Richard Wright: Technology Not A Substitute for Brains

My experience with GCHQ was that they were able to conduct better processing and anaysis than NSA at consideribly less cost. I remember one particularly difficult puzzle that I was trying to work out using the latest contactor designed programs (vapor ware) and getting nowhere. An analyst (and friend) at GCHQ managed to solve the puzzle using the …

Richard Wright: Bill Moyers on Politicians and Money Launderers in the Trafficking of Power and Policy

Moyers is a sanctimonious preacher who sometimes speaks the truth. Bill Moyers: “Our Politicians Are Money Launderers in the Trafficking of Power and Policy” Remarks as Prepared for Delivery Public Citizen 40th Gala Washington, DC October 20, 2011 I am honored to share this occasion with you. No one beyond your collegial inner circle appreciates …

Richard Wright: IARPA Clutches at Straws, DNI Refuses to Grow Up

IARPA clutches at straws…. University studies crowdsourcing for intelligence Matthew Barakat, AP Fosters.com, October 24, 2011 FAIRFAX, Virginia (AP) — Maybe you’ve got a hunch Kim Jong Il’s regime in North Korea has seen its final days, or that the Ebola virus will re-emerge somewhere in the world in the next year. Your educated guess …

Richard Wright: DoD – A Strategic Hole – A Strategic Farce

A Strategic Hole – A Strategic Farce The Public Intelligence Blog (Phi Beta Iota) has carried a number of recent articles all of which had the common theme that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is wasting billions of dollars and can easily sustain major cuts in the DOD budget without threatening U.S. National Security. …

Richard Wright: It’s Only Money – Why the IC Continues to Fail & Robert Steele: 10% Grade – A Dishonorable Discharge Needed

Its Only Money The posting of Jim Bamford’s Politico article on today’s Public Intelligence Blog or rather the accompanying comment on it by Robert Steele [Jim Bamford: How 9/11 Fearmongering Grew NSA Into a Very Expensive Domestic Surveillance Monster] identifies the principal problem with the outrageously expensive NSA.  His comment is directly related to earlier …