terrorism
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RAF Typhoons Will Aggressively Defend London During The Olympics
The Brits are not taking the defence of this year’s Olympics lightly. The RAF is in full alert, ready to intercept anything that flies off their planned path or into prohibited air space. The Battle of Britain 2!
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TSA Doesn’t Deny That It’s Really Easy To Fool Body Scanners
If you’ve been on the internet today, you probably saw (along with the iPad 3) that those fancy TSA naked body scanners can be easily duped by just carrying something to the side over you body (in a side pocket or an attached pouch). Wait… that’s all it takes? Apparently so. Even the TSA doesn’t…
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I Advised NCIS: LA On ‘E-Bombs’ But They’re Not A Work Of Fiction
In last week’s episode of NCIS: Los Angeles on Channel Ten, the program’s protagonists try to locate a stolen electromagnetic bomb before detonation. I know this, because I was the scientific advisor for this episode. While NCIS: LA, and shows like it, are clearly works of fiction, these “E-bombs” are very real and the use…
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Hezbollah Captured American Spies With Commercially Available Software
The latest story seeping out of the Middle East claims Hezbollah has recently tracked down, arrested and outed a significant but undislosed number of American spies working for the CIA. And their techniques for discovering the cloak and daggar operatives? Disconcertingly simple.