National Security

Congress Connecting the Dots? Climate Change is a Security Threat

August 12, 2009

Recently reported in the New York Times, Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) hopes to win Senate support for climate change legislation by linking global warming with national security. Long time hawk and former Sen. read more »

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Silicon Valley Sabotage a Window to Vulnerability

By Armand Biroonak

April 13, 2009

Last week’s communication disruption in Silicon Valley—caused by vandals simply cutting fiber-optics—calls to attention the susceptibility of America's infrastructure. From cyberspace to our ports and plants, major gaps in security still exist. read more »

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Suicide Bombings Increase Since War on Terror

Submitted by Alexander Sewell

September 25th, 2008

Worldwide, suicide bombings have increased greatly since 2001, and 2007 was the worst year for such bombings in more than a quarter-century. Over half of all suicide bombings last year took place in U.S.-occupied Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Debunked: Ten Conservative Myths About National Security

By Sara Robinson

September 12, 2008

In the seven years since the U.S. was hit by a terrorist attack, a few of the myths promulgated in those first few years have hardened firmly into a new conventional wisdom—some so stubbornly that you often won't even find progressives questioning them any more. The time has come to call out a few of these persistent myths that are still being taken as fact and start firing back on them.