Business

The Military's Graduate Programs Aren't Really Training the Nation's Future Cyberwarriors

A new report recommends that the Pentagon's graduate programs revise their curricula to include cyber-specific training. By Brittany Ballenstedt

Science & Tech

The Anti-Snowden? Ex-SEAL’s Firm Caught Between Security and Privacy

Former Navy commando Mike Janke is a spy-turned-privacy advocate, but don’t compare him to NSA leaker Edward Snowden. By Aliya Sternstein

Science & Tech

Secure Email Service Used by Snowden Shuts Down

The head of the company that runs the secret email service that NSA leaker Edward Snowden used says he can no longer be "complicit in crimes against the American people." By Zachary M. Seward

Business

DoD's New Anti-Counterfeit Rules Are Confusing Defense Contractors

Many contractors say they can't comply with DoD's new anti-counterfeiting rules because they're too vague. By Aliya Sternstein

Science & Tech

Counterfeits Can Kill U.S. Troops. So Why Isn't Congress and DoD Doing More to Stop it?

Customs officials can help greatly reduce counterfeit electronics that make their way to critical military systems, but toothless legislation is getting in their way. By Jim Burger and Kimberly Heifetz

Science & Tech

Israel Is Stuck in a Security Limbo

Even as Israel's neighbors grapple with internal turmoil, the fate of the negotiations with Palestine stands on a knife's edge. By Frida Ghitis

Science & Tech

China's Military Hackers Are Trying to Break into America's Infrastructure

Systems at power plants and water facilities especially vulnerable to infiltration. By Gwynn Guilford

Science & Tech

About Those Chinese Aircraft Carrier Pics: What We Know and What We Can Guess

There’s a lot to glean from the Google Earth pictures of China’s first homegrown aircraft. Assuming that’s what this is. By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Science & Tech

How Bad Commercial GEOINT Helped Sink the USS Guardian

NGA says over-reliance on error ridden commercial satellite imagery, among other missteps, doomed the USS Guardian to strike a reef. By Bob Brewin

Ideas

Ash Carter Got it Right in Aspen, Top DOD Nuclear Weapons Official Responds

Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter was accurate about nuclear weapons costs, but arguing misses the point. The U.S. needs them and can afford them. By Madelyn Creedon

Business

Obama's Whistleblower Witchunt Won't Work at DOD

The U.S. has tried something like President Obama’s 'Insider Threat Program' before. It didn’t work then and it won’t work now. By Gabe Rottman

Business

Pentagon Protests Massive Southwest Green Power Lines

Proposed giant towers called "unacceptable risk" to testing, aircraft at White Sands Missile Range in Arizona. By Bob Brewin

Science & Tech

When Would Cyber War Lead to Real War?

The method of an attack does not dictate the means of reprisal. By Vincent Manzo

Science & Tech

Pentagon Says Asian Spies Are Targeting Radiation-Hardened Electronics

Official review finds increased espionage in electronics that can withstand radiation events. By Rachel Oswald

Science & Tech

The NSA's New Spy Facilities are 7 Times Bigger Than the Pentagon

It’s no secret that Harvey Davis has a sensitive job building massive spy data centers. By Aliya Sternstein

Business

Let Air Force Run the Military Satellites, Watchdog Argues

It’s been a long time since TSAT. A new report says the Pentagon should let the Air Force control the next-generation MILSATCOM architecture to save money and add security. It’s not that simple, though. By Kevin Baron

Ideas

What Ash Carter Gets Wrong about Nuclear Weapons Spending

It’s hard to imagine how Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter could get it so wrong in Aspen about nuclear weapons spending. But wrong he is. By Kingston Reif