WASHINGTON — How did a hacker in Malaysia manage to penetrate a computer network operated by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland? And what was the same accused cybercriminal doing this summer when he allegedly tapped into the secure computers of a large Defense Department contractor that managed systems...
We learn in school that World War I ended on June 19, 1919 with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles; however, fighting actually ended seven months earlier, at the passing of the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, what was to become known as Veterans Day, ended the hostilities...
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By Jeffry Scott The Atlanta Journal-Constitution He was a kid who didn’t want to be a soldier. There was a war in Vietnam and a peace movement in America. But then he got the government's letter. So he quit his job at a furniture store, quit thinking about college and found himself on a cold...
I was unfortunately very busy yesterday with Memorial Day events, and although I was honored to be at these events, I neglected to post something for Memorial Day on my blog. Below is a poem that I received from a colleague of mine. I hope you enjoy it. You Never Knew Me by J. D. “Illiad” Frazer...
Much has been made of our glimpse into the administration’s nuclear philosophy, afforded by this week’s leak of the new Nuclear Posture Review and the signing of a new START with Russia. Most analyses I have seen tie the content to President Obama’s avowed aspiration for a nuclear-free world. It is never...
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Since New Year’s Eve, the anti-gang unit of the Helmet [CA] [1] Police Department has been under attack. It seems the Vagos, California’s largest outlaw motorcycle gang, took umbrage at the attentiveness with which HPD views their activities. The Vagos fund their operations via methamphetamine trafficking...
RELEASE NUMBER: 100322-01 DATE POSTED: MARCH 22, 2010 PRESS RELEASE: Army Ranger died from wounds received in combat U.S. Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Office FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, March 22, 2010) — An Army Ranger died March 16, from wounds received during combat...
Alexander Haig died yesterday morning at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. Raised at Philadelphia, he spent two years at Notre Dame before transferring to West Point(1947). He served on Douglas MacArthur's staff in Korea, participated in and was decorated for valor in four campaigns, worked at the...
I’ve discussed Iran’s nuclear weapons program in these pages before, but an incident occurred early Friday that has been under-reported. A small unit of special operators entered southern Iraq and occupied an oil well in an area that Iran claims was never returned after the Iran-Iraq War...
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The FBI said today that they are announcing the addition of two individuals to our Most Wanted Terrorists list, along with substantial rewards for information leading to their capture. Fahd Mohammed Ahmed al-Quso is sought for his role in the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen, in which 17...
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