Cole Porter, who understoodwitch hunts, would not be amusedby our president’s disregard of Americans’ right to be secure fromunwarranted government invasionof our personal lives. ‘Puter loves him some American standards, like Night and Day, sung by Ella Fitzgerald, which … Continue reading →
At last we now know what happened on September 11, 2012, in Benghazi. Press secretary Jay Carney explained it like this, if we put his statements in chronological order. A demonstration gathered outside the embassy, that quickly became a terror … Continue reading →
Island Dweller sent a private note that he probably would not want shared with anyone, but he brought up a subtopic within it that the Czar wanted to comment on. So naturally, we are printing the entire humiliating note. Try … Continue reading →
We’re all familiar with how the Obama Administration blames everyone else and hasn’t really stepped up and taken responsibility. This is the differentiation that should be made and it’s a hard one in the political realm to do because it … Continue reading →
Seen this story from Gizmodo that the TSA is rolling out a secret new scanner that can completely detail everything about you from 164 feet away??!!!Eleven+y one111?? Not coming soon to every airport or street corner you can think of. … Continue reading →
Since it appears that the Obama Administration doesn’t understand the word “recovery” and now doesn’t appear to understand the word, “secret”, we may need to look at their vocabulary skills. When you have a classified program that is working against … Continue reading →
So while the Congress kicked the can down the road for another month with the latest CR that was passed, there is a looming issue that our defense & intelligence sector faces if the “supercommittee”* doesn’t act soon. Various space initiatives … Continue reading →
Starting at some point after 2003, China began constructing some odd things in the Gobi desert. Gizmodo has a post that details a number of them. Most are in the same general area. Most appear to be surface level, as … Continue reading →
Here’s ‘Puter’s second post in the same day giving thanks. In this post, ‘Puter would like to say thank you to all the men and women in the United States intelligence community, as well as those of our allies. Working … Continue reading →
The WaPo continues the lame expose series on the Intelligence Community and its workforce today. There is little to add (as it’s another 16 slides of the same stuff ‘Puter covered below) but I will dispute the following: The idea … Continue reading →
That’s short for “masters of the obvious,” which is an apt description for the authors of the giant bag of nothing the Washington Post features on page one today. The giant bag of nothing is an investigation by Dana Priest … Continue reading →
Operative GD writes in (quickly, but we know our loyal operatives wait with baited breath for the next missive from the Castle) with some observations about the intel business: I think another significant issue with our current intel effort is … Continue reading →
Brad Thor over at Big Journalism makes some interesting and accurate points about portions of our intelligence system. However, after reading it, there is one glaring issue that he left unvoiced. Specifically, the field of engagement has changed. We are … Continue reading →
The Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, has amassed evidence of a sophisticated Iranian nuclear weapons program that continued beyond 2003. This usually classified information comes courtesy of Germany’s highest state-security court. In a 30-page legal opinion on March 26 … Continue reading →
You know you’ve got to fix something when Joe Biden is arbitrating interagency conflicts. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Looks like he’s got his own law-enforcement-paradigm intel reform up his sleeve. And the big loser? The CIA. Prepare for big-time bureaucratic war. The Obama administration is preparing a grand downgrading of the Central Intelligence Agency’s lead role in the … Continue reading →
More importantly, though, accountability will never occur because it is not possible to pin down responsible managers at the CIA. The CIA’s chain of command is octopus-like, doubling back upon itself. Like relationships in a polygamist compound, a person’s uncle … Continue reading →
As your Volgi has mentioned, he believes fairly extensive reform of “the intelligence community” is a critical part of revitalizing American foreign policy in a more capable, reactive, informed fashion. Here’s an interesting suggestion for the DO (or whatever it’s … Continue reading →
(Click for a larger picture)A lot has been made about how smart POTUS Obama is. He’s made references in the past, both in the primaries and the campaign about how important our intelligence services are to national security. Sure, there … Continue reading →
Friend of the Gormogons, Leinenkugel fancier, and rabid Capitals fan Steven F. Hayes writes: All of which raises an interesting question: Was Leon Panetta hired primarily to oversee the dismantling of the CIA? I suspect not, given that bureaucratic reform … Continue reading →
That the Pyongyang-Damascus-Tehran nuclear axis went undetected and unacknowledged for so long is an intelligence failure of the highest magnitude. It represents a plain unwillingness to allow hard truths to overcome well-entrenched policy views disguised as intelligence findings. Confucius, Œc. … Continue reading →
America needs a good, functional intelligence community now more than ever. With the fiscal problems looming, there is cause for concern for instability and aggression from a variety of fronts. One only has to look back at some of the … Continue reading →
As a brief follow up to this story, and without going into details, I do want to say that I’ve seen promise for various elements of the IC (Intelligence Community). Several agencies are suffering a generational continuity gap and parts … Continue reading →
