Group Demands Immediate Halt of Full-Body Airport Scanners – Wired Threat Level
A leading privacy group is urging a federal appeals court to suspend the government’s program of introducing full-body imagining machines at airports across the country.
Cybersecurity bill not likely to pass this year – Homeland Security Newswire
Much of the critical infrastructures of developed nations like the United States depend on computer and network systems to operate and communicate. Hackers from rogue – and not so rogue – nations and those who hack for fun can get into some of these critical systems potentially causing a security threat to the country.
Ohio Statewide Camera Project Free to Communities – HSToday
At a time when some cities are cutting police and fire staffing, [Ohio] state officials say their planned Camera Integration Project could help improve emergency response at no cost to local communities.
If journalists are going to maintain intellectual integrity, then they must objectively acknowledge–whether they like it or not–that there are indeed Americans still traumatized by the murder of some 3,000 Americans by Islamic extremists who crashed airplanes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Cyber Success Demands DHS and Pentagon Get Along – DefenseTech
Military and security experts agree that cyber attacks provide a means for potential adversaries with limited resources and capabilities to overcome the significant U.S. conventional military advantages. It is this concept that has security professionals sounding the alarm about our exposure.
Congressman Calls on YouTube to Pull Jihadi Videos – The Investigative Project on Terrorism
U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner has called on YouTube to make terrorist propaganda videos less accessible, particularly those of Anwar al-Awlaki, dubbed the “bin Laden of the Internet.”
New Cyber Strategy Out Soon – DOD Buzz
It’s gotten very little coverage in the media, but the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security tried last week to fix one of the biggest gaps in cyber protection for the United States by trying to ensure coverage of both military and government web sites.
Extremist websites booming, but hard to police | Reuters Western authorities say the number of extremist websites is skyrocketing but taking action to remove them remains difficult and the head of a specialist British police unit said engagement was needed as well as enforcement.
FOXNews.com – White House Seeks to Dismiss Suit Filed for Radical Cleric The Obama administration on Saturday invoked the state secrets privilege which would kill a lawsuit on behalf of U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, an alleged terrorist said to be targeted for assassination under a U.S. government program. In a court filing, the Justice Department […]
Examiner Editorial: Government and journalists cower at threats to cartoonist | Washington Examiner Last week, the Seattle Weekly announced that Molly Norris, its editorial cartoonist, had “gone ghost.” Put another way, she went into hiding. The FBI told her she had to because otherwise it couldn’t protect her against death threats from Muslims she’d angered. […]
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