Crypto-Gram 15 Mar 2006

Dan Henage, Crypto-Gram monthly newsletter

U.S. port security and proxies is among the topics tackled in this issue of the Crypto-Gram monthly newsletter.

Homeland Security 'Report Card'

Interviewer Eben Kaplan, Stephen E. Flynn, Council on Foreign Relations' senior fellow for national security studies

Stephen E. Flynn, the Council on Foreign Relations' senior fellow for national security studies, considers the state of homeland security in October 2006 five years after the creation of the Office of Homeland Security, handing out grades in several key areas, including port security.

Sen. Jim Demint on Port Security

Host Austin Bay and U.S. Sen. Jim Demint (R-S.C.)

Host Austin Bay, of Pajamas Media and a syndicated columnist,  participated in this September 2006 blogger conference call with Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) on new measures in port security.

Diaglog radio talk show, Aug. 22, 2007

Scott Leffler, talk show host, WLVL-AM, Lockport, N.Y.

Scott Leffler WLVL-AM (Lockport, N.Y.) radio broadcast talks about the U.S. government's penchant for selling us out to the highest bidder - specifically the deal with the United Arab Emerates company taking control of six eastern sea ports.

Podcast: Port Security

Security Products Editor-In-Chief Ralph Jensen, Jaap Lems, chief harbormaster of the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands

Security Products Editor-In-Chief Ralph Jensen talks with Jaap Lems, chief harbormaster of the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, about port security.

Port Security podcast

Texas A&M University, unidentified host

Designing new security system for the nation's ports and waterways

Nanotech Paper Sops Up Oil Spills

Cynthia Graber, Scientific American

It might look and even feel like paper, but a new material created by scientists at MIT is designed to be an oil spill super-absorber. Cynthia Graber reports for Scientific American's 60-Second Science.

Oil spills less massive, but still likely

San Gabriel Valley Tribune, speaker unidentified

Audio version of Aug. 16, 2009 San Gabriel Valley Tribune article. In the wake of 1989's massive Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska's Prince William Sound, when 11 million gallons of oil befouled some 1,300 miles of formerly pristine and wildlife-rich coastline, much has been done to prevent future spills of such magnitude.

Cleaning Up Oil Spills; Smashing Protons

Susan Heilman and Tim Miller, Boston Museum of Science education associates

Boston Museum of Science education associates Susan Heilman and Tim Miller discuss a new way to clean up oil spills using nano-wire paper towels. Bonus -- you can also learn about the largest atom smasher ever built.

International Bird Rescue Research Center

IBRRC Executive Director Jay Holcomb

A March 16, 2009.podcast interview with IBRRC's Executive Director, Jay Holcomb, reflecting on the response to monumental Exxon Valdez oil spill.