U.S. creates new agency to lead cyberthreat tracking

Calling the destructive cyberattack on Sony Pictures “a game changer,” a top White House official on Tuesday announced a new intelligence unit to coordinate analysis of cyberthreats, modeled on similar U.S. government efforts to fight terrorism. Lisa Monaco, President Barack Obama’s homeland security and counterterrorism adviser, said the new agency will rapidly pool and disseminate…

The US Police And Surveillance State

After 40 years in the United States of America, Palestinian-American Professor Sami al-Arian was deported to Turkey. He was born in Kuwait. His parents were Palestinian refugees. He had tenure at the University of South Florida. His ordeal began after a contentious  interview with Bill O’Reilly on the right-wing channel “Fox News ” and lasted for…

Training in e-Jalakam to be extended to schools

The district panchayat, in association with IT@School, proposes to embark on an e-literacy project during the 2015-16 plan period. As part of the project, IT@School project proposes to extend e-jalakam, a handbook on availing of e-governance services, to schools falling under the jurisdiction of the district panchayat. Currently, the handbook is made available to students…