Monthly Archives: December 2008
Declassified: the Secret Soviet Documents of a Leading CIA Spy
Polish Army Col. Ryszard Kuklinski was one of the most successful CIA spies of the Cold War, and his exploits read like a manual for clandestine tradecraft.
Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan Wars Tops $900 Billion, Report Finds
The U.S. government has already spent $904 billion since 2001 to wage wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and both of those conflicts are far from over.
Can Obama Begin Withdrawing U.S. Troops From Iraq Without Reversing Progress?
Barack Obama owes much of his political success to his early and vocal opposition to the war in Iraq, campaigning on the promise of a timeline for U.S. troops to leave the country. Two weeks after his election, the Iraqis themselves signed an agreement with the outgoing Bush administration requiring that all troops leave...
When Do Online Attacks Cross the Line Into Cyberwar?
The international community urgently needs to establish legal norms when it comes to computer and online crimes to help define and deter a problem that is escalating in severity, cyber security experts say.
U.S. ‘Losing’ Battle to Boost Online Security, Report Finds
Barack Obama had been talking about the importance of cybersecurity and fighting dangerous computer viruses even before foreign hackers broke into his campaign computer network to steal information.
The War on Gangs
AURORA, ILL.–The second time a stray bullet from a gangster’s gun hit one of her children, Mary Fultz had had enough. They were aiming for her nephew, she says, but when the bullets started flying on a Saturday this past March, an errant slug tore through the wall of the family’s duplex and into...
