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would when you will the eye the scene police fired tear gas on protesters as demonstrations against police and turned violent in albuquerque new mexico. just ahead. a decade since the murder of four sturdy contractors in iraq. gruesome event that highlights the risk for helping fight america's wars abroad defense contractors in iraq just ahead. is like a mystery. but does give a glimpse of what could be hidden secret spy plane
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toronto had mixed reviews later in the show a fan. my thirty first. the cd on repeat for what you can police in albuquerque new mexico cost of protesters more than ten hours on sunday using teargas to disperse crowds. a peaceful demonstration just went out of control. hundreds took to the street angry over the recent fatal police shooting of a homeless man mark sixty eight which was captured on video. you can see in the video that police commanders and put his hands up if the knife in his grasp and turns around to get down to shop with live rounds chop the bean bag and a canine december. he boiled over at the sight of a residence hall excessive use of force by police department is involved in a twenty three fatal shootings since two thousand ten. critics say that's far too many for department serving the city of chester and five hundred
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fifty five thousand people. i was doing earlier by hiking course whenever mom got me know and as ten percent back on the officers who thought the two officers one of them it is a officer dominguez pairs as he's the one who's winning on the camera when we can see him shooting at j's for the homeless man he's an iraq war veteran was injured in the war received a purple heart who departed for about eight years he's on administrative duty that evening. right now the officer ross are both kids and he knows he has more of an up and down record as a law enforcement officer back in two thousand said he was working for the state police their new mexico was actually fired for fraud now he was ablt hired but albuquerque police department. shortly after that and he has had some high profile dresser in his career there but all this lead is sadly the shooting of homes and james boyd has once again
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the beginning of a controversial spotlight. how much is the excessive use of force and albuquerque pd costing the taxpayers there sure love. according to a report by the a local people that the local paper there in albuquerque so far that these claims against albuquerque police department have cost the city twenty four million dollars when the highest profile cases where the shooting back in twenty ten end of that of an iraq war veteran who was shot by albuquerque police to file a police officer in the parking lot of the seven eleven of the city had to pay the victim's family nearly eight million dollars after the shooting and the city council president has even suggested putting a society more money to deal with the settlements because there is good that they're a lot more of these new plants coming. we have this department has been under quite a bit of a federal investigation over its actions in recent years what
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sort of future actions by the community and planned at this point. sure well you know this latest protests was prompted by an anonymous tip that a video calling a citizens of albuquerque tube onto the streets they've also you know urged other actors to go after the african police department. their website was hacked over the weekend so there's the possibility of more cyber attacks no street protests planned as of right now but the next we get to the city council meeting is expected that many angered residents will the show will be showing up to express their outrage over the shooting of these boys. i parked the car spun around longer and are very much. you bet. the senate seat to report on the sea a structured program. just a little less secret associated press reports today that the senate intelligence committee town of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods provide any evidence in the hunt for bin laden's claim to see i have long disputed. former bush in this region and senior c i a
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officials have said that simulated drownings sleep deprivation and other torture practices helps the us track down and kill osama bin laden's three years ago the sticky honey condition of anonymity congratulates and outside experts tell the ap that the senate report concluded otherwise. they point to the case of kylie shaikh mohammad. the most high profile detainee linked to bin laden if he had a sense the information gleaned from waterboarding one hundred eighty three times help them track down the dog's courier who many are pulling teeth the courier who led the cia aid to the hideout. in two thousand eleven. and of course that was on to for hours on the beach and other u s captain tonight knowing alkaline tea with ice such as tennessee to see a use it to confirm he as ksm where protecting the courier congratulates the report concludes that neither detainee provided the evidence needed to find a courier. instead the information to see a town
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only confirmed already knew and the national security agency's information gathering. what else can be gleaned from a classified as torture still unknown but senator dianne feinstein is expected to begin to push de classify the sixty two hundred report later this week. the gruesome killings of four private security contractors fallujah iraq the men were shot in an ambush in march two thousand for and bernard vehicles an angry mob return their mutilated bodies from a branch. the video taken from the scene is extremely graphic images became a symbol of the instability and unrest that would highlight the entire u s mission in iraq. currently are on importing american weapons supply. and you guessed it private contractors key to developing hokkaido incursion pay. if you're wondering those contractors many of them anyway used to be the same folks hide the us department of defense according to the wall street journal about five thousand
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contractors are supporting american diplomatic mission in iraq more than a third of them are americans. the next few months the us government is expected to begin spending more than six billion dollars in military equipment to iraq the latest deal includes a twenty four apache attack helicopters made compelling nearly five hundred hellfire missiles at lockheed martin these people and supplies may be breaching the gap until iraq has a self sufficient force to run its country. i might not and might just keep anything foreign talent to stay afloat for decades. the reliance on contractors in iraq and joined earlier but everytime brigadier general he's the vice president of the potomac institute for policy studies strategy and planning division. i started by asking her how he felt when he first saw those videos of the mutilated bodies back in two thousand for. i was in anbar province of the time of twenty happen obviously. of course all the iraqi people. most of
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those that idea what it did not really enough that was actions. it was a mob mentality up they regretted happening and thought it was one of the situations i cannot control the courts and somebody could push the pause button at the time it would've been ideal unfortunately you can't do that when things get out of control. seen at dusk it was the worst thing that probably could happen at that time but events are what they were exactly the time i did some point it's bright with all that was going on back in two thousand for how this go viral on the internet it seems that a lot of people to take understands what is going on the ground. now the war is officially over and thousands of contact are supporting the merit commission remains and those supporting their defense contractors who are setting the product over getting people to god as a apache helicopters to get there all the sorts of things. what are many of these contractors roles in the country now go on with the diplomatic mission. we're talking about potentially defense contractor straight up were told by contractors that
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the whoever won the contract was offered by the iraqi well daddy and i will get worse over the next day. i would not say it is many many people would not suck but whoever wins those contacts and also compel a wee bit and i was there in anbar province offer contracts out to whoever wanted. so there's all the countries that are provided to government support. and on all the countries that are retained much of the benefits of the economic wealth of iraq. that's fair or not that's your lot of foreign countries are making quite a pretty good money on it that's the essence. exactly so. is it not. some would argue that the contracting it's not going to the department offends anyone but people are still making good money on iraq not be able to profit off of a plea of that and perhaps a part of the formulation of them. when iran has turned out ok but he
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recently taken an ideal window there is a stretch for a window ways of iraq has to sit here at this point in time. and he's gonna find those capabilities that they can. they can to provide themselves of course the courts as they do not have it on to the most capable people. now i don't hold it against any country that means a contract offers the services and gets compensated accordingly. it goes towards intentions know what they're doing in their effort just to make money and there's no ideal woman there to assist and help that's wrong. which of course is difficult to to enforce it away right now it's always a wishful thinking but the us. that's why when you hire somebody that you hire somebody not just based on the cheapest price you hope would look at other thing is involved in the country. can you get on to work some of those intentions and who's gonna work best with your review your needs your country the stock about their needs and were talking about taxing
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the security contractors in iraq really does me. yes we were talking about american personnel and there was responsible for oversight for keeping them safe. i mean they're not in this situation center archive is making incursions. there's no known or not but that's part of the compensation that goes with the contract. most workers are hired to work over there. they know exactly what again in four are compensated for it and update compensated in a much more generous package for example the new us serviceman or woman. so i could not be denied at the same stories was a make over that now that's the best part of the capitalism that that makes up the fabric of the world. that's okay. in my opinion indies. it is providing the capital and being honest with. on a job task has bought me a job provided and then stamped the intention behind the action always icing which
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is a retired brigadier general. i did get my skis be a vice president of the potomac institute for policy studies strategy and efficient. today marks the deadline. us state department that for all syrian diplomats to suspend consular operations lead the country. the concept of the assad regime in at the commission will no longer provide normal diplomatic services. the announcement of the embassy's cloture us secretary of state john kerry said the idea of the mission in dc was quote an insult that the sun regime has no legitimacy. our cheese making lopez brings us more from the syrian embassy. after hearing an embassy in washington dc today the doors are closed and the pound are being left unanswered as to not offend their operations and definitely us state department or the embassy in d c along with two honorary consulate in michigan and texas to close and amanda for all diplomats were not american citizens to leave the country. currently there are fewer than a dozen syrian diplomat living and working
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with genuine. now in this group comes after the embassy announced this month. no longer provide consular services including issuing the fence to foreigners the appointed special envoy to spearhead daniel rubenstein said that if the consulate are not performing their diplomatic duties. no point in keeping them all. the state department said that this is not the end of relations between the two nations the agency issued a statement read in part out. i can to prevent the government the united states continues to maintain diplomatic relations with the state of fury and have an expression of our longstanding ties with the syrian people and that wonder why not shop asked me to work. the background of the embassy in washington has not had an official ambassador since december of two thousand and eleven. also in the american embassy in damascus. the enclosed information and february two thousand when the security situation began to deteriorate. i remember many
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conflicts and elise close around that time. the us ambassador to libya for stevens and several other americans died in an attack on their team got beat michigan. the end of the capital and again since then the us mission in fearing that we have no account of your content an interesting time in the conflict. first of all present to show off on its return for reelection this summer. if you land they will guarantee him another seven year tenure in office. also by the end of the week period expected however in the twenty three percent of its most dangerous chemicals such as mustard gas and steering to research the problem is that you will also shut down fifty percent of its low priority chemical i missed the thirty first removal of the blind but has since been a fan of the disarmament process meanwhile complaint that this process can be going even quicker than it currently is nothing held back here closer to home according to the latest census bureau data. currently
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a little over a hundred forty seven thousand people with fury and ancestry living in the united states. the latest report at the end of january one hundred thirty five thousand fury and apply for an island in the wind. strict immigration standards and many of the people of the country. the two were civilians a break and then to wasting her life from a war it'll be up to the state department now to determine how to handle the situation moving forward. right now some two point three million syrians are family displaced and are considered refugees another one hundred thousand people have died in the three are one of the war a war that continues despite exhaustive diplomatic efforts sanctions and international pressure from all sides. two of the peace talks in geneva have failed to make any progress. i've heard yet to be controlled. and the now shuttered syrian embassy mega mouth and artsy. state sponsored hackers are more unmarked entertainment journalist. according to
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reuters to global security engineers found that twenty one of the world's top twenty five news organizations have been that hard it's unlikely state sponsored hacking attacks. but it's not just the other companies that form so the new york times can battle the pro government records. most female mallard attacks directs the user to a website that trick them into giving up credentials as it turns out journalists are massively over represented as targets of bets on a good citizen journalists and bloggers around the world the hackers were overwhelmingly government sponsored. so the study found the problem is that news organizations have been relatively slow to respond to this problem the fall in the nba again as it plays host to its first high ranking visit to moscow prime minister to be too negative is that the region's capital this comes on the heels of meetings between u s secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart foreign minister sergei lavrov in paris to discuss the two nations can move forward in line at the recent tensions over the critical
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crisis in ukraine. brief announcement brings us more details about the discussion from sapporo call him crazy the most when john kerry have met in pakistan has planted and christ is in ukraine because of the present coaching had told his american counterpart bomb on to say mostly wants to discuss the proposal to build tool to track the spread of the country's he'll have to think beyond the fence he and the quantity and quality content that with russia's progress at mystic area has reached a lake that washington considers of russia's actions here on the peninsula that have become call to the russian federation began holding a historic referendum here to read data as illegal and indigenous us and russia have differences of opinion about the events that led to this crisis. but both of us recognizes that importance of finding a diplomatic solution
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and of simultaneously be the seeds of the ukrainian people. and that we agreed on tonight. but despite these a disagreement to state health departments have agreed that the situation in ukraine needs at diplomatic solution and as soon as possible for the sake of ukrainian people real losers and victims of the six nation. all thanks carrie and discuss constitutional reform to have to be implemented in the country. i know i juiced language rights and anti governmental group picture is the one usually behind numerous violent incidents that until the new crib recently i was necessary to guarantee free and the action is in the country antidote for me. this meant incomes officers to protect pensions from american and russian sites including the sedan fantastic reasons for some officials and experts say it these running this country cannot come back to dial out moving away from confrontation. this then get
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up broke and also commented on some of the country's concerns about russia's ministry forces the top of the ukrainian border russia has no intention to hold this front and sent its troops to ukraine. this is what i love dropping stopped to say about that post will do so would reduce positions using the causes of disease crisis and agreed to continue searching for common grant so that the market we received word that ukrainian government. people in a broader sense its course and it's not for linguistic minorities the disarmament of all the tourists constitutional reform will increase and honest elections prime minister has the primary one being that it was the first russian to official to come here often enough random ways to integrate this new region into russia's political and social life. the main concern of the local residents and authorities here to take sole agenda of untold economic development. i miss the days of doing very well
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the decision has been made to make lightning paschal candle the design with tax breaks and tax breaks for investors that could help boost regional economy and inject cash to the region. it has also called old russian regions can help you haven't ever be properly integrated and the less. i want him to come from crimea to drop them on the hills of the billion dollar fell to see for ukraine and sanctions for russian failing to congress last week. the congressman and three time presidential candidate ron paul noted that in the albany tribune. this he said. this one billion dollars for ukraine is a rip off to the american taxpayer it's also a bad deal for ukrainians done a thing called the ukrainian will see a penny of this money as it will be used to ban international banks to hold ukrainian government debt the bill itself also authorizes more u s taxpayer money for government funded
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democracy promotion ends for enhanced security cooperation with central and eastern european nation states. taxes are concerned over something mysterious floating above their heads and try to identify why not. in her shop marks can buy the sky watchers in amarillo texas according to experts. they do indeed eat the cake quote something real. meaning it's not just in a military flight or somebody playing with photoshop. the shop also show that the aircraft was accompanied by two others and bring you traffic has picked up suggesting that the pilots to us this screams new us spy plane. then take our word for it. the rye was joined by phil sweet and senior international defense attorney in the nation week i first asked him what's going on a desolate island what can tell from her naps what we can tell he's that he doesn't look like any kind then crumple familiar with it doesn't look like any of
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the two of the unit operates under a crop to missouri synod on eric roth which is pretty specific unusual specific model can be enforced. otherwise no comment at least readable should know what he's up there flying around the solicitor imply that result. the air force. you know it may be above the treetops of funny because their pay grade. the folks there might know what it is but i answered probably doesn't know what everything you could possibly be because the con trails in all these things. veteran sky watchers say. i think deserves a wide level agreement that it says it is something that we haven't seen before becoming a tired from our site on the expansion across tibet and the u s classified program and the level of expenditure the level of activity on what we call home mum doctoral programs has been. the height of the many many years has seen very
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little to come out of it. so it's a little surprising moment you know when we come see pictures like this that all see evidence of secret programs on the way and had couldn't see them again. i understandhe s wcher w shot tseto. i'll beaking piures ofhe s but they're also talking radio. what does that tell us about whether the radio intercepts tell us about the nature of these of these flights are what's going on most likely thing that it tells us is that companies are piloted aircraft. and that's great. radiant happy inside the aircraft talking about what's possible. all preach on the ground to be talking to control my vehicle straight year. it can happen to have become a bit. between that. tween generally speaking when in flight on monday a cropped around information like this
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the collision it doesn't just apply the generic rock or some kind. it was bill's friedman senior international defence editor at epa to me the breathless coverage of the missing malaysia airlines plane on cable news networks is a mix of the bee tree investigative reporting daily soap opera for the past three weeks especially on cnn. take a look. when the plane goes missing he collided with some other smaller jet with scott of course include one another plane would be missing too can you get something like that out of a plane like the seven seven seven could gently battery fuel oxygen shortage of actually turned like three study into what some are calling a zombie play. the people i've been asking about that about black holes and on and on and on all of these conspiracy theories a small black coal is that the entire universe telling us that that bermuda triangle is often weather and that last is that tv show. now a new piece of
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cable coverage to bring his eyed and flight simulator you saw there with martin savage trapped inside since march seventeen was plan b for cnn it turns out according to the associated press cnn tried to rent a real bowling seven seventy seven for its coverage but found it impossible. so instead of cnn track down one of the only flight simulators available in ontario canada and booked it for the long haul. again according to the ap other media organizations have sought to stimulate or till a few blocks and making it does it for now you can follow me on twitter and twenty friends. do they. most of this. tuesdays on the media i should actually giant to buy a seventy six
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it is going to create depth it is. richt said. once. i just bought. wake up and start talking about the real causes. one was hurt when the country is in the world two thousand. this week. and yes it's mommy. i currently work is underway to combat future and wings and tsunami
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which could occur most often it creates inhalation. they can help lessen the damage caused by his peers. in short it is mentioned as a national agency called the japan agency. what chance researchers here so it's the earthquake and tsunami in an attempt to limit it when disaster strikes. there were so spoiled helping us visualize what can happen we're hoping that the simulations will allow was to save more lives the largest earthquakes in japan from college because of his gems take his place to put on the ocean floor has
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begun taking measurements you seem to know the system much like a giant tesco researchers can detect the slightest reference. you will. all of the data collected from the ocean floor is constantly presented the research facility. using data gathered from the system and from past earthquakes gary simulations are generated i for one on the leash and analyzing the data is one of the most powerful computers in the world. kay. with its impressive number crunching power. j processes the data to create simulations. this
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research are putting their highest priority on protecting people from one tsunami strikes. the witch with a tsunami will not allow researchers to predict when st of the sickest of europe all about winning the audit of all cases due to his mostly on twitter the software computers that escape that lets us fully use today to apply training simulations. we hope to use both hardware and software it to say this many months is possible. a statement entries are aided by having a super good. we are paying attention to japan's efforts and have begun their own
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research. japan's health. he was and longwood. i knew. a nice wine and cheese. i'm counting my passions and to kill jumpers in japan are digging a little deeper the consumption tax has gone on for the first time in seventeen years the government raised the rate from five to eight percent. retailers are still open but the prices on the stroke of midnight the weekend. he looked at them and make yourself the money. gs

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