Despite the distractions of a continuing unemployment crisis and the media's concentration on stories of human depravity, the scandal of the death of four Americans including an ambassador in Benghazi-"a long time ago" according to the … [Read more...] about Benghazi: The Honor of the American Military is Hanging in the Balance
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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
Retailiating in Cyberspace
* Jeremy Rabkin, Professor at George Mason University School of Law. These are his transcribed remarks from ACD/EWI's briefing, "CyberThreats & The Economy", April, 9, 2013 Attorney General Mukasey said at the beginning of the panel that the Obama … [Read more...] about Retailiating in Cyberspace
Key Elements of Energy Security
*Remarks made at ACD/EWI's April 9 briefing, "CyberThreats & The Economy" I was about ten years old, my father and I were going fishing one day. I went in to find him in our living room in Tulsa, Oklahoma. My father, a lawyer, had spread out … [Read more...] about Key Elements of Energy Security
How the Attribution Revolution is Changing Cyberthreats
*Stewart Baker, former Assistant Secretary for Policy, DHS, is partner at Steptoe & Johnson. These are his transcribed remarks from ACD/EWI briefing, "CyberThreats & The Economy" (April 9, 2013) I'm going to talk about the good news here, … [Read more...] about How the Attribution Revolution is Changing Cyberthreats
Al Qaeda’s Global Reach
Introduction: During the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979-89), the Russian military attempted to thwart the mujahedeen's ability to fight by exposing their mules, horses and donkeys to the biological agent Burkholderia mallei. The bacteria … [Read more...] about Al Qaeda’s Global Reach
Passive Cyber Defense: The Laws of Diminishing and Negative Returns
* Remarks at ACD/EWI's April 9 briefing, "CyberThreats & The Economy." It's time we turned our cybersecurity efforts towards "Active Defense." Our current efforts, geared towards "passive" cyber defense, are fixated on continuously monitoring … [Read more...] about Passive Cyber Defense: The Laws of Diminishing and Negative Returns
The Cost of Refusing to Call a Terrorist a Terrorist
The president of the United States is jeopardizing national security with his public and his executive team's cutting the umbilical cord of jihadist terrorism to Islam. By refusing to identify the terrorists as a part, however pernicious, of the … [Read more...] about The Cost of Refusing to Call a Terrorist a Terrorist
Obama’s Seat on the Fence
The number of Syrians killed since 2011 is estimated between 70,000 and 100,000 by different sources. Most were innocent Syrian civilians who were slaughtered by Bashar Assad and his helpers, Iran and Hezbollah, as well as opposition al-Qaeda … [Read more...] about Obama’s Seat on the Fence
Defining ‘Rights’ in a Terror Case
The new arrests in Boston look like criminal cases. But why was the interrogation of the accused bomber handled like a criminal matter too? The three suspects arrested Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombing case appear to be considered accomplices … [Read more...] about Defining ‘Rights’ in a Terror Case