Al Qaeda's attack on the New York's World Trade Center was preceded by Osama bin Laden's repeated calls to destroy the U.S. economy and its financial infrastructure by all means. While the U.S. seemed unfazed by Bin Laden's calls, the Chinese paid … [Read more...] about U.S. Financial Market Vulnerability Goes On
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The Existential EMP Threat
Former Director of Central Intelligence, and ACD Board member, R. James Woolsey, led the July 29th meeting prompted by Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld of The American Center for Democracy. Mr. Woolsey was joined by Dr. Peter Pry, Director, Task Force on … [Read more...] about The Existential EMP Threat
Time for Churchill’s “V or Victory”
Winston Churchill overcame many difficulties-even failures-to speak truth to power in the 1930s, warning about the growing existential threat to Great Britain-indeed all of Western Civilization; and when that truth became sufficiently apparent, to … [Read more...] about Time for Churchill’s “V or Victory”
Leaking Secrets Empowers Terrorists
Once again, the tanks-have-rolled left and the black-helicopters right have joined together in howls of protest. They were set off by last week's revelations that the U.S. government has been collecting data that disclose the fact, but not the … [Read more...] about Leaking Secrets Empowers Terrorists
The Obama & Xi Summit: HotAir & Mirage
The Rancho Mirage meeting between Obama and Xi Jinping left no room for illusion that the basic disagreements between the United States and China could be resolved anytime soon. This much anticipated meeting yielded a lot of hotair, and the only … [Read more...] about The Obama & Xi Summit: HotAir & Mirage
Obama’s Witless Fishing Expeditions
Classified documents that were leaked to the British Guardian included information about "Boundless Informant," a program used by the National Security Agency to collect "billion pieces of intelligence from computer networks worldwide," of which 3 … [Read more...] about Obama’s Witless Fishing Expeditions
Disregarding CyberSecurity
If you happen to wonder why does the Super Power, which delivered the Internet to the world, have its military secrets stolen by Chinese and other hackers, look no further than the National Director of Intelligence James R. Clapper. Testifying before … [Read more...] about Disregarding CyberSecurity
U.S. Vulnerabilities to EMP Attack
Introduction: Concerns about a possible electromagnetic pulse attack on the United States are not new. No serious steps were taken to mitigate such threat because the U.S. assumes that major adversaries capable of such an attack--Russia and … [Read more...] about U.S. Vulnerabilities to EMP Attack
CyberSecurity is Still Lagging Behind
If you are one of some 600,000 subscribers to the Financial Times, you may wish to change your account's password. Earlier today, a few of the paper's Twitter accounts and a blog were compromised by Bashar Assad's thugs, bragging on their … [Read more...] about CyberSecurity is Still Lagging Behind
Watch Videos – CyberThreats & Economic Warfare
Featured Speakers Click on each name to watch on YouTube Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld Director, ACD & EWI Institute Introduction Hon. Mike Rogers Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Keynote Address Michael B. … [Read more...] about Watch Videos – CyberThreats & Economic Warfare