http://www.washingtonpost.com?wprss=rss_linksetReporting on diplomacy, intelligence, and military affairs.enCopyright 2012 Washington Post CompanyFri, 18 May 2012 16:38:10 GMTFri, 18 May 2012 16:38:10 GMT5http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gifhttp://www.washingtonpost.com?wprss=rss_linksethttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f96152f/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccheckpoint0Ewashington0Cpost0Chouse0Eputs0Esqueeze0Eon0Emilitarys0Emusical0Earsenal0C20A120C0A50C180CgIQAs1WiYU0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icheckpoint0Ewashington/story01.htm<p>Drum roll, please.</p> <p>The House, for a second year in a row, has approved a measure limiting Pentagon spending on military bands next year to only $200 million. </p> <p>An amendment by <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://mccollum.house.gov/">Rep. Betty McCollum</a> (D-Minn.), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, was approved as part of the fiscal 2013 Defense Authorization Bill and could save $188 million if it makes it through Congress. A similar amendment passed by the House last year, however, was dropped by the House-Senate conference. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/house-puts-squeeze-on-militarys-musical-arsenal/2012/05/18/gIQAs1WiYU_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washington">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f96152f/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=House+puts+squeeze+on+military%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98musical+arsenal%E2%80%99&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcheckpoint-washington%2Fpost%2Fhouse-puts-squeeze-on-militarys-musical-arsenal%2F2012%2F05%2F18%2FgIQAs1WiYU_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_checkpoint-washington" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a 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rank the lowest when it comes to computer and information security risk management.</p> <p>The third biennial survey by the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.cylab.cmu.edu/">Carnegie Mellon University CyLab </a>comes as Congress is considering legislation <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-threatens-to-veto-cispa-cybersecurity-bill-citing-privacy-concerns/2012/04/25/gIQAkS3khT_story.html">to mandate cybersecurity measures</a> in critical industries.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/survey-critical-sectors-less-attuned-to-cyber-threat/2012/05/16/gIQA3lDqTU_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washington">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f961531/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a 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Nakashimahttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f961533/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccheckpoint0Ewashington0Cpost0Cun0Enuclear0Einspector0Edies0Ein0Eiran0C20A120C0A50C0A80CgIQApkShAU0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icheckpoint0Ewashington/story01.htm<p>A member of the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s inspection team died and a second official was injured in a car crash as the two were carrying out inspections inside Iran on Tuesday, U.N. officials and diplomats said.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/un-nuclear-inspector-dies-in-iran/2012/05/08/gIQApkShAU_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washington">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f961533/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a 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Warrickhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/2251c3df/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccheckpoint0Ewashington0Cpost0Cnsas0Egen0Ealexander0Ecompanies0Eshould0Ebe0Erequired0Eto0Efortify0Enetworks0Eagainst0Ecyberattack0C20A120C0A50C110CgIQA1Snf1T0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icheckpoint0Ewashington/story01.htm<p>Gen. Keith Alexander, the head of the nation’s largest spy agency and its cyberwarfare command, is urging adoption of legislation to require companies providing critical services such as power and transportation to fortify their computer networks against cyber attacks.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/nsas-gen-alexander-companies-should-be-required-to-fortify-networks-against-cyberattack/2012/05/04/gIQA1Snf1T_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washington">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/2251c3df/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=NSA%E2%80%99s+Gen.+Alexander%3A+Companies+should+be+required+to+fortify+networks+against+cyberattack&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcheckpoint-washington%2Fpost%2Fnsas-gen-alexander-companies-should-be-required-to-fortify-networks-against-cyberattack%2F2012%2F05%2F11%2FgIQA1Snf1T_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_checkpoint-washington" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112978/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/2251c3df/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112978/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/2251c3df/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544112978/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/2251c3df/a2t.img" border="0"/>private sectorJanet NapolitanoCybersecurityU S Department of DefenseFri, 04 May 2012 17:40:44 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/nsas-gen-alexander-companies-should-be-required-to-fortify-networks-against-cyberattack/2012/05/11/gIQA1Snf1T_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washingtonEllen Nakashimahttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/220967d2/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccheckpoint0Ewashington0Cpost0Cnsas0Egen0Ealexander0Ecompanies0Eshould0Ebe0Erequired0Eto0Efortify0Enetworks0Eagainst0Ecyberattack0C20A120C0A80C0A40C34efee740E960A90E11e10Ea17e0E3e4d0Ae0A3fb4a0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icheckpoint0Ewashington/story01.htm<p>Gen. Keith Alexander, the head of the nation’s largest spy agency and its cyberwarfare command, is urging adoption of legislation to require companies providing critical services such as power and transportation to fortify their computer networks against cyber attacks.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/nsas-gen-alexander-companies-should-be-required-to-fortify-networks-against-cyberattack/2012/05/04/gIQA1Snf1T_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washington">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/220967d2/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=NSA%E2%80%99s+Gen.+Alexander%3A+Companies+should+be+required+to+fortify+networks+against+cyberattack&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcheckpoint-washington%2Fpost%2Fnsas-gen-alexander-companies-should-be-required-to-fortify-networks-against-cyberattack%2F2012%2F08%2F04%2F34efee74-9609-11e1-a17e-3e4d0e03fb4a_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_checkpoint-washington" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112959/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/220967d2/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112959/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/220967d2/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544112959/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/220967d2/a2t.img" border="0"/>private sectorJanet NapolitanoCybersecurityU S Department of DefenseFri, 04 May 2012 17:40:44 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/nsas-gen-alexander-companies-should-be-required-to-fortify-networks-against-cyberattack/2012/08/04/34efee74-9609-11e1-a17e-3e4d0e03fb4a_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washingtonEllen Nakashimahttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f961536/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccheckpoint0Ewashington0Cpost0Cnsas0Egen0Ealexander0Ecompanies0Eshould0Ebe0Erequired0Eto0Efortify0Enetworks0Eagainst0Ecyberattack0C20A120C0A50C0A40CgIQA1Snf1T0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icheckpoint0Ewashington/story01.htm<p>Gen. Keith Alexander, the head of the nation’s largest spy agency and its cyberwarfare command, is urging adoption of legislation to require companies providing critical services such as power and transportation to fortify their computer networks against cyber attacks.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/nsas-gen-alexander-companies-should-be-required-to-fortify-networks-against-cyberattack/2012/05/04/gIQA1Snf1T_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washington">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f961536/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=NSA%E2%80%99s+Gen.+Alexander%3A+Companies+should+be+required+to+fortify+networks+against+cyberattack&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcheckpoint-washington%2Fpost%2Fnsas-gen-alexander-companies-should-be-required-to-fortify-networks-against-cyberattack%2F2012%2F05%2F04%2FgIQA1Snf1T_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_checkpoint-washington" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112946/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/1f961536/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112946/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/1f961536/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544112946/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/1f961536/a2t.img" border="0"/>private sectorJanet NapolitanoCybersecurityU S Department of DefenseFri, 04 May 2012 17:40:44 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/nsas-gen-alexander-companies-should-be-required-to-fortify-networks-against-cyberattack/2012/05/04/gIQA1Snf1T_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washingtonEllen Nakashimahttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/221070c9/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccheckpoint0Ewashington0Cpost0Cirans0Esupreme0Eleader0Eembraced0Econcept0Eof0Enuclear0Earms0Earchival0Edocument0Esuggests0C20A120C0A80C0A20CgIQAnvMTWT0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icheckpoint0Ewashington/story01.htm<p>In a speech three months ago, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://english.khamenei.ir/index.php?option=com_content&#38;task=view&#38;id=1442&#38;Itemid=13">repeated his religious edict</a> against nuclear weapons, insisting that his country would never build them. But a newly published document suggests that Khamenei hasn’t always viewed the bomb as a “great sin.”</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/irans-supreme-leader-embraced-concept-of-nuclear-arms-archival-document-suggests/2012/04/20/gIQAnvMTWT_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washington">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/221070c9/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Iran%E2%80%99s+supreme+leader+embraced+concept+of+nuclear+arms%2C+archival+document+suggests&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcheckpoint-washington%2Fpost%2Firans-supreme-leader-embraced-concept-of-nuclear-arms-archival-document-suggests%2F2012%2F08%2F02%2FgIQAnvMTWT_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_checkpoint-washington" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112930/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/221070c9/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112930/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/221070c9/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544112930/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/221070c9/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:36:07 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/irans-supreme-leader-embraced-concept-of-nuclear-arms-archival-document-suggests/2012/08/02/gIQAnvMTWT_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washingtonJoby Warrickhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f961538/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccheckpoint0Ewashington0Cpost0Cirans0Esupreme0Eleader0Eembraced0Econcept0Eof0Enuclear0Earms0Earchival0Edocument0Esuggests0C20A120C0A40C20A0CgIQAnvMTWT0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icheckpoint0Ewashington/story01.htm<p>In a speech three months ago, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://english.khamenei.ir/index.php?option=com_content&#38;task=view&#38;id=1442&#38;Itemid=13">repeated his religious edict</a> against nuclear weapons, insisting that his country would never build them. But a newly published document suggests that Khamenei hasn’t always viewed the bomb as a “great sin.”</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/irans-supreme-leader-embraced-concept-of-nuclear-arms-archival-document-suggests/2012/04/20/gIQAnvMTWT_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washington">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f961538/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Iran%E2%80%99s+supreme+leader+embraced+concept+of+nuclear+arms%2C+archival+document+suggests&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcheckpoint-washington%2Fpost%2Firans-supreme-leader-embraced-concept-of-nuclear-arms-archival-document-suggests%2F2012%2F04%2F20%2FgIQAnvMTWT_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_checkpoint-washington" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112915/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/1f961538/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112915/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/1f961538/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544112915/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/1f961538/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:36:07 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/irans-supreme-leader-embraced-concept-of-nuclear-arms-archival-document-suggests/2012/04/20/gIQAnvMTWT_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washingtonJoby Warrickhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f96153b/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccheckpoint0Ewashington0Cpost0Cafter0En0Ekorea0Elaunch0Eus0Eweighs0Eits0Eoptions0C20A120C0A40C130CgIQAyJj6ET0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icheckpoint0Ewashington/story01.htm<p/> <p>As U.S. leaders grapple today with how to respond to North Korea’s <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/north-korea-signals-rocket-launch-does-not-flout-deal-with-us/2012/04/12/gIQAXSgNCT_story.html">failed rocket launch</a>, they’ll have a vast array of calculations to consider. There are the strategic factors, the diplomatic factors (including how hard they can push China to pressure North Korea) and, in an election year, the political factors.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/after-n-korea-launch-us-weighs-its-options/2012/04/13/gIQAyJj6ET_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washington">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f96153b/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=North+Korea%E2%80%99s+launch+leaves+U.S.+few+options&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcheckpoint-washington%2Fpost%2Fafter-n-korea-launch-us-weighs-its-options%2F2012%2F04%2F13%2FgIQAyJj6ET_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_checkpoint-washington" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" 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data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.dni.gov">photo posted recently</a> on the Web site of the director of national intelligence shows President Obama swiping an iPad screen during his daily update on key international developments and U.S. intelligence operations unfolding overseas.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/oval-office-ipad-presidents-daily-intelligence-brief-goes-high-tech/2012/04/12/gIQAVaLEDT_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washington">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/226ad155/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a 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href="http://www.dni.gov">photo posted recently</a> on the Web site of the director of national intelligence shows President Obama swiping an iPad screen during his daily update on key international developments and U.S. intelligence operations unfolding overseas.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/oval-office-ipad-presidents-daily-intelligence-brief-goes-high-tech/2012/04/12/gIQAVaLEDT_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washington">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/21fde6c3/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a 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GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/oval-office-ipad-presidents-daily-intelligence-brief-goes-high-tech/2012/07/25/gIQAVaLEDT_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washingtonGreg Millerhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f96153c/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccheckpoint0Ewashington0Cpost0Coval0Eoffice0Eipad0Epresidents0Edaily0Eintelligence0Ebrief0Egoes0Ehigh0Etech0C20A120C0A40C120CgIQAVaLEDT0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icheckpoint0Ewashington/story01.htm<p/> <p>It may be the most exclusive "app" yet: the president’s daily intelligence brief.</p> <p>A <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.dni.gov">photo posted recently</a> on the Web site of the director of national intelligence shows President Obama swiping an iPad screen during his daily update on key international developments and U.S. intelligence operations unfolding overseas.</p> <a 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crisis.”</p> <p>That warning came from Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta Thursday night at a dinner sponsored by <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.thepresidency.org/">Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress</a>, which had just given him its Eisenhower Award for excellence in leadership.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/panetta-political-dysfunction-threatens-security/2012/03/30/gIQAKWRslS_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washington">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/2262796f/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Panetta%3A+Political+dysfunction+threatens+security&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcheckpoint-washington%2Fpost%2Fpanetta-political-dysfunction-threatens-security%2F2012%2F03%2F30%2F4ddc60fc-7aa7-11e1-9213-2189903adc1b_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_checkpoint-washington" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112806/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/2262796f/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112806/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/2262796f/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544112806/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/2262796f/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:41:10 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/panetta-political-dysfunction-threatens-security/2012/03/30/4ddc60fc-7aa7-11e1-9213-2189903adc1b_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washingtonWalter Pincushttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/22282e38/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccheckpoint0Ewashington0Cpost0Cpanetta0Epolitical0Edysfunction0Ethreatens0Esecurity0C20A110C0A40C0A10CgIQAKWRslS0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icheckpoint0Ewashington/story01.htm<p>“Dysfunction in Washington ... threatens our security and raises questions about the capacity of our democracy to respond to crisis.”</p> <p>That warning came from Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta Thursday night at a dinner sponsored by <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.thepresidency.org/">Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress</a>, which had just given him its Eisenhower Award for excellence in leadership.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/panetta-political-dysfunction-threatens-security/2012/03/30/gIQAKWRslS_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washington">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/22282e38/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Panetta%3A+Political+dysfunction+threatens+security&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcheckpoint-washington%2Fpost%2Fpanetta-political-dysfunction-threatens-security%2F2011%2F04%2F01%2FgIQAKWRslS_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_checkpoint-washington" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112786/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/22282e38/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112786/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/22282e38/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544112786/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/22282e38/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:41:10 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/panetta-political-dysfunction-threatens-security/2011/04/01/gIQAKWRslS_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washingtonWalter Pincushttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f96153d/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccheckpoint0Ewashington0Cpost0Cpanetta0Epolitical0Edysfunction0Ethreatens0Esecurity0C20A120C0A30C30A0CgIQAKWRslS0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icheckpoint0Ewashington/story01.htm<p>“Dysfunction in Washington ... threatens our security and raises questions about the capacity of our democracy to respond to crisis.”</p> <p>That warning came from Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta Thursday night at a dinner sponsored by <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.thepresidency.org/">Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress</a>, which had just given him its Eisenhower Award for excellence in leadership.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/panetta-political-dysfunction-threatens-security/2012/03/30/gIQAKWRslS_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washington">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f96153d/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Panetta%3A+Political+dysfunction+threatens+security&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcheckpoint-washington%2Fpost%2Fpanetta-political-dysfunction-threatens-security%2F2012%2F03%2F30%2FgIQAKWRslS_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_checkpoint-washington" target="_blank"><img 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is overseas, <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-tells-medvedev-solution-on-missile-defense-is-unlikely-before-elections/2012/03/26/gIQASoblbS_story.html">House Speaker John Boehner</a> (R-Ohio) demanded Wednesday that President Obama clarify remarks he made to his Russian counterpart that drew partisan concern at home.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/boehner-asks-obama-to-explain-open-mike-comments/2012/03/28/gIQAtLbFhS_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washington">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f96153e/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a 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GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/boehner-asks-obama-to-explain-open-mike-comments/2012/03/28/gIQAtLbFhS_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washingtonScott Wilsonhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f96153f/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccheckpoint0Ewashington0Cpost0Cus0Econcern0Eabout0Eunderground0Ebunkers0Egoes0Eback0Edecades0Edeclassified0Edocuments0Eshow0C20A120C0A30C260CgIQAvmk6bS0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icheckpoint0Ewashington/story01.htm<p>The secret CIA memo was couched in bland bureaucrat-ese, but the subject could not have failed to cause alarm: Surveillance aircraft had spotted underground bunkers being built in a country with a known interest in nuclear weapons. “Overhead photography has confirmed reports of extensive underground construction,” the memo warned.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/us-concern-about-underground-bunkers-goes-back-decades-declassified-documents-show/2012/03/26/gIQAvmk6bS_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washington">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f96153f/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=U.S.+concern+about+underground+bunkers+goes+back+decades%2C+declassified+documents+show&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcheckpoint-washington%2Fpost%2Fus-concern-about-underground-bunkers-goes-back-decades-declassified-documents-show%2F2012%2F03%2F26%2FgIQAvmk6bS_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_checkpoint-washington" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a 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major problems, according to the newest audit by the Government Accountability Office.</p> <p>“The program continues to experience cost growth and delays” and projected annual funding needs will average “more than $13 billion a year through 2035,” Michael J. Sullivan, the GAO director of acquisition and sourcing management, told the House Armed Services subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces on Tuesday.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/cost-overruns-production-delays-mar-aircraft-production/2012/03/30/gIQAak4KQS_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washington">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f961540/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Cost+overruns%2C+delays+mar+F-35+production&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcheckpoint-washington%2Fpost%2Fcost-overruns-production-delays-mar-aircraft-production%2F2012%2F03%2F30%2FgIQAak4KQS_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_checkpoint-washington" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" 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href="http://www.fbodaily.com/archive/2012/03-March/09-Mar-2012/FBO-02690540.htm">notice</a> posted recently by the Defense Logistics Agency discloses that for [deleted] millions of dollars, Red Star Enterprises Ltd. will continue for [time period deleted] delivering roughly 10 million gallons of jet fuel a month to Bagram Air Base for aircraft flying missions that support the fighting in Afghanistan.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/red-stars-bagram-contract-extended-again/2012/03/20/gIQAN91cPS_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washington">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/2264095e/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a 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GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/red-stars-bagram-contract-extended-again/2012/03/20/5173e7ce-72a2-11e1-a028-615524f9e5e2_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washingtonWalter Pincushttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f961541/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccheckpoint0Ewashington0Cpost0Cred0Estars0Ebagram0Econtract0Eextended0Eagain0C20A120C0A30C20A0CgIQAN91cPS0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icheckpoint0Ewashington/story01.htm<p>A heavily redacted <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.fbodaily.com/archive/2012/03-March/09-Mar-2012/FBO-02690540.htm">notice</a> posted recently by the Defense Logistics Agency discloses that for [deleted] millions of dollars, Red Star Enterprises Ltd. will continue for [time period deleted] delivering roughly 10 million gallons of jet fuel a month to Bagram Air Base for aircraft flying missions that support the fighting in Afghanistan.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/red-stars-bagram-contract-extended-again/2012/03/20/gIQAN91cPS_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washington">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f961541/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Red+Star%E2%80%99s+Bagram+contract+extended+again&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcheckpoint-washington%2Fpost%2Fred-stars-bagram-contract-extended-again%2F2012%2F03%2F20%2FgIQAN91cPS_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_checkpoint-washington" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112671/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/1f961541/a2.htm"><img 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href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/national-security/ex-nsa-manager-has-reportedly-twice-rejected-plea-bargains-in-espionage-act-case/2011/06/09/AG89ZHNH_story.html">prosecution of former National Security Agency official Thomas Drake </a>was “ill-considered.” </p> <p/> <p> <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2012/03/exdoj-spokesman-defends-leak-probes-117014.html">In an exchange with Politico correspondent Josh Gerstein about the department’s prosecutions of alleged leakers</a>, former Department of Justice Director of Public Affairs Matt Miller on Saturday said the Drake case, which ended last year in a misdemeanor plea deal, was unlike other cases because “Drake did seem to be trying to expose actual government waste. I think the outcome of the case probably shows that it was an ill-considered choice for prosecution.”</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/prosecution-of-ex-nsa-official-thomas-drake-was-ill-considered-former-agency-spokesman-acknowledges/2012/03/12/gIQAXE6L7R_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washington">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f961542/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Prosecution+of+ex-NSA+official+Thomas+Drake+was+%E2%80%98ill-considered%2C%E2%80%99+former+agency+spokesman+says&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcheckpoint-washington%2Fpost%2Fprosecution-of-ex-nsa-official-thomas-drake-was-ill-considered-former-agency-spokesman-acknowledges%2F2012%2F03%2F12%2FgIQAXE6L7R_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_checkpoint-washington" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112655/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/1f961542/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112655/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/1f961542/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544112655/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/1f961542/a2t.img" border="0"/>electronic communicationsNational Security AgencyMon, 12 Mar 2012 14:52:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/prosecution-of-ex-nsa-official-thomas-drake-was-ill-considered-former-agency-spokesman-acknowledges/2012/03/12/gIQAXE6L7R_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washingtonEllen Nakashimahttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f961543/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccheckpoint0Ewashington0Cpost0Cofficials0Euse0Enyc0Eblackout0Escenario0Eto0Esell0Esenators0Eon0Ecyber0Eattack0Elegislation0C20A120C0A30C0A90CgIQA9Z530AR0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icheckpoint0Ewashington/story01.htm<p>Senior Obama administration officials walked some 50 U.S. senators through a cyberattack scenario Wednesday evening to press for pending legislation that would give the Department of Homeland Security authority to force critical industries to better protect their systems.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/officials-use-nyc-blackout-scenario-to-sell-senators-on-cyber-attack-legislation/2012/03/09/gIQA9Z530R_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washington">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f961543/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=On+Hill%2C+imagining+a+cyberattack+on+New+York&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcheckpoint-washington%2Fpost%2Fofficials-use-nyc-blackout-scenario-to-sell-senators-on-cyber-attack-legislation%2F2012%2F03%2F09%2FgIQA9Z530R_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_checkpoint-washington" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112640/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/1f961543/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112640/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/1f961543/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544112640/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/1f961543/a2t.img" border="0"/>Barack ObamaSenate GOPelectricity gridFri, 09 Mar 2012 13:24:36 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/officials-use-nyc-blackout-scenario-to-sell-senators-on-cyber-attack-legislation/2012/03/09/gIQA9Z530R_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washingtonEllen Nakashimahttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f961544/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccheckpoint0Ewashington0Cpost0Chow0Eassad0Euses0Ewealth0Eto0Ekeep0Eregime0Eintact0C20A120C0A30C0A80CgIQAiTK7yR0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icheckpoint0Ewashington/story01.htm<p>The U.S. intelligence community’s <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-tracks-syrian-elites-money-transfers-but-picture-remains-murky/2012/03/06/gIQAXBstxR_story_1.html">focus on money flows in Syria</a> is a reflection of the power structure in that country. As much as President Bashar al-Assad relies on family bonds and religious ties to hold his inner circle together, he also makes sure that his loyalists get a disproportionate share of Syria’s wealth.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/how-assad-uses-wealth-to-keep-regime-intact/2012/03/08/gIQAiTK7yR_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washington">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f961544/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=How+Assad+wields+wealth+to+keep+regime+intact&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcheckpoint-washington%2Fpost%2Fhow-assad-uses-wealth-to-keep-regime-intact%2F2012%2F03%2F08%2FgIQAiTK7yR_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_checkpoint-washington" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112624/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/1f961544/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544112624/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/1f961544/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544112624/u/0/f/635863/c/34656/s/1f961544/a2t.img" border="0"/>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:27:16 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/how-assad-uses-wealth-to-keep-regime-intact/2012/03/08/gIQAiTK7yR_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washingtonGreg Millerhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f961545/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Ccheckpoint0Ewashington0Cpost0Cnavy0Eto0Eplace0Ebreathalyzers0Eon0Eall0Eits0Eships0C20A120C0A30C0A60CgIQAIC4ZuR0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icheckpoint0Ewashington/story01.htm<p>NORFOLK, Va. — In 1913, Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels issued a revolutionary order: no more alcohol on board ships. According to <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.navy.mil/navydata/traditions/html/navyterm.html#joe">official Navy myth</a>, sober sailors mocked their boss by nicknaming their coffee — the strongest drink still allowed on board — a “cup of Joe.”</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/navy-to-place-breathalyzers-on-all-its-ships/2012/03/06/gIQAIC4ZuR_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washington">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/635863/s/1f961545/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Navy+to+place+breath-test+machines+on+all+its+ships&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fcheckpoint-washington%2Fpost%2Fnavy-to-place-breathalyzers-on-all-its-ships%2F2012%2F03%2F06%2FgIQAIC4ZuR_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_checkpoint-washington" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:34:15 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/navy-to-place-breathalyzers-on-all-its-ships/2012/03/06/gIQAIC4ZuR_blog.html?wprss=rss_checkpoint-washingtonCraig Whitlock