A single malware-infected USB stick led to huge 2008 compromise of U.S. Central Command's classified and unclassified systems in Iraq. The attack was conducted by a foreign intelligence agency; Russia is suspected. (Source: Cocos Promotions)Pentagon's Cybersecurity Plans Have A Cold War Chill -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
With little fanfare, the Pentagon is putting the finishing touches on a new strategy that will treat cyberspace as a domain of potential warfare -- and apply instant "active defense" to counterattacks that, in theory, could shut down the nation's transportation and commerce.
Even though it deals with a distinctly 21st-century problem, the strategy has echoes of the Cold War: America's closest allies would be drawn into an early-warning network of collective cybersecurity; private industry would be mobilized in a kind of civil defense against attackers; and military commanders would be given authority to respond automatically to electronic invaders.
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Obama Risks Iraq's Future -- Con Coughlin, Wall Street Journal
American power: After Iraq -- The Economist
Critics of ‘Imperial America’ had reason for their silence -- Michael Young, The National
Kim snubs Carter as realities intrude -- Donald Kirk, Asia Times
Funding Corruption in Afghanistan -- Max Boot, Commentary Magazine
Pakistan, Drowning in Neglect -- Ali Sethi, New York Times
In the Mideast, the peace process is only a mirage -- George Will, Washington Post
Hezbollah’s “Soviet” Southern Lebanon -- J. E. Dyer, Commentary Magazine
Australia's dead-heat election: Hung, drawn, now c
Even though it deals with a distinctly 21st-century problem, the strategy has echoes of the Cold War: America's closest allies would be drawn into an early-warning network of collective cybersecurity; private industry would be mobilized in a kind of civil defense against attackers; and military commanders would be given authority to respond automatically to electronic invaders.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Obama Risks Iraq's Future -- Con Coughlin, Wall Street Journal
American power: After Iraq -- The Economist
Critics of ‘Imperial America’ had reason for their silence -- Michael Young, The National
Kim snubs Carter as realities intrude -- Donald Kirk, Asia Times
Funding Corruption in Afghanistan -- Max Boot, Commentary Magazine
Pakistan, Drowning in Neglect -- Ali Sethi, New York Times
In the Mideast, the peace process is only a mirage -- George Will, Washington Post
Hezbollah’s “Soviet” Southern Lebanon -- J. E. Dyer, Commentary Magazine
Australia's dead-heat election: Hung, drawn, now c
Obama Risks Iraq's Future -- Con Coughlin, Wall Street Journal
American power: After Iraq -- The Economist
Critics of ‘Imperial America’ had reason for their silence -- Michael Young, The National
Kim snubs Carter as realities intrude -- Donald Kirk, Asia Times
Funding Corruption in Afghanistan -- Max Boot, Commentary Magazine
Pakistan, Drowning in Neglect -- Ali Sethi, New York Times
In the Mideast, the peace process is only a mirage -- George Will, Washington Post
Hezbollah’s “Soviet” Southern Lebanon -- J. E. Dyer, Commentary Magazine
Australia's dead-heat election: Hung, drawn, now courting -- The Economist
China has money, America has guns -- Adrian Hamilton, The Independent
The Scariest Economy: Japan, not Greece, is the real worry -- Newsweek
The Most Fiscally Irresponsible Government in U.S. History: Current federal budget trends are capable of destroying this country -- Mortimer B. Zuckerman, US News And World Report
American power: After Iraq -- The Economist
Critics of ‘Imperial America’ had reason for their silence -- Michael Young, The National
Kim snubs Carter as realities intrude -- Donald Kirk, Asia Times
Funding Corruption in Afghanistan -- Max Boot, Commentary Magazine
Pakistan, Drowning in Neglect -- Ali Sethi, New York Times
In the Mideast, the peace process is only a mirage -- George Will, Washington Post
Hezbollah’s “Soviet” Southern Lebanon -- J. E. Dyer, Commentary Magazine
Australia's dead-heat election: Hung, drawn, now courting -- The Economist
China has money, America has guns -- Adrian Hamilton, The Independent
The Scariest Economy: Japan, not Greece, is the real worry -- Newsweek
The Most Fiscally Irresponsible Government in U.S. History: Current federal budget trends are capable of destroying this country -- Mortimer B. Zuckerman, US News And World Report