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 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 …

MILNET Headlines, 12 February 2010

Afghanistan: Forces Strain To Hire Afghans Afghanistan: Negotiations Only Boost The Taliban Corporate Mis-Behavior: Google seeks to quell Buzz privacy outcry Cyber-Security:  China Alarmed by Security Threat From Internet Cyber-Security:  Einstein 2: U.S. government’s ‘enlightening’ new cybersecurity weapon Cyber-Security:  Israel adds Cyber-Attack to IDF Iran: Iran’s Birthday Bash Technology:  Video: Laser Jets Blast Ballistic Missile …

MILNET Headlines, 11 February 2010

Afghanistan:  New Battles Test U.S. Strategy In Afghanistan Commentary: The New Commandments on the Animal Farm Barn Wall Corporate Misbehavior:  Who Owns Your PC? New Anti-Piracy Windows 7 Update “Phones Home” to  Microsoft Every 90 Days Cyber-Security:  Cybercriminals Targeting Critical Infrastructure Cyber-Simulation:  Operation Cyber Shock Wave Economy: A Greek crisis is coming to America Economy: …

Journal: Europe is Reading…

NeoOpticon: the EU Security-Industrial Complex (Transnational Institute) As the title communicates. Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism Report Card (WMD Commission) Failing grade in isolation from all the more pressing threats (poverty, disease, environment). Al Qaeda Weapons of Mass Destruction Threat: Hype or Reality? (Harvard) More focus on the symptom instead of the problem (US …

Journal: What Al Qaeda Et Al Can and Cannot Do

The Meaning Of Al Qaeda’s Double Agent:  The jihadists are showing impressive counterintelligence ability that the CIA seems to have underestimated. Wall Street Journal Reuel Marc Gerecht January 8, 2010  [safety copy of entire piece below the fold] Amid the Hysteria, A Look at What al-Qaeda Can’t Do TIME Magazine By Peter Beinart Monday, Jan. 18, …