How the plotters slipped U.S. net

LONDON, October 10, 2001 — As US forces converge on Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden's satellite phone has not been cut off. But calls to the te

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"… itizens have no protection.)The potential use by terrorists of the net and encryption have for years been a major target of intelligence agencies and politician …"

"… es and politicians. They have demanded curbs on privacy and the banning of encryption. Throughout the 90s, the IT community was continually focused on whether o …"

"… nity was continually focused on whether or not security software that used encryption should also use “escrow”. Escrow requires keys allowing private messag …"

"… ecember 1999, the US government abandoned controls on the use of “strong encryption”. It was also forced, on commercial grounds, to follow European countrie …"

The encryption imperative

By Regina Joseph

Hackers up ante for even routine data protection ...

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"… to the editor, might become public knowledge. That’s where the need for encryption comes in. encryption — the method of encoding data to keep it secure — …"

"… ood way to frustrate computer hackers or other snoops. Currently, the only encryption standard the United States permits for development and export is what’s …"

"… sily cracked, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation.While public encryption is limited, the U.S. military faces no such restrictions, which created a …"

"… uch restrictions, which created a degree of skepticism when military-grade encryption was used to keep President Clinton’s Aug. 17 televised grand jury testim …"

An epidemic of missing laptops

By The Center for Public Integrity

Lax security for federal law enforcement agencies' laptops resulted in hundreds missing

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"… secure information. And in many instances, the missing laptops had not had encryption technology installed that would keep someone from accessing sensitive info …"

"… and handheld devices across the major government agencies lack recommended encryption software. Ultimately, these missing, unencrypted laptops increase the risk …"

"… e GAO reported in June that agencies are working on installing appropriate encryption software, though “none had documented comprehensive plans.” As a resul …"

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The hot line from Virginia to Al Qaeda

LONDON, June 12, 2002 — The flaw in the U.S. communications system is a Pentagon network called the Global Broadcasting Service (GBS), a new

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"… vent unwanted viewers from tuning in. Even if providing top-level military encryption systems had proven too expensive, standard civilian encryption systems are …"

"… el military encryption systems had proven too expensive, standard civilian encryption systems are available, and are widely used by broadcasters to limit access …"

Commentary: World's journalists should collaborate in age of globalization

May 4, 2001 — Thank you. It is a great pleasure to be here. Congratulations to Brant Houston of Investigative Reporters and Editors and all

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"… ywhere, creating banks on their personal computers and using sophisticated encryption technologies to hide their tracks, nation-to-nation law enforcement is sub …"

"… e borders is substantially increasing. We can use computers, the Internet, encryption, wireless and other technologies to make the world much, much smaller. And …"

"… st year, there were 67 entries from 38 countries. We utilize the Internet, encryption, computer databases and other new technologies in our investigations. Cent …"

Survey: Hospitals not protecting electronic health records

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz

One-third of institutions acknowledge cases of medical identity theft

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"… than half said they encrypt records they store, while just two-thirds use encryption techniques when sending health records over the Internet. “Health c …"

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Failure to communicate: Inside the army's doomed quest for the 'perfect' radio

By David Axe

The military's unsuccessful quest for a hi-tech battlefield radio consumes more than $17 billion

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"… accommodate a larger antenna, more processing power and more sophisticated encryption. A radio for an infantry squad is small enough for one man to carry; it ha …"

"… y squad is small enough for one man to carry; it has less range, power and encryption.In addition, radios must be equipped to interpret particular radio “lang …"

"… pgrade their existing radio designs with enhanced processors, software and encryption and new waveforms, bringing them closer to the ground radio’s specs.The …"

Gingrich's health center was power player in a host of Washington policy debates

By Fred Schulte and Joe Eaton

Gingrich's Center for Health Transformation was power player on host of issues

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"… grich got results.For instance, Gingrich client ZixCorp, which sells email encryption systems, said in a Sept. 16, 2008, news release that Gingrich was “instr …"