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Journal: OUT OF CONTROL–The Demise of Responsible Government “Intelligence” II

Admin Threatens Veto Over GAO Role in Intel Oversight March 17th, 2010 by Steven Aftergood One of the simplest, most effective ways to strengthen congressional oversight of intelligence would be for Congress to make increased use of specially cleared investigators from the Government Accountability Office.  This is such a straightforward step towards improving oversight that …

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Worth a Look: Suicide Terrorist Database and Technology for Transparency

Robert Pape, author of the rather sensationally insightful book, Dying to Win–The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism has just put his database online in beta form.  Tip of the hat to Berto Jongman for the lead. Global voices online are leveraging hand-held and other technologies to make transparent both the good and the bad at …

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2010 INTELLIGENCE FOR EARTH: Clarity, Diversity, Integrity, & Sustainability

KINDLE with Active Links Hard Copy: Book’s Amazon Page ($16.93) A massive cultural tsunami is sweeping round the world as the five billion poor acquire Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), and the one billion rich realize that the era of Empire Rule Of, By, and For the Few is over. Happily, this is a revolution …

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Journal: US Counterterrorism Hosed, EOP/OMB AWOL

Hurdles Stymie Counterterrorism Center Tuesday, February 23, 2010 By ERIC SCHMITT and THOM SHANKER, The New York Times (Syndicated) WASHINGTON — The nation’s main counterterrorism center, created in response to the intelligence failures in the years before Sept. 11, is struggling because of flawed staffing and internal cultural clashes, according to a new study financed …

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