Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Washington Post has this ominous series entitled "Zero Day" on the threat in cyberspace.
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The Washington Post has this ominous series entitled "Zero Day" on the threat in cyberspace. Back in the United States Senate, Democratic Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Richard Blumenthal continue to call on their colleagues to band together on cybersecurity legislation, writes The Hill's Jennifer Martinez.
Ben's already noted this story in the Washington Post by Ian Shapira on the capture of Abu Omar by former CIA operative Sabrina De Sousa, and her conviction in an Italian court in 2009.
Read Charlie Savage's piece on the repatriation of Ibrahim al Qosi back to Sudan.
Brendan Sasso at The Hill reported on the letter written by Congressman Ed Markey to AG Eric Holder regarding the information collected by the DOJ in 2011 from personal cell phones.
The AP reports on the suicide bombing in Yemen that killed at least 10 Yemeni police cadets on Wednesday by someone believed to be a member of Al Qaeda. And at least nine Pakistani police officers were killed in a Taliban attack in Lahore, reports Waqar Gillani and Salman Masood in the New York Times.
The AP updates us on use of the supply line recently reopened between Pakistan and Afghanistan, saying that "only a handful of trucks" have used it thus far, in comparison to its pre-closure usage by 150-200 trucks a day.
While the U.S. has been taking full advantage of its drone fleet, it's been using the Missile Technology Control Regime to prevent others from purchasing the technology from companies housed in countries with close ties to it. The U.S. firm General Atomics reports that it plans to sell an unarmed version of its Predator abroad, says Reuters.
Robert Beckhusen at Wired noted the TruthOut report on the Pentagon's release of a report on the use of mind-altering drugs on Guantanamo detainees.
And Jeremy Herb at The Hill has this lengthy story on the Defense Department Inspector General, Daniel Meyer.
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Raffaela Wakeman is a Senior Director at In-Q-Tel. She started her career at the Brookings Institution, where she spent five years conducting research on national security, election reform, and Congress. During this time she was also the Associate Editor of Lawfare. From there, Raffaela practiced law at the U.S. Department of Defense for four years, advising her clients on privacy and surveillance law, cybersecurity, and foreign liaison relationships. She departed DoD in 2019 to join the Majority Staff of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where she oversaw the Intelligence Community’s science and technology portfolios, cybersecurity, and surveillance activities. She left HPSCI in May 2021 to join IQT.
Raffaela received her BS and MS in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2009 and her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 2015, where she was recognized for her commitment to public service with the Joyce Chiang Memorial Award. While at the Department of Defense, she was the inaugural recipient of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s General Counsel Award for exhibiting the highest standards of leadership, professional conduct, and integrity.
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