CNN has a 'witch hunt' campaign about National Security starting this week. They have started ranting to supply "The Culture of Fear" with a head of stream to railroad UNISYS into victimization while Michael Chertoff could never get his act together.
Chertoff's security comments face opposition (click here)
Updated Thu. Sep. 27 2007 1:24 PM ET
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A keynote speaker at a conference has criticized U.S. secretary of homeland security Michael Chertoff's comments that privacy is not sacrificed by anti-terrorism security measures.
Chertoff spoke at the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Montreal Wednesday and said that measures to create secure ID and to screen people enter the United States will improve privacy.
"I want to reject the implicit zero-sum premise that privacy must be traded for security," Chertoff said at the conference....
George Bush's climate change plan draws fireBy Alex Spillius in New York (click here)
Last Updated: 12:01am BST 28/09/2007
George W Bush has staged his first major meeting on climate change in an attempt to persuade the world's most polluting powers to avoid another Kyoto-style agreement on cutting greenhouse gas emissions....
Keelty stands firm on climate change security comments (click here)
Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Mick Keelty has stood by his claim that climate change is the greatest security issue facing Australia's future.
Commissioner Keelty earlier this week said that rising sea levels as a result of climate change would force an exodus of refugees to seek illegal residence in Australia
Defence Minister Brendan Nelson has rejected the claim while the Prime Minister John Howard has said terrorism is the more immediate security threat.
Commissioner Keelty says his comments were made in an academic context and one threat can not be compared with the other.
"I don't think it matters which is more important. I mean certain threats will ascend at certain different periods in our history and this was as I say a futuristic comment," he said....
Report says Unisys probed for U.S. Homeland Security breach (click here)
Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:03am BST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating allegations that Unisys failed to detect a Chinese Web site's cyber break-ins on computers at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and then tried to cover up its shortcomings, The Washington Post reported on Monday.
Unisys won a $1 billion (494 million pound) contract in 2002 to build and manage information technology networks at the department and the Transportation Security Administration. But evidence gathered by the Homeland Security Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives indicates network-intrusion devices were not properly installed and monitored, the Post said.
As a result, some 150 DHS computers were compromised by hackers using a Chinese-language Web site from June through October in 2006.
Unisys, based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, disputed the charge with a statement saying: "We can state generally that the allegation that Unisys did not properly install essential security systems is incorrect. In addition, we routinely follow prescribed security protocols and have properly reported incidents to the customer in accordance with those protocols.
"... We believe that a proper investigation of this matter will conclude that Unisys acted in good faith to meet the customer's security requirements."
Besides the original $1 billion contract, Unisys received a $750 million follow-up deal in 2005, the Post said.
An aide on the Homeland Security Committee told the newspaper that the FBI was investigating Unisys for criminal fraud. The committee also has called for the DHS to look into the matter.
The committee also said the contractor allegedly had falsely certified the computer network had been protected to cover up its failings, the Post said.
