Twitter is suing the US government after it demanded it reveal the identity of an anti-Trump account.
The @ALT_USCIS profile was an anonymous profile account criticising President Trump’s immigration policy.
The account claimed it was being run by federal employees at the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Twitter has requested a court block the Trump administration’s request, calling it a matter of free speech.
The challenge was filed in San Francisco, where the micro-blogging service is based.
"The rights of free speech afforded Twitter's users and Twitter itself under the First Amendment of the US Constitution include a right to disseminate such anonymous or pseudonymous political speech,” the company argued.
It added that the government "may not compel Twitter to disclose information regarding the real identities of these users without first demonstrating that some criminal or civil offense has been committed".
The move was backed by the American Civil Liberties Union.
"We are pleased to see Twitter standing up for its users' rights, and the ACLU will soon be filing documents in court on behalf of this user," the ACLU said in an emailed statement.
"To unmask an anonymous speaker online, the government must have a strong justification. But in this case the government has given no reason at all, leading to concerns that it is simply trying to stifle dissent."
Import law
In January, when Donald Trump became President Trump, several so-called "alternative" accounts for US government services began appearing online.
Most claimed to be authored by current or former employees at those agencies, and they offered harsh criticisms of their new boss.
According to the filing, the government sought to use a power given to the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) - one typically used to obtain records relating to imported merchandise - to get detailed information on who was behind @ALT_USCIS.
The request asked for "all records regarding the twitter account @ALT_USCIS to conclude, User names, account login, phone numbers, mailing addresses, and I.P addresses".
It demanded Twitter hand over the information by 13 March 2017 - though the company was not actually sent the request until the 14th.
In response, Twitter has told the court that "permitting the CBP to pierce the pseudonym of the @ALT _UCCIS account would have a grave chilling effect on the speech of that account in particular and on the many other 'alternative agency' accounts that have been created to voice dissent to government policies".
The account itself tweeted on Thursday the portion of the US Constitution that protects free speech.
Alternative accounts
The accounts were motivated by the gagging of the official National Parks Service Twitter account which, on the day of President Trump's inauguration, retweeted a picture comparing his crowd size to that of President Obama's inauguration in 2009. It was briefly shut down, before reappearing with an apology for the tweet.
According to press reports at the time, President Trump himself called the head of the National Parks Service to complain.
The furore prompted an apparent "rogue" former employee at the Badlands National Park in South Dakota to commandeer the park's Twitter account to published a variety of statistics and facts relating to climate change.
The tweets were quickly removed and the former worker's access revoked - but not before a flurry of new accounts claiming to be from within agencies appeared.
The veracity of the accounts was hard to verify given the authors insisted on keeping their identities secret in order to protect their jobs.
Thursday, April 6, 2017
Duterte orders troops to occupy South China Sea reefs
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered troops to occupy and fortify all Philippine-held islands in the disputed South China Sea to assert its claims amid what he says is a race to control territory.
Duterte made the announcement on Thursday during a televised visit to a military camp on the western island of Palawan, near the disputed Spratly group of islands.
"It looks like everybody is making a grab for the islands there, so we better live on those that are still vacant," he said, adding his country was claiming "nine or 10" Spratly islands, reefs and cays.
"At least, let us get what is ours now and make a strong point there that it is ours."
China asserts sovereignty over almost all of the resource-rich South China Sea - despite rival claims from Southeast Asian neighbours - and has rapidly built reefs into artificial islands capable of hosting military aircraft.
Duterte also said "bunkers or houses and provisions for habitation" were to be built, but it was unclear how his order can be executed.
Some of the tiny reefs and outcrops would need expensive and logistically difficult reclamation work before structures could be built on them.
The defence department later said nine outcrops "are already in our possession" and occupied by marines, including Thitu island where the Philippine military maintains an air strip.
"The president wants facilities built such as barracks for the men, water [desalination] and sewage disposal systems, power generators, lighthouses, and shelters for fishermen," the department said in a statement.
Duterte has previously sought to improve his nation's relations with China by adopting a non-confrontational approach over their competing claims in the strategically vital waters.
An impeachment complaint has been filed against Duterte that cites, among other things, his alleged failure to protest China's territorial expansion in the South China Sea.
An official at the Chinese embassy in Manila seemed surprised when asked by AFP news agency to comment on Duterte's declaration, but referred questions on the matter to the Chinese foreign ministry in Beijing.
The two neighbours are scheduled to hold talks in China in May to tackle issues related to the sea row.
Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan have also sparred with Beijing over territory in the disputed waterway.
US President Donald Trump's administration has so far taken a tough stance on China's claims in the South China Sea, insisting it will defend international interests there.
Duterte made the announcement on Thursday during a televised visit to a military camp on the western island of Palawan, near the disputed Spratly group of islands.
"It looks like everybody is making a grab for the islands there, so we better live on those that are still vacant," he said, adding his country was claiming "nine or 10" Spratly islands, reefs and cays.
"At least, let us get what is ours now and make a strong point there that it is ours."
China asserts sovereignty over almost all of the resource-rich South China Sea - despite rival claims from Southeast Asian neighbours - and has rapidly built reefs into artificial islands capable of hosting military aircraft.
Duterte also said "bunkers or houses and provisions for habitation" were to be built, but it was unclear how his order can be executed.
Some of the tiny reefs and outcrops would need expensive and logistically difficult reclamation work before structures could be built on them.
The defence department later said nine outcrops "are already in our possession" and occupied by marines, including Thitu island where the Philippine military maintains an air strip.
"The president wants facilities built such as barracks for the men, water [desalination] and sewage disposal systems, power generators, lighthouses, and shelters for fishermen," the department said in a statement.
Duterte has previously sought to improve his nation's relations with China by adopting a non-confrontational approach over their competing claims in the strategically vital waters.
An impeachment complaint has been filed against Duterte that cites, among other things, his alleged failure to protest China's territorial expansion in the South China Sea.
An official at the Chinese embassy in Manila seemed surprised when asked by AFP news agency to comment on Duterte's declaration, but referred questions on the matter to the Chinese foreign ministry in Beijing.
The two neighbours are scheduled to hold talks in China in May to tackle issues related to the sea row.
Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan have also sparred with Beijing over territory in the disputed waterway.
US President Donald Trump's administration has so far taken a tough stance on China's claims in the South China Sea, insisting it will defend international interests there.
Islamic State says U.S. 'being run by an idiot'
Islamic State said on Tuesday the United States was drowning and "being run by an idiot".
In the first official remarks by the group referring to President Donald Trump since he took office, spokesman Abi al-Hassan al-Muhajer said:
"America you have drowned and there is no savior, and you have become prey for the soldiers of the caliphate in every part of the earth, you are bankrupt and the signs of your demise are evident to every eye."
"... There is no more evidence than the fact that you are being run by an idiot who does not know what Syria or Iraq or Islam is," he said in a recording released on Tuesday on messaging network Telegram.
Trump has made defeating Islamic State a priority of his presidency.
U.S.-backed forces are fighting to retake Islamic State's two biggest cities - Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria.
"Die of spite America, die of spite, a nation where both young and old are racing to die in the name of God will not be defeated," al-Muhajer said.
Trump is examining ways to accelerate the U.S.-led coalition campaign that U.S. and Iraqi officials say has so far been largely successful in uprooting Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.
The loss of Mosul, Islamic State's last major stronghold in Iraq, would deal a major defeat to Islamic State.
U.S. and Iraqi officials are preparing for smaller battles after the city is recaptured and expect the group to go underground to fight as a traditional insurgency.
In the first official remarks by the group referring to President Donald Trump since he took office, spokesman Abi al-Hassan al-Muhajer said:
"America you have drowned and there is no savior, and you have become prey for the soldiers of the caliphate in every part of the earth, you are bankrupt and the signs of your demise are evident to every eye."
"... There is no more evidence than the fact that you are being run by an idiot who does not know what Syria or Iraq or Islam is," he said in a recording released on Tuesday on messaging network Telegram.
Trump has made defeating Islamic State a priority of his presidency.
U.S.-backed forces are fighting to retake Islamic State's two biggest cities - Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria.
"Die of spite America, die of spite, a nation where both young and old are racing to die in the name of God will not be defeated," al-Muhajer said.
Trump is examining ways to accelerate the U.S.-led coalition campaign that U.S. and Iraqi officials say has so far been largely successful in uprooting Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.
The loss of Mosul, Islamic State's last major stronghold in Iraq, would deal a major defeat to Islamic State.
U.S. and Iraqi officials are preparing for smaller battles after the city is recaptured and expect the group to go underground to fight as a traditional insurgency.
US launches cruise missiles on Syrian air base
The United States has fired dozens of cruise missile strikes at a government-controlled airbase in Syria, in retaliation for what the administration of President Donald Trump charges was a chemical weapons attack that killed scores of civilians.
The Pentagon said 59 Tomahawk missiles hit at 3:45am on Friday morning Shayrat airfield in Homs province, from where they believe the Syrian jets that dropped the chemicals on a rebel-held town in Idlib province had taken off.
Donald Trump changing view on Syria's Assad
Syrian state TV also reported a US missile attack on a number of military targets, calling it an "act of aggression."
The strikes, launched from two warships in the Mediterranean Sea, targeted the base's airstrips, hangars, control tower and ammunition areas, officials said.
It was the first direct military action the US has taken against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces in the six-year war.
READ MORE: Survivors of the Idlib attack share their stories
Syria's opposition National Coalition hailed the US strike, saying it puts an end to an age of "impunity" and should be just the beginning.
The US said initial indications were that the missiles had severely damaged or destroyed Syrian aircraft and support infrastructure and equipment at the airfield.
shayrat map [Al Jazeera]
At least 86 people, including 27 children, were killed after a suspected poison gas attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province on Tuesday, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The attack drew widespread international condemnation and public revulsion, prompting the United Nations to pledge it would investigate it as a possible war crime.
READ MORE: Syria's civil war explained
The Syrian govenment denied carrying out the raid. Russia, a key military ally of the Assad government, has blamed the opposition, saying a government shell hit a building where rebels were producing chemical weapons. The rebels deny this.
"There can be no dispute that Syria used banned chemical weapons, violated its obligations under the chemical weapons convention and ignored the urging of the UN Security Council," Trump said.
The Pentagon said that Russia, which has been bombing rebel-held areas in Syria since 2015, had been notified ahead of the operation - but US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that Washington had "sought no approval from Moscow".
Earlier on Thursday, Russia's deputy ambassador to the United Nations warned of "negative consequences" if the US took military action against Syria.
"All responsibility, if military action occurred, will be on shoulders of those who initiated such doubtful and tragic enterprise," Vladimir Soronkov told reporters in response to questions about possible US strikes.
Turkey said samples from victims of the attack indicate they were exposed to sarin , a highly toxic nerve agent.
"I think what happened in Syria is a disgrace to humanity and he [President Bashar al-Assad] is there, and I guess he's running things, so something should happen," Trump had told reporters earlier on Thursday.
Christopher Swift, professor of national security studies at Georgetown University, said the most important question was whether the Trump administration's vision in launching the strikes was "an impulsive one or a strategic one".
How to bring Bashar al-Assad to account? – Inside Story
"It's not clear to me, yet, whether this administration has thought through the implications of the actions they took this evening," he told Al Jazeera.
"If the president has a plan, then it will be interesting to see how that plan comes through. But if he doesn't, he may have done more harm than good."
At the time of the US raid, Trump was at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, where he is holding two days of meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Trump said the strike on Syria was in the "vital national security interest" of the US.
Al Jazeera's James Bays, reporting Palm Beach, said: "This may be a one-off operation, but it will be quite difficult from now for Trump to get himself out of the argument over the future of Syria, the political future of Assad, the UN talks process in Geneva - the Trump administration is now at the centre of it all."
Syria maintains it did not use chemical weapons, blaming opposition fighters for stockpiling the chemicals.
"I stress, once again, that the Syrian Arab Army did not and will not use such weapons even against the terrorists who are targeting our people," Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Muallem told reporters in Damascus on Thursday.
The Pentagon said 59 Tomahawk missiles hit at 3:45am on Friday morning Shayrat airfield in Homs province, from where they believe the Syrian jets that dropped the chemicals on a rebel-held town in Idlib province had taken off.
Donald Trump changing view on Syria's Assad
Syrian state TV also reported a US missile attack on a number of military targets, calling it an "act of aggression."
The strikes, launched from two warships in the Mediterranean Sea, targeted the base's airstrips, hangars, control tower and ammunition areas, officials said.
It was the first direct military action the US has taken against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces in the six-year war.
READ MORE: Survivors of the Idlib attack share their stories
Syria's opposition National Coalition hailed the US strike, saying it puts an end to an age of "impunity" and should be just the beginning.
The US said initial indications were that the missiles had severely damaged or destroyed Syrian aircraft and support infrastructure and equipment at the airfield.
shayrat map [Al Jazeera]
At least 86 people, including 27 children, were killed after a suspected poison gas attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province on Tuesday, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The attack drew widespread international condemnation and public revulsion, prompting the United Nations to pledge it would investigate it as a possible war crime.
READ MORE: Syria's civil war explained
The Syrian govenment denied carrying out the raid. Russia, a key military ally of the Assad government, has blamed the opposition, saying a government shell hit a building where rebels were producing chemical weapons. The rebels deny this.
"There can be no dispute that Syria used banned chemical weapons, violated its obligations under the chemical weapons convention and ignored the urging of the UN Security Council," Trump said.
The Pentagon said that Russia, which has been bombing rebel-held areas in Syria since 2015, had been notified ahead of the operation - but US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that Washington had "sought no approval from Moscow".
Earlier on Thursday, Russia's deputy ambassador to the United Nations warned of "negative consequences" if the US took military action against Syria.
"All responsibility, if military action occurred, will be on shoulders of those who initiated such doubtful and tragic enterprise," Vladimir Soronkov told reporters in response to questions about possible US strikes.
Turkey said samples from victims of the attack indicate they were exposed to sarin , a highly toxic nerve agent.
"I think what happened in Syria is a disgrace to humanity and he [President Bashar al-Assad] is there, and I guess he's running things, so something should happen," Trump had told reporters earlier on Thursday.
Christopher Swift, professor of national security studies at Georgetown University, said the most important question was whether the Trump administration's vision in launching the strikes was "an impulsive one or a strategic one".
How to bring Bashar al-Assad to account? – Inside Story
"It's not clear to me, yet, whether this administration has thought through the implications of the actions they took this evening," he told Al Jazeera.
"If the president has a plan, then it will be interesting to see how that plan comes through. But if he doesn't, he may have done more harm than good."
At the time of the US raid, Trump was at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, where he is holding two days of meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Trump said the strike on Syria was in the "vital national security interest" of the US.
Al Jazeera's James Bays, reporting Palm Beach, said: "This may be a one-off operation, but it will be quite difficult from now for Trump to get himself out of the argument over the future of Syria, the political future of Assad, the UN talks process in Geneva - the Trump administration is now at the centre of it all."
Syria maintains it did not use chemical weapons, blaming opposition fighters for stockpiling the chemicals.
"I stress, once again, that the Syrian Arab Army did not and will not use such weapons even against the terrorists who are targeting our people," Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Muallem told reporters in Damascus on Thursday.
Barack Obama to address business leaders on first visit to Scotland
Former US President Barack Obama will make his first visit to Scotland next month, addressing an event that will benefit children's charities and his own Obama Foundation.
Tickets for a table for 10 at the Edinburgh dinner on 26 May - which is being organised by Sir Tom Hunter's The Hunter Foundation - are expected to sell for about £5,000.
Sir Tom, who is also planning to invite some local young people, said he was "really chuffed" that Mr Obama was going to make the trip.
"From the South Side of Chicago to the White House has been an epic, historic journey and it will be a true honour to hear that story from the man who made that journey," Sir Tom said.
"We are both truly proud and delighted to be hosting the 44th president of the United States in Scotland at this event."
Previous events organised by The Hunter Foundation featured George Clooney, Bill Clinton and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Sir Tom commented: "We're always looking for really inspiring speakers to come along to Scotland, and really inspire and inform.
"To be able to get president Obama, we're really chuffed."
To show just how chuffed he is, Sir Tom is planning a special surprise.
"President Obama loves his music," Sir Tom said, "so we're getting some interesting guests."
It is thought to be one of the former President's first major addresses since his second term in the White House came to an end in January.
In February, he was pictured kitesurfing while holidaying with Sir Richard Branson.
Tickets for a table for 10 at the Edinburgh dinner on 26 May - which is being organised by Sir Tom Hunter's The Hunter Foundation - are expected to sell for about £5,000.
Sir Tom, who is also planning to invite some local young people, said he was "really chuffed" that Mr Obama was going to make the trip.
"From the South Side of Chicago to the White House has been an epic, historic journey and it will be a true honour to hear that story from the man who made that journey," Sir Tom said.
"We are both truly proud and delighted to be hosting the 44th president of the United States in Scotland at this event."
Previous events organised by The Hunter Foundation featured George Clooney, Bill Clinton and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Sir Tom commented: "We're always looking for really inspiring speakers to come along to Scotland, and really inspire and inform.
"To be able to get president Obama, we're really chuffed."
To show just how chuffed he is, Sir Tom is planning a special surprise.
"President Obama loves his music," Sir Tom said, "so we're getting some interesting guests."
It is thought to be one of the former President's first major addresses since his second term in the White House came to an end in January.
In February, he was pictured kitesurfing while holidaying with Sir Richard Branson.
Has Donald Trump really got Chinese president Xi Jinping where he wants him?
Donald Trump announced on his Twitter feed last week that his meeting with China would be "a very difficult one" because of the "massive trade deficits".
Then he threatened them on North Korea, warning: "If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will."
On the basis of his public comments so far, the President's agenda for this meeting appears to be burnishing his world leader, 'negotiator-in-chief' credentials, by talking tough with Xi Jinping, and demonstrating the art of how these big geopolitical deals are done.
He may believe he has the Chinese president where he wants him.
After taking a phone call from Taiwan's leader Tsai Ing-wen in December, and warning that the "One China" policy (which acknowledges Taiwan as part of China) was up for grabs, Mr Trump then publicly reaffirmed his commitment to it in February, after his first call with Mr Xi.
The White House read-out afterwards said Mr Trump had agreed to honour the policy "at the request of President Xi". Asked what he had got in return, his press secretary, Sean Spicer, said: "The President always gets something."
So perhaps Mr Trump is about to call in his "something".
Perhaps he feels that by dangling his cooperation on Taiwan over Mr Xi, he can extract concessions on other issues, such as North Korea's nuclear ambitions and American manufacturing jobs.
It might sound like a winning strategy, but it's a dangerous one.
Senior Chinese officials have publicly warned the Trump administration that Taiwan is not a bargaining chip; it is a core national interest, and it will be defended as such.
Attempting to tackle them on this issue would be "like lifting a rock to drop on one's own feet," China's foreign minister said. State media threatened that Beijing would have no choice but to "take off the gloves".
This is not just empty rhetoric. Taiwan is an extremely sensitive issue in China, and this is a crucial year for its leader, Mr Xi, who is cultivating an image of strength as the "core" of the Chinese Communist Party ahead of an important party congress this autumn.
:: Sky Views: Is Trump prepared for war with China?
He has no room for negotiation on this, and would have little option for anything but a hard-line response.
Taiwan, incidentally, is equally keen not to be used as a pawn between the two, and has reportedly sought assurances from Washington to this effect.
As to the big wins Mr Trump seeks to extract in return, perhaps the most powerful negotiating strategy from the Chinese side would be to just ask him what it is he would like them to do.
How should Mr Xi tackle the US trade deficit for instance? Order Chinese companies to cease trade? Stop shipping goods to the States? Does he really expect Mr Trump to lay off large numbers of Chinese workers and risk social unrest, in this critical year, to make American manufacturing great again?
Then there is the charge of currency manipulation, which Candidate Trump liked to beat China with on the campaign trail.
It's true that China is manipulating its currency, but not in the way Mr Trump thinks - long gone are the days of artificially deflating the renminbi (RMB) to help Chinese exports - now China's central bank is burning through billions trying to prop its value up.
Would they like them to stop this, and allow the RMB to fall to its true level?
Then he threatened them on North Korea, warning: "If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will."
On the basis of his public comments so far, the President's agenda for this meeting appears to be burnishing his world leader, 'negotiator-in-chief' credentials, by talking tough with Xi Jinping, and demonstrating the art of how these big geopolitical deals are done.
He may believe he has the Chinese president where he wants him.
After taking a phone call from Taiwan's leader Tsai Ing-wen in December, and warning that the "One China" policy (which acknowledges Taiwan as part of China) was up for grabs, Mr Trump then publicly reaffirmed his commitment to it in February, after his first call with Mr Xi.
The White House read-out afterwards said Mr Trump had agreed to honour the policy "at the request of President Xi". Asked what he had got in return, his press secretary, Sean Spicer, said: "The President always gets something."
So perhaps Mr Trump is about to call in his "something".
Perhaps he feels that by dangling his cooperation on Taiwan over Mr Xi, he can extract concessions on other issues, such as North Korea's nuclear ambitions and American manufacturing jobs.
It might sound like a winning strategy, but it's a dangerous one.
Senior Chinese officials have publicly warned the Trump administration that Taiwan is not a bargaining chip; it is a core national interest, and it will be defended as such.
Attempting to tackle them on this issue would be "like lifting a rock to drop on one's own feet," China's foreign minister said. State media threatened that Beijing would have no choice but to "take off the gloves".
This is not just empty rhetoric. Taiwan is an extremely sensitive issue in China, and this is a crucial year for its leader, Mr Xi, who is cultivating an image of strength as the "core" of the Chinese Communist Party ahead of an important party congress this autumn.
:: Sky Views: Is Trump prepared for war with China?
He has no room for negotiation on this, and would have little option for anything but a hard-line response.
Taiwan, incidentally, is equally keen not to be used as a pawn between the two, and has reportedly sought assurances from Washington to this effect.
As to the big wins Mr Trump seeks to extract in return, perhaps the most powerful negotiating strategy from the Chinese side would be to just ask him what it is he would like them to do.
How should Mr Xi tackle the US trade deficit for instance? Order Chinese companies to cease trade? Stop shipping goods to the States? Does he really expect Mr Trump to lay off large numbers of Chinese workers and risk social unrest, in this critical year, to make American manufacturing great again?
Then there is the charge of currency manipulation, which Candidate Trump liked to beat China with on the campaign trail.
It's true that China is manipulating its currency, but not in the way Mr Trump thinks - long gone are the days of artificially deflating the renminbi (RMB) to help Chinese exports - now China's central bank is burning through billions trying to prop its value up.
Would they like them to stop this, and allow the RMB to fall to its true level?
'Mr Potato Head' Don Rickles dies at age of 90
US comedian Don Rickles - the voice of Mr Potato Head in the Toy Story movies - has died at the age of 90.
Rickles' publicist and friend Paul Shefrin said he passed away at his home in Los Angeles from kidney failure.
Born in New York, his rapid-fire delivery was often ad-libbed, Rickles saying that he had developed a brand of 'mockery humour' because he was not good at performing more conventional jokes, earning him the nickname "Mr Warmth".
His style delighted Hollywood royalty, nightclub audiences, and politicians by - all in good fun - hurling invective at them.
Those subject to his put-downs included Dean Martin, Johnny Carson and Frank Sinatra.
When Sinatra attended one of his shows, Rickles quipped: "Hey, Frank, make yourself at home. Hit somebody."
Sinatra laughed.
Rickles' publicist and friend Paul Shefrin said he passed away at his home in Los Angeles from kidney failure.
Born in New York, his rapid-fire delivery was often ad-libbed, Rickles saying that he had developed a brand of 'mockery humour' because he was not good at performing more conventional jokes, earning him the nickname "Mr Warmth".
His style delighted Hollywood royalty, nightclub audiences, and politicians by - all in good fun - hurling invective at them.
Those subject to his put-downs included Dean Martin, Johnny Carson and Frank Sinatra.
When Sinatra attended one of his shows, Rickles quipped: "Hey, Frank, make yourself at home. Hit somebody."
Sinatra laughed.
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