Following is the full transcript of the testimony yesterday [September 18] of Eleanor Hill, staff director of an inquiry into the Sept. 11 attacks, before a joint Congressional committee, as transcribed by the Federal News Service Inc.

This is an interim report on the issue of "What did we know, and when did we know it?" Very lengthy, but worth the time for those interested in the matter. Props to NYT on posting this before it showed up in Lexis-Nexis Congressional Universe.

Full Transcript from Testimony on Attacks

But ... there is no NIE for Iraq and there probably won't be one anytime soon.

Intelligence Test | The New Republic

The company said it expects an operating loss per share of 45 cents, sharply lower than the 16-cents-a-share loss forecast by analysts, according to earnings tracker First Call. The troubled telecommunications equipment maker also said it sees 20-to-25 percent lower revenue in the fourth quarter from the $2.95 billion it recorded in the third quarter.

Lucent warns on fourth quarter, cites lower sales

BCE said in July that it was considering the sale of its directories business or the sale of rights to future revenue from the operations.

Report: KKR in Talks to Buy BCE Unit

* stimulate activities related to supernetworks;
* explore applications of supernetworks;
* bring together faculty, students, and those in industry and government for education and collaboration;
* expand the knowledge base of network research;
* disseminate information concerning networks and their roles in today's Information Age and Network Economy.

Be sure to visit the "download sample chapter" page and browse the book, _Supernetworks: Decision-Making for the Information Age_.

The Virtual Center for Supernetworks

"Principles of Secure Network Systems Design" presents the topic in three basic parts. Part one covers the basic background of network security and the current scope for security in all types of networks and organizations. Part two focuses on the essential nature of network security and a scientific methodology for secure network design. Lastly, part three discusses concrete applications of the design concepts with real world networks.

Principles of Secure Network Systems Design

ACLU: "Once privacy is gone, you can't get it back." ... "It's been so incremental, we almost didn't notice [the surveillance]."

A High School Where the Sensorship Is Pervasive

I mentioned this book back in June. It's now for sale, online or at your favorite local bookstore. (You can search for "Lovink" to retrieve my earlier entry.)

According to media critic Geert Lovink, the Internet is being closed off by corporations and governments intent on creating a business and information environment free of dissent. Calling himself a radical media pragmatist, Lovink envisions an Internet culture that goes beyond the engineering culture that spawned it to bring humanities, user groups, social movements, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), artists, and cultural critics into the core of Internet development.

In Dark Fiber, Lovink combines aesthetic and ethical concerns and issues of navigation and usability without ever losing sight of the cultural and economic agendas of those who control hardware, software, content, design, and delivery.

Dark Fiber : Tracking Critical Internet Culture

By exploring the political and moral colorings of discoveries about what makes us tick, we can have a more honest science and a less fearful intellectual milieu.

A Biological Understanding of Human Nature: A Talk With Steven Pinker | Edge

This monograph reviews events since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and discusses the current state of al Qaeda and the kinds of actions that can be expected of it in the future. Al Qaeda constitutes the most serious immediate threat to the security of the United States, so the campaign against terrorism must remain focused. The monograph describes the central elements that must be emphasized in the next, more-complex phase of that campaign.

Countering al Qaeda [PDF]