Tom Gjelten

Tom Gjelten appears in the following:

The Case For Surveillance: Keeping Up With Terrorist Tactics

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Since public revelations that the National Security Agency is collecting telephone records and reviewing Internet communications in the U.S. and abroad, officials have been making the case that the programs are vital. They argue that the tactics match the new ways terrorists are planning and communicating.

There was a time ...

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Obama Keeps Distance From Torture Debate, At Least For Now

Saturday, May 25, 2013

In his national security speech Thursday, President Obama discussed drone warfare and the Guantanamo detention camp. But a third controversial issue went largely unmentioned: the use of interrogation methods that are tantamount to torture.

Obama banned those interrogation techniques on his second day in office. But he has largely ...

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U.S. Turns Up Heat On Costly Commercial Cybertheft In China

Tuesday, May 07, 2013

American companies that do business with China make good money. They also lose a lot of money there to cyberthieves, who routinely hack into the computers of the U.S. firms and steal their trade and technology secrets.

China's theft of U.S. intellectual property has gotten serious enough in recent months ...

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Clues Suggest Boston Suspects Took A Do-It-Yourself Approach

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

As investigators look into the Boston Marathon bombings, one crucial question is whether the suspects, brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, acted alone or had help. The clues might be found in the bombs used.

From what is now known, it appears the brothers assembled a whole arsenal of explosives. Watertown ...

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Venezuela's Next Leader Faces Tough Choice On Oil Program

Thursday, April 11, 2013

As Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez thought in grandiose terms, and his country's vast oil riches enabled him to act on his vision. But Chavez died before he had to deal with the flaws in his model, and some hard choices await his successor.

Key to Chavez's notion of "21st Century ...

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U.S. Parries N. Korean Threats With A Fresh Plan

Saturday, April 06, 2013

You might think alarm bells would be sounding in Washington, given the warnings coming out of North Korea. But when they talk about North Korea, U.S. officials are sounding like exasperated parents responding to a child's tantrum.

At the White House on Friday, spokesman Jay Carney said the United ...

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Amid Threats, N. Korea's Neighbors Rethink Defense Policies

Wednesday, April 03, 2013

North Korea has been a big headache for the United States, with the new leader there saying almost daily that his country is ready to go to war.

Speaking in Washington on Wednesday, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the U.S. can't afford to dismiss that talk as bluster.

"It ...

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