On March 13, 2015 John O. Brennan, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency spoke about the CIA’s global mission at the Council on Foreign Relations event. During his speech I was struck by some of the director’s comments concerning ISIL (AKA: “The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant “). Here is what he had to […]
US no longer targets individuals solely on the basis of their membership in the Taliban?
With the transition to Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, many people may be surprised to know that “the United States is no longer engaged in a combat mission in Afghanistan, and the Afghan government is responsible for its own internal security.” As President Obama announced in May 2014, the current U.S. objectives in Afghanistan are to “disrupt […]
“We are engaged in a low level but intense new kind of Cold War – a Cyber War!” warns Rep. Connolly
The other day I was watching the June 24, 2015 CSPAN coverage of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Katherine Archuleta and other government officials and vendors testified at the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s second hearing on the cause and extent of a data breach of the OPM information systems. I was […]
President’s National Insider Threat Policy signed in 2012 still “not being fully implemented across the intelligence community”, report notes
Contained within the pages of a Senate Select Intelligence report 114-8, dated in March 2015 is an explanation on the efforts currently under way by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ONDI) to deal with the ongoing threat posed by insiders, like US Army private Bradley Manning who leaked millions of documents through Wikileaks (https://wikileaks.org/index.en.html ). Toward this […]
Putin meets with members of Russia’s Security Council, including his top spy master to discuss US espionage activities in Europe
On June 25, 2015 President Vladimir Putin held a briefing session with members of the Russian Permanent Security Council in Moscow. The Security Council of the Russian Federation (SCRF) (Russian: Совет Безопасности Российской Федерации) is a consultative body of the Russian President that works out the President’s decisions on national security affairs. Composed of key […]
“So I say to my Senate colleagues, respectfully–and I mean that–stop banging your heads against the wall”, said Senator Reid
On June 25, 2015 Senator Harry Reid of Nevada asked permission to address the United States Senate regarding the Affordable Care Act and Republican’s attempts to repeal or weaken the law, which was just upheld by the Supreme Court on June 25, 2015: “Mr. President, today in this great country of ours the Affordable Care […]
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