22 results for "G.W. Schulz"
Defense contractors fear fiscal cliff spending cuts will strike bone
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 9:00 PMAn estimated 1 in 4 jobs in San Diego County are tied to the military sector, and $32 billion in defense-related activities is linked to that area alone, more than the entire economic output of Panama.
Study questions success of border enforcement
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 9:00 PMWhen the Department of Homeland Security trudged up to Capitol Hill this year and asked lawmakers for another 365 days worth of funding, as every federal agency does each year, officials ticked off a list of accomplishments they presented as evi...
Homeland Security office OKs efforts to monitor social media
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 9:00 PMA little-known privacy office in the Department of Homeland Security has given its stamp of approval to an ongoing initiative aimed at monitoring social media sites for emerging threats.
Calif. privacy groups oppose cellphone surveillance device
Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 9:00 PMFBI investigators used a court order authorizing access to cellphone customer data to quietly deploy a powerful surveillance technology known as "stingrays," privacy groups contend in a new court filing [PDF] that claims the devices ar...
More Americans support torture to fight terrorism, poll finds
Monday, October 1, 2012 at 9:00 PMA surprising number of Americans are supportive of controversial Bush-era tactics used to undermine terrorism, and are even open to more extreme measures like using nuclear weapons.
Senate report savages terrorism 'fusion centers' as useless
Monday, October 1, 2012 at 9:00 PMThe nation's vast network of anti-terrorism "fusion centers" for law enforcement have produced shoddy, untimely and often useless intelligence reports that have done little to keep the U.S. safer, a scathing U.S. Senate report conc...
$245M program under way for new type of airport body scanners
Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 9:00 PMAirports in California could soon see the second generation of full-body scanners used to detect nonmetallic weapons and improvised explosive devices after earlier machines raised privacy and health concerns.
Plugins to kill Facebook Timeline come with security headaches
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 9:00 PMNot all of Facebook's 900 million global users are pleased with the mega-site's slow lurch toward what it calls Timeline, a new profile format that displays photos, updates, wall messages and more based on when the material was posted ov...
Congressional report explores history of military's use on U.S. soil
Sunday, September 9, 2012 at 9:00 PMCongress passed the Posse Comitatus Act more than 130 years ago to restrict the use of military personnel on U.S. soil, and the nation has long possessed an aversion to armed forces being relied upon for enforcement actions against civilians. Bu...
Private companies pitch Web surveillance tools to police
Monday, September 3, 2012 at 9:00 PMPrivate tech firms have found a new market for their sophisticated software capable of analyzing vast segments of the Internet - local police departments looking for ways to pre-empt the next mass shooting or other headline-grabbing event.
