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Matt
Blunt
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E-Mails
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Politics
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Missouri
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Computer
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Archives
- 
Media
- "Governor
Blunt Lawsuit." ... "A new lawsuit claims that some
of [Missouri Republican] Governor Blunt's top aides instructed staffers
to delete e-mails so that damaging information could not be released."
... "Blunt's former deputy counsel Scott Eckersley filed the suit Wednesday.
Blunt fired Eckersley last September after he repeatedly told Blunt's aides
that the governor's office was deleting e-mails in violation of state law."
... "The suit alleges that Blunt's aides repeatedly told general counsels
to destroy e-mails so they could not be turned over to the media and the
public." ... "The suit says "All emails should be deleted to ensure they
did not have to provide such damaging evidence to the news media or the
public in the future". It says Eckersley informed Blunt's aides that "E-mails
were stored for a period of several years after deletion by the individual
user and were available even if deleted by that user."" ... "The suit then
claims that Blunt and his aides "Ordered that all these back-up e-mail
computer tapes be destroyed"." -By Erika Thomas with
contributions by Wale Aliyu -KOMU.com
Matt
Blunt
- E-Mails
- Politics
- Missouri
- Computer
- Archives
- "Blunt
ducks questions about e-mail deletion lawsuit." ...
"[Missouri Republican Governor] Gov. Matt Blunt ducked questions Thursday
about a lawsuit alleging his office intentionally deleted e-mails in violation
of open-records laws but defended the firing of the former staff attorney
who sued him. A whistleblower and defamation lawsuit filed Wednesday by
former Blunt attorney Scott Eckersley claims that top Blunt aides directed
staff in his office and other agencies to destroy e-mails to avoid providing
information sought under public records requests."
-AP via -KansasCity.com
Matt
Blunt
- E-Mails
- Politics
- Missouri
- Computer
- Archives
- Reporters
- "Suit
alleges illegal destruction of state e-mails." ...
"Scott Eckersley, a lawyer fired from [Missouri Republican Governor] Gov.
Matt Blunt's office, filed a suit today that accuses several top Blunt
aides of ordering the illegal destruction of state e-mails to prevent potentially
damaging messages from being turned over to reporters." ... "The suit contends
that Eckersley was fired for repeatedly pressing Blunt aides with warnings
that such orders violated state record-retention and open-records laws.
Eckersley's firing violated state law protecting whistle-blowers, according
to the lawsuit." ... "Filed in Jackson County Circuit Court, the suit names
Blunt, three former or current top aides and the deputy Office of Administration
commissioner, Richard AuBuchon." ... "The suit includes allegations about
a meeting convened last summer by Blunt's general counsel at the time,
Henry Herschel. At the meeting, the suit contends, Herschel told lawyers
for all departments under the governor that e-mails about state business
"would not have to be turned over in response to Sunshine Law requests
if they were destroyed and not retained."" ... "The suit also contends
that Blunt's chief of staff at the time, Ed Martin, ordered all staff members
to make sure they were deleting e-mails. Martin and other top Blunt aides
also are accused of orchestrating the destruction of the state's computer
backup system for such e-mails." -By Jo Mannies
-STLtoday.com
Declassified
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US
- 
Government
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Vietnam
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Military
- 
Intelligence
- Wireless
- 
Radio
- Electronic
- 
Communications
- "Declassified
study puts Vietnam events in new light: US [United
States] signals intelligence [SIGINT] during the war came up short in major
turning points, according to an NSA [National Security Agency] history."
... "US signals intelligence – the much-vaunted ability of American military
and spy units to eavesdrop on the radio calls and other electronic communications
of an adversary – failed at crucial moments during the Vietnam War, according
to a just-declassified National Security Agency history of the effort."
... "The 10,000 cryptographers and other signals personnel in Southeast
Asia at the time did not predict the start of the Tet offensive on Jan.
31, 1968. Prior to that, signals intelligence may have actually misled
[Democratic] President Johnson and other top policymakers about the nature
of the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident, in which a supposed North Vietnamese
attack on US forces triggered a major escalation in the war." ... "US eavesdroppers
had many successes during the war, according to the lengthy document, particularly
in picking up the tactical communications of North Vietnamese and Viet
Cong fighters in the field." ... "But when it comes to major events, signals
intelligence is not magic, as the history makes clear. That is a point
current policymakers would do well to remember as they struggle to interpret
intelligence dealing with the complex modern problems of nuclear proliferation
and Islamist extremism." ... "In both the Tet and Gulf of Tonkin cases,
"critical information was mishandled, misinterpreted, lost, or ignored,"
writes NSA historian Robert Hanyok in the agency history. " -By
Peter Grier -CSMonitor
South
Carolina - Voting
Machines - Hacking
- 2008
Election - Politics
- 
Ohio
- 
Colorado
- "S.C.
to use voting machines banned in other states." ...
"South Carolina election officials say they still plan to use touch-screen
voting machines [in the 2008 Elections] despite the fact that other states
have banned the use of similar systems made by the same company." ... "Last
month, top election officials in Ohio and Colorado declared that Election
Systems and Software's iVotronic is unfit for elections." ... "The ban
was prompted by a study done for the state of Ohio in which researchers
found electronic voting systems could be corrupted with magnets or handheld
electronic devices such as Palm Treos." ... "The Ohio study found the machines
"lack the fundamental technical controls necessary to guarantee a trustworthy
election under operational conditions."" ... ""Exploitable vulnerabilities
allow even persons with limited access — voters and precinct poll workers
— to compromise voting machines and precinct results, and, in some cases,
to inject and spread software viruses into the central election management
system," the report says. " -AP
via -PostAndCourier
Mitt
Romney
- Bain
Capital - US
- 
China
- Military
- Intelligence
- Telecommunications
- Manufacturing
- Computer
- 
Networking
- Hackers
- 
Technology
- 
Corporation
- Government
- 
Lawmakers
- Politics
- 
Mass
- 
California
- 
India
- 2008
Election - "Telecom
Firm in China Sets Sights on U.S. Market: Ownership,
Tactics Raise Security Issues." ... "From a fortress-like corporate campus
in this southern city [of Shenzen, China], retired army officer Ren Zhengfei
is building one of China's most successful experiments in capitalism. A
mammoth operation with 70,000 employees and strong backing from the state,
Huawei Technologies brags that its goal is to dominate telecommunications
equipment markets all over the world." ... "Its current focus: America."
... "Three months ago, Huawei teamed up with Bain Capital Partners [2008
Election Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney's venture capital
firm] in a $2.2 billion takeover bid for U.S. [United States] networking
pioneer 3Com Corp. [Corporation], a Marlborough, Mass. [Massachusetts],
company that makes systems to protect against computer hackers." ... "Fueling
[American] lawmakers' unease about the Huawei deal is that no one knows
exactly who owns it. Technically, Huawei is a private venture, not state-owned.
But the company won't reveal information about its shareholders except
to say it's "100 percent employee-owned," with its chief executive owning
1 percent." ... "Research organization Rand Corp. said that Huawei has
"deep ties" with the Chinese military. It is not only a customer of Huawei's,
Rand said in an analysis prepared for the U.S. government, but also was
a "political patron and research and development partner."" ... "The United
States is not the only place where Huawei's operations have triggered national
security concerns. In India, where Huawei operates its largest research
and development facility outside of China, the company's efforts to build
a manufacturing base have raised concerns among the country's intelligence
agencies." ... "In a note circulated at a meeting of India's joint intelligence
committee on Nov. [November] 8, Huawei is listed as a "sectoral threat.""
... "Huawei's approach to leadership and innovation is in some ways the
antithesis of its Silicon Valley competitors. While California's high-tech
giants pride themselves on their flat management structure, in which chief
executives sit down next to engineers to brainstorm and allow their scientists
and engineers the freedom to think big thoughts, Huawei is known for its
military-style approach." (1, 2)
-By Ariana Eunjung Cha with contributions by Wu Meng
and Rama Lakshmi -WashingtonPost
