WASHINGTON — Former FBI agent Michael German thought the agency had the information it needed to see the 9/11 terrorist attacks coming. In the aftermath of the attack, German reported a cover-up of a failed counterterrorism investigation that infringed upon … Continue reading
WASHINGTON – With hackers attacking organizations from Sony to the Defense Department’s Central Command, cyber warfare is shaking America’s Internet security and people’s confidence in how safe they are while surfing the web. Cyber security recently grabbed the nation’s attention … Continue reading
WASHINGTON — A small, four-propeller copter buzzes like a swarm of aggressive bees, hovering in place above its land-based operator, now making small high-pitched beeps indicating it’s running low on juice in its flight through rural Virginia. Just north, the … Continue reading
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Chairman David Medine said Wednesday that the PCLOB needs time to grow on its own rather than to undergo a structural overhaul, as recommended by a president task force. Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Google is maintaining that a privacy policy implemented Thursday is not the dangerous change civil liberties experts are claiming it could become. The new approach combines the privacy policies of more than 60 Google products into a uniform … Continue reading
Due to its massive human rights violations, and its continuing threats against Israel, the American Jewish Council has worked for decades to preclude the Iranian threat. Earlier this week, the Obama Administration received praises from the AJC for announcing new … Continue reading
The Obama administration has heightened its campaign of targeted killings against suspected terrorists. According to the Council on Foreign Relations, this includes an increased use of unmanned drone strikes and “kill/capture missions” on al-Qaeda and Taliban leadership. While some experts … Continue reading
Reports of data breaches at big companies such as Sony and Epsilon are regularly in the headlines these days; it makes one wonder how just safe are businesses against the threat of cyber attacks? An alarmingly large number, about 71 … Continue reading
The Pentagon is drafting a formal strategy that will categorize certain cyber attacks as acts of war – -allowing the U.S. to use military force in retaliation to such attacks, according to a Wall Street Journal article. Security experts, however, … Continue reading
Cloud computing is all the rage these days. It’s being hailed as a breakthrough technology that will revolutionize the IT landscape and the way we use the Internet: we won’t be restricted to one device or machine – all our … Continue reading
Medill/GlobalPost investigation sheds new light on $3.2 billion U.S. mine clearance and victim assistance effort.
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→ Continue to the story.EVANSTON, Ill. — The Robert R. McCormick Foundation has renewed a $1 million grant to fund the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative at Northwestern University over the next two years.
The NSJ program provides journalists-in-training and working journalists with the knowledge and skills necessary to report accurately, completely and with context on events and issues related to defense, security and civil liberties. The initiative began in January, 2009 with an initial three-year, $1.3 million McCormick Foundation grant. The grant was also renewed for $1 million over two years in 2011.
