Audit finds vulnerability to hacking, viruses in state health department. The state agency in charge of protecting the public's health and safety is having trouble protecting its own computers and …
Chinese Virus Crises Mean Trouble for U.S.
China is being hammered by viruses, and one security analysts says the trouble over there is causing trouble for U.S. networks. A survey conducted by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security shows that …
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U.N. Pushing Unconventional Weapons Ban
Key Security Council nations met for the first time to discuss a new resolution aimed at preventing terrorists from getting nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, U.N. diplomats said. Russia has …
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Inquiry Faults Intelligence on Iraq
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is preparing a blistering report on prewar intelligence on Iraq that is critical of CIA Director George J. Tenet and other intelligence officials for …
Drug Czar Says Terrorism Profiting from Drugs
At least half the groups designated as "foreign terrorist organizations" by the State Department raise money from international drug trafficking, a Bush administration official said on Thursday. White …
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Report Cites Security Flaws at Plum Island
Officials at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center have failed to safeguard pathogens that could be adapted to become weapons of germ warfare, including an agent potentially "as threatening as …
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Digging for Nuggets of Wisdom
MICHAEL N. LIEBMAN knows his limitations. Even with a Ph.D. and a long career in medical research, he cannot keep up with all the developments in his area of interest, breast cancer. Medline, the …
FDA: Terrorism or accident likely to poison food supply
There is a "high likelihood" in the coming year of a deliberate poison attack or accidental outbreak in the U.S. food supply that sickens many people, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday. …
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Ports Neglecting Terror Threat, Warns Expert
Scottish ports and harbours are failing to face up to the threat of a terrorist attack, an international terrorism expert warned yesterday. Professor Paul Wilkinson, of St Andrews University, told a …
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Science Panel Urges Review of Research Terrorists Could Use
Despite scientists' general distaste for any constraints on research, a panel of the National Academy of Sciences yesterday recommended prior review, at the university and federal levels, of …
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