Monday, June 28, 2010

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 28, 2010


9 Years In, U.S. Finally Tries To Get A Grip On Warzone Contractors -- The Danger Room

More good news from Afghanistan: the U.S. military has no idea where the billions it’s spending on warzone contractors is actually ending up. And nine years into the war, the Pentagon has barely started the long, laborious process of figuring it out.

Rear Admiral Kathleen Dussault just arrived in Kabul about a week and a half ago as the commander of Task Force 2010, a new unit established to ensure that the military’s dependence on contractors for everything from laundry to armed security doesn’t end up undermining Afghanistan’s stability in the process.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Major Defense Acquisition Shakeup Coming -- Defense Tech

Carter To Talk With Industry, Program Leaders At Acquisition Summit
-- Defense News

Australia Revisiting Defence Industrial Policy -- Defense Industry Daily

The Navy’s New Look Pt 1 -- New Wars

Another U.S. Skipper Gets Tossed -- Startegy Page

Russian Carrier-Killer Visits San Francisco -- War Is Boring

Coming to a Theater Near You: Air-to-Air Missile Defense -- Aviation Week

Military Video Surveillance Systems Market 2010-2020 -- Report Linker

Obama Seeks Russian Collaboration on Missile Defense -- Global Security Newswire

GAO Oversight of Intel Agencies in Dispute -- Secrecy News

No good info on bin Laden for years: CIA's Panetta -- Reuters

Blackwater plunged into controversy again
-- Washington Post

Iran accuses CIA of waging psychological warfare -- AFP

Russia alarmed by CIA view of Iran's weapons
-- Reuters

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