Monday, October 18, 2010

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 18, 2010

The Decline Of The Independent CIA -- Baltimore Sun

Presidents — including Obama — have corrupted or ignored intelligence estimates

President Harry S. Truman created the Central Intelligence Agency in 1947 to ensure that the policy community would have access to independent intelligence analysis that was free of the advocacy of the Department of State and Department of Defense. The CIA's most important analytic mission was the production of national intelligence estimates (NIEs) and assessments that tracked significant political and military developments and provided premonitory intelligence on looming threats and confrontations.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

French carrier needs weeks of repairs before Afghan mission -- Expatica

Reckoning in London -- Aviation Week

ANALYSIS - Harrier, Tornado in battle royal over UK cuts
-- Reuters

Turkey faces tough call on NATO missile shield -- Defence Talk

Israeli Plans to Buy F-35s Moving Forward -- Defense Industry Daily

France desires closer military relations with India
-- French Tribune

U.S. Seeks Billions in India Deals -- Wall Street Jounal

Taiwan Goes Its Own Way in UAV Development -- Defpro

NATO near adoption of U.S. missile shield -- Washington Post

Questions Rise On JAGM Missile -- DoD Buzz

LockMart To Continue Maritime Surveillance Systems Contract For For Sub War -- Space War

Coder for CIA: Drone Targeting Software ‘Far From Ready’ -- The Danger Room

Information Warfare: Mighty Microsoft Mauls The Zombie Menace
-- Strategy Page

DoD Braces For Release of 400K Secret Reports -- Military.com

Obama at the center of the storm over gays in the military -- USA Today

Clint Eastwood and Leon Panetta's semi-secret CIA dinner -- Washington Post

Former CIA director speaks out -- SF Examiner

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Retired JCS chairman General Hugh Shelton reveals plan by Clinton official to allow shoot down of U-2 by Iraq as a pretext for war.... Sounds more like a dry run for the False Flag attacks of 9/11... No wonder Bill Clinton said "How dare you!" to someone who asked him about 9/11 being an inside job. Republicans and Democrats = make it happen on purpose parties that must disappear into the chasm of failed political parties...