Bill Would Have Businesses Foot Cost Of Cyber War
Business executives and national security leaders are of one mind over the need to improve the security of the computers that control the U.S. power grid, the financial system, water treatment...
View ArticleCyber Briefings 'Scare The Bejeezus' Out Of CEOs
For the CEOs of companies such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard, talk of cyberweapons and cyberwar could have been abstract. But at a classified security briefing in spring 2010, it suddenly became quite...
View ArticleCybersecurity Firms Ditch Defense, Learn To 'Hunt'
The most challenging cyberattacks these days come from China and target Western firms' trade secrets and intellectual property. But a problem for some is a business opportunity for others: It's boom...
View ArticleIran In Tough Spot As Sanctions Take Economic Toll
Sanctions have not often worked to get governments to change their behavior, but Iran may prove to be an exception. The country depends on income from oil sales, and the oil sector is highly vulnerable...
View ArticleA Peek Inside The CIA, As It Tries To Assess Iran
The latest talks in Baghdad over Iran's nuclear program have prompted the usual arguments. Iran says it has only peaceful intentions. Israeli leaders scoff at that claim. Other world powers are unsure...
View Article'Flame' Sheds Light On Politics Of Cyberwarfare
New information about computer viruses shows how countries may be lining up to fight a cyberwar. The New York Times reported that former President George W. Bush and President Obama both authorized...
View ArticleDoes Leaking Secrets Damage National Security?
Last week's assignment of two federal prosecutors to investigate disclosures of national security information might have been the first shot in a new war on leaks. The director of national intelligence...
View ArticleEuropean Leaders Cling To Ideal Of Integration
It has taken several years of financial upheaval and nearly 20 summits, but the prospect of Europe's disintegration has apparently frightened leaders into working together. This seems to be the larger...
View ArticleCan Sanctions Force Iran To Change Its Policies?
Whether economic sanctions can force a government to change course is far from clear, but Iran should be a good test case. A European Union embargo on Iranian oil took full effect this week,...
View ArticleRomney Targets Obama On Alleged Leaking Of Secrets
The latest national security issue to figure in the presidential campaign has little to do with Iran, Afghanistan or other foreign policy challenges. Mitt Romney is instead focusing on what he and...
View ArticleMassive Cyberattack: Act 1 Of Israeli Strike On Iran?
Talk in Israel of a military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities has reached a fever pitch. Last week brought the news of an alleged "war plan"leaked to a blogger. This week, a well-informed military...
View ArticleSoftware, Not Just Bullets, Puts Military At Odds
Military commanders, government officials and members of Congress have long wrangled over which weapon systems are needed. Now, there's an argument over what computer software should be provided to...
View ArticleCandidates Tout Different Routes To 'Energy Security'
The pressing energy issue in the 2008 presidential campaign was how to reduce carbon emissions and limit global warming. Four years later, the drive for "green energy" has been replaced by a new...
View ArticleEnergy Independence For U.S.? Try Energy Security
Gone from this year's presidential campaign are most mentions of climate change, environmental pollution, or green jobs. Former Gov. Mitt Romney, the GOP presidential nominee, prefers to call attention...
View ArticleWashington Surprised By News Of Petraeus Affair
Officials in Washington are still trying to make sense of the sudden resignation last week of CIA Director David Petraeus. More details are emerging about the extramarital affair that brought Petraeus...
View ArticleScandals Muddles Military Recommendations
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View ArticleU.S. Rethinks Security As Mideast Oil Imports Drop
Within the next two decades, the United States may barely need any oil from the Persian Gulf, due in large part to increased domestic production. That dramatic shift could shake the foundation of U.S....
View ArticleAfter Benghazi Hearings, Flurry Of Concern Unsettled
David Petraeus' resignation from the CIA further complicated the debate over the September attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya. Petraeus, a key figure in the events, stepped down as director...
View ArticleWhat Gaza Says About Possible Iran-Israel Showdown
In the Gaza Strip fighting, where a cease-fire was reached Wednesday, the Israeli military pounded Gaza with hundreds of airstrikes. Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that rules Gaza, launched...
View ArticleShutdowns Raise Issue Of Who Controls The Internet
First it was Egypt, at the height of the protest against the Mubarak regime in 2011, authorities shut the Internet down. This week, it was Syria. Just as rebel forces there were making big gains,...
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