Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Latest News Oct 18, 2013 Shutdown Over, But Effects on DOD Continue, Hagel Says The government shutdown is over, but it will take a while for the effects to fade, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said. Read more... Comptroller: Shutdown Cost DOD $600 Million in Productivity Furloughs of civilian employees as a result of the government shutdown cost the Defense Department at least $600 million in productivity, the Pentagon's top financial officer said. ... Read more... Taiwan to get first batch of new Apache helicopters in November Taiwan is expected to get six Apache attack helicopters from the United States in early November, a military source said Thursday. Read more... Featured Free Resource Fierce Mobile Government Tracks developments in federal, state and local governments' efforts to adopt consumer mobile technology in both citizen-facing and enterprise-wide efforts. NSA Involved in US Drone Strikes, Snowden Leaks Show - Report Emails and other communications secretly monitored by the US National Security Agency (NSA) play a crucial role in American overseas drone strikes against accused terrorists, The Washington Post has reported, citing documents disclosed by fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden. ... Read more... 'Turkey exposed 10 Mossad spies to Iran in 2012' A US daily says the Turkish government in 2012 disclosed to Iranian intelligence authorities the identities of "up to 10 Iranians" working for Israeli spy agency Mossad. ... Read more... Two retired ROC officers indicted for espionage Two retired military officers were indicted Thursday for allegedly helping China develop an espionage network in Taiwan. Read more... Featured Free Resource Fierce Mobile Government Tracks developments in federal, state and local governments' efforts to adopt consumer mobile technology in both citizen-facing and enterprise-wide efforts. Russian Government Calls for FSB to Tackle Cyber Crime The Russian government has submitted amendments to state lawmakers that would give the country's Federal Security Service (FSB) the authority to investigate and fight hacker attacks. ... Read more... Kenya Court to Rule on ICC Extradition Request A Kenyan court plans to rule Friday on the International Criminal Court's (ICC) extradition request for activist Walter Barasa. The Hague-based court accuses him of interfering with witnesses. Barasa denies the accusation as without merit. ... Read more...