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Submission + - The numerical cousin of truthiness is proofiness (nytimes.com)

Submitted by FriendlyLurker on Monday September 20, 2010 @03:49AM

FriendlyLurker writes: Potemkin numbers, disestimation and "apple polishing" — many of the ways that numbers are being twisted around in the media, according to NY University science writer Charles Seife.

Submission + - Iceland wants to try and punish ex-Prime Minister (jurist.org)

Submitted by FriendlyLurker on Wednesday September 15, 2010 @04:36PM

FriendlyLurker writes: An Icelandic parliamentary commission has recommended that some of the country's former ministers, including the former Prime Minister Geir Haarde, be "tried and punished" for their role in the Icelandic financial crisis.

Submission + - DOD Workers not investigated for Child Porn (yahoo.com)

Submitted by FriendlyLurker on Wednesday September 08, 2010 @09:07AM

FriendlyLurker writes: A recent Freedom of Information request identified 264 Department Of Defense employees or contractors who had purchased child pornography online. Surprisingly, the Pentagon's Defense Criminal Investigative Service did not investigate 212 of the individuals identified, including some with the highest available security clearance.

Submission + - Vigilante group tracks 250 million IP's per day (forbes.com)

Submitted by FriendlyLurker on Tuesday August 03, 2010 @04:44AM

FriendlyLurker writes: Project Vigilant claims to track over 250 million IP addresses per day, cross referencing them with social media profiles at Facebook, LinkedIn and others before handing the information off to federal agencies under the motto "Attributing Actions to Actors". Forbes' technology writer Andy Greenberg recently revealed that Adrian Lamo was working as a volunteer analyst for Project Vigilante at the time he turned over the chat logs for military whistleblower Bradley Manning — raising doubts over how Lamo came in possession of the logs in the first place.

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