Rapid Fire 06/28/06 (Updated)

Published June 28, 2006

* ACLU: stop brain scanning terrorists
* How to tell if the NSA snoops on you
* Bullets, password-protected
* ONR's million-dollar contest
* Israel's Gaza strike - and what lead up to it
* Inside China's space command center
* Super Hornets' sweet new radar
* Freezing Falcons
* America's own cyanide IED
* NYT's finance scoop: old news, no biggie
* Beating China's great firewall
* eBay = homeland security answer?
* U.S. chips compromised?
* Renewable energy: crowds?
* Starfire redux (background here)
* Switchblade redux (background here)

(Big ups: EH, Schneier)

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