Steve Aftergood: Orgs ask DNI to Preserve Access to World News Connection — Comment on OSC in AF by Robert Steele

ORGS ASK DNI TO PRESERVE ACCESS TO WORLD NEWS CONNECTION More than a dozen professional societies and public interest groups wrote to the Director of National Intelligence last week to ask him to preserve public access to foreign news reports gathered, translated and published by the Open Source Center and marketed to subscribers through the …

Jean Lievens: Mark P. Mills on Big Data 10 Technology Trends and Related Ethical Questions

The 10 Most Fascinating And Provocative If Not Alarming Technology Trends EXTRACT: If you want to fire up your neurons here at year-end, I recommend reading over the now annual release of “emerging ethical dilemmas and policy issues in science and technology” from the University of Notre Dame’s Reilly Center. (Full disclosure, I’m on the Center’s …

Event: 11-14 March 2014 Singapore Cyber Intelligence Asia

Intelligence-Sec’s annual Cyber Intelligence Asia conference & exhibition will be taking place in Singapore on the 11-14 March 2014. This international event brings together the senior cyber security experts from the public and private sector to one place to discuss the latest cybercrimes and emerging cyber threats in the region. With an international audience of …

Mini-Me: Pakistan closes Afghan border ahead of drones protest — Updated with photos and maps

Huh? Pakistan closes Afghan border ahead of drones protest Islamabad, Nov 23: Pakistan on Saturday closed its border with Afghanistan ahead of protests against US drone attacks, official sources said. Thousands of people will begin a protest sit-in on the main NATO supply route in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, later on Saturday. …

Review: God’s Terrorists – The Wahhabi Cult and the Hidden Roots of Modern Jihad

Charles Allen Important History Not Understood By Most, November 22, 2013 The historical half is mind-glazing, the more recent chapters highly relevant to understanding the deep ignorance of the US Intelligence Community and the US policy (prostitution) community these past 12 years. I have given the book four stars in part because it is not …