NIGHTWATCH: China Builds Economic-Tourism Bridge to Taiwan, Puts PLA Into a Box – US Will Continue to Demonize China for Unethical Reasons

Sixteen years ago, Pingtan Island, just north west of Taiwan, was the center of Chinese military energies to intimidate Taiwanese voters against electing a pro-independence president. Major amphibious operations were staged, some with catastrophic loss of life by military personnel because of bad weather. This also was the first time China attempted to maintain continuous …

Berto Jongman: Interesting National Security Links

Aon downgrades 37 countries for terrorism and political violence CBRNE Terrorism Newsletter Future Trends and Challenges Middle East and North Africa Toward 2030 Iran & Israel: What the West should and can do “Targeting Top Terrorists: How Leadership Decapitation Contributes to Counterterrorism” Think Again: Al Qaeda Obituaries Premature U.S.’s Post-Afghanistan Counterinsurgency War: Colombia

Richard Wright: General Flynn to Head DIA – Exile or Reward? PLUS Comments by BG Bubba Boo, Ralph Peters, and Airborne Ranger

General Flynn to Head DIA: Exile or Reward? General Michael Flynn (USA) has been nominated to become the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in spite of or because of his severe criticisms of the inability of the U.S. Intelligence System to produce useful strategic intelligence on Afghanistan. As a result among the small …

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 …

Mini-Me: CIA Chief Lawyer on CIA Authorities to Use Force Around the World

Huh? CIA General Counsel Speech on Hypothetical Uses of Force by Deborah Pearlstein Opinio Juris, 12 April 2012 The speech delivered by CIA General Counsel Stephen Preston at Harvard yesterday is important and illuminating, and I agree with Ken the administration should be commended for it. But wow does it raise some troubling questions about …