America uses stealthy submarines to hack other countries’ systems

When Donald Trump effectively called for Russia to hack into Hillary Clinton’s emails Wednesday, the GOP nominee’s remarks touched off a (predictable) media firestorm. Here was a presidential candidate from a major U.S. party encouraging a foreign government to target American interests with cyberspying — an act that could not only expose national security information but also potentially undermine the […]

Assange: ‘We have more material related to the Hillary Clinton campaign’

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is boasting about how his group’s release of hacked Democratic National Committee emails is affecting the US presidential election — and says it has unreleased information about Hillary Clinton’s campaign. We have more material related to the Hillary Clinton campaign,” Assange told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on “Anderson 360” Friday night. “That […]

FBI chief: Success against ISIS means more terror

Battlefield success against ISIS may produce more terrorism for the West, FBI Director James Comey warned this week. Speaking to a cybersecurity conference at Fordham University Wednesday, Comey predicted that eventually crushing ISIS in its self-proclaimed caliphate in Syria and Iraq will likely result in dispersing terrorists elsewhere. “At some point there is going to […]

FBI Investigating alleged Russian hack of DNC

The FBI is investigating what’s being called a Russian cyber attack on the Democratic National Committee that resulted in a flood of internal emails being leaked to the public. The investigation comes after DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz abruptly resigned on Sunday after the leaked emails, posted on WikiLeaks, showed party officials conspiring to damage […]

USG Technology is further behind than it knows

In the military, we’re obsessed with creating new tools to use in war, in a tactical sense. But, the future of wars to come will be fought in the streets, and via proxies. We’ll need communication tools that are reliable, competent, and secure…

The CIA tried mind control to create the perfect assassin

Next Friday, Matt Damon returns for a fourth outing in the film “Jason Bourne,” as the superspy continues to investigate his fuzzy past and piece together all the terrible things he’s done. Bourne’s amnesia has always been central to the character’s story. The ex-black ops soldier has spent years (and three previous films) trying to […]

Make America Safe Again: Cyber Attacks

We, as a nation, are in danger, both domestically and abroad. Yes, from terrorism, but also from cyber attacks and, in some ways, it’s the greater threat. Instead of a myopic view of foreign policy fixated on ISIL, we should spend time on the current and mounting cyber threat. The Pokemon craze reveals a great […]

Marines, NSA to bring smartphones to rifle squads

The Army already has such software on Android devices in some soldiers’ hands, fielded through its Nett Warrior program. (The second “t” is deliberate: It’s the last name of a World War II hero).