Tag: Confidentiality

USAid employees told to destroy classified documents, email shows

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

USAid employees told to destroy classified documents, email shows

USAid’s office of the inspector general last year announced that it had initiated an investigation on agency oversight of Musk’s Starlink terminals being sent to and used by the government of Ukraine.

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U.S.A.I.D. Official Orders Employees to Shred or Burn Classified and Personnel Records

In a volatile cabinet meeting at the White House last Thursday, Mr. Rubio vented his anger at Mr. Musk for the eradication of the aid agency.

On Monday, Mr. Rubio announced on social media that officials had canceled 5,200 aid agency contracts, or 83 percent of the total. The remaining 1,000 will be managed by the State Department, he said. And he thanked Mr. Musk’s team.

The State Department has not released details of the remaining 1,000 contracts.

Several hundred employees of U.S.A.I.D. will probably be absorbed into the State Department, aid agency officials say.

Lab-created bird flu virus accident shows lax oversight of risky ‘gain of function’ research

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Inside the high-security Influenza Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, two experienced scientists were pulling ferrets out of their HEPA-filtered cages on a Monday in December 2019. Another researcher, still in training, was also in the room to watch and learn.

Lab-created bird flu virus accident shows lax oversight of risky ‘gain of function’ research

H/T: The Most Revolutionary Act

EARN IT Act Will Make The Internet Worse For Everyone By Undermining Privacy And Security

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

To save the children, we must destroy everything. That’s the reality of the EARN IT Act. I mean, you can get some sort of sense of what you’re in store for just by reading the actual words behind the extremely labored acronym: Eliminating Abuse and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act. Whew. It’s a mouthful. And, given the name, it seems like this would be Congress putting funding towards supporting moderation efforts that target abusive content.

EARN IT Act Will Make The Internet Worse For Everyone By Undermining Privacy And Security

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[2020] The EARN IT Act Violates the Constitution

Sweden Won’t Share Nord Stream Investigation Findings With Russia

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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden won’t share findings of the investigation into the explosions of the Nord Stream gas pipelines with Russian authorities or Gazprom, Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Monday.

Sweden Won’t Share Nord Stream Investigation Findings With Russia – PM

Related:

Sweden says investigation into Russian pipeline leaks strengthens suspicion of ‘gross sabotage’

“The continued preliminary investigation must show whether someone can be served with suspicion and later prosecuted,” Sweden’s Security Service said in a statement.

They’re going to set-up Russia!