The Washington Post has reported that Bush has ordered expanded Internet network monitoring to stop the stealing of US Government Data by . . . whoever. Of course, we all know where this is going. This is going to be a blanket abrogation of Internet Privacy, along with all the other Rights the Bushies […]
So why is it that we’ve spent billions of dollars to supposedly make our country safe from terrorists when the most basic safeguards to ensure our Nuclear material safe have never been put in place?
According to the NY Times, investigators from the Government Accountability Office applied for a licence from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for […]
The NY Times ran an article today about the role an FBI Informer played in the capture of the Fort Dix Terrorist Suspects. It points out that in many instances the informer may have been the instigator rather than simply a conduit of information. This is entrapment, pure and simple.
The article also points out that […]
An article in Technology Review that critiques the technology being used by the U.S. government for airline passenger screening is so bad that not only does it confuse Osama Bin Laden with Johnny Rotten, it also puts the names “George Bush” and “Jesus Christ” on watch lists. Why? The basis of the technology is “Soundex”, […]
I’m not sure I understand completely the implications of this one, but it feels REALLY ugly and smells like Bush. According to an article in Heise.de, the US Department of Homeland Security has requested a copy of the master key for the DNS Root Zone. Because the US still oversees ICANN, it’s possible that ICANN […]
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