In this task, you are given a sentence in the Japanese language and your task is to convert it into the English language. In translation, keep numbers as it is and make it sentence case (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and noun).
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Question: 元政府関係者はこのプログラムは「完全に許可されて」いて、CIAは「CIAはなんら違法行為はしていない」とニューヨークタイムズ紙とのインタビューで主張し、また、ホワイトハウスと上院情報特別委員会の指導によりこのプログラムが発見報告されたと語った。

Answer: A former government official claimed that the program was "fully authorized" and that the CIA was "not doing anything illegal" in an interview with The New York Times, and said that the leadership of the House and Senate intelligence committees was able to find out about the program, or had been informed of its existence.


Question: 事前運動は特に激しいもので、最右翼のスイス国民党を除き、ほとんどの政党は賛成を呼びかけていた（一方、スイス国民党はカリスマ的な存在であるクリストフ・ブラッカーが同様に個人的に賛成を呼びかけていた）。

Answer: The campaign was especially harsh, most governmental parties calling for acceptance, except the far-right wing Swiss People's Party (though Swiss People's Party's charismatic figure Christoph Blocher personally called for acceptance as well).


Question: このパラリンピックはコンパオンにとって2回目で、彼は2008年夏のパラリンピックに出場して100メートル走で2位となり、パプアニューギニアにとって初のパラリンピックメダルを獲得した。

Answer:
The Games are Kompaon's second, having competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics where he earned his country's first Paralympic medal when he finished second in the 100 metre event.