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Journal: With No Successor In Sight, Intelligence Czar Departs

FULL STORY:  Declassified (newsweek.com/blogs) May 28, 2010 By Mark Hosenball On Dennis Blair’s last day in office as director of national intelligence, the Obama administration seems more stymied than ever in its efforts to replace him. Following a torrent of criticism from Capitol Hill—apparently touched off by this Declassified interview with Rep. Pete Hoekstra, the …

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Review: Corruption and Anti-Corruption–An Applied Philosophical Approach

Beyond Six Stars: Superb Foundation Work–Should Be Translated, May 5, 2010 Seumas Miller, Peter Roberts, Edward Spence Corruption is the pervasive, pernicious, pathological, preemptory, and predatory commonality within the ten high level threats to humanity as identified by the United Nations High-Level Threat Panel and published in 2004 in A More Secure World: Our Shared …

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Journal: OUT OF CONTROL–The Demise of Responsible Government “Intelligence” I

Danger Room Explainer: Outsourced Intel in Afghanistan When is intelligence really intelligence, and when is it merely “atmospherics”? It may sound abstract, but it goes to the heart of a New York Times scoop about a defense official who apparently set up an off-the-books intelligence operation in Afghanistan. On Monday, the Times ran a story …

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Journal: Dumbest Congress Money Can Buy…

Yet another example of how the short-term exigencies of “smart” domestic politics creates pressures for a “not-so-smart” foreign policy. CS Turkey warns US over Armenian genocide vote SUZAN FRASER, Associated Press, 5 Mar 2010 ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey warned the Obama administration on Friday of negative diplomatic consequences if it doesn’t impede a U.S. resolution …

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Journal: To “Win” the Cyber War, Start with a Brain

ADM McConnell has it right, although he’s understating a key aspect of the problem.  Let’s postulate that we have abundant technical capability.  The core of the problem, IMHO, lies with lawyers and legislators who will not permit effective utilization of the technical capability.  While easier said than done, particularly in terms of domestic and international …

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NIGHTWATCH: Pakistani Education as Weapon Against USA–The Failure of US Militarization

Pakistan: Special note. The second part of yesterday’s PBS show Frontline concerned the condition of the public school system in Pakistan. It has collapsed in nearly every respect. The video report noted that nearly half of the 65 million school age kids in Pakistan do not attend public schools. It did not follow-up that datum …

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