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    May 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Bioterrorism consultant's anthrax claims challenged

    WASHINGTON — As an example of the ease with which terrorists could produce anthrax, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig has repeatedly cited the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo.
    WASHINGTON — As an example of the ease with which terrorists could produce anthrax, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig has repeatedly cited the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo. The cult gained infamy in 1995 by unleashing the nerve agent sarin in...

    Tags: Biological and Chemical Weapons, Science and Technology, Terrorism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Stranger Than Fiction

    2. May 22, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  2. Access to U.S. chemical-site records is spotty

    Reuters
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A law Congress passed more than a quarter-century ago to alert the public to chemical hazards is seen today by some government officials as a potential tip sheet for terrorists. As a result, public access to hazardous-chemical...

    Tags: Inventories, Judges, Justice System, Disasters and Accidents, Science and Technology

    3. May 22, 2013 |Story| Daily American

  3. Fire grant to improve recruitment, retention

    Our Town Correspondent
    A $5,157,000 grant awarded to Phoenix Steam Fire Engine Co. No. 1 by U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster will allow several fire departments in Bedford, Blair, Cambria and Centre counties to enhance their recruitment process and retain firefighters, according to...

    Tags: FEMA, Bill Shuster, Fires

    4. May 22, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  4. FEATURE-'Irrational' hackers are growing U.S. security fear

    Reuters
    * Aging control systems vulnerable to attack-experts * Infrastructure malfunctions loom as hackers probe networks * U.S. power grid target of daily cyber attacks By Jim Finkle May 22 (Reuters) - Cybersecurity researcher HD Moore discovered he could...

    Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Timothy McVeigh, Siemens, Media Industry, Rockwell Automation Inc.

    5. May 22, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  5. 'Irrational' hackers are growing U.S. security fear

    Reuters
    (Reuters) - Cybersecurity researcher HD Moore discovered he could use the Internet to access the controls of some 30 pipeline sensors around the country that were not password protected. A hacking expert who helps companies uncover network...

    Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Siemens, Timothy McVeigh, Media Industry, Rockwell Automation Inc.

    6. May 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Sexual assault in jails

    A new government report singles out Los Angeles County's Twin Towers as having one of the worst rates of inmate-on-inmate sexual assault of any men's jail in the nation. One in 20 inmates held there reported that he had been victimized by another inmate while in custody, far higher than the national average of 1 in 60, according to the Department of Justice.
    A new government report singles out Los Angeles County's Twin Towers as having one of the worst rates of inmate-on-inmate sexual assault of any men's jail in the nation. One in 20 inmates held there reported that he had been victimized by another inmate...

    Tags: Ricardo Lara, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Assault, Prisons

    7. May 21, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  7. An Alabama senator's lost cause

    WASHINGTON — Not since George Wallace, perhaps, has an Alabamian taken as passionate a stand for a lost cause as the one Jeff Sessions is taking now. Bipartisan immigration legislation is making its way inexorably through the Senate Judiciary...

    Tags: Christopher A. Coons, Justice System, Migration, Elections, Republican Party

    8. May 21, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  8. U.S. House panel approves spending cuts, assumes more to come

    Reuters
    * $967 billion spending cap approved, lowest in a decade * Republicans shifting limited funds toward defense, security By David Lawder WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - The Appropriations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives made clear on...

    Tags: Harold Rogers, Democratic Party, Finance, U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives

    9. May 21, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  9. Family of California woman killed by U.S. Border Patrol files suit

    Reuters
    By Marty Graham SAN DIEGO, May 21 (Reuters) - The family of a San Diego woman killed in an encounter with the U.S. Border Patrol filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday alleging a plainclothes agent used excessive force when he opened fire on...

    Tags: Trials, Justice System, Motorvehicle Accidents, U.S. Border Patrol, Transportation Accidents

    10. May 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Pointing to threat, pulling in profit

    Tribune Washington Bureau
    WASHINGTON -- Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he called a...

    Tags: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Congress, Diseases and Illnesses

    11. May 20, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  11. AP CEO calls government seizure of phone records 'unconstitutional,' says chill already felt

    Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press' president and chief executive says the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records has already had a chilling effect on newsgathering, a week after the subpoenas were revealed...

    Tags: John Cornyn, Justice System, U.S. House of Representatives, Corporate Officers, Eric Holder

    12. May 20, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  12. AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records "unconstitutional" and said the news cooperative had not ruled out legal action against the Justice Department.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records "unconstitutional" and said the news cooperative had not ruled out legal...

    Tags: John Cornyn, CBS Corp., Justice System, U.S. House of Representatives, Journalism

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