In another story that may not make the White House happy, The New York Times on Sunday reported that it had obtained what it calls "a sharply worded letter" by a top Republican sent to President Bush …
Tasting Our Own Ice Cream (Updates)
A friend from the biz used to say that after a few days out of the office he would delete any emails or other messages older than 72 hours old; odds are that whatever was being discussed prior to that …
“Top” must mean something different there
The FBI's National Security Branch, which leads the war on terrorism, is on its sixth director in four years. [former chief Gary] Bald lasted just eight months. Chris Swicker, the head of the bureau's …
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Definately Not Serious
A government consultant, using computer programs easily found on the Internet, managed to crack the FBI's classified computer system and gain the passwords of 38,000 employees, including that of FBI …
The iBigot List
Teri O’Brien at The American Thinker considers the impact that Apple-like compartmentalization would have on . . . well . . . the IC: So, I think [DNI Negroponte] should resign, and President Bush …
Ever Forward
Charlie is on the job: Years without an intelligence strategy to secure U.S. borders resulted in uncoordinated and sometimes incomplete threat information about immigrants, a top counterterrorism …
Discarding an Important Tool
Given a chance to cut back on future leaks, the Senate balks: The U.S. Senate has refused to protect whistleblowers in intelligence agencies. The Senate last week passed a markedly different version …
Intelligence Reporting: Is “Good Enough” Good Enough?
To say that I am on the anti-secrets-publication bandwagon would be something of an understatement, but while listening to various editors and reporters on the radio talking about the rightness or …
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Haste Makes Waste
Nearly five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security continue to clash over who is in charge of coordinating and vetting information on terrorism. As a …
So Much Data . . .
. . . so little privacy: Almost every piece of personal information that Americans try to keep secret -- including bank account statements, e-mail messages and telephone records -- is semi-public and …