Why does it appear that interested readers so often attribute flaws to ‘the press’ rather than taking particular issue with particular reports? Barton Gellman Read Quote
In general, states do not count on pledges of ‘no more war’ from their neighbors. Israel’s army never counted on it from Egypt, for example. Barton Gellman Read Quote
Social engineering,’ the fancy term for tricking you into giving away your digital secrets, is at least as great a threat as spooky technology. Barton Gellman Read Quote
Privacy and encryption work, but it’s too easy to make a mistake that exposes you. Barton Gellman Read Quote
U.S. surveillance of Pakistan extends far beyond its nuclear program. There are several references in the black budget to expanding U.S. scrutiny of chemical and biological laboratories. Barton Gellman Read Quote
The funny thing is that Dick Cheney has done more than anybody in the White House for quite a long time to throw up roadblocks against future historians. Barton Gellman Read Quote
Cloud services cut both ways in terms of security: you get off-site backup and disaster recovery, but you entrust your secrets to somebody else’s hands. Doing the latter increases your exposure to government surveillance and the potential for deliberate or inadvertent breaches of your confidential files. Barton Gellman Read Quote
