Reference: Smart Nation Act Draft (Full Text Online for Google Translate)
Proposed Legislation: The Smart Nation Act Institutionalizing Open Source Information Exploitation and Multinational Information Sharing Beneficial to All
Marcus Aurelius: Brian Kelley, Screwed by CIA, Dies
Victim of the Agency getting it wrong…bet nobody took a hit for screwing this guy over. Veteran counterspy Brian Kelley, 68, broke the Moscow code By T. Rees Shapiro, Published: September 22 Brian Kelley, 68, a CIA counterintelligence officer who was falsely accused of being a Russian mole in an espionage case that ended in the …
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Howard Rheingold: News Filters for the Future – Technical Services or Human Networks?
Everyone wants to be a news filter now Mathew Ingram Gigaom.com, 21 September 2011 As the avalanche of information coming through social networks and real-time tools like Twitter continues to grow, the need for filters to make sense of that tsunami of data also increases, and it seems as though everyone has a different way of …
Steven Aftergood: Four Million Security Clearances Plus…
Number of Security Clearances Soars September 20th, 2011 by Steven Aftergood The number of persons who held security clearances for access to classified information last year exceeded 4.2 million — far more than previously estimated — according to a new intelligence community report to Congress (pdf). The report, which was required by the FY2010 intelligence …
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David Isenberg: The Cost-Savings Fantasy (Corruption) of Using Private Military Contractors
The Cost-Savings Fantasy David Isenberg Huffington Post, 9/15/2011 Sometimes it is difficult to decide what to write about in the world of private military and security contracting issues, as there are usually a few different stories in the news on any given day that are relevant. Today, however, I don’t have that problem as there …
Mario Profaca: US Lacks Cyber-Intelligence + RECAP
US lacks serious cyber intelligence Study says US government, business need to kick network security up a notch Michael Cooney Network World, 12 September 2011 There is an urgent need for businesses and our government to develop high-level cyber intelligence as a way to combat the unacceptable levels of online security threats because the current …
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Marcus Aurelius: US at Permanent “War” + War RECAP
The new normal, era persistent conflict. A decade after the 9/11 attacks, Americans live in an era of endless war Gregg Jaffe Washington Post, September 5, 2011, p. 1 Video: The attacks of September 11, 2001 forced Americans to reevaluate their views on the nation’s security. A decade later, is the country stronger and better …
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