Intelligence Agencies - Cyber warfare
Here are some "things to think about" before the session on 26 October 2018:
Articles
- What are the differences between nuclear weapons and cyber weapons?
- What is “hybrid warfare”?
- Why is cyber “the perfect weapon”?
- What constitutes a cyber “act of war”? Do you go public? How do you retaliate? - with counter cyber attacks? - with military weapons?
- What’s the difference between “cyber terrorism” and “cyber vandalism”?
- How do we negotiate “norms of cyber behavior” without revealing our own capabilities?
- How do we secure USA “critical infrastructure” when much of it is in private control?
- "A Mole in Deepest Beige: The Assets," review in "The New York Times" of a mini-series, "The Assets," about spy Aldrich Ames now playing on ABC television, Thursday nights at 10 PM.
- Sanger, David E., The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age, 2018
- "The Perfect Weapon review: David Sanger's urgent warning about cyber warfare" by Raymond Bonner in "The Sydney Morning Herald," Oct 9, 2018, a review of The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age by David E. Sanger
- Iran and STUXnet, Iran is HACKED by Particpant Media, Feb 19, 2017
- David Sanger on "Are We Already In A Cyber War?", Part I of interview by Andrew Walworth on RealClearPolitics Cyber Today, July 9, 2018 (6:44 minutes)
- David Sanger on "Does Cyber Require A New Strategy?", Part II of interview by Andrew Walworth on RealClearPolitics Cyber Today, July 10, 2018 (9:49 minutes)
- David Sanger on "Where is the Public Debate About Cyber Strategy?", Part III of interview by Andrew Walworth on RealClearPolitics Cyber Today, July 11, 2018 (4:17 minutes)
- David Sanger on "Information Warfare in the Cyber Age", Part IV of interview by Andrew Walworth on RealClearPolitics Cyber Today, July 12, 2018 (11:46 minutes)
- David Sanger on "What Comes Next", Part V (final part) of interview by Andrew Walworth on RealClearPolitics Cyber Today, July 13, 2018 (3:38 minutes)
- David Sanger on "Is Cyber The Perfect Weapon?", full interview by Andrew Walworth on RealClearPolitics Cyber Today, July 9, 2018 (34:25 minutes)
Articles
- "The Cybersecurity 2020: 'Here’s the inside story of Cyber Command's campaign to hack ISIS'" by Joseph Marks on "The Washington Post: PowerPost," Jan 21, 2020
- "The Cybersecurity 202: U.S. should brace for Iran to cross red lines in cyberspace, experts warn" by Joseph Marks on "The Washington Post: PowerPost," Jan 6, 2020
- "Cybersecurity Experts Are Leaving the Federal Government. That’s a Problem." by Josephine Wolffin "The New York Times," Dec 19, 2019
- "The Cybersecurity 202: U.S. officials fret about hacking by a new generation of nations" by Joseph Marks in "The Washington Post," Nov 26, 2019
- "The Cybersecurity 202: The White House needs a 5G czar to win the race to secure next-generation networks, senators warn" by Jospeh Marks in "The Washington Post," Nov 20, 2019
- "Democracy’s Newest Competitor: Digital Authoritarianism" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 8, 2019
- "Get Ready for China to Rule the Internet" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 7, 2019
- "Russian Secret Weapon Against U.S. 2020 Election Revealed In New Cyberwarfare Report" by Zak Doffman in "Forbes," Sept 24, 2019
- "What the Whistleblower Story Reveals About Intelligence Oversight" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 20, 2019
- "The Cybersecurity 202: North Korea’s hackers accused of blurring lines between spies and criminals" by Joseph Marks on "The WashingtonPost: PowerPost," Sept 16, 2019
- "The CIA's Secret Quest For Mind Control: Torture, LSD And A 'Poisoner In Chief'" on "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross on "NPR," Sept 9, 2019
- "Information Warfare Is Here to Stay" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 5, 2019
- "U.S. military carried out secret cyberstrike on Iran to prevent it from interfering with shipping" by Ellen Nakashima & Paul Sonne in "The Washington Post," Aug 28, 2019
- "Disinformation: An ‘Existential Threat’?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 9, 2019
- "U.S. Military Satellites Likely Cyber Attacked By China Or Russia Or Both: Report" by Zak Doffman on "Forbes," July 5, 2019
- "Trump and Barr are crossing another line" by Michael Morell in "The Washington Post," July 5, 2019
- "‘Digital Authoritarianism’ on the Rise" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 21, 2019
- "U.S. Escalates Online Attacks on Russia’s Power Grid" by David E. Sanger & Nicole Perlroth in "The New York Times," June 15, 2019
- "How to View Democracy’s Recession" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 17, 2019
- "The Cybersecurity 202: Iran’s the scariest cyber adversary, former NSA chief says" by Joseph Marks on "The Washington Post: PowerPost," May 3, 2019
- "Surviving a stroke" by Michael Hayden on "CNN," May 2, 2019
- "The Cybersecurity 202: Here are the 55 things the U.S. government most needs to protect against cyberattacks" by Joseph Marks on "The Washington Post: PowerPost," April 30, 2019
- "The U.S. Pledges A Harder Line In Cyberspace — And Drops Some Hints" by Greg Myre on "NPR Morning Edition," March 26, 2019
- "The Cybersecurity 202: U.S. to try new approach to punish hacking nations: Working with allies" by Joseph Marks in "The Washington Post," March 7, 2019
- "Russian General Pitches ‘Information’ Operations as a Form of War" by Andrew E. Kramer in "The New York Times," March 2, 2019
- "The Cybersecurity 202: U.S. should counter Russia and China hacking with its own influence operations, think tank says" by Joseph Marks on "The Washington Post: PowerPost," Feb 1, 2019
- "In latest attack on intelligence agencies, Trump ignores where they actually agree" by Shane Harris & John Wagner in "The Washington Post," Jan 31, 2019
- "10 sobering quotes from the new National Intelligence Strategy" by James Hohmann on "The Daily 202" from "The Washington Post," Jan 23, 2019
- "The Cybersecurity 202: The U.S. was notably absent from a global cybersecurity pact. But American companies signed on." by Cat Zakrzewski in "The Washington Post," Nov 13, 2018
- "Researchers Link Cyberattack on Saudi Petrochemical Plant to Russia" by Dustin Volz in "The Wall Street Journal," Oct 26, 2018 (requires subscription to read online)
- "The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies" by Jordan Robertson & Michael Riley on "Bloomberg Businessweek," Oct 4, 2018
- "The Plot to Subvert an Election: Unraveling the Russia Story So Far" by Scott Shane & Mark Mazzetti in "The New York Times," Sept 20, 2018
- "When it comes to cyber war, our adversaries don’t fear us" by Stewart Baker in "Maine Sunday Telegram," Aug 26, 2018
- "These 3 Countries Pose the Biggest Cyber Threats, U.S. Officials Say" by Bloomberg in "Fortune," July 26, 2018
- "An FBI agent mapped out the countries capable of unleashing a crippling cyber attack on the US" by Jake Kanter on "Business Insider," June 4, 2018
- "United States Cyber Command" on Wikipedia [undated]
- "Defending against cyberwar: How the cybersecurity elite are working to prevent a digital apocalypse" by Steve Ranger on "TechRepublic" [undated]
- "NATO cyber command to be fully operational in 2023" by Robin Emmott on "Reuters," Oct 16, 2018
- "China aims to narrow cyberwarfare gap with US" by Steve Ranger on "ZDNet," Aug 17, 2018
- "The Cybersecurity 202: Lawmakers press for answers about China's alleged supply chain hack" by Derek Hawkins in "The washington Post," Oct 11, 2018
- "Cyber Warfare: The Threat From Nation States" by Kate O'Flaherty in "Forbes," May 3, 2018
- "Cyberwarfare" on "Wikipedia," [undated]
- "The Cybersecurity 202: Is the U.S. prepared for another Russia hack? An interview with Greg Miller on his new book" by Derek Hawkins in "The Washington Post," Sept 20,2018
- "When it comes to cyber war, our adversaries don’t fear us" by Stewart Baker in "Portland Prtess Herald," Aug 26, 2018
- "Axios AM: Mike's Top 10" by Mike Allen on "Axios," Aug 4, 2018
- "To Hackers, We’re Bambi in the Woods" by Nicholas Kristof in "The New York Times," July 4, 2018
- "Nazi Sympathizers Pushing to Take Over Europe’s Spy Agencies" by Christopher Dickey, Josephine Huetlin & Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian on "The Daily Beast," June 26, 2018
- "Israeli Gov’t directly involved in Cyberbullying, Stalking of our US Students: MESA" by Judith E. Tucker on "Informed Comment," May 23, 2018
- "Michael Hayden: The End of Intelligence" by Michael V. Hayden in "The New York Times," April 28, 2018
- "The Cybersecurity 202: Now that Trump's out of the nuclear deal, Iran may flex cyber muscle" by Derek Hawkins in "The washington Post," May 9, 2018
- "The Spy Who Came Home" by Ben Taub in "The New Yorker," May 7, 2018
- "List of U.S. security clearance terms" on "Wikipedia" [undated]
- "Security clearance" on "Wikipedia" [undated]
- "FAQS about Security Clearance" on "U.S. State Department" [undated]
- "CIA Cables detail New Director’s Role in Torture at Thailand Black Site" by Raymond Bonner on "Informed Comment," March 15, 2018
- "Goodbye James Bond, hello big data" by Christina Pazzanese in "The Harvard Gazette," Feb 28, 2018
- "Why is Intel Community Targeting Kushner?" by Juan Cole on Informed Comment, Feb 28, 2018
- "Cherry-Picking Intel, Nunes and the Iraq War Disaster" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 1, 2018
- "The Damaging Decline Of HPSCI" by Paul R. Pillar "Lobe Log," Feb 1, 2018
- "Dragging U.S. Intelligence Into The Anti-Iranian Mud" by Paul Pillar on "Lobe Log," Dec 15, 2017
- “Trump White House Weighing Plans for Private Spies To Counter ‘Deep State’ Enemies” by Matthew Cole & Jeremy Scahill on "The Intercept," Dec 4, 2017
- "A Funeral of 2 Friends: C.I.A. Deaths Rise in Secret Afghan War" by Adam Goldman & Matthew Rosenberg in "The New York Times," Sept 6, 2017
- ourcing" by Reza Marashi & Tyler Cullis on "Huffington Post," Aug 23, 2017
- "The Hidden Costs of 'National Security'” by William D. Hartung on "TomDispatch.com," July 25, 2017
- "The CIA is Entering a Danger Zone. Here's the Map" by David Ignatius in "The Washington Post," July 25, 2017
- "C.I.A. Names new Iran Chief in a Sign of Trump's Hard Line" by Matthew Rosenberg & Adam Goldberg in "The New York Times," June 2, 2017
- "Killing C.I.A. Informants, China Cripples U.S. Spying Operations" by Mark Mazzetti, Adam Goldman, Michael S. Schmidt & Matt Apuzzo in "The New York Times," May 20, 2017
- "Fearmongering at Homeland Security" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," April 21, 2017
- "Information warfare: Is Russia really interfering in European states?" by Becky Branford on "BBC News," March 31, 2017
- "America Must Defend Itself Against the Real National Security Menace" by Fareed Zakaria on "FareedZakaria.com," March 10, 2017
- "Tinker, tailor, hacker, spy," an "Economist" special report, Nov 10, 2016
- "Claims GCHQ wiretapped Trump 'nonsense'" by Gordon Corera on "BBC News," March 18, 2017
- "What to Ask About Russian Hacking" by Louise Mensch in "The New York Times," March 17, 2017
- "London Ridicules the Ridiculous" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," March 17, 2017
- "Donald Trump Is Undermining Intelligence Gathering" by Michael V. Hayden in "The New York Times," March 9, 2017
- "White House Plans to Have Trump Ally Review Intelligence Agencies" by James Risen & Matthew Rosenberg in "The New York Times," Feb 15, 2017
- "The Sadism of Racist Exclusion: Courts Temporarily Block Trump" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 29, 2017
- "Trump to CIA: We now have 2nd Chance to take Iraq’s Oil" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 23, 2017
- "Trump feuds with Merkel, EU, BMW, NATO, China, CIA but not with Putin" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 17, 2017
- "United States Intelligence Community" on "Wikipedia" [undated]
- "All the President’s Deniers" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 13, 2017
- "Bruited Trump pick for Nat’l Intel shreds 4th Amendment, wants Total Surveillance" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 7, 2017
- "Those Times the NSA Hacked America’s Allies" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 7, 2017
- "Trump's Dangerous Anti-C.I.A. Crusade" by Michael J. Morell in "The New York Times," Jan 6, 2017
- "Five myths about the President’s Daily Brief" by David Priess in "The Washington Post," Dec 29, 2016
- "World More violent in past Year, but Middle East drives Deterioration" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," June 10, 2016
- "Can You Keep a Secret?: The former C.I.A. chief Michael Hayden on torture and transparency" by George Packer in "The New Yorker," March 7, 2016
- "Mass Surveillance Isn’t the Answer to Fighting Terrorism," editorial in "The New York Times," Nov 18, 2015
- "Our Broken Social Contract" by Thomas B. Edsall in "The New York Times," June 13, 2013
- "Mantra for 9/11: Fourteen Years Later, Improbable World" by Tom Engelhardt on "TomDispatch.com," Sept 8, 2015
- "Israel’s N.S.A. Scandal" by James Bamford in "The New York Times," Sept 16, 2014
- "Keeping Wide Net, Obama Sets Limits on Phone Spying" by Mark Landler and Charlie Savage in "The New York Times," Jan. 17, 2014
- "Burglars Who Took On F.B.I. Abandon Shadows" by Mark Mazzetti in "The New York Times," Jan 7, 2014 (includes a New York Times "Retro Report" video)
- "The Failure of the Trillion Dollar National Security State" by Tom Engelhardt posted on "Informed Comment," Jan 6, 2014 by Juan Cole.
- "Edward Snowden Evolved From Gaming Geek to Conscientious Whistleblower" by Jonathan Franklin on "Truthout," Jan 3, 2014
- "Edward Snowden, Whistle-Blower" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Jan 1, 2014
- "N.S.A. Spied on Allies, Aid Groups and Businesses" by James Glanz and Andrew W. Lehren in "The New York Times," Dec 21, 2013
- "Mr. Obama’s Disappointing Response" by the Editorial Board in "The New York Times," Dec 20, 2013
- "High-Level Confirmation He’s a Whistle-Blower" by Jesselyn Radack in "The New York Times," Dec 20, 2013
- "Virtual Reality, Real Spies" by Margaret Atwood in "The New York Times," Dec 20, 2013
- "Turn Off the Data Vacuum" by the Editorial Board in "The New York Times," Dec 20, 2013
- "Obama Is Urged to Sharply Curb N.S.A. Data Mining" by by David E. Sanger and Charlie Savage in "The New York Times," Dec 18, 2013
- "A Powerful Rebuke of Mass Surveillance" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Dec 16, 2013
- "Judge Questions Legality of N.S.A. Phone Records" by Charlie Savage in "The New York Times," Dec 16, 2013
- "The Black Hole of Terrorism Watch Lists" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Dec 15, 2013
- "Officials Say U.S. May Never Know Extent of Snowden’s Leaks" by Mark Mazzetti and Michael S. Schmidt in "The New York Times," Dec 14, 2013
- "Hagel Lifts Veil on Major Military Center in Qatar" by Thom Shanker in "The New York Times," Dec 11, 2013
- "By cracking cellphone code, NSA has capacity for decoding private conversations" by Craig Timberg and Ashkan Soltani in "The Washington Post," Dec 13, 2013
- "Obama Panel Said to Urge N.S.A. Curbs" by David E. Sanger in "The New York Times," Dec 12, 2013
- "Dear Pres. Obama: Dissent isn’t Possible in a Surveillance State" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Dec 11, 2013