An App for Dissidents–And Why It’s Harmful

COMMUNICATIONS An App for Dissidents A startup is offering free encrypted voice and text communications to protesters in Egypt. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2011  BY ROBERT LEMOS MIT Technology Review Two new applications for Android devices, called RedPhone and TextSecure, were released last week by Whisper Systems, a startup created by security researchers Moxie Marlinspike and …

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 …

Farm Insurance Fraud–Lacking Domestic Intelligence

Farm insurance fraud is cheating taxpayers out of millions Perpetrators falsely claim weather or insects destroyed their crops and cash in on a government-backed insurance program. Some don’t bother planting at all. Others sell their harvests in secret. The vast majority of U.S. farmers follow the rules, insurers and federal officials said. Bert Little, director …