

In 2020, Sanger was executive producer for the HBO documentary based on The Perfect Weapon. He is a National Security and Political contributor for CNN and an often-seen guest on shows like CBS This Morning, Face the Nation, and PBS. Sanger is one of the nation’s most lucid geopolitics, globalization, and cyber power analysts. Sanger is known for his extensive research and in-depth investigations into the complex events of our time. Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, White House and National Security Correspondent, and senior writer for The New York Times, David E. But it is unlike the Cold War, or any conflict familiar to Americans. We live in a new era of constant cyber conflict, as nations use cyber sabotage, misinformation, and fear to gain advantage and exercise power.

Everyone is a target, and ordinary Americans are often the collateral damage. Deadline October 27.Cheap to acquire, easy to deny, and usable for a variety of malicious purposes, cyber is now the weapon of choice for democracies, dictators, and terrorists. Join Laura Walker and WAMC's Joe Donahue as they speak with David Sanger about The Perfect Weapon. government is struggling to defend itself from cyberattacks while simultaneously stockpiling and using the world's most powerful offensive cyber arsenal. election, vulnerable power grids, America’s nuclear weapons arsenal, and the global networks that are the backbone of private enterprise.

The Perfect Weapon draws on interviews with top military, intelligence and political officials for a comprehensive view of a world of new vulnerabilities, particularly as fear mounts over how cyberattacks and influence operations may affect the 2020 U.S.

Cheap, invisible and devastatingly effective, cyber weapons are the present and future of geopolitical conflict-a short-of-war pathway to exercising power. Directed by John Maggio, the film explores the rise of cyber conflict as a primary way in which nations now compete with and sabotage one another. Sanger, will debut Friday, October 16 at 8:00PM ET/PT. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC/ Registration required | The Perfect Weapon, an HBO documentary special based on the best-selling book by New York Times national security correspondent David E. Wednesday, 7:30 PM Wednesday, 8:30 PM America/New_York "The Perfect Weapon"-A discussion with David Sanger OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Join President Laura Walker and WAMC's Joe Donahue as they speak with New York Times national security correspondent David Sanger about "The Perfect Weapon," an HBO documentary special based on Sanger's best-selling book about cyber weapons.
