Headlines, Jan. 11 edition
BACKGROUNDER Al Qaida affiliate in Africa using Twitter to attract potential recruits U.S. warns of forceful response if Iran closes Strait of Hormuz Russian authorities uncover construction of black-market (more…)
New legislation aims to prevent another WikiLeaks security disaster
A provision of the fiscal 2012 defense authorization bill calls on the Obama administration to step up security measures designed to defeat the “insider threat,” which has resulted in (more…)
Headlines, Dec. 28 edition
BACKGROUNDER New legislation aims to prevent another WikiLeaks security disaster Panetta cites significant progress against Al Qaida in Afghanistan Russia plans cyber attacks against U.S. missile defense systems Another (more…)
Capture of stealth UAV raises concerns Iran will share technology
Iranian state media displayed a captured U.S. intelligence-gathering aircraft identified as the RQ-170 unmanned aerial vehicle, a system that has been deployed to collect signals and imagery intelligence on (more…)
Headlines, Dec. 21 edition
BACKGROUNDER Capture of stealth UAV raises concerns Iran will share technology Report: Obama administration ignores domestic Islamist terror threat Saudi prince calls for acquisition of nuclear arms, other WMDs (more…)
Fuselage cracks delay fifth-generation Joint Strike Fighter production
WASHINGTON — The Joint Strike Fighter faces an additional slowdown amid an assessment that the fifth-generation fighter-jet contains numerous cracks. The head of the JSF program asserted that the (more…)
Headlines, Dec. 14 edition
BACKGROUNDER Iran calls missile factory explosion an accident; details of blast unclear New Saudi leader close to clerics and a hard liner against Iran Moscow joins new arms talks (more…)
Russia threatens to ‘take out’ U.S. nuclear defense system in Europe
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev threw down the gauntlet of strategic nuclear escalation in Europe last week. Evidently angry over U.S. missile defense deployments in Europe, Medvedev said Moscow would (more…)
Headlines, Dec. 7 edition
BACKGROUNDER Russia threatens to ‘take out’ U.S. nuclear defense system in Europe Syrian opposition scores another major victory against Assad regime U.S. may help Saudi Arabia develop covert nuclear (more…)