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Tag: Homeland Security

Tunnel plug vs. tunnel vision

April 25, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Government, Ideas, Infrastructure, Public safety, Technology, Transportation Leave a comment

If a flood swamped subway or commuter-rail tunnels, it could devastate an urban area’s buried electrical cables and foul up transportation for days or

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Internet blockades: coming soon to a country near you!

February 8, 2011 Bobbi Clemons Politics, Technology Leave a comment

You’ve heard about the chaos in Egypt. Ordinary citizens got tired of their oppressive ruler and took to the streets. There are tanks in

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McCain and Lieberman’s dangerous bill

March 22, 2010 Madonna Gauding Civil Rights, Congress, Politics 2 comments

On March 4th, Senators McCain and Lieberman quietly introduced a bill that Salon Magazine’s Glen Greenwald calls “the single most extremist, tyrannical and dangerous

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