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With nowhere to go, Gates was given an impromptu tour at the airport by his former military adviser General David Rodriguez, now No. 2 to General Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan. He ushered Gates through a hangar outfitted as NATO's new cyber-command-and-control center. One of his staff whispered, "An enormous well-oiled machine for eatin' bad guys." In another hangar, Gates got a glimpse of the fledgling Afghan air force and stepped into the cockpit of an old Russian Mi-17 attack helicopter. "Don't you love the irony of Gates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Is Robert Gates Really Fighting For? | 2/3/2010 | See Source »

...doesn't accept you, there’s still hope! Here's what has worked for us. Click refresh over and over again. Using the F5 shortcut (or command + R on Macs) will speed this up. Closing and reopening the browser also works sometimes. And if none of that advice works, you could just wait a day or two to fill out those sectioning forms...

Author: By Danielle J. Kolin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Section Fail | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

...Pentagon officials acknowledge privately that such work is under way, though nearly all of it is classified. The recent creation of U.S. Cyber Command shows that the U.S. military is taking this mission seriously. "You have to be very careful about what you say in this area," says a top cyberwarrior of the Pentagon. "But you can tell there's something going on because the services are putting their money there and contractors are going after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Cyberwar Strategy: The Pentagon Plans to Attack | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

...apparent lack of curiosity into what allegedly drove Hasan to kill isn't in keeping with the military's ethos; it's a remarkable omission for the U.S. armed forces, whose young officers are often ordered to read Sun Tzu's The Art of War with its command to know your enemy. In midcareer, they study the contrast between capabilities and intentions, which is why they aren't afraid of a British nuclear weapon but do fear the prospect of Iran getting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fort Hood Report: Why No Mention of Islam? | 1/20/2010 | See Source »

...information on al-Zawahiri was deemed important enough for the local CIA station to alert top officials at the CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., and in the White House. Al-Balawi was taken seriously, and trusted enough to warrant a trip to Khost by the CIA's second-in-command in Afghanistan, an unidentified mother of three, to attend the spy's debriefing at a U.S. base. But al-Balawi, who was allowed onto Forward Operating Base Chapman without a body search, was wearing a suicide belt and blew himself up as soon as he encountered his CIA and Jordanian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CIA Bomber Was No Double Agent, Say Jordanians | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

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