Wednesday, July 10, 2013

They call it progress.

It used to be secure.

President Truman instituted an emergency system entitled "Conelrad." It used radio and television to provide civil defense information on  640 kHz and 1240 kHz frequency points.

640 kHz with 50,000 watts of power during the daytime, and 1,000 watts of power during nighttime hours; a two-tower directional antenna is used, with differing patterns daytime and nighttime. The station is owned by the Clear Channel Communications subsidiary Citicasters Licenses (formerly part of Jacor Communications)
  
All those frequencies were removed from public access under the Bush Administration. 

WEBJ      1240 kHz      ND1 BREWTON (click here)   AL  US   1.0    kW
WNRA     1240 kHz      ND1 EUFAULA                     AL  US   0.6    kW
WMGJ     1240 kHz      ND1 GADSDEN                    AL  US   1.0    kW
WJLX      1240 kHz      ND1 JASPER                       AL  US   1.0    kW
WBCF     1240 kHz      ND1 FLORENCE                   AL  US   1.0    kW
KVRC      1240 kHz      ND1 ARKADELPHIA              AR  US   1.0    kW
KTLO      1240 kHz      ND2 MOUNTAIN HOME         AR  US   0.83   kW
KWAK     1240 kHz      ND2 STUTTGART                 AR  US   0.96   kW
KJAA       1240 kHz      ND1 GLOBE                       AZ  US   1.0    kW

The US Emergency Alert System, (click here) which interrupts live TV and radio broadcasts with information about national emergencies in progress, is vulnerable to attacks that allow hackers to remotely disseminate bogus reports and tamper with gear, security researchers warned.

The remote takeover vulnerability affects the DASDEC-I and DASDEC-II application servers made by a company called Digital Alert Systems. It stems from a recent firmware update that mistakenly included the private secure shell (SSH) key, according to an advisory published Monday by researchers from security firm IOActive. Administrators use such keys to remotely log in to a server to gain unfettered "root" access. The publication of the key makes it trivial for hackers to gain unauthorized access on Digital Alert System appliances that run default settings on older firmware....
In the Republican primary to see who would face off against Democratic Rep. Walt Minnick, Raul Labrador ran to the right of his very conservative opponent who was endorsed by Sarah Palin and the NRCC. Labrador rallied support from Religious Right and Tea Party groups in order to upset Republican Vaughn Ward, whose campaign imploded, and he went on to defeat Rep. Minnick.
Labrador made his right-wing views clear when he announced his campaign in an email “to a former Idaho blogger known for his extreme conservative views.” He supports withdrawing the US from the United Nations, returning to the Gold Standard, and eliminating the Department of Education. Labrador even wants to repeal the 17th Amendment and end the right of voters to elect their Senators, bizarrely saying that it is “the constitutional position to take” and the only way to make sure “that US Senators are actually beholden to the people.”
In the State House, Labrador said he will work “tirelessly to defund and repeal Obamacare” and spearheaded the passage of a bill which compels the Attorney General to challenge the health care reform law in federal court and bars the government from mandating coverage. When speaking to radio talk show host Laura Ingraham, Labrador maintained that the law was “historic, but remember, Benedict Arnold was also historic, he betrayed our nation. And I think the Democratic Party betrayed our nation yesterday as well.”
- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/meet-congressman-elect-raul-labrador-bryan-fischer%E2%80%99s-favorite-tea-partier#sthash.LpMbJg4G.dpuf
In the Republican primary to see who would face off against Democratic Rep. Walt Minnick, Raul Labrador ran to the right of his very conservative opponent who was endorsed by Sarah Palin and the NRCC. Labrador rallied support from Religious Right and Tea Party groups in order to upset Republican Vaughn Ward, whose campaign imploded, and he went on to defeat Rep. Minnick.
Labrador made his right-wing views clear when he announced his campaign in an email “to a former Idaho blogger known for his extreme conservative views.” He supports withdrawing the US from the United Nations, returning to the Gold Standard, and eliminating the Department of Education. Labrador even wants to repeal the 17th Amendment and end the right of voters to elect their Senators, bizarrely saying that it is “the constitutional position to take” and the only way to make sure “that US Senators are actually beholden to the people.”
In the State House, Labrador said he will work “tirelessly to defund and repeal Obamacare” and spearheaded the passage of a bill which compels the Attorney General to challenge the health care reform law in federal court and bars the government from mandating coverage. When speaking to radio talk show host Laura Ingraham, Labrador maintained that the law was “historic, but remember, Benedict Arnold was also historic, he betrayed our nation. And I think the Democratic Party betrayed our nation yesterday as well.”
- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/meet-congressman-elect-raul-labrador-bryan-fischer%E2%80%99s-favorite-tea-partier#sthash.LpMbJg4G.dpuf
In the Republican primary to see who would face off against Democratic Rep. Walt Minnick, Raul Labrador ran to the right of his very conservative opponent who was endorsed by Sarah Palin and the NRCC. Labrador rallied support from Religious Right and Tea Party groups in order to upset Republican Vaughn Ward, whose campaign imploded, and he went on to defeat Rep. Minnick.
Labrador made his right-wing views clear when he announced his campaign in an email “to a former Idaho blogger known for his extreme conservative views.” He supports withdrawing the US from the United Nations, returning to the Gold Standard, and eliminating the Department of Education. Labrador even wants to repeal the 17th Amendment and end the right of voters to elect their Senators, bizarrely saying that it is “the constitutional position to take” and the only way to make sure “that US Senators are actually beholden to the people.”
In the State House, Labrador said he will work “tirelessly to defund and repeal Obamacare” and spearheaded the passage of a bill which compels the Attorney General to challenge the health care reform law in federal court and bars the government from mandating coverage. When speaking to radio talk show host Laura Ingraham, Labrador maintained that the law was “historic, but remember, Benedict Arnold was also historic, he betrayed our nation. And I think the Democratic Party betrayed our nation yesterday as well.”
- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/meet-congressman-elect-raul-labrador-bryan-fischer%E2%80%99s-favorite-tea-partier#sthash.LpMbJg4G.dpuf