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2011/09/242011/09/24

Review: Intelligence and U.S. Foreign Policy – Iraq, 9/11, and Misguided Reform

Paul Pillar 5.0 out of 5 stars Four for Omissions, Six for Precision Relevance,September 22, 2011 EVENT ALERT: Paul Pillar is speaking at Brookings Institute on Wednesday 5 October 2011 from 10:00 to 11:30, RSVP is required to 21DefenseInitiative[…] I will attend that session. This alert will be deleted on 5 October. – – – …

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2011/09/23

Howard Rheingold: News Filters for the Future – Technical Services or Human Networks?

Everyone wants to be a news filter now Mathew Ingram Gigaom.com, 21 September 2011 As the avalanche of information coming through social networks and real-time tools like Twitter continues to grow, the need for filters to make sense of that tsunami of data also increases, and it seems as though everyone has a different way of …

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2011/09/222011/09/22

DefDog: The Importance of Selection Bias in Statistics

This would be a great tool to determine the analytical capabilities of the IC….bet they would miss it…. The importance of “selection bias” in statistics During WWII, statistician Abraham Wald was asked to help the British decide where to add armor to their bombers. After analyzing the records, he recommended adding more armor to the …

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2011/09/20

Steven Aftergood: Four Million Security Clearances Plus…

Number of Security Clearances Soars September 20th, 2011 by Steven Aftergood The number of persons who held security clearances for access to classified information last year exceeded 4.2 million — far more than previously estimated — according to a new intelligence community report to Congress (pdf). The report, which was required by the FY2010 intelligence …

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2011/09/19

Chuck Spinney: No Freedom for Palestine Says Obama

… My Cairo speech may have felt good, but I urge patience. Please remember, I ‘lead from behind,’ and so the steering wheel of my ship of state is not connected to its rudder. There is nothing I can or will do to change its course. Hopefully, if the ship of state stays its own …

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2011/09/152011/09/16

Review: World 3.0 – Global Prosperity and How to Achieve It

Pankaj Ghemawat 5.0 out of 5 stars Six Star Nuanced, Brilliant, the Stuff of Nobel Laureates,September 15, 2011 This is a nuanced book. It is not possible to “review” it without having actually read it, read it carefully, and then read it again. It was easily a five as I got into it, and then …

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2011/09/072011/09/07

David Isenberg: Jim Clapper Claims Transformation — Robert Steele Comments on Each Misrepresentation

PRINT VERSION (Memorandum to SSCI & HPSCI with Attached Post) SHORT URL FOR THIS SPECIFIC POST: http://tinyurl.com/Clapper-Steele For information. SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 How 9/11 Transformed the Intelligence Community It’s no longer about ‘need to know.’ Our guiding principle is ‘responsibility to share.’ By James R. Clapper It has been a decade since our nation suffered …

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