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  • September 2008

    • Elect the Guy Who Can Prevent This

      New York Times  |  Sep 9, 08 12:40 PM CDT

      Elect the Guy Who Can Prevent This

      (Newser) - Fannie and Freddie, health-care reform, and Wasilla, Alaska, are just meaningless election “commentary” to Jeffrey Goldberg, who writes in the New York Times that nuclear terrorism is the only issue that matters. Proliferation experts say the chance of a terrorist group detonating an atomic bomb in the US could be as high as 50%. And neither candidate seems wholly prepared. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • terrorism  • nuclear weapons  • national security  • nuclear proliferation

    • Thai Protests Trigger Web Crackdown

      Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 3, 08 12:08 PM CDT

      Thai Protests Trigger Web Crackdown

      (Newser) - Thai authorities are trying to shutter 400 websites, the Guardian reports, in the wake of anti-government demonstrations in Bangkok that led the prime minister to declare martial law yesterday. The move targeted sites that were said to have “disturbed the peaceful social order and morality of the people, and/or which were considered detrimental to national security.” More »

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      Thailand  • website  • national security  • state of emergency  • Internet censorship  • Thai protesters  • martial law  • court order

  • August 2008

    • McCain Rips Obama on Defense

      New York Times  |  Aug 18, 08 1:37 PM CDT

      McCain Rips Obama on Defense

      (Newser) - John McCain blasted Barack Obama’s “shifting positions” on Iraq during a speech before a veterans group today, the New York Times reports. McCain slammed Obama for a vote against troop funding, and anti-surge statements. “Both candidates in this election pledge to end this war and bring our troops home,” he said. “The great difference … is that I intend to win it first.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Russia  • national security  • Veterans of Foreign Wars

    • Police May Take Bigger Role in Intelligence

      Washington Post  |  Aug 16, 08 5:04 PM CDT

      Police May Take Bigger Role in Intelligence

      (Newser) - The Justice Department has proposed expanding the ability of state and local police to gather intelligence on Americans, share it with federal officials, and hold onto it for a decade, the Washington Post reports. Supporters of the move say authorities would keep a close eye on the new practices to ensure civil liberties are upheld. But critics say it is still a  threat. More »

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      terrorism  • police  • national security  • civil liberties  • domestic intelligence  • state police

    • FBI Missed Anthrax Clues

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 15, 08 9:29 AM CDT

      FBI Missed Anthrax Clues

      (Newser) - The FBI's obsessive focus on the wrong anthrax suspect caused the agency to miss some important clues pointing to Bruce Ivins, the Los Angeles Times reports. Records of key-card swipes show that Ivins, who killed himself last month before being charged, spent hours in a "hot suite" with access to anthrax late at night before the 2001 anthrax mailing. More »

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      FBI  • investigation  • national security  • anthrax  • Bruce Ivins  • biological weapons  • Steven Hatfill

    • Anthrax Security Gap: 'Worse Than McDonald's'

      Washington Post  |  Aug 8, 08 9:45 AM CDT

      Anthrax Security Gap: 'Worse Than McDonald's'

      (Newser) - The case of anthrax suspect Bruce Ivins has raised fears about security protecting Americans from the world's deadliest germs, the Washington Post reports. The scientist thought to be behind the deadly 2001 attacks had serious mental health problems and expressed homicidal thoughts to his frightened therapist—but his supervisors at an Army lab were never informed. Lawmakers are demanding security be tightened. More »

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      national security  • anthrax  • Bruce Ivins  • biological weapons  • biodefense

    • Tips for Candidates on Cyber Security

      Wired  |  Aug 7, 08 4:23 PM CDT

      Tips for Candidates on Cyber Security

      (Newser) - Noting that both candidates have plans to ensure our collective cyber security, Bruce Schneier, in Wired , lays out some essential policy advice for the next president: Use the government’s enormous purchasing power to make security software producers do better. Make security requirements for government software high, and those improvements will be included in the security products offered to the public. More »

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      Internet  • computer  • markets  • Internet security  • national security  • cybercrime  • hacking  • cyberspace

  • July 2008

    • Oval Office Handover Opens Critical Security Gap

      New York Times  |  Jul 16, 08 8:28 AM CDT

      Oval Office Handover Opens Critical Security Gap

      (Newser) - January's transition in Oval Office occupants opens up a national security gap for America's enemies to exploit, Jamie Gorelick and Slade Gorton write in the New York Times . The handover from Clinton to Bush was deeply flawed, the 9/11 Commission members note, with "no effective dialog" between the two. To avoid a repeat, the current nominees should get much more information that they're not being given. More »

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      national security  • presidential candidates  • president  • nominee  • 9/11 commission  • transition

  • June 2008

    • Bush Forced Ruling on Detainees

      Newsweek  |  Jun 15, 08 7:45 PM CDT

      Bush Forced Ruling on Detainees

      (Newser) - President Bush forced the Supreme Court’s hand by overplaying his own over Guantanamo detainees, Stuart Taylor, Jr. writes in Newsweek . Courts usually defer to Washington on national security, but Bush so flouted ordinary "ideas of justice and liberty" that he "put the Supreme Court in an impossible position." Stuck with detainees who say they are innocent, justices have granted them full access to federal courts. More »

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      Bush administration  • US Supreme Court  • Guantanamo Bay  • War on Terror  • terrorist  • national security

  • April 2008

    • Lawmaker Who Called Obama 'Boy' Apologizes

      The Hill  |  Apr 14, 08 4:06 PM CDT

      Lawmaker Who Called Obama 'Boy' Apologizes

      (Newser) - A Republican congressman apologized to Barack Obama today for calling him “that boy” at a fundraiser on Saturday. Geoff Davis of Kentucky spoke of sharing “highly classified national security situations" with Obama and said, “I'm going to tell you something: That boy’s finger does not need to be on the button.” The audience laughed and applauded, The Hill reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • national security  • apology

    • Insignia of Our Secret Armies

      New York Times  |  Apr 1, 08 4:44 PM CDT

      Insignia of Our Secret Armies

      (Newser) - The men and women who work in our country’s most classified weapons and intelligence R&D programs—the New York Times calls them "stealthy armies of high-tech warriors" — have developed their own culture, complete with inside humor. That's on display in a new a book by Trevor Paglen on their patches—the kind worn on uniforms—which feature aliens, dragons, ghosts, and superbabes. More »

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      US military  • Pentagon  • Dick Cheney  • September 11  • national security  • classified information

    • US Spies Surf Internet for Open Secrets

      USA Today  |  Apr 1, 08 12:56 PM CDT

      US Spies Surf Internet for Open Secrets

      (Newser) - Where do America’s spies go to get their most useful information? The Internet, mostly. Intelligence reports are increasingly filled with “open-source intelligence,” or information that’s available to nearly anyone, USA Today reports. The much-publicized December report on Iran’s nuclear program, for example, relied heavily on public photos from Iran’s Natanz nuclear reactor. Details like the size of certain pipes gave spies crucial insight. More »

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      Internet  • national security  • spying  • Central Intelligence Agency