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...water drainage system. It went from an industrial area of Tijuana across the border to a warehouse in Otay Mesa, the main commercial port of entry near San Diego. "The technology it used was shocking," says Brian Damkroger, who heads the Borders and Maritime Security programs at Sandia National Labs in New Mexico. (View pictures of high seas border patrol near San Diego...
Venky received his doctoral degree in physics from Cornell University and worked at both Sandia National Laboratories and Bell Labs, where he managed groups that explored the interface of business and engineering. He then served as Dean of the School of Engineering at the University of California Santa Barbara before coming to Harvard...
...attacks - code named Titan Rain - are still hitting secure government networks here and abroad. And the country can thank in large measure the type of fecklessness that Sandia's managers showed in handling Carpenter's case. Sandia actually has a huge security apparatus designed to ensure that the nuclear lab's secrets stay safe. But when Carpenter said he would continue trying to solve the case on his own time as a matter of conscience, Sandia trained that security apparatus on him. They investigated him, harangued him, stripped him of his security clearance and ultimately fired...
...Sandia spokesman declined on Tuesday to respond to specific allegations, but said that Sandia is "disappointed by the verdict" and might appeal. He also repeated earlier Sandia assertions that Carpenter had stepped beyond clear boundaries...
...still unclear whether this verdict will do anything to actually chasten Sandia into changing its management culture. But for all those in favor of government accountability, and for anyone who likes to see a David occasionally win against Goliath, Shawn Carpenter's victory in court is worth cheering...