The Daily Journalist.  After reading this document, one has to conclude, that the real CSI is about as fantizidal as the story of Alice in Wonderland. Unfortunately real scientific standards are not applied in forensic science, as shown [...]

  By the Sunlight Foundation. An article from Reuters yesterday highlights an $8.5 billion settlement reached between Bank of Americaand 530 trusts currently holding $425 billion in mortgage bonds. The mortgages were sold to investment [...]

By Ralph LaBarge and Thomas McGuire. ABSTRACT This paper presents the results of a series of penetration tests performed on the OpenStack Essex Cloud Management Software. Several different types of penetration tests were performed including [...]

  By Cryptome. Naval Postgraduate School lists these IO research projects: “Initiative to establish a “New Bletchley Park” to exploit, undermine terrorist use of Web/Net, under aegis of VCJCS & USDI”. [Vice Chairman [...]

  By Cryptome. I found this link in an apparent underground Iranian hacker forum – the content are mostly in “inside codes” while being un-encrypted but reading through them long enough proves a group responsible for the [...]

  By Independent Sector Org.   THE ISSUE The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision has contributed to an unprecedented influx of money into the election process, raising questions about donor disclosure and political activities [...]

  By Richard Lardner.   WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s top special operations commander ordered military files about the Navy SEAL raid on Osama bin Laden’s hideout to be purged from Defense Department computers and sent [...]

    By Federal Communications Commission.   As many should know people that have mobile phones, lap tops and other technologies are encountering serious problems with magnetic radiation that the Federal Communications Commission [...]

    By John Stanton.     All the media bluster and folly surrounding whistle blower Edward Snowden is detracting from critic a thinking that Americans must engage in and act upon. At this moment, benefits from the Snowden [...]

      By the U.S. House Gov. In addition to campaign contributions to elected officials and candidates, companies, labor unions, and other organizations spend billions of dollars each year to lobby Congress and federal agencies. [...]

  By Daniel Fanelli.   Abstract The growing competition and “publish or perish” culture in academia might conflict with the objectivity and integrity of research, because it forces scientists to produce “publishable” results [...]

    By. John L. Allen Jr.   Over the past few days, hundreds of people have contacted Vatileaks asking where they can read the papal documents recently leaked from the Vatican that created the scandal that lifted the lid on a [...]

  By Cryptome.   Other examples: WikiLeaks.org (141.101.112.19, 141.101.113.19, 141.101.123.19, 190.93.240.19, 190.93.241.19) is blocked by Hong Kong and Ankara. EFF.org  (69.50.232.52) by New Delhi and Hong Kong. The Daily Journalist [...]

    By Marisa Taylor and Jonathan S. Landay | McClatchy Washington Bureau.   WASHINGTON — Even before a former U.S. intelligence contractor exposed the secret collection of Americans’ phone records, the Obama administration [...]

      Posted by Jaime Ortega.   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY   China and Russia are key players in US-Iranian strategic competition. As major world powers and permanent members of the UN Security Council, China and Russia play an [...]

  By Jaime Ortega.     On October 31, 2009, special agents working in the Phoenix office of theBureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) received information from a local gun store about the recent purchases [...]

  By Julian Assange. (The recent cyber attacks done by China were already a serious issue back in early 2009) According to a classified UK travel briefing released today in full by WikiLeaks, Chinese intelligence activity has become [...]

  By Jan Kallberg and Bhavani Thuraisingham.       The University of Texas at Dallas A few nation states have started leveraging the Internet for geopolitical state gains. Using the development of the battle tank as an [...]

  By Teri Buhl. UPDATE 4pm: The NY Courts have now issued an official policy about their ‘One Judge’ for RMBS cases. Ironically on the same day I started asking questions about these private decision they are now public! Orignal [...]

  By Cryptome.   1. Imagery Analyst/Collection Manager SAIC September 2001 – May 2006 (4 years 9 months)Key West, Florida Imagery Collection Manager Joint Interagency Task Force East March 2003 – April 2005 (2 years 2 months) Responsible [...]