Graphic: DoD Weapons — 41% Documented Waste Per Year — 60% More Probable
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Reference: CRS Understanding Defense Acquisition
PDF (20 Pages): 2012 CRS Understanding Defense Acquisition Phi Beta Iota: This CRS report comes at a very important time. As with all CRS reports, its describes the process without being starkly prejudicial. The report addresses the attempts to shift from a threat-based requirements system to a capabilities system. What the report does not do–and …
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Richard Wright: Secret Intelligence Cloud, Charlie Allen’s Warning, Comment by Robert Steele
This piece quotes Charlie extensively and generally he is supportive of the concept, but noted that it would require strong leadership from the DCI and that a new “business model” for intelligence would be needed. He warned that: “Specifically, the data connectivity requirements will be huge, Allen said. The intelligence community already has a prodigious …
Reflections: The Human Factor & The Human Environment: Concepts & Doctrine? Implications for Human & Open Source Intelligence 2.0
Citation: Robert David STEELE Vivas, “The Human Factor & The Human Environment: Concepts & Doctrine? Implications for Human & Open Source Intelligence,” Phi Beta Iota Public Intelligence Blog (12 December 2012). For Part II See: 2012 Robert Steele: The Human Factor & The Human Environment: Contextual Trust for Sources & Methods UPDATE 16 Dec 2012: …
Chuck Spinney: TIME Blog on Key Questions That Don’t Get Asked in Presidential Debates
Key Questions That Don’t Get Asked in Presidential Debates By Chuck Spinney | October 11, 2012 For reasons that were quite clear well before the Afghan “surge” began (see here and here), America’s Afghan adventure is now ending without achieving its goals, despite Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s claim Wednesday in Brussels that “significant progress” has been made …
NIGHTWATCH: Afghanistan Truth Check – Still Hosed
Afghanistan: Special comment: This week Coalition forces commander General Allen said that only ten of Afghanistan’s now 405 districts, in 34 provinces, are responsible for half of the violence in Afghanistan. They are Sangin, Nowzad, Musa Qala, Kajaki, Nad e Ali, Nahr e Sarraj in Sangin Province plus Pol-e-Alam in Lowgar Province and Maiwand, Panjwai …
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Mini-Me: NATO Admiral Says the Future of Global Security is Strategic Communication — Robert Steele Corrects + META-RECAP
Huh? NATO Admiral Says the Future of Global Security is Strategic Communication Written by ruston on August 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment by Scott W. Ruston The title of this post is my interpretation of what ADM James Stavridis, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) and Commander of United States European Command (USEUCOM), says …
