iraq
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The Race To Digitise Iraqi History Before ISIS Can Get To It
Like so many bully regimes before it, the Islamic State has a talent for propaganda. A big part of that effort is documenting the destruction of everything from architecture to artefacts, even if they’re unwittingly destroying replicas. In Iraq, the cultural heritage is real — and so is the threat.
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The True Story Of The Deadliest Assassination Attempt On Paul Bremer
Between 2003 and 2004 Blackwater security expert Frank Gallagher managed the impossible — keeping Paul Bremer, the de facto head of state for newly invaded Iraq, alive through a violent insurgency. At times, it was a close-run thing. This was one of those times.
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The NSA’s Been Spying On Every Single Call, Text, And Email In Iraq
A couple weeks ago, we learned from leaked documents that the NSA has the capability to record an entire country’s calls, texts, and email in real time. That’s a hell of a capability, and those documents revealed that it was being used in one country. Now, thanks to a retired NSA leader, we know which…
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The Pentagon Is Putting Its Big Brother Data Collection In The Cloud
News emerged this week that the U.S. Army, which has been collecting biometric data of locals in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, is going to start storing that data in the cloud. Put simply, biometrics is the collection of personal, physical data using devices like retina scanners, and no matter what way you spin the…