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Intelligence Community

The Explosion of the Afghan Insurgency: Utterly Predictable, Yet Hotly Debated

Derrick Crowe | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: Insurgency, Marines, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan, Washington, NATO Troops, Taliban, Intelligence Community, US Army, War on Terrorism, World News
Derrick Crowe

Recently leaked intelligence assessments reportedly show that Al-Qaida and the jihadist Taliban groups account for only 10 percent of the insurgents in Afghanistan.

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The CIA's Role in Iranian Regime Change

Keith Thomson | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Nsa, Holocaust, Department of Defense, Doubleday, Mossad, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Intelligence Community, Barack Obama, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Dr. Strangelove, Iraq War, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Internet, Cia, Regime Change, Institute of World Politics, Tehran, Israel, Leon Panetta, Espionage, World News
Keith Thomson

I would guess that in the past year, there were more regime-change-in-Iran plots floated by members of the intelligence community than there are Iranians.

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Time to Curtail the Intelligence Community

Eric C. Anderson | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Intelligence, Defense Spending, Government Waste, Intelligence Community, Budget Cuts, Politics News
Eric C. Anderson

Bloat and redundancy have turned the intelligence community into a full-time "make-work" program for approximately 70,000 federal employees and over 30,000 contractors.

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Top Intelligence Picks a No-Win for Obama

Tim Shorrock and Frank Naif | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Private Contractors, Cia, Director of National Intelligence, National Security, Federal Government, Private Security Contractors, Obama's Cabinet, CIA Torture, Obama Transition, Intelligence Community, Extraordinary Rendition, Torture, John Brennan, Politics News
Tim Shorrock and Frank Naif

The Obama transition team's highly anticipated announcement of its new national security lineup has telling omissions: there's no Director of National Intelligence or CIA Director.

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Obama Efforts To Reform Intelligence May Be Hampered By Clinton Legacy; McCain Offers Extension Of Bush Approach

Frank Naif | Posted 10.31.2008 | Home

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Barack Obama 2008, Central Intelligence Agency, John McCain 2008, Intelligence Policy, Intelligence Privatization, Intelligence Community, Home News
Frank Naif

Obama appears to be concerned with the negative impact of recent US intelligence developments on national life and perceptions of the US abroad. McCain believes that US intelligence needs to be reorganized and, in fact, subject to fewer restrictions.

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The Intelligence Community: Our Retarded Giant

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dnc, Critical Mass, Cia, Activism, Protesting, Spying, Denver, Intelligence Community, Republican National Convention, Barack Obama, Protesters, I-Witness, Democratic National Conference, Civil Rights, Dnc, Critical Mass, I-Witness, Cia, Activism, Protesting, Democratic National Conference, Spying, Intelligence Community, Republican National Convention, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Protesters, Denver, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

It won't be your grandmother's hippie protest at the DNC -- this time around, the police presence will be huge, suspicious activity will be loosely defined and cataloged in a huge national database.

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Sam Stein

Intelligence Crisis In Iraq Seen First Hand

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Optimistic Results, Still Broken, Interrogation, Terrorism, A.J. Rossmiller, Iraq War, Political Progress, Donald Rumsfeld, Intelligence Community, Defense Analysts, Still Broken Rossmiller, Still Broken Book, Still Broken Book Excerpts, AJ Rossmiller, Rossmiller Book, Still Broken Excerpts, Rossmiller Excerpts, Warwire, Politics News

More than five years into the war, the United States mission in Iraq has become a case study of policy blunders, political misunderstandings, and wast...

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