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2012/10/232013/11/22

Steve Aftergood: Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals Deepens Its Lack of Integrity – “Negative Reciprocity” Means Unsigned Unsworn Summary Statements from CIA — Itself Notorious –Can Kill a Contractor’s Career – UPDATED

“NEGATIVE RECIPROCITY” EMERGES IN THE SECURITY CLEARANCE SYSTEM In the world of security clearances for access to classified information, the term “reciprocity” is used to indicate that one executive branch agency should ordinarily recognize and accept a security clearance that has been granted by another executive branch agency. This is not just a nice, cost-efficient …

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2012/10/112012/10/11

Steven Aftergood: Presidential Directive Protecting Intelligence Community Whistleblowers

Obama Issues Directive on Intelligence Community Whistleblowers President Obama yesterday issued Presidential Policy Directive 19 on “Protecting Whistleblowers with Access to Classified Information.” The directive generally prohibits official reprisals against an intelligence community employee who makes a “protected disclosure” concerning unlawful activity or “waste, fraud, and abuse.” It does not authorize disclosure of classified …

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2012/10/102012/10/10

Steven Aftergood: DSB Concludes Violent Behavior Cannot be Reliably Predicted – Does Not Address Larger Issue of Extreme Cognitive Dissonance Inspiring Suicides and Random Violence

VIOLENT BEHAVIOR CANNOT BE RELIABLY PREDICTED, PANEL SAYS The outbreak of violence by individuals who seek to harm other persons or institutions cannot be reliably predicted today, the Defense Science Board said in a new report to the Secretary of Defense. Instead, efforts to counter violence should focus on prevention and mitigation of the threat. …

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2012/10/09

Steven Aftergood: US Army Doctrine on Role of the Chaplain

U.S. ARMY DOCTRINE ON RELIGIOUS SUPPORT TO SOLDIERS Military chaplains in the U.S. Army must have at least a Secret clearance. “This allow them access to the unit operations center and ensures that the chaplain is involved in the unit’s operational planning process.” A newly updated Army doctrinal publication on Religious Support, which describes the …

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2012/10/032012/10/03

Steve Aftergood: DHS Fusion Centers Flayed in Senate Report

FUSION CENTERS FLAYED IN SENATE REPORT The state and local fusion centers supported by the Department of Homeland Security have produced little intelligence of value and have generated new concerns involving waste and abuse, according to an investigative report from the Senate Homeland Security Committee Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. (NYT, WP) “It’s troubling that the …

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2012/09/19

Steven Aftergood: CRS on Poverty and on Intelligence

POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES, AND MORE FROM CRS “In 2011, 46.2 million people were counted as poor in the United States, the same number as in 2010 and the largest number of persons counted as poor in the measure’s 53-year recorded history,” according to a timely new report from the Congressional Research Service. See …

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2012/09/132012/09/14

Steven Aftergood: Army Introduction to Open Source Intelligence – Comment by Robert Steele

AN ARMY INTRODUCTION TO OPEN SOURCE INTELLIGENCE A new U.S. Army publication provides an introduction to open source intelligence, as understood and practiced by the Army. “Open-source intelligence is the intelligence discipline that pertains to intelligence produced from publicly available information that is collected, exploited, and disseminated in a timely manner to an appropriate audience …

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