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From: "The Daily Reckoning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Today's Daily Reckoning - Enter the Recession
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:27:39 -0500
Enter The Recession
The Daily Reckoning
London, England
Monday, November 21, 2005
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*** Every blemish on America's financial face is starting to show through
the thick layer of make-up...
*** Money from heaven falling directly into profit margins...as the
McMansions crumble, so does job growth...
*** Lying to suit the circumstances...time flies when you're getting
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Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.
One lie leads to another. Before you know it, you are so wrapped up in
them you can't find your way out.
We might be referring to any number of things in today's news. But we will
begin with the financial stories. Profits are up, we are told. And because
profits are up, everything is hunky dory. Of course, stock prices are high
- profits are rising! And why shouldn't America borrow, it has so much
more productive assets to borrow against. The trade deficit, housing
bubble, consumer and federal debt - every blemish on America's financial
face is creamed over with profits. The result is such a beautiful glow;
who can resist?
Just don't look at her without makeup!
And don't look carefully at the grease either. These are not the same
profits your mother knew.
We have wondered whence cometh such "healthy" profits in an economy that
is so obviously ailing. Richard Benson has helped enlighten us. Making
money is easy, he points out, when the fed funds rate is low and the yield
curve is steep. "Finance" operations become very profitable. All you have
to do is borrow at low rates for the short term and lend at higher rates
for a longer period. That's why "finance" as a percentage of U.S. profits
has soared.
It also helps when the low rates have caused a housing bubble.
"The housing bubble has created economic growth and job gains through the
building of new homes, the hiring of mortgage bankers, and the issuance of
400,000 more real estate brokerage licenses (America now has over 1.2
million real estate agents who make over $60 billion in commissions a
year)," he adds.
Today's press elaborates:
"Californians gamble on careers in real estate," begins an article from
Reuters. One of 50 adults in the state is a licensed real estate agent,
the report explains, with the agent population growing 13 times as fast as
the growth in home sales. And small wonder. The typical house now sells
for more than $500,000. An agent only has to sell a few houses every year
in order to enjoy a modest income.
And if he is not selling his house, the Californian is dismembering it. In
2004 alone Americans "took out" $600 billion from their houses. Normally,
when consumers earn extra money it comes from the businesses they work
for. It is a cost to the business, reducing profits. But this new revenue
comes to corporate America (when it is spent in America) without
offsetting labor costs. U.S. businesses didn't have to pay anyone a salary
in order to increase consumer spending. Instead, the money came as though
from heaven, and fell directly into profit margins.
Thus, like so many other things in modern America, corporate profits
depend on people selling houses to one another at higher and higher
prices, encouraged, aided and abetted by "emergency" low rates from the
Fed.
What was the emergency?
Ah, we suspect that that was a little fib, too. But we won't dwell on it.
We merely note that when the "taking out" of equity comes to an end, so do
the profits. Then, U.S. businesses will have to earn their money.
"As McMansions go, so goes job growth," says the New York Times.
In the meantime, we pass along another small item from Barron's.
Inflation, as we all know, is as healthy as profits, and the economy in
general. But here, too, by the time the Bureau of Labor Statistics has
worked them over a few times, the numbers come out looking like prisoners
in an Iraqi jail. Health insurance premiums have been rising at an annual
rate of 10% for a number of years. But in the CPI figures, the medical
component is up only 4.4% in the year ending in September. And while
health care accounts for roughly 15% of GDP, it is given less than half
that importance in the inflation index.
Similarly, a confession is beaten out of the housing numbers, another
major component of the inflation measure. We all know the price of houses
has been going up at a double-digit rate for the last five years or so.
But instead of measuring what people actually pay to buy a house, the
torturers at the U.S. Labor Department pretend that we rent our houses
from ourselves. As more and more people have been lured into homeownership
by low rates, the pool of renters has declined - actually softening rental
rates.
There you have it, dear reader: Profits are up; inflation is down. Both
are subject to change without notice.
More news from our currency counselor...
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Chuck Butler, reporting from the EverBank trading desk in St. Louis:
"I know, these moves are like removing a bucket of sand from the beach,
but at least they are in the right direction! The European markets have
picked up the baton from Asia, and have continued marking the euro higher
this morning."
For the rest of this story, and for more insights into the world currency
markets, see today's issue of
The Daily Pfennig
http://www.dailyreckoning.com/Writers/Butler/Articles/112105.html
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Bill Bonner, back in London with more opinions...
*** Lies are no more static than fashions. They evolve to suit the
circumstances. The Bush administration began the war with Iraq in order to
get weapons of mass destruction out of circulation. When that plan washed
up, it then decided to build a modern U.S.-style democracy on the banks of
the Tigris and Euphrates. That project is still on the books, but it no
longer seems to be enough to justify the expense in blood and treasure.
"It's time to get out," say the critics. But wait, now the United States
has to stay in Vietnam - oops, we mean Iraq - in order to prevent a
bloodbath. "If the United States leaves," writes David Brooks, warmonger
for the New York Times, "Iraq will descend into a full-scale civil war."
And a reader drew our attention to this quote from CNN.com:
"I think that the Democrats who have undertaken this initiative [to pull
out of the war] have made a mistake," said Rep. Duncan Hunter, the
chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.
"I think they've
underestimated the toughness of the American people and the understanding
that if we don't change the world, the world is going to change us." (What is
this guy smoking?)
Spoken like a true world-improver. Guess Hunter hasn't read his copy of
Empire of Debt yet.
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*** Gold hit an 18-year high last week. As the days go by, the precious
metal becomes more and more precious. But the dollar has been rising, too.
"The seeming anomaly of both the dollar and gold on the rise suggest to us
one or the other has got to give," writes Alan Abelson in Barron's. "Our
hunch is that it'll be the dollar." Ours too.
*** We are amazed at how fast this year is going.
"Ground rush," said a friend. "Getting older is like jumping out of an
airplane. At first, you seem to float in the air. Time goes by slowly. And
then, all of a sudden, the ground rushes up at you."
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The Daily Reckoning PRESENTS: Most people believe that the way to respond
to inflation is by tightening monetary policy - but that could turn out to
be a very dangerous decision. The Mogambo Guru explains how the Feds are
hurting economic growth...
ENTER THE RECESSION
by The Mogambo Guru (always a good read, didn't highlight much as he's all
over the place)
Ben "Big Bonehead" Bernanke, the incoming new chairman of the Federal
Reserve, is on record as being the champion of "inflation-targeting",
which is the new code word for, "I'm going to kill you with inflation
because I don't care about any of you American pigs."
This ridiculous philosophy may not work like he figures, if we can believe
Randy Buss, of Der Invest Informant, who quotes Professor Antony Mueller,
an adjunct scholar of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, as saying, "The size
of the debt level relative to the productive base at the peak of the boom
will make monetary policy ineffective once the contraction phase takes
hold." Well, perhaps that is why the Fed is so desperately trying to keep
this contraction ("deflation") from taking hold in the first place, by
creating inflation, which will kill us just as fast.
Max Fraad Wolff, at Mises.org, has had enough of listening to me run my
loud mouth and not making any sense. He stands up to explain, "Standard
fiscal and monetary policy work to attack inflation by pushing economic
activity toward recession. Likewise, fiscal and monetary policy introduces
inflationary pressure to fight recession." Well, I gotta admit that he is
a lot more succinct in his explanation, but without the use of screaming,
swearing, breaking furniture or even vowing blood oaths of revenge. As
such, it seems to lack that sense of, umm, mortal despair and homicidal
outrage that it really calls for.
So, in my snippy little childish way, I say, "So?" Without missing a beat,
Mr. Wolff, with a momentary flash of exasperation at my abysmal stupidity,
explains, "Stagflationary dynamics occur when a growth recession - or
worse - occurs alongside upward price pressure, inflation. Policy markers
face unique challenges and enhanced prospects of failure in such an
environment. Given the normally poor record of policy makers, this is
scary. As price pressures persist alongside rising trade and federal
spending imbalances into 2006, stagflation lurks. Keep your eyes out for
data that suggests cooling growth and rising prices. When it rains it
pours."
None of this is lost on Jim Puplava, which I can prove by directing your
attention to his essay "The Two Bens." It can be found on his
www.financialsense.com
site. In it, he contrasts Ben Franklin and Ben
Bernanke, which I am sure, has Mr. Franklin rolling over in his grave at
the comparison. It is sort of like I hate it when my neighbors compare me
to a diseased sewer rat, only not as cuddly. Some things never change, and
you can gather that from his writing. He says, "From the birth of this
nation to the present, the government would from time-to-time resort to
debasement of the currency in time of war or in time of economic duress.
We find it always ends with the same consequences: debasement of the
currency and concomitant inflation. Despite the best efforts of government
alchemists, the result is always the same in the end - inflation. The only
limit to the quantity of money created is the destruction of its value."
To prove the accuracy of his words, Mr. Puplava writes, "Through
September, the PPI was up 6.7% year-over-year, while the CPI was up by
4.7% over the same period. Even worse for Americans, who now import more
of what they consume, import prices are up 9.9% over the last 12 months."
This level of inflation should have the Federal Reserve jumping out of the
windows in shame, or jumping out of the windows to escape the incessant
screaming of The Mogambo about this inflation conflagration - that they
caused - that is destroying our money.
And now, the new report of producer prices showed that prices jumped 0.7%
in October, which is worse than anyone (except you and me) expected. The
so-called "core" inflation (minus the pesky volatile items like food and
energy) was, I guess, relatively tame for finished goods. But intermediate
goods had prices that were up a smoldering 1.2%, and intermediate goods
were smoking red hot, up a full 3% for the month.
And it is even worse than that in actuality, as he suggests when he says,
"Today the true rate of inflation is running well over 7%," which one can
see when calculating the consumer price index, "as it was originally
constructed before the government began to tinker with the index." When
one undertakes this exercise, we realize that the CPI, "closely relates to
what most Americans experience daily in their lives." And I don't know
what you are experiencing in your life, but around here, the bills are
showing at least that much inflation!
Then he unleashes the bombshell: "Deflationists and inflationists do agree
on one thing: the U.S. is headed for another recession. Given the
under-reporting of inflation, which overstates GDP, we may already be
entering one. The only difference between the two camps is how it unfolds.
As the U.S. enters into recession, tax revenues will decline and
government spending will increase as a result of rising entitlements.
Deficits will get bigger and the U.S. will have to borrow and monetize
more of its debt. War, entitlements, and lack of fiscal restraint mean
more debt, more borrowing and debt monetization. Eventually the dollar is
going to collapse through the weight of the twin deficits. Inflation - not
deflation - will be the result."
John Hussman, PhD, of the Hussman Funds, has a slightly different take on
all this. Oh, he agrees with everyone else that I am a big stupid idiot,
but where he takes exception is, "It seems to be taken as an article of
faith that the Fed determines inflation, but in fact inflation is not so
much a monetary phenomenon as a fiscal one. It is essentially a reflection
of unproductive government spending. Moreover, the belief that you should
respond to inflation by tightening monetary policy is in some cases very
dangerous. If you look closely at the data, you'll find that economic
growth and inflation over the same period actually have a negative
correlation." So, as the Federal Reserve starts trying to foment more and
more inflation, they are actually hurting growth? Hahahaha! I was right!
We are freaking doomed!
So, what does one do? With the agility of a lithe jungle cat, I instantly
leap to my Stinky Mogambo Feet (SMF) and exclaim, "Buy gold!" And if you
think gold is a great investment and that you ought to be out buying some
more gold right now instead of sitting there reading the stupid Mogambo
Guru while saying hurtful things like, "This guy's an idiot!" then Bud
Conrad had an interesting article on the DailyReckoning.com site,
entitled, "Measuring Gold's Link to Inflation." He notes, "PPI and gold
move together. You can also see that the trend is currently in place for
both higher inflation and higher gold prices."
Although the PPI has been going up, he cautions, "Of course, forecasting
PPI inflation is no easy matter. But the chart does tell us emphatically
that when we see growing forces for inflation - rapid expansion in the
money supply engineered by the Federal Reserve, artificially low interest
rates, growing government deficits, unsustainable trade imbalances and
currency competition - we should expect rising gold prices."
And since we are speaking of commodities, the "commodities expert" at the
DailyReckoning.com site, Kevin Kerr, says, "So while bonds and once
coveted shares sink, commodity prices continue to explode with growth.
Many analysts predict they will continue to rise, because of growth in
demand and dwindling supplies." And not only that, but all the inputs into
growing or mining commodities (energy, tools, materials, wages,
governmental fees, taxes, etc) are all rising, too! The Computer-Like Mind
Of The Mogambo (CLMOTM) instantaneously concludes that (to use the precise
economic terminology) there is no freaking way in hell that commodity
prices cannot go up.
Regards,
The Mogambo Guru
for The Daily Reckoning
Mogambo Sez: All lease rates on gold have suddenly turned up after
bottoming, and so it must be time for gold to rise, according to the new
Stupidest Mogambo Timing System Yet (SMTSY). Buy!
Editor's Note: Richard Daughty is general partner and COO for Smith
Consultant Group, serving the financial and medical communities, and the
editor of The Mogambo Guru economic newsletter, and a vocational exercise
to heap disrespect on those who desperately deserve it.
The Mogambo Guru is quoted frequently in Barron's, The Daily Reckoning and
other fine publications. If you're inclined to read more, you'll find the
whole Mogambo here:
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From: Iron_Clay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 1 Iron & Clay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 4:43 PM
Subject: Gold on another true high run.
Some time back gold popped to $480's and then dropped to $456's but at
the same time as this drop the $US and $NZ also dropped ... this told me
that gold has not actually dropped at all in real terms but was made to
look like it was dropping.
Today Gold hit $492 ... which is another high however the $US and $NZ
are still dropping.
Looking at this in that light gold just grew legs and began to run.
This is interesting ... war in the wings??
See: http://www.forex-markets.com/quotes.htm .... live 24 hour 7 day
See: http://www.kitco.com/charts/livegoldnewyork.html .... take a look
at the 6 month window
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Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 6:18 AM
Subject: Rally in gold unlikely to run out of sheen
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/4d2f88ae-57d7-11da-8866-00000e25118c.html
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Metals futures broadly higher
Demand, inflation and buying by central banks
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures climbed over $10 an ounce
Wednesday to close at a one-month high, while silver prices finished above $8
an ounce for the first time since December 2004 and platinum futures set
records.
Strong physical demand, central-bank buying and concerns about inflation
drove the broad rally, analysts said.
"It is physical demand from China and strong buying from India in September
[that] really pushed the gold market into this bullish trend," said Thomas
Hartmann, an analyst at Altavest Worldwide Trading.
"Good economic growth will continue to support the metals and that's how you
see gold strength in the face of a strong dollar and [recently] weakening oil
prices," he said.
Still, "the real catalyst is momentum, and we are seeing the power of the
funds as technical buy signals have been triggered and they were not met with
much selling above," said Charles Nedoss, an analyst at Peak Trading Group.
Gold for December delivery traded as high as $479.40 an ounce on the New York
Mercantile Exchange before closing up $10.10, or 2.2%, at $479.10 -- a closing
level not seen since Oct. 11.
December silver climbed as high as $8.025 an ounce, with the metal reclaiming
its highest intraday level in 11 months. The contract finished the session up
21.5 cents at $8.002 an ounce. See related Commodities Corner.
Fueling strength
Foreign-currency weakness helped fuel gains in gold, said John Person,
president of National Futures Advisory Service.
"European buying has been strong as doubts are increasing over economic
stability, [and] inflation expectations are mounting," he said, pointing out
that Bundesbank President Alex Webber believes "inflation in Germany has a
potential to exceed expectations."
Hartmann said the metals also found support from statements made by a few
central banks, particularly South Africa and Russia.
"They hinted rather explicitly about scooping up more gold reserves," he
said. "Early 2005 was filled with reports of central banks selling gold, but
we've seen bank reserves in gold fall to about 9%, while historically it's been
as high as 15%, meaning there's some room for buying."
If gold remains above the $475 level, Person said he expects the momentum to
carry through to the end of 2005. His price target remains a range of $497 to
$505.
Across-the-board gains
Gains in the metals were seen across the board Wednesday, with January
platinum reaching its highest level on Nymex, according to Phil Flynn, a senior
analyst at Alaron Trading.
January platinum tacked on $14.80 to close at $989.70 an ounce after a record
contract high of $994.
The platinum price record for any futures contract month is $1,189.50 -- set
on March 5, 1980, according to Nymex. The record for a front-month contract is
$1,085, set on the same date, the exchange said.
Many analysts said prices are bound for $1,000 in the near term. See related
Commodities Corner.
In a report released Tuesday, metals refiner Johnson Matthey said platinum
could reach $1,030 in the next six months, attributing the expected upside to a
surge in manufacturing demand. See full story.
December palladium, platinum's sister metal, closed at $261.50 an ounce, up
$9.80 at levels not seen since May 2004.
"Overall strength in the base metals is attracting buyers across the board,"
said Hartmann.
"Platinum, and palladium in particular, are now garnering their fair share of
news," he said.
Also on Nymex, copper prices rebounded from an earlier decline to send the
December contract 0.3 cent higher. It closed at $1.935 a pound following an
all-time high of $1.9405 on Tuesday.
Indexes end at one-month highs
Wednesday's strength among metals prices lifted indexes tracking stocks in
the metals-mining sector to their loftiest levels since mid-October.
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Did you see this a.m. that GM is closing plants and laying off 30,000
employees? I like those Money Market guys. Count our blessings name them one by
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15 November 2005
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FTC Shuts Down Spyware Operation
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Live Demonstration Nov.14th of Public Warning System Interoperability
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A Talk With PK Agarwal
California's new director of the Department of Technology Services: "I first
want good customer service. In a shared services organization, if you cannot
provide better service than a private-sector organization, why should they do
business with us?"
Coach Carter Slam Dunks Leadership
"Samuel Jackson played me in the movie," joked Carter, "he's tall, but I'm
better looking." And Jackson had the same characteristics Carter works to
develop in his players. "He not only knew his own lines, he knew everyone's
lines."
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Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 12:50 AM
Subject: Justice and Public Safety Authority 05.11.16
16 November 2005
News
FTC Shuts Down Spyware Operation
Outfit used unsuspecting bloggers to spread its malicious code.
North Dakota Awards Driver's License Contract
Viisage awarded contract for secure license credentialing.
Partnership Between City Police and Univ. of Baltimore
Working crime lab--complete with all of the high-tech innovations that have
greatly improved law enforcement's crime-solving efforts in recent years--will
be available to the Baltimore Police Department.
Live Demonstration Nov.14th of Public Warning System Interoperability
Participants exchange emergency alert and public warning information over data
n etworks and computer-controlled warning systems.
Albuquerque Passes Voter ID Law
Requires people who vote in person to present a "current valid identification
card containing the voter's name and photograph."
Impact of Zotob Worm
Goal of hackers today is no longer widespread system shutdown, but rather more
frequent, smaller attacks.
Homeland's Secure Border Initiative
A comprehensive multi-year plan to secure America's borders and reduce illegal
migration.
(NO ESCAPE FOR AMERIKANS BUT MEXICANS WILL STILL COME ACROSS BRINGING DRUGS!)
Michael Chertoff's Comments on Border Initiative
"We will address the challenges in each of these areas with an integrated mix
of increased staffing, new technology and enhanced i nfrastructure investment."
(Bankrupting U.S. FASTER! Thanks Mikey! Good ZIONIST SCUM!)
Public Interest, Business Groups Unite to Challenge FCC Wiretapping Ruling
FCC ruling requires broadband Internet and interconnected voice-over Internet
Protocol (VOIP) services be designed to make government wiretapping easier.
Philadelphia Police Department Upgrades Emergency Service Communications
Reconstructs events and derives insight from both 911 and radio communications.
FEMA Not on Alert
Federal agency defies Congress and delays state-based approach to emergency
alerting.
Lessons from Katrina (DON'T TRUST FEMA TO HELP!!)
December 2005 By Jim McKay
Howard A. Stern
CIO, Pittsburgh.
GT Spectrum
Reports from the IT horizon.
Minor Protection
Michigan and Utah implement child protection registries to keep inappropriate
e-mail out of children's inboxes, and raise questions in the process.
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Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 10:13 PM
Subject: Mobile Market News 05.11.21
21 November 2005
Cyber Security Summit Outlines Evolving Threats, Solutions
(L to R) Mark Reardon, CISO of the Georgia Technology Authority; Richard W.
Downing of the DOJ; and Terrence Fisher of the FBI.
Wireless has opened up more doors for hackers, said Downing. It is very easy to
drive around with a laptop and antenna made from a Pringles can looking for
unsecured 802.11 networks. In one week in Chicago, for example, a hacker mapped
thousands of access points.
New Federal Government Telework Study
Study shows that Federal employees spend an average of 245 hours of their life
commuting each year.
Wisconsin: $29 Million in Grants to Help Implement Enhanced Wireless 911
Counties eligible for grants.
Idaho Launches Mobile State Web Portal
Mobile.idaho.gov is unique because it maintains some of the same aesthetics and
functionality of its regular Web site.
Bonus Content
November Government Technology Papers Please: The Real ID Act -- A national ID
card in disguise? Or necessary 21st-century security? Free annual subscription.
Gopal Kapur on Project Management
Window on Spending
City council members' expense reports receive public scrutiny via online
publishing.
Barrett Outlines Management Initiatives for Georgia
Barrett described a new government-wide data management system as "something
that would do for state government what the Internet did for global information
access."
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Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 2:03 AM
Subject: Homeland Report 05.11.15
15 November 2005
Feature
The Security Shuffle
Will the U.S. Department of Homeland Security reorganization mean better
communications with local officials?
News
Hawaii Consortium Awarded Grant for Pacific Emergency Preparedness
$4.14 million over three years will foster the development of the Pacific
Emergency Management, Preparedness and Response Information Network and
Training Systems (Pacific EMPRINTS).
North Dakota Awards Driver's License Contract
Viisage awarded contract for secure license credentialing.
HHS Awards $18.6 Million in Contracts to Develop Nationwide Health Information
Network
The HHS said these contracts complete the foundation for an interoperable,
standards-based network for the secure exchange of health care information.
Live Demonstration Nov.14th of Public Warning System Interoperability
Participants exchange emergency alert and public warning information over data
networks and computer-controlled warning systems.
Calif. Renews Driver's License Issuance Program
Secure, durable and high-quality driver licenses and ID cards.
Rhode Island's Hazardous Substance Site: www.RI.gov
Discloses dangers of hazardous substances bei ng used, stored or transported in
workplaces.
New Report Surveys and Analyzes Technologies to Combat ''Phishing''
"Instead of looking at individual pieces of the problem, we constructed an
information flow that applies to all types of phishing attacks."
e.Republic Inc. 100 Blue Ravine Road, Folsom, CA 95630
For information or assistance with the Homeland Report, contact Nick Mudge.
For more information on these and other homeland security developments, visit
http://www.centerdigitalgov.com/ or http://www.govtech.net/.
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