BIG BROTHER (sister) to step up security at hotels and malls

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States is stepping up security at "soft targets" like hotels and shopping malls, as well as trains and ports, as it counters the evolving Al-Qaeda threat, a top official said Sunday.

A year after a foiled plot to bomb a US-bound passenger plane, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told CNN's "State of the Union" program that other places and modes of transportation must now be scrutinized.

"We look at so-called soft targets -- the hotels, shopping malls, for example -- all of which we have reached out to in the past year and have done a fair amount of training for their own employees," Napolitano said.

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OUTSIDE THE BOX With Alex Ansary 12/18/2010 (Guest Adonis King of ALLXCAST.com

OUTSIDE THE BOX with Alex Ansary -12/12

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Canadian Border Security a New Border Vision- Our Sovereignty At Stake

There are numerous reports circulating that Canada and the U.S. are secretly negotiating a North American Security and Trade deal which could be signed as early as January 2011.

The proposed agreement would establish a security perimeter as a means to better secure North America and stimulate trade.

The Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), along with other U.S.-Canada initiatives have allowed the two countries to incrementally move towards creating a common security perimeter, otherwise known as the North American Union.



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LINKS TO NEWS STORIES:

http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=22375

http://www.nationalpost.com/related/topics/Perimeter+with+could+hurt+Canada+sovereignty+opposition/3954157/story.html

NASA sold computers with sensitive data, report says

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – NASA failed to delete sensitive data on computers and hard drives before selling the equipment as part of its plan to end the Space Shuttle program, an audit released on Tuesday shows.

NASA is getting rid of thousands of surplus items as it prepares to end the space shuttle program next year.

The Office of Inspector General found what it termed "serious" security breaches at NASA centers in Florida, Texas, California and Virginia.

"Our review found serious breaches in NASA's IT (information technology) security practices that could lead to the improper release of sensitive information related to the Space Shuttle and other NASA programs," NASA Inspector General Paul Martin said in a statement.

"NASA needs to take coordinated and forceful actions to address this problem."