Federal Worker Savings Plan Computers Hit in Cyber-Attack
Last month the FBI notified the Thrift Savings Plan, the contribution retirement savings plan for Federal employees, that a contractor’s computer systems had been breached in a complex cyber-attack with 123,000 Social Security numbers being compromised. According to the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB)… Read More »
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Smooth Sailing for 1st Women to Serve on Navy Submarines
Two years after the Navy decided to allow women to serve as officers aboard its submarines, the integration of women into the submarine force appears to be going smoothly. That’s the word from some of the first women selected to become “submariners,” who say the… Read More »
Yemen’s Other Crisis: Humanitarian Crisis Grows as Violence Increases
Yemen is not only one of the most dangerous countries in the world, it’s also home to one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, according to the grim numbers offered today by State Department officials. Nearly 40 percent of the country — 10 million people… Read More »
Pentagon Faces New Enemy: 10,000 Honey Bees
There were chuckles all around the Pentagon today as an alert notice appeared on computers warning buidling employees a swarm of bees had parked themsleves outside an entrance to the building. By coincidence, a short time later a fire alarm led to the evacuation of… Read More »
FBI Investigates Media Leaks in Yemen Bomb Plot
FBI director Robert S. Mueller III today disclosed that the FBI is investigating leaks to the news media about the recently disrupted plot by Al Qaeda’s Yemen affiliate to smuggle a bomb designed to be concealed in underwear onto a U.S. bound jet. The plans… Read More »
Secretary Clinton Says ‘Oui’ To New French President
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that she welcomes the new French president, Francoise Hollande, and is looking forward to working with him. In an interview with USA Today, Clinton said even though Hollande, who is a socialist, will have very different policies from… Read More »
Osama Bin Laden Compound Model on Display at Pentagon
Turning a lot of heads today in a Pentagon hallway is the once-classified scale model of Osama bin Laden’s compound used to plan last year’s Special Operations raid. It marks the first public display of what was once America’s most secret scale model. Hundreds of… Read More »
Former FBI Bomb Investigator Arrested on Child Pornography Charges
A former FBI Supervisory special agent who worked on some of the bureau’s most high profile terrorism and bombing cases including the Unabomber case, the USS Cole bombing, the Oklahoma City bombing and the1993 World Trade Center bombing and the 9/11 attacks, has been arrested… Read More »
Al Qaeda Leader Linked to USS Cole Attack Killed in Airstrike in Yemen
The government of Yemen says an airstrike has killed a top al Qaeda leader who was on the FBI’s most wanted terrorist list because of his role in the attack on the USS Cole . The attack on the U.S. Navy destroyer in October, 2000 killed 17… Read More »
Congressional Intel Chairs Say Taliban Is ‘Stronger’
As 10,000 U.S. troops prepare to leave the Afghanistan over the next six months, two top lawmakers, just back from a trip to the region, on the House and Senate Intelligence Committee said they are concerned that the Taliban is growing stronger. “I think we both say… Read More »
