Security
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Special Report: Ivins Anthrax Case Another Black Eye for Network News
Posted by BradBlog on 14 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: North America, Commentary, Pentagon, FBI, U.S. Military, Security, Terror
In covering one of the most historic criminal investigations in our nation’s history, the worst bioterrorism attack on U.S. soil, the overall tenor and quality of network reporting has been nothing short of disgraceful.
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Vital unresolved anthrax questions and ABC News
Posted by Salon on 01 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, Cheney, U.S. Military, USPS, ABC News, Security, Terror, propaganda, Agenda Setting
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By Glenn Greenwald, Salon ABC News should reveal who concocted and fed them the false “Saddam/anthrax” reports. This is one of the most extreme journalistic scandals that exists, and it deserves a lot more debate and attention than it has received thus far. |
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Senator Russ Feingold on the new FISA Bill
Posted by MediaChannel on 27 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: VIDEO, Pentagon, Security
Newspaper Websites and White House Disinformation
Posted by Nieman Watchdog on 27 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: USGOP, Bush, Commentary, War Watch, Cheney, Journalism, Iraq War, U.S. Military, Wall Street Journal, Security, propaganda
The Wall Street Journal print edition didn’t mention a recent report that cited more than 935 false statements by top Administration officials. The Journal’s Web site, however, not only mentioned the report–it attacked it.
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Lawmakers Near Immunity Fight, Extend Spy Bill
Posted by Reuters on 30 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, Verizon, Middle East, AT&T, Security, privacy, Human Rights
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By Thomas Ferraro, Reuters Amid a high-stakes battle over whether to grant telephone companies immunity, the House of Representatives agreed to extend an expiring anti-terror surveillance law. |
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House OKs Bill To Protect Reporters In U.S. Courts By Wide Margin
Posted by San Francisco Chronicle on 17 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: News, USDemocrats, Bush, Free Speech, Politics, Ethics, Media Freedom, Journalism, Policy, Security, Democracy, US Congress, Human Rights
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By Zachary Coile, San Francisco Chronicle The House approved a media shield bill that would protect reporters from having to reveal their confidential sources in federal courts, despite warnings that it could lead to more leaks of classified information. |
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Burma Shuts Down Last Communication Links
Posted by Guardian Unlimited on 09 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: News, Telecommunications, Security
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By Ian MacKinnon, Guardian Unlimited Burma’s regime is targeting the last remaining communications links that brought images of the bloody crackdown on the recent pro-democracy protests to the outside world. |
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Point, Click… Eavesdrop: How the FBI Wiretap Net Operates
Posted by Wired on 29 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: News, US, Politics, Technology, FBI, Policy, Telecommunications, Security, Democracy, Terror, privacy
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By Ryan Singel, Wired The FBI has quietly built a sophisticated, point-and-click surveillance system that performs instant wiretaps on almost any communications device. |
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Japan plans research for network to replace Internet
Posted by AP on 29 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: News, Technology, Telecommunications, Security
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By Associated Press Japan will start research on new network technology to replace the Internet to tackle growing quality and security problems, a government official said Tuesday. |
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Attorneys General Push To Shield Minors on Web
Posted by Wall Street Journal on 22 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: News, Technology, Policy, MySpace, Security, facebook, privacy
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By Corey Boles, Wall Street Journal Online Social-network sites are asked to impose tighter age controls. |
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Monster attack steals user data
Posted by BBC News on 22 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: News, Technology, Security, Terror, privacy
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By BBC News US job website Monster.com has suffered an online attack with the personal data of hundreds of thousands of users stolen, says a security firm. |
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Army Reports Brass, Not Bloggers, Breach Security
Posted by Wired on 17 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: News, Blogs, Policy, U.S. Military, Security, privacy
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By Noah Shachtman, Wired A series of online audits, conducted by the Army, suggests that official Defense Department websites post material that’s far more potentially harmful than blogs do. |
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Mining Of Data Prompted Fight Over U.S. Spying
Posted by NY Times on 30 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: News, Media Savvy, Bias, USGOP, Bush, Free Speech, Politics, Ethics, Cheney, Policy, Security, Right v. Left, CIA
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By Scott Shane and David Johnston, NY Times A 2004 dispute over the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance program that led top Justice Department officials to threaten resignation involved computer searches through massive electronic databases. |
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Chinese Authorities Close Tibetan Literary Web Site
Posted by Radio Free Asia on 18 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: News, Media Savvy, Bias, Ownership, Free Speech, CN, Ethics, Media Freedom, Policy, Security
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By Radio Free Asia Authorities in the northern Chinese city of Xian have closed a literary Web site run by a Tibetan, apparently for posting “political” content, the editor said. |
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In Excerpt Of Forthcoming Book, Novak Offers Yet Another Account Of His Armitage Conversation
Posted by Media Matters on 11 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: News, Media Savvy, Bias, USGOP, Bush, IR, Ethics, FBI, Libby, Cheney, Action, Media Freedom, Journalism, Policy, Iraq War, Newspapers, U.S. Military, Libel, Security, CIA
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By Media Matters Robert D. Novak writes in his forthcoming memoir, The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting in Washington, Secretary of State Richard Armitage revealed the identity of former CIA operative Valerie Plame, contending that the exchange over Plame’s identity “lasted no more than sixty seconds.” |
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