Journal: Taliban Launches Broad “Tet Offensive”

Below is a perspective on Taliban and Nato operations viewed through an Afghan’s lens.  Chuck Taliban Sense Weakness in NATO WEST DISPLAYS A LACK OF “BARAKA” by Matthew Nasuti Kabul Press, 25 February 2010 The real story has been taking place in Afghanistan during the past two months. Last month the Taliban began attacking large …

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, …

Journal: CIA as Poster Child For Dull US Intelligence

Terrorism Fight Requires Intelligence Accountability (Senator John Kerry) Frankly, we don’t need more commissions or bureaucracies. We do need intelligence professionals and their managers who are committed to a new culture of quality, cooperation, and accountability. Two attacks highlight counterterrorism’s bureaucratic bog (David Ignatius) Talking to veteran counterterrorism officers, I hear a common theme that …

Journal: Death of CIA Personnel in Afghanistan

UPDATE: Journal: CIA’s Poor Tradecraft AND Poor Management UPDATE:  Bomber was Jordanian doctor & Jordanian intelligence asset Phi Beta Iota: This keeps getting worse.  We wonder if CIA contractors get stars on the wall–4 employees including the one who was over-ruled by Berger, Tenet, and Brennen in taking Bin Laden out unilaterally; 3 guards, and …