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The recent cyber-attack on Sony is just the latest of millions upon millions of attempts (more than a few successful) to hack into our corporations, research institutions, banks, major retailers and government agencies -- including the Pentagon.

For the last 15 years or so, we have been in an ongoing war with hostile nations, opportunistic hackers and cyberterrorists out to steal our money and individual identities, shut down our infrastructure (including our energy grid), and destroy...

The past few years have seen Congress pass omnibus spending bills that are nothing more than a green light for the federal government to keep spending without any significant changes whatsoever.

These bills are called "continuing resolutions," and they allow Congress and the President to avoid actually looking at the federal budget and making changes.

Normally, committees in the House and Senate debate and pass appropriations bills for the various departments...