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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.

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The House Intelligence Committee on Thursday rejected a proposal to withhold money from the National Security Agency if the White House did not reveal information about the cost of the agency's warrantless surveillance program. In a ...

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Back to School

When FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III went before a House subcommittee Tuesday to explain the Bureau's budget request, one of the success stories he gave involved Mercyhurst College. Two FBI employees are enrolled in ...

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Rudderless Ship

Former CIA spy hunter Paul Redmond, who helped catch notorious Moscow mole Aldrich Ames, has withdrawn from consideration to become the Bush administration's top counterspy, U.S. intelligence officials say. Mr. Redmond had been selected ...

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Yellow: The New Blue

A bipartisan push on Capitol Hill to strip the hue from the government's color-coded terrorist alert system is gaining momentum. A package of legislation moving through the House eliminates the Department of Homeland Security's use of ...

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Here Comes the Judge

True this: In Posner's analysis, the director of national intelligence (DNI), created by Congress to be the president's top intelligence adviser, was given too much to do. DNI John D. Negroponte oversees the CIA and 15 ...

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DHS: Bleeding Out

The Homeland Security Department is losing top managers and rank-and-file employees in a brain drain that could affect morale and the nation's safety, according to members of Congress and labor experts. Homeland Security is "hemorrhaging on ...

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Rocky Mountain High

". . . Colorado . . ." The idea that a whole lot of people all checking each other can converge on acceptably accurate results, and do it faster than a few experts, is relatively new. ...

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This is what happens . . .

. . . when the “pros” can’t be bothered to do the job properly: The top US general this week suggested that the Pentagon had not adequately vetted documents that allege Russia passed intelligence about ...

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Modern Chinese Secret (gathering)

A U.S. State Department purchase of more than 15,000 computers made by Lenovo Group of China is starting to draw criticism, in the latest sign of American unease about the role of foreign companies in ...

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Go Eliot, Go!

Sometimes the most useful information is in plain sight—as long as you know where to look for it. . . . and “One of the non-negotiables I will impose [is single sign-on],” Jardines said. “We ...

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