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2007, Matthew August LeFande.
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rights reserved. No claim to original government forms
One girl's bulletproof doggie mission
Annie Tacha, 10, is organizing bake sales, car washes and loose-change collections to help buy a new police dog for the Hall County Sheriff's Department.
She's also trying to raise enough to buy a doggie-sized bulletproof vest.
About $5,000 will be needed to buy the dog and $1,000 for the vest.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Central/06/30/offbeat.dog.vest.ap/index.html
http://www.petfinder.com
posted by Matthew LeFande 8:13 PM
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D.C. gets tougher towing statute
District officials have a new law to help them remove the gray Dodge Dynasty with rusting wheels on Howard Road SE or the red wrecked Mercury on New York Avenue NE and the hundreds of other abandoned vehicles around the city.
Leslie Hotaling, director of the city's Public Works Department, said the law also reduces the amount of time the city must hold a vehicle and clarifies the legal meaning of abandoned or dangerous vehicles.
Municipal wreckers can now tow an abandoned vehicle left for more than 24 hours on public ground or left more than 30 days on private property if it meets at least two of four conditions — no tags, broken down, extensive damage or vermin infestation.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/metro/20030629-103822-8952r.htm
posted by Matthew LeFande 8:01 PM
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Firefighter, police clash over man stuck in chimney
The elite of New York's police and fire departments clashed early Friday over a burglary suspect stuck in a Queens restaurant chimney.
Police and fire officials agree they were called to the restaurant in the Jackson Heights section just before 3 a.m. by a report of a man stuck on the roof. They found a man jammed inside the chimney.
Sometime later, officials agree, a decorated member of the fire department's Rescue Company 4 was pushed to the ground and arrested by members of the police Emergency Service Unit.
Official accounts diverge from there.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--badgebattle0627jun27,0,412920.story
posted by Matthew LeFande 12:46 AM
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Armed Citizen of the Week
It was early Thursday morning -- just after 2 a.m. -- when Sherry Lewis awoke from a deep sleep on her living room couch and saw three intruders in her home.
One was armed with a 7-inch pocketknife, another with a pool cue. They had entered through the unlocked door.
Before the 39-year-old Lewis could do much, the intruders attacked and brutally beat her face, back and shoulders.
Her companion, Jeffrey Shaw, heard the commotion from the bedroom and tried to come to her aid.
But the three overpowered him, beating him also and stabbing him once in the left side.
They left him bleeding on the floor.
They then turned their attention to Lewis' two children, ages 14 and 10, who were asleep in their bedrooms.
The 14-year-old girl was forced into the master bedroom; the 10-year-old boy was told to stay in his room and keep quiet.
"This was a brutal, brutal attack on this family," said Grant County Sheriff Oatess Archey.
According to sheriff's detective Sgt. Kevin Pauley, the intruders then started to ransack the rooms of the one-story home, 5970 W. 700S, shoving some items into a pillowcase to take with them.
After about 10 minutes, Shaw was able to get into the bedroom in which he kept a .22-caliber rifle, Pauley said.
There were 16 bullets were in the rifle when Shaw burst out of the bedroom, intent on getting the intruders away from his family, away from his house.
Seconds later, the rifle was empty.
Shaw, 41, had shot all three intruders
http://www.chronicle-tribune.com/news/stories/20030307/localnews/1124422.html
posted by Matthew LeFande 6:31 AM
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Don't open ZIP file e-mail attachments!
*SOBIG.E MAY HIT CORPORATIONS HARD
SECURITY WIRE DIGEST, VOL. 5, NO. 48, JUNE 26, 2003
Antivirus and security experts yesterday warned that a fifth variant of the SoBig worm was circulating quickly and could likely evade e-mail gateway filtering.
"SoBig.E spreads in a fashion similar to former SoBig variants, as an e-mail and network shares worm," says Ken Dunham, malicious code intelligence manager at iDEFENSE. "It has already spread to 28 countries with several thousand interceptions validated in just a few hours."
According to iDEFENSE, SoBig.E attempts to install itself in the Windows directory as winssk32.exe if the malicious attachment is executed. It also creates a file called msrrf.dat in the Windows directory, attempts to modify the Windows registry to run the worm upon Windows startup and mass-mails using its own SMTP server.
Steven Sundermeier, product manager at Central Command, warns that the attached zip file could pose a real threat.
"Unfortunately, by attaching a .zip file--instead of a file with an executable extension--this may prevent the worm from getting blocked at the e-mail gateway, therefore, allowing it to get passed on to the end user," says Steven Sundermeier, product manager at Central Command. "This factor only might make this variant more problematic for corporations."
Dunham adds, "Due to a missing quotation character, some instances of SoBig.E may have truncated extensions such as .zi instead of .zip. SoBig.E was specially compressed with Telock and Aspack software and modified to avoid detection by leading antivirus software packages."
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sobig.e@mm.html
http://www.idefense.com/public_release/06.25.2003.html
http://support.centralcommand.com/cgi-bin/command.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_refno=030625-000040
http://www.messagelabs.com/viruseye/info/default.asp?frompage=threats+list&fromURL=%2Fviruseye%2Fthreats%2Flist%2Fdefault%2Easp&virusname=W32%2FSobig%2EE%2Dmm
posted by Matthew LeFande 9:51 AM
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Trexpo is the leading expo for law enforcement equipment technology and emergency preparedness in the U.S.
Basically, it rocks. They have all the toys and you get to play with them.
TREXPO East 2003
Conference : August 18-20
Expo: August 19-20
Dulles Expo Center
Chantilly, VA
http://trexpo.com/info.cfm
posted by Matthew LeFande 10:15 PM
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Tougher DUI Laws On Horizon For Virginia
Starting next week, Virginia officials expect the number of deaths on the state's roads to drop thanks to a trio of new drunk driving laws.
Beginning July 1, new laws take effect, increasing fines and penalties for DUI, particularly for those under 21 or driving with a child in the car.
Lawmakers and police are praising the changes as critical in bringing down the number of highway deaths in Virginia.
Minimum fines for DUI convictions will start at $250 for a first offense. If there's a child in the car, a conviction will carry a minimum five-day jail term. Anyone under the legal drinking age caught with a blood alcohol level of 0.02 or higher, will lose their license for seven days.
Lawmakers are also warning more tough drunk driving laws could be coming soon.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30918-2003Jun25.html
posted by Matthew LeFande 10:04 PM
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Rage, Remorse at Sentencing in Officer's Death
A drunk driver who struck and killed a U.S. Park Police officer last year was sentenced to five years in federal prison yesterday at an emotional hearing during which relatives of the victim spoke of their grief and anger and the defendant expressed remorse.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28304-2003Jun24.html?nav=hptoc_m
posted by Matthew LeFande 7:19 AM
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First Responders as Vulnerable to Terror as Those They Protect
They're training for doomsday, preparing for a different and even deadlier kind terrorism than we've ever seen before on American soil — the worst-case scenario: a chemical, biological or even nuclear attack.
The HAZMAT crews won't be the first responders in the event of an attack — your local firefighters and police officers will, according to Harold Schaitberger, president of the International Association of Firefighters.
This troubles Schaitberger, who said our local fire and police crews are going to be in trouble if they're facing an incident involving weapons of mass destruction. "They are likely going to be the victims just as much as the citizens that they're there to serve," he said.
Schaitberger says the first responders — the frontline firefighters, police and emergency medical technicians — simply do not have the equipment they need to protect themselves — much less you — from weapons of mass destruction.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/2020/US/2020_firstresponders030620.html
posted by Matthew LeFande 11:51 AM
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Armed Citizen of the Week
In an apparent home invasion gone wrong, suspected burglar Deandre Williams was fatally shot by his intended victim. Juan Carlos Garcia, his wife and their two small children had been sleeping when Garcia was awakened by an intruder. Arming himself with a pistol, Garcia went into the living room to investigate. There he encountered an armed man standing by the front door. When the intruder fired at Garcia, striking him in the arm, Garcia returned fire. Williams then ran outside. Garcia followed, and Williams, who was waiting for him, fired at Garcia, hitting him several times. Garcia dropped to the ground and fired one more shot, fatally wounding Williams.
http://www.sbsun.com/Stories/0,1413,208%257E12588%257E1348739,00.html
posted by Matthew LeFande 11:12 PM
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CDU Detail
posted by Matthew LeFande 8:45 PM
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In DC, speak the truth and they will come after you.
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has suggested that the homicide rate in Baghdad is lower than that in the nation's capital. Around Washington, those are fighting words.
Mayor Anthony A. Williams and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton declared their own war yesterday against the country's top defense official.
It appears that Rumsfeld did his math, extrapolating the District's number of homicides last year -- 262 in a city of 576,000 residents -- to that of a city the size of Baghdad -- 5.5 million. That's roughly 215 murders a month.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14422-2003Jun19.html
posted by Matthew LeFande 5:49 PM
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Wrong Lubricant, Jammed Weapons, Dead Soldiers
Buried deep within the latest news report on the deadly ambush of the 507th Transportation Maintenance Co. in Iraq on March 23, 2003, was a chilling nugget of information. It now appears that the soldiers who were killed or taken prisoner in that now-infamous firefight shared a common misfortune.
Their rifles had all jammed.
The probable cause of this widespread weapons failure has been blamed on a government-issued lubricant known as “CLP” that has been provided to many – but not all – U.S. Army soldiers. A number of Army veterans and contractors have denounced CLP as totally ineffective in preventing sand and dust buildup in weapons in Iraq.
What is bewildering to veterans such as these is that there is a product that has proven effective in desert combat. MILITEC-1 Synthetic Metal Conditioner, manufactured by the company of the same name, has been approved for Army use and is already widely used by the U.S. Coast Guard, FBI and a host of other federal police agencies. But the Army apparently is still shipping CLP en masse to the troops and has resisted ordering the synthetic lubricant, forcing unit commanders to pay out of their own pockets to acquire it.
http://www.sftt.org/cgi-bin/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=FTE.db&command=viewone&op=t&id=18&rnd=986.9435808676015
Maryland State Police report on Militec
http://www.militec-1.com/marylandpolice2.pdf
posted by Matthew LeFande 7:51 AM
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Homeland Security Budgets by Federal Department
In “Budgets and Threats: An Analysis of Strategic Priorities for Maritime Security,” the Heritage Foundation's James Jay Carafano identified the allocation of 92% of federal homeland security spending in the fiscal year 2004 President’s budget request:
-The $41.3 billion for homeland security represents a decrease from the fiscal year 2003 budget request ($41 billion) in real (inflation-adjusted) terms
-About $23.9 billion of it is allocated to the Department of Homeland Security
-The Department of Homeland Security would also receive $12.2 billion for other missions
-$6.7 billion would go to the Department of Defense for homeland security programs and activities
-The Department of Health and Human Services would receive $3.8 billion
-The Department of Justice would receive $2.3 billion
-The Department of Energy would receive $1.4 billion
http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandDefense/HL791.cfm
posted by Matthew LeFande 7:44 AM
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Further evidence that the French are insane...
The french websites http://www.asile.org and http://www.reseauvoltaire.net and the book "The Pentagate" present an assertion that a plane did not hit the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 and rather "that some form of cruise missile, dressed in [American Airlines] livery, was used and all the rest is a USA Mil-Gov coverup."
http://www.asile.org/citoyens/numero13/pentagone/erreurs_en.htm
http://www.reseauvoltaire.net/article8737.html
posted by Matthew LeFande 1:00 PM
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Since May 1, 90 percent of Washington's days have been cloudy and nearly two-thirds of those days have had measurable rain.
Since May 1, the Washington area has had 11.93 inches of rain, more than twice the normal 5.61 inches at Reagan National Airport. That is nine times the amount of rain Seattle got during the same period.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11081-2003Jun18.html
posted by Matthew LeFande 8:33 AM
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MPD Officials now resorting to Use of Service Weapon to prevent officers from doing police work
The incident took place at 11:40 p.m. Monday at the 1st District station in the 400 block of Fourth Street SW, shortly after an officer brought back a confiscated marijuana plant.
Sgt. Gloria Dickerson allegedly told Officer Walter Gilmore to "get that [expletive] out of here. It's making me feel sick."
Gilmore, 30, did not comply and asked for an evidence form. Dickerson again told him to leave with the plant, and once again he asked for paperwork.
According to the charging documents, Dickerson then said, "Where's my gun?" She grabbed her 9mm Glock pistol out of a lockbox, pointed it at Gilmore and again told him to "get that [expletive] out of here."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10842-2003Jun18.html
Anybody have a copy of her Use of Force Report?
posted by Matthew LeFande 8:28 AM
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Homicide rate up again
The District reclaimed its status as murder capital of the United States last year, according to FBI statistics released yesterday.
The FBI's Uniform Crime Report, which tracks crime trends across the nation, revealed that the District had a higher homicide rate last year than any other city in the nation with more than 500,000 residents.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/metro/20030616-093406-7084r.htm
posted by Matthew LeFande 7:13 PM
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Stop Hillary !
Sick of the media’s puffery of Hillary Clinton and her new book in an obvious effort to help her presidential chances?
Now, NewsMax.com has the perfect antidote to the liberal media’s Hillary love fest: the Deck of Hillary.
That’s right – the Deck of Hillary is a set of playing cards that will not only make you laugh out loud – it blows the lid off her lies and her new book.
In the Deck of Hillary, NewsMax.com reveals the real Hillary - by using her own quotes. These quotations are even sourced to some of the most respected writers and media sources.
As the Pentagon proved with its deck of Most Wanted Iraqis, there’s no better way to “out” the enemy than to depict it on a deck of cards.
http://www.newsmax.com/hillarycards/27.shtml
posted by Matthew LeFande 7:08 PM
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Computer Hacking 101
The Matrix: Reloaded has opted for reality in one of its most important scenes, the hacking of the computer that creates the fantasy world in which the film has been set.
Usually, cinema audiences are treated to some ridiculously gratuitous animated multicoloured blobs from a computer monitor while the protagonist is hacking away with some feverish keyboard tapping that bears little or no relation to what’s actually going on with either the hacking process or, for that matter, the blobs. Occasionally viewers get the odd muttered technical term like ‘128-bit encryption’ or ‘DoD level security', but after a short time the hero will sit back and we are to assume that the process is complete, total access has been gained and the plot can move on.
However, in The Matrix: Reloaded, Trinity starts with a command-line interface and kicks off NMAP, a port-scanning piece of freeware. She then correctly identifies an open port and the SSH version 1 service running on it, and runs a further command called “sshnuke”, the output from which is “attempting to exploit SSHv1 CRC32”, a genuine SSH bug discovered in 2001 (the Compensation Attack Detector Vulnerability, no less).
“The exploit works and Trinity gets a root shell, from which she changes the password to Z1ON0101, a choice that mixes numbers and letters in true hax0r tradition.
Learn the basics of hacking with this little project. Start by clicking "view source" and learn to sort through the code that hides or determines the password. Run searches in Google to learn more about the mechanisms preventing you from advancing to the next screen.
http://www.loginmatrix.com/hackme/
posted by Matthew LeFande 10:29 PM
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D.C. Judge Rejects Suit On Traffic Cameras
A D.C. Superior Court judge ruled yesterday that the city isn't violating the Constitution by fining the owners of cars caught on camera speeding down streets or running red lights.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52367-2003Jun12.html?nav=hptoc_m
http://www.washingtontimes.com/metro/20030616-093404-4756r.htm
posted by Matthew LeFande 7:18 AM
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If You Take the First Hit, You're Dead
It is increasingly difficult to defend an open society like ours against nontraditional enemies whose methods of attack are difficult to detect and can cause a heavy death toll. In addition, potential enemies of a more traditional nature, like North Korea, may be able to develop weapons capable of killing on a scale unimaginable 50 years ago. Waiting to absorb a first blow may no longer be a viable option for a nation that takes the lives of its citizens seriously.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-edwards10jun10,1,7987628.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions
Free, but annoying, registration is required.
posted by Matthew LeFande 9:54 PM
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FBI: Cell phones rigged to trigger bombs
Cell phones modified so they could detonate bombs by remote control were found by investigators probing the recent Saudi Arabia bombings, raising concern that such methods could be used in the United States by terrorists.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/06/12/terrorism.cellphones.ap/index.html
posted by Matthew LeFande 10:59 AM
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Glock Technical Resources
Inspection Checklist
Parts Listing with Graphic
Frequently asked questions
Full parts listing - all models
Trouble Shooting Malfunctions with Remedies
Field Stripping (pictorial)
Receiver Disassembly - pin removal (pictorial)
Receiver Disassembly - locking block removal (pictorial)
Receiver Disassembly - trigger removal (pictorial)
Receiver Disassembly - slide lock removal (pictorial)
Receiver Disassembly - magazine catch removal (pictorial)
Slide Disassembly - recoil spring and barrel (pictorial)
Slide Disassembly - slide cover plate (pictorial)
Slide Disassembly - firing pin assembly (pictorial)
Slide Disassembly - extractor depressor plunger (pictorial)
Slide Disassembly - extractor & firing pin safety (pictorial)
Magazine Disassembly (pictorial)
posted by Matthew LeFande 10:08 AM
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Matrix Reloaded Parody
Justin Timberlake confronts the Matrix.
http://www.bullettime.nl/vid/parodiereloaded.wmv
Egypt bans "The Matrix Reloaded".
http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=15596
Matt Reloaded.
http://www.lefande.com/mpdforms/6.jpg
posted by Matthew LeFande 7:54 PM
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MPD Reserves' Statutory Authority to carry firearms within the District of Columbia
This link leads to a 1986 legal memorandum from the District of Columbia Office of Corporation Counsel which quite clearly states that MPD Reserve Officers are exempt from DC weapons carry and registration laws.
Please note page three, paragraph two, which acknowledges MPD Reserve Officers are “Law Enforcement Officers” and fall under the exemptions for the CPWL and unregistered firearm/ammunition laws (currently codified as DC Code §22-4505 and §7-2502.01).
http://www.lefande.com/OCC1986.pdf
US v. Savoy
http://www.lefande.com/Savoy.pdf
posted by Matthew LeFande 9:17 AM
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2nd Annual National Community Policing Conference, June 16, 2003 - June 18, 2003
This year, conference will feature more than 49 insightful workshops grouped into seven subject tracks: Homeland Security, Integrity, Effective Technology, School and Campus Policing, Problem-Solving Strategies, Partnerships, and Contemporary Issues in Community Policing. The workshops in each track will address critical law enforcement and community issues and emphasize the importance of creating trust and mutual respect between police and citizens.
Registration is free, but conference space is limited. Registration includes admission to general sessions, workshops, exhibits, and special events. Conference events will be held at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road, N.W., Washington, D.C.
http://www.communitypolicing.org/meeting/index.cfm?fuseaction=info&meetingid=39
posted by Matthew LeFande 9:31 PM
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Insurance defrauders broke limbs of homeless
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Police say the ringleaders of an insurance fraud ring recruited homeless people to pose as accident victims and then broke their arms or legs with a crude ax handle.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/06/07/insurance.scam.ap/index.html
posted by Matthew LeFande 8:50 PM
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Group Wants Old Barn for Police Horses
For the past several months, D.C. police horses and mounted officers have been renters. But a dozen activists and historic preservationists envision a proud new homestead for them in a neglected 19th century cavalry stable in Southeast Washington.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26642-2003Jun6.html
posted by Matthew LeFande 5:03 PM
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Muslim Woman Cannot Wear Veil in Driver's License Photo
A Florida judge ruled Friday that a Muslim woman cannot wear a veil in her driver's license photo.
Prosecutors had argued that allowing people to cover all but their eyes in their ID pictures could allow potential terrorists to hide their identities.
After hearing three days of testimony last week, Circuit Judge Janet C. Thorpe ruled that the state has a compelling interest in protecting the public, and that having photo identification was essential to that interest.
Thorpe also said Sultaana Freeman's right to free exercise of religion would not be infringed by having to show her face on her license.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23998-2003Jun6.html?nav=hptoc_n
posted by Matthew LeFande 4:40 PM
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Internet emergency alert service designed for government use
Fine Point Technologies Inc. of New York is working on a system that would let government communicate with citizens over the Internet, pushing alerts and warnings directly to desktop PCs.
This would be a new approach to emergency warnings. Except for a few instances such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Weather Radio system, which broadcasts weather conditions and alerts, government has traditionally depended on commercial media to distribute such information.
The CyberTruck Emergency Notification System would let agencies bypass service providers to communicate with any constituent who is online.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/homeland-security/22296-1.html
posted by Matthew LeFande 3:38 PM
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Arizona may ignore next orange alert
As the nation lurches from orange to yellow on the terror alert scale for the fourth time, Arizona officials are considering not following the federal moves in the future.
"It creates incredible problems: overtime, financial, functional," said Frank Navarrete, the state's homeland security director. "It's not quite to the point where it creates havoc, but it's quite disruptive."
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0601homeland01.html
posted by Matthew LeFande 3:32 PM
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A DIY Cruise Missile
The goal of this project is to create a real, live, flying cruise missile with much of the functionality of the cruise missiles currently employed by the military forces of many western nations.
While you might think that in these days of "condition red" terrorist alerts, buying the components to build a cruise missile without ringing alarm bells might be virtually impossible, I think you'll be surprised at just how simple this was.
http://www.interestingprojects.com/cruisemissile/
Matt and friends start their project.
http://www.lefande.com/DIY.JPG
posted by Matthew LeFande 7:49 AM
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