security

^{Richard Rahn
December 22, 2004
Economics}

Do We Need a National ID Card?

_{Richard Rahn
December 22, 2004
Economics}

Are you in favor of a national identity card? Even though many Americans are against the idea of a national identity card, it is coming. In fact, in many ways, it is already here. Every American citizen and every foreign worker in America is required to have a Social Security card. Your Social Security card is only supposed to be Read More ›

^{John Wohlstetter
April 25, 2003
Technology}

Cyber-Safe Meets Fail-Safe

_{John Wohlstetter
April 25, 2003
Technology}

This February the Bush Administration released The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, a long-awaited document spelling out the nation’s cyber-security strategy, a crucial element falling into the homeland security portfolio. Heightening cyber-fears is the military’s concern about battlefield e-mails sent home, which travel through the public networks at the end of their cyber-journey; the military has its own Secret Internet Protocol Network for war messages Read More ›

^{Philip Gold
June 1, 1996
Uncategorized}

The Future of Defense

_{Philip Gold
June 1, 1996
Uncategorized}

A Beltway commission is not without honor. Save perhaps among those whose activities it’s trying to reform. Whatever else can be said about America’s post-Cold War defense dilemmas, they’ve spawned no shortage of official studies. BFS, BUR, CORM, QDR I, NDP, NSSG, QDR II . . . all adding up to a fine example of the Military Law of Inverse Read More ›