FORT MEADE — The U.S. State Department took extraordinary steps to limit harm to foreign relations and individuals after an Army private allegedly sent more than 250,000 classified diplomatic cables to the secret-sharing website WikiLeaks, two agency officials testified at ...

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As you read about computer network attacks by exotic sounding viruses like Stuxnet, Duqu and now Flame, you may think “that stuff doesn’t affect me or my business.” While it’s likely true that your business doesn’t draw the attention that ...

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Last week, my cell phone started ringing incessantly. By “incessantly,” I mean every two seconds. The numbers that came through were not 10-digit numbers, but sometimes 15-to-20 digits. When I answered, the call disconnected. I called Verizon and was told there ...

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MINEOLA, N.Y. — Students taking college entrance exams this fall will have to submit photo IDs with their applications — a key security upgrade following a widespread cheating scandal at a number of high schools on New York’s Long Island, ...

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WASHINGTON — A new passenger screening program to make check-in more convenient for certain travelers is being expanded to 28 more major U.S. airports, the government said Wednesday. There will be no cost to eligible passengers, who would no longer ...

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FORT MEADE — A year and a half after he allegedly orchestrated the biggest national security leak in U.S. history, Pfc. Bradley Manning’s lawyers are finally presenting evidence in his defense. The 24-year-old former Army intelligence analyst, accused of releasing ...

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FORT MEADE — The government neared completion of its case against the Army intelligence analyst blamed for the biggest leak of U.S. secrets in American history as the prosecution and defense wrangled over which parts of the proceedings should be ...

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NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless is blocking Google’s new flagship phone from supporting Google’s attempt to make the smartphone the credit card of the future. In blocking the Google Wallet software from running on the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Verizon ...

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The disclosure by The Annapolis Capital last week that the officers in charge of the Anne Arundel County Police Department’s gambling investigations are moonlighting as security guards for the developer building the slots casino at Arundel Mills raises disturbing questions ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The captain and lieutenant who oversee the Anne Arundel County Police Department’s gambling investigations have side jobs as security guards for the developer building the casino at Arundel Mills, according to documents obtained by The Capital. Capt. Randy ...

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