Mini-Me: DoD “Spies” Will Die Often — Expect More “Car Crashes” All Over the World — and the Four Part Solution Clapper, Vickers, and Flynn Need to Consider

Huh? NIGHTWATCH Mali-US: For the record. US Africa Command announced that on 20 April three US soldiers and three civilians died in an automobile crash in Bamako. One was from the Army’s intelligence and security command and two were from special forces – Special Operations Command. The civilians were not identified, but almost certainly were …

Marcus Aurelius: Panetta Deceives Congress on Syria

US Defense Secretary: Pentagon Preparing to Aid in Syrian Conflict NewsEmergency.com Critical News, Weather & Alerts U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told a congressional panel on Thursday that the Pentagon is providing “nonlethal aid” to the civilian-led opposition in Syria and that it is preparing additional measures if it becomes necessary to help protect the …

Mini-Me: Putting TS/SCI In Perspective – Need to Lose the Cement Overcoat of Excessive Classification and Excessive Corruption

Battlefield Context “If it is 85% accurate, on time, and I can share it, this is a lot more useful to me than a compendium of Top Secret Codeword materials that are too much, too late, and require a safe and three security officers to move around the battlefield.”  Navy Wing Commander who led the …

Berto Jongman: Interesting National Security Links

Business Cover for US Military Spies? Communicating in a Crisis Cute Cats Theories of Political Activism Eight Most Influential Technologies Fallujah Health Effects Fed Transcripts Is Al Qaeda Really Dead Part I Islamophobia Conference US Military and Intelligence Clash Over Spy Satellites** US Spending Tax Money on Useless Weapons Systems VIDEO:  Secrets in Plain Sight …

Yoda: In with Flynn, Out with What? Can He Effect Change Clapper Could Not?

Military Intelligence Gadfly Will Lead All Military Intelligence Spencer Ackerman WIRED, April 17, 2012 One of the most disruptive men in the sprawling U.S. spy community, someone who turned the military’s elite killers into top spies, will likely soon be in charge of all military intelligence. The Pentagon on Tuesday nominated Army Lt. Gen. Michael …

Steven Aftergood: Secret Systems Cluttering the Electromagnetic Spectrum

SECRET SYSTEMS CLUTTER THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM The difficulty that the military has in allocating the efficient use of the electromagnetic spectrum for military operations is aggravated by the fact that some of those uses — involving intelligence platforms and sensors — are secret even from military planners themselves, a new Pentagon doctrinal publication notes. “Coordination …

Yoda: Real-Time Crowd-Sourcing + Twitter Meta-RECAP

How to Perfect Real-Time Crowdsourcing The new techniques behind instant crowdsourcing makes human intelligence available on demand for the first time. One of the great goals of computer science is to embed human-like intelligence in common applications like image processing, robotic control and so on. Until recently the focus has been to develop an artificial …