Word: secreting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hypocrisy of the administration is the least of our fears, however. More importantly is the fact, amid massive allegations of Chinese tampering--stealing nuclear technology and spying in several of our most top-secret labs--that they also tried to influence our Presidential elections. Testifying before a Senate committee, Chung revealed that $200,000 of the money had come from Lieut. Col. Liu Chaoying, a Chinese military officer and aerospace executive who reportedly said to Chung when he give him the money, "We like your President. We want...
...supposedly top-secret document -- and one that condemns the Clinton administration's inability to keep secrets -- the 700-page Cox report doesn't have many surprises left. Yes, China has stolen the design secrets of no fewer than seven U.S. nuclear warheads from four separate labs; yes, the information was used to dramatically update China's existing arsenal. And yes, the spying began in the 1970s, continued into the Clinton years, and "thefts almost certainly continue to the present." But months of leaks and investigative newspaper stories -- and a 29-page executive summary released Monday night -- have rendered most...
...been passed around.) It's also the poster child of the so-called open-source movement. Unlike Microsoft Windows or the Mac OS, Linux and many of the programs that work with it are built and maintained by volunteers scattered all over the Net. The source code, the usually secret "recipe" that determines how the software works, is published online for anyone to read and improve on. As a result, Linux is amazingly stable. There are stories aplenty of Linux PCs that have been running crash-free for years, without ever being rebooted. Best of all, you can load Linux...
MIGHTY MOUSE It's a dirty little secret any gamer worth his or her salt knew all along: nobody really needs all those fancy joysticks, steering wheels and game pads. Most players blast bad guys and dodge fighter planes with the humble little mouse that came with their computer. Now Logitech's Wingman Gaming Mouse ($40)--the first mouse designed for fun--offers improved control and a five-fold jump in response rate to let you navigate mazes and target enemies with deadly precision...
...State Department official. As military chief he gained considerable experience working with the Americans. The U.S. likes the idea of resuming land-for-peace negotiations between Israel and Syria at the ambassadorial level in Washington. "Lipkin-Shahak knows the issues, has the credibility and knows how to keep a secret," says the State Department source. Plus, if talks between the two nations take place in Washington, the U.S. remains fully in the picture and positioned to claim a foreign policy coup, should negotiations bear fruit...