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Reefer Madness Epidemic in Police Departments

Let's hope the epidemic subsides.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - The movie Reefer Madness portraying totally false images of people going crazy from smoking marijuana/cannabis has been completely discredited and was used to make the Hearst newspapers lots of money. It is so grotesque that it is laughable. Reefer Madness as a psychological condition still exists but is in the police organizations[1].

The weird reasoning of the DEA and other similar organizations is not clear but a form of megalomaniacal hysteria exists.

Operation `Aurora` Hit Google, Others

The current bumper crop of malware is very sophisticated, highly targeted, and designed to infect, conceal access, siphon data or, even worse, modify data without detection.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - McAfee Labs has been working around the clock, diving deep into the attack we are now calling Aurora that hit multiple companies and was publicly disclosed by Google on Tuesday.

We are working with multiple organizations that were impacted by this attack as well as the government and law enforcement.

Venezuela Intercepts Two U.S. Drug Trafficking Planes

So far in 2010 some 1,400 pounds of illegal drugs have been seized by Venezuelan authorities in various anti-drug operations.

(CARACAS) - At dawn on Monday a U.S. registered plane used for drug trafficking was intercepted and seized, said the Minister of People's Power for Interior and Justice Tareck El Aissami.

The minister noted that the plane, which had come from Central America, illegally entered Venezuelan airspace and refused to communicate with Venezuelan air traffic controllers. It was immediately intercepted and forced to land, he explained.

Army Body Armor Shop Has Important Role in Keeping Soldiers Alive

35% of the body armor worn by U.S. soldiers is flawed, keeping up on the maintenance is a constant job.

(CAMP LSA, Kuwait) - Round-the-clock efforts of employees at the Interceptor Body Armor Warehouse here ensure more than 1,000 Soldiers coming in and out of country each day can return refreshed and better armored.

Ban `Heartened` by Global Response to Help Haiti Quake Victims

The U.S. Government to provide as many helicopters, engineers and medical supplies as possible.

(NEW YORK) - The international community’s outpouring of support to assist victims of this week’s devastating earthquake in Haiti is encouraging, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.

Haiti: Still Too Soon for Deadly Earthquake`s Casualty Toll

Now quake-shattered Haiti awaits aid as thousands are feared dead. Some sources place the number in the hundreds, but it is simply too early to know.

(SALEM) - The earthquake that rocked Haiti on 12 January is considered the deadliest this island nation has seen in two centuries, and it is still too early to have any real idea of what the casualty toll will be.

Russia Today Correspondent Anastasia Churkina says it is, "Mayhem and chaos." Every third building is down, three million people are affected, and six hundred thousand are homeless.

Jamaica Will Rely on International Charities to Get Aid to Haiti

Officials believe one of the biggest challenges to Jamaica's aid efforts would be in getting air and sea transporation.

(KINGSTON) - Jamaica will be relying heavily on the local branches of international charity organizations, such as the Red Cross and the Salvation Army, to help in coordinating its aid efforts to Haiti.

Haitian Government Discusses Earthquake Response and Coordination

We share the pain of our fellow citizens of the Haitian diaspora everywhere, but urge them to remain faithful and strong in the face of such adversity" - Haitian Embassy

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Embassy of Haiti in Washington, D.C. wishes to thank the general public and the international community for the outpouring of support and the solidarity expressed in response to the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti yesterday, January 12th, 2010 just before 5:00 p.m. The Embassy has been continuously monitoring the situation since yesterday.

Repercussions Expected Over Google`s China Operations

Cyber-attacks directed against Google draw a response from the company and questions from U.S. officials.

(HONG KONG) - Google's announcement this week that it will quit filtering its Web-based searches in China and may leave the country altogether may affect the operations of other foreign firms in China, sources said.

“Google has posed a tremendous challenge to the Chinese government,” Internet research expert Isaac Mao said on Twitter.

Google Rebels Against China`s Internet Censors

China, which is on the list of countries identified by Reporters Without Borders as “Enemies of the Internet,” with the world’s biggest prison for netizens, with a total of 69 bloggers and cyberdissidents detained.

(BEIJING) - Reporters Without Borders hails US Internet giant Google’s announcement yesterday that it will stop censoring the Chinese version of its search engine, Google.cn – a move that could lead to Google.cn’s closure and Google’s withdrawal from the Chinese market.

The company said it took the decision following sophisticated cyber-attacks on Gmail accounts coming from China.