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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
Google News gathers stories from more than 4,500 news sources in English worldwide, and automatically arranges them to present the most relevant news first.
FBI Press Releases:
Second Louisiana Police Officer Guilty in Cover-Up of Shooting in Katrina Aftermath
Jeffrey Lehrmann, a former New Orleans Police Department officer, pled guilty to covering up a deadly police shooting in the days after Hurricane Katrina.
Kansas Man Charged with Stealing More Than $890,000 from His Mother
Kent Joseph Gockel, of St. Marys, Kansas, was charged with stealing more than $890,000 from his mother's trust fund.
Securities Broker Pleads Guilty to Issuing False Press Releases to Inflate Stock Prices
Securities broker Lambros D. Ballas, of Long Island, New York, pled guilty in San Francisco, California to securities fraud in connection with fraudulently issuing press releases with the intent to temporarily and artificially inflate the stock of three companies. At the time, Ballas was a licensed securities broker who had worked in the industry for several years.
Alabama Health Clinic Employee Sentenced for Embezzling $1.2 Million
Kimberly Perrin, of Hoover, Alabama, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for health care, wire, and tax fraud involving nearly $1.2 million she embezzled while working as comptroller for the Simon-Williamson Clinic in Birmingham.
Two Plead Guilty in Florida to $10.6 Million Land Sale Scheme
Daniel Stephen and Patricia De Pons pled guilty in Miami to conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection with a vacant land sale scheme that defrauded more than 1,000 victims out of $10.6 million.
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FBI News:
DELIVERING THE FUTURE: The Biometric Center of Excellence
A new coordinated effort is harnessing the benefits of biometrics for law enforcement and national security purposes.
INFRAGARD: A Partnership That Works
An FBI-sponsored initiative brings together experts from the public and private sectors to help protect critical infrastructure.
THE CYBER THREAT: Using Intelligence to Predict and Prevent
At the RSA Conference, Director Robert Mueller talked about insidious online threats and how we are tackling them.
CIVIL RIGHTS ERA MURDERS: Joint Initiative Yields Results
Our Civil Rights Cold Case Initiative has helped seek justice for victims of racially-motivated killings and bring closure to their families.
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FBI Extras:
Second Louisiana Police Officer Guilty in Cover-Up of Shooting in Katrina Aftermath
Jeffrey Lehrmann, a former New Orleans Police Department officer, pled guilty to covering up a deadly police shooting in the days after Hurricane Katrina.
National Center for Disaster Fraud to Coordinate Haitian, Chilean Complaints
Shortly after the earthquake in Haiti last January, the FBI and the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) established a telephone hotline to report suspected fraud associated with relief efforts. Since then, with the recent earthquake in Chile, our efforts have expanded to identify similar fraud activity emerging from that disaster. The public is encouraged to call the hotline--(866) 720-572--to report suspected fraud from either disaster.
FBI Exec Testifies Before Senate on Public Corruption of U.S. Officials at Borders
Kevin L. Perkins, assistant director of the FBI's Criminal Investigative Division, testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration at a hearing entitled "New Border War: Corruption of U.S. Officials by Drug Cartels."
Visit Our Newly Redesigned San Antonio Field Office Website
Our San Antonio Division's website has a new look.
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New York Times FBI News:
U.S. Falters in Screening Border Patrol Near Mexico
Representatives from the F.B.I. and the Department of Homeland Security painted a grave picture of drug traffickers trying to recruit federal officers to work for them.
More Messages Link Senator to Job Effort
E-mails provide evidence of Senator John Ensign’s efforts to steer work to the husband of his former mistress.
Internet Radio Host Testifies His Violent Words Were ‘All Talk, No Action’
At his retrial in Brooklyn on charges of threatening three federal judges, Harold C. Turner described past comments as “part of my shtick.”
Imam Snared in Terror Plot Admits He Lied to the F.B.I.
A Queens imam who became entangled in a terrorism plot against New York City when he warned one of the planners that he was under government surveillance pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of lying to federal officials.
At Death-Threat Trial, Internet Radio Host Says F.B.I. Encouraged Rants
While serving as an informant for the F.B.I., Harold Turner says, he was told to “ratchet up the rhetoric.”
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Internet Crime News:
IC3 2009 Annual Report on Internet Crime Released

National Center for Disaster Fraud to Coordinate Haitian and Chilean Fraud Complaints

Rental and Real Estate Scams

New Twist On Counterfeit Check Scheme Targeting U.S. Law Firms

Mystery/Secret Shopper Schemes

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Washington Post Homeland Security News:
Scott Brown to join Senate homeland security, military committees
Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.), who campaigned on the idea of freezing federal worker salaries to control the deficit, may soon get to explore the topic further.


Homeland Security Dept. says it will drop plans for Bush-era nuclear detectors
The Department of Homeland Security office responsible for protecting the nation from nuclear and radiological terrorism is largely scrapping plans for new high-tech detectors for screening vehicles and cargo, saying they cost too much and do not work as effectively as security officials once maintained.


D.C. panel approves Fenty nominee for homeland security chief
Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's nominee to lead the city's Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency was unanimously approved Tuesday by a D.C. Council committee, despite her lack of experience in the field. The nomination still has to be approved by the full council.


Documents show DHS improperly spied on Nation of Islam in 2007
The Department of Homeland Security improperly gathered intelligence on the Nation of Islam for eight months in 2007 when the leader of the black Muslim group, Louis Farrakhan, was in poor health and appeared to be yielding power, according to government documents released Wednesday.



House Homeland Security Committee faces ethics inquiry
At a hearing in late March, the nation's credit card companies faced the threat of expensive new rules from an unlikely regulator: the House Homeland Security Committee, chaired by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.).


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Washington Post National Security News:
U.S. citizen held in Yemen after shootout with hospital guards
Yemeni counterterrorism authorities captured a U.S. citizen of Somali origin after he shot his way out of a hospital in the Middle Eastern country, where he was being held after a mass arrest of al-Qaeda members, authorities said Thursday.


'JihadJane' suspect dropped out before high school, married at 16
The Pennsylvania woman who allegedly used the Internet alias JihadJane to recruit people for violent jihad had dropped out before reaching high school and was married at age 16, the start of a bumpy life that might have left her vulnerable to radical beliefs, according to federal sources and publ...


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JihadJane, an American woman, faces terrorism charges
A petite, blond-haired, blue-eyed high school dropout who allegedly used the nickname JihadJane was identified Tuesday as an alleged terrorist intent on recruiting others to her cause, as federal prosecutors unsealed criminal charges that could send her to prison for life.


Ex-British spy chief: U.S. misled Britain about treatment of terrorism suspects
LONDON -- U.S. intelligence agencies misled key allies, including Britain, about its mistreatment of terrorism suspects, the former head of the country's domestic spy agency, MI5, said Tuesday.



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Washington Post Intelligence News:
U.S. citizen held in Yemen after shootout with hospital guards
Yemeni counterterrorism authorities captured a U.S. citizen of Somali origin after he shot his way out of a hospital in the Middle Eastern country, where he was being held after a mass arrest of al-Qaeda members, authorities said Thursday.
'JihadJane' suspect dropped out before high school, married at 16
The Pennsylvania woman who allegedly used the Internet alias JihadJane to recruit people for violent jihad had dropped out before reaching high school and was married at age 16, the start of a bumpy life that might have left her vulnerable to radical beliefs, according to federal sources and public records.
JihadJane, an American woman, faces terrorism charges
A petite, blond-haired, blue-eyed high school dropout who allegedly used the nickname JihadJane was identified Tuesday as an alleged terrorist intent on recruiting others to her cause, as federal prosecutors unsealed criminal charges that could send her to prison for life.
Napolitano says suicide plane crash wasn't related to domestic terrorism
A suicide plane crash that killed the pilot and an Internal Revenue Service worker at an office building in Austin on Feb. 18 was not a case of domestic terrorism, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday in a radio interview.

Obama must decide degree to which U.S. swears off nuclear weapons
President Obama's top national security advisers will within days present him with an agonizing choice on how to guide U.S. nuclear weapons policy for the rest of his term.
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Washington Post DC Crime News:
Prince George's police officer, 27, dies after car crash
There's a photo that shows Thomas P. Jensen wearing a Prince George's County police uniform when he was 4 years old, friends said. Sure, it was just a Halloween costume, but everyone knew it was only a matter of time before Jensen would be wearing the uniform for real.


Murder trial begins in case of D.C. woman who vanished in 1999
It's been nearly 11 years since Yolanda Baker's family has seen her. So much time had passed that authorities declared her legally dead last year, although her body has never been found.


Police investigate death of 10-month-old in Northwest D.C.
D.C. homicide detectives are investigating the death of a 10-month-old girl who lapsed into unconsciousness Tuesday night while being cared for by a nanny in her parents' Northwest Washington home, police said.


'Surreal' arrests in Pakistan disrupt close family, Muslim community
Talha Chaudhry says his brother gave little hint of his intentions the weekend he disappeared.



Psychologist says Evan Gargiulo, defendant in cabdriver's killing, was insane
A nationally known psychologist, who for decades has testified exclusively as a prosecution witness attacking defendants' claims of insanity, appeared for the defense in Fairfax County on Tuesday and said a man who fatally shot a cabdriver in Tysons Corner was insane.


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Daily Telegraph (UK) International News:
Teacher Candice Berner mauled to death by wolves in Alaska
A woman has been mauled to death by wolves for the first time in America for 50 years.
Israel seals off West Bank as tensions rise
Israel sealed off the West Bank on Friday as tensions mounted in Jerusalem over controversial plans to build new homes for Jewish settlers.
Russia to build 16 nuclear reactors for India
Russia is to build up to 16 nuclear reactors in India under a deal announced by Vladimir Putin.
Australian sailors operated 'sex ledger' of women recruits
Australian sailors preyed on young female recruits and put bets on how many colleagues they could sleep with as part of a "sex ledger" that operated on one Navy ship, an inquiry has heard.
Suicide bombers kill 45 people in Lahore attack
Two suicide bombers launched an attack on army vehicles in Lahore leaving 45 people dead and injuring nearly 100.
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BBC World News:
Bombs kill 45 in Pakistani city
Twin suicide bomb attacks on the Pakistani city of Lahore kill 45 people, before other, smaller blasts cause confusion.
Russia signs India nuclear deal
Russia's state-owned nuclear company says the country will build at least 12 nuclear reactors in India.
Pope defends celibacy of priests
Pope Benedict XVI defends celibacy for Catholic priests, amid a new controversy about child sex abuse in Germany.
Winnie denies maligning Mandela
Winnie Mandela, former wife of Nelson Mandela, denies giving an interview accusing him of letting down black South Africans.
Same-sex couples marry in Mexico
Five same-sex couples tie the knot in Mexico City under Latin America's first law that explicitly approves gay marriage.
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National Terror Alert News:
Mexican Military Helicopter Hovers Over Texas Homes
The Houston Chronicle reports that the Zapata County sheriff Thursday was questioning why a Mexican military helicopter was hovering over homes on the Texas side of the Rio Grande. It was one of the more jarring incidents of the fourth week of border tensions sparked by drug killings — and rumors of drug killings — in [...]<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/updates/2010/03/12/mexican-military-helicopter-hovers-over-texas-homes/">Mexican Military Helicopter Hovers Over Texas Homes</a> </p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qdxg34KNuS-FWtW3s1ueZLggc2M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qdxg34KNuS-FWtW3s1ueZLggc2M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qdxg34KNuS-FWtW3s1ueZLggc2M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qdxg34KNuS-FWtW3s1ueZLggc2M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=-L4YA6pCXto:ZYUJkJ9vTVY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=-L4YA6pCXto:ZYUJkJ9vTVY:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=-L4YA6pCXto:ZYUJkJ9vTVY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=-L4YA6pCXto:ZYUJkJ9vTVY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=-L4YA6pCXto:ZYUJkJ9vTVY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=-L4YA6pCXto:ZYUJkJ9vTVY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=-L4YA6pCXto:ZYUJkJ9vTVY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=-L4YA6pCXto:ZYUJkJ9vTVY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=-L4YA6pCXto:ZYUJkJ9vTVY:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=-L4YA6pCXto:ZYUJkJ9vTVY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=-L4YA6pCXto:ZYUJkJ9vTVY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter/~4/-L4YA6pCXto" height="1" width="1"/>
Internet Bloggers Tracked Jihad Jane for 3 Years
While the rest of America was stunned to hear that a suburban Pennsylvania woman allegedly used the Internet identity of Jihad Jane and tried to join militant jihadists, for a group of &#8216;Net vigilantes it was old news. In fact, at least one of the Web sleuths claims to have alerted the feds to Colleen [...]<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/updates/2010/03/11/internet-bloggers-tracked-jihad-jane-for-3-years/">Internet Bloggers Tracked Jihad Jane for 3 Years</a> </p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9kClYR6oGUxrRtj05XHmhSsKm_I/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9kClYR6oGUxrRtj05XHmhSsKm_I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9kClYR6oGUxrRtj05XHmhSsKm_I/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9kClYR6oGUxrRtj05XHmhSsKm_I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=i1Tt8P786pg:udq6DSeJccg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=i1Tt8P786pg:udq6DSeJccg:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=i1Tt8P786pg:udq6DSeJccg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=i1Tt8P786pg:udq6DSeJccg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=i1Tt8P786pg:udq6DSeJccg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=i1Tt8P786pg:udq6DSeJccg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=i1Tt8P786pg:udq6DSeJccg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=i1Tt8P786pg:udq6DSeJccg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=i1Tt8P786pg:udq6DSeJccg:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=i1Tt8P786pg:udq6DSeJccg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=i1Tt8P786pg:udq6DSeJccg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter/~4/i1Tt8P786pg" height="1" width="1"/>
Cell-All: Super Smartphones Sniff Out Suspicious Substances
Years ago, if you wanted to take a picture, you needed a dedicated camera. You needed to buy batteries for it, keep it charged, learn its controls, and lug it around. Today, chances are your cell phone is called a “smartphone” and came with a three-to-five megapixel lens built-in—not to mention an MP3 player, GPS, [...]<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/updates/2010/03/11/cell-all-super-smartphones-sniff-out-suspicious-substances/">Cell-All: Super Smartphones Sniff Out Suspicious Substances</a> </p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cUOYMGi5W8Qvz5YWDzvjUhsB8GU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cUOYMGi5W8Qvz5YWDzvjUhsB8GU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cUOYMGi5W8Qvz5YWDzvjUhsB8GU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cUOYMGi5W8Qvz5YWDzvjUhsB8GU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=ZmccdGSABhQ:21Gu10g0ZT8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=ZmccdGSABhQ:21Gu10g0ZT8:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=ZmccdGSABhQ:21Gu10g0ZT8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=ZmccdGSABhQ:21Gu10g0ZT8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=ZmccdGSABhQ:21Gu10g0ZT8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=ZmccdGSABhQ:21Gu10g0ZT8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=ZmccdGSABhQ:21Gu10g0ZT8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=ZmccdGSABhQ:21Gu10g0ZT8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=ZmccdGSABhQ:21Gu10g0ZT8:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=ZmccdGSABhQ:21Gu10g0ZT8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=ZmccdGSABhQ:21Gu10g0ZT8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter/~4/ZmccdGSABhQ" height="1" width="1"/>
Mexican Cartels Attempting To Corrupt Border Agents
Mexican drug cartels are infiltrating federal law enforcement agencies along the southwest border and those charged with weeding them out say they don&#38;apos;t have the money to catch all the corrupt agents, homeland security officials told a U.S. Senate panel Thursday. James Tomsheck, assistant commissioner with U.S. Customs and Border Protection&#38;apos;s Office of Internal Affairs, told [...]<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/updates/2010/03/11/mexican-cartels-attempting-to-corrupt-border-agents/">Mexican Cartels Attempting To Corrupt Border Agents</a> </p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qn9BC_kBNmuvmEgNXh94PS2CZck/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qn9BC_kBNmuvmEgNXh94PS2CZck/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qn9BC_kBNmuvmEgNXh94PS2CZck/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qn9BC_kBNmuvmEgNXh94PS2CZck/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=0L2R1BqydAM:4ei3bEF4MBo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=0L2R1BqydAM:4ei3bEF4MBo:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=0L2R1BqydAM:4ei3bEF4MBo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=0L2R1BqydAM:4ei3bEF4MBo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=0L2R1BqydAM:4ei3bEF4MBo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=0L2R1BqydAM:4ei3bEF4MBo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=0L2R1BqydAM:4ei3bEF4MBo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=0L2R1BqydAM:4ei3bEF4MBo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=0L2R1BqydAM:4ei3bEF4MBo:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=0L2R1BqydAM:4ei3bEF4MBo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=0L2R1BqydAM:4ei3bEF4MBo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter/~4/0L2R1BqydAM" height="1" width="1"/>
Foriegn Spies Told To Leave Dubai Within A Week
According to Newsweek&#8217;s Declassified Blog, police in the Persian Gulf emirate of Dubai have advised all foreign spies to get out of town—and preferably out of the region—within a week. Although it is widely known in international spy circles, news of the expulsion threat has received little circulation beyond media in the Arab world. However, [...]<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/updates/2010/03/11/foriegn-spies-told-to-leave-dubai-within-a-week/">Foriegn Spies Told To Leave Dubai Within A Week</a> </p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BYmYGCUxGSZ7bFeykyyXr9U95BE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BYmYGCUxGSZ7bFeykyyXr9U95BE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BYmYGCUxGSZ7bFeykyyXr9U95BE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BYmYGCUxGSZ7bFeykyyXr9U95BE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=Mma9v5K-vaY:8eauZMZL34Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=Mma9v5K-vaY:8eauZMZL34Q:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=Mma9v5K-vaY:8eauZMZL34Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=Mma9v5K-vaY:8eauZMZL34Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=Mma9v5K-vaY:8eauZMZL34Q:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=Mma9v5K-vaY:8eauZMZL34Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=Mma9v5K-vaY:8eauZMZL34Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=Mma9v5K-vaY:8eauZMZL34Q:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=Mma9v5K-vaY:8eauZMZL34Q:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=Mma9v5K-vaY:8eauZMZL34Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=Mma9v5K-vaY:8eauZMZL34Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter/~4/Mma9v5K-vaY" height="1" width="1"/>
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Service had hoped to avoid delays that plagued the Air Force's portion of the program, but now faces a 13-month lag.
Fighter jet's costs jump more than 50 percent
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Senators seek clean FAA bill
Extraneous provisions could erode bipartisan support for the measure, Commerce Committee leaders say.
White House: TSA nominee to avoid conflicts of interest
Harding plans to steer clear of matters involving former consulting clients.
Dot, Dot, Dot . . .
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Bruce Schneier's Security Blog:
Why DRM Doesn't Work
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More Hollow Coins
A hollowed-out U.S. nickel can hold a microSD card. Pound and euro coins are also available. I blogged about this about a year ago as well....

Wikibooks Cryptography Textbook
Over at Wikibooks, they're trying to write an open source cryptography textbook....

Wanted: Trust Detector
It's good to dream: IARPA's five-year plan aims to design experiments that can measure trust with high certainty -- a tricky proposition for a psychological study. Developing such experimental protocols could prove very useful for assessing levels of trust within one-on-one talks, or even during group interactions. A second part of the IARPA proposal might involve using new types of...

Nose Biometrics
Really: Since they are hard to conceal, the study says, noses would work well for identification in covert surveillance. The researchers say noses have been overlooked in the growing field of biometrics, studies into ways of identifying distinguishing traits in people. "Noses are prominent facial features and yet their use as a biometric has been largely unexplored," said the University...

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Change in Focus
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Twitter attacker had proper credentials
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PhotoDNA scans images for child abuse

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Conficker data highlights infected networks
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Bugtraq: [USN-909-1] dpkg vulnerability
[USN-909-1] dpkg vulnerability
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Euroactiv
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