This Los Angeles Times commentary (reg. req’d) documents how a CIA Office of Inspector General report on 9/11, although completed several months ago, will not be made available to the Congress until after the election.
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Daily Archives: October 19, 2004
Research on Phishing Indicates Attacks Are Targeted and Viral
From email security provider CipherTrust, this report details research on the origin, method of dissemination, and targets of phishing attacks. “CipherTrust researchers have determined that fewer than five zombie networks are responsible for all Internet phishing attacks worldwide.” Continue Reading
GAO Evaluates IT Applications Supporting Homeland Security
Information Technology: Major Federal Networks That Support Homeland Security Functions GAO-04-375, September 17, 2004. Highlights. “Nine agencies identified 34 major networks that support homeland security functions— 32 that are operational and 2 that are being developed… Of these 34, 21 are single-agency networks designed for internal agency communications. Six of the 34 are used to… Continue Reading
Report Spotlights How States May Disenfranchise Voters
Purged! How a Patchwork of Flawed and Inconsistent Voting Systems Could Deprive Millions of Americans of the Right to Vote (44 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Peer-Reviewed Open Source Medical Journal Now Available on Web
From the press release: “A new general medical journal launched this week with a non-traditional publishing model is the latest top-tier venue for publishing important, peer-reviewed biomedical research, and is being called the first major, international journal to be introduced in more than 70 years. Unlike most medical journals which are available only through costly… Continue Reading
