Veterans Day Montage – Norah Jones
Navajo Code Talker Veterans Break Silence
Only about 50 of the 400 Code Talkers are believed to be still alive, most living in the Navajo Nation reservation that spans Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Many are frail or ill, with little time left to tell the world about their wartime contribution. But on Tuesday, 13 of the Code Talkers, some using canes, a few in wheelchairs, arrived in New York City to participate for the first time in the nation’s largest Veterans Day parade, set for Wednesday.
Secretary of the Army Thanks Veterans
Today, whether you are stateside or deployed to one of over 80 countries around the world, please take a moment to feel the thanks of a grateful nation for your honorable service. Today is your day – Happy Veterans Day.
Memoirs of a World War II Buffalo Soldier
“If you feel the inside of the helmet, you can see how close it was,” he says of the shrapnel from a German mortar that struck the young private in Italy in the fall of 1944. A few more millimeters, and he might never have lived to write his memoir, which is what I went to his home in Silver Spring, Maryland, to learn about.
Military’s newest citizens saluted in San Diego Veterans Day ceremony
Hailing from 24 different countries, the 75 service members took the oath of allegiance and pledged to “… support and defend the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic,” while family, friends, and fellow service members looked on.
Veterans Day Discounts
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Veterans Day Poster Gallery
Via the Department of Verterans Affairs
Brazil Blackout: Conspiratorial Tongues Will Wag
After the CBS 60 Minutes doc that claimed 2007 blackouts in Brazil were the work of hackers, and the story’s subsequent debunking, comes this: Massive blackout leaves Brazil on edge
China proves to be an aggressive foe in cyberspace
One day in late summer 2008, FBI and Secret Service agents flew to Chicago to inform Barack Obama’s campaign team that its computer system had been hacked. “You’ve got a problem. Somebody’s trying to get inside your systems,” an FBI agent told the team, according to a source familiar with the incident. The McCain campaign was hit with a similar attack. The trail in both cases led to computers in China, said several sources inside and outside government with knowledge of the incidents. In the McCain case, Chinese officials later approached staff members about information that had appeared only in restricted e-mails, according to a person close to the campaign.
State to ‘spy’ on every phone call, email and web search
All telecoms companies and internet service providers will be required by law to keep a record of every customer’s personal communications, showing who they have contacted, when and where, as well as the websites they have visited. Despite widespread opposition to the increasing amount of surveillance in Britain, 653 public bodies will be given access to the information, including police, local councils, the Financial Services Authority, the ambulance service, fire authorities and even prison governors. They will not require the permission of a judge or a magistrate to obtain the information, but simply the authorisation of a senior police officer or the equivalent of a deputy head of department at a local authority.
Security Theater in Kabul
In the States this manifests itself in a false sense of security. In Kabul I can only assume the people in charge of security delude themselves into thinking they are effective. In reality all they are doing is hopefully making people feel safer. And don’t get me wrong, we know that perception is often more important than reality. But in the case of security, reality is all that’s left when an attack occurs.
Guinea Military Threatens Problems if Current Leader is Forced Out
At mediation talks in neighboring Burkina Faso, Guinea’s ruling military says there is no way their current leader, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, will relinquish his role in a transitional government. But opposition leaders are saying that is the only way they will discuss the country’s political future.
Help Marines Bring Irrigation to Struggling Farmers in Afghanistan
You can make an impact in the lives of hundreds of villagers who are struggling to raise life-sustaining crops in the drought-stricken region of Helmand Province. The Marines of the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion swept out the Taliban from villages along the Helmand River in hard fighting last spring and summer. Now they are committing themselves to helping the villagers build sustainable agriculture. This drought-devastated area desperately needs to bring the waters from the Helmand River up to the farm fields to raise crops. If they are successful, the villagers will be able to earn enough money to open schools, support a police force, and resist the Taliban for the long term.
Bloggers jailed in Azerbaijan
An Azerbaijan court has jailed two opposition bloggers who posted a video on the internet of the president dressed as a donkey conducting a news conference.
Violence in Zimbabwe
On 16 October the Movement for Democratic Change disengaged from the inclusive government in Zimbabwe. Since then there has been an increase in ZANU-PF-orchestrated violence and human rights abuses. In particular, ZANU-PF has targeted civil society activists, MDC members, farm workers and trade union leaders. We will continue to monitor the situation closely, and to urge the Government of Zimbabwe to comply with international human rights standards – including by guaranteeing a fair trial for those prosecuted.
Anonymity at CCS’09
I am currently sitting in the anonymity techniques session of ACM CCS 2009 in Chicago, and thought I might as well provide a roadmap to what is being presented here regarding traffic analysis and anonymity. Aside the main event, WPES was also hosted on Monday and contained quite a few relevent papers.
“Freedom in Crisis” on YouTube
My “Freedom in Crisis” speech, which has gotten some compliments as I’ve delivered it in various venues, is now available on the web, complete with accompanying Powerpoint illustrations. – David Boaz
DOD goes on defensive in cyber warfare
Under the $28 million contract, the Raytheon team will develop an integrated network operations situational awareness (NetOps SA) solution, which will enable DOD to quickly detect network intrusions and assess the overall health of its networks.
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