Top Secret America: August 22, 2010 - August 28, 2010
Shh, a roundup of things we've heard ...
Defense contractors win big deals
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Dana Hedgpeth
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August 27, 2010; 11:43 AM ET |
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Cyber threats? Send money
Cyber security, always a popular corner of Top Secret America, is precisely so because the definition of what constitutes "cyber" is so elastic. CACI of Arlington, a major player in the U.S. government's cyber security business, recently held a symposium...
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Dana Hedgpeth
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August 26, 2010; 8:30 AM ET |
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Wanted: Those with top secret clearances
Outside a hotel ballroom near Baltimore-Washington International Marshall Airport airport, about three dozen men and a handful of women lined up one recent morning to have a colored dot -- green, blue or red -- affixed to their suits and dresses. The colors were key to what's known as the "meal ticket" for landing a job in the intelligence community: a top-secret clearance.
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Dana Hedgepeth
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August 25, 2010; 7:30 AM ET |
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State officials can hear secrets too
A White House executive order allows for sharing of classified information with state and other officials.
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Dana Hedgpeth
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August 24, 2010; 8:28 AM ET |
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Clapper's people
After his first two weeks on the job, James R. Clapper, the new director of national intelligence, said Friday he's making some changes. He asked Robert Cardillo, deputy director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and a long-time analytic professional,...
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Dana Hedgpeth
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August 23, 2010; 7:40 AM ET |
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