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Stephen E. Arnold: Palantir Fired by New Orleans — Is US Army Being Stupid?

Idiocy, Ineptitude, IO Impotency, Military
Stephen E. Arnold

Crime Prediction: Not a New Intelligence Analysis Function

We noted “New Orleans Ends Its Palantir Predictive Policing Program.” The interest in this Palantir Technologies’ project surprised us from our log cabin with a view of the mine drainage run off pond. The predictive angle is neither new nor particularly stealthy. Many years ago when I worked for one of the outfits developing intelligence analysis systems, the “predictive” function was a routine function.

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Rose P. Keravuori: Army Intel Weak — Can It Expand? No.

Corruption, Idiocy, Ineptitude, IO Impotency, Military, Peace Intelligence

Expansibility and Army Intelligence

Rose P. Keravuori

Parameters

Winter 2017 (18/11)

The US Army has arguably not fought a capable state adversary since World War II. Now, after decades of conducting limited interventions, the expansibility and adaptability of military intelligence capabilities are in question. . . . During interviews for this study, intelligence leaders repeatedly mentioned three areas that require special attention in order to expand the Army intelligence corps: (1) shortages of airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) assets; (2) limited processing, exploitation, and dissemination (PED) capacities; and (3) insufficient human intelligence and counterintelligence capacities.

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Koko: Southeast Asia Gutted by Logging, Mining, and Palming

03 Environmental Degradation, Commerce, Corruption, Earth Intelligence, Government, Military
Koko

Southeast Asia Getting Killed by Logging and Mining

When an airplane is approaching Singapore Changi Airport, it makes the final approach either from the direction of Peninsular Malaysia, or from the Indonesian island of Batam. Either way, the scope for natural disaster under the wings is of monumental proportions.

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Gareth Porter: Israel Plans New War in Syria

04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Iran, 08 Wild Cards, 10 Transnational Crime, Corruption, Government, IO Deeds of War, Military, Officers Call
Gareth Porter

Israel Plans a New War in Syria — but Not for the Reasons It Claims

Israeli ambitions are not limited to the Syrian Golan. The IDF is determined to penetrate more deeply into Syria in order to limit Iranian and Hezbollah freedom of action there. The long-term military aim, as IDF Chief Eizenkot declared in his January speech, is to “push the Iranians back to Iran.” More concretely, Israeli officials are committed to preventing Iran from establishing a land corridor connecting Tehran to Lebanon and the Mediterranean through Iraq and Syria.

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Berto Jongman: Pentagon Plans $500M for Guantanamo UPDATE 1: Deep State Use?

Corruption, Idiocy, Ineptitude, Military
Berto Jongman

Trump’s Pentagon wants to spend almost $500 million on Guantánamo construction

Phi Beta Iota: Criminal insanity is alive and well under the leadership of Secretary of Defense James Mattis. The Pentagon consumes 60% of our disposable budget, is 50% waste, and cannot win wars.  Say what?

On a positive note:

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