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The 28-year-old grew up in a small town in Germany and says the United States might be "the best country in the world." He enjoys cars and values his time at the gym. In his free time, he also volunteers, most recently at a Muslim community center.
But four weeks ago, he did something extraordinary: he became the person responsible for taking President Trump off Twitter for 11 minutes.
The brief silencing of Trump's account drove the internet into a frenzy. People questioned how Twitter (TWTR) could enable one person to take down such a high-profile account with tens of millions of followers. Some of the president's critics said whoever did it should be considered a hero.
But Duysak, who was working as a contractor at Twitter at the time, says he never thought his spur-of-the-moment act would actually lead to Trump's account going offline.
"I did a mistake, I confess," he told CNNTech. "It's not like I was looking for something or planning to do it. It was in front of me, and I didn't do a good job, and I didn't double-check things."
Duysak, whose identity was first revealed by TechCrunch, declined to give details of exactly how he took down the account but insisted he didn't do anything illegal.
Trump's account came his way because it had been a reported by another user, he said. But it was only after he saw media outlets reporting Twitter's official statement that an employee had taken the account down on their last day at the company that he realized what had happened.
"The specific mentions of this person on his last day, I immediately knew I was the only guy who left on the last day ... I felt a little bit nervous," he told CNNTech.
Bahtiyar Duysak says he admires President Trump's success as a business person.
Duysak said he worked at Twitter through a contracting company called Pro Unlimited. He denied he was a rogue worker with a political vendetta and said he actually admires Trump's success.
A Twitter spokesperson said the company can't comment directly on Duysak.
"We have taken a number of steps to keep an incident like this from happening again," the spokesperson said. "In order to protect our internal security measures we don't have further details to share at this time."
A source familiar with the matter identified Duysak as the person responsible for taking Trump's account offline.
Pro Unlimited wasn't immediately available for comment late Wednesday.
Duysak said he's not concerned about any legal consequences from what happened because he's "100% sure I didn't commit any crime."
He said November 2, the day Trump's account was taken offline, was just "one of those days."
"It was a hectic day," he recalls. "You have a headache, you are tired. We are not machines -- this was one of those days."
He told CNNTech it was a coincidence that the error that led to Trump's account being taken offline happened on his last day.
"Such a little probability," he says. "Sometimes these things happen."
Duysak had built up experience working at top tech firms.
He says he studied business administration in Germany and international finance in the U.K. before he came to the U.S. as a student. He completed his postgraduate studies at California State University, East Bay, and started working as a contractor for tech companies.
Before Twitter, Duysak said he worked for a contractor at YouTube helping make decisions on whether videos were entitled to revenue from ads.
Duysak lived in San Francisco for nearly two years. He says he spoke to Pro Unlimited and Twitter about making November 2 his last day even though his contract wasn't up until early 2018. He says he didn't want to extend his work visa and wanted to spend time with his family in Germany.
Duysak is back in Germany now. But what happened to Trump's account raises questions about how much access both employees and contractors have to sensitive accounts and who holds editorial power at increasingly influential companies like Twitter and Facebook (FB).
Their role as editorial gatekeepers and amplifiers is coming under growing scrutiny.
Duysak says he shouldn't have been in a position where one rash move could lead to such an extreme outcome.
"Even if it was on purpose, it still shouldn't have taken place ... because of internal regulations at the company," he said. "But all of this, it's not my responsibility and I don't want to say something negative about Twitter because it's a great platform where all people are given the chance to share real time information."
Despite what he did to the president's account, Duysak says he admires what Trump has achieved in his career.
"He is a very successful person, and I admire his hard work and how he made it to get the highest position," Duysak said. "But I think he needs to learn a little as a politician."
Duysak says he's taking a brief break from work but plans to get into banking.
"I apologize to everyone who I've hurt," he said. "At the same time, I'm not a rogue person ... I've worked for so many companies. Everyone will agree I'm reliable and trustworthy. There are little probabilities that occur and you're in the spotlight."
Yet in the weeks since announcing her candidacy, Fiorina has gained an uncommon degree of attention in the early nominating states of Iowa and New Hampshire. She has endeared herself to conservatives who – while not considering Fiorina their first choice – relish her status as the Republican field’s only woman and most strident critic of the Democratic front-runner, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
When Fiorina, the 60-year-old former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Co., announced her candidacy this month, she said on ABC’s “Good Morning America” that her private-sector credentials qualify her for office.
“I think I’m the best person for the job, because I understand how the economy actually works,” she said.
That message is one Fiorina rehearsed in California five years ago. But in her presidential run, it is her near-constant criticism of Clinton that has come to define the early stages of her campaign.
Seconds after beginning her speech in Iowa, Fiorina took after the former first lady and secretary of state, saying she (Fiorina) had “answered a total of 372 on-the-record questions” compared to Clinton’s few.
Fiorina’s campaign declined to make her available for questions for this story, but one stands out: How could someone last seen getting thrashed in a U.S. Senate race limp away from that contest, look back and conclude that running for president was the next thing to do?
Failing in California might not cause a Republican to despair. The state is so heavily Democratic that no Republican could likely have defeated incumbent Sen. Barbara Boxer in 2010. Fiorina lost by 10 percentage points, but she did better than the Republican gubernatorial candidate, Meg Whitman, who lost to Jerry Brown by nearly 13 percentage points.
An unsuccessful candidate in California can achieve national success. Richard Nixon lost the race for governor in 1962. Six years later he was elected president.
The more conventional appraisal of Fiorina, even among supporters, is that her candidacy could benefit the GOP despite her long odds.
Fiorina is polling at around 1 percent nationally. She lags so far back in a bulging crowd of Republican presidential contenders that she is at risk of missing the top-10 cutoff for admittance to the first GOP primary debate, in August in Cleveland.
Fiorina asked Couric, without explanation, if she would ask a man such a question, then said she is a serious contender.
Fiorina moved to Mason Neck, Va., outside Washington, D.C., after losing to Boxer in 2010. Like other Republicans, she is returning to California, a major source of campaign contributions, to raise money.
Fiorina was scheduled to meet with members of New Majority California, a group of wealthy Republican donors in Orange County, Los Angeles and San Diego, last week and in early June.
While Fiorina’s case for her candidacy – contrasting her business background with a skewering of Washington bureaucracy – is familiar to California donors, her liabilities are, too.
Four years after Boxer bashed Fiorina for laying off 30,000 employees and outsourcing thousands of jobs at HP, the San Francisco Chronicle reported her campaign still owed creditors nearly $500,000, a debt that only recently was repaid.
Fiorina does better among Republicans in California than nationally. A Field Poll last week put her support among likely Republican voters here at 3 percent. For a candidate who has run statewide before, that is a “very poor showing,” said Mark DiCamillo, director of the poll.
The largest block of likely Republican voters in California is undecided, with the electorate here paying little attention to Fiorina or anyone else.
“Frankly, until they sort themselves out a little, I don’t have the energy to listen,” said Cam Garner, a venture capitalist from Rancho Santa Fe who was one of Fiorina’s first donors in 2010.
But the contest is picking up in early voting states and on the 24-hour news networks – and Fiorina is in the thick of it at the bottom of the fray.
After the Iowa dinner, Donald Trump, who also spoke, told The Des Moines Register that more people came to his hospitality suite that evening than to Fiorina’s. Not only had she “lost in a landslide” in her California race in 2010, he said, but had spent millions of dollars of her own money on the effort.
Martha Alzate, Carlos Rodriguez and Kathy Tejada star in Arcipreste de Hita’s "The Book of Buen Amor," produced by Teatro TEBA at the Impact Theatre (190 Underhill Ave.). This new, bilingual series of vignettes, directed by Hector Luis Rivera, runs Jan. 17-27 on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 3 pm. The play is based on the controversial book, "El Libro de Buen Amor" ("The Book of Good Love"), by the 14th-century poet and archpriest of Hita, Juan Ruiz - considered by some to be the Spanish Chaucer. Tickets are $10. For reservations, call (718) 848-9697.
The Election Commission (EC) has finalised the symbol ‘Farmer blowing trumpet’ for Sumalatha Ambareesh, the independent candidate from Mandya Lok Sabha segment.
Sumalatha had chosen three images — ’Coconut Grove’, ‘Farmer blowing trumpet’ and ‘Woman carrying bundle of sugarcane on her head’. It is said that the symbol finalised by the EC was the favourite of Sumalatha.
While Sumalatha’s serial number is ‘2’, JD(S) candidate Nikhil’s serial number is 10.
Burnley manager Owen Coyle hailed his side's 3-1 FA Cup victory over West Brom at a freezing Turf Moor as the finest chapter in their fairytale campaign.
The Clarets booked an fifth-round trip to Cardiff or Arsenal after Wade Elliott's stunning volley and Steven Thompson's clinical double secured the Clarets their fourth Barclays Premier League scalp of the season.
Coyle's side bundled Fulham, Chelsea and Arsenal out of the Carling Cup and came agonisingly close to overcoming Tottenham in an epic semi-final encounter, but the former Bolton striker said: "It's probably the best (upset) because it's the one that counts just now and the Carling Cup is finished."
He added: "We'd love to have an FA Cup adventure similar to the Carling Cup and I stressed that to the players.
"Each and every game we want to win, and we were underdogs again against another Premier League team.
"I certainly thought we deserved to win and it's always nice to take a big scalp.
"Whoever we play in the next round - and we're playing away again - it will be an opportunity to get into quarter-finals.
"We will certainly be respectful but we've shown that we can win matches home and away."
Asked about his cabinet, Trudeau said he will fulfil his comment for gender balance.
Trudeau said he spoke with US Pres Obama about an hour and discussed ongoing fight against ISIL but stuck to pledge to end combat role.
Canadians had an "extraordinary" ambition for change, Trudeau says of his election win.
Trudeau says he will be "open" and "accessible to Canadians."
Trudeau says he will announce his cabinet on Nov. 4.
Trudeau said there is a desire by Canadians for a "stronger" but smaller cabinet.
Trudeau ends newser with a pledge, "I'll be back, I promise."
An inmate at the Madison County Detention Center was found dead Monday.
Coroner Alex Breeland told WLBT the deceased was Harvey Hill, 36. Hill was transported from the jail to Merit Health Central hospital in Jackson, where he was pronounced dead.
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is in charge of the investigation into the inmate's death, spokesperson Warren Strain said. The body has been sent to the Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy.
Bergman agreed to a minor-league contract Wednesday with the Mariners and will report to Triple-A Tacoma, Tacoma radio broadcaster Mike Curto reports. Bergman failed to win an Opening Day roster spot with the Cubs coming out of spring training and was granted his release in March. After taking some time to assess his options, Bergman will return to the organization where he spent the past two seasons. The right-hander logged three appearances with the big club in 2018 but saw the overwhelming share of his action at Tacoma, where he compiled a 5.08 ERA and 1.47 WHIP across 141.2 innings.
Bergman was released by the Cubs on Friday, Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune reports. Bergman was reassigned to minor-league camp last Saturday after allowing five runs on seven hits over 4.2 spring innings. The 30-year-old gave up nine runs -- including four homers -- in three appearances (two starts) with the Mariners last season.
The Cubs reassigned Bergman to their minor-league camp Saturday, Jordan Bastian of MLB.com reports. Bergman had three appearances (two starts) with the Mariners in 2018, compiling a 5.79 ERA and 1.07 WHIP in 14 innings. He didn't fare much better during a more extended stint in the Pacific Coast League (5.08 ERA, 1.47 WHIP in 141.2 innings) and will be little more than organizational pitching depth in the high minors for the Cubs this season.
Bergman signed a minor-league contract with Chicago including an invitiation to spring training, Mariners Minors reports. Bergman was let go by the Mariners at the end of the 2018 campaign, so he'll aim for a better outcome with the Cubs. His time in the major leagues has been limited so far in his career, as he's posted a 5.59 ERA and 1.47 WHIP with 130 punchouts over 215.2 frames across stops in Colorado and Seattle.
Bergman was optioned to Triple-A Tacoma on Saturday. Bergman spent just three days on Seattle's roster, allowing four runs in 2.2 innings Friday against the Dodgers. Matt Festa was called up from Double-A Arkansas in a corresponding move.
Irish American federal judge Ann Donnelly has granted a stay against the immediate deportations of people traveling to to the United States with valid visas, after President Donald Trump issued an executive order barring travel from several majority-Muslim countries.
Judge Donnelly of the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn made the announcement at an emergency hearing on Saturday night, holding that it likely violates Due Process and Equal Protection rights.
The stay is national and will prevent the government from deporting immigrants currently being detained at major airports with Irish monikers like John F. Kennedy, O’Hare, Tom Bradley and Logan.
The stay does not strike down the full executive order however, it does not prevent detainment, nor does it allow people to come to the U.S. who are currently abroad.
What it does do is allow people who traveled to the U.S. in the immediate aftermath of Trump’s order, if they were in possession of valid visas permitting them to legally come to the US before the order was signed.
The news that green card holders have been refused entry to the U.S. or returned to their foreign departure point has sent alarm though the Irish American community here, who fear the list of targeted nations could expand.
Reports on Saturday confirmed that green card holders, who have legal permanent resident status here, were being handcuffed, their social media feeds were being reviewed and they being were asked for their views on Donald Trump and the United States. Some who are being detained are reportedly just weeks away from their citizenship ceremonies.
Trump’s oft repeated campaign threat of mass deportations within the first 100 days of his administration look increasingly likely to longtime immigration attorneys here, who are bracing for much worse to come.
Irish American leaders are fighting back against the new measures however. On Wednesday Boston Mayor Marty Walsh blasted President Trump's promised immigration moves at a press conference before a crowd of immigrant city workers and officials.
"I want everyone to just get a good picture of behind me today. This is America, who's behind me," the mayor said. "Many immigrants who work for the City of Boston, and many first-generation Americans who work for the City of Boston, who are proud of their heritage and where they come from."
In Philadelphia Mayor James Kenney tweeted: “History teaches us dark moments like this occur when we let fear silence our compassion. We must speak out strongly.
“I’m sickened by reports that the feds, without knowledge of Philadelphia Airport staff, have detained and turned away two Syrian families,” Kenney added.
Protesters gathered at airports in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Chicago, Dallas and San Francisco to express their anger as immigration authorities begin to block entry to all refugees and immigrants from seven Muslim-majority nations.
The thousands of protesters who gathered on Saturday at JFK Terminal 4 were soon joined by The New York Taxi Workers Alliance, whose members were asked to refuse to pick up fares between 6 and 7 p.m.
Trump’s executive order is being seen by many as an attempt to isolate and discriminate against Muslims in the United States. Trump was reportedly furious on Saturday night when he heard of the stay, an action he had not anticipated.
From 1975 to 2015 there have been no fatal terror attacks on U.S. soil by immigrants from the seven Muslim-majority countries President Trump targeted on Friday and none of the 19 plane hijackers on 9/11 were from any of the seven countries selected by the administration.
The travel ban excludes Muslim-majority countries where Trump reportedly holds major business interests.
SINGAPORE - A 25-year-old woman has been fined for evading goods and services tax (GST) on branded goods worth over $11,710 that she had bought overseas and intended to sell in Singapore.
Joei Chen Si Hui attempted to leave Changi Airport through the customs green channel after arriving on a flight from Paris on Jan 12 when she was stopped for checks, Singapore Customs said on Wednesday (July 18).
A total of 10 branded items including wallets, a handbag and a belt were found in her luggage. Investigations revealed that Chen bought the branded goods in France, and that she had advertised some of them for sale on her social media pages.
Despite knowing that GST - amounting to $819 - would be payable on the goods, she did not declare them and was arrested.
Chen pleaded guilty to one charge of fraudulent evasion of GST on goods brought into Singapore and was fined $5,500 on Wednesday.