The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Recurring Themes: 1) US Intelligence Community does not actually “know” where Iran is on nuclear, where Yemen is on Al Qaeda, where the Taliban is on Afghanistan….the list is long. 2) CIA and DoJ ares out of control on assessments and investigations–or they are consistently politicized. One or the other, which is it? 3) Terrorism …
Phi Beta Iota: The report observes that we lack both indicators and the ability to share information about indicators across boundaries. More disturbing to us from a public intelligence perspective is the report’s unwillingess to address the cognitive dissonance that led to the break-down of an educated multi-cultural field grade officer in the U.S. Army.
NOTE: This offering ends 9 Feb 10 unless we can find a volunteer to do once a week. Hot Topics AA: How the OSCE Can Contribute to Energy Security 01/12/10 AA: Islamists Press Jordan to Stop Aiding US Forces in Afghanistan 01/13/10 EG: Liaison Office to Cairo (LOC) Change of Command 01/14/10 EG: Over 100 …
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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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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 …
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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 …
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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