Journal: Cyber-Idiocy Two, Cyber-Sense Zero

U.S. Struggles with ‘Electronic Fratricide’ in Afghanistan November 17, 2009,  Nathan Hodge In Afghanistan, western militaries use radio frequency jammers to keep troops safe from remotely-detonated bombs. But those jammers and other gadgets have contributed to a “pollution” of the airwaves so severe that over 200 systems at Afghanistan’s main air base can’t talk to …

Journal: What If We Fail In Afghanistan?

What If We Fail in Afghanistan? Steve Coll The New Yorker November 16, 2009 What would be the consequences of a second Islamic Emirate? My scenarios here are intended analytically, as a first-draft straw-man forecast: The Nineties Afghan Civil War on Steroids Momentum for a Taliban Revolution in Pakistan Increased Islamist Violence Against India, Increasing …

Reference: Gangs in the US Military

Phi Beta Iota: We have been highlighting our couinterintelligence deficiencies since the 1990’s, primarily focused on the need for religious counterintelligence, but also on the need to recognize that sub-state and non-state groups are legitimate threats in and of themselves.  Today the US military it thoroughly penetrated by multiple networks from Opus Dei and the …