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Hacker Spawns a French Watergate
Gergorin is thought to be Le Corbeau, who anonymously sent incriminating letters with the banking records to French judges. A third alleged French plumber, Florian Bourges, has admitted to having copied and retained files stolen from the banking network, which he then handed off to Lahoud. A former executive from the internal audit firm Arthur Andersen, Bourges maintains the prosecutors' case against him is barred by the statute of limitations, since he copied the banking files more than three years ago. His case is pending before a French court. Bourges told prosecutors this month that Lahoud was the one who modified the stolen bank account file -- a charge that Lahoud has denied. Lahoud's attorney declined to comment for this article. Lahoud's mysterious past has fueled numerous news reports in the French media, with topics ranging from his alleged ties to the bin Laden family and the French secret service, and his arrest for participating in an alleged fraudulent stock trading swindle a few years ago.
Ex-CIA agent: Waterboarding 'saved lives'
In a separate CNN interview, Kiriakou said the Justice Department and National Security Council reportedly approved waterboarding and other "alternative" interrogation techniques in June 2002. "It was a policy decision that came down from the White House," he said. Despite the executive blessing, Kiriakou and other agents were conflicted over whether to learn the technique, he said. "One senior officer said to me that this is something you really have to think deeply about," the former agent said, adding he "struggled with it morally." Kiriakou conceded his position might be hypocritical and said that the technique was useful -- even if he wanted to distance himself from it. "Waterboarding was an important technique, and some of these other techniques were important in collecting the information," he said.
European Gambling Law
Accordingly, the answer to the 6th, 7th, 9th and 10th questions must be that national legislation, such as the Portuguese legislation, which authorises the operation and playing of games of chance or gambling solely in casinos in permanent or temporary gaming areas created by decree-law and which is applicable without distinction to its own nationals and nationals of other Member States constitutes a barrier to the freedom to provide services. However, Articles 49 EC et seq. do not preclude such national legislation, in view of the concerns of social policy and the prevention of fraud which justify it........(I)n the context of legislation which is compatible with the EC Treaty, the choice of methods for organising and controlling the operation and playing of games of chance or gambling, such as the conclusion with the State of an administrative licensing contract or the restriction of the operation and playing of certain games to places duly licensed for that purpose, falls within the margin of discretion which the national authorities enjoy." Hopes that the ECJ would adopt a more liberal stance towards the issue of cross-border gambling, were quashed somewhat, when it gave its judgement in the Case of Gambelli in November 2003.
BSkyB off Virgin
Viacom reported a near-quadrupling of net earnings in its fourth quarter as last years acquisition of the Dreamworks film studio boosted results. Net earnings rose to $481m (E365m) from $130m a year ago. Revenues grew 32 per cent to $3.59bn led by the film division, which doubled to $1.57bn. DreamWorks contributed $560m. Excluding the effects of the separation (from CBS) and other one-off costs, operating income rose 28 per cent to $855.6m. The film business made $86.3m in the quarter against a $39.6m loss the year before. Revenues at Viacoms cable networks division, which includes MTV and Nickolodeon and is its main money-maker, rose 4 per cent to to $2.08bn. Worldwide advertising revenues rose 6 per cent to $1.26bn. Full-year net income was up 27 per cent to $1.59bn, on a 19 per cent rise in revenues to $11.47bn.
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