Web's 10 "Most Dangerous" Olympic Athletes

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  American speed skater Jennifer Rodriguez is the most dangerous Winter Olympian to search for online, according to McAfee. 

(CBS)  The record-breaking times, jaw-dropping performances and agile athletes of the Vancouver Olympic Games may capture viewers' attention, but searching for the Olympic superstars online may be harmful for your computer.

According to Internet security company McAfee, figure skaters are the riskiest Olympic athletes to search for, in terms of your computer possibly getting infected with a computer virus, spyware or other malicious software. Three of the sport's stars made McAfee's list of 10 "most dangerous" Winter Olympians to search for.

"The Olympics presents the perfect opportunity for cybercriminals who know people around the world will be searching for stats and images of their favorite athletes," Shane Keats, research analyst at McAfee, said in a statement. "With billions of people cheering on their countries’ Olympians via the Internet, hackers and other criminals attempt to penetrate their computer systems with spyware, viruses, spam and other dangerous software disguised under famous athletes."
Female athletes are more dangerous to search for than male athletes, according to McAfee's findings. Also, Americans are more "risky" than the other countries on the list, including Japan, Russia, Italy and Germany.

Here are the athletes that topped their "most dangerous" list.

1. American women's speed skater Jennifer Rodriguez. According to McAfee, searching for her poses a one in four chance of being infected with malicious software.

2. Japanese women's speed skater Sayuri Osuga participates in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games, and poses a 22 percent chance of contracting a virus when searching for her accomplishments.

3. Russian men's figure skater Alexander Smirnov. According to McAfee, Smirnov is the most dangerous figure skater to search for. Searching for him risks an 18 percent chance of downloading malicious files.

4. Searching for Italian men's alpine skier Peter Fill poses a 17 percent chance of visiting risky Web sites.

5. American women's figure skater Sasha Cohen didn't make the 2010 U.S. Olympic team, but searching for her is still dangerous. According to McAfee, if you search for Sasha Cohen downloads you have a 16 percent risk of being spammed later or contracting a virus.

6. Canadian women's ice hockey player Gillian Apps poses a 15 percent chance of giving you spyware or a malicious download, according to the findings.

7. American men's hockey player Jack Johnson - who plays for the Los Angeles Kings when he's not on Team USA - poses a 15 percent chance of causing curious hockey fans to come across dangerous content.

8. German women's speed skater Anni Friesinger is also a model and sex symbol in her home country, according to McAfee, and searching for her nickname, "Super Sexy Anni," poses a 14 percent chance of finding infected links.

9. When searching for downloads or screensavers of Angelina Jensen, a member of Denmark's women's curling team, computer users have a 14 percent chance of finding a dangerous file.

10. American men's figure skater Ben Agosto, according to McAfee, gives users a near 14 percent chance of catching a virus when searching for him.

Women to serve aboard U.S. Navy submarines

For the first time since submarines came into service in the U.S. Navy (1776), Defense Secretary Gates informed Congress in a written submission sent Feb. 19 of his intention to allow women to serve aboard U.S. submarines. The press release was released yesterday by the Office of Secretary of Defense.
Gates signed a letter Feb. 19 informing Congress of the Navy’s plan to lift the policy, which it intends to do through the phased-in assignment of women to submarines, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell confirmed today.
The secretary endorsed the plan, the brainchild of Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, Morrell said.

No change can take effect until Congress has been in session for 30 days following the notification, Navy Lt. Justin Cole, a Navy spokesman said.

Mabus, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead and other Navy leaders have looked closely at the issues involved with integrating women into the submarine force, including close working conditions and accommodations, he said.

The U.S. Navy has two types of submarines: Attack submarines, known as Los Angeles, Seawolf and Virginia class submarines (SSN) which are designed to hunt other submarines and  launch cruise missiles;and Ballistic missile submarines,  the Ohio class (SSBN) which can carry up to 24 nuclear ICBMs or up to 154 Tomahawk non-nuclear cruise missiles.
Crew sizes vary between 14 to 15 Officers, 18 Chief Petty Officers (senior enlisted men), and 105 to 125 other enlisted men. The Ohio class submarines have two crews for each submarine which rotate manning the submarine. It is not known when the first  women will earn their dolphins. Congress has 30 days to respond to the Secretary’s new policy. It is not expected to meet any resistance. There are 71 submarines in the U.S. Navy, and five more are under construction. Opportunities for women to serve aboard submarines will be available despite the fact that it is expected that several submarines will also be decommissioned over the next several years. Women have served aboard surface combat ships since 1993.

We Want a Nuclear-Free Middle East

Tehran seems to be waiting for new offers from West. But Western powers are standing firm on the October 2009 proposal. Aren’t the chances of an agreement minimized?
There is no vague point about the nuclear fuel Tehran’s research reactor needs. The facility was constructed by Americans before the revolution and US itself supplied its fuel. We bought the material once after the revolution from Argentina. The reactor is used for humanitarian medical purposes. Eight-hundred fifty-thousand patients need the products of this reactor. Everything that revolves around this reactor is peaceful.
As an IAEA member, Iran has certain rights. One of them is that its peaceful nuclear demands should be met. So the IAEA has to supply the nuclear fuel for Tehran’s reactor. This is our right. Countries which do not possess the nuclear fuel cycle know-how should expect IAEA’s help. The agency should have paved the way for our access to the fuel, but with the unreasonable concerns of some powerful countries about our peaceful nuclear program, which is political driven of course, it turned into a nuclear swap deal.
Iran has basically accepted the exchange offer to create a better situation for interaction. But our country has its own terms and conditions since it doesn’t fully trust the other side. We had three ways to supply the fuel we need: to purchase it, to receive it in exchange of our low-enriched uranium or produce it inside.
Tehran’s nuclear fuel will be consumed within a year, so we are facing time limits. We spent several months on negotiations over the fuel and we didn’t gain any results. If we want to spend another several months with no achievements, how could we be accountable to those people? Unfortunately, Iran’s humanitarian and medical demands have become pawn to politics. So we have come to the decision that we should start 20 percent uranium enrichment inside so as not to lose more time. At this point, we are receiving different proposals from various countries. We will examine them all and if they serve our demands, they will definitely be welcome. Otherwise, we continue 20 percent uranium production.
Moreover, it is not only the Tehran reactor that needs fuel. In our development programs, we are going to construct nuclear facilities to meet our agricultural, medical and energy needs. These are all peaceful purposes and we will achieve them through cooperation with IAEA. These power plants naturally need fuel and we should plan for that. The more produced inside the better it is for us in terms of costs. The remaining should be purchased from other countries. We are ready for purchase and exchange.
Were there any new points in the proposal sent by the United States, Russia and France to the International Atomic Energy Organization?
That would not be clear until our experts have studied the proposal. We should examine the letter and become sure that there are no ambiguities. It is not the right time to say if there are any new points. I can just say that Iran welcomes interaction, is ready to swap for nuclear fuel and is open to different proposals as long as they meet our demands.
So Iran is now going to take a look at different offers and nuclear fuel production will continue inside. As you said we lost some time trying to seal a deal on nuclear fuel. Aren’t we now losing time for reaching an agreement with West and avoiding further pressures?
We don’t welcome further resolutions or sanctions. But you can’t deprive a country with diplomatic pressure from its inalienable rights IAEA has granted for running the nuclear fuel cycle. The possibility of sanction and imposition of a non-legal, unreasonable pressure will not stop us from pursuing our rights. Iran believes that politics and propaganda are behind such pressures to force Iran withdraw from its independent path. Nuclear activities are just a pretext for West to impose sanctions. We faced such limitations even when our nuclear activities were not an issue.
Meanwhile, a limited number of countries who are running this anti-Iran campaign are trying to represent themselves as the voice of the international community. Neither Iranians, nor other nations of the region and the world view them so. International community is 118 members of the Non-Aligned Movement who have defended Iran’s right to peaceful use of nuclear activities. International community is the 57 members of Islamic Conference Organization; it is all those African, Latin American and other countries who have defended our right.
Why are a few countries that ironically are the sole possessors of nuclear weapons and have used them threat another country? Regardless of Article 6 of the NPT, they have not only pursued nuclear disarmament but are planning to increase the number of their nuclear weapons. These forces, those which are driving the world towards nuclearization, are the self-assumed representatives of the international community. They are just a number of unappeasable countries that know in a few decades, fossil fuels will be all used up and nuclear fuel will be the key replacement. They are trying to tighten their grip on this monopoly and keep the other countries dependent.
We see countries which have defended Iran’s nuclear rights, but have voted in favor of the resolutions. Can we tie our hope to such countries?
Zionists are running an Iranophobia campaign and are ready to pay a high price for that. Their media are trying to divert the world’s attention from Israel’s nuclear threat by fueling this anti-Iran frenzy. Europeans are also aiding them. But Iranians and Middle East nations know this is just a show. I admit that some countries defend our rights while voting against us, but that is because of all the pressures they face. There is a certain level of resistance that if passed they have to succumb to Western powers despite their own desire. But sanctions and threats are not effective anymore. They cannot discourage Iran from the path it is has chosen. It just motivates our young scientists to master the latest technology.
Arab states of the region are also expressing worries over Iran’s nuclear activities. What should we tell them?
This is our advice: do not fall victim to the stratagems of a few countries. Move towards regional convergence and collaboration to build a stable, developed Middle East. Arab leaders’ comments are also poorly reflected in the media. What Iran has understood so far from their remarks is that regional states want a nuclear-free Middle East. This is exactly what Iran has always defended. That’s why we are going to hold a disarmament conference in Tehran in 16th and 17th of April in Tehran.