Hacktivists Strike Back…Egypt Facebook Hero…

‘Hacktivists’ retaliate against security expert By Joseph Menn in San Francisco Financial Times February 7 2011 22:53 The cyber-activist group Anonymous reacted quickly over the weekend to infiltration by a US security analyst, hacking into his personal online accounts and computers and distributing thousands of e-mails and other documents. The attack embarrassed researcher Aaron Barr, …

Obama to Clapper: “Disappointed.” Duh.

UPDATED to ADD USMC NIT 1991 & 3 articles. In 1991 the Marine Corps proposed a redirection of National Intelligence Topics (NIT) toward the Third World and Global Coverage.  Here is what was proposed and refused, following upon General Al Gray’s article, “Global Intelligence Challenges in the 1990’s“: Reference: USMC Proposed Alternative National Intelligence Topics …

Central Asia–Failed States in the Making

Central Asia: Decay and Decline International Crisis Group Report 201 3 Feb 2011 Quietly but steadily Central Asia’s basic human and physical infrastructure – the roads, power plants, hospitals and schools and the last generation of Soviet-trained specialists who have kept this all running – is disappearing. The equipment is wearing out, the personnel retiring …