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The Justice Department: An Iraqi national living in Columbus, Ohio, was arrested Tuesday and faces federal charges related to an alleged plot to assassinate  former President George W. Bush ..  Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab has been charged with aiding and abetting the attempted murder of a former United States official, as well as with an immigration crime for his alleged attempt to illegally bring foreign nationals to the United States.  According to the Justice Department, Shihab is alleged to have planned to smuggle four Iraqi nationals as part of the plot. Court documents obtained by CNN describe reconnaissance by Shihab that included driving to the neighborhood of Bush's residence in Dallas. Just days ago former President Bush me news when he had a Freudian slip, comparing Putin‘s invasion of Ukraine to the United States invasion of Iraq.

CNN is splashing a ‘crisis level’ series of stories about ransomware attacks.. one profiled article is about the Energy Secretary stating that foreign powers or others have the ability to shut down America’s power grid. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Sunday warned in stark terms that the US power grid is  vulnerable to attacks . Asked By CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union" whether the nation's adversaries have the capability of shutting it down, Granholm said: "Yeah, they do." "There are thousands of attacks on all aspects of the energy sector and the private sector generally," she said, adding, "It's happening all the time. This is why the private sector and the public sector have to work together." These long hot summer months just got more tense ..