Wishful Thinking Department
Conversation at the Rosenzweig breakfast table this morning:
Wife: "That's just dreaming."
Me: "What?"
Wife (pointing to front page New York Times article): "Thinking that the Chinese will become more transparent."
Apparently, the US has been giving the Chinese briefings on "the Pentagon’s doctrine for defending against cyberattacks against the United States — and for using its cybertechnology against adversaries, including the Chinese." As the Times d
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Conversation at the Rosenzweig breakfast table this morning:
Wife: "That's just dreaming."
Me: "What?"
Wife (pointing to front page New York Times article): "Thinking that the Chinese will become more transparent."
Apparently, the US has been giving the Chinese briefings on "the Pentagon’s doctrine for defending against cyberattacks against the United States — and for using its cybertechnology against adversaries, including the Chinese." As the Times dryly notes: "So far, the Chinese have not reciprocated."
On a related point -- I'm all for secrecy about military doctrine in this domain. I'd never have done what we are said to have done. But if we are briefing the PLA, perhaps we might share the same briefing with the US public?
Paul Rosenzweig is the founder of Red Branch Consulting PLLC, a homeland security consulting company and a Senior Advisor to The Chertoff Group. Mr. Rosenzweig formerly served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy in the Department of Homeland Security. He is a Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University, a Senior Fellow in the Tech, Law & Security program at American University, and a Board Member of the Journal of National Security Law and Policy.
