GAO Reports Need for Better Military Planning for Future Disasters
Hurricane Katrina: Better Plans and Exercises Needed to Guide the Military’s Response to Catastrophic Natural Disasters, Full-text of GAO-06-643, and Highlights, May 15, 2006.
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Black Box Voting Report on Diebold Security Issues
5-11-06: Three-level security flaws found in Diebold touch-screens. Critical Security Alert: Diebold TSx and TS6 voting systems by Harri Hursti, for Black Box Voting, Inc. (12 pages, PDF) “Due to the nature of this report it is distributed in two different versions. Details of the attack are only in the restricted distribution version considered to …
Does Domestic Telephone Surveillance Violate Communications Act?
Following up on May 12, 2006 posting, Info On Pentagon Phone Surveillance Program Generates Legal and Political Ramifications, see today’s press release from Rep. Ed Markey, Letter to FCC Regarding the Legality of Telco Complicity in Phone Records Mining: Today Representative Markey sent a letter to the Chairman of the Federal Communications Committee (FCC) requesting …
Comparison of Major Search Engines Ranks Their Safety
The Safety of Internet Search Engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN, AOL, Ask), May 12, 2006, by Ben Edelman and Hannah Rosenbaum. “Abstract: We compare safety of leading search engines, using SiteAdvisor’s automated Web site ratings. We find most leading search engines similar in the safety of the sites they link to, though MSN is the safest …
EFF Reports Government Files Secret Motion to Dismiss AT&T Surveillance Case
Press release: “Early Saturday morning, the United States government filed a motion (32 pages, PDF) to dismiss the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF’s) class-action lawsuit against AT&T for illegally handing over its customers’ telephone and Internet records and communications to the National Security Agency. The government claims that its legal brief and two affidavits from senior …
Cybersecurity Enhancement and Consumer Data Protection Act of 2006
Cybersecurity Enhancement and Consumer Data Protection Act of 2006 (H.R. 5318), To amend title 18, United States Code, to better assure cyber-security, and for other purposes, introduced 5/9/2006, by Rep. James F. Sensenbrenner Jr.
Public Acclimated to Gov’t and Corporate Data Collection
Washington Post: NSA Program Further Blurs Line on Privacy – Consumers Grow Accustomed to Surrendering Personal Data: “Phone companies know every number we dial. Grocery stores watch what we buy, search engines track what we look for on the Internet, banks count each penny we deposit or withdraw.” Related postings on domestic surveillance program
Commentary on Book Scanning Projects Prognosticates On Future of Reading
New York Times Magazine, Scan This Book!, by Kevin Kelly, “senior maverick” at Wired magazine and author of Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World.
Satellite Imagery Part of Domestic Surveillance Program
AP: “A little-known spy agency that analyzes imagery taken from the skies has been spending significantly more time watching U.S. soil.” National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Related postings on domestic surveillance program
Eight Reasons Solo Lawyers Should Use Law Libraries
Eight Reasons Solo Lawyers Should Use Law Libraries, by Mary Whisner.
Medical Journals Backfiles Digitisation Project
May 11, 2006 press release: “Complete back issues covering nearly 200 years of historically significant biomedical journals are being made freely available online as a result of a landmark project launched today at the Wellcome Trust headquarters in London. On completion, the Medical Journals Backfiles Digitisation Project will deliver over three million pages of medical …
Info On Pentagon Phone Surveillance Program Generates Legal and Political Ramifications
Follow-up to May 11, 2006 posting, Domestic Call Records Mined for Expansive Pentagon Database Program, see the following related news and commentary: USAToday.com: NSA secret database report triggers fierce debate in Washington USAToday.com: Gathering data may not violate privacy rights, but it could be illegal Press release: Over Fifty Members of Congress Call for Special …
