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Follow-up to Agreement Reached on Patriot Act Reauthorization: Cave-in on the Patriot Act, New York Times Editorial, February 12, 2006 (via International Herald Tribune) NPR – Librarians Wary of Patriot Act’s Implications: All Things Considered, February 11, 2006 · “Michael Gorman, head of the American Library Association, and librarian Joan Airoldi offer Debbie Elliott their …
Follow-up on yesterday’s posting, CIA Leak Disclosure and VP – Political Not Legal Ramifications?, another turn on a crooked road: AP reports today that “Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald should investigate Vice President Dick Cheney and others in the CIA leak probe if they authorized an aide to give secret information to reporters, Democratic and Republican …
The Brad Blog posted the text of an e-mail message to House Judiciary Committee members and staff alerting them to an “Unclassified briefing by DOJ on NSA surveillance program” to “be held at 3 pm on Monday, Feb 13th.” Escalating bipartisan congressional demands to be provided with more extensive documentation on the domestic surveillance program …
Following up on February 9, 2006 posting, Investigation into Plame CIA Leak Involves Other White House Officials, this WSJ free feature, Cheney Role Risks Political Fallout: CIA-Leak Case May Hand War Critics Momentum, But Legal Issues Are Slim – “The disclosure that Vice President Dick Cheney may have authorized his former chief of staff to …
“The goal of National Computer Security Survey (NCSS) is to produce reliable national and industry-level estimates of the prevalence of computer security incidents (such as denial of service attacks, fraud, or theft of information) against businesses and the resulting losses incurred by businesses. The first national survey of thousands of businesses is being conducted in …
Intelligence, Policy, and the War in Iraq, by Paul R. Pillar, From Foreign Affairs, March/April 2006 Summary: “During the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, writes the intelligence community’s former senior analyst for the Middle East, the Bush administration disregarded the community’s expertise, politicized the intelligence process, and selected unrepresentative raw intelligence to make its …
Follow-up to February 2, 2006 posting, Hearing Focuses on Internet Censorship in China, this WSJ free feature today: Internet Censorship – Web Firms Face Grilling on China. Related news: New York Times, So Long, Dalai Lama: Google Adapts to China – “Google’s local staff works closely with Chinese officials to ensure that search results from …
New York Times, Inquiry Into Wiretapping Article Widens: “Federal agents have interviewed officials at several of the country’s law enforcement and national security agencies in a rapidly expanding criminal investigation into the circumstances surrounding a New York Times article published in December that disclosed the existence of a highly classified domestic eavesdropping program, according to …
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February 3, 2006: Draft Special Publication 800-88: Guidelines for Media Sanitization: “NIST’s Computer Security Division has completed the initial public draft of Special Publication 800-88, Guidelines for Media Sanitization (40 pages, PDF). This guide is intended to assist organizations and system owners in making practical sanitization decisions based on the level of sensitivity of their …
Press release: “The Federal Communications Commission today launched a proceeding to examine whether additional security measures could prevent the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive customer information held by telecommunications companies. In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) adopted today, the Commission seeks comment on a variety of issues related to customer privacy, including what security measures …
Press release: “Republican Senators John Sununu (R-NH), Larry Craig (R-ID), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Chuck Hagel (R-NE) (on 2/9) announced they have reached agreement with the White House regarding the reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act. The package includes modifications to the Conference Report in three specific areas to better protect civil liberties while still …
