DC Fraud Lawyer

As part of the Google DC Talks series, and in partnership with the Center for a New American Security, Google’s Washington office hosted a discussion entitled, “Developing a National Cybersecurity Strategy.” Dr. Kristin Lord of CNAS offered opening remarks on cybersecurity policy, and Harry Wingo of Google moderated a five-person panel: * Ellen Doneski, Chief of Staff, US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation * Liesyl Franz, Vice President for Information Security and Global Public Policy, TechAmerica * Richard Hale, Chief Information Assurance Executive, Defense Information Systems Agency * Christopher Painter, Director of Cybersecurity, National Security Council * Philip Reitinger, Deputy Undersecretary of National Protection & Programs Directorate, US Department of Homeland Security This event took place on June 26, 2009 at Google’s offices in Washington, DC

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE!!! (CNN) — A Virginia man who allegedly threatened during a Facebook chat to detonate explosives in the Washington area was arrested last week and is undergoing a mental evaluation, according to federal court documents that came to light Tuesday. – (Politico) Attorney General Eric Holder is sharply disputing claims that sting operations the Justice Department set up to target suspects in several recent terrorism cases amounted to entrapment. – (AP) A man accused of plotting to kill military recruiters with a car bomb was a victim of entrapment and was incapable of building or detonating explosives, his attorney said Monday. – (The Local) A Swedish Armed Forces (Försvarsmakten) employee warned an acquaintance to stay clear of an area in central Stockholm on Saturday where, several hours later, two explosions went off in what is being called a terrorist attack. – (KTLA News) A man shot to death by two police officers was found to have pointed a pistol-grip water nozzle at them rather than a weapon, the police chief said Monday at a news conference marked by sobs from the victim’s relatives. – (WSTB News) No outside food or drink. Sippy cups are no exception. That’s the explanation Carrie Brewer got when an attendant confiscated her 22-month-old child’s sippy cup while watching the movie “Tangled” at the Showland Cinema in Plymouth. HEADLINES KTLA: LAPD Chief Backs Costly Red Light Program – Eric Spillman reports bit.ly Tension, Military Exercises Continue …

The Security and Exchange Commission hasn’t done a good job of listening to whistleblowers over the last several years. Numerous whistleblowers have tried to contact the agency over the last decade, only to be ignored, rebuffed, and marginalized. Now that the public has seen the ramifications of the agency’s ignoring of whsitleblowers – most notably the Bernie Madoff scandal – Congress has acted. The recently passed financial reform bill provides the SEC the ability to distribute financial rewards for whistleblowers whose original disclosures of fraud lead to the recovery of over $1 million. The SEC is writing the rules for this reward system – and they want the whistleblowers to come straight to the agency, bypassing their corrupt bosses. Corporations are crying foul and pushing back, calling the program unfair. With the rules set to be finalized next April, this key provision is up in the air. Guests include: Jason Zuckerman, a whistleblower attorney at the Employment Law Group, a Washington, DC based law firm.