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AA: Ethiopians Dominate Flood Of Africans to Yemen 12/18/09

AA: Guineans flee to Senegal 12/18/09

AA: Radical Islam meets a buffer in West Africa 12/21/09

AO: Crude rises ahead of OPEC meeting 12/21/09

ER: The Case of Eritrea's Missing Soccer Team 12/16/09

KE: Obama ignores brutality and corruption in Kenya 12/17/09

NG: Nigeria: Yar'Adua – Presidency, National Assembly Forces in Succession Plot 12/17/09

RW: Rwanda: FDLR Fighters Deserting Their Commanders 12/21/09

SD: Sudan security law threatens free poll – SPLM 12/21/09

SO: SOMALIA: Piracy Is The Way To Go 12/20/09

SO: UNICEF Official Says Lack of Funds Hampering Work in Somalia 12/16/09

Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime

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AA: Lockheed Martin wins huge NZ Defence deal 12/15/09

AA: US general says N. Korean attack would hurt Seoul 12/19/09

AU: Joining China and Iran, Australia to Filter Internet 12/15/09

BD: Bangladesh police forces criticised 12/15/09

CN: China Says Asylum – Seeking Uighurs Suspected Criminals 12/15/09

CN: Leading China dissident to be tried Wednesday: family 12/21/09

ID: Hundreds gather for rebel's funeral in Papua 12/21/09

IN: India's Mahindra buys 2 Australia aerospace firms 12/15/09

KP: Net closes on North Korea's arms exports 12/15/09

KR: Military investigates hacking of Seoul's war operations plan 12/18/09

KS: No Taliban in Kashmir: Army 12/16/09

LK: Sri Lanka economy expands post-war 12/18/09

NP: Nepal's ‘silent' food crisis 12/15/09

PH: Philippines forces evacuation as Mayon volcano eruption threat persists 12/17/09

TW: Thousands protest in Taiwan over China trade talks 12/20/09

Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime

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ICCS 2010 consist of three days, 50 unique lectures from distinguished, plenary, and parallel speakers in the disciplines of Emerging Technologies, Operations and Enforcement, and Real Life Experiences. Also included are panel discussions, sponsors' presentations, exhibitions and exceptional networking opportunities.

In response to heightened demand from cyber security leaders from around the world, ICCS 2010 is featuring two additional events: the Law Enforcement Workshop (LEW) and the Cyber Security Tutorial (CST).

Global Asset Security: Oil and Gas 2010

22 and 23 February 2010, Houston, Texas

Maximizing the defense of infrastructure, personnel and intellectual property in a landscape of evolving threat

In a constantly evolving threat landscape the role of your security operations must constantly adapt to meet changing economic, geo-political, criminal and homeland security challenges. As technologies and strategies are renewed and developed, it’s critical to stay one step ahead.

Phi Beta Iota: Recommended by Berto Jongman.  We're still looking for decent global water security conferences.  If anyone runs across one, please do alert us using contact email under About.

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AF: Afghanistan Seeks to Control its Own Destiny in 2010 12/16/09

AF: Britain to provide 150 mln pounds to detect roadside bombs 12/14/09

IQ: Iranian dissident group defies order to leave Iraq 12/15/09

IR: Alive And Kicking In Iran 12/12/09

IR: Iran has full intelligence about enemies: general 12/17/09

PS: Arab terrorists stopped at Israeli checkpoint 12/16/09

YE: COUNTER-TERRORISM: Arabs Unite In Yemen Against Iran 12/16/09

YE: Saudi Forces Using Banned Phosphorous Bombs: Houthis 12/13/09

YE: US denies military role in Yemen 12/16/09

Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime

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In 1986 we invented “reverse hits” in a failed attempt to get the clandestine service to allow electronic searches of its databases.  In a related experience we discovered that fewer than 10 percent of the names had been properly indexed because the clerks in the basement were lazy and ignored “INDEX ALL NAMES.”

The Human Intelligence “Source Directory” is massively incomplete and corrupt because few of the organizations carrying out their own clandestine or informant operations are willing to trust CIA to maintain the inter-agency source directory.  This leads to situations where multiple organizations are paying the same agent for the same information.

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EWI's Seventh Annual Worldwide Security Conference

New dimensions, new solutions to protect people, economies and infrastructure