Dominic Rushe / Guardian:
US court verdict ‘huge blow’ to privacy, says former WikiLeaks aide — Decision made to open Twitter account of Icelandic MP Birgitta Jonsdottir, who is taking the case to the Council of Europe — • Birgitta Jonsdottir: How the US Justice Department legally hacked my Twitter account
David Meyer / ZDNet:
Wikileaks: Microsoft aided former Tunisian regime — Microsoft provided IT training to law enforcement officials in Tunisia while the country was governed by a repressive regime, embassy cables published by Wikileaks show. — Cables leaked by Wikileaks show that Microsoft provided IT training …
Jay Cohen
Jay Cohen, Rear Admiral USN (ret), has joined Halo Maritime Defense Systems (HMDS), as chairman of the board, said the company’s chief executive officer Paul Jensen.
Cohen is the Under Secretary for Science & Technology at the Department of Homeland Security, which is responsible for DHS research, development, test and evaluation. He was sworn to that position on August 10, 2006 — the day of the British Airways liquid explosive plot in England. Since leaving government, Cohen is now a principal in The Chertoff Group and serves on numerous corporate boards, according to Halo.
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