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Monday July 10, 2006

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Week of July 10, 2006

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10:00Preventing and Preparing for Terrorism in the U.S.

A year after the London bombings killed 52 people and injured 700, news outlets reported that police and federal investigators disrupted a plot for an attack on New York City tunnels. Diane and her guests talk about efforts to prevent and prepare for a terrorist attack on America.

Guests

Bruce Hoffman, director of the RAND Corporation's Washington, DC office. He holds the RAND Corporate Chair in Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency, and is author of "Inside Terrorism."

Joseph Cirincione, senior vice president for national security and international policy at the Center for American Progress

Edward Reiskin, deputy mayor of Washington, DC for public safety and preparedness

Mayor Chris Bollwage, Elizabeth, New Jersey

11:00Social Networks on the Web

Many millions of Americans have joined online social networks. We'll talk about their appeal and what corporate and government researchers could learn from them

Guests

Jennifer Golbeck, research associate, Institute for Advanced computer Studies, Univerisity of Maryland, College Park, Md

Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, professor of physics, University of Notre Dame and author of "Linked: How Everything is Connected to Everything Else"

Kathleen Carley, professor, Computer Science, Institute for Software Research, Carnegie Mellon University

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