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Military Illegally Aided ICE in Money Laundering Case, Civil Rights Lawyer Says

Special Operations Command applied data mining technologies to social media.

News

Obama on the Tonight Show: Diplomats ‘Don’t Get Enough Credit’

The president talks contracting, embassy security and infrastructure with Jay Leno.

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Analysis: How Twitter Is Revolutionizing Washington Relationships

The capital is connecting with the country -- and itself -- 140 characters at a time.

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Special Ops Mined Social Media for Data to Advance Mission

The command experimented with tools from a dozen companies.

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Hack Linked To Feds Probably Yielded a List of Tor Users

Developers of the identity-masking Web browser are weighing their options for response.

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Calculate Your Cyber Salary

Online tool calculates average earnings based on title, experience, location and more.

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How a Misplaced Reef on a Digital Chart Helped Destroy a Navy Minesweeper

Error by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency was compounded by the Navy’s reliance on GPS for navigation.

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New TV Show on Agencies Spotlights Information Technology

WJLA’s Sunday morning ‘Government Matters’ is aimed at feds, contractors.

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How Computer Clouds Could Help Cure Cancer

The National Cancer Institute is funding pilot computer clouds that will help researchers crack cancer’s genetic code.

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$116,000: What You Need to Pay for the Average Cyber Pro

Federal government described as a dream employer, second only to Google, in new survey.

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Why Wasn't the NSA Prepared?

Contingency planning is critical to covert operations, and the NSA's failure to anticipate or effectively mitigate its recent leak is inexcusable.

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This Week in ThreatWatch

A compilation of noteworthy headlines from the weird and wily world of cyber assaults.

Defense One

DC's Political Paralysis 'Means More Casualties' for Untrained Soldiers

The best place to learn how Washington’s budget impasse is putting troops at risk is the Army’s National Training Center, which has cancelled rotations for the first time since 1981. By James Kitfield

Defense One

Worldwide Travel Alert Issued for Al Qaeda Threat

State Department issues advisories, plans to close embassies on Sunday in response to unspecified threat. By Sara Sorcher

Nextgov

Study Shows Widening Gap in Supply, Demand of IT Grads

IT degrees are falling as job vacancies are rising.

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Privacy Hamstrings Protection of White House Staff Gmail

Hack underscores the national security challenge when private lives and government roles intersect.