3/12/21 Our picks Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  0 DOJ Seeks to Build Large Conspiracy Case against Oath Keepers for Jan. 6 Riot  (Devlin Barrett, Spencer S. Hsu, Aaron C. Davis and Tom Jackman, Washington Post) read more Hits: 0

ExtremismGermany’s Spy Chiefs Urge Court to Agree on Monitoring of Far-Right AfD By Jamie Dettmer Published 11 March 2021 Germany’s domestic intelligence agency says there’s sufficient evidence to warrant labeling the country’s main opposition party, the populist far-right Alternative for Germany, AfD, as “anti-constitutional” and an organization hostile to democracy. Germany’s domestic intelligence agency says there’s

CybersecurityTwo R&D Projects to Enhance Mobile Network Traffic Security Published 11 March 2021 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are jointly announcing the final two research and development (R&D) awards for the newly launched Secure and Resilient Mobile Network Infrastructure (SRMNI) project. The

ARGUMENT: Cyber strategyHow Biden’s Cyber Strategy Echoes Trump’s Published 11 March 2021 On March 3, the Biden administration released its Interim National Security Strategic Guidance. Herb Lin writes that the interim guidance document is, by definition, a work in progress, and one would expect a final guidance document to be roughly consistent with the interim

Nuclear powerHow Fukushima Triggered Germany’s Nuclear Phaseout By Christoph Hasselbach Published 11 March 2021 The Fukushima disaster shook the belief in safe nuclear power to its core. For Germany, it marked a historic turning point for environmentalism. On March 11, 2011, one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded triggered a tsunami off Japan’s Pacific coast. The

Coastal challengesSea-Level Rise up to Four Times Global Average for Coastal Communities Published 11 March 2021 Coastal populations are experiencing relative sea-level rise up to four times faster than the global average – according to new research. is the first to analyze global sea-level rise combined with measurements of sinking land. Coastal populations are experiencing relative

VolcanoesStudy of Redoubt and Other Volcanoes Improves Unrest Detection Published 11 March 2021 Volcanologists do what they can to provide the public enough warning about impending eruptions, but volcanoes are notoriously unpredictable. Alerts are sometimes given with little time for people to react. That may soon change. Volcanologists do what they can to provide the public

Doomsday insuranceSolar-Powered Lunar Ark as “Modern Global Insurance Policy” Published 11 March 2021 Researchers are taking scientific inspiration from an unlikely source: the biblical tale of Noah’s Ark. Rather than two of every animal, however, their solar-powered ark on the moon would store cryogenically frozen seed, spore, sperm and egg samples from 6.7 million Earth

China watchChina Speeding Up Plans to Overtake U.S. on World Stage, Says U.S. Commander By Jeff Seldin Published 10 March 2021 The inability of the United States to adequately push back against China’s growing military might is spurring Beijing to accelerate its plans to remake the current international order in its image, a top U.S.

ARGUMENT: Hacking ExchangeThe Microsoft Exchange Hack and the Great Email Robbery Published 10 March 2021 The world is probably days away from the “Great Email Robbery,” in which a large number of threat actors around the globe are going to pillage and ransom the email servers of tens of thousands of businesses and local governments,