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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.

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy

After the cake is gone and everyone has left the garbage behind, get your context here. In other words: don't start packing your bags just yet.

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Time for Another Vote

GroupIntel Forum members are reminded to check out the site and help predict Iranian bomb developments. If you are not a Forum member please think about joining. Aliases are fine, the important thing is a more ...

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Senator of the Week

It would appear that a “Bear” has been lurking in Connecticut: A senior Republican lawmaker on Wednesday called for removing the nation's center for publicly available intelligence from the CIA, arguing that it not adequately supported ...

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Indicators

Muslims blow up US military barracks Muslims attempt to blow up the World Trade Center Muslims bomb US Embassies Muslims blow a hole in a US Navy ship Muslims destroy the World Trade Center and blow a ...

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The Happy Face is Watching You

Wal-Mart's ability to crunch numbers is a favorite of conspiracy theorists, and its data centers are the corporate counterpart to Area 51 at Groom Lake in the state of Nevada. According to one consumer activist, ...

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Blissfully Unaware

It was a beautiful spring day at the Edina Art Fair. Some quite good and plenty of really bad “art” and the diet-blowing menu of brats, fried cheese curds, cherry lemonade, all ridiculously overpriced but ...

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Euro View on Snooping

(Hat Tip to Bruce Schneier . . . naturally) I have been waiting for someone to tackle this topic from the European point of view: Had a European government, instead of the Bush administration, created the NSA’s ...

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Faster (patrol boats), Please

Via Geostrategy Direct (subscription): The Iran navy has procured hundreds of fast patrol boats as part of what is believed to be a swarm strategy to overcome the firepower of U.S. cruisers and destroyers. Gulf analysts said ...

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DHS Runs Out of Pork Loin (Update & Bump Up)

The Department of Homeland Security yesterday slashed anti-terrorism money for Washington and New York, part of an immediately controversial decision to reduce grant funds for major urban areas in the Northeast while providing more to ...

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Imagine That!

They have a plan, they have a pattern . . . Armed with details of billions of telephone calls, the National Security Agency used phone records linked to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks to create a ...

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