Airline security is an extremely important issue not only to passengers but also to the entire aviation industry. Numerous deficiencies were highlighted post 9/11 and security was duly tightened with …
Feds target gangs in crackdown
The proliferation of what the Department of Homeland Security characterizes as "transnational, violent street gangs" throughout the United States has compelled federal, state, and local law …
Interoperability still plagues DHS
Both the 9/11 terrorist attacks and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina revealed the importance of interoperable communications. During his March 8, 2006 Senate testimony Richard Skinner said, ?during …
Low Speed, High Drag
A classified Pentagon study analyzing the effectiveness of Special Operations forces has found that the military's counterterrorism effort is hampered by bureaucratic duplication, officials said, …
No deadline = No success
The intelligence community -- comprising 16 government agencies -- plans to take the first steps this year toward pulling its tens of thousands of employees into a common pay system. The IC … …
Their Kung Fu is Strong
"It takes a network to defeat a network," (Army BG Mark] Kimmitt, U.S. Central Command's deputy director for plans and strategy, said at a State Department Foreign Press Center briefing. "To defeat …
You have got to be s****** me (Update)
In light of this, is there any reason to think that this has a chance (despite all the “steps being taken”)? I mean, I wish them well, but . . . Weigh in yourself at the GroupIntel forum (predictive …
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Forest for the trees
I count myself as a cautious admirer. I admire because I’m confident that he’s pointing the way towards the future (has been for some time); cautious because while we’ve never met and I’ve never heard …
The green in the badge stands for money
[Contract intelligence] positions and thousands like them are part of a growing trend at the Pentagon to contract out intelligence jobs that were formerly done primarily by service personnel and civil …
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An Army of Analysts (Scroll for Update)
My latest article on the document issue is up at the Daily Standard. As mentioned in the text the Blog swarm on GITMO detainee docs is being run by Captain's Quarters. Head here if you are not …
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