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“I knew who I was going to vote for at the top of the ballot, but I also knew my ballot was going to be long and there were offices that I didn’t really know what they did, like a water reclamation commissioner,” says Alex Niemczewski, now CEO of BallotReady. She pulled together information for herself, and realized that a similar tool could be broadly useful. US weapons systems can be 'easily hacked' Image copyright Getty Images Some of the most cutting-edge weapons in the US's military arsenal can be "easily hacked" using "basic tools", a government report has concluded.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) found "mission-critical" cyber-vulnerabilities in nearly all weapons systems tested between 2012 and 2017. That includes the newest F-35 jet as well as missile systems. In the report, Pentagon officials said they "believed their systems were secure", NPR reported. The committee's members expressed concerns about how protected weapon systems were against cyber-attacks. Spread The Vote. From the Pentagon Papers to Trump: How the government gained the upper hand against leakers. In October 1969, a national security official named Daniel Ellsberg began secretly photocopying 7,000 classified Vietnam War documents.
He had become increasingly frustrated with the systematic deception of top U.S. leaders who sought to publicly escalate a war that, privately, they knew was unwinnable. In March 1971 he leaked the documents – what would became known as the Pentagon Papers – to a New York Times reporter. The newspaper ended up publishing a series of articles that exposed tactical and policy missteps by three administrations on a range of subjects, from covert operations to confusion over troop deployments. In the decades since, the Pentagon Papers helped shape legal and ethical standards for journalistic truth-telling on matters of top secret government affairs in the United States.
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The Trump-Russia investigation has exposed flaws in the American democratic system – so much so that, according to many pundits, people now doubt not just the legitimacy of the Trump administration but the very foundations of the country’s political institutions. According to a July 2018 Brown University opinion poll, only 16 percent of Americans truly believe their vote matters. Just 4 percent think the government listens to their opinion. Trump to meet Putin in Helsinki for annual appraisal. How Roe v. Wade changed the lives of American women. The recent announcement of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement has ignited widespread speculation about the future of Roe v.
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At thirty-four, she was largely unknown outside a small community of national-security specialists. Nowrouzzadeh, born in Trumbull, Connecticut, grew up with no connection to Washington. Her parents had emigrated from Iran, so that her father could finish his training in obstetrics, and they hoped that she would become a doctor or, failing that, an engineer or a lawyer. How Russian Facebook Ads Divided and Targeted US Voters Before the 2016 Election.
President Trump has made 3,001 false or misleading claims so far. Two big problems with American voting that have nothing to do with Russian hacking. Over the past year, the public discussion on election security and integrity has focused on concerns about foreign meddling in U.S. elections.
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