Experts: Obama's Cybersecurity Plans Work, But Change Has Been Slow. Nearly five years into his presidency and one year into his second term, experts agree that U.S.
President Barack Obama's cybersecurity goals are well-defined. Obama snubs Putin, cancels Moscow meeting over Snowden. President Obama has canceled a meeting in Moscow next month with Russian President Vladimir Putin to protest that country's decision to give former government contractor Edward Snowden temporary asylum.
Obama still plans to attend the Group of 20 summit in St. Petersburg but will not sit down for a previously scheduled meeting with Putin in Moscow. "Following a careful review begun in July, we have reached the conclusion that there is not enough recent progress in our bilateral agenda with Russia to hold a U.S. Obama's Plan to Crack Down on Whistleblowers Leaked. (Photo: Adrian Gray / Flickr) Washington - In an initiative aimed at rooting out future leakers and other security violators, President Barack Obama has ordered federal employees to report suspicious actions of their colleagues based on behavioral profiling techniques that are not scientifically proven to work, according to experts and government documents.
The techniques are a key pillar of the Insider Threat Program, an unprecedented government-wide crackdown under which millions of federal bureaucrats and contractors must watch out for “high-risk persons or behaviors” among co-workers. Those who fail to report them could face penalties, including criminal charges. Obama mandated the program in an October 2011 executive order after Army Pfc. Bradley Manning downloaded hundreds of thousands of documents from a classified computer network and gave them to WikiLeaks, the anti-government secrecy group.
NSA Whistleblower Ed Snowden: From My Desk I Could Wiretap Anyone: You, A Federal Judge Or The President Of The US. Yesterday, it was revealed that Ed Snowden was the whistleblower, who exposed some details of NSA surveillance capabilities, often going far beyond what people expected.
If you haven't yet, you should watch his video interview with Glenn Greenwald where he goes into more detail: Here's a bit that caught my attention: "I, sitting at my desk, certainly had the authorities to wiretap anyone, from you, or your accountant, to a federal judge, to even the President if I had a personal email. Digital Blackwater: How the NSA Gives Private Contractors Control of the Surveillance State. This is a rush transcript.
Copy may not be in its final form. AARON MATÉ: The U.S. government has begun the process of charging Edward Snowden with disclosing classified information after he leaked a trove of secret documents outlining the NSA’s surveillance programs. The FBI has already questioned Snowden’s relatives and associates. Snowden is a 29-year-old computer technician who formerly worked for the CIA. He reportedly turned over thousands of documents to Glenn Greenwald of The Guardian newspaper, as well as to The Washington Post.
OMB: Obama Will Become First President to Spend $4T in One Year. President Barack Obama (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken) (CNSNews.com) - In the historical tables it released along with President Barack Obama's fiscal 2014 budget proposal this morning, the White House Office of Management and Budget revealed that in fiscal 2016, under the president's budget proposal, it expects Obama to become the first president in the nation's history to preside over a federal government that spends more than $4 trillion in one year.
The OMB's historical tables also reveal that the White House does not expect this administration to ever run an annual deficit as low as $458.5 billion, which was the deficit the government ran in fiscal 2008, the last fiscal year completed before Obama took office. According to OMB's tables, the federal government would spend$3.7778 trillion in fiscal 2014 under Obama's budget proposal. Banker’s NWO Monsanto: Kills Girl With GMOs ~ Kidneys Fail. Obama monsanto image search results. Stuxnet: the worm that turned Obama into a hypocrite? '"Great nations", said General (and President) de Gaulle, "do not have friends; they merely have interests".
Substitute "ethics" for "friends" and you'd be closer to the mark. In May 2011, the Obama administration published an admirable document setting out the US's international strategy for cyberspace. It was subtitled "Prosperity, Security, and Openness in a Networked World", and contained a foreword signed by the president himself. DHS Releases More Docs on Coordinated Efforts to Quash Occupy. The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund received a second batch of documents they had requested under FOIA concerning the apparent national coordination among federal security apparatus agencies.
They are partnering with the National Lawyers Guild Mass Defense Committee and recently, Michael Moore. Perhaps he helps with expenses. DHS Vehicle at Occupy Houston, December 12, 21011. Similar vehicles were spotted at Occupy events in many cities. Piracy vs Privacy: Obama may 'oppose' CISPA but still sign it like NDAA. Researchers Build Robot Arm That Can Shoot Hoops, Toss Darts. DARPA Wants to Give Soldiers Robot Surrogates, Avatar Style. FBI Latest Government Agency to Target Social Media.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation posted a Request for Information last month calling on IT companies to demonstrate their ability to design software for monitoring, mapping and analyzing social media.
Find out more about the history of government spying and propaganda through social media on this week's edition of Behind the Headlines. Transcript and sources: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation posted a Request for Information last month calling on IT companies to demonstrate their ability to design software for monitoring, mapping and analyzing social media.[1] The RFI, posted to the government's Federal Business Opportunities website in January, reveals the FBI's desire for software capable of monitoring social media websites like Facebook and Twitter to provide alerts and analysis for publicly posted information.[2] The software would require the ability to: U.S. State Department Funds Fugitive Manhunt "Game" The U.S.
State Department is offering $5,000 to each team that can catch one of five "criminals" played by actors in different cities around the globe, reports Wired News. Hitler reacts to SOPA [video] - The Washington Post. The death of the 'Star Trek' EV.
From now on … Our Biggest Mistake is Believing We Are Free. Mr. Obama,This Is Not The Change We Voted For Civil rights activists gathered again at President Obama’s campaign headquarters in Minneapolis to protest his signing of the NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) that among other provisions allows the indefinite detention of US citizens at home or abroad.
Obama Administration Pushes Back On Liberal Criticism Over NDAA’s ‘Indefinite Detention’ Undo the NDAA! Restore the Constitution! « #OccupyVermont. Two of Vermont’s three congressional delegates voted against the NDAA. Senator Leahy violated his oath of office by supporting the NDAA. What the Press Says Writing for Salon, Glenn Greenwald, constitutional attorney, named one of the 25 most influential political commentators in the nation, said: “No question that this bill codifies indefinite detention without trial.” “….The bill contains terrible new measures that will make indefinite detention and military trials a permanent part of American law.”
BORDERLESS WITH BROOKLYN: NDAA attacks civil rights, disregards constitution. Opinion Published on January 9th, 2012 | by FIUSM Staff By: Brooklyn Middleton/Assistant Opinion Editor On December 31, 2011, as President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law, America experienced a collective deja vu; an overreaching, unconstitutional piece of legislation was being enacted a la Bush circa 2001.
Our current President, whose ideology during election time seemed almost antithetical to that of former President George W.