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SP's MAI Issue No. 18 | September 16-30, 2012 - Internal Security Updates

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  Home Minister calls for cooperation between Central and State police forces

  The Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has called for more cooperation between central agencies and state police forces as they work together towards achieving the common objective of curbing terrorism.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Kristen Bell apologises for Twitter security breach

  Actress Kristen Bell recently urged fans to change their Twitter.com passwords out of fear they may have been compromised when her account was hacked.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Harry Potter fans lose out because of lapse

  J.K. Rowling fans in the United States were disappointed when the author announced she’d be making just one stop in US this year to promote her upcoming book, The Casual Vacancy...

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Funds released for CCTNS project

  Funds to the tune of Rs. 418.87 crore have been released till date to all the State/Union Territories under the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) project in various heads ranging from system integrator, project management, capacity building to networking as well.

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  DHS submersible to tackle drug cartels

  In the early 1990s, South American drug cartels came up with a new tactic to transport narcotics destined for the United States: small, radar-dodging, self-propelled, semi-submersibles (SPSSs); better to address the submersible problem, DHS Science and Technology Directorate created its own submersible and called it Pluto, after the planet which is difficult to spot.

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  Y-12 nuclear weapons plant security guard sacked

  WSI-Oak Ridge, a security contractor at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant, confirmed that one of the guards on site during the July 28 security breach has been fired and others have been disciplined.