There is a fascinating new twist for historians interested in German culture during the Second World War. When German historian Sönke Neitzel ran across a bundle of documents in Britain’s National Archives in 2001, he could hardly believe his eyes: He had found transcripts of conversations between German soldiers secretly recorded while they were being … Continue reading UK Surveillance of WWII German POWs Reveals Private Beliefs
Reuters gives us a story that says America is losing the “cyberspy vs. cyberspy” competition to China. They provide some amusing evidence to show how the scores are being tallied: In mid-2009, representatives of the China Institutes for Contemporary International Relations, a nominally-independent research group affiliated with China’s Ministry of State Security, contacted James A. … Continue reading Lewis Thumbs Cyber Nose at Chinese
A wise and weathered security executive many years ago told me a picnic is nice with people who have their head in the clouds but the group’s food is safer with at least one person who watches the ants. CSO Online reminds me of this when they strike out in a recent post and condemn … Continue reading The Breach Bully Dilemma
The new Pew Clean Energy Program report (Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race?) mentions several times that the U.S. has quickly dropped to third place. The U.S. has more venture capital-backed investments compared to other countries by a large margin. Could that be a factor? I was tempted to focus on the U.S. or China, … Continue reading Italy Rushes Forward in Clean Energy Race