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Comment Re:we have always been at peace with the klingons (Score 5, Insightful) 116

Office Depot and Staples merger blocked by FTC. Halliburton and Baker Hughes merger blocked by DOJ. Pfizer takeover of Allergan scrapped due to IRS rule changes. Aetna and Humana merger blocked by DOJ. Anthem and Cigna merger blocked by DOJ. Sysco and US Foods merger blocker by DOJ. Comcast and Time Warner merger blocked by DOJ and FCC. We not only do anti-trust, we do it routinely.
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Air, Land, Sea, Cyber: NATO Adds Cyberspace To Operation Areas (phys.org) 33

Posted by BeauHD from the cover-all-the-bases dept.
An anonymous reader writes from a report via Phys.Org: On Tuesday, NATO decided to make cyber operations part of its war domain, along with air, sea, and land operations. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the decision is not aimed at any one particular country, just that allies need to be able to better defend themselves and respond to computer network attacks. Phys.Org reports: "The decision has been long in coming, particularly amid rising tensions with Russia, which has proven its willingness to launch computer-based attacks against other nations. About a year ago, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter told NATO that it must improve its ability to protect itself before it builds its cyberwar capabilities. And he pledged that the U.S. would used its expertise to help allies assess their vulnerabilities and reduce the risk to their critical infrastructure. In 2014, after years of debate, NATO finally agreed that a cyberattack could rise to the level of a military assault and could trigger the Article 5 protections, which allow the alliance to go to the collective defense of another member that has been attacked. New research from the Pew Research Center shows that cyberattacks are the second most-feared entity among Americans after ISIS.

Comment Re:eh (Score 1) 618

by clone73 (#33169390) Attached to: Senate Confirms Elena Kagan's Appointment To SCOTUS
CHARLESTON, WV - The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit against the United States Secret Service and Greg Jenkins, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of White House Advance, on behalf of a West Virginia couple who were arrested at a Fourth of July presidential appearance at the state Capitol because they were wearing t-shirts critical of the president. http://www.aclu.org/free-speech/secret-service-and-white-house-charged-violating-free-speech-rights-aclu-lawsuit The couple won the lawsuit. $80k in damages.

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