Daily Archives: January 4, 2008 »
Report: Rampant Smuggling of Radioactive Materials
Clarissa Ward Reports: In a troubling disclosure, the Russian Federal Customs Service has revealed that authorities thwarted more than 850 attempts to smuggle highly radioactive materials in and out of Russia in 2007. Eighty-five
Read More »Sears Spying On Its Users & Reveals Their Data
Weren’t we just discussing the idea of criminal liability for egregious security problems with data? And… weren’t we also just discussing Sears’ offering to install spyware on your computer without much notice and all
Read More »CIA to yield to criminal probe
An outside prosecutor will oversee a criminal investigation into whether the CIA broke the law when it destroyed videotapes of its interrogations of two suspected terrorists, Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Wednesday. “I have
Read More »Insecure RFID Passports Get Stamp of Approval
U.S. State Department Approves RFID Passports Amidst Privacy Concerns With the original incarnation slammed over security concerns, a new breed of RFID-enabled passports received the U.S. State Department’s stamp of approval last Monday. The
Read More »Citizens have right to records
Revisions to the state’s Sunshine Law won’t be considered until the state Legislature convenes this month, but Tennesseans can look forward to more immediate help regarding the state’s open records. A new ombudsman office
Read More »Taser Torture Cop Suspended
Charges were dismissed today against a northeast Ohio woman who was handcuffed and tasered by a patrolman whose actions were recorded by police dashboard video. The Warren officer who arrested 38-year-old Heidi Gill outside
Read More »The Neo-Con Runaround
In March 2003, Dick Cheney said, “My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.” In May 2003, George W. Bush said, “Major combat operations in Iraq have ended.” In November 2004,
Read More »Sinking dollar alters the game in 2008
Templewest Almost every news network did a story in 2007 about foreigners coming to the states to shop and invest, even in real estate. What compelled this behavior? Among the many troubles confounding Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke
Read More »VIDEO: The True Story of Charlie Wilson
As incredible as anything in the pages of Tom Clancy or John le Carré, this is a gripping story of international intrigue, booze, drugs, sex, high society and arms deals. It is the true
Read More »VIDEO: CIA Cocaine – Then and now
2007 1990s 1980s On and on it goesPulitzer Prize winner Gary Webb, the journalist who broke the original CIA-Crack story in the 1990s, was rewarded by his employer the San Jose Mercury with a
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