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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.

And More Progress

On April 3, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld issued a directive to establish a Joint Intelligence Operations Center at DoD's Defense Intelligence Agency, at each unified combatant command and at U.S. Forces Korea, ...

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Even a little progress . . .

. . . is still progress A year into a broad overhaul of U.S. intelligence operations, top officials said Thursday they have gained greater confidence in their intelligence assessments, in part by incorporating dissenting views into ...

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Clearance? We don’t need no stinking clearance

The head of a private research company has challenged the director of national intelligence to an information duel. Robert David Steele Vivas, the chief executive officer of Open Source Solutions, is a longtime proponent of improving ...

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Mother, not whore

I’m reading about and occasionally watching snippets of the illegal immigration protests going on around the country. Looking at the crowds I am reminded of the deer hunting drives of my youth and wonder why ...

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Their Kung Fu is Strong

A key component of China's information warfare expertise comes from a group called the "Red Hackers Alliance," which identifies itself as "a network security research organization made up of Chinese patriotic hackers," U.S. officials say. ...

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Amazing

How this made it into print is beyond me (it isn’t but I like to pretend to be indignant). Lots of movement but it is more flailing than dancing. Perhaps the master of the online ...

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Inexcusable!

Not the reporting – the carelessness. A computer drive sold openly Wednesday at a bazaar outside the U.S. air base here holds what appears to be a trove of potentially sensitive American intelligence data, including the ...

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HLS: Serious or Not Serious VIII

Something I alluded to before but since has been exposed to new light: A computer failure that hobbled border-screening systems at airports across the country last August occurred after Homeland Security officials deliberately held back a ...

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School Safety

CHICAGO - Most schools' emergency plans are outdated, especially against technologies like the Internet and cell phones, safety experts said Friday. Districts that don't review and update plans for a terrorist attack or shooting rampage won't ...

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Save it for the Team Room

Eric Haney has made much out of his time as a member of Delta Force, America's clandestine counterterrorism outfit. Way too much, according to former Delta Force officers and operators, who say Haney has embellished his ...

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