Journal: Information Operations (IO) Headlines

Obama staffer Cass Sunstein wants ‘cognitive infiltration’ of 9/11 conspiracy groups In a 2008 academic paper, President Barack Obama’s appointee to head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs advocated “cognitive infiltration” of groups that advocate “conspiracy theories” like the ones surrounding 9/11. Phi Beta Iota: Sunstein is a serious person, #2 after Lawrence Lessig …

Journal: PowerShift–USA Elite Not Interested!

Military Superiority Fading, Analyst Says ‘Pax Americana’ yields to Asia By Tom LoBianco, November 19, 2009 >Pg. 10 Phi Beta Iota: The tragedy of this story is that the military-industrial-congressional complex continues to be in denial about the changing nature of power in the Information Operations (IO) era.  Alvin Toffler first captured the information or …

Journal: Cyber-Idiocy Two, Cyber-Sense Zero

U.S. Struggles with ‘Electronic Fratricide’ in Afghanistan November 17, 2009,  Nathan Hodge In Afghanistan, western militaries use radio frequency jammers to keep troops safe from remotely-detonated bombs. But those jammers and other gadgets have contributed to a “pollution” of the airwaves so severe that over 200 systems at Afghanistan’s main air base can’t talk to …

Journal: MILNET Flags European Cyber-Gangs Target Small U.S. Firms, Group Says

By Brian Krebs Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, August 25, 2009 Organized cyber-gangs in Eastern Europe are increasingly preying on small and mid-size companies in the United States, setting off a multimillion-dollar online crime wave that has begun to worry the nation’s largest financial institutions. . . . . . . . In many cases, …