Enclosed by a sand berm four miles around and 160 feet high, the Baghdad Nuclear Research Facility entombs what remains of reactors bombed by Israel in 1981 and the United States in 1991. It has stored industrial and medical wastes, along with spent reactor fuel. Barton Gellman baghdadbermbomb share on social
Al Qaeda is closely aligned with the Chechens. Barton Gellman alignchechenclosely Change image and share on social
Cloud services cut both ways in terms of security: you get off-site backup and disaster recovery, but you entrust your secrets to somebody else's hands. Doing the latter increases your exposure to government surveillance and the potential for deliberate or inadvertent breaches of your confidential files. Barton Gellman backupbreachcloud share on social
I do read licenses, and they aggravate me, but a computer isn't much good without software. When I need a product, I hold my nose and click 'agree.' Barton Gellman aggravateagreeclick Change image and share on social
Among all the upheavals of war with al Qaeda, the surest indicator of the historic stakes is the ongoing rotation of top U.S. government managers - scores at a time - into a bunker deep underground and far from Washington. Barton Gellman bunkerdeepgovernment share on social
NoScript is probably the most important privacy tool, but it costs you in convenience. Barton Gellman conveniencecostimportant Change image and share on social
Snowden is an orderly thinker, with an engineer's approach to problem-solving. Barton Gellman approachengineerorderly Change image and share on social
In late 2003, the Bush administration reversed a long-standing policy requiring agents to destroy their files on innocent American citizens, companies and residents when investigations closed. Barton Gellman administrationagentamerican Change image and share on social
When the 'New York Times' revealed the warrantless surveillance of voice calls, in December 2005, the telephone companies got nervous. Barton Gellman callcompanydecember Change image and share on social
CloudShield did not see itself as a cloak-and-dagger company. It made its name for high-end hardware that could peer deeply into Internet traffic and pull out and analyze 'packets' of data as they flew by. Barton Gellman analyzecloakcloudshield share on social