The Director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell, released the new U.S. Counterintelligence Strategy for 2007 this week. Its pretty predictable what the main goals are: Secure the Nation Against Foreign Espionage and Electronic Penetration Protect the Integrity of the US Intelligence System Support National Policy and Decisions Protect US Economic Advantage, Trade Secrets and Know […]
March 2007
As someone whos spent a lot of time in the hull of an amtrac, I absolutely love this one. Defense Industry Daily reports the Corps has signed a contract with L3 Communications to install thermal sights on their amtrac fleet. The article touts the thermal sights capability over the current light intensification scope. And if […]
On Monday, DT posted a detailed after action report from the influential and thoughtful former Army general and SouthCom commander Barry McCaffrey on his mid-February visit to Afghanistan. We now have the report he complied on his mid-March visit to Iraq. Media reports have focused on the comments portending disaster in Iraq and justifiably so. […]
“It appears we have appointed our worst generals to command forces, and our most gifted and brilliant to edit newspapers. In fact, I discovered by reading newspapers that these editor/geniuses plainly saw all my strategic defects from the start, yet failed to inform me until it was too late. “Accordingly , I’m readily willing to […]
Heres the latest passdown from the intel analysts over at Stratfor on the power plays going on in al Qaedas leadership. Its interesting to note the analysis comes on the heels of our last post describing the stalemate in Iraq and other fronts in the GWOT as spoiling attacks. Could the Shiia/Sunni sectarian struggle erupting […]
