Journal: Google Wave–Good, Bad, & Ugly
Watch the Video (1.3 Hours) Good on Background, Hop in and Out for Screen Shots) Robert Steele’s Notes:
Journal: MILNET Flags Sorting It Out: New Tools Wrestle Mountains of Data Into Usable Intelligence
August 24, 2009 Pg. 11 By Kris Osborn In 2008, U.S. military forces collected 400,000 hours of airborne surveillance video, up from several thousand hours 10 years ago. So the Pentagon is turning to computers to help save, sort and search it all. “The proliferation of unmanned systems across the battlefield is not going to …
Journal: Human Intel Or Technical Intel?
DoDBuzz,com August 5, 2009 Human Intel Or Technical Intel? By Greg Grant Some of the leading doyens of the Washington national security set recently returned from Afghanistan where they were part of new Afghan commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s strategy review. CSIS’s Anthony Cordesman reported back last week with a generally pessimistic take on the state …
EUCOM Week in Review Ending 5 August 2009
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Journal: Chuck Spinney Highlights: Iraq Veterans Find Afghan Enemy Even Bolder
The attached report in the New York Times portrays, perhaps inadvertently, some of the mental effects of the Taliban’s (really the Afghan) style of war, note particularly an impression of being surprised by the tactical skill exhibited by the Aghan insurgents. In that sense, this report compliments and reinforces the far more detailed information in …
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Review: The Challenge for Africa
A Gift–Properly Priced, Presented, and MOST Rewarding, July 18, 2009
Review: Imperial Secrets–Remapping the Mind of Empire
Delightful evidence of gravitas, provocative and refreshing, July 14, 2009
