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Outlaw 09,

Defense One is rather behind the times here IMHO. The transfer of strategies, tactics and equipment from the military in the USA, after their development and use in COIN has been around...

From The Economist a review of Edward Epstein's new book; it ends with:
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James Bamford, author on the NSA from a long time ago IIRC, has a long, detailed review of General Hayden and his...

General Hayden gave a speech recently, plus a Q&A (1hr video), which caused a few ripples on Twitter, possibly for this:The conference summary refers...

This article by Professor Thomas Rid, Kings War Studies, is notable, even if some of the opening lines are based on the Paris attackers planner ebing in Syria, not France or was it Belguim?

A...

The transcript of the interview has appeared and it has several passages of...

Snowden has been interviewed in Moscow by the BBC's Peter Taylor for thirty minutes; the introduction says:
Alas the programme has been archived, it maybe on YouTube, but I have not looked.

An essay in Lawfare by a computer security SME; towards the end:
Link:https://www.lawfareblog.com/contempt-bulk-surveillance-its-too-easy

Yesterday, in the last post, I said:

Then today a tweet arrived from Duncan Campbell, an investigative journalist with a long history of exposing intelligence matters officialdom here would prefer...

The debate in the UK on intelligence post-Snowden continues, although usually away from the media foreground and as this article by a critic explains there has been a lot going on in legal...

Two reports on what some IIRC had suspected. From the most comprehensive USA today report, which starts...

A somewhat surprising report ex-DHS head says:
Link:http://motherboard.vice.com/en_ca/read/the-man-who-crafted-the-patriot-act-now-supports-your-right-to-encrypt-data

Professor Sir David Omand has written a short commentary, it reflects his years as an "insider" and his studies since. He remains a stalwart defender of what GCHQ in particular has been...

I am sure the Snowden debate will continue, partly as there is disagreement over his motivation, his choice of partners, a pending film I think and whether the damage caused has really affected...

AdamG,

I am not convinced that the apparent lack of intelligence on current ISIS activity, as distinct from information - much of it on social media - is the same as the intelligence required to...

I too have wondered why state hi-tech agencies (not all intell) appear to rarely combat common, public issues. After a couple of encounters I suspect they are simple 'not for purpose' and their...

Professor John Schindler offers an assessment:http://20committee.com/2014/07/15/the-snowden-operation-assessing-the-damage/

He ends with:

Link:http://opendemocracy.net/william-binney-anthony-barnett/%E2%80%9Cwe-had-to-wait-for-snowden-for-proof%E2%80%9D-exchange-with-william-binney

Published on the first anniversary of Snowden's revelations (and defection IMHO) an exchange between ret'd General Michael Hayden, NSA Director 1999-2005 & CIA Director 2006-2009 and a UK-based...

It is far more than traffic analysis. An interesting short article, the title is a clue 'How the NSA Can Use Metadata to Predict Your Personality'. There's a link to an academic paper, which IMHO...

Sometimes it is hard to keep up with the flow of articles on what Snowden has "leaked" and the consequences, so here are two that warrant reading.

A CSM columnist weighs into the claims made by...

Watcher in the Middle makes points that few in government either side of the Atlantic and beyond want to see publicly in the foreground.

One issue that appeared in late 2013 in the UK and swiftly...

Not a headline I expected to see in The Guardian:

Link:http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/06/nsa-tailored-access-operations-privacy

Two points are made of note IMHO:

The...

Lawrence Wright weighs in, a short article and a salutary reminder that the CIA & NSA had the data pre-9/11, they didn't share...

Peter Bergen has a lengthy riposte to the suggestion of more data.




Link:http://us.cnn.com/2013/12/30/opinion/bergen-nsa-surveillance-september-11/index.html?