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Get mad? Get Even? Or get up and running again?

When a system is broken into, the management often has a choice to make: should they take some time to try to figure out who was behind the break-in, should they bring in the police, or should they just clean … Continue reading

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What is a Cruel and Unusual Punishment for Youths?

[Corrected information, thanks to Ken Durazzo.] The punishment should fit the crime. This is the general basis for the Eighth Amendment, and it’s one that has been largely ignored in the United States.  Now the New York Times reports on … Continue reading

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Beware Facebook Scams! Protect yourself!

As Facebook now has more accounts than there are people in the United States, it should come as no surprise that it is possible to break into some of those 300 accounts.  This happens.  Well, what happens next when an … Continue reading

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Are Employees of the CIA above the law?

Update:  CNN’s Peter Bergen points out all the flaws in Dick Cheney’s logic here. Over the last few days there have been a plethora of conservative commentaries that range in their argument from Dick Cheney accusing the Obama administration of … Continue reading

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