Assessment of the Position of Director of National Intelligence

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Commission) was created to examine how the terrorist attacks of September 2001 could have occurred and what could be done to prevent future attacks.  Among other things the Commission recommended that there should be a National Intelligence Director who would have “two main areas …

Review (Guest): A Tactical Ethic–Moral Conduct in the Insurgent Battlespace by Dick Couch

Worth reading for Nathaniel Fick’s introduction alone.  And then some…. Dick Couch Dick Couch is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and served with the Navy Underwater Demolition and SEAL Teams in Vietnam. He is the author of twelve other books, including The Warrior Elite, Chosen Soldier and SEAL Team One. A resident of …

Review (Guest): The Scientific Way of Warfare–: Order and Chaos on the Battlefields of Modernity

Antoine J. Bousquet (Author) 5.0 out of 5 stars Real Military Science, November 12, 2010 ByRetired Reader (New Mexico) – See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) This book is an excellent description of the application of scientific theories primarily from the fields of mathematics and physics to military theory and practice. Bousquet’s approach is …

Journal: Taliban Letter to Congress, Lobbying Starts Now

Taliban Seek to Sway U.S. Congress With ‘Open Letter’ Wall Street Journal, November 8, 2010 Matthew Rosenberg KABUL—Add another group to the list of people with a message for the newly elected U.S. Congress: the Taliban. In a rambling “open letter” to Congress, the Taliban’s spokesman said he wanted to present American lawmakers with “a …