"Am I bugging you? Don't mean to bug ya..."
Don't know why, but those words from U2's Rattle 'n Hum came to mind when I first…
You knew it was bound to happen. Brought to you by the same slackers who…Cascading failures
I always have a tough time articulating the true potential impact of cascading infrastructure failures. Not any more...
Poindexter Resigns
If you haven't read his resignation letter, you ought to. Unconventional threats require unconventional thinking. I've never met a terrorism expert that didn't support the type of "thinking outside the box" exploration this program represents.…
Here come the MANPADS
This threat is here to stay: "The FBI arrested three people Tuesday for allegedly plotting to smuggle a shoulder-launched surface-to-air missile into the United States, government and law enforcement sources said. The missile was successfully…
Stupid claim
This Nader claim from US News, borders on insulting to those of us actually in the business of preventing terrorism: "Get a load of this: Likely 2004 third-party presidential hopeful Ralph Nader thinks the 9/11 terrorist attacks…
Hanging DARPA Out to Dry
Charles Cooper writes about public perceptions of DARPA. With the media coverage these days, it is easy to forget the DARPA charter and the intended unconventional nature of the research it conducts. As Cooper writes: "The fact is that TIA data…
Typepad Blog
I am testing this Typepad blog service in consideration for replacement of using MT on my own server. I've found, I just don't have the time to tinker with MT and get all pieces working correctly. This service is attractive to me as it integrates…
Losing Hacker Jeopardy
You win some and you lose some on a technicality. Yes, we took on the famous hacker Kevin Mitnick and his team and we were ahead going into final Jeopardy. We bet it all on the final Jeopardy question and they bet it all minus $10. We answered…