The United States is investigating a rogue signal detected from Cuba which is thought to be blocking its satellite broadcasts into Iran.
The author examines the implications of Cuba's recent announcement that it will accede to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and will ratify the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco).
The Bush administration believes Cuba is developing biological weapons and collaborating with pariah states that have their own germ warfare programs, according to State Department arms control chief John R. Bolton. He called on Cuba to stop delivering equipment and expertise that could be used for biological warfare by "rogue states."
These must be jittery times for anyone in the military who uses the Internet. Not only do they have to guard against Love Bug worms and security holes in Microsoft Outlook -- now they've got to worry about Fidel Castro hacking into their computers. Admiral Tom Wilson, head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, says the 74-year-old communist dictator may be preparing a cyberattack against the United States.