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DefDog: CIA Claims Double-Agent, New Set of Explosive Underpants

Double agent infiltrated AQAP bomb plot? This whole thing leaves me believing that something rotten is going on in Langley…..from my work I know the following: AQ did not conduct operations based on historical dates.  Infiltrating AQ was the hardest task we faced. In fact, the CIA and other IC elements always preached that it …

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Marcus Aurelius: Marine Corps Bans Audible Farting in Afghanistan

Washington – The United States Marine Corps has banned audible farting in Afghanistan because it is culturally offensive to civilians working with the military and members of the Afghan National Army. The Military Times Marine Corps blog, Battle Rattle recently posted the news that “audible farting has been banned for some Marines downrange because it …

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Michel Bauwens: Knowing Networks as an Alternative to Closed Networks

Phi Beta Iota:  This is one of the most elegant trenchant discussions we have seen on the imperatives for arriving at collective intelligence through open methods.   The entire contribution is below the line. Debating the Iron Law of Bureaucracy and the Power Law: Knowing Networks as an alternative to scale-free networks Franco Iacomella, 2nd May …

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Marcus Aurelius: Jose Rodriguez, the Ollie North of CIA

Rodriguez is dumb enough to take this as a complement.   His Wikipedia page looks like it was written by CIA PAO. Ex-CIA official says tapes destroyed to prevent al Qaeda reprisals (Reuters) – Jose Rodriguez said it took a “few hours” to destroy 92 videotapes showing his CIA colleagues using harsh interrogation techniques – including …

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Stephen Marrin: Evaluating the Quality of Intelligence Analysis: By What (Mis) Measure? With Comment by Robert Steele

Stephen Marrin Post-revision draft18 July 2011. Original draft submitted to Intelligence and National Security on 4 February 2011. Accepted for publication on 24 May 2011 pending minor revision. Evaluating the Quality of Intelligence Analysis: By What (Mis) Measure?< Dr. Stephen Marrin is a Lecturer in the Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies at Brunel University …

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