The announcement that President Obama is scheduled to 'appear' in a number of virtual spaces tomorrow morning (details here) as part of a USC Annenberg initiative seems to reference previous discussions on denying virtual space to individuals. Would a griefing attack aimed at the President be a type of Virtual Assassination, a Denial of Service attack or both? Would the Secret Service investigates threats or attacks against the President in virtual space? Either way it neatly demonstrates how cyber conflict is an all encompassing paradigm shift rather than a monolithic battle.
U.S. Army Spc. Brooks Nelson Major, from Philadelphia, Pa., assigned to 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, Special Troops Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, provides front security during a traffic control point on Route Alaska in Bagram, Afghanistan, July 4.
It has been lauded by the New York Times as "the best action movie of the summer." The New Yorker calls it "A classic … that will be studied 20 years from now." And Time gushes that it's "a near perfect movie." Makes me wonder if any of those reviewers even know what EOD stands for.
Army Spec. David Hutchinson spent only a week in Afghanistan. But that was enough to change his life and earn him a place among America's bravest with a Silver Star on his chest. He is credited with holding off an attack and killing at least five insurgents.
The first woman soldier to flee the U.S. military for Canada to avoid the Iraq war on Wednesday appealed the findings of a report that led to her deportation order.
U.S. troops and contractors in Iraq inflicted serious damage on Babylon, driving heavy machinery over sacred paths, bulldozing hilltops and digging trenches through one of the world's greatest archaeological sites, experts for UNESCO said.
CIA Director Leon Panetta has terminated a "very serious" covert program the U.S. spy agency kept secret from Congress for eight years, a House Intelligence subcommittee chairwoman said Friday.
KABUL, Afghanistan (JULY 9, 2009) – A large crater is all that remains in the road after an improvised explosive device attack in the Mohammad Agha district of Logar province in eastern Afghanistan July 9. The blast resulted in the deaths of 24 Afghans, including four Afghan National Policemen and 12 children. The attack also injured an unknown number of people, demolished a nearby building and damaged nearby vehicles. (U.S. Army Photo courtesy of Task Force Spartan)
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