Man charged with taking codes

A former engineer at the nation's largest nuclear power plant has been charged with taking computer access codes and software to Iran and using it to download details of plant control rooms and reactors, authorities said.

The FBI said there's no indication the plant employee had any terrorist connections.

Experts prepare for nuclear emergencies

The roughly 180 participants - including government agencies, institutes, companies and nuclear power plants located as far apart as Australia, Canada, Germany and Iran - spent the day detecting, identifying and measuring radiation on the sprawling compound south of the capital, Vienna.

INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE

Preliminary Observations on DOD’s Approach to Managing Requirements for New Systems, Existing Assets, and Systems Development

We have identified development programs where program managers and services are working together to gain these efficiencies and where less collaborative efforts could lead to more costly stovepiped solutions. Additionally, most of the 13 airborne ISR development programs that we reviewed had either cost growth or schedule delays. These problems resulted from not following a knowledge-based approach to weapon system development as provided for in Defense policy. In some cases, delay in delivering new systems to the warfighter led to unplanned investments to keep legacy systems relevant.

Border cameras lack cash, stay off

After months of starts and stops, the site went public for a 27-day test run in November. Eight to 12 cameras along Texas' 1,200-mile border with Mexico broadcast footage from four counties -- El Paso, Val Verde, Hidalgo and Cameron.

The test cost about $200,000.

Yes, take it from someone who has had to try and rig these things up before, they are an absolute pain in the ass and difficult to maintain. Not to mention they tend to attract lightning.

Oh and of course the US Census Bureau and the Ag Department exposed tens of thousands of social security numbers, for years, via a public database. Kudos to the farmer in Illinois who notified them of their fuck up.