Nuristan was handed over by Nato last year and the alliance will be hoping it is not a template for other security transfers to Afghan forces as foreign troops prepare to leave by the end of 2014.

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Their main specific proposal is to revise the way the government calculates cost of living adjustments, which would cut the value of transfers like Social Security and Food Stamps and would push some taxpayers into higher brackets.

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Amazingly enough, this fact seems largely to have escaped the attention of those responsible for assessing the security risks inherent in such technology transfers.

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To the extent that Congress has been outspoken in its criticism of the actions of Toshiba, Imhausen and others whose technology transfers have added new security burdens to those already borne by Western taxpayers, the legislative branch should prove a forceful ally in bringing about such corrective actions.

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Only a third of all Americans receiving government entitlement transfers are seniors on Social Security and Medicare.

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Such transfers will simply exacerbate the security problems attending already inadequate defense spending.

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And besides, they insist, the Social Security Trust fund would be made whole through transfers from the general fund.

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Only months ago, pirates preferred to be paid through a complicated web of bank transfers using offshore jurisdictions, according to a maritime security source now involved with ransom negotiations with hijacked ships.

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Drawing from international experience, the World Bank suggested that China could raise contribution rates, or use general revenues or dedicated social security taxes to cover contingent liabilities, in addition to direct transfers of state-owned assets.

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So instead of throwing up your hands that Web-based e-mail and online data transfers can never be secure, seek out and use the security tools that already exist.

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PGP(R) platform-enabled applications allow organizations to meet current needs and expand as security requirements evolve for email, laptops, desktops, instant messaging, smartphones, network storage, file transfers, automated processes, and backups.

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