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Saturday, February 9, 2013

The candidate to head the CIA asserts that 'drones' 'save lives'


At his confirmation hearing in the Senate on Thursday, John Brennan, chosen by Barack Obama to head the CIA, could hardly speak a few minutes before they started shouting at him. "Murder is against the Constitution ... Traitor!" Yelled a protester who had sneaked into the room. After four similar disruptions, the session was suspended and the whole audience was expelled from the courtroom. The tension was clear by the president's most controversial appointment to many of his followers. Brennan, a veteran CIA spy and so far Obama's counterterrorism chief advisor, has overseen since 2009 the bombing plan drones ('drones') , which were strengthened during the Obama Administration. Pressed by a Democratic senator, Brennan complained that there is "a misunderstanding about what is making the U.S. government."According to him, it is not a punishment for terrorists, but the 'drones'are "the last resort" to prevent attacks and used "to save lives". Four years ago, the president did not dare appoint Brennan CIA chief because he wanted to avoid controversy by spy responsible positions during interrogations with torture program after the 11-S.Brennan complains that the Bush Administration was promoted several times for criticizing the Iraq war or oppose the 'waterboarding' almost-drowning method which prisoners were subjected. This Thursday insisted repudiate torture , about which he expressed "his personal objections," but did not try to stop because he did not depend says. He declined to clarify whether the torture helped bring information to locate Osama Bin Laden, as the film tells 'The Darkest Night', and said only that information is classified. Brennan forcefully defended the use of 'drones', he has systematized as counterterrorism chief. Since Obama came to the White House have been at least 310 attacks 'drones' in Pakistan, six times more than in the eight years of Bush. Since January 2009, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a London-based group that has the bombings, estimates that at least 2,600 people have died in these attacks , including more than 400 civilians identified as unrelated to terrorism. In Pakistan have killed 176 children, in Yemen, between 27 and 37, and in Somalia, between one and three.

The 'blacklist' of drones

At the hearing, Brennan said the president has always wanted to ensure that "any action taken fully respect the law." The Administration now claims that the Senate will give more information about how decisions attacks 'drones', which Obama OKs chosen a cast of which is updated almost every week . The blacklist has included a girl of 17 years or Anwar al-Awlaki, a cleric with U.S. citizenship bombed in Yemen in September 2011 with an assistant New Yorker who was not among the most sought. The 'drone' that killed Al-Awlaki left a base in Saudi Arabia whose installation Brennan helped negotiate through his contacts in the days when he worked as head of the CIA mission in Riyadh. The Administration did not publicly confirm the details of their attacks. But Brennan's audience requires some explanation. So, a few hours before the meeting, the NBC published on its website thelegal justification of why the president has the power to order the death of any suspected terrorists , including U.S. citizens, without trial. According to a Justice Department report, "the president has the authority to respond to an imminent threat of Al Qaeda and its associated forces derived from its constitutional responsibility to protect the country," congressional authorization after 11-S and "the existence of an armed conflict with Al Qaeda under international law. " The document states that attacking the U.S. members of the terrorist organization is "an act of national self-defense". The toughest questions came to Brennan Obama Party . Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon said the president's favorite: "All Americans deserve to know when your government believes it has the right to kill them." Brennan himself has admitted its policy dilemmas he has directed.During a conference last April, acknowledged that the use of 'drones' "raises profound moral questions" and strength to face "a deeply rooted personal beliefs" and "values ​​as a nation." "If someone in government who work in this area tells you not suffered with this, then you have not spent much time thinking about it ... I know that I have done and will continue to suffer with it as long involved in counterterrorism" he said.

Cristiano Ronaldo vs. Iker Casillas's girlfriend


"It is a somewhat delicate issue and I think it's something that should not be done.However, people are free to say what they think, but I think it has not done well , the costumes because things should stay in the locker room and know things that should not be said to the press, " said Cristiano Ronaldo. "But everyone is manifested as wants and says what he thinks," he added in an interview with the daily AsHowever, the Portuguese player did not indicate whether those statements referred to it is not right that the girlfriend of a colleague journalist handle certain information should be confidential or whether the error was Carbonero make such statements in front of camera. Sara Carbonero is a journalist and partner turn goalkeeper  Real MadridFamous worldwide for  Iker Casillas kissing in the 2010 World Cup , now returns to the scene to cross to  Mourinho.  confirmed the divisions  in the  White House. Days ago, in his column in  'The Play' from Televisa for Mexico, the journalist  revealed intimate situation merengue team , and was decisive in the matter of relation of stock: "The atmosphere in the dressing room, as everyone knows, is not good ". "It is common knowledge that  the players do not agree at all with the coach  right now,  there is division in the locker room  and have to wait for the end of season to see if Mourinho finally going that  has many fronts  here at Real Madrid " completed.

Hillary Clinton is the most popular politician in the U.S.


61% of American voters gave approval to Hillary Clinton , a possible presidential candidate for the 2016 elections, while 34% said they had an unfavorable opinion, according to the survey of the Quinnipiac University released Friday. This study is broadcast a week after he left his post as head of the country's diplomacy. In comparison, 51% said they had a "favorable" opinion of Obama , while 46% indicated otherwise. Biden , 70 and another potential contender for 2016, 46% received high marks to 41% negative perception. Peter Brown, assistant director of the Polling Institute at Quinnipiac University, said the results indicate that after a burst positive for Obama after his reelection in November, the United States was rapidly returning to partisan politics. "The lowest approval numbers for President could be because the support has waned elections and govern decisions that inevitably requires some voters dislike , "he said, adding that Clinton won support among independents and Republicans. The major Republican politicians, including Marco Rubio , obtained favorable opinions of one third or less of respondents. The poll showed that 27% had a favorable opinion of Senator of Hispanic origin, who may also be a candidate in 2016. 15% expressed a negative opinion and 57% said they did not know enough. About 20% of respondents claimed to have a good opinion of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner , and 24% said they saw the former vice presidential candidate and congressman Paul Ryan positively. Researchers at Quinnipiac found that 68% of American voters were "somewhat dissatisfied" or "very dissatisfied" with the current situation of the country. In the national survey interviewed 1,772 registered voters between Jan. 30 and Monday and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 percentage points.

The Pakistani Malala leaves hospital


Malala Yousufzai Pakistani activist of 15 years who tried to assassinate the Taliban, has been discharged from the hospital on Friday from the British city of Birmingham where he was recovering from wounds suffered in the attack on 9 October. As reported by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Malala has recovered well from the five-hour operation to which was submitted last weekend and will continue his recovery at home that his family has rented temporarily in the English city, according Sky News reports. Reduced need to come occasionally to reviewMalala was wounded in the head in the attack on the vehicle in which he was returning home from school in Mingora, the main town of Swat valley in northwest Pakistan. One bullet entered his left eye and above jaw hit him, touching his brain.

U.S. faces the worst snowstorm of the last century


Schools across New York New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island announced that they would close or send students home in the early afternoon. On Long Island, the electric company, heavily criticized for its response to Hurricane Sandy - promised to customers who have a contingency plan. The city of Boston , where the snow started falling around 9:30 local time, announced that it would close all schools on Friday and that mass transit would be suspended from 15:30 local time. The mayor of  Boston, the state's largest city located in the northeastern corner of the country , decided the closure of schools and asked the traders not to open their doors, so no one is forced to leave home"I want to remind everyone that you need to use common sense and stay away from the streets of our city. Stay at home , "urged Thomas Menino  in his last message to the citizens. For two years that the city faces a snowstorm . But it will be more intense than those of the living memory. Besides the large accumulation of snow will occur between Friday and Saturday are forecasted winds could reach 120 mphAirlines have canceled 3775  flights  that were scheduled for Friday in Boston, Chicago and New York, where it will go after the weather phenomenon whipping the New England region. So no more suspensions are discarded if more states are affected. But the forecast that as you progress, the storm will lose strength . In New York, where they are expected to fall more than 15 centimeters of snow , Mayor Michael Bloomberg expected the forecasts were exaggerated, although the city would be ready to act. One of the biggest fears is that affecting the energy supply in the affected areas, as happened with the Sandy fierce hurricane that struck New York in late 2012. Though this time would be even worse if something like this happens, because the case of a snowstorm, lost electricity, people should face extreme temperatures without heatingAs usual before similar threats, many shops were empty, because the people took massively to buy groceries for the weekend.

Internet l FBI warning sexual extortion

The FBI warns of 'sextorsion' sexual extortion via the Internet especially against young girls. Victims send alleged 'friends' photos that depict the nude or seminude and are then blackmailed by the threat to get the images to their families or boyfriends. '' It is a 'extortion' using sexual images that criminals are able to achieve through social media,'' said a special agent of the FBI in Boston.