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Cell phone service on commercials planes: capability is there, but so is resistance

by Yuan Gu, Siyao Long & Kulwant Saluja | Sep 29, 2011 | National Security, Topics

WASHINGTON – Planes are one of the few places, it seems, where talking on a mobile phone is banned. While experts say the original reason for the ban – a worry that cellular signals could pose a threat to an aircraft’s safety systems – has largely been solved, federal...

In wake of Mullen’s comments, U.S. could be urged to take a tougher tact on Pakistan

by Yuan Gu, Siyao Long & Kulwant Saluja | Sep 29, 2011 | National Security

WASHINGTON—The White House’s decision to distance itself from Adm. Mike Mullen’s criticism of Pakistan for harboring terrorists could seriously hurt the U.S.-Pakistan relationship without improving counterterrorism efforts, according to experts at the Council on...
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