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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
WorldNetDaily
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:
Former Manager of Corpus Christi Medical Group Sentenced for Tax Evasion
The former office manager for a local medical group has been sentenced to federal prison for tax evasion.
Connecticut Man Admits Role in Mortgage Fraud Scheme
John Jackson, 42, of Middletown, pleaded guilty in Hartford to a one count of conspiring to commit wire fraud stemming from a mortgage fraud scheme.
Former County Commissioner in Alabama Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
A federal judge sentenced former Jefferson County Commissioner Gary White to 10 years in prison on 2008 convictions for accepting bribes from a sewer contractor whose company had about $50 million in contracts with the county.
D.C. Drug Kingpin Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
Lonnell Glover, 48, was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role as leader of a Phencyclidine (PCP) and heroin distribution organization in the District of Columbia and Maryland.
San Antonio Mission Clinic Staff Charged with Defrauding Medicare
A 13-count superseding indictment charging Romelia Sanchez Puig, 41, of Edinburg, Texas, and two staff members of the Mission Clinic in Mission, Texas, with conspiracy to commit health care fraud, health care fraud arising from a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid from the operation of two clinics and mail fraud has been returned by a Corpus Christi grand jury.
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FBI News:
A MILESTONE IN POLICE TRAINING: Seventy-Five Years Ago
The FBI's National Academy, which trains law enforcement officers across the country and around the world, was launched 75 years ago.
FINGERPRINT TECHNOLOGY: Making Two Systems Work as One
How the FBI, DHS, and the State Department developed interoperability between two disparate fingerprint databases.
MADE IN THE U.S.A.: The Case of the Toledo Terror Cell
Inside our investigation of a homegrown terror cell's secret plot to recruit and train insurgents to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
JEWEL THIEVES, INC.: Traveling Salesmen Targeted
A $3.7 million heist in Ohio last year highlights how organized gangs of thieves are preying on traveling jewelry salesmen.
FUGITIVE ROUNDUP: Interpol Leads New International Effort
The FBI is working with Interpol in a worldwide operation targeting 450 convicted or wanted persons including several Top Ten fugitives.
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FBI Extras:
D.C. Drug Kingpin Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
Lonnell Glover, 48, was sentenced today to life imprisonment for his role as leader of a Phencyclidine (PCP) and heroin distribution organization in the District of Columbia and Maryland.
Former Manager of Medical Group in Texas Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion
Gina Anzaldua Holley, of Corpus Christi, was sentenced to 24 months in federal custody, followed by a three year term of supervised release for failing to pay taxes on approximately $1 million she embezzled from her employer.
Former County Commissioner in Alabama Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
A federal judge sentenced former Jefferson County Commissioner Gary White to 10 years in prison on 2008 convictions for accepting bribes from a sewer contractor whose company had about $50 million in contracts with the county.
San Antonio Mission Clinic Staff Charged with Defrauding Medicare
A 13-count superseding indictment charging Romelia Sanchez Puig, 41, of Edinburg, Texas, and two staff members of the Mission Clinic in Mission, Texas, with conspiracy to commit health care fraud, health care fraud arising from a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid from the operation of two clinics and mail fraud has been returned by a Corpus Christi grand jury.
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New York Times FBI News:
White House Seeks to Clarify F.B.I. Powers vis-à-vis E-Mail
The administration asked Congress to give the F.B.I. clear authority to obtain records related to the context of Internet-based communications without first getting a warrant.
Breaking a Promise on Surveillance
The Obama administration’s request to ease the F.B.I.’s access to citizens’ electronic records is a step backward, from a president who promised something very different.
F.B.I. Agents Under Investigation
The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation told Congress that he did not know how many of his agents had cheated on an important exam on the bureau’s new policies on surveillance.
12th Person Is Held in Russia Spy Case
A 23-year-old Russian citizen was detained on immigration charges in connection with the spy ring.
10 PLEAD GUILTY IN SPY RING CASE AS SWAP UNFOLDS
United States seals agreement to trade 10 Russian agents arrested by FBI for four men imprisoned in Russia for alleged contacts with Western intelligence agencies, bringing to quick conclusion episode that threatened to disrupt relations between countries; 10 long-term sleeper agents plead guilty to conspiracy before federal judge in Manhattan after revealing their true identities; all 10 are sentenced to time served and are to be transferred to Russian custody as part of deal in which Moscow w...
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Internet Crime News:
Claims of Being Stranded Swindles Consumers Out of Thousands of Dollars

Fraudulent Telephone Calls Allowing Fraudsters Access to Consumer Financial and Brokerage Accounts

International Mass Marketing Fraud Brochure

2010 Census

IC3 2009 Annual Report on Internet Crime Released

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Washington Post Homeland Security News:
The unreadiness team
THE REPORT is chilling. Optimistically titled "U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team Makes Progress in Securing Cyberspace, but Challenges Remain," it paints a disturbing picture of a national security disaster waiting to happen. The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, or CERT, established in 2003 to coordinate national cyber-defense efforts, is an arm of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) tasked with "analyzing and reducing cyber threats and vulnerabilities, disseminating cyber threat warning information, and coordinating cyber incident response activities." But this vast responsibility has come with little and confusing authority.


United States - United States Department of Homeland Security - United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team - Homeland Security Department - National security
Congressional efforts to repeal D.C. gun laws imperil homeland security
CONGRESS LONG ago demonstrated its disdain for the residents of the District of Columbia. So there's little hope that appeals about the rights or even the safety of its 600,000 residents will factor into consideration of the specious effort to rewrite the city's gun laws. What lawmakers might want to think twice about, however, are the homeland security implications of making the nation's capital wide open to guns. Surely currying favor with the gun lobby is not worth that risk, even if this is an election year.


Washington DC - Gun politics - Homeland security - United States - Gun Control
Tech firms prepare to tap into Homeland Security program
A major Department of Homeland Security information technology program is drawing interest from hundreds of companies as they ready for a draft solicitation later this month.


United States Department of Homeland Security - United States - Technology - Information technology - Department of Homeland Security
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano winning over heavyweights with her persona
BARCELONA -- Janet Napolitano stood near the water's edge, arms crossed, gazing up at a giant X-ray contraption.



First Person Singular: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano
All of my prior jobs have helped prepare me for this one. They are the kinds of jobs where you have to earn your calluses, and you have to keep moving forward. And I have earned my fair share of calluses.


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Washington Post National Security News:
FBI director says Justice Dept. is investigating possible exam violations
The Justice Department's inspector general is investigating whether hundreds of FBI agents violated rules in taking a 2009 exam meant to ensure that they could follow aggressive investigative guidelines without intruding on Americans' privacy rights, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III acknowledge...


Federal Bureau of Investigation - Robert Mueller - United States Department of Justice - United States - Government
Former U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix says U.S., Britain misjudged Iraq
BRITAIN The United Nations inspector who led a doomed hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq told the British inquiry into the 2003 invasion Tuesday that the U.S. and Britain relied on flawed intelligence and showed dubious judgment in the buildup to war.


Hans Blix - Iraq - Saddam Hussein - Middle East - Warfare and Conflict
Report findings about Russia could complicate debate on new START pact
The United States believes Russia is not fully complying with international pacts involving chemical and biological weapons, although Moscow has settled most questions about violations of a nuclear arms treaty with the United States, according to a State Department report to be made public Wednes...


United States - Government - History - Chats and Forums - Business and Economy
Experts discuss the government's growing intelligence network: Is it too big?
Slade Gorton, a former U.S. senator and Washington State attorney general, served on the 9/11 Commission.



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Obama's intelligence nominee says he won't be a 'hood ornament'
President Obama's nominee to lead the nation's intelligence community vowed Tuesday to "push the envelope" in asserting his authority and pledged that he would not be a "hood ornament" for a system marked by the recent massive expansion of top-secret agencies and contracts.


Barack Obama - Government - Director of National Intelligence - Intelligence - Dianne Feinstein
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Washington Post Intelligence News:
Former U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix says U.S., Britain misjudged Iraq
BRITAIN
Obama says WikiLeaks disclosure is reason for concern but doesn't reveal new issues
President Obama said Tuesday that the Afghanistan war documents leaked this week raise no fundamentally new issues about the conflict but added that their disclosure "could potentially jeopardize individuals or operations."
2 missing U.S. sailors in Afghanistan took wrong turn, NATO says
AFGHANISTAN
WikiLeaks documents cause little concern over public perception of war
The Obama administration and its allies in Congress sought Monday to turn the leak of more than 91,000 classified documents about operations in Afghanistan into an affirmation of the president's decision to shift strategy and boost troop levels in the nearly nine-year-long war.

Judge orders Fairfax terror suspect to remain in jail until his trial
A Fairfax man accused of trying to join an al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group in Somalia poses a danger to the community and his family and will remain in jail until trial, U.S. Magistrate Judge Ivan D. Davis ordered Monday.
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Washington Post DC Crime News:
Va. activist can post officials' Social Security numbers on site, court rules
Betty "B.J." Ostergren wanted to persuade Virginia to take sensitive personal data off state Web sites. To make her point, she created her own site and then posted public records that included the Social Security numbers of government officials.


Social Security number - Social Security - United States - Law - Politics
Man fatally shot in Fort Washington area
A man was shot and killed Wednesday at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in the Fort Washington area, and law enforcement officers were searching for a suspect thought to be at least an acquaintance of the victim.


United States - Washington - Washington DC - Food and Drug Administration - Fort Washington
Terror group founder pleads guilty
A founding member of a separatist group in the Philippines that is linked to al-Qaeda pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Washington to taking hostage four U.S. citizens among a group of 16 people kidnapped in December 1995, the Justice Department said.


Warfare and Conflict - War on Terrorism - Plea - September 11 2001 - United States
Boy, 14, charged with murder, rape in teacher's death at Md. detention center
A boy who was 13 in February when he allegedly beat a teacher to death in a state juvenile detention facility in Prince George's County was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder and first-degree attempted rape.



Murder - Games - Murder Mystery - Crime - Theatre
Potomac teen pleads guilty in slaying of car salesman last year
A Potomac teenager pleaded guilty to first-degree murder Wednesday as details emerged about how she lured a 57-year-old car salesman down a darkened path, where her boyfriend hit him in the head with a shovel.


United States - Arts - Literature - Drama - Miller Arthur
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Daily Telegraph (UK) International News:
Goldman Sachs bans traders from swearing in emails
Traders at Goldman Sachs, the investment bank, have been banned from swearing in company emails.
Leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel killed
One of the top three leaders of Mexico's most powerful drug cartel, Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel," has been killed in a gunbattle with soldiers.
Shirley Sherrod to sue conservative blogger over edited video
Shirley Sherrod, the woman who was ousted from her job at the US Agriculture Department, said she will sue a conservative blogger who posted an edited video of her making racially tinged remarks last week.
Thousands of grave sites at Arlington 'unmarked'
US military authorities have lost track or mishandled the remains of thousands of grave sites at Arlington National Cemetery, a Senate report has found.
Lockerbie Senator considers sending investigators to Britain
A US senator examining the early release of the Lockerbie bomber has said he is considering sending investigators to Britain after British officials and BP executives declined to attend a hearing in Washington.
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BBC World News:
Syria and Saudi leaders in Beirut
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia are to pay a joint visit to Lebanon to help defuse tension.
Military 'kills' Mexico drug lord
The Mexican government says security forces have killed leading drug trafficker Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel.
'Killer' bear caught in Montana
Wildlife authorities capture a 400lb (181kg) mother grizzly bear and two cubs who they believe killed one camper and injured two.
FBI to aid Afghan war leak probe
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates calls in the FBI to help investigate the leaking of 90,000 classified papers related to the Afghan war.
Serbia pushes for UN Kosovo text
Serbia seeks support for UN resolution opposing unilateral secession in territorial disputes such as that involving Kosovo.
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National Terror Alert News:
Black Hat – U.S. Infrastructure Vulnerable To Cyber Attack
Cyber terrorists have a number of ways to mount a major cyber attack on U.S. Internet infrastructure due to the general instability of its base, the director of the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) &#8220;With decades of IT infrastructure built to support changing technologies, there is little ability to baseline the entire infrastructure [...]<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/2010/07/29/black-hat-u-s-infrastructure-vulnerable-to-cyber-attack/">Black Hat &#8211; U.S. Infrastructure Vulnerable To Cyber Attack</a> </p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bIRrEmZdG8Hx1u9o-wcDCc7_Xgw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bIRrEmZdG8Hx1u9o-wcDCc7_Xgw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bIRrEmZdG8Hx1u9o-wcDCc7_Xgw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bIRrEmZdG8Hx1u9o-wcDCc7_Xgw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=E9AJiaFIAVE:s1fP2DgMnEg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=E9AJiaFIAVE:s1fP2DgMnEg:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=E9AJiaFIAVE:s1fP2DgMnEg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=E9AJiaFIAVE:s1fP2DgMnEg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=E9AJiaFIAVE:s1fP2DgMnEg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=E9AJiaFIAVE:s1fP2DgMnEg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=E9AJiaFIAVE:s1fP2DgMnEg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=E9AJiaFIAVE:s1fP2DgMnEg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=E9AJiaFIAVE:s1fP2DgMnEg:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=E9AJiaFIAVE:s1fP2DgMnEg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=E9AJiaFIAVE:s1fP2DgMnEg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter/~4/E9AJiaFIAVE" height="1" width="1"/>
ACLU Seeks Records on FBI Collection of Racial and Ethnic Data
The American Civil Liberties Union today is asking the FBI field offices in 29 states and Washington, D.C. to turn over records related to the agency&#8217;s collection and use of race and ethnicity data in local communities. According to an FBI operations guide, FBI agents have the authority to collect information about and create maps [...]<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/2010/07/29/aclu-seeks-records-on-fbi-collection-of-racial-and-ethnic-data/">ACLU Seeks Records on FBI Collection of Racial and Ethnic Data</a> </p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/M0j6WjimQditfmjJRDkReY5iltg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/M0j6WjimQditfmjJRDkReY5iltg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/M0j6WjimQditfmjJRDkReY5iltg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/M0j6WjimQditfmjJRDkReY5iltg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=t6EenmLU0Eg:g1FroIAtZxk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=t6EenmLU0Eg:g1FroIAtZxk:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=t6EenmLU0Eg:g1FroIAtZxk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=t6EenmLU0Eg:g1FroIAtZxk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=t6EenmLU0Eg:g1FroIAtZxk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=t6EenmLU0Eg:g1FroIAtZxk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=t6EenmLU0Eg:g1FroIAtZxk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=t6EenmLU0Eg:g1FroIAtZxk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=t6EenmLU0Eg:g1FroIAtZxk:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=t6EenmLU0Eg:g1FroIAtZxk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=t6EenmLU0Eg:g1FroIAtZxk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter/~4/t6EenmLU0Eg" height="1" width="1"/>
Undercover Feds Able to Easily Obtain Fraudulent Passports
Nearly 10 years after the Sept. 11, 2001  terror attacks brought to light the dangers of fake IDs, federal undercover agents are still able to easily obtain genuine U.S. e-Passports using clearly fraudulent information that should have raised red flags at the State Department according to this ABC  News report. Gregory Kutz, an investigator for [...]<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/2010/07/29/undercover-feds-able-to-easily-obtain-fraudulent-passports/">Undercover Feds Able to Easily Obtain Fraudulent Passports</a> </p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PdgR7I6uv38I_KwI7CA-bFmrWZ0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PdgR7I6uv38I_KwI7CA-bFmrWZ0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PdgR7I6uv38I_KwI7CA-bFmrWZ0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PdgR7I6uv38I_KwI7CA-bFmrWZ0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=YmxF1tPHxr8:Tp0ZwwqvoOc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=YmxF1tPHxr8:Tp0ZwwqvoOc:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=YmxF1tPHxr8:Tp0ZwwqvoOc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=YmxF1tPHxr8:Tp0ZwwqvoOc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=YmxF1tPHxr8:Tp0ZwwqvoOc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=YmxF1tPHxr8:Tp0ZwwqvoOc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=YmxF1tPHxr8:Tp0ZwwqvoOc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=YmxF1tPHxr8:Tp0ZwwqvoOc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=YmxF1tPHxr8:Tp0ZwwqvoOc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=YmxF1tPHxr8:Tp0ZwwqvoOc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=YmxF1tPHxr8:Tp0ZwwqvoOc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter/~4/YmxF1tPHxr8" height="1" width="1"/>
U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez Close For Security Review
The U.S. Embassy in Mexico City said Thursday in a statement that the Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez has closed to &#8220;review its security posture,&#8221;. The facility, on the border with Texas, will be closed Friday and will remain closed until the security review is completed, according to the embassy statement. No reason for 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/updates/2010/07/29/u-s-consulate-in-ciudad-juarez-close-for-security-review/">U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez Close For Security Review</a> </p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SxmoCNycOH3Qx-I7zevlfreYXl0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SxmoCNycOH3Qx-I7zevlfreYXl0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SxmoCNycOH3Qx-I7zevlfreYXl0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SxmoCNycOH3Qx-I7zevlfreYXl0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=weGom-IjscU:kHgcBezg3jA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=weGom-IjscU:kHgcBezg3jA:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=weGom-IjscU:kHgcBezg3jA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=weGom-IjscU:kHgcBezg3jA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=weGom-IjscU:kHgcBezg3jA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=weGom-IjscU:kHgcBezg3jA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=weGom-IjscU:kHgcBezg3jA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=weGom-IjscU:kHgcBezg3jA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=weGom-IjscU:kHgcBezg3jA:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=weGom-IjscU:kHgcBezg3jA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=weGom-IjscU:kHgcBezg3jA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter/~4/weGom-IjscU" height="1" width="1"/>
Travelers Board Flight After Positive Explosives Tests
Was it a coincidence that agents reportedly found small trace amounts of explosives on the arm casts of two people in two different terminals at DFW airport? Lets hope so. NBC Dallas Ft. Worth reports sources within the TSA and DFW Airport Police said agents discovered the small traces of explosives on the arm casts [...]<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/2010/07/29/travelers-board-flight-after-positive-explosives-tests/">Travelers Board Flight After Positive Explosives Tests</a> </p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rYzIHNzJJbhEsKecvqOV2VAocpg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rYzIHNzJJbhEsKecvqOV2VAocpg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rYzIHNzJJbhEsKecvqOV2VAocpg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rYzIHNzJJbhEsKecvqOV2VAocpg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=yD5EAQv0hJw:s5tXGPu66CM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=yD5EAQv0hJw:s5tXGPu66CM:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=yD5EAQv0hJw:s5tXGPu66CM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=yD5EAQv0hJw:s5tXGPu66CM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=yD5EAQv0hJw:s5tXGPu66CM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=yD5EAQv0hJw:s5tXGPu66CM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=yD5EAQv0hJw:s5tXGPu66CM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=yD5EAQv0hJw:s5tXGPu66CM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=yD5EAQv0hJw:s5tXGPu66CM:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?a=yD5EAQv0hJw:s5tXGPu66CM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter?i=yD5EAQv0hJw:s5tXGPu66CM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NationalTerrorAlertResourceCenter/~4/yD5EAQv0hJw" height="1" width="1"/>
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Emergency spending bill would provide $701 million for increased security along U.S.-Mexican border.
MilCon-VA spending bill breezes through House
The bill includes $77.3 billion in discretionary funding for fiscal 2011 -- a slight decrease from the $78 billion Congress provided in fiscal 2010.
Hearing elicits contrition, but few answers for Arlington Cemetery scandal
After nearly $10 million in IT contracts, officials say cemetery still uses paper records to track graves.
Army suicide report raises concerns about drug abuse
There is a clear link between risky behaviors and soldiers taking their own lives, researchers find after a 15-month study.
Watchdog: Language skills still are getting lost in translation
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Bruce Schneier's Security Blog:
Security Vulnerabilities of Smart Electricity Meters
"Who controls the off switch?" by Ross Anderson and Shailendra Fuloria. Abstract: We're about to acquire a significant new cybervulnerability. The world's energy utilities are starting to install hundreds of millions of 'smart meters' which contain a remote off switch. Its main purpose is to ensure that customers who default on their payments can be switched remotely to a prepay...

DNSSEC Root Key Split Among Seven People
The DNSSEC root key has been divided among seven people: Part of ICANN's security scheme is the Domain Name System Security, a security protocol that ensures Web sites are registered and "signed" (this is the security measure built into the Web that ensures when you go to a URL you arrive at a real site and not an identical pirate...

Pork-Filled Counter-Islamic Bomb Device
Okay, this is just weird: Mark S. Price, a specialist in public security, and his privately held company, Paradise Lost Antiterrorism Network of America (www.plan-a.us), have recently applied to the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a Utility Patent on their Suicide Bomb Deterrent, a security device designed, manufactured and distributed by PLAN-A. This device has been designed to...

WPA Cracking in the Cloud
It's a service: The mechanism used involves captured network traffic, which is uploaded to the WPA Cracker service and subjected to an intensive brute force cracking effort. As advertised on the site, what would be a five-day task on a dual-core PC is reduced to a job of about twenty minutes on average. For the more “premium” price of $35,...

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