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2010/05/302010/05/30

Journal: With No Successor In Sight, Intelligence Czar Departs

FULL STORY: Declassified (newsweek.com/blogs) May 28, 2010 By Mark Hosenball On Dennis Blair’s last day in office as director of national intelligence, the Obama administration seems more stymied than ever in its efforts to replace him. Following a torrent of criticism from Capitol Hill—apparently touched off by this Declassified interview with Rep. Pete Hoekstra, the …

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2010/05/292010/05/30

Journal: HOUSE TO CONSIDER GAO AUDITS OF INTELLIGENCE

Defying a previous veto threat from the White House, the House of Representatives will consider an amendment to bolster intelligence oversight by requiring intelligence agencies to cooperate with the Government Accountability Office when it performs audits that are requested by a congressional committee with jurisdiction over intelligence. In general, the amendment (pdf) states, “the Director …

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2010/04/012010/04/01

Journal: CIA Leads the “Walking Dead” in USA

A Dagger to the CIA On December 30, in one of the deadliest attacks in CIA history, an Al Qaeda double agent schemed his way onto a U.S. base in Afghanistan and blew himself into the next life, taking seven Americans with him. How could this have happened? Agency veteran Robert Baer explains, offering chilling …

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2010/02/092014/01/29

2010: OPINION–America’s Cyber Scam

by Robert David Steele Tuesday, 09 February 2010 It’s time to get real about cybersecurity I am quite certain that a careful examination of all extant SOWs would reveal a degree of obscurity and incoherence confirming that the US Government is engaged in a massive collective self-deception and entertaining bids for vaporware amidst a climate …

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2010/01/282010/01/28

Journal: National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Goes from Dumb to Dumber

Director: NCTC has analyst shortage The National Counterterrorism Center does not have enough analysts to comb through the thousands of pieces of terrorism-related information it receives every day, even though a plan to cut millions of dollars from its budget has been reversed, NCTC Director Michael Leiter told House lawmakers on Wednesday. . . . …

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2010/01/13

Journal: MILNET Intelligence Headlines

Why Intelligence Keeps Failing (Herb Meyer) There isn’t a chance that these clowns will come up with the right answer, because they’re the problem. Simply put, the reason our intelligence service keeps failing to connect the dots is because the officials in charge don’t know how. And the blame lies squarely with President Obama — …

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2010/01/112010/01/11

Reference: Retired CIA officer–Fix the Agency

CNN Editor’s note: Charles S. Faddis is a retired CIA operations officer and the former head of the CIA’s unit focused on fighting terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction. The author of a recently published book about the CIA, “Beyond Repair,” Faddis is also president of Orion Strategic Services, a Maryland-based consulting firm. Phi Beta …

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