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Now the CIA Spies on the Economy

February 25, 2009 10:03 PM ET | Paul Bedard, Alex Kingsbury | Permanent Link | Print

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how to be a spy

we are only 11 me and my friend ashley and me my name is sydney

and we want to be a spy we are from newyork city and we want tips how to became a spy but we are only going to do it on the school.

Great Job... Obama...

Wow, It shows you how on top of things the Obama camp is... The CIA already collects ec0nomic info on all the countries of the world... So its already in line with what it already does... The CIA is an untapped resource until now... bravo...

its about time -duh

The outsourcing of our manufacturing and computer technology infrastructure, dependence on foreign oil, and China owning $2 trillion of our debt have severe defense implications. Bush ignored this, being more concerned with outsourcing our jobs, and our ports to terrorist country of Dubai, and amnesty for illegals.

United Nations

26 February 2009 – The United Nations today condemned in the strongest terms the suicide attack on the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base in Mogadishu, which caused the deaths of 11 Burundian peacekeepers and injured 17 others on Sunday.

“The members of the Security Council express their condolences to the families of the victims, to the people and the Government of Burundi, and to the African Union,” Ambassador Yukio Takasu of Japan, which holds the Council Presidency for the month, said in a press statement.

“The members of the Council reiterate their condemnation of all acts of violence and incitement to violence against AMISOM” following reports of further attacks yesterday, he added.

The 15-member body reiterated its commitment to supporting a strengthened AMISOM, which it said played a vital role in helping to bring peace and security to Somalia, and commended the Governments of Uganda and Burundi for their contributions.

In its statement, the Council applauded the ongoing political process in Somalia that led to the expansion of Parliament and the election of a new president, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, who has made taken steps to “strengthen the political process and improve security.”

Mr. Takasu said that “the members of the Security Council call on all Somalis to reject violence and extremism, to embrace peaceful means of resolving conflicts, and to support the government towards this goal,” stressing the body’s “determination to combat all forms of terrorism.”

Source: UN News Centre, Feb 26, 2009

Economy

The comment by Mr. Panetta, "the world financial crisis has surpassed terrorism as the country's "primary near-term security concern,"" ignores the fact the towers destroyed in 2001 was the World Trade Center. The "I" in CIA must stand for something else...

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