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2013 August 25 — Why Now?
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The Evidence Builds

CBS News reports that Edward Snowden’s digital maneuvers still stumping U.S. government.

Their sources are saying that as a system administrator working for a contractor at the regional center in Hawaii, Snowden managed to go wherever he wanted on the entire network and hide his tracks.

The bottom line is that they have no effective auditing capability on the system, and any of the problems reported are the result of screw-ups, because anyone intent on abuses can easily hide their tracks.

This is the system created by the people who are tasked with making the information infrastructure of the US secure. This is really pathetic …

August 25, 2013   2 Comments

Tropical Storm Fernand

Tropical Storm FernandPosition: 19.3N 96.2W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West [280°] near 9 mph [15 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 50 mph [ 80 kph].
Wind Gusts: 60 mph [ 95 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 35 miles [ 55 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1001 mb ↓.

Currently about 5 miles [ 10 km] North of Veracruz, Mexico.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the Gulf Coast of Mexico from Veracruz to Barra de Nautla.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

[For the latest information click on the storm symbol, or go to the CATEGORIES drop-down box below the CALENDAR and select “Hurricanes” for all of the posts related to storms on this site.]

August 25, 2013   Comments Off on Tropical Storm Fernand