Graphic: President and Humanity
Forthcoming in Strategic Studies Institute Mongraph on Human Intelligence (HUMINT) approved for publication by CIA and DoD. In the interim, can be seen at www.oss.net/HUMINT.
Worth a Look: Citizen Science
Citizen science is a term used for projects or ongoing program of scientific work in which individual volunteers or networks of volunteers, many of whom may have no specific scientific training, perform or manage research-related tasks such as observation, measurement or computation. The use of citizen-science networks often allows scientists to accomplish research objectives more …
Review: Peace–A History of Movements and Ideas
An Utterly Superb Intellectual Contribution–a Major New Reference January 10, 2010 David Cortright This book is a gift to humanity, a foundational reference of such extraorindary value that I earnestly believe it should be required reading for every single liberal arts program in the world, and used as a core book in all graduate international …
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Journal: What Al Qaeda Et Al Can and Cannot Do
The Meaning Of Al Qaeda’s Double Agent: The jihadists are showing impressive counterintelligence ability that the CIA seems to have underestimated. Wall Street Journal Reuel Marc Gerecht January 8, 2010 [safety copy of entire piece below the fold] Amid the Hysteria, A Look at What al-Qaeda Can’t Do TIME Magazine By Peter Beinart Monday, Jan. 18, …
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Journal: From Europe on Muslim Blow-Back
Al-Badawi states that attack on CIA officials on December 30 was a revenge attack for the death of Baitullah Mehsud From Jihadist Blogger to Suicide Bomber Updated | 4:15 p.m. As my colleague Stephen Farrell reports on Saturday, the Jordanian suicide bomber who killed eight intelligence officers at a C.I.A. base in Afghanistan last month …
Journal: CIA’s Poor Tradecraft AND Poor Management
The CIA is proud to be on the front lines against al-Qaeda By Leon Panetta Sunday, January 10, 2010; A13 . . . . . . . We have found no consolation, however, in public commentary suggesting that those who gave their lives somehow brought it upon themselves because of “poor tradecraft.” That’s like saying …
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Reference: WH CT Summary, POTUS Directive, DNI Blurb
EDIT of 9 Jan 10: Note seven comments from retired senior officers. Critique of the CT Summary for the White House This is a negligent piece of work that fails to include all that is known merely from open sources of information, but more importantly its judgments are misdirected. This incident remains incompletely investigated until …
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