The report warns that the government's failure to enact substantive safeguards poses a "strategic national-security weakness" for the U.S. The 150-page report, by the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, is being released on Wednesday.

WSJ: U.S. Is Hit on Iraq, Afghan Outlays

First, Europe's real weakness in security matters lies not in a shortage of cruise missiles, but in a deep reluctance (born of years of letting America do the hard geopolitical work) to think strategically.

ECONOMIST: A survey of NATO

Anytime that you are protecting something of enormous value, you need to stay aware that there are smart, talented people who will spend the time needed to carefully dissect the security and exploit any weakness in it.

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John Kerry surging to the front of the Democratic pack, the head of President Bush's re-election effort took aim at him Friday, charging that the Massachusetts senator's voting record shows a weakness on national security issues.

CNN: Bush campaign manager criticizes Kerry's votes

His transgressions include being open to a value-added tax, a less-than-stellar record on healthcare, weakness on Social Security reform, an anemic list of proposed budget savings, and support for reprehensible ethanol subsidies.

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But Donato Ferrante and Luigi Auriemma, from security company ReVuln, found a weakness in the way games were started via Origin.

BBC: Players at risk from game store hack attack

"The reason Anonymous fell victim is probably human weakness, " said Graham Cluley, senior consultant at security firm Sophos.

BBC: Hacking group Anonymous latest victim of Twitter hack

His triumphal progress with al-Aqsa fighters in Gaza this week was both a show of strength and a reminder of potential weakness: they were of a branch loyal to Muhammad Dahlan, the Gaza security chief who is one of Mr Abbas's staunch backers, and thus one of his chief props.

ECONOMIST: Palestine's election

At the same time, the security has failed to rally on this new buying pressure, underscoring the stock's continued weakness.

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