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It’s All Over for the Virtual Border Fence as DHS Pulls Plug on Money Pit

March 17, 2010
By Bill Zalud, Security Magazine Editor Emeritus The U.S. issued a stop work order on a "virtual fence" on the U.S.-Mexican border. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the freeze
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YouTube Video Takes Down Another Employee, Plus the Business

March 15, 2010
The man who appeared in a YouTube video last April putting cheese up his nose, then on a pizza and passing gas on a sandwich apologized to Domino’s Pizza and
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Business Managers Are the Greatest Inside Security Threat

March 13, 2010
According to a Ponemon Institute study, business managers continue to pose the greatest threat to sensitive company information such as customer records, health information and other private data. Despite the
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Expect More Violence Aimed at Government, Financial Services Firms

March 10, 2010
Some law enforcement officers, security consultants and hate group trackers are now suggesting that some people and groups are talking and acting in ways that point to more incidents
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Watch the Film Here -- Flight 253 Bomb Blast Simulation Shows It Would Not Have Brought Down Plane

March 8, 2010
A test explosion on a Boeing 747 by BBC has shown that a U.S. Christmas Day flight would have landed safely even if a bomb on board was detonated successfully.
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Police Under Greater Attack by Sophisticated Street Gangs

March 4, 2010
If what is happening in California is any indication, gang members, fueled by drug and extortion money, are using more sophisticated means to attack specific police units. Two recent assassination
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Anthrax Conspiracy? Two Congressmen See Foreign Hand in DoJ-closed 2001 Mailings Investigation

March 1, 2010
The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation last Friday that would require continued investigation of the 2001 anthrax letter mailings, despite the Justice Department’s decision last week to formally conclude
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Does E-Verify Really Work? One-out-of-two Spin May Give Wrong Impression

February 27, 2010
Media reports recently suggest it does not. “E-Verify finds only one out of two illegals” says the Homeland Security News Wire, summarizing a bylined story from the Wall Street Journal.
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Los Angeles World Airports Push Ahead with Integrated Command and Control Center

February 26, 2010
And the complex work is being done by an often-quoted Security Magazine source: SDI System Development.Integration. The systems integrator specializing in airport command center security technologies and infrastructure, has been
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Homemade Olympics Security Pass Gets Man Close to VP Biden

February 23, 2010
Canadian television has reported that a mentally ill man with a homemade security pass was able to get within meters of the U.S. Vice President during a security breach at
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