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InternetNews June 6, 2005 Roy Mark	Former Cyber Chief Raises 'Perfect Storm' Three former Bush administration top cyber security officials don't think the White House or the top levels of the private sector are putting enough priority on securing the nation's networks.
Reason June 2005 Matt Welch	Who Gets to Play Journalist? Should bloggers be able to protect their sources in front of a judge? Is federal law the appropriate remedy to journalists' being jailed for contempt?
Reason June 2005 Lisa Snell	How Schools Cheat From underreporting violence to inflating graduation rates to fudging test scores, educators are lying to the American public.
Reason June 2005 Robert VerBruggen	Self-Defense vs. Municipal Gun Bans When Hale DeMar shot an intruder in his house, he may well have saved his children's lives. So why was he charged with a crime?
Reason June 2005 Virginia Postrel	Consumer Vertigo A new wave of social critics claim that Americans are facing a crisis of choice and that too many choices is the latest way liberal societies in general, and markets in particular, make people miserable. Here's why they're wrong.
Reason June 2005 Stephen J. Lyons	The Fog of War How can we tell if we're winning the War on Terror? Book reviews: Shadow War: The Untold Story of How Bush Is Winning the War on Terror, by Richard Miniter... Fortress America: On the Frontlines of Homeland Security---An Inside Look at the Coming Surveillance State, by Matthew Brzezinski...
Reason June 2005 Tim Cavanaugh	Rummy in the Dock A new lawsuit against Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld isn't likely to bring justice for prisoners abused at Abu Ghraib and other military prisons, but it may help resolve the controversy over who's accountable for the torture.
Reason June 2005 Brian Doherty	Sea of Litigation The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case which raises the question of whether the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) extends to foreign companies whose ships hit U.S. ports to pick up U.S. passengers. Federal appeals courts have been split on the issue.
Reason June 2005 Julian Sanchez	Pension Tension Our other retirement time bomb. In fiscal year 2004, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, which covers more than 34 million workers and retirees, paid out some $3 billion in benefits to pension plan beneficiaries---more than twice what it took in from employers in premiums.
Reason June 2005 Kerry Howley	Scientists for Sale Innovation vs. ethics: Scientists at the NIH have discovered many things over the years, but evidently they haven't yet found a way to balance innovation and objectivity.
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