In early October, Ambassador Alan Wendt of the State Department and the director of the Defense Technology Security Agency, William Rudman, made an important tour of European capitals.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center for Security Policy | Submitted Testimony by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. on The Application Of National Security Export Controls To The East Bloc

Gertz quotes John Shaw, the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for International Technology Security, who contends - based on information from two reliable European intelligence services - that Russian troops and Iraqi intelligence "almost certainly" removed the missing material from the facility.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

Determined to further enhance our relationship, we discussed ways of maximizing the work of the U.S.- Portugal Bilateral Commission, which facilitates cooperation in areas as diverse as defense and security, education, science and technology exchanges, economic revitalization, law enforcement, and development in the Azores.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

The Defense Information Systems Agency, or DISA, the agency that sanctions commercial technology for Pentagon use, is set to rule in the next two weeks that Samsung's Galaxy line of smartphones, preloaded with Samsung's Knox security software, conforms with the Pentagon's so-called Security Technology Implementation Guide, according to a Defense Department spokesman.

WSJ: Pentagon Expects to Enlist Apple, Samsung Devices

Still, the shield's effectiveness as a defense in cyber-warfare is far from clear: Bruce Schneier, the founder and chief technology officer of security firm BT Counterpane, argues that no single strategy can stop determined hackers.

FORBES: China's Golden Cyber-Shield

The security of the manufacturing technology we are funding should be used to create American jobs and enhance our defense capabilities.

FORBES: High Tech Manufacturing Knowledge Should be Protected Like Fort Knox