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The Center for Democracy and Technology is urging attention to security problems nationwide in the issuance of driver’s licenses. CDT warns that adding more biometric information to driver’s licenses will […]

The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies published a recent white paper authored by intelligence analyst and Middle East specialist, Jess Sadick, entitled “The Globalization of Hamas Terrorism.” In this

The U.N. security council dissolved the independent panel originally convened to monitor the financing of terrorists groups such as al Qaeda and member states where these activities can flourish. Brushing

The Nixon Center’s International Security and Energy Program recently hosted a half-day conference, “Developing a New Black Sea Security Agenda: Oil, Pipelines and Regional Security” to discuss the political and

Acting on concerns raised at a biodetector workshop held in 2002, The US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command’s Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center held a conference on development

On January 22nd, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published a background paper for a Spam Workshop being held in Brussels on February 2-3, 2004. It contains a

“The Bush administration will request $274 million in fiscal 2005 for an integrated biosurveillance initiative that will, among other things, develop a national data collection and analysis system for identifying

A new report out from the Democratic caucus of the committee on homeland security raises concerns over the program to vaccinate against smallpox. The report, a one year review, outlines

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9-11 Commission) held its seventh public hearing on January 26-27, 2004. The two-day investigative hearing developed

Attorney General Ashcroft has threatened a veto to a bipartisan bill that would amend the section of the Patriot Act. The bill, known as the Safe Act, would amend parts