Tag: negroponte
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‘cyber shockwave’: former US officials in cyberattack simulation
cyberspacewar.com: miltech insiders to stage ‘cyber shockwave’ drill on feb16 from afp: Former top US intelligence officials will become cyberwarriors on Tuesday in a simulation of how the US government would respond to a massive cyberattack on the United States. “The scenario itself is secret,” said Eileen McMenamin, vice president of communications for the Bipartisan…
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news on the march
democrats take control of congressfrom ap/my way: In a day of ceremony and historic change, Rep. Nancy Pelosi became the nation’s first female House speaker on Thursday as Democrats eagerly took control of Congress for the final two years of President Bush’s term. “The Democrats are back,” rejoiced Pelosi, and she immediately set the rank-and-file…
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Gates unlikely to rein in Pentagon on intelligence
from reuters: Robert Gates is unlikely to rein in the Pentagon’s controversial post-September 11 expansion into intelligence, despite concerns the U.S. military is ill-suited for espionage outside the battlefield, experts say. But Gates, the former CIA director who will be sworn in as defense secretary on Monday, could help heal a rift between the Pentagon…