csis.org/events/central-asias-new-dilemma?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5712034632-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5712034632-145367789) ."

** Video
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The CSIS Europe Program hosted a discussion (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1353&v=cGP_Dz9qvrs&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5712034632-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5712034632-145367789) with author Ivan Krastev (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1353&v=cGP_Dz9qvrs&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5712034632-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5712034632-145367789) on the future of the European Union in connection with the rise of nationalism, the effects of Brexit, and the security implications of a revisionist Russia.

** Sounds
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In a new episode of the CSIS Podcast (https://www.csis.org/podcasts/csis-podcast?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5712034632-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5712034632-145367789) , Sharon Squassoni, director of the CSIS Proliferation Prevention Program, discusses the state of nuclear weapons policy worldwide, and what it would take to move toward a world free of nuclear weapons.

Listen on Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-csis-podcast/id214886950?mt=2&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5712034632-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5712034632-145367789) or SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/csis-57169780/assessing-the-nuclear-options?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5712034632-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5712034632-145367789) .

** Smiles
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There is so much sadness across this great nation following the horror in Las Vegas. And then, late yesterday afternoon we learned that one of America’s most beloved musicians passed away unexpectedly at 66 after suffering a heart attack.

Tom Petty’s music meant so much to so many people. I’ve played more Petty smiles than from any other artist—he’s my all-time favorite.

Last year, Petty’s incredible keyboard player Benmont Tench of the Heartbreakers told me that when he was a freshman at Tulane (my alma mater), Petty called him and said, “Come back to Florida, we’ve got music to make.” Benmont left school the next day. It proved to be an excellent decision. I will always smile about that when I think of Tom Petty and the amazing music (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTeNhhm2v58&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5712034632-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5712034632-145367789) he treated all of us to for the past four decades.
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