MILNET Headlines, 23 February 2010

ClimateGate as Crime:  Climategate Meets the Law, Senator Calls for Criminal Investigation Commentary:  Beware of ‘Comprehensive’ Anything Cuber-Security:  Who runs cyber policy? Cyber-Security:  ‘Sophisticated’ Hack Hit Intel in January Cyber-Security:  Cyber attacks will ‘catastrophically’ spook public, warns GCHQ Iraq:  Iraq watchdog proposes new agency to manage reconstruction US Congress:  Two Million So Congress Can Watch …

MILNET Headlines, 22 February 2010

China:  Hacking Inquiry Puts China’s Elite in New Light Commentary:  Vindicating John Yoo Corporate Mis-Behavior:  Citigroup May Restrict Bank Withdrawals Cyber-Security:  Software Errors Placing Networks at Risk Cyber-Security: US Pinpoints Coder Behind Google Attack Cyber-Security: Where Have All the MANPADS Gone? Iraq:  Baghdad’s Crucible, Washington’s Disinterest US Intelligence:  Remarks by the Director of National Intelligence …

Review: Willful Neglect–The Dangerous Illusion of Homeland Security

Final Review: Ground-Level View of Obvious Vulnerabilities and a General Failure to Protect February 10, 2010 [final review 21 February] Sam Faddis My own new book is finally at the printer, INTELLIGENCE for EARTH: Clarity, Diversity, Integrity, & Sustainaabilty and I am really enjoying getting back into serial reading. I totally respected and agreed with …

Search: how much is al-qaeda worth?

Very cool question.  We don’t have the answers, but here are a few thoughts. Who benefits? There is only one beneficiary of Al Qaeda as a virtual actor: the US Military-Industrial-Intelligence-Congressional Complex whose outrageously wasteful funding and excessive (70%) obligations to contractors are bankrupting the US economy, but who cares as long as the corporate …

MILNET Headlines, 18 February 2010

Abuse:  CIA Torture Case Entangles U.K. Government, Prompts Charges of Cover-Up Afghanistan:  Empty Skies Over Afghanistan Anti-Privacy:  Pa. school spied on students via laptops Cyber-Security:  Cyberattack simulation highlights vulnerabilities Cyber-Security:  Hackers Troops rejoice, Pentagon Lifts Thumb Drive Ban Cyber-Security:  Large Worldwide Cyber Attack Is Uncovered Threat—Crime: Joint effort targets border crime Threat—Wall Street: Wall Street’s …

MILNET Headlines 17 February 2010

Air Sensor:  Army seeks to revive airships as sensor platforms Cyber-Diplomacy: US officials, Web executives to visit Russia Cyber-Security:  Congress urged to move one cybersecurity bill Cyber-Security:  New IP task force brings “stronger and stricter enforcement” Cyber-Security:  Simulation shows government lacks policies needed to respond Cyber-Security:  Software developers are to blame for most cyberattacks, Cyber-Security:  …

MILNET Headlines 15 February 2010

Cyber-Security: DISA to establish safe haven outside the Internet Cyber-Security: U.S. Internet security plan revamped Threat-China: The Last Shuttle and the Rise of China Threat-China: Who needs aircraft carriers and cruise missiles when you have IOUs? Threat-China: Why China’s Naval Rise Could Help The World Threat-Google: Google Buzz Abandons Auto-Following Amid Privacy Concerns Threat-Google: Too …