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ACLU: Block FBI e-snoops
The American Civil Liberties Union appealed to Congress to protect Americans from a new tool that could enable the FBI to intercept the email of lawabiding citizens
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Low-tech glitch leaves high-tech void
A malfunction in a routine rocket booster procedure robbed hightech sensors and systems of an opportunity to demonstrate the soundness of national missile defense plans
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Still facing a Cold War chill
The Clinton administration must rethink arms control policies if it is to deploy a limited missileinterception system and avoid a nuclear arms control crisis with Russia, experts recently warned Congress.
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Intercepts
The Navy/Marine Corps Intranet should be viewed as a 'transformational tool' that will enable the deployed Navy to make use of the 'power of networking,' according to Ron Turner, the Navy's deputy chief information officer for infrastructure, systems and technology.
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Submarine force in crisis
By 2004, the number of submarines available to conduct critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions will be at 45
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Navies showcase smart-ship technology
Ships from the world's navies are converging on New York to celebrate Independence Day and to showcase how cuttingedge technologies have revolutionized naval warfare
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Countdown to national missile defense
A blue-ribbon panel recently concluded that a limited national missile defense system is technically feasible.
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Who's under the NMD umbrella?
The NMD system to be deployed in 2005 is but a shadow of the socalled Star Wars system envisioned by former president Ronald Reagan. That system was expected to counter a massive nuclear strike from the former Soviet Union, which Reagan dubbed 'the evil empire.' Nearly two decades later, however, it is possible the U.S. and Russia will work together to build an NMD system.
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Roads not taken
After a great deal of analysis and debate, the United States has settled on a national missile defense system designed to intercept missiles in midflight. Other options include boostphase interceptors, which the Russians have proposed, and terminalphase interceptors. During a June 20 news briefing, Pentagon officials discussed the pros and cons of all three.
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Intercepts
A few weeks ago, in a small room in the Russell Senate Office Building, as security experts talked about the growing threat of cyberterrorism
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Navy CIO: Most jobs safe
The long-awaited multibillion- dollar Navy intranet contract will not cause the loss of thousands of government jobs as previously reported, according to the Navy's detailed business case analysis delivered to Congress June 30.
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Report: DOE lax on spies
The Energy Department's counterintelligence training and awareness program has 'failed dismally,' a study by an independent panel of security experts concluded, characterizing cyber-based counter-intelligence as DOE's biggest challenge.
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On a collision course
An upcoming test will require the national missile defense system to strike down a Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile carrying a single warhead target and a single decoy. The Minuteman will be launched from Vandenburg Air Force Base, Calif. Twenty minutes later, an interceptor missile carrying a prototype 'kill vehicle' will be launched from Kwajalein atoll in the Pacific Ocean and should home in on and clash directly with the target warhead.
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Modernization delayed in shrinking sub fleet
The reduced number of submarines also has caused a strain on readiness, particularly in modernization of the submarine force's C4I systems
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Bill would force DOE to take stock
Lawmakers demand an inventory of all documents and devices throughout the Energy Department that contain restricted or classified data
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Navy's submarine force in crisis
By 2004, the number of submarines available to conduct critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions will be at 45, the lowest in decades
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Pentagon defuses missile-defense criticism
Defense officials went on the offensive in Congress to dismiss 'destructive and distracting misconceptions' about the program
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Report slams DOE counterintelligence
The Energy Department's counterintelligence training and awareness program has 'failed dismally,' a panel of security experts concluded
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Mission Accomplished
For the inaugural Monticello Awards, Federal Computer Week hailed the 10 most successful computer systems in the federal government from 1987 to 1997.
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