Deco calls time on decorated career

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Deco, the former Barcelona, Porto and Chelsea midfielder, has blamed injury on his decision to retire from football at the age of 35.

The Brazilian-born former Portuguese international hung up his boots on Monday with a clutch of titles to his name, including the Champions League with Porto in 2004 and again two years later with Barcelona.

"With a lot of sadness and hurt I am announcing the end of my professional career," said Deco, who has had a frustrating final season with a series of health problems for his Brazilian club Fluminense.

Deco, who had a two-year spell with Chelsea from 2008, returned to his homeland in 2010 where he picked up two national league titles with Fluminense.

"I've been really happy during this time, I wanted to help Fluminense more but my body won't allow that, my muscles can no longer put up (with the demands of professional football)."

As well as his two European crowns Deco also picked up a UEFA Cup in 2003, three Portuguese league titles, two Spanish titles with Barca and the 2009/2010 Premier league title and two FA Cups with Chelsea.

On the international stage, he helped his adopted country reach the final of Euro 2004 on home soil.

History CNET alleging the NSA can listen to phone calls from the United States without faces skepticism

A blockbuster posted Saturday by CNET article alleges that the national security agency has the power to listen to phone calls of Americans without a warrant.

That bold statement illuminated social media, but also drew skepticism, with many arguing that it seemed to be based on a misunderstanding.

The basis of the CNET article that focused on an exchange between Representative Jerrold Nadler (DN.And) and FBI Director Robert Mueller at a hearing on Thursday. (See above). During the interrogation, Nadler said that in a separate report, behind closed doors, he had said that NSA analysts can listen to the content of a telephone call at the discretion of the analyst.

Given the apparent illegality of listen to phone calls of Americans without warrants, some questioned whether Nadler understood the report cited. From the Saturday night, several publications were not able to reach the Congressman for comment.

Kevin Drum completo Mother Jones writes that "information of that phone" can mean one of many things, and that Nadler may have been "confused the capacity of an analyst to obtain information for a phone number of the Subscriber with the ability to listen to the call of its own." Julian Sanchez of regulations wrote Nadler can refers to a set of circumstances that is narrower than the CNET article involved.

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