SECRECY NEWS: Over-Classification & Whistleblowers

CAN THE SECRECY SYSTEM BE FIXED? Can the national security classification system be fixed before it breaks down altogether in a frenzy of uncontrolled leaks, renewed barriers against information dissemination, and a growing loss of confidence in the integrity of the system? CAN WHISTLEBLOWERS BE PROTECTED? One of the most compelling reasons for doing so …

Review: Searching for Everardo–A Story of Love, War, and the CIA in Guatemala

6 Star Epic–Genocide, CIA Complicity, & Indigenous Honor July 27, 2010 Jennifer K. Harbury This is one of multiple books by this author, and a huge bargain as a used book–I got the used hardcopy. This book is a book-end to Secret History: The CIA’s Classified Account of Its Operations in Guatemala, 1952-1954. The author …

Event: 29-31 July 2010, Berkeley CA, Open Science Summit

Objectives:  Create an annual flagship event and news hub to build and maintain the identity of the international Open Science Movement.  Organize the various sub-communities into an effective, global, socio-technological force for rapid change in science/innovation policy. An attempt to gather all stakeholders who want to liberate our scientific and technological commons and enable a …

Journal: Who will trust open source security from the government? Any government?

Sometimes the old joke is true. Sometimes the government is just trying to help. An open source consortium funded by military and civilian security agencies within the U.S. government has released a final version of Suricata, a new security framework. . . . . . . . Unfortunately the timing of the release could not …

Search: civil military operations center

Although this search produces a number of relevant responses, it is helpful in flagging those below, most but not all added today. 2010 Reference: Walter Dorn on UN Intelligence in Haiti 2010 NATO Civil Military Co-Operation Centre of Excellence 2010 Wikipedia Civil Military Operations Center 2010 Glossary (not DoD) Civil Military Operations Center Other References …