CENTCOM Week in Review Ending 13 August 2009

Hot Topics AF:  Potent Bombs Slow Marine Offensive 08/11/09 AF: As Afghan Vote Nears, Taliban Step Up Intimidation 08/12/09 IQ:  Al Qaeda blamed for Iraq violence wave 08/10/09 IR:  Iran judiciary looks to calm prison abuse outrage 08/09/09 PK: Life, death and the Taliban: Blowback 08/10/09 PK:  Pakistan denies militants attacked nuclear sites 08/12/09 PK: …

CENTCOM Week in Review Ending 30 July 2009

Hot Topics AF: Americas New Nightmare 07/28/09 AF: Taliban issues Code of Conduct to fighters in Afghanistan 07/30/09 IR:  Iran and the Taliban, allies against America 07/28/09 IR:  Report: Hezbollah Leader Threatens Tel Aviv Strike 07/27/09 KZ: Economic meltdown only latest woe for oil-rich Kazakhstan 07/30/09 PS:  Gaza Strip to Get Access to Reconstruction Materials …

2009 Intelligence for the President–AND Everyone Else [Full Text Online for Google Translate]

Intelligence for the President–AND Everyone Else How Obama Can Create a Smart Nation and a Prosperous World at Peace By ROBERT DAVID STEELE VIVAS Today’s secret intelligence community costs the U.S. taxpayer over $65 billion a year, and yet, according to General Tony Zinni, USMC (Ret), provides less than 4% of the decision support needed …

2012 U.S. Naval Power in the 21st Century: 450-Ship Navy, <24 Hours to Anywhere, Peace from the Sea -- Full Text Online

I wrote the original Somali piracy overview for US CENTCOM J-2P in 2005–no one wanted to take on the problem.  A few years later I was told by both USSOCOM and Navy Irregular Warfare–I am not making this up–that the reason they did not take an interest at the time was that it was “not …