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Cyber threats

Watchdog: FBI can respond better to cyber threats

Secrets in the sky: A tale of two air marshals

By Nick Schwellenbach

The elements are all there for another thrilling episode of the TV program “24.” The backdrop: A U.S. agency of armed government agents who

Pentagon improves security clearance process but focus on quality still needed, report says

By Laurel Adams

After falling behind timelines to complete security clearances for years, the Pentagon has finally caught up, but concerns with the quality
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U.S.-Mexico "virtual fence" plagued by problems

By Laurel Adams

A $4.4 billion project led by Boeing Co. to build a “virtual fence” along the U.S.-Mexico border is consistently over budget, behind schedul

Security clearance investigators must protect data, watchdog says

By Laurel Adams

The federal agency that investigates applicants for senior government jobs and for top-secret national security positions must ensure that i

More than 40,000 cyber threats to government last year

By Laurel Adams

Cyber attacks against the U.S. government are on the rise, and agencies are struggling to protect important information from hackers....
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NASA mission computers could be hacked

By Laurel Adams

The computer networks responsible for NASA spacecraft missions like the International Space Station and the Hubble Telescope are vulnerable

Reform reading: WikiLeaks has trove of U.S. bank documents

By Julie Vorman

A roundup of news and commentary to help consumers monitor the transparency and accountability of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. ...

Draft legislation undercuts Bush domestic spying rationale

WASHINGTON, January 31, 2006 — A Justice Department memo written in 2003 may call into question the legal rationale the Bush administration

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"… surveillance of Americans without court review.Some critics of the ongoing National Security Agency (NSA) wiretapping program believe the 2003 memo undermines the posi …"

"… or those people,” says Brittany Benowitz, an attorney for the Center for National Security Studies, and “is therefore indicative of the danger inherent in relying …"

Justice Dept. drafts sweeping expansion of anti-terrorism act

By Charles Lewis and Adam Mayle

WASHINGTON, February 7, 2003 — The Bush Administration is preparing a bold, comprehensive sequel to the USA Patriot Act passed in the wake o

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