July 20, 2016

The Hostage Air Base – and Its Hydrogen Bombs

The United States runs its air operations against ISIS in Iraq from Incirlik Air Base in Turkey. The base, used by other NATO forces as well, is not American. It is Turkish, and the U.S. needs government permission to fly from there. Since the 15 Jul...

April 4, 2016

Time to Consider the ISIS Internal Security Threat

Do you know who is selling you that souvenir T-shirt in the airport? You might want to. In the late 1970s, it became known to international security agencies that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) owned a variety of duty-free shops in ai...

February 17, 2016

Technology Security: The Profit Disconnect

One great disconnect afflicting American society is between earning a profit and safeguarding our national security. On one side are those who support free trade in the belief that open markets and shared technology trade strengthen the economy. On t...

June 11, 2015

The Government Fails Again to Protect Sensitive Information

While most people were watching the debate over the NSA’s “metadata” collection program, a potentially more serious event occurred. Under the rules of metadata, personal information, including the contents of phone calls, is inacces...

December 3, 2014

History Tells a Tale Regarding Agreements with Iran

A movement is afoot on Capitol Hill to “force” President Obama to submit any agreement between the United States and Iran to lawmakers, even if it isn’t a treaty that requires ratification. The administration, not surprisingly, says...

July 13, 2014

Hacking the Think Tanks

Shifting its focus from spying on the countries on its periphery, cyber experts say China has moved to interests farther afield. Specifically, China’s leaders have apparently been trying to figure out what the United States is going to do about...

September 29, 2013

The Nuclear Tide Comes In

President Obama's speech to the U.N. General Assembly contained his annual diplomatic overtures to the government of Iran, pointing to letters he has written to Iran's supreme leader and to President Rouhani and disavowing "regime change."  Decl...

August 5, 2012

The Real Price of Middle Eastern Oil

American gasoline is cheap at the pump because consumers pay only for the oil, refining, and transportation to market -- plus tax.   What we don't calculate is what the United States spends to defend the oil in the ground or the sea lanes t...