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Cyber Security: Follow these Simple Steps for online Safety

The followings are FBI’s warnings to keep in mind while you are surfing online:

Beware of social media scams. One of those scams involves posts on social media sites appearing to offer vouchers or gift cards that require you to fill out a survey, but that survey is designed to steal your personal information. Also, don’t post pictures of theater, concert, or sporting event tickets on social media—fraudsters can create a fake ticket using the barcode obtained from the photo. (more…)

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The Election Basar 2016 – Latest: FBI is re-opening Hillary Clinton’s Email investigation

FBI has reopened investigation on Hillary Clinton’s emails.

US House of Representatives Judiciary Committe Chairman Bob Goodlatte today made a clear statement that Clinton’s use of private email server to send and receive classified information is wrongdoing and clearly jeopardized national security. (more…)

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Überwachung kann Richtung Totalitarismus abgleiten

(Teil 1) Um Terroranschläge zu verhindern, kommen Instrumente zur Anwendung, die jederzeit den Wandel zu einem Polizeistaat erlauben. (1)

Das Monitoring der Menschen, ob privat oder staatlich, folgt einer eigenen Logik. Wo ausgespäht und ausgehorcht wird, sind alle verdächtig. Niemand ist ausgenommen und der Generalverdacht zur Norm geworden, wie die neueste Episode in der Geschichte der amerikanischen National Security Agency (NSA) zeigt: Sogar das Handy der deutschen Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel wurde von den US-Staatsschützern «abgegriffen», wie der Ausdruck lautet. (more…)

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New book explores Harry Truman’s record on civil liberties

Richard Kirkendall is a University of Washington professor emeritus of history and editor of the new book “Civil Liberties and the Legacy of Harry S. Truman.” He answered a few questions about the book for UW Today.

Q: What’s the scope of the book?

A: The book surveys the civil liberties issue during the Truman presidency of 1945-1953, an especially important time in the history of this essential feature of the American political system.

The book begins with two chapters on Truman as a civil libertarian, one on his identification of himself, the other on his relations with Japanese-Americans, the victims during World War II of a major violation of American principles. (more…)

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‘Stolen’

Synopsis

Will Montgomery is a master thief who after being double-crossed in a heist gone awry is sent to prison for 8 years. Upon his release he’s ready to leave his criminal past behind and try to rebuild a relationship with his estranged daughter Allison. The FBI and his old cohorts believe that he hid the loot from the last heist eight years ago, $10 million in bonds. To get his hands on it, his old partner Vincent kidnaps Allison and demands the entire $10 million as ransom. Keeping her in the soundproofed trunk of a taxi cab, he’s able to stay mobile amongst the throngs of taxis out during Mardi Gras, making it nearly impossible to find. Montgomery only has one day to get the $10 million ransom, but much to the disbelief of the FBI on his trail and Vincent, Will doesn’t actually have it. Instead, he must trust his instincts and his old partner in crime, the beautiful, sexy and smart Riley, to do one more clever heist to get his daughter back alive before it’s too late. (more…)

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IBM Introduces New Predictive Analytics Services and Software to Reduce Fraud, Manage Financial Performance and Deliver Next Best Action

NEW YORK and LONDON – 20 Mar 2012: IBM today announced new consulting services and software that take the power of predictive analytics to new levels of impact for the highest-priority issues of C-suite decision makers. The new analytic offerings address the emerging opportunities of big data to manage financial operations, decrease fraud and nurture next-generation customer relationships.

Based on experiences drawn from more than 20,000 analytics engagements, the new solutions combine innovations developed by IBM Research with new predictive technologies from dozens of companies IBM has acquired. (more…)

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Maryland Commission Recommends ‘Common Sense’ Immigration Policy

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Immigrants to Maryland contribute significantly to the state’s economy, and were vital to its workforce expansion in both technical and less-skilled occupations from 2000 to 2010, concludes a new report by a Maryland commission. During this period, immigrants mostly complemented rather than competed with U.S.-born state residents for jobs, it adds.

The Commission to Study the Impact of Immigrants in Maryland, a state panel coordinated by the University of Maryland, evaluated the economic contributions of the state’s foreign-born and the cost of government services for them. It also studied the education experience of the children of immigrants, immigration law enforcement issues facing local communities, and the use of the federal E-Verify system to verify workers’ immigration status. (more…)

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Backpacks, Not the Bombs Inside, Key to Finding DNA

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Catching terrorists who detonate bombs may be easier by testing the containers that hide the bombs rather than the actual explosives, according to pioneering research led by Michigan State University.

Currently, law enforcement labs tend to test for DNA on the exploded bomb fragments – but this has a low success rate, said David Foran, an MSU forensic biologist and lead investigator on the research project. (more…)

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