News you can yuse

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err, something like that.

Any Chuck Shepherd has some news of Homeland Security, or lack thereof....

NEWS of the WEIRD - August 27th, 2006


(1) Undercover investigators for the Government Accountability Office reported in July that they were able to purchase, on the open market from Pentagon contractors, surplus body armor, mounts for shoulder-fired missiles, and missile radar test devices. (Nearly 2,700 “sensitive” military items had been bought by 79 other buyers.) [Houston Chronicle-AP, 7-21-06]

(2) An FBI computer consultant, who said he was frustrated by bureaucratic delays in obtaining legitimate access to certain bureau files, was able to hack into the files surreptitiously via the FBI director's secret password, which the consultant figured out using software found on the Internet. [Arizona Daily Star-AP, 7-7-06]

(3) Indiana state homeland security officials told Vermillion County officials in July to stop using the special emergency-only highway message boards to advertise their charity fish fries and spaghetti dinners. [WISH-TV (Indianapolis)-AP, 7-27-06]

I feel much safer with the Dauphin in charge, how 'bout you?

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I am waiting for the day our hackers and crackers will be under ten years of age, accepting candy and videogames in exchange for their services. But you do know what happened to the dolphins, don't you? Okay, cryptic joke

No, what happened to the dolphins? You've piqued my curiousity.

(ps, your url link is fracked, I think you mean to use this one instead of http://utti.typepad.com/anarchic_universe, but I'm not sure)

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