According to Richard Clark, the coordinator for security, infrastructure, protection and counter-terrorism at the National Security Council, our dependency on computers will make us increasingly vulnerable.

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It will still be necessary for force protection and our counter-terrorism mission and to -- and to do -- continue training of Iraqi forces.

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Sooner or later, the policies motivating the EU Data Protection Directive will prove to be counter-productive and regressive.

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"The U.K. has experienced mission creep from its initial goal of supporting the U.S. in countering international terrorism, far into the realms of counter-insurgency, counter-narcotics, protection of human rights and state building, " committee chairman Mike Gapes said.

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On the right, Mr de Villepin at least had the courage to try to counter the logic of job protection, but elsewhere has scarcely demonstrated an embrace of open markets.

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In around two-thirds of cases, Microsoft relies on old consumer-protection and fraud laws rather than new legislation specifically designed to counter spam (though the firm supports spam laws, as they tend to eliminate legal loopholes).

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Representatives from the CME Group, NYSE Euronext, the Consumer Federation of America, the Managed Funds Association and the AFL-CIO will all be there to talk about over-the-counter derivatives, the role of intermediaries and hedge funds, consumer protection and hedge funds.

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Presented by Senators Joseph Lieberman and Orrin Hatch, it will offer tax incentives, protection of patents and limited liability for any firm working on bio, chemical or radiological counter-measures.

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Among other things, it sets up a Financial Stability Oversight Council to oversee systemic risk in the economy, creates an independent consumer financial protection bureau housed within the Federal Reserve and establishes exchanges for the trading of over-the-counter derivatives.

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