(The retooled, recycled version of the earlier post mentioned. Periodical option fell through so baby goes shoeless this month ;-) ) After General Michael Hayden was nominated by President Bush for …
Achtung!
For all the screaming mimis . . . this is how it works in a REAL police state. …
Imagine That (NSA Revelations)
From ABC: Americans by nearly a 2-1 ratio call the surveillance of telephone records an acceptable way for the federal government to investigate possible terrorist threats, expressing broad unconcern …
NSA Expose
Scary piece on NSA's supposed evils in USA Today this morning. Will have a more thorough treatment up later today, but in the mean time, allow me to do my bit for the environment and recycle another …
Changing Strategies
Who here ever heard of DOCEX prior to the release of the West Point report? Prior to the IDA study? Prior to Steve Hayes writing about it throughout last year? That’s what I thought. You couldn’t …
On Morale
I swear, if I read one more story about sinking morale in the CIA due to the “supremacy” of the DNI, I’m going to . . . blog some more! People I know on the inside are cautiously optimistic. They’ve …
Cut the Bull Shitake
(H/T to Guy Kawasaki) Some refreshing comments from the business world on how not to do things. "Escape from Cubicle Nation" - doesn't get much better than that. Could be used in individual agency …
Higher Learning
Likely to be lost in the FLAILCON 2 environment surrounding the nomination of Gen Hayden for DCIA: U.S. intelligence czar John Negroponte this week announced the appointment of a new chancellor for …
What is in Store II
Prize-winner Dana Priest points out what some expect Hayden’s strategy to be: Former and current intelligence officers say Goss never had a strategic plan for improving spying on terrorist networks. …
What is in Store?
Most reports on intel reform over the last few days center on the perceived ills that face the CIA if a military man takes charge. I’ve already pointed out that the DCIA doesn’t report to the SECDEF …