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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.

Here comes the judge

Via AEI: Judge Posner weighs in on the state of IC reform. Some highlights: The fundamental cause of the ambitious reorganization of the intelligence community that we are living through is not, I believe, some deep ...

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HLS: Serious or Not Serious VII

When 22 Chinese nationals let themselves out of a cramped and smelly cargo container at the Port of Seattle last week, it ended their dangerous and costly two-week trip from Shanghai. But after a few ...

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This is a bad thing how, exactly?

Mr. Ricks is shocked, shocked, to find influence campaigns going on here: The U.S. military is conducting a propaganda campaign to magnify the role of the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, according to internal military documents ...

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What is Wrong with Amateurs?

Captain Ed takes a little initiative (and a hit in the wallet) to drive the point home. IBD has the right spirit, but wrong on methodology. The gov't lacks the resources and the motivation. There are ...

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A different take on document exploitation

Hat tip to John Robb Finally, a media outlet that doesn’t have a problem with amateurs exploiting captured material: BAGRAM, Afghanistan — No more than 200 yards from the main gate of the sprawling U.S. base ...

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Where is the shop steward?

"You know what Justice Black used to say? Flexibility is mush." With that quip, Judge A. Raymond Randolph cut into the opening statement of the government's lawyer, who was defending new workplace rules at the Department ...

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Always Out Front

Senior Pentagon officials are poised to implement a sweeping overhaul of how each combatant command carries out joint intelligence operations, using U.S. Central Command as a template for streamlining battlefield data collection and analysis, according ...

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Get a handle on it

Update: GCN updated their story today - after I posted - to point out that while the investigation continues, the charges against Mr. Lynch were dropped. My comments on the basic security aspect of this ...

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HLS: Serious or Not Serious III-VI

Fox, welcome to the hen house. Zorro, recepción a la casa de la gallina. We're looking, but we're not seeing. On the immigration bill "compromise" . . . let me see if I get this right: the longer ...

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