Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 25, 2013

General Keith Alexander

ANALYSIS: Can 2-Man Rule Stop The Next Snowden? -- USA Today

Borrowing from submarine commanders with their hands on the button and bank tellers who control safety deposit boxes, the director of the NSA, Gen. Keith B. Alexander, now says his agency will institute a two man rule, to prevent a recurrence of Edward Snowden's data theft.

Alexander made the announcement at a congressional hearing last week ,then repeated it yesterday during a television interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Russia, China defend their conduct in Snowden saga -- Washington Post

Russia voices alarm over US troops in Jordan -- Financial Times

Tunisia's army chief Rachid Ammar retires amid criticism -- Al Arabiya

Canada’s submarine fleet needs to start from scratch -- Michael Byers and Stewart Webb, National Post

South Korea issues cyberattack alert as sites shut -- AP

China Targets American and Israeli UAVs -- Strategy Page

Experts dismiss PLA Navy's landing craft from Ukraine as giant toys -- South China Morning Post

Vietnam’s Defense Chief Makes First Visit to Pentagon -- Bloomberg

Officer: US Has No 'Plan B' For Bahrain Naval Base -- Defense News

US Marine Corps and Japanese Forces Storm Ashore ... Together -- Defense News

Ex-Obama aide: Don't expect North Korea to disarm -- AP

F-35 costs kick up more controversy outside U.S. -- UPI

Army Plans Cuts to Combat Forces -- Wall Street Journal

Northrop Grumman Awarded US Navy Contract for Littoral Combat Ship Mission Package Integration -- Space War

A3SM: A True Game Changer for Submarine Self Defence against Threats from the Sky -- Navy Recognition

Army Remotely Flys Black Hawk, Feels Heat From Congress -- Defense News

Boeing Receives US Army $4 Billion Multi-year Contract for Chinook Helicopters -- Defense Update

Virginia Is The Center Of The US Shipbuilding Industry -- Defense News

One Man’s Attempt to Create a Fertilizer Compound That Won’t Explode -- At War

Air Force F-22 Raptor-Themed Chopper Retires -- Military.com/Air Force News

Leahy introduces bill seeking expanded oversight of surveillance programs -- Washington Post

Departing Secretary Helped Create Strike Command -- DoD Buzz

Navy admiral tapped for Strategic Command post -- Defcon Hill

Obama Nominates a Pentagon Inspector General -- Government Executive

Playing catch-up on a decade at war: The US military battles to slow the rate of suicides -- Washington Post/AP

Military sharpens new tools to deal with brain injuries -- USA Today

Most Victims of Military Sex Assault: Men -- Newser

The War On Smut -- Strategy Page

Company Sells Pork-Laced Bullets To Fight Islamic Terrorists -- CBS Seattle

Foreign Arms Sales, Sequestration And The Future of Aerospace Companies -- Colin Clark, Breaking Defense

The Obama administration’s risky disarmament agenda -- Eric Edelman and Robert Joseph, Washington Post

Cyberwar and the Nuclear Option -- Elbridge Colby, National Journal

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