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2014/03/012014/03/01

Steven Aftergood: IG Blasts NRO Secrecy Practices

INSPECTOR GENERAL BLASTS NRO SECRECY PRACTICES The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the agency that builds and operates U.S. intelligence satellites, frequently makes mistakes when it classifies national security information, according to an assessment performed last year by the NRO Inspector General. “From the classified documents we reviewed at NRO headquarters, 114 of 134 documents contained …

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2014/02/282014/03/01

2014-02-28 Open Source Everything Daily 1300 East

We’re playing around. None of the RSS / curation offerings are satisfactory.

2014/02/282014/02/28

Winslow Wheeler: Chuck Hagel on the A-10 – Without a Clue or Without Scruples?

Pierre Sprey and I have authored an analysis of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s statements this past Monday on the A-10. It follows: Chuck Hagel’s A-10 Legacy By Winslow T. Wheeler & Pierre M. Sprey When he spoke about next year’s defense budget on February 24, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel addressed his decision to …

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2014/02/272014/02/27

Yoda: Not Alone – 715 New Planets

NASA discovers 715 new planets Four of 715 newly discovered planets may support Earth-like life It’s the biggest single discovery of planets in history All were found in the first two years of the Kepler telescope’s voyage NASA expects next batch of data to reveal more habitable planet (CNN) — Our galactic neighborhood just got …

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2014/02/262014/02/27

2014-02-26 Revolution USA 1700 East

2014/02/262014/02/26

Richard Clarke: 10 Observations on US Intelligence Gathering – Robert Steele on What Clarke Does Not Mention

Richard Clarke at RSA Conference: 10 Observations on US Intelligence Gathering A veteran counter-terrorism advisor and Presidential Review Group member on Intelligence gives his executive summary I’m in San Francisco this week to attend the RSA security conference, and to cover the Cloud Security Alliance summit for security professionals. The CSA is a terrific organization, …

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2014/02/232014/02/23

Bruce Schneier: It’s Time to Break Up NSA — Outline of Necessary Intelligence Reforms by Robert Steele

It’s Time to Break Up NSA Bruce Schneier CNN, 20 February 2014 Editor’s note: Bruce Schneier is a security technologist and author of Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust Society Needs to Thrive. (CNN) — The NSA has become too big and too powerful. What was supposed to be a single agency with a dual …

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