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The political magazine with a full cup of Coffee and a few polling numbers in between the refills.

La revista política con una taza llena de café y algunos números de las encuestas entre las recargas.

President Obama only went into specifics on the issue of nuclear disarmament, where he announced his initiative for a sharp reduction in strategic nuclear weapons. It fitted well with the setting -- after all, he was standing on the frontline of the Cold War. But one couldn't help shrugging one's shoulders at it. After all, the nuclear arsenals of the US and Russia don't pose the most pressing threat to world security anymore. And his initiative may peter out anyway. Russian was quick to pour cold water on it. But Obama won't mind. He made his announcement -- apart from that, this day was all about conveying the right symbolism and atmosphere.

Denn von den Atomwaffen Russlands und der USA geht heute wahrlich nicht die größte Gefahr aus. Und womöglich verpufft der Vorstoß ohne Wirkung - die Russen jedenfalls winken schon mal ab. Obama wird es in diesem Moment egal sein. Er hat einen Punkt gesetzt - davon abgesehen geht es an diesem Tag vor allem um die Atmosphäre.Der Spiegel

Gabriel Gomez and  U.S. Rep. Edward Markey clashed over Markey’s record in Congress and Gomez’s background in business during the final and often testy debate of their U.S. Senate campaign.‘My vote record is completely transparent,’’ Markey said. ‘‘But with Mr. Gomez, we still don’t know who his clients are.’Gomez said he’s unfazed about the spending gap and polls showing he’s trailing Markey.‘‘I've been the underdog my whole life,’’ Gomez said. ‘‘You saw the comeback of the underdog begin today in earnest. You’re going to see that for the next seven days.’’Markey and Gomez are vying for the Senate formerly held by John Kerry, who resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State.(AP)

President Barack Obama sits down with Charlie Rose for a 45-minute interview at the White House, the President shares his thoughts on Syria, Iran, the NSA leaks controversy.

A Morning quarterback is a person who passes judgement on and criticizes something after the event (the Oxford Dictionary).

 

We take a look at the Sunday talk shows and more

The past week's political events that help shape the American  politics.

Acontecimientos políticos de la semana pasada que ayudan a conformar el cuerpo político estadounidense.

The political magazine with a full cup of Coffee and a few polling numbers in between the refills.

La revista política con una taza llena de café y algunos números de las encuestas entre las recargas.

But quietly over the past few months, several companies have been showing some of their cybersecurity staff the door, sources said, part of a growing recognition by the industry that while cyber is growing, it will never reach the scale of aircraft or ship programs.

“It’s the myth and reality of cyber,” said Roger Cressey, senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton. “The myth is that it’s the fastest growing capability around, that there is tremendous pent-up demand and it is a river of milk and honey for everyone, when the reality is that it’s not that. There are pockets of need, but there’s also a requirement for specialized skills and capabilities.”

Dear Attorney General Holder and Director Mueller

Google has worked tremendously hard over the past fifteen years to earn our users’ trust. For example, we offer encryption across our services; we have hired some of the best security engineers in the world; and we have consistently pushed back on overly broad government requests for our users’ data.

We have always made clear that we comply with valid legal requests. And last week, the Director of National Intelligence acknowledged that service providers have received Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) requests.

Assertions in the press that our compliance with these requests gives the U.S. government unfettered access to our users’ data are simply untrue. However, government nondisclosure obligations regarding the number of FISA national security requests that Google receives, as well as the number of accounts covered by those requests, fuel that speculation.

We therefore ask you to help make it possible for Google to publish in our Transparency Report aggregate numbers of national security requests, including FISA disclosures—in terms of both the number we receive and their scope. Google’s numbers would clearly show that our compliance with these requests falls far short of the claims being made. Google has nothing to hide.

Google appreciates that you authorized the recent disclosure of general numbers for national security letters. There have been no adverse consequences arising from their publication, and in fact more companies are receiving your approval to do so as a result of Google’s initiative. Transparency here will likewise serve the public interest without harming national security.

In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important leak than Edward Snowden's release of NSA material – and that definitely includes the Pentagon Papers 40 years ago. Snowden's whistleblowing gives us the possibility to roll back a key part of what has amounted to an "executive coup" against the US constitution.

Since 9/11, there has been, at first secretly but increasingly openly, a revocation of the bill of rights for which this country fought over 200 years ago. In particular, the fourth and fifth amendments of the US constitution, which safeguard citizens from unwarranted intrusion by the government into their private lives, have been virtually suspended.Daniel Ellsberg