Last week Christopher Soghoian, a 24 year-old Ph.D. student in information security at Indiana University, whipped together a website that allowed anyone to create a fake Northwest Airlines boarding pass. He hoped to bring attention to a security hole that allows anyone, including someone on the No-Fly list, to enter the security line with a […]
October 2006
This Washington Post Magazine story, on “The Bomb Squad,” is one of the best reads you’ll get in the mainstream press on the reality of the counter-bomb fight in Iraq. There’s only one, teeny-tiny problem with the piece: It’s not really about a “bomb squad,” or explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) unit, at all. Nobody is […]
* Military Officers: Set Deadlines * Google in Cahoots with Spooks? * No-Fly List Snags Another Congress Critter * Kerry: Study Hard Or End Up in Iraq * Milbloggers Strive to Get Voice-Activated Laptops for Amputees * General: Military Must Be Open To Press * X-48B Ship 2 Blended Wing-Body pr0n * Homeland Security: What […]
The Pentagon’s public affairs office admitted to reporters today that it had created the equivalent of a rapid reaction force to strike back at media coverage it considers inaccurate and to harness new technologies like “instant messaging” and “podcasting.“ The Pentagon has been punching back at reporters and columnists recently with letters to the editor […]
It’s no secret that the military’s trauma units have saved the lives of thousands of injured service members and Iraqi civilians whose wounds would likely have killed them in earlier conflicts. But last night, 60 Minutes ran a powerful 13 minute piece on the doctors, nurses and medics who operate in theater and on the […]
