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Losing Secrets
Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:20 PM EST
Wars today are primarily intelligence battles. There is no spot on the planet the US military cannot destroy: the trick is figuring out which spot to target.
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The Domestic Intelligence Imperative
Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:19 PM EST
Driven to desperation by restrictive information sharing rules, and concerned about the terrorist threat to their homes and loved ones, at least five American intelligence officers established a domestic espionage ring. The target of their actions: the federal government.
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Fair Weather Foreign Service
Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:17 PM EST
In the days immediately after September 11th, 2001, the point was made by one of my intelligence agency colleagues that in a war against terrorists, just showing up to work in a government building meant you were on the front lines.
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Don't Discount the Mall
Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:16 PM EST
The FBI recently reported an "unsubstantiated" terrorist threat to shopping malls in the US. The report was quickly challenged by terrorism experts of various stripes as very un-al-Qaeda and unlikely to occur.
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Some Ideas on Intelligence Oversight
Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:14 PM EST
David Ignatius hits one out of the park (no 'roids as far as I know):
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Politics or Methodology?
Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:12 PM EST
In the mid '90s, Robert Steele, a former-CIA officer and early proponent of open source intelligence, testified before the Aspin-Brown Commission about the tremendous value of unclassified information.
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Gaming Intelligence
Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:09 PM EST
If there is a dominant theme about discussions surrounding the unclassified key judgments of the NIE on Iran's nuclear weapons capabilities, it is the political nature, timing and impact of the report and its release.
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The Next NIE
Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:07 PM EST
Ample ink has been spilled by both ends of the political spectrum on what the latest NIE on Iran's nuclear capabilities means.
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FBI Alters Tactics in Fight Against Terrorists
Seeded on Wed May 23, 2007 10:51 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
Declining Intelligence
Tue May 22, 2007 10:03 AM EDT
How low can we go?
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NYC to be testbed for DHS power grid project
Seeded on Mon May 21, 2007 10:23 PM EDT (International Herald Tribune)
I'm all for resilience, but maybe the very wealthy banks, not taxpayers, ought to be footing this bill.
CIA honors 4 officers who died while performing national security missions
Seeded on Mon May 21, 2007 10:20 PM EDT (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Rare and well-deserved honors to those in the silent service.
More Cuban Spies Lurking In U.S.
Seeded on Mon May 21, 2007 3:20 PM EDT (NewsMax)
An update on the Cuban espionage threat by someone who knows the problem first hand.
Wall Street regulators receive monthly CIA briefings
Seeded on Mon May 21, 2007 3:04 PM EDT (Raw Story)
Retired spy: CIA Lacks HUMINT in Hotspot Countries
Seeded on Mon May 21, 2007 3:03 PM EDT (nwaonline.net)
Guards fault Homeland Security protection
Seeded on Mon Mar 6, 2006 5:01 PM EST (The San Jose Mercury News)
Comforting
Holes in national security go beyond ports
Seeded on Mon Mar 6, 2006 5:00 PM EST (The San Jose Mercury News)
Few critics on Capitol Hill seek to end NSA program
Seeded on Mon Mar 6, 2006 4:54 PM EST (USA Today)
US Intelligence 'Not Sure' Pyongyang Has Nukes
Seeded on Wed Mar 1, 2006 11:16 AM EST (english.chosun.com)
Ex-intelligence officials say Iraq warnings ignored
Seeded on Wed Mar 1, 2006 11:11 AM EST (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Year Into Revamped Spying, Troubles and Some Progress
Seeded on Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:43 PM EST (The New York Times)
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Michael Tanji is a former senior intelligence officer and is an associate of the Terrorism Research Center.
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