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Should Voting Machines be Randomly Audited?

April 22, 2011 By Avi Green

In this age of high-tech elections, with strong passions on all sides, it's essential that you know that the optical scan voting machine that counts your ballot works right every time.  They have to be reprogrammed with a new memory … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: elections, integrity, security, voting

Jan 31, 2007: Never Forget

January 31, 2010 By cos

Today was the 3rd Anniversary of the largest terrorist attack in recent Boston history. Okay, the terrorists were cartoon characters, and the attack was a fantastical illusion in the minds of authority, but it shut down buildings and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, massachusetts, mooninites, security, terrorism

Presidential Vocal Chords Utilized!

January 6, 2010 By hubspoke

It's nice to know our president is capable of speaking with a strong voice when he wants to. Too bad he didn't choose to during the Senate health care reform debate. "That's not acceptable, and I will not tolerate it,"taking them jointly to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, obama, security

For the security-conscious toddler

January 29, 2009 By ACLUm blog

Best of all, maybe, are the 48 (and counting) customer reviews, ranging from the complaint that it needs 350 more action figures to make a long line, to "Needs a Water Boarding Option." Maybe next we'll see a Commonwealth Fusion Center … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: aclu, civil-liberties, police, security, tsa

Stop the Presses! (Literally)

August 11, 2008 By tedf

On Friday, the MBTA sued MIT and three MIT students, claiming that the students planned to present a paper at the DEFCON hacker's conference explaining how to circumvent the security on the T's Charlie Cards and thus create counterfeit … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: charlie-card, first-amendment, hackers, mbta, mit, security

Immigration Reform a National Security Disaster?

May 18, 2007 By david-eisenthal

According to West,In short order, the system will be overwhelmed. Whatever minimal fraud detection and prevention safeguards might be erected won't last long in the face of hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of applications and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: immigration, policy, politics, security, terrorism

What Does Random Panic Protect Us From?

February 9, 2007 By cos

Protecting Us From NothingThe threat this activity aims to protect us from, they say, is this: A terrorist, fanatic, or violent person of some sort wants to set off a bomb or bombs in Boston, to kill people or disrupt the city or both, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, massachusetts, mooninites, security, terrorism

A Missed Opportunity To Solve America’s Nuclear Reactor Security Problems

January 30, 2007 By rep-ed-markey-d-ma

(cross-posted at The Hill's Congress Blog)It is disappointing that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission missed this opportunity to help solve America's nuclear reactor security problem.  These new regulations, initiated by a section of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: air, attacks, energy, homeland, markey, nrc, nuclear, profits, regulatory-commission, security

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