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U.S. / NEWS Mon Dec 17, 2007 @ 3:00pm neoform

Google Associated Press -- Israeli intelligence officials are in the U.S. trying to convince the Bush administration that Iran is still trying to develop nuclear weapons — contrary to the findings of a recent U.S. intelligence report, security officials said. Prime Minister Eh.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jun 16, 2007 @ 10:49am neoform

Physorg -- The Los Alamos, N.M., National Laboratory reportedly breached national security by sending classified nuclear weapons information over the Internet. The e-mails resulted in "the loss of control of top-secret restricted data," Reps. John Dingell and Ba.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Mar 10, 2007 @ 2:51pm neoform

Yahoo News -- A chemical weapons incinerator destroyed the last of nearly 36,000 rockets carrying the deadly nerve agent VX, part of a huge munitions stockpile that dated back to the Cold War. The rockets were considered the most hazardous part of the stockpile beca.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Mar 3, 2007 @ 4:34pm neoform

Yahoo News -- The Bush administration selected a design Friday for a new generation of atomic warheads, taking a major step toward building the first new nuclear weapon since the end of the Cold War nearly two decades ago. The military and the Energy Department sele.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Feb 12, 2007 @ 8:32am neoform

Editor and Publisher -- Saturday’s New York Times features an article, posted at the top of its Web site late Friday, that suggests very strongly that Iran is supplying the “deadliest weapon aimed at American troops” in Iraq. The author notes, “Any assertion of an Irania.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Thu Dec 21, 2006 @ 8:05am neoform

New York Times -- Donald Vance, a 29-year-old Navy veteran from Chicago, was a whistle-blower who tipped off the F.B.I. to suspicious activity at the company where he worked, including possible weapons trafficking. He was arrested and held for 97 days — shackled and blin.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Dec 11, 2006 @ 8:05am neoform

Washington Post -- When the State Department recently asked the CIA for names of Iranians who could be sanctioned for their involvement in a clandestine nuclear weapons program, the agency refused, citing a large workload and a desire to protect its sources and tradecraft... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 31, 2006 @ 6:45pm neoform

Seattle Times -- Screeners at Newark Liberty International Airport, one of the starting points for the Sept. 11 hijackers, failed 20 of 22 security tests conducted by undercover U.S. agents last week, missing concealed bombs and guns at checkpoints throughout the major ai.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Oct 29, 2006 @ 12:45am neoform

Chicago Tribune -- Nancy Malooly hustled her shoes off, chucked some lip gloss into the trash and was carefully polite to the screeners as she made her way through Dallas Love Field's security checkpoint recently... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Oct 28, 2006 @ 12:42pm neoform

NJ -- Screeners at Newark Liberty International Airport failed 20 of 22 security tests conducted by undercover U.S. agents last week, missing an array of concealed bombs and guns at checkpoints throughout the hub's three terminals, federal security officials f.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Feb 12, 2008 @ 8:08am neoform

CNN -- A Defense Department weapons system analyst and three Chinese nationals have been arrested and charged in two espionage-related cases, prompting a top Justice Department official Monday to declare Chinese espionage is approaching "Cold War levels." In a c.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Oct 1, 2007 @ 9:17am neoform

New York Times -- The United States maintained its role as the leading supplier of weapons to the developing world in 2006, followed by Russia and Britain, according to a Congressional study to be released Monday. Pakistan, India and Saudi Arabia were the top buyers. T.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 3, 2007 @ 6:15pm neoform

CBS News -- A teenager in Arizona faces a terrorism charge for confronting a girl with a knife and later being found with a backpack full of restraining devices and weapons, a prosecutor said. The 14-year-old told police he planned to hold his class hostage, Maric.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Mar 7, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

FOX News -- New Jersey is looking to become the second state to outlaw a powerful gun that critics say can be used by terrorists to shoot down an airliner. Democratic lawmakers and Ceasefire NJ, an antigun group, unveiled a plan Monday to make it illegal to sell ... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Mar 6, 2007 @ 9:46am mrmdc

Yahoo News -- A journalist who fell to his death from a fifth-story window had received threats while gathering material for a report claiming Russia planned to provide sophisticated weapons to Syria and Iran, his newspaper said Tuesday. Prosecutors have opened an i.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Feb 12, 2007 @ 11:10pm neoform

Ars Technica -- How many laptops does the FBI lose? The Office of the Inspector General (or OIG; it's a part of the Department of Justice) sought to find out back in 2001, when it did an initial audit of the Bureau's losses of both weapons and laptops. The findings of th.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Feb 12, 2007 @ 8:38am neoform

www.democracynow.org -- An undercover intelligence officer, who is suing the CIA, says his managers asked him to falsify his reporting on weapons of mass destruction and retaliated against him when he refused. We speak with his attorney. [includes rush transcript] We turn now to.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Dec 11, 2006 @ 11:38pm neoform

Seattle Times -- Nearly one-quarter of America's 9,962 nuclear weapons are now assigned to the Bangor submarine base on Hood Canal, 20 air miles northwest of downtown Seattle... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Nov 18, 2006 @ 9:31am neoform

Al Jazeera -- A Cuban-American opposed to Fidel Castro's communist government has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for hiding weapons in what prosecutors said was part of an attempt to overthrow the Cuban government... Read More

U.S. / OPINION Sun Oct 29, 2006 @ 1:09pm neoform

MSNBC -- Many months ago it became obvious to all but the most ideologically blinkered that America is losing the war launched to deal with a chimeric problem (an arsenal of WMD) and to achieve a delusory goal (a democracy that would inspire emulation, transformin.. Read More