"Construction of the security force camp at Radio Range is ahead of schedule, " Lehnert said.

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Economists point out that this obviously won't be like Franklin Roosevelt's Depression-era program that allowed virtually anyone with the strength to wield a shovel to join a construction crew or move to a work camp.

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Security flaws in commercial software and hardware were popular topics at camp workshops, which included discussions on "Biometric Insecurity" and the construction of Windows NT Shell Code for Buffer Overflow Exploits.

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