Ideas
Foreign Hackers Cripple Texas County’s Email System, Raising Election Security Concerns
The malware attack, which sent fake email replies to voters and businesses, spotlights an overlooked vulnerability in counties that don’t follow best practices for computer security.
Ideas
Three Ways to Clean Up the Toxic Minefields of Social Media
Safeguarding the social media ecosystem from hate speech and disinformation is all about tracking data and empowering users.
Ideas
The Pentagon Is Funding the Destruction of Cultural Heritage
Construction of Trump’s border wall is undermining not just sacred sites but the rule of law itself.
Ideas
Could Trump Deploy US Cyber Command Against Protestors?
It’s time to set better limits on the U.S. military’s ability to operate against Americans.
Policy
From Racism to Russia, Top General Says Army Must Change
Gen. McConville addressed the nation’s internal unrest, trust of the military, even QAnon, in a wide-ranging interview with Defense One.
Ideas
We Know How to Prevent Megafires. We're Just Not Doing It
This week has seen the 2nd- and 3rd-largest California wildfires ever. There's near-total scientific consensus on how to stop the next one.
Ideas
The Week QAnon Became Everyone’s Problem
The conspiracy theory-based movement poses a different type of terrorist threat.
Ideas
Bad Cyber Actors Don’t Fear the Law. We Can Change That.
Better coordination among law enforcement agencies at home and abroad are key to the layered deterrence strategy we need.
Policy
Trump Announces Intent To Nominate Wolf As DHS Secretary
Eleven days ago, the GAO ruled that Wolf had been named acting secretary illegally.
Science & Tech
Right-Wing Extremism and Islamic Extremism Spread Online In Similar Ways, New Study Says
Those crazy memes you keep seeing? Hate groups are using them to attract online recruits into small, intense groups — and beat Facebook’s censors.
Ideas
Why Don’t The Dead Matter?
Far too few Americans seem to feel genuine compassion for the dead, even among their fellow citizens. Our endless wars may be to blame.
Threats
The Pandemic is Pushing the Pentagon Toward Classified Telework
The risk-averse agency has cracked small-scale remote handling of secret and top-secret information. The challenge is doing it at scale.
Policy
Top Two Homeland Security Officials Are Serving Illegally, GAO Rules
Both acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf and second in command Ken Cuccinelli were unlawfully appointed to their posts, watchdog says.
Policy
ICE Is Making Sure Migrant Kids Don’t Have COVID-19 — Then Expelling Them to 'Prevent Its Spread'
The administration has used infection risk to justify expelling thousands of children without legal protections. But it’s only expelling kids who’ve tested negative.
Ideas
The US Must Prepare to Respond to a Nuclear Disaster
As nuclear threats grow, the country needs a plan to coordinate, staff, and resource its response to the unthinkable.
Policy
National Guard Commander To Testify ‘Excessive Force’ Used on White House Protesters
Officer on the scene saw spent tear gas canisters, contradicting key details of Attorney General Barr’s account of the controversial night.
Ideas
Ep. 73: Monuments, terrorism and the American white power movement
'Each time the white supremacist movement has surged in the U.S., that surge has been mirrored by a similar increase within the armed forces.'
Threats
Justice Official Explains Why Law Enforcement is Worried about 5G
As the government works to deploy next generation networking technology, policy discussions highlight rifts between agency stakeholders.
Policy
Trump Sending ‘Surge’ of Federal Forces Into Chicago; More Cities to Come
Attorney General Barr said Operation Legend would be different than last week’s crackdown on protesters in Oregon.
Policy
Top Intel Dem Demands Information On DHS Surveillance Of Protesters
Heavy-handed tactics by the DHS in Portland, where protests have gripped the city for almost two months, have drawn intense scrutiny in Washington.
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