MILNET Headlines 9 February 2010

Afghanistan: U.S. Enlists Ex-Foes For Afghan Army Cyber-Security: How To: Smuggle Secret Information with VOIP Cyber-Security: Security chip that does encryption in PCs hacked Cyber-Security: Sweden Probing Cisco, NASA Hacks Terrorism: ‘We need no lectures’ Administration disrupts terrorists’ plots, takes fight to them abroad Threat-China: China PLA officers urge economic punch against U.S. Threat-Economic: China’s Debt …

MILNET Headlines, 8 February 2010

American Commentary: America Rides off Into the Sunset American Commentary: Mr. President, Words Matter Big Dumb Government: Recession chugs on, except in government Big Dumb Government: U.S. to Form Climate-Change Agency Cyber-Security: Open Security Foundation – State of the Union 2010 Cyber-Security: Zeus Attack Spoofs NSA, Targets .gov and .mil Foreign Affairs: China Growls At …

MILNET Headlines 5 February 2010

Afghanistan: Delay In Afghan Base Closure Led to 8 U.S. Deaths Afghanistan: U.S. Commanders In Afghanistan Face New Scrutiny Corporate Misbehavior:  ‘Don’t Be Evil,’ Meet ‘Spy on Everyone’: How the NSA Deal Could Kill Google Corporate Misbehavior: A fight over freedom at Apple’s core Corporate Misbehavior: Microsoft tackles 17-year-old bug Cyber-Security: House Passes Cybersecurity Bill …

MILNET Headlines 4 Feb 10 AM

Afghanistan: Lurching Toward Defeat In Afghanistan Wall Street Journal Cyber-Security:  Report Details Hacks Targeting Google, Others Cyber-Security: Google To Enlist NSA To Ward Off Attacks  Washington Post Cyber-Security: Hackers Steal Millions in Carbon Credits Strategy Future Conflict Future Character of Conflict Strategy Green Paper: Defence Green paper 2010. Strategy Trends UK Global Strategic Trends Edition …

Journal: Pentagon’s Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) as a Metaphor for a Predictable Defense Meltdown

The recent publication of the 2010 QDR reveals once again, in typically leaden and mind-numbing prose, how the Pentagon is incapable of coming to grips with the mismatches among strategy, programs, and resources that its decision makers create for themselves, even when budgets are at the highest levels since the end of WWII.  The F-35 …

Journal: DoD Mind-Set Time Lags Most Fascinating

Pentagon Shifts Its Strategy To Small-Scale Warfare By August Cole and Yochi J. Dreazen Wall Street Journal  January 30, 2010  Pg. 4 The shift in strategy sets up potential conflicts with defense contractors and powerful lawmakers uneasy with the Pentagon’s growing focus on smaller-scale, guerilla warfare. In particular, Defense Secretary Robert Gates has come to …