Members of Congress have warned that the US will suffer a catastrophic cyberattack and claim it will be America's new Pearl Harbor. The Pentagon is now prepared to meet cyberattacks with physical assaults. The Pentagon has said more than likely the attack will come from abroad and US officials claim online hackers are terrorists, but groups like Anonymous are seen as freedom fighters by many. So is the line between terrorist and activist becoming distorted? David Seaman, journalist and host of the DL Show, joins us to answer some of these questions. Like us and/or follow us: twitter.com www.facebook.com

TRANSCRIPT AND SOURCES: www.corbettreport.com The US Federal Bureau of Investigation posted a Request for Information last month calling on IT companies to demonstrate their ability to design software for monitoring, mapping and analyzing social media. Find out more about the history of government spying and propaganda through social media on this week's edition of Behind the Headlines.

February 14, 2012 PBS News Hour MOXNews.com

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democracynow.org - "Senior ranking US military leaders have so distorted the truth when communicating with the US Congress and American people in regards to conditions on the ground in Afghanistan that the truth has become unrecognizable." That's the assessment of a damning new report by Army Lt. Col. Daniel Davis who returned in October from his second year-long deployment in Afghanistan and says military officials have not leveled with the American public about how poorly the the decade-long war is going. He argues that local Afghan governments are unable to provide the basic needs of the people and that insurgents control virtually all parts of Afghanistan beyond eyeshot of a US base. We speak with Michael Hastings of Rolling Stone, who obtained a copy of the full report and published it last week. "Lieutenant-Colonel Davis is on the right side of history and the fact [is] that he believes in this and is willing to risk [his career]," Hastings says. Towatch the complete daily, independent news hour, read the transcript, download the podcast, and for the additional Democracy Now! reports on Afghanistan, visit www.democracynow.org FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE: Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: @democracynow Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com Listen on SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com Daily Email News Digest: www.democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today, visit www.democracynow.org

President Obama has unveiled the 2013 Department of Defense's new budget which is around $614 billion. Among the slightly decreased budget, $3 billion are set aside for operation "Post-New Dawn" for the war in Iraq that has been declared as over. Many critics speculate the need to spend more money on an already unsuccessful war in Iraq and no reports have surfaced to determine how the funds will be used. Douglas MacGregor, a retired Colonel for the US Army, joins us to discuss the possible ways the money will be spent. Like us and/or follow us: twitter.com

Jake Diliberto: 'Pentagon seeks $3 bln for the war in Iraq we thought was over' [14-Feb-12 © RT] President Obama has revealed the military defense budget and in it $3 billion are set aside for post-war Iraq. The initiative which is being called operation "Post-New Dawn," is unclear as to where the money will go - and some believe it will almost certainly go into the pockets of war contractors. This will add to the $800 billion the US has spent in the last ten years to fight the war on terror. Jake Diliberto, US Marine and RT Blogger, joins us look deeper as to where this money could go.

President Obama has revealed the military defense budget and in it $3 billion are set aside for post-war Iraq. The initiative which is being called operation "Post-New Dawn," is unclear as to where the money will go - and some believe it will almost certainly go into the pockets of war contractors. This will add to the $800 billion the US has spent in the last ten years to fight the war on terror. Jake Diliberto, US Marine and RT Blogger, joins us look deeper as to where this money could go. Like us and/or follow us: twitter.com www.facebook.com

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in concert with the US Pentagon are understood to be concluding a memorandum of understanding with regard to the growing fleet of combat drones in its arsenal. It is understood that the Pentagon wishes to ultimately work with the Federal Aviation Administration to open US airspace to its robotic aircraft. These flying robots need to be shipped home and for the military to station these drones squadrons at various military bases for utilization within US Airspace. At the current time the FAA doesn't allow drones in national airspace without a special certificate. The FAA Pentagon protocols will provide for special certification to allow for these valuable national assets to be deployed for a wide range of uses which sources have revealed could well embrace the growing drug trafficking organized crime problem as well as supporting the US Immigration and Customs border control agency. In a stunning twist the powerful US Department of Justice has confirmed that it is proceeding with a major investigation against HSBC Holdings Plc concerning the Mexican drug cartels multi-billion dollar money laundering case. A source has said that the DOJ are meticulously doing interviews with one primary objective driven by the Justice Department on this case, which is to identify and prosecute any individuals within the bank for which the evidence will support such an action. Prosecuting individuals is their number one priority, the source said on <b>...</b>

The Pentagon and Top US Military Leaders talk about the effects the new budget will have on the military and the different branches. Each Branch is represented as is the Sec. Def. eon Panetta. This is the entire days press conferences.