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On Jamal Khashoggi, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Saudi Arabia
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Reducing Cyber Vulnerabilities in Weapons Systems: A New Priority
Two years ago, in the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, Congress called on the Defense Department to evaluate the extent of cyber vulnerabilities in its weapons systems by 2019. While the Pentagon... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Trump on Thursday acknowledged that missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is likely dead, according to the Wall Street Journal. While Trump remained adamant that Saudi Arabia should be consi... -
Summary: GAO Report on Weapons System Cybersecurity
On Oct. 9, 2018, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report to the Senate Committee on Armed Services analyzing factors that contribute to the current state of Defense Department we... -
A Chinese Perspective on the Pentagon’s Cyber Strategy: From ‘Active Cyber Defense’ to ‘Defending Forward’
The 2018 Department of Defense Cyber Strategy is the third report of its kind: The document, a summary of which was issued on Sept. -
Venezuela: A Refugee Crisis in for the Long Haul
For the past two years, the Trump administration has focused on slashing the number of refugees entering the United States, dropping the cap from 85,000 in 2016 to just 30,000 for 2019. These efforts hav... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
A gunman opened fire on a meeting between Gen. Austin “Scott” Miller—the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan—and Afghan provincial officials, at least three of whom were killed in the attack. At least thre... -
The Unfinished Business of Information Sharing: Why the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division Belongs With DHS
Darren E. Tromblay has served the U.S. Intelligence Community, as an Intelligence Analyst, for more than a decade. He is the author of Political Influence Operations (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018) and the ... -
A Tale of Two Narratives
PDF Version A review of Greg Miller, “The Apprentice: Trump, Russia and the Subversion of American Democracy” (HarperCollins Publishers, 2018) *** Two narratives about Russian interference in the 2016... -
Four Months Later, How Are Courts Interpreting Carpenter?
Last June in a 5-4 ruling in Carpenter v. United States, the Supreme Court extended Fourth Amendment protections to an individual’s cell phone location data for the first time. -
The U.S. Government Needs to Better Immunize Itself From Supply-Chain Attacks
It has now been two weeks without confirmation of Bloomberg’s reporting concerning a supply chain attack targeting SuperMicro motherboards from any news outlet. -
Rational Security: The 'Rogue Killers' Edition
The disappearance of a Washington Post journalist becomes a foreign policy crisis for the Trump administration. U.S. and European intelligence officials say Iran may be planning attacks in Europe. And th...
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