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Former Homeland Security Head Napolitano Says Cybersecurity Should Be A Top Priority

Former secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano prepares to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2013. She has written a new book called How Safe Are We? Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Former Homeland Security Head Napolitano Says Cybersecurity Should Be A Top Priority

In an interview about her book, How Safe Are We?, Janet Napolitano says "a wall is a symbol, it's not a strategy" and that there's no evidence Russia has stopped interfering with our election systems.

Former Homeland Security Head Napolitano Says Cybersecurity Should Be A Top Priority

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At Calif. Campuses, A Test For Free Speech, Privacy And Cybersecurity

The iconic clock tower and library at University of California, Berkeley. The University of California system, especially Berkeley, has a stormy history around free speech and spying by the federal government. John Morgan/Flickr hide caption

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At Calif. Campuses, A Test For Free Speech, Privacy And Cybersecurity

The University of California president, former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, secretly ordered data monitoring across the system after hackers broke into the UCLA medical center.

At Calif. Campuses, A Test For Free Speech, Privacy And Cybersecurity

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In Some Ways, Terrorist Threat Is Highest Since 9/11, Napolitano Says

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testified before the House Committee on Homeland Security today (Feb. 9, 2011). Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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In Some Ways, Terrorist Threat Is Highest Since 9/11, Napolitano Says

"We are now operating under the assumption, based on the latest intelligence and recent arrests, that individuals prepared to carry out terrorist attacks and acts of violence might be in the United States," the Homeland Security secretary says.

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