The United States lost a bit of the moral high ground when it comes to warning the world of the danger of cyberattacks.
We had a great chance in the mid-2000s to reach an accord with the Chinese on both energy and environmental issues. That deal would have essentially been that the U.S. could provide the equipment and expertise, and the Chinese would help close the trade gap. It was a huge opportunity that we failed to exploit.
When Russia's intelligence agencies obtained some of the National Security Agency's secrets about its own cyberweapons, it appeared to do so by manipulating a virus protection program sold by Kaspersky, a Russian firm.
There's this incredibly young, dynamic, educated population in Iran that is essentially pretty pro-American.
A Trump presidency will plunge the United States into an era of unknowns that has little parallel in the nation's 240-year history.
