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The G-Man and the Hit Man
New Yorker: In 1991, the Colombo crime family in Brooklyn went to war with itself: a rebel faction tried to seize control of the family from its boss, Carmine Persico, who was serving life in jail...
Why DOJ is destroying America`s best PI
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Robert Levinson`s wife plans trip to Iran.
CNN: Christine Levinson`s husband, ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson, vanished while on a business trip to Iran. Five months later, she`s going there to try to bring him back.
Inside the FBI
CBS: See the bureau`s highs and lows in this interactive portrait of the crime-fighting agency.
Ex-FBI Chief On Clinton`s Scandals
CBS: Louis Freeh Talks About Terrible Relationship With Clinton in 2005
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News:
NY: Retired FBI Agent Lin DeVecchio indicted.
YAHOO: - A retired FBI agent was indicted on murder charges Thursday for allegedly taking bribes from a mobster to supply him with inside information that led to four underworld slayings in Brooklyn.
Probe of online investigation firms sought.
Privacy rights group says services on offer violate federal laws
LOS ANGELES - A privacy rights advocacy group has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether Web sites advertising investigative services capable of digging up personal information such as phone call records are violating federal laws.
New Security Criteria for C-TPAT Importers.
The new security criteria for C-TPAT importers are effective as of March 25, 2005.
C-TPAT: Statement by Homeland Security Secretary .
C-TPAT: Making Secure Worldwide Trade a Reality.
ChoicePoint Curtails Business, Changes Methods to Protect Data
Wall Street Journal (06/24/05) P. A10
ChoicePoint Inc. is sharply curtailing one line of business and making significant changes in the way it shares much of its electronic data, in an effort to avoid incidents like the data breach disclosed earlier this year in which criminals obtained personal information on about 145,000 people. The Alpharetta, Ga., data concern will electronically mask sensitive information such as Social Security numbers in its reports, such as background checks provided to companies on new employees. ChoicePoint is also taking steps to severely reduce its business in providing data to private investigators, collection agencies and some small financial concerns.
ZDNet reports that Microsoft UK has chosen a new security chief, a man with plenty of experience of the criminal underworld...
"The company announced late last week that it had appointed Edward Gibson as its chief security advisor in the UK. Gibson, who will take up his new role in July, has worked for America's Federal Bureau of Investigation as an assistant legal attaché for the UK. He started at the FBI in 1985 as a special agent, and has a track-record of fighting money laundering, fraud, financial crime and intellectual-property theft, according to Microsoft. "
Google news
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FBI Press Releases:
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New York Times FBI News:
F.B.I. Admits Hacker Group’s Eavesdropping
The group known as Anonymous listened in on a call between the bureau, Scotland Yard and other foreign police agencies about their joint investigation of the group and its allies.
The N.Y.P.D. Needs Policing
The Police Department, with its immense powers, should not operate free from independent oversight.
DEALBOOK; F.B.I. Looks Into Firm For Reverse Mergers
Federal Bureau of Investigation searches the offices of the New York Global Group; corporate advisory firm is known for helping bring Chinese companies public in the United States through reverse mergers, or buying the shell of defunct American firms that had been publicly listed.
An Outrage in East Haven, Conn.
The arrest of four police officers charged with terrorizing the town’s Hispanic neighborhoods showcases institutional brutality and racial profiling.
Madison Avenue Art Dealer Faces Fraud Charges
The art dealer, Robert Scott Cook, is accused of secretly selling a client's works.
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Internet Crime News:
Timeshare Marketing Scams

Fraud Alert Involving E-mail Intrusions to Facilitate Wire Transfers Overseas

Joint FBI and DHS Public Service Announcement: Best Practices For Recovery From the Malicious Erasure of Files

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Washington Post Homeland Security News:
Prince William County may sue Homeland Security over illegal immigrants
Prince William County supervisors want to pursue litigation against the Department of Homeland Security and are asking Congress to investigate how the agency has handled the illegal immigrants turned over by county law enforcement officials.
GSA will soon restart Homeland Security contract competition
The General Services Administration is preparing to restart a multibillion-dollar competition to design, install, test and maintain a data network on the new Department of Homeland Security campus at St. Elizabeths.
Homeland Security to add staff in Afghanistan
KABUL - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on a two-day visit here, said Saturday that her department plans to significantly bolster its activities in Afghanistan over the coming year, adding as many as 54 agents to the current contingent of 25.
Government reopens search for Homeland Security office space
The General Services Administration has reopened its search for 1.1 million square feet of office space for the Department of Homeland Security.

Wars, homeland security needs build market for SkyBuilt's transportation power stations
Defense Department procurement brings to mind Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and other big companies delivering major weapon systems.
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Washington Post National Security News:
Obama's shift toward military action in Libya
After two weeks of playing down the prospect of military intervention in Libya, the Obama administration is on the brink of inserting itself into a third war in a Muslim nation.
Turmoil jars U.S. counterterrorism efforts
In a span of weeks, popular uprisings in the Islamic world have upended counterterrorism relationships that the United States spent much of the past decade trying to build.
Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks' alleged source, faces 22 new charges
The Army has brought new charges - including one that carries the death penalty - against Pfc. Bradley E. Manning, a former intelligence analyst accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents to the anti-secrecy Web site WikiLeaks.
Rumsfeld vs. Rice: What's the role of a national security adviser?
What's the role of the president's national security adviser?

Anxiety on all sides of upcoming House hearing on radicalization of U.S. Muslims
In some ways, Zuhdi Jasser doesn't match the profile of the typical Muslim American. He's an active Republican who has supported the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, is an advocate for Israel and says his faith harbors "an insidious supremacism."
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Washington Post Intelligence News:
Obama administration seeks more U.N. authority to intervene in Libya
The Obama administration pressed Thursday for greater United Nations authority to confront Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's forces by land, air and sea, while insisting that Arab governments play a central role in any possible military action.
Gates says U.S. military could enforce a no-fly zone in Libya if Obama ordered one
The comments appeared designed to counter the criticism surrounding his earlier remarks.
Obama offers tempered support for Libya rebels
President Obama on Friday offered only tempered support for Libya's rebels and played down the feasibility of Western military intervention to aid their cause, raising questions about how far he is willing to go to help fulfill his declaration last week that Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi "must le...
Turmoil jars U.S. counterterrorism efforts
In a span of weeks, popular uprisings in the Islamic world have upended counterterrorism relationships that the United States spent much of the past decade trying to build.

Hacked e-mails show Web's usefulness in dirty-tricks campaigns
Although much of K Street spends its time plying the halls of Congress on behalf of well-heeled clients, there is a growing dark side to Washington's lobbying and public-relations industry: figuring out new ways to undermine and sabotage opponents.
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Washington Post DC Crime News:
Exoneration erases only part of the debt
The state of Virginia gave Thomas Haynesworth one heck of a birthday gift on Monday.
Exoneration erases only part of the debt
The state of Virginia gave Thomas Haynesworth one heck of a birthday gift on Monday.
Exoneration erases only part of the debt
The state of Virginia gave Thomas Haynesworth one heck of a birthday gift on Monday.
Lululemon Bethesda slaying arrest announced
The woman who police believed was a brave survivor of a brutal attack at a Bethesda yoga store has now been charged with killing her co-worker, even after she convinced detectives that two men in ski masks and gloves raped and beat them. Brittany Norwood, 28, left, was charged late Friday with murde

D.C. police target alleged violent armed robbery crew
D.C. police target an alleged violent armed robbery crew.
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Daily Telegraph (UK) International News:
Syria uprising: latest
Live coverage of developments in Syria, where Homs is under heavy artillery fire as Britain seeks a new way to pressure the Assad regime.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568301/s/1c7022ac/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/123997391320/u/89/f/568301/c/32726/s/1c7022ac/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/123997391320/u/89/f/568301/c/32726/s/1c7022ac/a2.img" border="0"/></a>
Anders Behring Breivik appears in court
Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has shown his face to the world for the first time since he was arrested for massacring dozens of people in Oslo and at a remote summer camp.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568301/s/1c7022b0/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/123997391319/u/89/f/568301/c/32726/s/1c7022b0/kg/274/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/123997391319/u/89/f/568301/c/32726/s/1c7022b0/kg/274/a2.img" border="0"/></a>
'Save my boy!' Mother dies protecting son, 7, in Australia floods
The body of a woman who handed her seven-year-old son to rescuers and cried: "Save my boy!" before being swept away in swirling flood waters in Australia has been found.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568301/s/1c7022b3/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/123997391316/u/89/f/568301/c/32726/s/1c7022b3/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/123997391316/u/89/f/568301/c/32726/s/1c7022b3/a2.img" border="0"/></a>
Declared a saint, the anti-Hitler activist beheaded by Nazis at age 25
Alexander Schmorell , one of the founders of an anti-Hitler movement in wartime Germany has been declared a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568301/s/1c7022b4/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/123997391315/u/89/f/568301/c/32726/s/1c7022b4/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/123997391315/u/89/f/568301/c/32726/s/1c7022b4/a2.img" border="0"/></a>
Vladimir Putin promises the Russian people greater political power
Vladimir Putin has promised to give the Russian people more political power ahead of presidential elections in March, but warned of the dangers of a "reign of democracy".<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568301/s/1c6fccd5/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/123997385245/u/89/f/568301/c/32726/s/1c6fccd5/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/123997385245/u/89/f/568301/c/32726/s/1c6fccd5/a2.img" border="0"/></a>
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BBC World News:
Syria troops step up Homs bombing
Heavy artillery fire rocks the restive Syrian city of Homs, in what anti-government activists are calling one of the fiercest assaults yet.
Abbas to head interim government
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says he will head a unity government between Hamas and Fatah ahead of elections in the West Bank and Gaza.
Europe's big freeze tightens grip
The Arctic conditions sweeping Europe tighten their grip, with more deaths reported in Poland and Ukraine, taking the toll to well over 200.
US sanctions Iranian Central Bank
US President Barack Obama places new sanctions on Iran, blocking government assets held in the US, including the Iranian Central Bank.
Deadly quake hits the Philippines
At least 15 people die and 29 are missing after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake strikes islands in the central Philippines.
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National Terror Alert News:
Woman Charged In Beheading Plot Held Without Bond
A federal judge in North Carolina ruled Friday that a Raleigh school administrator accused of paying a hit man to behead three witnesses in a terrorism case should be held without bond until her trial. Nevine Aly Elshiekh made her first court appearance Friday after being arrested last month after FBI agents tracked her to [...]<p>This story comes to us via <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com">Homeland Security </a>- National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com">homeland security</a> news and information.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2012/02/03/woman-charged-in-beheading-plot-held-without-bond/">Woman Charged In Beheading Plot Held Without Bond</a> </p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zbuqb9Oei-J0RiRzcGoaDudmymk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zbuqb9Oei-J0RiRzcGoaDudmymk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zbuqb9Oei-J0RiRzcGoaDudmymk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zbuqb9Oei-J0RiRzcGoaDudmymk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=HrsYE79oQzs:p9Bn13_Cqf4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=HrsYE79oQzs:p9Bn13_Cqf4:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=HrsYE79oQzs:p9Bn13_Cqf4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=HrsYE79oQzs:p9Bn13_Cqf4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=HrsYE79oQzs:p9Bn13_Cqf4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=HrsYE79oQzs:p9Bn13_Cqf4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=HrsYE79oQzs:p9Bn13_Cqf4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=HrsYE79oQzs:p9Bn13_Cqf4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=HrsYE79oQzs:p9Bn13_Cqf4:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=HrsYE79oQzs:p9Bn13_Cqf4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=HrsYE79oQzs:p9Bn13_Cqf4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter/~4/HrsYE79oQzs" height="1" width="1"/>
US doubles no-fly list of suspected terrorists
The Obama administration has more than doubled, to about 21,000 names, its secret list of suspected terrorists who are banned from flying to or within the United States, including about 500 Americans, the Associated Press has learned. The government lowered the bar for being added to the list, even as it says it’s closer than [...]<p>This story comes to us via <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com">Homeland Security </a>- National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com">homeland security</a> news and information.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2012/02/03/us-doubles-no-fly-list-of-suspected-terrorists/">US doubles no-fly list of suspected terrorists</a> </p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AR0TgFW1LPBQXEx0Vbh4Ey62uOw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AR0TgFW1LPBQXEx0Vbh4Ey62uOw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AR0TgFW1LPBQXEx0Vbh4Ey62uOw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AR0TgFW1LPBQXEx0Vbh4Ey62uOw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=Jd8M_fBRYNk:aa3C08xsTZQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=Jd8M_fBRYNk:aa3C08xsTZQ:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=Jd8M_fBRYNk:aa3C08xsTZQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=Jd8M_fBRYNk:aa3C08xsTZQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=Jd8M_fBRYNk:aa3C08xsTZQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=Jd8M_fBRYNk:aa3C08xsTZQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=Jd8M_fBRYNk:aa3C08xsTZQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=Jd8M_fBRYNk:aa3C08xsTZQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=Jd8M_fBRYNk:aa3C08xsTZQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=Jd8M_fBRYNk:aa3C08xsTZQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=Jd8M_fBRYNk:aa3C08xsTZQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter/~4/Jd8M_fBRYNk" height="1" width="1"/>
Death of top terror leader not confirmed
Authorities in the Philippines are still attempting to confirm the death of one of South-East Asia&#8217;s top terror suspects, following a US-backed air-strike on a paramilitary training camp. However, a leading terrorism analyst has suggested that even if the deaths of Malaysian man Zulkifli bin Abdul Hir and two other high-profile targets are confirmed, the [...]<p>This story comes to us via <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com">Homeland Security </a>- National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com">homeland security</a> news and information.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2012/02/03/death-of-top-terror-leader-not-confirmed/">Death of top terror leader not confirmed</a> </p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1JT_CBubmeAVZJsZ9g2N9Iiys1M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1JT_CBubmeAVZJsZ9g2N9Iiys1M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1JT_CBubmeAVZJsZ9g2N9Iiys1M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1JT_CBubmeAVZJsZ9g2N9Iiys1M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=SJxElalFwVo:UZdt6kQCuwI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=SJxElalFwVo:UZdt6kQCuwI:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=SJxElalFwVo:UZdt6kQCuwI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=SJxElalFwVo:UZdt6kQCuwI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=SJxElalFwVo:UZdt6kQCuwI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=SJxElalFwVo:UZdt6kQCuwI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=SJxElalFwVo:UZdt6kQCuwI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=SJxElalFwVo:UZdt6kQCuwI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=SJxElalFwVo:UZdt6kQCuwI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=SJxElalFwVo:UZdt6kQCuwI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=SJxElalFwVo:UZdt6kQCuwI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter/~4/SJxElalFwVo" height="1" width="1"/>
Cattle prod found in carry-on baggage
The TSA says a cattle prod was discovered in a man&#8217;s carry-on bag at a checkpoint at the Baltimore Washington International Airport on Tuesday.We&#8217;re told he gave the cattle prod over to police, and there was no impact on airport operations Read More This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. [...]<p>This story comes to us via <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com">Homeland Security </a>- National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com">homeland security</a> news and information.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2012/02/03/cattle-prod-found-in-carry-on-baggage/">Cattle prod found in carry-on baggage</a> </p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/J2RsCLvJylL-laLyVACiTWuLHHc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/J2RsCLvJylL-laLyVACiTWuLHHc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/J2RsCLvJylL-laLyVACiTWuLHHc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/J2RsCLvJylL-laLyVACiTWuLHHc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=36A-bRmUCRc:NkYpIAeiI2g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=36A-bRmUCRc:NkYpIAeiI2g:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=36A-bRmUCRc:NkYpIAeiI2g:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=36A-bRmUCRc:NkYpIAeiI2g:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=36A-bRmUCRc:NkYpIAeiI2g:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=36A-bRmUCRc:NkYpIAeiI2g:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=36A-bRmUCRc:NkYpIAeiI2g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=36A-bRmUCRc:NkYpIAeiI2g:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=36A-bRmUCRc:NkYpIAeiI2g:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=36A-bRmUCRc:NkYpIAeiI2g:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=36A-bRmUCRc:NkYpIAeiI2g:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter/~4/36A-bRmUCRc" height="1" width="1"/>
TSA Agents Reportedly Wait 6 Hours Before Alerting Cops About Potential Bomb
Transportation Security Administration agents at New York’s La Guardia Airport reportedly found two possible pipe bombs in a passenger’s luggage and left the materials in a public area for six hours before alerting police. The New York Post reported that on Monday, the agents apparently left the pipes on a radiator as fliers passed through [...]<p>This story comes to us via <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com">Homeland Security </a>- National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com">homeland security</a> news and information.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2012/02/01/tsa-agents-reportedly-wait-6-hours-before-alerting-cops-about-potential-bomb/">TSA Agents Reportedly Wait 6 Hours Before Alerting Cops About Potential Bomb</a> </p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-sBXASl39RlO7Nu0cKJP6BeDYS8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-sBXASl39RlO7Nu0cKJP6BeDYS8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-sBXASl39RlO7Nu0cKJP6BeDYS8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-sBXASl39RlO7Nu0cKJP6BeDYS8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=I_kX_sC1l3w:F-9IIJLHJDM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=I_kX_sC1l3w:F-9IIJLHJDM:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=I_kX_sC1l3w:F-9IIJLHJDM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=I_kX_sC1l3w:F-9IIJLHJDM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=I_kX_sC1l3w:F-9IIJLHJDM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=I_kX_sC1l3w:F-9IIJLHJDM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=I_kX_sC1l3w:F-9IIJLHJDM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=I_kX_sC1l3w:F-9IIJLHJDM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=I_kX_sC1l3w:F-9IIJLHJDM:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=I_kX_sC1l3w:F-9IIJLHJDM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=I_kX_sC1l3w:F-9IIJLHJDM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter/~4/I_kX_sC1l3w" height="1" width="1"/>
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Bruce Schneier's Security Blog:
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It's called Squid. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered....
The Problems of Too Much Information Sharing
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VeriSign Hacked, Successfully and Repeatedly, in 2010
Reuters discovered the information: The VeriSign attacks were revealed in a quarterly U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing in October that followed new guidelines on reporting security breaches to investors. It was the most striking disclosure to emerge in a review by Reuters of more than 2,000 documents mentioning breach risks since the SEC guidance was published. The company, unsurprisingly,...
Prisons in the U.S.
Really good article on the huge incarceration rate in the U.S., its causes, its effects, and its value: Over all, there are now more people under "correctional supervision" in America -- more than six million -- than were in the Gulag Archipelago under Stalin at its height. That city of the confined and the controlled, Lockuptown, is now the second...
The Idaho Loophole
Brian C. Kalt (2005), "The Perfect Crime," Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 93, No. 2. Abstract: This article argues that there is a 50-square-mile swath of Idaho in which one can commit felonies with impunity. This is because of the intersection of a poorly drafted statute with a clear but neglected constitutional provision: the Sixth Amendment's Vicinage Clause. Although lesser criminal...
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