First published by the Seattle Times. You're welcome. David Heath at CPI met him some years back, and has a blog post about him here.
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6:58 am Fri
Nov 16, 2012
Mr. Shirtless
Army says Petraeus shouldn't be punished under military law for leaking top-secret materials
The Washington Post reports that the U.S. Army is recommending retired general David H. Petraeus not face further punishment for screwing his biographer and leaking top-secret materials to her.
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Petraeus: if you think the FBI has broad email snooping powers, get a load of their phone-spying
The Petraeus/Broadwell email dragnet, which hasn’t yielded evidence of any crime, has brought our attention to the FBI’s sweeping powers to surveil email. But as ProPublica’s Peter Maas writes, “It’s not just email.” In July, Rep. Edward Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, cajoled major cellphone carriers into disclosing the number of requests for data that […]
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FBI's Petraeus/Broadwell email dragnet reveals agency's sweeping surveillance power
The FBI’s dumpster-dive into Paula Broadwell’s email archive has not yet revealed evidence of any crime, but it has revealed to America the extent to which our government is capable of collecting and surveilling our electronic communications. Greg Miller and Ellen Nakashima in the Washington Post : Many details surrounding the case remain unclear. The […]
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Here are 40 of the best charging cables, wireless docks, power banks, and more on sale this weekend
“The way to have power is to take it.” — Boss Tweed. We think an 18th-century political power broker probably had a different definition of power in mind when he made that statement, yet the sentiment still applies. We’ve all got devices all but falling out of our pockets and the need for power to […]
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This Spanish language training wants to rewire your mind
If the last 50 years of education have taught us nothing else, it’s that it often requires different tactics to best reach different learners. To pick up a foreign language, some students take best to the old-school high school language lab method, using heavy repetition, verb conjugation and grammar emphasis to embed a new language. […]
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Creating your own video games isn’t impossible this training can get you on the path
For those who want a career in video games, there’s no reason to sit around and wait. EA and Rockstar Games probably aren’t going to seek you out and knock on your door with a job opportunity. But if you’re an indie developer with a good idea and some passion, you can create a really […]
