Daily Highlights

The San Francisco Chronicle reports Chevron has sent an email to U.S. employees warning that a laptop computer with data on thousands of workers has been stolen from an independent public accounting firm employee who was auditing employee savings, health, and disability plans. (See item 11)

The Associated Press reports an Alaska Airlines MD80 was evacuated on a taxiway on Sunday evening, August 20, after smoke appeared in the cabin shortly after the plane landed in Long Beach, California; this was the airline's second problem with smoke in the cabin of an MD80 in three months. (See item 12)

The Associated Press reports Tippecanoe County in Indiana is taking part in a federal project to make two-way radios used by police, fire, and emergency responders safe from electronic interference by cellular phone frequencies. (See item 30)

An ancient Chinese proverb states that: “A thousand mile journey starts with the first step”. Yesterday U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor took a step in re-securing our Constitutional rights by finding the NSA's warrantless wiretapping program as un-Constitutional.

The U.S. Department of State, in a move intended to enhance border security and to facilitate travel, began issuing Electronic Passports (e-passports) to the public today (Aug. 14, 2006).