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...Telekom affair is reminiscent of the pretexting scandal that engulfed U.S. technology firm Hewlett Packard in 2006, costing chairwoman Patricia Dunn her job. It also is the latest in a remarkable series of disclosures about German companies spying on their employees and on journalists. Earlier this year, it emerged that discount retailers Lidl and Schlecker spied on their employees. Electronics giant Siemens has also been accused of spying on employees, and employees alleged that staff doctors at automaker Daimler reported on employees. Even Germany's spy agency, the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), was recently caught spying on German journalists...
...Beyond that, speculators are left with little information to go on. Other names that have been floated as possible McCain picks include Rob Portman, a former Ohio congressman, South Carolina governor Mark Sanford and Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett Packard, who is now working as his adviser...
...people identified having a child as their primary motivation for protecting the environment; 91% said the most important reason to recycle is the impact it will have on their children's future. In fact, new parents are the leading edge of environmental awareness, says Alan Greene, a pediatrician at Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford and author of Raising Baby Green. "I've seen a dramatic increase in parents taking environmental responsibility for their children in the past 15 years...
...question of missile-killing technology with his science adviser, Physicist George Keyworth II, in a conversation two years ago. Keyworth, an admirer of Teller's who helped develop an earlier ABM system, appointed a task force that included Teller, Consultant Edward Frieman and former Deputy Secretary of Defense David Packard. Early this year they informed Reagan that the idea seemed technically feasible, and it was brought up at a Feb. 11 White House meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Reagan said nothing for the next three weeks, then popped the idea at a morning briefing. He told National Security...
Reagan invited a group of 52 scientists and national security experts to the White House Wednesday night to view his speech and be briefed by top officials. Some of those who attended, such as Teller and David Packard, a co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard Co., were longtime advocates of ABM research. Said Packard: "Technology has moved ahead to the point where we could design a ballistic missile defense system which could be fully effective. If both sides had a defensive system, it would be stabilizing...