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We Could Not Look the Survivors in the Eye if We Did Not Follow this Lead

By James Comey

Sunday, February 21, 2016, 9:03 PM

 

James Comey is director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The San Bernardino litigation isn't about trying to set a precedent or send any kind of message. It is about the victims and justice. Fourteen people were slaughtered and many more had their lives and bodies ruined. We owe them a thorough and professional investigation under law. That's what this is. The American people should expect nothing less from the FBI.

The particular legal issue is actually quite narrow. The relief we seek is limited and its value increasingly obsolete because the technology continues to evolve. We simply want the chance, with a search warrant, to try to guess the terrorist's passcode without the phone essentially self-destructing and without it taking a decade to guess correctly. That's it. We don't want to break anyone's encryption or set a master key loose on the land. I hope thoughtful people will take the time to understand that. Maybe the phone holds the clue to finding more terrorists. Maybe it doesn’t. But we can't look the survivors in the eye, or ourselves in the mirror, if we don't follow this lead.  

Full article: https://www.lawfareblog.com/we-could-not-look-survivors-eye-if-we-did-not-follow-lead

 

North Korea's arsenal raises the stakes for US grid security: Experts

North Korea, the country whose nuclear ambitions have been the fulcrum of global security concerns for more than a decade, may be a threat in more ways than one.

Concerns about Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal have largely revolved around whether the country could eventually launch a warhead at neighboring South Korea, or even the United States itself. Yet the country's recent actions have converged with percolating fears about the U.S.'s antiquated power grid—which a growing number of observers say is vulnerable to asymmetric threats.

Full article: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/20/north-koreas-arsenal-raises-the-stakes-for-us-grid-security-experts.html

Unmanned Aircraft Systems Industry Experts and Major Firms Are Set to Present at the Texas UAS Summit & Expo

Produced by UAS Magazine, Lone Star UAS Test Site and Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX); Texas UAS Summit Will Provide Attendees With a Comprehensive Overview of the Current State of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Industry

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwired - Feb 16, 2016) - UAS Magazine announced this week the preliminary agenda for the Texas UAS Summit & Expo, a premier unmanned aircraft systems event produced by UAS Magazine. Taking place March 29-31, 2016 in Austin, Texas, the agenda, focused on both small and large unmanned aircraft systems -- features how Texas is shaping the industry. Produced in collaboration with the expert team from the Lone Star UAS Test Site, the two-day event will explain and reveal the cutting-edge research, commercial operation successes and end-user opportunities present in Texas and the region. The event will unite commercial manufacturers and operators, researchers, payload providers, platform designers, 333 exempt entities and multiple leaders spearheading UAS expansion in Texas and beyond.

Full article: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/unmanned-aircraft-systems-industry-experts-180100502.html

 

Bringing UAS to American Skies

The Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence & Innovation (LSUASC), founded at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi in 2013, was established in response to an FAA initiative to integrate UAS into the national airspace. LSUASC is composed of a team of highly engaged researchers, entrepreneurs and aviation industry professionals.

Full article: http://lsuasc.tamucc.edu/

 

Iran & North Korea Nuclear Threats Are Very Real

by R. JAMES WOOLSEY, WILLIAM R. GRAHAM, HENRY F. COOPER, FRITZ ERMARTH & PETER VINCENT PRY

February 12, 2016 4:00 AM

Naïve reliance on their transparent disavowals could end up costing millions of American lives. North Korea launched its second satellite on Saturday, yet the national press continues to ignore this existential threat. The White House has not recognized that a nuclear-armed North Korea has demonstrated an ability to kill most Americans with an electromagnetic-pulse (EMP) attack. And White House spokesmen and the media have misled the public with unjustified assurances that North Korea has not yet miniaturized nuclear warheads for missile or satellite delivery.

 Full article: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/431206/iran-north-korea-nuclear

U.S. investigators find proof of cyberattack on Ukraine power grid

Koppel: Cyberattack on the grid could devastate U.S.

Washington (CNN)U.S. investigators have found evidence to confirm what is believed to be the first-of-its-kind cyberattack on a power grid that caused a blackout for hundreds of thousands of people in Ukraine in December.

A U.S. official close to the investigation said the power outage was caused by a sophisticated attack using destructive malware that wrecked computers and wiped out sensitive control systems for parts of the Ukrainian power grid.

Full article: http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/03/politics/cyberattack-ukraine-power-grid/index.html