Tag: www
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wikileaks ‘iraq war diaries’ largest classified military leak in history
from wikileaks: At 5pm EST Friday 22nd October 2010 WikiLeaks released the largest classified military leak in history. The 391,832 reports (‘The Iraq War Logs’), document the war and occupation in Iraq, from 1st January 2004 to 31st December 2009 (except for the months of May 2004 and March 2009) as told by soldiers in…
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dod leads cyber defense
Pentagon’s Cyber Policy chief Robert Butler announces new relationships, “…in a break with previous policy, the military now is prepared to provide cyber expertise to other government agencies and to certain private companies to counter attacks on their computer networks…”. Defense News article, “DoD Expanding Domestic Cyber Role” emphasizes utilizing cyber capabilities of the Pentagon. …
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officials publish cyberspace operations doctrine
from defencetalk: The LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education approved and published the newly developed Air Force Doctrine Document 3-12, Cyberspace Operations. Maj. Gen. David S. Fadok, the LeMay Center’s commander, said cyberspace operations are critical to effective operations across the range of military operations. “The Air Force is a key member on the…
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‘cyber storm iii’ tests US on cyber attack
stuxnet & cyberstorm3 are unrelated, nothing to see here… from defencetalk: US keyboard warriors were doing battle Tuesday with a simulated cyberattack on government and private computer networks that undermines basic trust in the Internet. The “Cyber Storm III” exercise involves participants from seven US government departments, including the Pentagon, 11 US states, 60 private…
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‘ex-cia’ head hayden says US should be able to shut down internet
from reuters: Cyberterrorism is such a threat that the U.S. president should have the authority to shut down the Internet in the event of an attack, Former CIA Director Michael Hayden said. Hayden made the comments during a visit to San Antonio where he was meeting with military and civilian officials to discuss cyber security.…
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philadelphia attempts $300 ‘business privilege tax’ on bloggers
or: it’s always money in philadelphia from nbc philadelphia: Taking a step closer to an eerie Orwellian state where creativity is crushed in the name of “the greater good,” the city of Philadelphia is demanding that bloggers pay $300 for the privilege of writing on the Internet. This $300 “business privilege license” is for all…
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pay tv subscriptions fall for first time ever in US
from investors’s business daily: The number of subscribers to cable, satellite and telecom TV services in the U.S. fell for the first time ever in the second quarter, according to research firm SNL Kagan. The U.S. multichannel TV market lost 216,000 customers last quarter, vs. a gain of 378,000 a year ago. The total number…
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‘hate blogger’ hal turner burned by government he served
racist provocateur & radio host, hal turner, worked for fbi from kurt nimmo: On Friday [aug13], a jury found “National Security Intelligence” asset Hal Turner guilty of threatening to kill a judge. Prosecutors argued the former radio host threatened federal judges Richard Posner, William Bauer and Frank Easterbrook after they upheld a law banning handguns…
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disney, warner bros. spied on children’s web surfing habits
users profiles ‘bought & sold on stock-market-like exchanges’ from raw story: A class-action lawsuit filed in a federal court last week alleges that Disney and other large corporations spied on visitors to their Web sites using “Flash cookies” installed on users’ browsers. The lawsuit, filed in a US District Court in California on behalf of…
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defcon 8/12: cyber lies & gag orders
cyber lie exposed: power plants not connected to internet* dhs needs to take threat of emp attack seriously, physicist warns* google ceo: no anonymity is the future of web* google raided by s. korea police street view probe* appeals court rules against secret police gps tracking* cars hacked through wireless tire sensors* geoeye & digitalglobe…


