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Elite US cyber-squad Vigilant recruits hackers from DefCon
An elite US cyber team that has stealthily tracked Internet villains for more that a decade pulled back its cloak of secrecy to recruit hackers at a notorious DefCon gathering in Las Vegas. Vigilant was described by its chief Chet Uber as a sort of cyber “A-Team” taking on terrorists,…
Court to US: Prove case against Gitmo prisoner, or release him
US government prosecutors must present evidence that an Algerian detainee held at Guantanamo Bay for over eight years truly belongs to Al-Qaeda or release him, a federal appeals court has ruled. The decision by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has broad implications for the credibility…
If GOP wins House, Obama’s ‘chief antagonist’ aims to be ‘subpoena machine’
According to a Politico report, “Rep. Darrell Issa, the conservative firebrand whose specialty is lobbing corruption allegations at the Obama White House, is making plans to hire dozens of subpoena-wielding investigators if Republicans win the House this fall.” The California Republican’s daily denunciations draw cheers from partisans and bookings from…
Senators introduce bill that would allow US to disconnect the Internet
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), along with one Republican and Democratic senator, introduced a bill late last week that would allow the President to effectively disconnect the internet by emergency decree. The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act would allow the President to disconnect Internet networks and force private websites…
Oil spill has already killed nearly 600 birds
Louisiana state bird among those affected BP said on Monday it has spent at least 1.25 billion dollars on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill as the energy giant launched an effort to further contain the environmental calamity. BP said the cap fitted on the leaking pipe a mile (1,600…
Guilty verdicts 25 years after India’s gas disaster
BHOPAL, India -An Indian court sentenced the former top managers of the company blamed for the massive Bhopal gas leak 25 years ago to two years in prison on Monday in the first convictions over the catastrophe. Eight people were found guilty in the local court in Bhopal, capital of…
Obama visits scene of devastation from oil spill
President Barack Obama headed to Louisiana on Sunday to rally faltering efforts to protect its vulnerable shores from a giant oil slick threatening environmental and economic catastrophe. Government data showed the thickest part of the rectangular 130-mile by 70-mile slick turned northward by strong southerly winds, sending sheen lapping ashore…
Maher: ‘If you are racist, you’re probably a Republican’
Not all Republicans are racists, but racists are more than likely to be Republicans, according to comedian Bill Maher. “Government intrusion, you know government power, is something that really bothers conservatives unless it’s directed at people that are not white. It seems like there is something like that going on…
Government’s broadband funds stimulating controversy
WASHINGTON  When Congress included $7.2 billion for broadband in last year’s stimulus bill, its goal was to bring high-speed Internet connections and information-age jobs to parts of the country desperate for both things. Now as the government awards the money, some phone and cable companies complain that not all…
Palin resurrects bogus ‘death panels’ and ‘rationing’ claims
Sarah Palin infected the health care debate with damaging misinformation last year when she claimed the package includes “death panels.” And as Democrats make their final push to enact the bill, she has reiterated it. Palin coined the term in a Facebook entry last August, leading to heated controversies about…
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