New Threats Spark DoD Spending Debate: Thinktanks Ponder $2 Trillion In Options

New Threats Spark DoD Spending Debate: Thinktanks Ponder $2 Trillion In Options
New Threats Spark DoD Spending Debate: Thinktanks Ponder $2 Trillion In Options

WASHINGTON: If you were hoping, after a bitterly contentious presidential campaign, that at least we’d have consensus on national defense spending…tough luck. Instead, teams from five leading thinktanks — spanning the political spectrum but all using the same budget simulator — came up with a more than $2 trillion spread of options. They debated their plans…

Defense Lawmakers Cautiously Optimistic On Budget Deal – But It’s Just A 1st Step

Defense Lawmakers Cautiously Optimistic On Budget Deal – But It’s Just A 1st Step
Defense Lawmakers Cautiously Optimistic On Budget Deal – But It’s Just A 1st Step

THE NEWSEUM: In a glass-walled conference center overlooking the snow-shrouded US Capitol, three legislators expressed guarded optimism that Congress could reach a modest budget deal. [UPDATED: The chairs of the House and Senate budget committees announced a plan late Tuesday night, but it has yet to pass into law]. That’s the good news. The bad news…

HPSCI Chair Rogers Casts Doubts On US Origin Of Stuxnet, Flamer

WASHINGTON: Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman of the House intelligence committee, cast doubt today on reports that the Stuxnet and Flamer viruses were the work of the US and Israel. In fact, he argued, it’s against America’s interest to be staging any cyber attacks because the US is so vulnerable to retaliation. “Don’t believe everything you…