Cold War

Nearly six months after the September 11 attacks, a backup government of federal agency officials is on standby at bunker locations outside Washington as a precaution against a catastrophic strike on the nation's capital, a senior official told CNN Friday. The secretive operation is based on Cold War protocols and its guidelines and infrastructure are the subject of urgent review within the administration to bring "continuity of government" planning up to modern-day needs and capabilities, the federal official said.

August 14, 2003 For discussion questions related to this activity go to: http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/2003/fyi/news/08/13/discussion.missiles Point out to students that the Soviet Union introduced the SA-18 missile around 1983, which was near the close of the Cold War. Direct student groups to their texts and the links below to learn more about the Cold War, including its origins, the countries involved and the ultimate resolution....

360k WAV audio file2.1Mb QuickTime movie;Blind Mans Bluff;CNN The submarine has been an integral part of modern warfare and peacekeeping from the earliest days of submersible boats. And while Hollywood has turned out a number of feature films on the exploits of submarines at war, they pale in comparison to the real stories. ;Blind Mans Bluff is an investigative account of espionage during the Cold War and the crucial role played by subs. The book is number four on this weeks New York Times Bestseller List.

For some Americans, the recent fighting between Georgia and Russia has recalled days of the Iron Curtain, bomb shelters and hiding under desks. Those Cold War memories are especially intense for some iReporters, U.S. veterans who served under the constant threat of nuclear war. iReporter Timothy Lee served in the Navy on that icon of the Cold War era, the submarine. "Submarines were the first line of defense," he writes. "There were many tense expeditions when we were in close proximity to Soviet submarines and ships.

National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said Thursday the United States is using techniques developed during the Cold War to support reformers in the Islamic world, sowing seeds she hopes will end Islamic terrorism. "True victory will come not merely when the terrorists are defeated by force, but when the ideology of death and hatred is overcome by the appeal of life and hope and when lies are replaced by truth," Rice said in a speech at the Institute of Peace titled "Waging the War of Ideas in the Global War on Terror.

With the Cold War now in the past, some Americans wonder why they should worry about allegations that a key FBI official spied for the Russians for the past 15 years. The answer is that Americans might be less safe now than they were during the Cold War. It may be months, perhaps years, before the full damage is assessed in the case of alleged espionage by Robert Philip Hanssen. But topping the list will not be the two Russian agents who were executed for working for the United States, nor that Moscow apparently learned almost all there is to know about how the United States watches Russia -- even though those are serious losses.

March 23, 2006 Answer the following questions about today's featured news stories. Write your answers in the space provided. 1. How did Britain's highest court rule on the case of Shabina Begum? How did Begum, the Muslim Council of Britain and school representatives respond to the ruling? 2. What social issues did this case call into question? 3. What is your opinion of the court's decision? 4. What would a proposed online copyright bill force companies like Apple to do in France?

An impassioned U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking to students at Moscow State University on Wednesday, admonished those in the U.S. and Russian governments who haven't moved beyond a Cold War mentality. Clinton said such people are "living in the past" and aren't able to cooperate on issues such as missile defense because they "don't trust each other." She also called on the nations to find common ground, saying they "shouldn't end all cooperation" just because they can't agree on everything.

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said Wednesday that U.S. plans to build a missile defense shield in Europe are arrogant and threaten to usher in a new Cold War. Speaking to CNN from Moscow as the Group of Eight Summit got under way in Germany, Gorbachev said the U.S. proposal -- which includes installations in Poland and the Czech Republic -- means that Europe is becoming a target again. "I do hope the Cold War is not going to be repeated," he said. "We must take advantage of opportunities to avoid that.

Remember how delusional we all were back in the '90s, when all we could talk about was the end of history and how all the world's problems seemed to be solved? The Cold War was over. The U.S. government operated with a surplus. Europe was becoming one happy union. Unemployment was low. It seemed as though anybody could become rich by day trading. In fact, one of our biggest concerns was affluenza. It all started to change in March 2000 with the dot-com stock market crash, followed soon thereafter by the controversial 2000 U.S. presidential election.

Open warfare between technology giants is nothing new, but when Google this week announced it was acquiring Motorola's mobile division, the conflict over mobile phones went nuclear. Behind the headlines of the $12.5 billion deal, say analysts, is a Cold War-style arms race, with leading firms racing to stockpile the patents that will serve as weapons of mutually-assured destruction. But as Google squares off against Apple, Microsoft and the creators of BlackBerry, the question is: will anyone benefit from this escalation in potential hostilities or, like the standoff between America and the Soviet Union, will it ultimately prove futile?

The former director of the CIA's Counterterrorism Center raised concerns Wednesday about an impending "code war" in which hackers will tamper not just with the Internet but with technology that runs real-world infrastructure. Somewhat fittingly, Cofer Black's keynote talk at the Black Hat hacker conference at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas was interrupted by a literal alarm: flashing lights, sirens and the whole bit. "Attention, please. Attention, please," a robotic woman's voice said repeatedly as Black smiled, apparently confused.

May 19, 2011 Media Literacy Question of the Day If you could produce a public service announcement to promote interest in a career field, what elements would you include, and why? Syria Sanctions What are sanctions? Why did President Barack Obama sign an executive order to impose sanctions on the nation of Syria? Are you aware of any other times that the U.S. government has issued sanctions against another nation? Do you think that imposing sanctions is an effective way to persuade a government to change its behavior?

When the Gulf War began in 1990, many were worried about "another Vietnam," but few of those were in the military. The war chiefly showed how easy it is to run over an enemy who has little in the way of effective defenses, strategy, tactics, planning, morale or leadership. When it ended, President George H. W. Bush, triumphantly exclaimed, "By God, we've licked the Vietnam syndrome once and for all. " Within three years, however, the country picked up another syndrome. A couple dozen American military personnel were killed in scraps of armed conflict while trying to police an anarchic situation in Africa.

Nathan Willett from Cold War Kids throws open the French doors, steps onto the balcony of his band's rehearsal space and shows off the fabulous view of...a plumbing yard. Trucks and PVC pipes dot the property, and is that a toilet in the corner of the lot? "We love the plumbers," Willett says. "They praise our music, and their daughters text us. " The rehearsal space is actually quite charming, as far as rehearsal spaces go. It's near the Port of San Pedro in a neighborhood that's half residential, half industrial.

Richard C. Holbrooke, the high-octane diplomat who spearheaded the end of the Bosnian war and most recently served as the Obama administration's point man in the volatile Afghan-Pakistani war zone, died Monday at George Washington University Hospital in Washington. Following are reactions to his death: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton "Tonight, America has lost one of its fiercest champions and most dedicated public servants. Richard Holbrooke served the country he loved for nearly half a century, representing the United States in far-flung war-zones and high-level peace talks, always with distinctive brilliance and unmatched determination.

Media outlets and a Twitter feed this week lobbed a controversial term into the public debate about cyber attacks over WikiLeaks: "CYBERWAR," the WikiLeaks' European Twitter feed declared, linking to a blog post of the same title. "WikiLeaks Cyberwar!" read a CBS blog headline. "Cyberwar erupts over WikiLeaks funding cut," wrote RFI, the international public radio network. Despite these bold proclamations, internet security experts said the WikiLeaks-related attacks are anything but cyber war -- not that these same experts are exactly sure what a cyber war would look like, or if one has ever occurred.

"Running dogs," "imperialist lackeys," "criminal gangs" and "brigandish moves" -- that sort of propaganda language died with the Cold War, except in the offices of the Korean Central News Agency. The official mouthpiece of the North Korean government, KCNA is rarely at a loss for words. And it has never heeded the advice of Mark Twain: 'When you catch an adjective, kill it. " But despite its often belligerent and always flowery rhetoric, it's also a (somewhat opaque) window on the thinking in Pyongyang.