MILNET Headlines, 25 February 2010

Afghanistan:  Night Raids Violate Afghans’ Deepest Moral Code Cloud:  Ranum& Peterson Vidoe on Cloud Computing Commentary:  Opinion: Running Out of Time Copyright:  New ACTA Leak–U.S., Korea, Singapore, Denmark Do Not Support  Transparency Cyber-Security:  Cybersecurity Coordinator Lacks Accountability Cyber-Security:  Federal Regulation Urged on Cybersecurity Cyber-Security:  Software Defects Threaten Census Rollout Cyber-Security:  US Would Lose Cyberwar Cyber-Security: …

Journal: Modern Obstacles to Spying & Assassination

(1)  I’ve seen some of the surveillance video on CNN; here is a link to more. (2)  Regardless of who ran the operation, sounds like the Hamas guy needed to go; (3) in addition to surveillance and biometrics, proliferation of commercially-available databases such ChoicePoint  creates additional operational challenges.) How spy technologies foil old-school political killings …

VIDEO (8:19) CHANGE 2010: National Press Club Robert Steele, former CIA officer, discusses real-time and and open source intelligence

Robert Steele, former CIA clandestine officer, founder of the Marine Corps Intelligence Center and expert on open source and real time intelligence, offers his perspective on how the latest information technology can greatly enhance America’s national security capabilities. Posted 18 February 2010 SLIDES:  2009 23 Sep 09 National Press Club Washington, D.C.

Worth a Look: Talking Plants–Sensor to Shooter

“Homegrown Terra-rists” Ignite Video The Ignite Show just posted episode 2, Kati’s Botanicalls Ignite NYC talk from back in September 2008 during Web 2.0 Expo. You may want to skip past the intro…and start at 1:33. The Botanicalls system and applications use networked open source hardware and software to allow plants to communicate with people …