And the most NAIVE headline goes to...USA TODAY and their "Arrest could break cartel's hold in Mexico"

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/16/zeta-drug-cartel-trevino-morales/2520345/


Although we applaud his arrest,  it is illusory and naive to think it will break cartel's hold on Mexico. His lieutenants must be, by now, plotting to kill each other in an attempt to seize power in the cartel. It is how that business works, with blood, sweat and bullets.The government should have seized the opportunity to simply crush them, but the priority was to just parade Trevino in a good old fashioned publicity stunt.

Jury finda Goerge Zimmerman not guilty on all charges

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/07/13/george-zimmerman-acquitted-murder-in-trayvon-martin-shooting-death/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/13/george-zimmerman-found-not-guilty/2514163/


As I expected, and any reasonable legal mind should have, a Florida jury acquitted Mr. George Zimmerman on all the charges in the tragic shooting of Trayvon Martin back in February 2012.

Dear readers, let's remember our criminal justice system's foundation is that the prosecution must prove his case beyond reasonable doubt. In a society easily influenced by the media, it is easy to loose our perspective. Let's keep that in mind.

As the Judge reminded the jury, I remind everyone,

"Your verdict should not be influenced by feelings of prejudice, bias or sympathy," Judge Debra Nelson told the jury, reading from a 27-page set of instructions. "Your verdict must be based on the evidence, and on the law contained in these instructions."

This was not a slam dunk case, like the infamous Rodney King case more than 2 decades ago. The Zimmerman case was polluted by reasonable doubt from the get go. Are we to send a person to jail under such circumstances?

I  agree with many legal experts who thought the prosecution had a weak case based largely on circumstantial evidence. Some said the state could possibly succeed if they appealed to the emotions of jurors. However, sympathy was not supposed to play a part in the verdict and defense attorneys reminded jurors of that fact repeatedly.

 

Russia orders typewritters to prevent data leaks

http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2013/07/russia-orders-typewriters-to-prevent-data-leaks.html

After a flurry of headlines involving international espionage and intelligence leaks, Russia is taking an old-fashioned approach to the new face of security: the humble typewriter.

The Telegraph reports that the Federal Guard Service (FSO) has placed an order for 20 German-made electric typewriters. The FSO is an agency tasked with Russian communications and President Vladimir Putin's safety.

The FSO declined to comment to The Telegraph on the reason behind the order, but told Russia's Izvestiya paper it was concerned with protecting their national secrets from leaking.

"After scandals with the distribution of secret documents by WikiLeaks, the exposes by Edward Snowden, reports about Dmitry Medvedev being bugged during his visit to the G20 London summit (in 2009), it has been decided to expand the practice of creating paper documents," the source told Izvestiya.

 

That is what I call creativity. Obviously,  printing physical documents alone ensures that data isn't stored on a computer drive, preventing anyone from making a copy, hacking into servers full of confidential data, or leaking said data to the press. Not to mention that you can easily hold accountable whoever is in charge of typing and archiving classified documents for any leaks if they manage to make it out of the chain of custody.

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Obama dissapointed with China over Snowden

 http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2013/07/12/obama-china-snowden-russia-national-security-agency/2511551/


"The President expressed his disappointment and concern with China's handling of the Snowden case," said the White House.

Has the President realized that China is not an ally? I wonder if also thinks that Russia is a trustful friend.  That is all I have to say about this particular news.

Zimmerman trial jurors begin deliberations

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/12/george-zimmerman-trayvon-martin-trial-jury-defense/2511479/

Jurors have begun deliberating whether former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman is responsible for the killing of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed 17-year-old shot to death in February 2012.

And it should be the jurors who decide this man's fate  based on reviewing all the evidence presented to them during the trial, NOT based on what the media, politicians or political activist fed us throughout all this sand process. 

Snowden to seek asylum in Russia

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/07/12/edward-snowden-moscow-airport/2511207/

As expected Edward Snowden will seek political asylum in Russia while he can find a way out to sunny South America. Snowden said Friday that he has no regrets over leaking details about U.S. electronic spying networks and is seeking temporary asylum in Russia until he can reach one of the Latin American countries that has offered to take him in.

"That moral decision to tell the public about spying that affects all of us has been costly, but it was the right thing to do and I have no regrets," he told a group of human rights activists and other public officials at a meeting at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, where he has taken refuge since June 23.

Some of us are just wondering if he also calculated the risk of collateral damage by the means of endangering U.S.  military personnel and civilians when he reached his "moral decision" I guess it is perfectly moral to endanger your own fellow citizens at the expense of becoming a "defender and hero of freedom" and " U.S. "oppression".