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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford dodged allegations of crack cocaine use for months. On Monday, Nov. 4, Ford made
an admission to reporters outside his office.“You didn’t ask the correct questions,” Ford said, referring to his
previous denial of drug use.“No, I’m not an addict. And no, I do not do drugs. I have smoked crack cocaine probably
approximately about a year ago.” Many, including Toronto City Councilor John Filion, hold that the mayor’s admission was
prompted by the Toronto police chief’s rpcpypry of ^ video of Ford allegedly smoking a crack pipe.
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an upscale shopping mall,
fired six shots without striking
anyone and finally took his own
life with a single shot to the
head. Bergen County Prosecutor
John Molinelli told CNN that Shoop
could have targeted mall shoppers but
instead chose to “shoot randomly at
different locations.” Bergen County
law enforcement officers have yet
to confirm the reasons behind the
shooting, but Molinelli said that they
had uncovered a note from Shoop
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prison. The cause: a 2009
border guard mutiny that
left 57 senior officers and
17 family members dead.
Historians attribute the
uprising to resentment against
the officer class — the average
border guard in 2009 earned
about $70 a month, less than half
the salary of a first-year lieutenant,
the BBC reports.The Human
Rights Watch recently criticized
trial proceedings, claiming
that over 50 additional
suspects either died
in or escaped from
custody.
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After a month-long closure imposed by state security, Sudan’s most widely read newspaper, Al-Intibaha,
is printing again. As a strong critic of the government’s decision to raise fuel prices, Al Intibaha ignited
nationwide protests that left dozens killed and hundreds detained, Agence France-Presse reports.
Government censorship heightened and the paper shut down indefinitely, until finally censorship eased
on Nov. 3.“Thanks be to God; we are back,” said Al-Tayeb Mustafa, editor-in-chief and uncle of Sudanese
President Omar al-Bashir.
NSA spy scandal escalates from domestic dispute to international issue
BY ROBERT PACHECO
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"The best spies no longer look like James
Bond," said Lucas Kempton '03, a social
media advisor for Lincoln Financial Group.
"Now they look more like Bill Gates and
think like Steve Jobs."
In recent days, the National Security
Agency's spying scandal has grown from a
fairly lackluster, run-of-the-mill government
scandal to a possibly unprecedented breach
of power. The question now becomes: who
is to blame?
On Oct. 25, The New York Times reported
that the Spanish government added its voice
to a chorus of nations, including Brazil,
France, Germany, and Mexico, seeking
clarification by the U.S. over reports that the
NSA had spied on them.
The loudest voice railing against U.S.
intelligence agencies is that of German
Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is reported
to have been wiretapped for the last 12 years.
According .to the Associated Press,
Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert said
that the chancellor made clear to Obama in
a phone call that "she views such practices,
if the indications are confirmed ... as
completely unacceptable."
Now an international affair, rebuke of
the NSA's invasive tactics has caused the
U.S. government's legislative and executive
branches to attempt to distance themselves
from the NSA.
For example. Sen. Dianne Feinstein,
D-Calif., chairwoman of the Senate
Intelligence Committee, continued support
for the NSA after former contractor
Edward Snowden exposed details of mass
surveillance programs through WikiLeaks.
But after months of supporting the
agency, Feinstein and members of Congress
have sharply changed their tone to one of
opposition to the NSA's tactics.
On Oct. 28, Feinstein said that the Senate
Intelligence Committee was not satisfactorily
informed of the NSA's spying on allied
leaders and heads of state. She also told
reporters on Capitol Hill that "a total review
of all intelligence programs" was in order.
While investigations are underway, many,
including former CIA member and Assistant
Professor of Political Science Robert Duncan
shift the blame to Congress.
"Members of the two intelligence
oversight committees are fully briefed
on these activities," said Duncan. "In my
opinion (they) are simply covering their
butts."
"Operations and agencies are functions of
policy-makers," former Secretary of Defense
and Director of the CIA Robert Gates told
The Guilfordian. The policy-makers are the
consumers of the data, and the NSA is their
tool.
"So when the camera points to (policy
makers), it's like a full moon on a werewolf."
Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel spoke
Although blame is yet to be officially
assigned, revelations of the NSA's recent
data-farming may be more of a threat to the
Obama administration's reputation than to
that of the NSA personnel's.
out against U.S. intelligence agencies wiretapping.
In the words of Gates, "The question is
not whether we have the capability to gather
information. We must be more concerned
with addressing whether it is wise to enact
these policies."