http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/security/ en-us Tue, 7 Oct 2008 14:25:45 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099584/posts . A wishful thinking Iran policy While the Iranian regime openly talks about the destruction of Israel, denies the Holocaust, supports terrorism and arms, trains, funds, and even dispatches the terrorists who murder U.S. troops and innocent Afghans and Iraqis, Obama is favoring a continuance of the Bush Administration policy of doing nothing. Obama's only policy prescription has been to launch top-level, face-to-face meetings between the U.S. president and the top leader of Iran (and other rogue states). Obama does not explain why current negotiations by lower-level staff members are not working (and why his will), and why simply flattering... Family Security Matters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099584/posts#comment Tue, 7 Oct 2008 14:25:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099517/posts John McCain is collapsing in the polls in Florida and other swing states, but Sarah Palin, God bless her, has a solution. "For me, the heels are on, the gloves are off," she announced at high noon Monday to a group of Republican donors at the Naples Beach Club.... Worse, Palin's routine attacks on the media have begun to spill into ugliness. In Clearwater, arriving reporters were greeted with shouts and taunts by the crowd of about 3,000. Palin then went on to blame Katie Couric's questions for her "less-than-successful interview with kinda mainstream media." At that, Palin supporters turned... Washington Pest http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099517/posts#comment Tue, 7 Oct 2008 13:10:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099074/posts CAMP TAJI — It’s business as usual for the volunteer security force known as the Sons of Iraq (Abna al Iraq) in Tarmiyah, northwest of Baghdad, as they patrol their city streets day and night. As Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, “Golden Dragons,” 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, “Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad conducted a routine SoI checkpoint recon, Sept. 29, 2008, they saw what they always see: SoI guards manning their posts, doing their jobs. “There hasn’t been any change,” according to Spc. Bryan Austin, a 23-year-old Golden Dragon squad leader from... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099074/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2008 23:36:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098693/posts Due to the recent economic crisis and a McCain campaign knocked off kilter, Sen. Barack Obama is becoming more and more the presidential candidate the experts predict to win the election. Such a victory would be unprecedented but not due to his race. It will be unprecedented in that never before has America embraced a candidate with such little experience and ill-defined views. Those views which he does profess represent a naïve break from reality, a poorly thought-out exercise in moral equivalence, and a repetition of policies and philosophies with long debunked credibility. There's a reason why Sen. Obama loses... Family Security Matters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098693/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2008 15:47:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2098607/posts It was revealing what Sen. Barack Obama didn’t say during the first presidential candidate debate with Sen. John McCain, when they finally got around to foreign policy. Obama has said that he will “end misguided defense policies” – the same policies that have kept America at arm’s length from attacks by Russia, North Korea and Iran, to name only a few countries that would welcome America’s demise. These policies have also kept us from additional attacks on the homeland by transnational terrorist organizations. But to listen to Obama, he would change all that. This is precisely the “change” he says... North Star Writers Group http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2098607/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2008 13:21:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098267/posts Qualifications United States citizenship and successful completion of an extensive background investigation are mandatory in order to obtain a Top Secret Security Clearance with Category III White House Access. Applicants holding dual citizenship will be required to renounce their foreign citizenship as a prerequisite to obtaining clearance. This clearance is a requirement for the assignment of the Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) 5511 - Member, U.S. Marine Band. ----snip Clearance Qualifications Disqualifying conditions may include but are not limited to: arrest and/or conviction of a felony;..........illegal drug use (to include any use of cocaine, heroin, LSD, and PCP); and the illegal... United States Marine Band website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098267/posts#comment Sun, 5 Oct 2008 23:47:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097458/posts BAGHDAD — A black kite rises to the sky off in the distance as a convoy of military police Soldiers travel down one of the most dangerous routes in Baghdad. “They know we are here,” said Staff Sgt. Darrell Bamberg, a squad leader Multi-National Division – Baghdad, as his eyes scanned through his Humvee window, Sept. 27, at the black kites with the assumption criminal groups were signaling the arrival of Coalition forces along the route as they entered the Al Akad neighborhood. “The guys over here don’t like us at all,” said Bamberg, referring to the criminal groups in... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097458/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2008 17:20:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097058/posts BAGHDAD — The Iraq ministry of interior’s Division of Border Enforcement graduated 1,538 border police in September, one of its highest monthly graduation rates this year. With the new graduates, the border police surpassed an assigned strength of 43,000. The graduating classes included 1,173 basic recruits. The border police graduates completed specialized skills training such as non-commissioned officer and platoon sergeant schools, and courses in internal affairs, immigration, and patrol tactics. “The Division of Border Enforcement now includes 13 brigades with 51 battalions, along with the Coast Guard for guarding Iraq’s ports and coastline,” said Ashford Mohammed, the DBE’s CPATT/DOIA... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097058/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 23:20:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096196/posts CAMP STRIKER — Coalition forces handed over Patrol Base Shanghai to the Iraqi Army during a ceremony here, Sept. 30. Company B, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) traded places with 3rd Co., 1st Bn., 23rd Bde., 17th IA Division. “Today is an honor for us [to receive] Shanghai,” said 2nd Lt. Muhammad, commander of 3/1/23/17th IA Div. In spite of the pomp and circumstance and VIPs, the commander of Co. B, 3-187th Inf. said the day was just an official recognition of what the IA troops have been doing all along. “Today... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096196/posts#comment Thu, 2 Oct 2008 23:20:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2095787/posts Today vonJeek/THC released his tool and a video how to duplicate (clone) and modify a Passport with RFID chip. http://freeworld.thc.org/thc-epassport/ The weakness is in the way the system has been rolled out. The terminal accepts self-signed data. This attack is different to the grunwald attack. VonJeek's attack makes it possible to copy, forge and modify the data so that it is still accepted as a genuine valid passport by the terminal. Using a Certification Authority (CA) could solve the attack but at the same time introduces a new set of attack vectors: 1. The CA becomes a single point of... THC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2095787/posts#comment Thu, 2 Oct 2008 15:12:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094393/posts WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2008 – Trends across the security, political and economic landscape of Iraq continue to improve, but the fundamental character of the conflict remains unchanged, according to a Defense Department report submitted to Congress yesterday. The improved security in Iraq has opened the doors for dialogue between the leading parties in the country’s government and communities and has made room for other institutional developments. But results are still tenuous and long-term stability will only be realized if the Iraqi government continues to build its legitimacy and take on existing challenges, the report says. The quarterly report is... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094393/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:31:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092522/posts BAQUBAH — A ribbon cutting ceremony recently took place in a western Baqubah neighborhood to reopen a road that had been closed to the locals in the area for more than a year. "This was in the workings since early May," said Capt. Kevin P. Ryan, the officer behind coordinating the opening. "My idea is to transition this area of operations (AO) back to the Iraqi people and to open the roads up, to give something back to the people." To do that, though, he had to work with Iraqi security forces (ISF) to set up some conditions, which were... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092522/posts#comment Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:20:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092228/posts PITTSBURGH - A federal judge does not have the jurisdiction to second-guess security clearance decisions and should throw out a lawsuit by a Muslim scientist who claims he wrongly lost his clearance — and his job — at a nuclear warship plant, U.S. Justice Department attorneys said in court documents. Lawyers for the Department of Energy contend the lawsuit filed by Egyptian-born scientist Abdel Moniem Ali El-Ganayni is an effort to publicize the security review process, which could pose a threat to the U.S. The American Civil Liberties Union helped El-Ganayni sue this year, saying he was wrongly fired for... AP via MSNBC.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092228/posts#comment Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:04:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091993/posts UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday proposed a pan-European summit to review a proposal to create a "reliable collective" security system in Europe. Saying that the existing architecture of European security "did not pass the strength test in recent events," referring to the Georgia conflict, he told the UN General Assembly that a "pan-European summit" should take "a comprehensive look at security problems." Lavrov did not say when or where this summit would be held but said its task would be to weigh a proposal made by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Berlin last June... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091993/posts#comment Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:57:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2091955/posts Most of us condemn George. W. Bush for his main role in war on terror, people should realize before they show him the point of your accusing finger. He, started the war to erase terrorists forever from the world. He has been the true strength on whom the whole of America could rest, he has maintained the law & order very nicely in his regime. After the 9/11 attacks, there has been nothing not even a small attack, he made sure that all entry & exit points were guarded with care. Instead of blaming poor President Bush for everything, we... www.onlinearticles.co.cc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2091955/posts#comment Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:43:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091752/posts A security hole in Adobe Systems Inc software, used to distribute movies and TV shows over the Internet, is giving users free access to record and copy from Amazon.com Inc's video streaming service. The problem exposes online video content to the rampant piracy that plagued the music industry during the Napster era and is undermining efforts by retailers, movie studios and television networks to cash in on a huge Web audience. "It's a fundamental flaw in the Adobe design. This was designed stupidly," said Bruce Schneier, a security expert who is also the chief security technology officer at British Telecom.... Yahoo! via Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091752/posts#comment Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:41:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090738/posts WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2008 – Iraqi soldiers and Sons of Iraq civilian security members are now performing the bulk of security duties northwest of Baghdad, a senior U.S. military officer in Iraq said today. “All in all, security in the area is vastly improved as the result of the great work of our soldiers and their increasingly confident and capable partners, the Iraqi security forces,” Army Col. Todd McCaffrey, commander of the U.S. 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, told Pentagon reporters during a satellite-carried news conference. The U.S. soldiers under McCaffrey’s command do not patrol much anymore, he... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090738/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:05:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088166/posts TIKRIT — Iraqi security in the Salah ad Din province got a shot in the arm Sept. 16, as the first in a series of local police stations here opened its doors to join the fight to secure Iraq’s streets. Dozens gathered in the midst of a dust storm, as an Iraqi police station validation ceremony marked the opening of the al Answar Police Station in the town of al Secour, which is part of the Tikrit Police District. The Answar station is the first in a flurry of police stations set to open in the expansive northern province in... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088166/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:27:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088126/posts WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2008 – Violence in Iraq – even in the midst of the holy month of Ramadan, which has seen increases in violence in the past – continues its downward trend, the commander of coalition ground forces in Iraq said today. Army Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, Multinational Corps Iraq commander, spoke to Pentagon reporters via teleconference from his headquarters in Baghdad. Austin charted the continued progress in Iraq. “We've experienced continued low levels of violence, with 15 of the last 16 weeks remaining below the 200-attacks-per-week mark,” he said. “In Baghdad, … we've averaged less than... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088126/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:53:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087765/posts Logistics are key for the Iraqi military and police to conduct fully independent operations. The Long War Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087765/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:48:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2087004/posts Barack Obama protecting the country? Compare and Contrast. Stuck On Stupid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2087004/posts#comment Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:20:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086192/posts JAZEERAH — Although official provincial Iraqi control has only recently been applied in the al Anbar province, Iraqi Police in Jazeerah have conducted themselves as the area’s leading security force for some time. Jazeerah Police and Marines with 1st Platoon, Company C, Task Force 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, have been conducting combined security patrols in the area since the battalion’s arrival in July 2008. This partnership was in place with other battalions in the area before 1st Bn., 2nd Marines’ arrival. Once a hot spot for terrorist weapons caches, Jazeerah is becoming a model community... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086192/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:21:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085442/posts BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Sept. 18, 2008 – Parliament leaders, village elders and other government officials attended a meeting Sept. 15 at the Glass House Jirga Center in the Mahmood Raqi district of Afghanistan’s Kapisa province to introduce a new National Directorate of Security and to discuss issues. Government officials, village elders and people of Afghanistan’s Kapisa province gather Sept. 15, 2008, to introduce a new National Directorate of Security and discuss security issues. U.S. Army photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Kapisa Gov. Khuweja Abubaker and Army Col. Scott A. Spellmon, Task Force Warrior commander, addressed a crowd... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085442/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:18:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084813/posts Solar lights light up a road in the northwest Baghdad neighborhood of Ghazaliyah, Aug. 28, 2008. Photo by Maj. Frank Garcia, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs. BAGHDAD — Even with the numerous power generation projects in place here, constant and reliable power is not always guaranteed.  When the streetlights are out due to power outages and broken or stolen bulbs, not only can the enemy perform their destructive tasks, but citizens are unable to roam, attend gatherings or shop at the endless open-air markets. In neighborhoods across northwest Baghdad, specifically Ghazaliyah, a new solar-powered lighting system is being placed... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084813/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:18:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083273/posts Homeland Security Advisory System Current Threat Level September 15, 2008 — The United States government's national threat level is Elevated, or Yellow. The U.S. threat level is High, or Orange, for all domestic and international flights. Only small amounts of liquids, aerosols and gels are allowed in carry-on baggage. See the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Web site for up-to-date information on items permitted and prohibited on airlines. There is no credible, specific intelligence suggesting an imminent threat to the homeland at this time. Still, we are closely assessing potential threats and response planning leading into and following the electoral process... Department of Homeland Security http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083273/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:07:52 GMT