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March/April 2012 Information Triage Ron Capps How did a young contractor get access to privileged information about the NSA surveillance program? Edward Snowden may be facing prosecution, but the U.S. government hasn't seen the last of leakers, in part because the intelligence community's classification system is broken. Some common sense, low-tech measures can reduce the risk of future breaches.
 
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Book The End of Reputation A Conversation with Jonathan R. Macey A sterling reputation used to be key to the prosperity of both individuals and companies. Now it scarcely seems to matter, and regulation can't seem to halt the proliferation of financial scandals. Jonathan Macey explains why integrity is an undervalued but essential component of a healthy financial system.
Books The Apple Pie of Booze Hannah Dean Bourbon is the spirit America makes better than anyone—its distinctive flavor comes from our native corn, water and oak barrels. It's patriotism in a glass. But its rise as the all-American spirit was by no means assured. A motley assortment of distillers, hucksters, politicians and partisan drunks paved the way to the hard stuff we enjoy today.
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Film Dancer in the Dark Matt Cohen Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty takes us into the shadows of the decade-long manhunt for Osama bin Laden. The film is less about the enemy and more about America's stubborn determination to drag him into the light.
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