David Isenberg: GWOT Has Shredded CIA’s Focus and Utility – Plus Renaissance References

Intelligence WOT distorting focus, resource allocation of U.S. intelligence community: experts The U.S. Intelligence Advisory Board, a panel of fourteen highly regarded and experienced experts, many of whom past holder of high-level national security positions, has submitted a secret report to President Obama in which they say that the intense, 12-year focus of the intelligence …

David Isenberg: Recommended Book, Mel Goodman on National Insecurity, The Cost of American Militarism

Recommended! Coming out 12 February 2013. “Mel Goodman has spent the last few decades telling us what’s gone wrong with American intelligence and the American military, and now, in National Insecurity, he tells us what we must do to change the way the system works, and how to fix it. Goodman is not only telling …

David Isenberg: How Responsible is the Chain of Command? IS THERE a “Chain of Command?” Does Yamashita Standard Apply to Commander in Chief?

Military Justice Lawbreakers at War: How Responsible Are They? By David Isenberg   Jan. 18, 2013 Anybody around here remember Tomoyuki Yamashita? He was an Imperial Japanese Army general during World War II. In terms of battles he was most famous for conquering the British colonies of Malaya and Singapore. But his historical legacy comes from …

David Isenberg: Iran – Nuclear Dog That Cannot Bark

Iran: the Nuclear Dog that can’t Bark By David Isenberg LobeLog Foreign Policy, 7 January 2012 Apart from death and taxes, one other thing has also appeared inevitable, at least for the past two decades: Iran will acquire a nuclear weapons capability. Yet, despite all the near frantic demands for sanctions, clandestine action, sabotage, and …

David Isenberg: Greg Treverton on Intelligence Reform in the USA — Garbage In, Garbage Out

Intelligence Gathering and Reform: The Case of the United States According to Gregory Treverton, US intelligence reform remains a work in progress. While reorienting the FBI and creating the National Counterterrorism Center represent progress, establishing the Department of Homeland Security and the position of Director of National Intelligence do not. By Gregory Treverton for the …

David Isenberg: Trillions Later, No Lessons Learned on Reconstruction Economics

The Ghost of Contracting Past Huffington Post,21 December 2012 A report was released earlier this week by the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Strategic and Budgetary assessments that offers some useful observations on how well the United States has learned to effectively utilize PMSC. Sadly, it appears the U.S. has not yet absorbed the lessons it …