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I'm a journalist and author. I make my living by finding things out and writing about them.
In 1995, Glaxo bought Burroughs Wellcome and became the presumptive leader in AIDS therapy.
In computer circles, any unencrypted data is known as 'cleartext.'
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... →
Iraq has, in effect, one export of any consequence. That's oil.
Most computers today have built in backup software.
No one can keep track of how many people use Internet, how many machines it can reach, or even how many sub- and sub-sub-networks form a part of it.
No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.
NoScript is probably the most important privacy tool, but it costs you in convenience.
Obama's ascendancy unhinged the radical right, offering a unified target to competing camps of racial, nativist and religious animus.
Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.
Palestinians have had to live for a long time with the fact that Israelis had power over them in their everyday lives.
Snowden has been very sparing about discussing his early life or his personal life.