Top intel analyst: Pakistan new home base for Al Qaeda
Tom Fingar, the deputy director of national intelligence for analysis, is delivering a “global security assessment” to the House Armed Services Committee today. In his prepared remarks, just released,...
View ArticleIntelligence Estimate: No new news…but one intriguing message
There are no real surprises in the unclassified “key judgments” of a new National Intelligence Estimate on terrorism, out this morning. Most of the important assessments of the 16 intelligence agencies...
View ArticleMessage to Mush: We’re coming.
Since the release of the new intelligence estimate on Al Qaeda Tuesday, the one that concluded the terrorist group has revitalized itself in the lawless hinterlands of Pakistan, intelligence analysts I...
View ArticleUPDATE: US could strike "actionable targets" in Pakistan
White House spokesman Tony Snow told reporters this morning that President Bush has not ruled out military action in Pakistan’s tribal areas against Taliban and Al Qaeda forces. Aboard Air Force One,...
View ArticleKilling Osama: Or, How the CIA Got Its Groove Back
What a difference two years, a couple hundred drone strikes, and killing Osama bin Laden make. With the news that a CIA-led operation ended the life of the world’s most wanted man, the long-embattled...
View ArticleFrom the Team that Brought You Blackwater Comes…Jellyfish
A new private intelligence outfit, formed by ex-Blackwater execs and former team members of the pre-9/11 Able Danger program, says it has human sources inside the Muslim Brotherhood and Iran. Check out...
View ArticleThe Diane Rehm Show: Drones and counterterrorism strategy
I was a guest today on The Diane Rehm Show, discussing drones and the future of the United States’ strategy to fight terrorism. We also discussed what drones mean for the future of war and when drones...
View ArticleOut of the Loop: The Human-Free Future of Drone Aircraft
As aircraft and weapons have become more precise, human beings have become less essential to the conduct of war. The rise of unmanned aerial vehicles, more commonly known as drones, promises to push...
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