“It was the “best of” list, it
was the “worst of” list...
“In our religion, God wants us to
determine what he wants. I think he wants us to be ignorant.”
On Saturday, Pakistan briefly lifted
the months-old ban on YouTube, spurred by the widely
distributed U.S.-made video presented as a trailer for a film
titled "Innocence of Muslims" and decried in many places
around the world as blasphemous toward Islam. "After months of
criticism of the ban, the government decided to allow Pakistanis to
have access to YouTube again, saying steps had been taken to ensure
that offensive content would not be visible. But those efforts
apparently failed, and the
authorities quickly backtracked," writes the New York Times.
"Quickly" is right: access to YouTube was apparently open
for just three minutes, which seems about right; it
shouldn't take longer than that to discover things on the site to
which adherents of any particular religion might take umbrage.
What's surprising is that this took lifting the censorship on a wide
scale, rather than just taking a smaller peek through tunneling
software.
I thought how we classified secrets was
secret...
The
Protection of Classified Information: The Legal Framework
… This report provides an overview
of the relationship between executive and legislative authority over
national security information, and summarizes the current laws that
form the legal framework protecting classified information, including
current executive orders and some agency regulations pertaining to
the handling of unauthorized disclosures of classified information by
government officers and employees. The report also summarizes
criminal laws that pertain specifically to the unauthorized
disclosure of classified information, as well as civil and
administrative penalties. Finally, the report describes some recent
developments in executive branch security policies and legislation
currently before Congress (S. 3454).
Direct
link to document (PDF; 334 KB)
A new area for a “Best of” list?
December 30, 2012
CIO
- Top 12 Big Data Stories of 2012
"As 2012 winds down, it's time to
take a look at the year in Big Data. This year saw Big Data begin to
emerge from the hype cycle, with more attention paid to how
organizations can actually leverage their data assets to gain
competitive advantage. Here
are 12 of the most-read Big Data articles of 2012."
Dilbert points out one of the serious
downsides of technology...
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