Chaos If the Lights Go Out  The U.S. remains highly vulnerable
to an attack on its electrical grid.   On October 27th, National
Geographic premiered a shocking docu-drama entitled "American
Blackout," which depicted a nationwide power failure brought on
by a cyber-attack. Cut off from modern civilization's lifeblood
of electricity, society crumbled, leading to more than 300,000
deaths and more than $1 trillion in damages. All within ten
days.  Imagine a blackout lasting months, or longer. No lights,
refrigeration, communications, mass transportation, clean water,
sewage systems, medical devices and other essentials. Prolonged
power outages during Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy left behind
death and destruction, raising the damage totals to roughly $150
billion combined. But what if this happened across America? We'd
be transported back to the 19th century in a flash. Perhaps
literally.  In one of the most dangerous, yet underreported
threats to national security, we remain highly vulnerable to an
Electro-Magnet