Category: DICE Blog

Open DICE Briefing May 11

From CIAN: World Renowned Security Expert to Address Peoria Businesses Former Intelligence Officer to speak about importance of information security and terrorism threats in Central Illinois Peoria, IL – CIAN, Inc. is pleased to announce that renowned US security expert, Ray Semko, also known as the D*I*C*E Man, is returning to Peoria May 11, 2012 […]

DICE Roundup 4 May

The Real Unemployment Rate (NY Post) The unemployment rate is 8.1% but is that the real number of people out of  work in America? Not even close. As reported, 115,000 jobs were added in April, which is considerably lower  than previously predicted. But still the number of jobs added brought the  jobless rate down by […]

DICE Roundup 24 April

Hearing Examines GSA’s Management (CSPAN) Every government employee and contractor who spends taxpayers dollars should watch this. Lawmakers Investigate GSA’s Spending Practices (CSPAN) Secret Service, GSA Scandals Undermine Faith in Institutions (ABC News) ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd said the recent scandals involving the Secret Service and GSA reflect a declining trust in American […]

China-linked economic espionage is on the rise

Important takeaways from this article in the San Francisco Chronicle about Chinese economic espionage against the US. Also see below for an excerpt from a new DOD/DOS report about China acquiring US high technology. • U.S. corporations have lost more than $13 billion because of spying, and that’s  just for cases now under FBI investigation. — […]

Russian Spies Haven’t Gone Away

Here’s the important takeway:  “In 2010, the FBI had roughly 7,800 open foreign counterintelligence investigations on the books, including a fair number involving Americans suspected of working under Moscow’s control.” ——————- By MICHELLE VAN CLEAVE, former National Counterintelligence Executive (NCIX) ‘He acts like he thinks the Cold War’s still on,” Vice President Joe Biden said when […]

“If I wanted America to fail”

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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 […]