Interesting development:

[…] OMB has given a green light for the creation of an Open Source Agency as proposed by Congressman Simmons, strictly contingent on the DNI’s blessing of that agency being outside the wire in order to be fully effective with all those who do not wish to cooperate with an element of the secret intelligence community.  General Mike Hayden and General Dale Meyerrose are fully informed and have been asked to recommend to the DNI that we be allowed to proceed.  At the links dated today you will find the OMB issue paper (the major change is that Congressman Simmons no longer supports an OSA inside the wire, as our newest book documents).  We have in hand a 100 day start up plan, and we have in hand the 20 member corporate team that can have this agency up and running within 100 days.

Steele is a pitbull who has locked his jaws on this and related issues for almost two decades. Persistance seems to have paid off. Tracking . . .

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Michael Tanji

Michael Tanji spent nearly 20 years in the US intelligence community. Trained in both SIGINT and HUMINT disciplines he has worked at the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and the National Reconnaissance Office. At various points in his career he served as an expert in information warfare, computer network operations, computer forensics, and indications and warning. A veteran of the US Army, Michael has served in both strategic and tactical assignments in the Pacific Theater, the Balkans, and the Middle East.