The previously classified incident explains the Defense Department’s November 2008 ban on Flash drives and other removable media.
The most significant breach of U.S. military computers occurred in 2008 when an infected Flash drive was inserted into a U.S. military laptop in the Middle East.
The incident is discussed publicly for the first time [...]
President Hugo Chavez’s allies launched their campaigns Wednesday for crucial congressional elections that come just as recession, crime and inflation have pushed the socialist leader’s popularity to a seven-year low.
A survey by Venezuelan polling firm Consultores 21 found that just 36 percent of Venezuelans approve of Chavez’s performance, the lowest [...]
In a recent visit to the region, the Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton stated that “the U.S. is committed to citizen safety in Central America…We are doing everything we can in the fight against corruption and impunity, in providing the equipment and the support that law enforcement and the military require, and helping to [...]
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The Brazilian Federal Senate this week approved the Bill in order to grant police power to the Army, Navy and Air Force in the border regions, specially with Ciudad del Este and the Three Border Region. The project was approved without any legislative change also in the Chamber of Deputies.
After being signed by the President [...]
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Latin American countries face tough choices as drug trafficking, illegal immigration and the threat of attacks on newly found natural resources make new demands on maritime security needs.
Top maritime and naval commanders from the region will gather at the second Maritime Surveillance Latin America conference Oct. 18-20 in Miami. The conference is organized by the [...]
The Brazilian Navy will carry out Operation Atlantic II next Monday, a training drill coordinated by the Ministry of Defense, in conjunction with the Armed Forces.
The deputy chief of naval operations in the Brazilian Navy, Rear Admiral Paulo Ricardo Medici, pointed out that the military maneuver, scheduled to conclude on July 30, simulates a modern [...]
About 60 police and security officers began on Monday (5th) a training course in order to act in the triple border (Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, Ciudad del Este). The course, coordinated by the Police and held at various places in Foz do Iguacu until Friday (9) is given by five teachers of the Coordinator Office of [...]
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WASHINGTON — They had lived for more than a decade in American cities and suburbs from Seattle to New York, where they seemed to be ordinary couples working ordinary jobs, chatting to the neighbors about schools and apologizing for noisy teenagers.
But on Monday, federal prosecutors accused 11 people of being part of a Russian espionage [...]
Toronto (Canada) .- In the first intervention by a Latin American country before the G8, the Colombian president, Alvaro Uribe, linked terrorism and drug trafficking and asked the international community to assist colombia in the fight against the FARC, according to EFE report .
Uribe, who was invited by Canada to participate in a [...]
Dozens of Americans have joined terrorist groups and are posing a threat to the United States and its interests abroad, the president’s most senior adviser on counterterrorism and homeland security said Thursday in an interview with The Washington Times.
“There are, in my mind, dozens of U.S. persons who are in different [...]
