USA Law

Author: G. Smith

  • Lie Detector

    lie detector in the United States Further Reading (Articles) Lie detectors get new push; SJC to hear appeal for tests, The Boston Globe (Boston, MA); February 6, 1996; Anthony Flint, Globe Staff The Lie Detector in Limbo, The Washington Post; February 19, 1987; Art Buchwald Insurance Phone […]

  • Lock-Picking

    Lock-Picking in the United States Resources See Also Black Ops Covert Operations Locks and Keys Watergate Further Reading (Articles) Lock picking for sport in the Netherlands; A new Dutch sport: lock picking ; Hobbyists form clubs and stage tournaments; police are philosophical, International […]

  • Looking Glass

    Looking Glass in the United States Resources See Also Cold War (1950-1972) Nuclear Weapons USSTRATCOM (United States Strategic Command) Further Reading (Articles) Through the Looking Glasses – Wearable display technology will open new vistas for handheld devices and wireless phones.(Technology […]

  • Hunger Strike

    hunger strike in the United States Further Reading (Articles) Guantanamo Hunger Strike: How Others Have Handled Such Protests, The Christian Science Monitor; May 3, 2013; Brown, Ryan Lenora SANDS OF TIME; HUNGER STRIKES 25 YEARS ON IRA Men Who Followed Bobby Relive the Horror of Prison Fast, […]

  • Fraudulent

    Fraudulent in the United States Fraud Against the Government The False Claims Act allows a private individual with knowledge of past or present fraud on the federal government to sue on the government’s behalf to recover compensatory damages, civil penalties, and triple damages. Qui Tam […]

  • Malicious Data

    Malicious Data in the United States Resources See Also Computer Hackers Computer Software security Computer Virus Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC), United States National Computer forensics; Computer hackers; Computer security and computer crime investigation. Further Reading (Articles) […]

  • Nuclear Bomb

    Nuclear bomb in the United States Nuclear negotiations with Iran Note: for more information, click here. Congressional hearings on Iran and nuclear negotiations by Committee, Title, Witnesses and Date: House Foreign Affairs Committee (Iran Nuclear Negotiations: From Extension to Final […]

  • Microchip

    Microchip in the United States Resources See Also Microcomputers. Nanotechnology Further Reading (Books) Hilton, Alice Mary. Logic, Computing Machines, and Automation. Washington, DC: Spartan Books, 1963. Sedra, Adel S., and Kenneth C. Smith. Microelectronic Circuits, 4th ed. New York: Oxford […]

  • Navy Criminal Investigative Service

    Navy Criminal Investigative Service in the United States Resources See Also Military Police, United States Careers in forensic science; Cold case; Military police, United States; United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID). Further Reading (Articles) […]

  • Gulag

    Gulag in the United States Resources See Also beria, lavrenti pavlovich; prisons; purges, the great; state security, organs of; yezhov, nikolai ivanovich Further Reading (Books) Applebaum, Anne. (2003). Gulag: A History. New York: Broadway Books. Ginzburg, Evgeniia. (1967). Journey into the […]

  • Perk

    perk in the United States Resources See Also Privacy, legal and ethical issues; Rape kit; Semen and sperm. Further Reading (Articles) PERK eIF2 alpha kinase is required to regulate the viability of the exocrine pancreas in mice.(Research article)(protein kinase-like endoplasmic reticulum […]

  • Photo Alteration

    Photo Alteration in the United States Resources See Also Computer Modeling Document Forgery Crime scene investigation; Digital imaging. Further Reading (Articles) Ease of digital photo alteration adds a hurdle for news outlets, International Herald Tribune; August 15, 2006; Maria Aspan REPORT […]

  • Photographic Resolution

    Photographic Resolution in the United States Resources See Also Crime scene investigation; Digital imaging; Geospatial Imagery; GIS; Photo alteration; Photography; Satellites, non-governmental high resolution. Cameras Photography, High-Altitude Further Reading (Articles) Photographic […]

  • Mail Sanitization

    Mail Sanitization in the United States Resources See Also Anthrax, Terrorist Use as a Biological Weapon Bioterrorism, Protective Measures Decontamination Methods Postal Security Postal Service (USPS), United States Radiation, Biological Damage September 11 Terrorist Attacks on the United […]

  • Mafia

    Mafia in the United States Resources See Also organized crime. Further Reading (Books) M. Pantaleone, The Mafia and Politics (tr. 1966); D. Cressey, Theft of the Nation (1969); P. Maas, The Valachi Papers (1969); J. Albini, The American Mafia (1971); N. Gage, Mafia U.S.A. (1972); F. Ianni, A […]