China's Hacking Of U.S. Remains A Top Concern
American officials have long complained about countries that systematically hack into U.S. computer networks to steal valuable data, but until recently they did not name names. In the last few months,...
View ArticleU.S. To Israel: Iran Is Feeling Heat From Sanctions
The White House meeting next Monday between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be the most critical encounter for the two men since they took office. Netanyahu is...
View ArticleHow Far Apart On Iran Are GOP Candidates, Obama?
Republican presidential candidates this week — with the exception of Ron Paul — appeared to be trying to outdo each other in saying how tough they would be in dealing with Iran. Speaking before a...
View ArticleSanctions' Squeeze On Iran Tightens
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: U.S. officials think that this may finally be the time that economic sanctions against Iran will start to have a major effect. The U.S. and its European allies have been...
View ArticleCybersecurity Bill: Vital Need Or Just More Rules?
Consider what Hurricane Katrina did to New Orleans, and you get an idea of the consequences of a cyberattack on critical U.S. infrastructure: No electricity. No water. No transportation. Terrorists or...
View ArticleCould Iran Wage A Cyberwar On The U.S.?
Security professionals in both the U.S. government and in private industry have long feared the prospect of a cyberwar with China or Russia, two states capable of launching destructive attacks on the...
View ArticleBill Would Have Businesses Foot Cost Of Cyber War
Business executives and national security leaders are of one mind over the need to improve the security of the computers that control the U.S. power grid, the financial system, water treatment...
View ArticleCyber Briefings 'Scare The Bejeezus' Out Of CEOs
For the CEOs of companies such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard, talk of cyberweapons and cyberwar could have been abstract. But at a classified security briefing in spring 2010, it suddenly became quite...
View ArticleCybersecurity Firms Ditch Defense, Learn To 'Hunt'
The most challenging cyberattacks these days come from China and target Western firms' trade secrets and intellectual property. But a problem for some is a business opportunity for others: It's boom...
View ArticleIran In Tough Spot As Sanctions Take Economic Toll
Sanctions have not often worked to get governments to change their behavior, but Iran may prove to be an exception. The country depends on income from oil sales, and the oil sector is highly vulnerable...
View ArticleA Peek Inside The CIA, As It Tries To Assess Iran
The latest talks in Baghdad over Iran's nuclear program have prompted the usual arguments. Iran says it has only peaceful intentions. Israeli leaders scoff at that claim. Other world powers are unsure...
View Article'Flame' Sheds Light On Politics Of Cyberwarfare
New information about computer viruses shows how countries may be lining up to fight a cyberwar. The New York Times reported that former President George W. Bush and President Obama both authorized...
View ArticleDoes Leaking Secrets Damage National Security?
Last week's assignment of two federal prosecutors to investigate disclosures of national security information might have been the first shot in a new war on leaks. The director of national intelligence...
View ArticleEuropean Leaders Cling To Ideal Of Integration
It has taken several years of financial upheaval and nearly 20 summits, but the prospect of Europe's disintegration has apparently frightened leaders into working together. This seems to be the larger...
View ArticleCan Sanctions Force Iran To Change Its Policies?
Whether economic sanctions can force a government to change course is far from clear, but Iran should be a good test case. A European Union embargo on Iranian oil took full effect this week,...
View ArticleRomney Targets Obama On Alleged Leaking Of Secrets
The latest national security issue to figure in the presidential campaign has little to do with Iran, Afghanistan or other foreign policy challenges. Mitt Romney is instead focusing on what he and...
View ArticleMassive Cyberattack: Act 1 Of Israeli Strike On Iran?
Talk in Israel of a military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities has reached a fever pitch. Last week brought the news of an alleged "war plan"leaked to a blogger. This week, a well-informed military...
View ArticleSoftware, Not Just Bullets, Puts Military At Odds
Military commanders, government officials and members of Congress have long wrangled over which weapon systems are needed. Now, there's an argument over what computer software should be provided to...
View ArticleCandidates Tout Different Routes To 'Energy Security'
The pressing energy issue in the 2008 presidential campaign was how to reduce carbon emissions and limit global warming. Four years later, the drive for "green energy" has been replaced by a new...
View ArticleWashington Surprised By News Of Petraeus Affair
Officials in Washington are still trying to make sense of the sudden resignation last week of CIA Director David Petraeus. More details are emerging about the extramarital affair that brought Petraeus...
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