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Democrats To Run Against GOP Record On National Security #p2 #boutdamntime

That looks suspiciously like Democratic spine, and all too rarely seen thing…

Turning The Tables: Democrats To Run Against GOP Record On National Security

In the wake of the botched attempt to blow up an airliner on Christmas day, Republicans are seeing dollar-signs. But the returns may be fleeting.

In an interview with Huffington Post, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, says that going into the 2010 mid-term elections, Republicans will have plenty of questionable national security votes to answer for.

For starters, House Republicans opposed a Homeland Security funding bill that included funding for airport security. But it goes beyond the House
in the Senate you have the situation where Republicans were delaying a vote on the defense appropriations bill for the purpose of slowing down health care reform
the American people don’t want our national security to be held hostage to Republican procedural gamesmanshi
Democrats hope cheap shots like those taken by Republicans this week will backfire.Read more at tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com
 

5 myths about keeping America safe from terrorism

This seems mighty well-timed in light of so many politicians trying to make political hay out of terrorism again/still.

Amplifyd from www.washingtonpost.com

5 myths about keeping America safe from terrorism

1. Terrorism is the gravest threat facing the American people.
2. When it comes to preventing terrorism, the only real defense is a good offense.
3. Getting better control over America’s borders is essential to making us safer.
4. Investing in new technology is key to better security.
5. Average citizens aren’t an effective bulwark against terrorist attacks.
Read more at www.washingtonpost.com
 

Researchers Demo BIOS Attack That Survives Disk Wipes

that’s not pretty.

Amplifyd from it.slashdot.org

Researchers Demo BIOS Attack That Survives Disk Wipes

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday March 23, @09:37AM
from the can’t-believe-it-took-this-long dept.
suraj.sun writes “A pair of Argentinian researchers have found a way to perform a BIOS level malware attack capable of surviving even a hard-disk wipe. Alfredo Ortega and Anibal Sacco from Core Security Technologies — used the stage at last week’s CanSecWest conference to demonstrate methods (PDF) for infecting the BIOS with persistent code that will survive reboots and re-flashing attempts. The technique includes patching the BIOS with a small bit of code that gave them complete control of the machine. The demo ran smoothly on a Windows machine, a PC running OpenBSD and another running VMware Player.”
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