Posted on

NIGHTWATCH EXTRACT: STRATFOR Does Not Understand Intelligence

NIGHTWATCH For the record. STRATFOR published an essay on intelligence that posited that the tension in the intelligence world is between collectors and others and analysts. That mischaracterizes of the source of the tension and shows very limited insight. At the national level, among national agencies, there is an overwhelming volume of information sharing on …

Continue reading “NIGHTWATCH EXTRACT: STRATFOR Does Not Understand Intelligence”

Posted on

NIGHTWATCH Extracts on Two WikiLeaks Items

NIGHTWATCH Comments on two Wikileak reports in the news: The Guardian and The New York Times today highlighted one leaked report that North Korea sold Iran 19 BM-25 nuclear-capable ballistic missiles and another that alleged that Chinese officials support Korean unification and expect North Korea to collapse. Both deserve comment.The North Korean BM-25 missile is …

Continue reading “NIGHTWATCH Extracts on Two WikiLeaks Items”

Posted on

NIGHTWATCH Extract: China Expands to the Seas

China-Burma: Construction of a high-speed rail link between China’s southwestern province of Yunnan and Myanmar will begin in two months. The line will link Kunming, Yunnan’s capital to Yangon (Rangoon), on the Indian Ocean, according to Wang Mengshu, an academic from the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Wang said a China-to-Cambodia high-speed rail connection is under …

Continue reading “NIGHTWATCH Extract: China Expands to the Seas”

Posted on

NIGHTWATCH Extracts: Afghanistan, Russians, & Time

Afghanistan: An Afghan national army soldier fired on foreign troops at a military compound in Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, after which he sought refuge with the Taliban, who took him to a safe location, a Taliban spokesman said 5 November, Afghan Islamic Press reported. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force’s (ISAF) press office said …

Continue reading “NIGHTWATCH Extracts: Afghanistan, Russians, & Time”

Posted on

NIGHTWATCH Extract: China-Pakistan & Kashmir Terror, Regional Water…and Palestine

China-Pakistan: Chinese Major General Yang Hui, director general of the Intelligence Directorate, visited Chief of Army Staff General Kayani at General Headquarters on 28 October, Associated Press of Pakistan reported. The two discussed matters of professional interest, according to Pakistan’s Inter Services Public Relations. NIGHTWATCH Comment: A visit by a Chinese intelligence general to Pakistan …

Continue reading “NIGHTWATCH Extract: China-Pakistan & Kashmir Terror, Regional Water…and Palestine”