SEARCH RESULTS
 
Showing 1-10 of 101 records
 
Expand article

War-Funding Bill: $50 Billion for Robo-Planes, Gear

2008-05-08 18:30:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
The Defense Department is keeping plump war-time budgets fat to fund a "longer war on terrorism" with lots of new gear. A new $165 billion House defense-spending bill goes well beyond what troops need on the ground in Iraq -- $50 billion is allocated for the latest manned and robotic aircraft, as well as new aerial and weapons systems
 
Tags: billion, billion house, weapons systems, robotic aircraft, war, gear, defense department, bill, fund
 
 
 
 
Expand article

War on Terror Over in the UK

2008-01-02 12:59:35 by Editor in Schneier on Security
 
The British Government changes their rhetoric: The words "war on terror" will no longer be used by the British government to describe attacks on the public, the country's chief prosecutor said Dec. 27. Sir Ken Macdonald said terrorist fanatics were
 
Tags: british government, terror, war, describe attacks, chief prosecutor, terrorist fanatics, country, dec, words
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Estonia fines Russian for DoS 'cyber war'

2008-01-26 03:37:24 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
20 year old ethnic Russian man is the first person to be convicted for taking part in a "cyber war" against Estonia.Dmitri Galushkevich was fined 17,500 kroons (830) for an attack which blocked the website of the Reform Party of Prime Minister Andrus Ansip
 
Tags: cyber war, dmitri galushkevich, estonia, ethnic russian, reform party, kroons, website, attack, fined
 
 
 
 
Expand article

The US Air Force declares war on blogs!

2008-02-27 20:44:15 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...war on. Are we afraid our Air Force men and woman are going to all go to some Arabic-Al Queda web sites and be brainwashed? Is their some terrorist worm they will get by going to a web site that spouts ideas different than "primary, official-use sources? What scares the Air Force so much that they would take such action? If you feel like I do...
 
Tags: air force, air force folks, troops, line, freedom, blogs, official-use sources, front line heroes, return freedom
 
 
 
 
Expand article

The US Air Force declares war on blogs!

2008-02-27 19:44:35 by HASH0x8b35450 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...war on. Are we afraid our Air Force men and woman are going to all go to some Arabic-Al Queda web sites and be brainwashed? Is their some terrorist worm they will get by going to a web site that spouts ideas different than "primary, official-use sources? What scares the Air Force so much that they would take such action? If you feel like I do...
 
Tags: air force, air force folks, troops, line, freedom, blogs, official-use sources, front line heroes, return freedom
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Video Blogger Kevin Sites Keeps One Foot in the War Zone

2008-04-18 18:00:00 by Annaliza Savage in Wired Security
 
Solo video journalist Kevin Sites talks about parachuting in to disaster sites and war zones. After years of filming in "Hot Zones," he's helping to set up a sewing circle in the Congo
 
Tags: hot zones, war zones, disaster sites, circle, congo, set
 
 
 
 
Expand article

War Games Sequel Goes Direct to DVD

2008-04-25 22:20:00 by Threat Level in Wired Security
 
Here's the trailer for the upcoming War Games: The Dead Code, a sequel too good to waste on theatergoers
 
Tags: war games, sequel, dead code, waste, theatergoers, trailer
 
 
 
 
Expand article

The War on Photography

2008-06-05 06:44:54 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...war on photography. Photographers have been harrassed , questioned , detained , arrested or worse , and declared to be unwelcome . We've been repeatedly told to watch out for photographers , especially suspicious ones . Clearly any terrorist is going to first photograph his target, so vigilance is required Except that it's nonsense . The 9/11...
 
Tags: movie, movie-plot security, terrorists, imagine terrorists, terrorists bomb, movie-plot terrorists, dix terrorists, movie-plot threats uniquely, wannabe terrorists
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Ethics of Autonomous Military Robots

2008-01-28 07:12:35 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...war. Summary, Conclusions, and Future Work This report has provided the motivation, philosophy, formalisms, representational requirements, architectural design criteria, recommendations, and test scenarios to design and construct an autonomous robotic system architecture capable of the ethical use of lethal force. These first steps toward...
 
Tags: ethical, ethical constraint set, ethical robotic warfighter, ethics, ethical boundaries, international protocols, war tradition subscribes, war, international
 
 
 
 
Expand article

From warzones to strip clubs, the truth comes out for a former First Lady and a Pastor.

2008-03-30 20:57:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...warded former first lady, Hillary Clinton, four "Pinocchios" (real whoppers)for claiming to have come under sniper fire during a photo op. in Bosnia. On Thursday, Michael Dobbs once again awarded Senator Clinton another "poker" of Pinocchios This time she took heat for claiming that her trip to Bosnia was the first visit to a "war zone" by...