Richard Wright: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE: All Eyes No Brain Part II

The USAF claim that the tragic killing of 23 innocent Afghan civilians last February by one of its Predator UAVs was due to “information overload” reflects an appalling lack of critical thinking on the part of senior Air Force officers. General Mike Hayden (USAF ret.) when director of the NSA used regularly entertain the U.S. …

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Journal: Human Intelligence (HUMINT) Successes

(1) If true, probably a good idea. (2) Appears that indiscretions abound. Miami Herald November 6, 2010 Spy Agencies Use Ex-Captives To Infiltrate Al Qaeda By Paisley Dodds, Associated Press LONDON — Months after he was released from Guantánamo Bay, Abdul Rahman was back in the company of terrorist leaders along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. But …