DARPA as Poster Child for Out of Control Budget

From the inventors of McNamara’s electronic line (which failed spectacularly in Vietnam) comes the Electronic Coup/Revolution Predictor (EC/RP)!  This is explained below in the attached Wired report. The EC/RP is merely the latest effort in DARPA’s continuing campaign to overthrow Boyd’s Law* (i.e., Machines don’t fight war wars, people do, and they use their minds) by …

9-11 Expose: General Odom Says CIA “Out of Control”

I have read the released Odom interview MFR.  Odom is not kind (perhaps not fair) to CIA or Gen Mike Hayden.  Interview, like all others in extensive series, was done circa 2003-2004.  Some prominent military SO names, such as Schoomaker and Boykin are among the interviewees.  Extent of redaction ranges from fairly light to very heavy.  …

Journal: Intelligence Out of Control

IMHO, ill-advised. Washington Times November 11, 2010 Pg. 10 Inside The Ring By Bill Gertz Financial intel killed The Pentagon’s intelligence directorate is killing off one of its most strategically important mission areas: monitoring efforts by foreign governments to buy U.S. firms and technology, such as the multiple efforts by China’s military-linked equipment company Huawei …

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

Message from sender: I am sure they do see a threat. If the Pentagon were not engaged in such a broad spectrum of illegal and corrupt practices wikileaks would not be seen as such a threat. Phi Beta Iota: We ran this story earlier, but now that the New York Times is running it, it …

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 …

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

Danger Room Explainer: Outsourced Intel in Afghanistan When is intelligence really intelligence, and when is it merely “atmospherics”? It may sound abstract, but it goes to the heart of a New York Times scoop about a defense official who apparently set up an off-the-books intelligence operation in Afghanistan. On Monday, the Times ran a story …