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This smartphone screen capture shows the retraction of a false incoming ballistic missile emergency alert sent from the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency system on Jan. 13. On Tuesday, the employee who sent the alert was fired, and Vern Miyagi, the administrator of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, submitted his resignation. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

Foreign Policy

Hawaii fires emergency management worker who sent false missile alert

Melissa Quinn -

January 30, 2018 11:02 pm

The Federal Communications Commission released a report into the events of the morning of Jan. 13, when a ballistic missile alert was sent to more than 1 million people through the emergency alert system in Hawaii. (AP)

National Security

Hawaii worker who sent false ballistic missile alert thought the threat was real: FCC

Melissa Quinn -

January 30, 2018 5:23 pm

On Jan. 13, Hawaii residents received an erroneous warning of an incoming ballistic missile; it was not officially retracted for 38 minutes. Now, the person responsible for the incident is refusing to cooperate with the ongoing investigation by the Federal Communications Commission. (Cory Lum/Civil Beat via AP, file)

Foreign Policy

Individual who sent false Hawaii missile alert not cooperating with investigation, FCC says

Mandy Mayfield -

January 25, 2018 11:08 pm

Magazine

The Immorality of Bad Software Design

Joseph Bottum -

January 24, 2018 6:28 am

Hawaii Gov. David Ige said Monday one of the reasons Hawaiians were not immediately informed that the missile alert they received last Saturday was a false alarm was because he did not know his Twitter password. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)

National Security

Governor: I couldn’t tell Hawaiians missile alert was a false alarm because I didn’t know my Twitter password

Diana Stancy Correll -

January 23, 2018 12:38 am

This North Korea threat has been developing for well more than a decade. This is not new, but somehow the state hasn't made any real improvement in preparing its citizens. (Jhune Liwanag via The AP)

Beltway Confidential

Panic and chaos show a Hawaii woefully unprepared for the nuclear threat

Gabriella Munoz -

January 22, 2018 6:54 pm

Immigration

Hawaii Democrat: Trump wants ‘basically white people’ to come to US

Melissa Quinn -

January 16, 2018 4:09 pm

News

Mac Thornberry says real Hawaii missile strike ‘not far-fetched’

Travis J. Tritten -

January 16, 2018 3:19 pm

A Japanese national broadcaster mistakenly sent a message to phone users:

Foreign Policy

First Hawaii, now Japan mistakenly warns of North Korea missile attack

Anna Giaritelli -

January 16, 2018 12:50 pm

The incident occurred during a shift change at the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency on Saturday, when the worker mistakenly hit a button during a test to alert people to an inbound missile. (Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat via AP)

National Security

Hawaii emergency worker who mistakenly sent missile alert reassigned

Melissa Quinn -

January 15, 2018 9:22 pm

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Hawaii fires emergency management worker who sent false missile alert

Hawaii worker who sent false ballistic missile alert thought the threat was real: FCC

Individual who sent false Hawaii missile alert not cooperating with investigation, FCC says

The Immorality of Bad Software Design

Panic and chaos show a Hawaii woefully unprepared for the nuclear threat

Hawaii Democrat: Trump wants ‘basically white people’ to come to US

Mac Thornberry says real Hawaii missile strike ‘not far-fetched’

First Hawaii, now Japan mistakenly warns of North Korea missile attack

Hawaii emergency worker who mistakenly sent missile alert reassigned

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