Obama to Clapper: “Disappointed.” Duh.

UPDATED to ADD USMC NIT 1991 & 3 articles. In 1991 the Marine Corps proposed a redirection of National Intelligence Topics (NIT) toward the Third World and Global Coverage.  Here is what was proposed and refused, following upon General Al Gray’s article, “Global Intelligence Challenges in the 1990’s“: Reference: USMC Proposed Alternative National Intelligence Topics …

Barbara McNamara–Subversion from Within

Behind Closed Doors On 31 January 2011 Secrecy News returned to a subject that had been discussed earlier: the federal investigations of former NSA employee Thomas Drake for revealing classified information and of a former congressional intelligence committee staffer, Diane Roark, for assisting him. This latest article essentially quotes former NSA Deputy Director Barbara McNamara …

Assessment of the Position of Director of National Intelligence

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Commission) was created to examine how the terrorist attacks of September 2001 could have occurred and what could be done to prevent future attacks.  Among other things the Commission recommended that there should be a National Intelligence Director who would have “two main areas …

NATO on YouTube: Selective Summaries (5)

NATO You-Tube Front Page Phi Beta Iota Summary: Where should NATO go on out-of-area expeditionary operations?  How does NATO define security & stability?  How does NATO achieve balance between territorial defense and expeditionary operations, and between the voice of the big nations and the small nations?  What is defense?  What is 360 degree defense in …

NIGHTWATCH Extracts: China-Fiji, China Carriers, Venezuela-Colombia Re-Set

Below the line: Full Extract on China-Fiji, Fiji as Potential Base of China in South Pacific Full Extract on China Carrier Force and Implications in Region Full Extract on Venezuela-Colombia Reconciliation Phi Beta Iota:  It’s a shame no one will fund NIGHTWATCH to do Global Coverage, because it is consistently more intelligent than all the …