Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 25, 2012


CIA Ramps Up Intelligence Operation To Keep Pace With Syria Developments -- FOX News

Faced with a frustrating vacuum of intelligence on the situation in Syria, the Central Intelligence Agency is beefing up efforts here at home hoping to address that void, sources tell Fox News.

The CIA is bringing in as many analysts as possible and asking them to work longer hours than usual -- aiming to have more eyes and ears on the situation 24 hours a day. A CIA task force assigned specifically to Syria is "working round the clock" to dig up as much intelligence as they can about current developments on the ground and likely scenarios should President Bashar al-Assad's regime collapse, according to a senior intelligence official.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Hezbollah claims they vanquished the CIA and Mossad -- Examiner

Pakistan spy agency chief to tell CIA: End drone strikes; ID targets for us to attack -- CNN

Don't Believe The Hype About China's 'Carrier-Killer' Missile -- Business Insider

Syrian Rebels Might Not Give Up Assad’s Chemical Arms -- Danger Room

Indian Navy Flight Ops Moving Forward
-- Defense Tech

Not aware of any potential sale of F-22 to India: Pentagon
-- Deccan Herald

UK, France agree on more military cooperation
-- Reuters

Medvedev Calls for Faster Rearmament
-- RIA Novosti

Turkish Army's Economic Might Under Growing Scrutiny -- Voice of America

Counter-Piracy "Big Three" Meet At Sea -- Maritime Executive

Initial F-16 Order Placed for Iraqi Air Force -- Defense News

US builds Afghan air base, but where are the planes? -- Stars and Stripes

Army Gen. allegedly delayed probe into abuse at U.S.-funded Afghan military hospital -- CBS

Tucano Debuts At Airshow Amidst Lawsuit, Chinese Takeover Talk
-- Aol Defense

CSAF: ‘Long-range strike’ is coming in the 20s -- DoD Buzz

LCS: It Never Fails to Fail -- CDR Salamander

How could the Navy begin to remake LCS? -- DoD Buzz

Plant Pleads To Stay Afloat, But Army Says 'No Tanks' -- NPR

Humvee to be replaced by U.S. military
-- Newsday/Bloomberg

Boeing Is Suing The Air Force For Almost $400 Million
-- Business Insider

Cybersecurity bill poised for Senate consideration -- Washington Post

'Fixing Intel' general taking over defense post -- Stars and Stripes/AP

DigitalGlobe Wins Commercial Imagery War; What Will NGA Do? -- Aol Defense

DOD will unveil website to combat Stolen Valor this week -- Stars and Stripes

5 Things We’ve Learned About How Mitt Would Run The World -- Danger Room

Congress poised to investigate Army’s refusal to provide roadside bomb program to more units -- Washington Post/AP

1st of 8 courts-martial to start in Army hazing of Chinese-American soldier who killed himself -- Washington Post/AP

GOP challenges military march in gay parade -- AP

For Military Spouses, the Hard Road Between Careers and Family
-- At War/New York Times

They Loaded Mortars In The War, So Now What? -- NPR/AP

Pentagon Should Hire Google, Apple -- Kevin Spak, Newser

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,921
-- AP

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