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DICE Roundup 12 April
Novelty grenade prompts bomb scare near New York’s ‘Ground Zero’ (Reuters) A novelty hand grenade briefly prompted the evacuation of one of the buildings near “Ground Zero,” the site where New York’s World Trade Center towers stood until they were brought down in the September 11 attacks, police said Thursday. The evacuation of 2 World […]
DICE Roundup 6 April
A tale of 2 employment surveys, covering households and businesses, at a glance (AP) The economy added 120,000 jobs in March, half of February’s gain of 240,000 and the fewest in five months. Yet the unemployment rate fell for the first time since January. How did the rate fall despite such a small job gain? […]
DICE Roundup 29 March
Supreme Court photo: —————————————— Man held over fireworks, fuse at Philly airport (CBS/AP) PHILADELPHIA – A Pennsylvania man was arrested and faces a federal charge after screeners found him trying to take powerful fireworks onto a cross-country flight Thursday morning, authorities said. Joseph Picklo, 29, of Dallas, Pa., had “commercial grade M-80s” in a backpack […]
DICE Roundup 22 March
Robert Bales and the Cost of Fighting Wars With Other People’s Kids Ken Allard on the divide between American society and the soldiers sworn to defend it with their lives. . . . . ———————————— French “gunman” trapped by email, bike (Reuters) The man without a face, dark visor down on his motorcycle helmet, strides after […]
DICE Roundup 15 March
Military searches soldier’s records for clues in killings of Afghan civilians (Washington Post) Military investigators were combing through a U.S. Army sergeant’s personnel and medical records Monday to determine what might have caused him to slip away from his base in southern Afghanistan and allegedly massacre 16 sleeping villagers, most of them women and children, […]
DICE Roundup 8 March
Moscow quashes postelection protests (Washington Times) Russian riot police arrested hundreds of protesters Monday, including prominent opposition leaders, who claimed Prime Minister Vladimir Putin stole Sunday’s presidential election. Demonstrators shouted, “Russia without Putin,” as police moved into a crowd that refused to leave Pushkin Square in downtown Moscow, a short distance from the Kremlin and the […]
DICE Roundup 2 March
U.S, North Korea hope to finalize food deal next week (REUTERS) – The United States and North Korea will meet in Beijing next week to finalize details of a new U.S. food aid program that has opened the door to a renewal of nuclear talks with Pyongyang, the U.S. State Department said on Friday. . […]
DICE Roundup 24 Feb
The Great Shoe Riots of 2012: Police in riot gear break up shoe melee at Florida Mall (Orlando Sentinel) The launch of an expensive new basketball shoe — timed to Orlando’s hosting of the NBA All-Star Game — triggered a melee Thursday night at Florida Mall that was quelled by deputies in riot gear. The […]
Travel “Electronically Naked” to China
“Everybody knows that if you are doing business in China, in the 21st century, you don’t bring anything with you. That’s ‘Business 101’ — at least it should be.” — Jacob Olcott, a cybersecurity expert at Good Harbor Consulting From the New York Times: When Kenneth G. Lieberthal, a China expert at the Brookings Institution, […]
DICE Roundup 21 Feb
How you don’t want to be known for the rest of your life: Nigerian underwear bomber appeals four life sentences ‘Underwear bomber’ gets life in prison Underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab begins life term Life sentence for the “underwear bomber” Nigerian ‘Underwear Bomber’ Gets Life In Prison Underwear Bomber Abdulmutallab Sentenced to Life Term in […]
DICE Roundup 9 Feb
Judge delays Fort Hood shooting rampage trial FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people during the Fort Hood shooting rampage will go on trial in June, a military judge ruled Thursday after agreeing to a three-month delay. Attorneys for Maj. Nidal Hasan argued during a hearing at the Army […]
Free Online College Course – Constitution 101
Hillsdale College is offering a free, online college course on the US Constitution. Too many were never taught or have forgotten the importance of this document, especially in today culture. We Americans are so fortune to have a Constitution like this and we should never take it for granted. Attending this course is an opportunity to […]
MUST READ: New Intelligence Community assessment of worldwide threats
On 31 January 2012, DNI James Clapper testified in front of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and provided the yearly Intelligence Community assessment of worldwide threats facing the United States. This is an important document and I always encourage people in my D*I*C*E briefing audiences to read it. Unclassified Statement for the Record on […]
TSA finds 7 snakes, 3 turtles in man’s pants
This makes you wonder what the guy next to you on an airplane had on him in the days before TSA began checking everyone. This from ABC News: You really have to find something strange to beat the best airport security catch of 2011 and of course I mean the guy at Miami International who tried […]
China’s Cyber Thievery Is National Policy—And Must Be Challenged
An Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal written by Mike McConnell, Michael Chertoff and William Lynn Mr. McConnell, a retired Navy vice admiral and former director of the National Security Agency (1992-96) and director of national intelligence (2007-09), is vice chairman of Booz Allen Hamilton. Mr. Chertoff, a former secretary of homeland security (2005-09), is […]
FBI Director Says Cyberthreat Will Surpass Threat From Terrorists
From ABC News: Threats from cyber-espionage, computer crime, and attacks on critical infrastructure will surpass terrorism as the number one threat facing the United States, FBI Director Robert Mueller testified today. Mueller and National Intelligence Director James Clapper, addressing the annual Worldwide Threat hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, cited their concerns about […]
Malicious Software Attacks Security Cards Used by Pentagon
From the New York Times: Chinese hackers have deployed a new cyber weapon that is aimed at the Defense Department, the Department of Homeland Security, the State Department and potentially a number of other United States government agencies and businesses, security researchers say. Researchers at AlienVault, a Campbell, Calif., security company, said on Thursday that […]
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