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Friday, June 28, 2013
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Former senior U.S. general targeted over leak investigation: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Retired U.S. General James Cartwright is the target of a Justice Department investigation into the leaking of secret information about the Stuxnet virus attack on Iranian nuclear facilities in 2010, NBC News reported on Thursday, citing unidentified legal sources.
NBC said Cartwright, once the second highest ranking officer in the U.S. military, is being probed over the leaked information about the computer virus, which temporarily disabled 1,000 centrifuges used by Iran to enrich uranium, setting back its nuclear program.
The United States and Western powers believe the Iranian nuclear enrichment program is aimed at building atomic weapons, while Tehran says it is solely for civilian energy purposes.
The New York Times published a detailed account of the Stuxnet program in June last year, in which it said President Barack Obama had decided to accelerate U.S. cyber attacks, which began under former President George W. Bush.
The story was based on 18 months of interviews with "with current and former American, European and Israeli officials involved in the program, as well as a range of outside experts," the Times said in its story.
Cartwright, a four-star general who is now retired, was vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs from 2007 to 2011.
News of the leak investigation came as the United States is trying to persuade Russia to deport American Edward Snowden, a former contractor working at the National Security Agency who disclosed information to two newspapers about secret U.S. government surveillance of internet and phone traffic.
Snowden fled the United States to Hong Kong before the information was made public this month and is now believed to be in the transit area of a Moscow airport.
(Reporting by Douwe Miedema; editing by Christopher Wilson)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/former-senior-u-general-targeted-over-leak-investigation-012055020.html
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Sunday, June 23, 2013
Thirtysomethings and love in Japan
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goo Ranking had an interesting survey on stereotypes of single people in their thirties and looking for love, for both women and men. Note that this time both sexes voted in both the surveys.
Demographics
Between the 2nd and 5th of May 2013 1,088 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.2% of the sample were male, 23.3% in their teens, 24.4% in their twenties, 25.5% in their thirties, and 26.8% in their forties; there was no-one older than 49 in this sample. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.
As someone who was single for half my thirties, I can identify with a lot of them, in particular number 19 for the guys, which was one that did actually come true!
Ranking result
Read more on: goo ranking,loveQ1: What stereotypes do you have of single women in their thirties and their love life? (Sample size=1,088)
Rank ? Score 1= When they meet an unmarried man over 35 years old they find themselves searching for the reason why he couldn?t get married up to now 100 1= When a cool guy makes their heart skip a beat, the chances of him being married are high 100 3 Encounters with unnattached guys drastically decrease 71.7 4= They start planning for a single life 70.9 4= They are particular about their partner?s appearance, bearing, etc, but put their own character to one side 70.9 6 They no longer can meet guys who click 69.3 7 They end up judging on first encounters whether guys are Yes or No 59.8 8 They end up checking the ring finger of guys they meet at/through work 56.7 9 Compared to their twenties, invites to dating parties almost completely dry up 53.2 10 When they start a relationship they think ?this might be my last chance??, and put a bit more effort into it 49.6 11 They worry that there might not be any nice guys around the same age left 48.0 12 They change to prefering younger men instead of older 47.2 13= They concentrate their effort on their hobbies, work, etc at the expense of their love life 45.7 13= They stop visiting their parents as they have got annoyed with their ?Not married yet??, ?You?ve not found a nice man??, etc 45.7 13= Since they took their last break-up particularly hard, they have become cowards towards romance 45.7 13= When they go to a dating party almost all the guys are younger 45.7 17 Thinking ?What kind of guy really does suit me?? they lose understanding of their own preferences 43.3 18 If they don?t take action themselves, love will not develop 38.6 19= Their friends stop introducing them to guys 37.0 19= It becomes troublesome for them to make moves on guys 37.0 21= They get depressed when they see Facebook friends posting about their marriage and births 33.9 21= They believe that their fated love does exist somewhere on Earth 33.9 21= They cannot take the plunge into marriage as they feel they want to enjoy being single for just a little while more 33.9 21= Playing cute and innocent as they did in their twenties no longer works 3.9 25= Despite their best efforts, guys who don?t want to marry don?t develop the relationship 33.1 25= They get depressed when they dredge up memories of past boyfriends and realise they can never again regain that feeling 33.1 25= When they go out for a meal with younger guys they start wondering ?Could he fancy me?? 33.1 28 They spend more time with their mother than their boyfriends 29.9 29 Compared to their twenties, they look for safe rather than exciting guys 29.1 30 When love isn?t going the way they thought, they distract themselves by immersing themselves in work 25.2 31= Although when they meet married friends they do nothing but moan about being single, they cannot get into the mood for marrying 24.4 31= When younger guys buy them a meal they wonder if there could be a nuance of romance 24.4 33 As they pay more attention to their appearance than when in their twenties, bills for beauty treatment start to build up 22.0 34 As there is no time to waste, they themselves soon declare their love 17.3 35 As they have less confidence in their skin than when in their twenties, they try to select darker places for dates 15.7 Q2: What stereotypes do you have of single men in their thirties and their love life? (Sample size=1,088)
Rank ? Score 1 Encounters with unnattached women drastically decrease 100 2 When they meet an unmarried woman in their thirties they find themselves searching for the reason why she couldn?t get married up to now 97.4 3 They are particular about their partner?s appearance, bearing, etc, but put their own character to one side 79.2 4 They no longer can meet girls who click 74.0 5 When an elegant women makes their heart skip a beat, the chances of her being married are high 71.5 6= They start planning for a single life 67.5 6= They end up checking the ring finger of women they meet at/through work 67.5 8 It becomes troublesome for them to make moves on girls 63.6 9 They concentrate their effort on their hobbies, work, etc at the expense of their love life 62.3 10 They end up judging on first encounters whether girls are Yes or No 61.0 11 Thinking ?What kind of girl really does suit me?? they lose understanding of their own preferences 59.7 12= When they start a relationship they think ?this might be my last chance??, and put a bit more effort into it 57.1 12= Compared to their twenties, invites to dating parties almost completely dry up 57.1 14 They cannot take the plunge into marriage as they feel they want to enjoy being single for just a little while more 54.5 15 They change to prefering younger women instead of older 53.2 16 Compared to their twenties, they look for safe rather than exciting women 51.9 17 Their friends stop introducing them to women 46.8 18 Since they took their last break-up particularly hard, they have become cowards towards romance 45.5 19 They believe that their fated love does exist somewhere on Earth 44.2 20= Despite their best efforts, women who don?t want to marry don?t develop the relationship 41.6 20= Although when they meet married friends they do nothing but moan about being single, they cannot get into the mood for marrying 41.6 22 They get depressed when they dredge up memories of past girlfriends and realise they can never again regain that feeling 40.3 23 When they go out for a meal with younger women they start wondering ?Could she fancy me?? 37.7 24 They worry that there might not be any nice women around the same age left 33.8 25 They get depressed when they see Facebook friends posting about their marriage and births 32.5
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Edward Snowden In A 'Safe Place' As U.S. Prepares To Seek Extradition
By Phil Stewart
WASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) - Edward Snowden was in a "safe place" in Hong Kong, a newspaper reported on Saturday, as the United States prepared to seek the extradition of the former U.S. National Security Agency contractor after filing espionage charges against him.
The South China Morning Post said Snowden, who has exposed secret U.S. surveillance programs including new details published on Saturday about alleged hacking of Chinese phone companies, was not in police protection in Hong Kong, as had been reported elsewhere.
"Contrary to some reports, the former CIA analyst has not been detained, is not under police protection but is in a 'safe place' in Hong Kong," the newspaper said.
Hong Kong Police Commissioner Andy Tsang declined to comment other than to say Hong Kong would deal with the case in accordance with the law.
Two U.S. sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the United States was preparing to seek Snowden's extradition from Hong Kong, which is part of China but has wide-ranging autonomy, including an independent judiciary.
The United States charged Snowden with theft of government property, unauthorized communication of national defense information and willful communication of classified communications intelligence to an unauthorized person, according to the criminal complaint made public on Friday.
The latter two offenses fall under the U.S. Espionage Act and carry penalties of up to 10 years in prison.
America's use of the Espionage Act against Snowden has fueled debate among legal experts about whether that could complicate his extradition, since Hong Kong courts may choose to shield him.
Snowden says he leaked the details of the classified U.S. surveillance to expose abusive programs that trampled on citizens' rights.
Documents leaked by Snowden revealed that the NSA has access to vast amounts of internet data such as emails, chat rooms and video from large companies such as Facebook and Google, under a government program known as Prism.
They also showed that the government had worked through the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to gather so-called metadata - such as the time, duration and telephone numbers called - on all calls carried by service providers such as Verizon.
On Friday, the Guardian newspaper, citing documents shared by Snowden, said Britain's spy agency GCHQ had tapped fiber-optic cables that carry international phone and internet traffic and is sharing vast quantities of personal information with the NSA.
STEALING DATA
The South China Morning Post said on Saturday that Snowden offered new details on U.S. surveillance activities in China.
The paper said documents and statements by Snowden show the NSA program had hacked major Chinese telecoms companies to access text messages and targeted China's top Tsinghua University.
The NSA program also hacked the Hong Kong headquarters of Pacnet, which has an extensive fiber-optic network, it said.
"The NSA does all kinds of things like hack Chinese cellphone companies to steal all of your SMS data," Snowden was quoted by the Post as saying during a June 12 interview.
President Barack Obama and his intelligence chiefs have vigorously defended the programs, saying they are regulated by law and that Congress was notified. They say the programs have been used to thwart militant plots and do not target Americans' personal lives.
Since making his revelations about massive U.S. surveillance programs, Edward Snowden, 30, has sought legal representation from human rights lawyers as he prepares to fight U.S. attempts to force him home for trial, sources in Hong Kong say.
The United States and Hong Kong signed an extradition treaty in 1998, under which scores of Americans have been sent back home to face trial.
The United States and Hong Kong have "excellent cooperation" and as a result of agreements, "there is an active extradition relationship between Hong Kong and the United States," a U.S. law enforcement official told Reuters.
However, the process can take years, lawyers say, and Snowden's case could be particularly complex.
An Icelandic businessman linked to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks said on Thursday he had readied a private plane in China to fly Snowden to Iceland if Iceland's government would grant asylum.
Iceland refused on Friday to say whether it would grant asylum to Snowden. (Reporting by Phil Stewart; Additional reporting by James Pomfret, Venus Wu and Grace Li in HONG KONG, Tabassum Zakaria and Mark Hosenball in WASHINGTON; Editing by Eric Beech)
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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/22/edward-snowden-safe_n_3483716.html
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Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup
This week, the NBA Finals came down to a breath-taking final game, with LeBron and the Heat ultimately repeating as champs -- while, in DC, the Supreme Court pushed its ruling on gay marriage to the SCOTUS equivalent of a Game 7 (here's hoping legal superstars David Boies and Ted Olson take home the MVP trophy). As we also wait for the High Court's ruling on Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, a different ghost of the pre-civil rights South reared its ugly head, with Paula Deen losing her job for using "the N-word" and planning a "plantation-style" wedding for her brother. Meanwhile, the name for Kim and Kanye's baby is no longer pending. Some questioned their parenting compass after they went with a compass pun, but at least they didn't go with "Yeezus."
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Russian NGO forcibly evicted from Moscow office
MOSCOW (AP) ? Law enforcement agents forcibly evicted the head of one of Russia's leading human rights groups and about a half dozen others from his Moscow office early Saturday, in the latest attack on a Russian non-governmental organization.
Lev Ponomaryov, 72, who heads For Human Rights, said he was beaten all over his body when security forces stormed the building at around 2 a.m. and dragged him out. Dozens of riot police had raided the office on Friday and ordered employees to leave, but they had refused.
Russia's human rights ombudsman, Vladimir Lukin, said the NGO was evicted illegally from the city-owned property. The organization has had difficulties extending the lease, but Lukin said it had the right to remain until the issue was resolved in court.
The U.S. democracy watchdog Freedom House condemned the "violent assault" and called on the international community to "register its strong opposition to such thuggish tactics."
For Human Rights is one of hundreds of Russian non-governmental organizations that have come under pressure in recent months as part of President Vladimir Putin's crackdown on dissent following unprecedented street protests last year.
Many organizations have been raided to check compliance with a new law that requires all NGOs that receive foreign funding and engage in vaguely defined political activities to register as foreign agents, a term that carries Cold War connotations of spying. Putin has accused the U.S. State Department of funding Russian NGOs with the aim of undermining his government.
Ponomaryov, with what appeared to be a bruise under his left eye, returned to the street outside his office on Saturday afternoon to speak with supporters. He said doctors had counted dozens of small bruises on his body as the result of a "rapid-fire beating" as he was being dragged across the floor.
Moscow police said its officers were at the scene, but the forced eviction was carried out by a private security firm. Sergei Mitrokhin, the leader of the liberal Yabloko party, who was among those evicted, said the operation was directed by a man in plainclothes who appeared to be a security services officer, the Gazeta.ru news portal reported.
Amnesty International said it sent a representative to Ponomaryov's office on Friday to observe the raid.
"In Russia, we have witnessed how authorities are using every trick in the box to stop human rights activists criticizing their policies," the group said in a statement. "The attempt to evict For Human Rights from publicly owned offices seems to be yet another attempt to block their important human rights work."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/russian-ngo-forcibly-evicted-moscow-office-121338410.html
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