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BioWatch stands at a crossroads
WASHINGTON -- Year after year, health officials meeting at invitation-only government conferences leveled with one another about BioWatch, the nation's system for detecting deadly pathogens that might be unleashed into the air by terrorists. They...Tags: National Security, Science, Politics, Heritage Foundation, Manufacturing and Engineering
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BioWatch documents demanded
WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Department and other federal officials responsible for BioWatch, the nationwide system for detecting deadly biological attacks, have withheld key documents sought by a congressional committee, according to the panel's...Tags: National Security, Fred Upton, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Anthrax, Smallpox
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BioWatch technology couldn't detect lethal germs, tests found
WASHINGTON — For two years, the nationwide BioWatch system, intended to protect Americans against a biological attack, operated with defective components that left it unable to detect lethal germs, according to scientists with direct knowledge of...
Tags: National Security, Science, Politics, Republican Party, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Homeland Security faulted for BioWatch biological defense system
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has rushed to acquire a new, multibillion-dollar version of the BioWatch system for detecting biological attacks without establishing whether it was needed or would work, according to a new...
Tags: National Security, Lab Tests, Politics, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Barack Obama
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BioWatch upgrade apparently postponed
WASHINGTON — Amid concerns about cost and reliability, the federal Department of Homeland Security has quietly postponed plans to buy technology that officials have long claimed could provide a life-saving upgrade of BioWatch, the nation's system...
Tags: National Security, Bennie G. Thompson, U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, Lab Tests, Janet Napolitano
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Early warnings on BioWatch
WASHINGTON — Scientists who helped pioneer BioWatch, the government's system for detecting a biological attack on the U.S., knew from the start that it was prone to false alarms, records show. Between 2003, when the nationwide network of air...
Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Invention and Innovation, Anthrax, Barack Obama, Smallpox
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Michelle Obama, San Antonio mayor to address Democratic convention
Tribune NewspapersWASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama will address the opening night of the Democratic National Convention on Sept. 4, the Obama campaign and convention organizers announced today. San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro — like the first lady and...Tags: Politics, Democratic National Conventions, Barack Obama, Elections, Time Warner Cable Inc.
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The biodefender that cries wolf
DENVER — As Chris Lindley drove to work that morning in August 2008, a call set his heart pounding. The Democratic National Convention was being held in Denver, and Barack Obama was to accept his party's presidential nomination before a crowd of...
Tags: Technology, Epidemics and Plagues, Smallpox , DNA, 2012 Democratic National Convention
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State Dems add two campaign operatives
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelThe Florida Democratic Party is outgunned 2-1 in the Legislature, outraised more than 3-1 in campaign collections and looking at a redistricting process whose outcome is unlikely to make a significant difference in either. Nonetheless, the party is... -
Obama 2.0: A change we can believe in, again
Change of SubjectSept. 28, 2011 print column: The Barack Obama I voted for — the presidential candidate this newspaper endorsed and who won the support of 53 percent of the electorate in 2008 — told many of us what we wanted to...... -
Top 5 Concerts of the Coming Week
Lehigh Valley Music1. U2 Philadelphia has been waiting to see U2 play its 360° Tour for more than a year and a half, since it first was announced in early 2010. Originally scheduled for last July, the show — as well as...... -
Leading California Democratic strategist Kam Kuwata dies [Updated]
L.A. NOWDemocratic political consultant Kam Kuwata’s body was found Monday inside his Venice condominium, but there was no evidence of foul play, police said. Police went to his home after friends became concerned about his welfare, said Sgt. Ron...
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