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  Spies Like Us (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spies Like Us is the name of a 1985 comedy film directed by John Landis, starring Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, and Donna Dixon.
Unfortunately, the laser fails to intercept the nuclear missile, which is heading for the U.S. and will almost certainly trigger a global thermonuclear war.
Immediately afterwards, the underground bunker back at the drive-in theater is uncovered by U.S. Army Rangers, and the CIA and military officials involved in the covert operation are arrested.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spies_Like_Us   (642 words)

  
 Spies Like Us
Spies Like Us It's hard to work up a whole lot of surprise when government snooping operations come to light.
While the U.S. President was impatient to get on with the attack, regarding Saddam Hussein as a bad guy who should be ousted as soon as possible, the British PM hoped the U.N. would give international backing, but it was not going well.
As far as Britain and the US were concerned, the UN was becoming an obstacle to the overthrow of Saddam, rather than a means of facilitating it.
www.motherjones.com /news/dailymojo/2004/03/02_502.html   (1339 words)

  
 Easily Distracted » Blog Archive » Spies Like Us
What most of us who have done this kind of research have to say about people in general and the societies and places we study in specific is precisely the reason that many of us were skeptical about the Iraq occupation from the outset.
The US is a remote presence; the postcolonial state and ruling party an immediate one.
The assumption of some that ethnographic knowledge in the context of US military policy or power always heightens the capacity for oppression seems to me to be in and of itself based on ignorance.
weblogs.swarthmore.edu /burke/?p=24   (1636 words)

  
 Spies like US
Spies like US to promote a multidisciplinary view of the religious, spiritual and esoteric phenomena.
A GLOBAL electronic spy network that can eavesdrop on every telephone, email and telex communication around the world will be officially acknowledged for the first time in a European Commission report to be delivered this week.
The NSA is one of the shadowiest of the US intelligence agencies.
www.meta-religion.com /Secret_societies/Conspiracies/Echelon/spies_like_us.htm   (1061 words)

  
 Spies among us - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
A recently released FBI report about the compromising ties between a Chinese-American Mata Hari and her FBI-agent lover is a stark reminder that after terrorism, the greatest threat to our national security at home is espionage.
According to the U.S. government, spies from more than 140 (of 191) nations are working overtime in our exceedingly open society to pinch U.S. defense and commercial secrets at a clip not seen since the Cold War ended.
Foreign spy services are deviating from the traditional practice of placing operatives under official cover in their embassies, consulates or trade missions around the United States.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/guests/s_457077.html   (560 words)

  
 Spies Among Us   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The t r u t h o u t Town Meeting is in progress.
U.S. News has identified nearly a dozen cases in which city and county police, in the name of homeland security, have surveilled or harassed animal-rights and antiwar protesters, union activists, and even library patrons surfing the Web.
From TV shows like 24 and CSI, Americans are accustomed to scenes of police accessing the most arcane data with a few keyboard clicks.
www.truthout.org /docs_2006/050806J.shtml   (4716 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Netnews | Spies like us
Alongside new spy drama, Spooks, the BBC is launching a website which gives viewers the chance to engage in a little espionage themselves.
Spooks, BBC1's new spy series, is accompanied by an interactive website where you can not only sign up as a MI5 officer and uncover a conspiracy, but attempt to save the world as well.
Armchair spies may already have spotted the advert in the back of Private Eye "calling all spooks".
www.guardian.co.uk /internetnews/story/0,7369,714640,00.html   (919 words)

  
 Spies Like Us | Mike Malloy | Air America Radio
The astonishingly illegal surveillance of hundreds of millions of phone calls made by tens of millions of US citizens is but one more example in an ever-lengthening list of abuses of power by this, the most corrupt administration in US history.
The apparently short-lived public outrage at the revelation last week of the massive spying on US citizens means nothing to the Bush Crime Family this week.
But, like you say, they just wait out the miniscule fuss that comes from moonbats like us, and then proceed on their merry way towards fascism.
www.airamerica.com /mikemalloy/node/143   (775 words)

  
 The Obfuscation Report: Spies Among Us
At the state level, regulations on police spying vary widely, but a general rule of thumb comes from the Justice Department's internal guidelines that forbid intelligence gathering on individuals unless there is a "reasonable suspicion" of criminal activity.
Suspicion of spying is so rife among antiwar activists, who have loudly protested White House policy on Iraq, that some begin meetings by welcoming undercover cops who might be present.
Law enforcement was slow to get on the technology bandwagon, and its information systems have developed into a patchwork of networks and databases that cannot talk to one another--even within the same county.
theobfuscationreport.blogspot.com /2006/05/spies-among-us.html   (3604 words)

  
 Houtopia: December 2005 Archives
Second, U.S. personnel clearly understand the importance of this trial and the magnifying lense under which it is being conducted -- television, etc. That they would jeopardize a case with such high stakes and so high-profile a defendent strains credibility, to put it mildly.
Spies Like Us We were not able to catch President Bush's news conference this morning.
SEIU likely didn't expect Aiyer to survive the first round, and was gearing up to take on Poli Acosta or another of the Republicans.
www.houtopia.com /archives/2005/12/index.html   (3933 words)

  
 Notable: Spies Among Us
Spies Among Us My work sent me to an Information Security conference last Thursday and it turned out to be pretty OK. At first I thought it was going to be a total bust, and it was all the way through lunch, but the afternoon speaker made the whole day worthwhile.
And it's not like the bad guys are rocket scientists either.
How smart is it if, when you capture the person sent to stop you, that you tell them your master plan before you leave them with some time delay method to die from which the good guy can escape easily.
etherdust.com /entries/2006/04/000147.html   (773 words)

  
 Bookslut | Spies Like Us
One of the great failures in the past two decades has been the West’s refusal to invest in human intelligence assets, those devious characters on the ground collecting all the puzzle pieces for Langley to mull over.
Without getting too far into the history, John Le Carre’s The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, Smiley’s People and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy are probably the strongest trifecta to start from, and his more recent work The Constant Gardener can only benefit from the recent smart adaptation starring Ralph Fiennes.
While I’m thinking about movie spies, it’s worth noting that James Bond wasn’t always the hyperkinetic smartass we’ve come to know through the Broccoli family movies.
www.bookslut.com /mystery_strumpet/2005_11_007066.php   (1551 words)

  
 Spies Like Us
But let's stop spinning like political Whirling Dervishes for a moment, don our trench coats and fedoras, and put this whole quasi-story into the context of real-world espionage.
That brings us to the issue of Jane Blonde's intelligence cover.
But intelligence leaks, like water seeping into the ship of state's hull, undermine our ability to navigate the roiled waters of our nation's security.
www.heritage.org /Press/Commentary/ed100603a.cfm   (651 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Spies Among Us: How to Stop the Spies, Terrorists, Hackers, and Criminals You Don't Even Know You Encounter ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
"Spies among us" also highlight some commonly overlooked truths in the security arena, such as that users' errors are more damaging, in aggregate, than all the malevolence of all the spies in the world.
The value of a book like this- one that demonstrates the ease with which information can be social-engineered from naive people- should be shared with the masses so that they develop an awareness and can help to combat such attacks.
Spies among us provides an excellent look at the methods and techniques that can be used to exploit and infiltrate a government or corporate network, but more importantly Winkler provides a number or tools and techniques that the reader can apply to help prevent such attacks.
www.amazon.com /Spies-Among-Terrorists-Criminals-Encounter/dp/0764584685   (3069 words)

  
 US planning to recruit one in 24 Americans as citizen spies - smh.com.au
Assuming the program is initiated in the 10 largest US cities, that will be 1 million informants for a total population of almost 24 million, or one in 24 people.
The creation of a US "shadow government", operating in secret, was another Reagan national security initiative.
Ritt Goldstein is an investigative journalist and a former leader in the movement for US law enforcement accountability.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/07/14/1026185141232.html   (569 words)

  
 Archive | January 31, 2000 | Spies like US
Echelon is described as a global surveillance network that intercepts and processes the world's communications and distributes it to the US primary partners, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
Her former employer, Lockheed Martin, is the largest supplier of munitions to the US military services and to their intelligence agencies, the NSA and the CIA.
Newsham is not pleased with herself for participating in spying on ordinary people, politicians, interest groups and private companies, which is exactly what she did for 10 years, from 1974 to 1984.
www.enterstageright.com /archive/articles/0200echelon.htm   (1618 words)

  
 Foreign Policy: Spies Like Us
U.S. and Iraqi officials usually have at least two on them at all times.
And when insurgents aren’t destroying the infrastructure, the U.S. military is jamming Iraq’s networks to stymie fighters who use cell phones to detonate bombs.
U.S. convoys are routinely equipped with at least one classified system for jamming cell phones.
www.foreignpolicy.com /story/cms.php?story_id=3343   (1150 words)

  
 DVD.net : Spies Like Us - DVD Review
Spies Like Us brings together two of modern cinema's funniest men, Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd, in one of the best comedies of the ‘80s.
Along the way they are captured by locals, mistaken for doctors, shot at by enemy spies, get lost in a desert, and eventually meet up with the team who they were supposed to be drawing attention away from.
Spies Like Us is a very easy movie to watch.
www.dvd.net.au /review.cgi?review_id=1893   (847 words)

  
 Spies like US - special report - news - channel4.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
This is a country that remembers Watergate and doesn't like the idea of Presidents phone tapping and spying without the court's say so.
Today it was left to the US secretary of state Condolezza Rice to justify the govenments position.
She said the secret order was necessary to prevent terrorism and was within the constitutional framework, but lawmakers in both parties questioned the action.
www.channel4.com /news/special-reports/special-reports-storypage.jsp?id=1369   (223 words)

  
 Business Week
Spies Like Us You don't need to be James Bond or IBM to use competitive intelligence.
Two old trucks, $16,000, and a great idea--that was all Greg Laube needed to launch The Paint Bull in 1989.
The Spies Have It Q: You still work for the CIA.
www.paintbull.com /spiesarticle.htm   (794 words)

  
 MemeMachineGo!: Spies Like Us
It’s not a bunch of intoxicated college kids joking about a bomb on the train; it’s two normal people who are completely in their senses.
Situations like this need to be controlled immediately,” he said.
The problem with a nation of amateur spies is that it results in these sorts of results.
www.mememachinego.com /2006/04/spies_like_us.html   (560 words)

  
 BW Online | June 16, 2000 | Spies Like Us   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Spy shops around the country do a booming business in such gadgets as fountain-pen-size video cameras, encryption devices, infrared viewers, and other espionage tools.
The U.S. Census Bureau (www.census.gov), The Annual Demographic Survey (www.bls.census.gov/cps/ads/adsmain.htm), The Population Index (popindex.princeton.edu).
The Spies Have It As a CIA officer, Pamela J. Noe has tracked weapons of mass destruction.
www.businessweek.com /smallbiz/content/jun2000/ma3685105.htm   (2855 words)

  
 Listening to leakers could land you in jail. By Fred Kaplan - Slate Magazine
Spies Like UsListening to leakers could land you in jail.
The ruling—made by U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis on Jan. 20 and reprinted in today's edition of Steven Aftergood's invaluable Secrecy News—states that federal espionage laws apply not only to officials who leak classified information but also to private citizens who receive it.
What's new is that, for the first time, the U.S. Justice Department has decided to read this law literally.
www.slate.com /id/2138277   (1064 words)

  
 Wiley::Spies Among Us: How to Stop the Spies, Terrorists, Hackers, and Criminals You Don't Even Know You Encounter ...
This unique book is packed with the riveting, true stories and case studies of how he did it-and how people and companies can avoid falling victim to the spies among us.
In Spies Among Us, Ira Winkler reveals his security secrets, disclosing how companies and individuals can protect themselves from even the most diabolical criminals.
He goes into the mindset of everyone from small-time hackers to foreign intelligence agencies to disclose cost-effective countermeasures for all types of attacks.
www.wiley.com /WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0764584685.html   (417 words)

  
 Spies Like Us Ziff Davis Smart Business - Find Articles
But since we don't all have a Q working behind the scenes, serious spy stuff can cost a lot.
If you want to do the spying yourself, check out Quark's Wireless Cube Camera, which is easy to conceal since it's the size of a cigarette lighter.
These sensors can measure things like the temperature of a load, whether the load has been tampered with, and whether the doors of a container are open or shut.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_zdzsb/is_200203/ai_ziff23119   (744 words)

  
 Spies like us - roadtest - Technology - smh.com.au
There are also routers, such as Mitsubishi's Diamond Digital R100, that have USB ports for connecting a USB webcam so that it can be used like a network camera.
It stands on a desk or attaches to a monitor, but has only a 640 x 480-pixel sensor and lacks a built-in microphone (yet comes with a mono headset).
It's also a pan-tilt-zoom device like the QuickCam, but it has a noisy motor.
www.smh.com.au /news/roadtest/spies-like-us/2006/05/03/1146335804697.html   (1145 words)

  
 In These Times | Spies Like Us
As was revealed in 1999, the Clinton administration used the U.N. inspection team as a cover for spying on Iraq.
Over a period of many months this was regularly used to bolster the case for going to war by the so-called experts we see on the screen each day.
He's smart like the weasel that he is. Read "The Second Coming" by John Yeats.
inthesetimes.com /comments.php?id=118_0_3_0_C   (1616 words)

  
 eBay - DVD: Spies Like Us   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Austin and Emmett are two dopey businessmen who decide they want to be spies, even though they have no experience in that area.
Nevertheless, the pair are employed as spies anyway--unaware that the true reason they've been hired is to serve as a smokescreen for a band of real spies who are on an important mission.
SPIES LIKE US * Chevy Chase * Dan Aykroyd * Donna Dixon
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 Spies like US
Spies like US Spies like US Simon Davies, Electronic Telegraph
"The ECHELON system forms part of the UKUSA system (see 'Cooking up a charter for snooping') but unlike many of the electronic spy systems developed during the Cold War, ECHELON is designed primarily for non-military targets: governments, organizations and businesses in virtually every country.
However, it does have a Web site (www.nsa.gov:8080) in which it describes itself as being responsible for the signals intelligence and communications security activities of the US government.
www.euronet.nl /~rembert/echelon/ecspy16.htm   (1043 words)

  
 DVD Empire - Item - Spies Like Us / DVD-Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
But if it has anything to do with comedy, it's sure to be "mission accomplished" for Saturday Night Live alumni Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd, romping through their first movie together: Spies Like Us.
As two government desk jockeys who cheat their way through a civil-service entry exam and (incredibly) become globetrotting undercover operatives, Aykroyd and Chase generate the verve and spontaneity of a Bob Hope/Bing Crosby road movie.
Had “Spies Like Us” been made back in the fifties, it would have been a on the road movie.
www.dvdempire.com /Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=3319&partner_id=83144778   (345 words)

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