Qatar Makes History
There was jubilation and celebration in Saudi Arabia and the whole of Middle East as Qatar created history by putting the Gulf and the Middle East on the soccer world map after being picked to host the 2022 World Cup finals.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter said soon after the vote: “We go to new lands. Never has the World Cup been in Russia and Eastern Europe, and the Middle East and Arabic world have been waiting for a long time so I’m a happy president when we talk about the development of football.”
His sentiments were echoed by Qatar bid chief Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al-Thani, who said in Zurich: “Thank you for backing us and expanding the game. You will be proud of us and you will be proud of the Middle East”
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Big Company Next Target of WikiLeaks
Computer experts have warned for years about the threat posed by disgruntled insiders and by poorly crafted security policies, which give too much access to confidential data. And there is nothing about WikiLeaks’ release of US diplomatic documents to suggest that the group can’t — or won’t — use the same methods to reveal the secrets of powerful corporations.
And as WikiLeaks claims it has incriminating documents from a major US bank, possibly Bank of America, there’s new urgency to addressing information security inside corporations and a reminder of its limits when confronted with a determined insider.
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