Installing radiation detectors at U.S. entry points is taking too long and costing too much, says a congressional watchdog agency whose undercover investigators breached security by slipping nuclear material into the United States. In a test last year, the small amounts of cesium-137, which is used in industrial gauges, triggered radiation alarms in Texas and…

According to FBI chief information officer Zalmai Azmi, the agency lacks the funds necessary to deploy essential technology, such as e-mail, for its investigators. Azmi said the bureau’s annual budget of $10 billion for unclassified networks barely covers costs and can only provide e-mail for 22,000 of its 30,000 employees. The FBI has set up…

Commentary on the released docs from beyond the grave.

Did I mention that the gargoyles are here?

If you or someone you know is up on naval history – in particular piracy issues – from the1700-1800s, please drop me a line. Working on a little side writing project and need some expertise. You can be as anonymous as you want to be.

On the road the last few days meeting up with some old colleagues and hanging with the Agora (thanks all). The real computer security threat in the Pacific Northwest? The static charge released when two hundred computer security experts in an auditorium remove their fleece jackets at the same time. Got about four days of…

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, citing in particular an overlap between new government centers. The study also found evidence of broad resistance to the Special Operations Command’s new counterterrorism role, from regional military commands and…

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 … operates with a patchwork of pay rules that makes it difficult for intelligence agencies to share, reassign and recruit employees, according to…

“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 this organization we must have a network that is more adept, more capable and more lithe.” Reason #197 why I need to start…

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 analysis). Update: RN writes . . . I don’t know what is worse; the sadness I…