AFIO: Bizarre System of Hiring Intelligence Contractors

The Bizarre System of Hiring Intelligence Contractors Joshua Foust – Joshua Foust is a fellow at the American Security Project and the author of Afghanistan Journal: Selections from Registan.net. The Atlantic, 20 September 2011 This morning I testified at the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs’ Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the …

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. – – – …

Review: Top Secret America – The Rise of the New American Security State

Dana Priest and William M. Arkin 5.0 out of 5 stars 6 Stars–A Nation-Changing Public Mind Opener of a Book,September 2, 2011 I generally take a very jaundiced view of books that emerge from Washington Post columns I have already read, but this book surprised, engages, and out-performs the columns by such a leap that …