Officials: Man who knew Boston bombing suspect was unarmed when shot
	Officials: Man who knew Boston bombing suspect was unarmed when shot By Sari Horwitz and Peter Finn, Washington Post /sari-horwitz/2011/03/02/ABR0v mP_page.html l Published: May 29 Initial reports citing anonymous law-enforcement individuals provided conflicting accounts of what happened. Some law enforcement officials... more » By katsung47  - 1:29pm - 1 new of 1 message

	Bill Drafted In Secret Would Block Release Of Some Newtown Massacre Records
	Bill Drafted In Secret Would Block Release Of Some Newtown Massacre Records The staffs of the state's top prosecutor and the governor's office have been working in secret with legislative leaders on a law to withhold records related to the police investigation into the Dec. 14 Newtown elementary school massacre.... more » By katsung47  - 1:29pm - 1 new of 1 message

	Palantir Labs - Graph
	[link] By JAB  - Jun 14 - 1 new of 1 message

	What the NSA can do with “big data”
	The NSA can't capture everything that crosses the Internet—but doesn't need to. [link] By JAB  - Jun 14 - 1 new of 1 message

	Math Question
	I am looking at results of a cholesterol blood test I had last week, and I need to know which is the better (lower) number? 4.1 or 4.9? I was a 4.1; now I am a 4.9. "You generally want as low a TC-to-HDL ratio as possible, ideally below a 4-1 ratio, explains MayoClinic.com. The lower your TC-to-HDL, the lower your risk of... more » By Just Judy  - Jun 13 - 6 new of 6 messages

	Europe warns US: you must respect the privacy of our citizens
	... ... ... "We need to step back here and say clearly: mass surveillance is not what we want," said Jan Philipp Albrecht, a German Green MEP in charge of overhauling the European Union's outdated data protection laws. MEPs said the EU privacy overhaul and existing transatlantic data-sharing deals – the Swift agreement on sharing financial... more » By JAB  - Jun 12 - 1 new of 1 message

	whistleblowers
	Law abiding governments have nothing to worry about from whistleblowers. Only war criminals, the corrupt and the dishonest should fear the activities of the media. If you have nothing to hide then you have nothing to worry about :-) [link]... more » By JAB  - Jun 10 - 1 new of 1 message

	Surveillance State: Maryland is Listening to You
	[link] By JAB  - Jun 10 - 5 new of 5 messages

	Regional Genealogy and Local History Research: Local History and Genealogy Portals to the World.
	Regional Genealogy and Local History Research: Local History and Genealogy Portals to the World. [link] This sub section web page is currently being updated for quality assurance of all link sites and sources. Please email us and report any not found, broken,... more » By JacobSmith  - Jun 10 - 1 new of 1 message

	US officials long denied massive data trawling
	For years, top officials of the Bush and Obama administrations dismissed fears about secret government data-mining by reassuring Congress that there were no secret nets trawling for Americans' phone and Internet records. "We do not vacuum up the contents of communications under the president's program and then use some sort of magic after the... more » By JAB  - Jun 9 - 1 new of 1 message