Rebuilding National Security and Improving Civ-Mil Relations
Duke Office of Government Relations | February 26, 2021 A panel of national security experts discussed the policy landscape in the Biden administration and new Congress on February 19th. This conversation, part of Duke in DC’s Beyond Talking Points series, covered issues related to cybersecurity, international and private partnerships, and how our nation can rebuild and strengthen many […]
Cybersecurity is Not a Tech Problem, it’s a Matter of National Survival
Roll Call | February 16, 2021By Patrick Pexton Last week was a sobering one for Congress. The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump served as the backdrop, the vivid videos of the angry mob of Jan. 6 underscoring all that could have been lost that day, and all that divides Americans. In the House committee rooms, […]
Counter-terrorism Expert David Schanzer and Sue Gordon, Former Deputy Director of National Intelligence Discuss the Dangers of Domestic Extremism and Trump’s Access to Future Security Briefings
NC Policy Watch | February 15, 2021By Clayton Henkel Listen here.
Cyber Improvements Face Uphill Climb, Witnesses Tell House Security Panel
MeriTalk | February 10, 2021By John Curran The road to better cybersecurity for government and the private sector looks like a long, uphill climb, with no concept of a finish line. That was the sobering tone of the testimony heard today by the House Homeland Security Committee at its hearing on assessing cyber threats and […]
DHS Agency Should Defend all Federal Computer Networks, Experts Say
Roll Call | February 10, 2021By Gopal Ratnam The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, an arm of the Department of Homeland Security, should be put in charge of overseeing and defending the computer networks of the entire federal government, former U.S. officials and security experts told lawmakers. …. The other witnesses in the hearing were […]
Ex-government Officials Urge US to Take Action to Avoid Another SolarWinds-Style Hack
Cyberscoop | February 10, 2021By Jeff Stone The U.S. government requires dramatic updates to its current approach toward cybersecurity if Americans want to avoid the kind of cyber-espionage campaigns that have recently rocked the national security establishment, a panel of security practitioners told Congress Wednesday. During testimony in front of the House Homeland Security Committee, […]
Fmr Deputy DNI Sue Gordon on Trump’s Access to Security Briefings
Julie Mason Mornings | February 9, 2021 Sue Gordon, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence in the Trump administration and current Rubenstein Fellow at Duke University, joins Julie Mason to discuss President Trump’s access to national security briefings. Listen here.
Bonnie Joins Biden-Harris Administration in Climate Role at USDA
Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions| January 21, 2021 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Wednesday that Robert Bonnie will join the agency as its deputy chief of staff for policy and senior advisor on climate. Bonnie accepted his new job after working as an executive in residence for Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for […]
A Former President Trump Won’t ‘Need to Know.’ Cut Off His Intelligence.
The Washington Post | January 15, 2021Opinion by Susan M. Gordon Susan M. Gordon was the principal deputy director of national intelligence from 2017 to 2019. Every former president in the modern era has benefited from a unique national security perk after leaving the White House: routine intelligence briefings and access to classified information to […]
How the Intelligence Community Views the Dangers of Domestic Extremism
PBS News Hour | January 18, 2021 With President Trump’s looming impeachment trial in the Senate, some are asking what kind of access he should have to intelligence briefings after leaving office. Susan Gordon, the former principal deputy director of national intelligence, joins Nick Schifrin to discuss whether Trump should be cut off after leaving […]