Power companies in the United States are not prepared for major disruption of the electrical grid caused by possible major terrorist attack or solar storm.  So says the staff of U.S. Congressman Henry Waxman in a report spawned by increasing fears that the grid is in real danger.  Waxman, one of the most liberal members of congress and a representative os my district here in Los Angeles, is somewhat strangely on the side of some very conservative representatives.  They agree that more needs to be done to protect the country from what experts are saying is no longer such a distant threat.

At the same time, legislation to protect computer networks in the country against attack is stalled in the ongoing debate over intelligence gathering by the National Security Agency.  The proposal by the director of the agency is going nowhere as the county is caught up in the debate over classified documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

How the country handles these two issues will largely determine U.S. leadership in geopolitics over the remainder of this decade.  Foreign adversaries, either state sponsored or terrorist, undoubtedly are looking for weaknesses they can exploit at a time when Americans are increasingly distracted by a disparate flow of information brought on by the convergence of media and technology.  

These will be some of the issues we'll be exploring here at The Ah! Channel as we get ready for launch over the coming year.  Please subscribe and come back regularly for updates.