The Iraqi Perspectives Project report. A good read so far. Jump to page 183 for a nice eye-opener. 700 files out of at least 600,000 (assuming they mean just hardcopy). Sufficient to judge? Add in audio and video tape, computer…
Intelligence
Are They For Real?!
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Speaking of being gob-smacked, check out today’s WaPo editorial on the CIA leak case. If you can’t bear it, let me summarize: Leaking is bad unless they decide that it is good The CIA trying to mitigate the effect of…
Intelligence
Pay for Performance
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A good post at Secrecy News about changes in how intelligence officers are compensated. Perhaps it is because I can work like a fiend that I find the prospect of breaking free of the General Schedule so attractive. Knowing that…
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Getting Wiki With It
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Someone besides a General in Omaha talking about operating in the 21st Century: The intelligence community can learn from the behavior of ant colonies to improve information sharing — and it can use wikis and blogs, a CIA official said…
Information Security
Buccaneer.com
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INFOSEC Privateering as a Solution to Cyberspace Threats Overview The pace at which cyber threats are growing and evolving is exceeding the government’s ability to address them. The Internet is a major component of the engines of many national economies…
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It just hit me . . .
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. . . another reason why the polygraph isn’t a very good tool for screening out potential spies and leakers: Clearly the people who are leaking about Plame, the rendition program, NSA interceptions, etc. are in positions that require periodic…