Democratic National Convention (2008)

BioWatch stands at a crossroads

2012-12-22 00:00:00

WASHINGTON -- Year after year, health officials meeting at invitation-only government conferences leveled with one another about BioWatch, the nation's system for detecting deadly pathogens that might be unleashed into the air by terrorists. They...

BioWatch technology couldn't detect lethal germs, tests found

2012-10-22 08:44:00

WASHINGTON — For two years, the nationwide BioWatch system, intended to protect Americans against a biological attack, operated with defective components that left it unable to detect lethal germs, according to scientists with direct knowledge of...

BioWatch documents demanded

2012-11-15 00:00:00

WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Department and other federal officials responsible for BioWatch, the nationwide system for detecting deadly biological attacks, have withheld key documents sought by a congressional committee, according to the panel's...

Early warnings on BioWatch

2012-08-23 00:00:00

WASHINGTON — Scientists who helped pioneer BioWatch, the government's system for detecting a biological attack on the U.S., knew from the start that it was prone to false alarms, records show. Between 2003, when the nationwide network of air...

BioWatch upgrade apparently postponed

2012-09-08 00:00:00

WASHINGTON — Amid concerns about cost and reliability, the federal Department of Homeland Security has quietly postponed plans to buy technology that officials have long claimed could provide a life-saving upgrade of BioWatch, the nation's system...

Homeland Security faulted for BioWatch biological defense system

2012-09-12 00:00:00

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has rushed to acquire a new, multibillion-dollar version of the BioWatch system for detecting biological attacks without establishing whether it was needed or would work, according to a new...

The biodefender that cries wolf

2012-07-08 00:00:00

DENVER — As Chris Lindley drove to work that morning in August 2008, a call set his heart pounding. The Democratic National Convention was being held in Denver, and Barack Obama was to accept his party's presidential nomination before a crowd of...

How did 'Waiting for 'Superman's' ' Davis Guggenheim become the right wing's favorite liberal filmmaker?

2010-09-24 21:32:43

Leading California Democratic strategist Kam Kuwata dies [Updated]

2011-04-11 16:35:25

Ken Burns: The public's filmmaker

2009-09-26 00:00:00

Ken Burns is a matchmaker with a camera. He has introduced Americans to themselves, to their history, with documentaries such as "The Civil War." He also used the "pan and scan" camera technique to make still images of the long-dead seem alive on the...

Kennedys endorse Martha Coakley: Will it be enough?

2010-01-07 16:34:42

John Edwards admits paternity -- why the wait?

2010-01-21 16:34:33

Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz appears at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver , Colorado .

2011-04-05 15:49:20

Beau Biden appears at the 2008 Democratic National Convention .

2010-05-11 14:27:36

U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and Chicago Ald. Richard Mell at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

2008-12-10 10:00:23