Middle name initials enhance evaluations of intellectual performance, according to an abstract of a research study.

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FORT MEADE — A State Department official says the 250,000 diplomatic cables that Pfc. Bradley Manning disclosed through WikiLeaks had a chilling effect on the department’s ability to advance human rights. Acting Assistant Secretary Michael Kozak testified Friday at the ...

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FORT MEADE — It’s judgment day for Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, the soldier charged with aiding the enemy for giving troves of U.S. government secrets to WikiLeaks. The military judge hearing the court-martial for the former intelligence analyst was expected ...

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NEW YORK — Government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton said Tuesday that it has fired Edward Snowden, the employee who leaked details of a secret National Security Agency surveillance program. The McLean, Va.-based firm said in a statement that it fired ...

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Moving to tamp down a public uproar spurred by the disclosure of two secret surveillance programs, the nation's top intelligence official is declassifying key details about one of the programs while insisting the efforts were legal, limited in scope and necessary to detect terrorist threats.

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FORT MEADE — A one-time computer hacker who told authorities Pfc. Bradley Manning was giving information to WikiLeaks testified Tuesday the soldier never said he wanted to help the enemy during their online chats. Manning is on trial for giving ...

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FORT MEADE — Military prosecutors argued Wednesday for the right to present evidence of other misconduct by an Army private charged with a massive leak of classified information to the website WikiLeaks. Prosecutors say Pfc. Bradley Manning received “corrective training” ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A bipartisan group of state senators called Thursday for $6 million to pay for a new tax credit for Maryland workers seeking federal security clearances. The state’s economy relies heavily on federal contractors clustered around the National Security ...

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WASHINGTON — Washington and Cuba have had an icy relationship for decades, but the Cold War foes now have a place to share something else: chilly drinks. Last month, Cuban officials inaugurated an invitation-only bar at the mansion in northwest ...

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WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the government has no plans to raise the terror alert level in the U.S. as a result of Osama bin Laden’s death. Napolitano says elevated terror alerts will only be issued when ...

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