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Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2004	The 9/11 Report: Details of the central event of our time It's not the sophisticated sensors, signal processing, satellite communications, and automation technology that wins the day in the end; it's the people who use the technology that make the difference.
Parameters Summer 2006 Arthur C. Winn	The Future of US Intelligence The four books reviewed here address the future of US intelligence. However, each has a different focus: Countdown to Terror: The Top-Secret Information that Could Prevent the Next Terrorist Attack on America...and How the CIA has Ignored it by Curt Weldon... etc.
Mother Jones Jan/Feb 2002 Ted Gup	Clueless in Langley For two decades, the CIA has been making excuses for why it has failed to tackle terrorism. Can a spy agency rooted in the Cold War adapt to a changed world?
National Defense October 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Pentagon Balking at Intel Reform Recommendations Pentagon officials are publicly questioning some of the recommendations made by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.
National Defense June 2006 Harold Kennedy	Intelligence Sharing: `Still a Battle' According to the National Counterterrorism Center, despite efforts since 9/11 to improve the gathering and analysis of government and military intelligence, getting agencies to pool information is still difficult.
CIO August 4, 2008 Thomas Wailgum	Inside the CIA's Extreme Technology Makeover, Part 1 Al Tarasiuk, the CIA's CIO, is on a mission to modernize the agency's IT practices and connections to the intelligence community. It's just like any other IT-business alignment project, except that he has to get disparate departments to share data while supporting the White House's war on terror.
Wired October 2009 Stephen Lee	Secret Ops, Domestic Spying OK -- As Long As Someone's Watching the Watchmen If the U.S. wants a successful intelligence agency, a certain amount of opacity is not only acceptable, it's necessary.
Reason March 2002 Michael Young	Spy Watch Behind closed doors at the National Security Agency: James Bamford's Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency From the Cold War Through the Dawn of a New Century...
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005	2005: The Year to Get a Handle on Terrorism Despite the compromise intelligence bill hammered out by Congress Dec. 7 and 8, the issue of coordinating this country's intelligence operations to tackle the issue of terrorism is far from resolved.
AskMen.com Michael Hirsch	How To: Become A Secret Agent What guy hasn't actually wondered what it would be like to be a spy? Cruising around foreign countries, experiencing great adventures, hooking up with hot exotic babes, and, at the same time, helping out your country.
National Defense March 2009 Charles Faddis	CIA Must Return To Its Roots To Become Effective Once Again Almost seven decades after the birth of this civilian intelligence agency, we need to go back to the beginning -- to a lean, flexible, imaginative organization trained and equipped to confront our nation's enemies.
PC World September 12, 2001 Joris Evers	Spy Technology: Too Little, Too Late? Echelon, other high-tech surveillance tools may not have been effective when needed...
Parameters Summer 2005	Commentary & Reply Intelligence Reform: More Needs to Be Done... Clausewitz and "How Has War Changed?"... etc.
National Defense September 2007 Breanne Wagner	Reluctance to Share Information Hampers Counterterrorism Efforts As part of an ambitious plan to improve the flow of intelligence among law enforcement agencies, the U.S. government has set up several command centers where federal, state and local officials can share information.
CRM January 2004 Barton Goldenberg	Is Government CRM the Next Big Boom? Citizens are customers, too. And government agencies are looking for better ways to serve them.
National Defense June 2004 Harold Kennedy	Advisory Board Says Military Must Define Role in Homeland Defense The Pentagon needs to improve and integrate its maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets with those of the Departments of Homeland Security and Transportation, CIA and FBI, according to a recent Defense Science Board study.
Reason June 2004 Bryan Alexander	Out of the Info Loop Two books detail why information networks are crucial to modern warfare.
National Defense February 2005 Peter M. Steffes	New Rules for Clearances Included in Intel Reform The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004---which President Bush now is preparing to implement---mandates a comprehensive shake-up of the nation's intelligence community.
Wired December 2001 John Arquilla & David Ronfeldt	Fighting The Network War Conventional military power stands little chance against a band of swarming 14th-century terrorists, according to the authors, RAND analysts who wrote the book on "netwar." Here's their five-point plan to tear apart the terror network...
National Defense November 2010 Stew Magnuson	DHS Warns Local Law Enforcement Of New Homegrown Terrorist Threat The general consensus in the intelligence community is that the homegrown terrorist threat during the last year has supplanted plots that originate overseas.
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AskMen.com Craig Mazin	Top 10: Spy Agencies Many countries place great importance on the function of their intelligence/spy agencies. Intelligence failures can lead to terrible consequences, while successes can help countries avert unnecessary tragedies. Read on about the top 10 presently active spy agencies operating in the world today.
National Defense January 2010 Stew Magnuson	Struggling Spy Satellite Agency Tries to Right Itself The National Reconnaissance Office, the agency responsible for developing and launching the U.S. fleet of spy satellites, is embarking on an ambitious plan to right itself after years of cost overruns and program cancellations.
Salon.com April 26, 2001 Fiona Morgan	Does the U.S. spy too much? In the wake of the spy plane flap with China, experts propose international rules of order that would limit excessive espionage...
National Defense June 2008 Breanne Wagner	Pentagon, Intelligence Community May Adopt Unified Space Strategy The United States spends billions of dollars to maintain its superiority in space. But lack of coordination between the Defense Department and the intelligence community is impeding efforts to efficiently manage these efforts.
IEEE Spectrum April 2006 William Sweet	Security Expert Slams Bush's Surveillance Program In this interview, the author of The Puzzle Palace and Body of Secrets, James Bamford discusses why the U.S. president chose to dodge court review procedures in ordering post 9/11 wiretapping.
Reason November 2003	Show Us Your Money The USA PATRIOT Act lets the feds spy on your finances. But does it help catch terrorists?
IEEE Spectrum May 2008 Sally Adee	Q&A With: IARPA Director Lisa Porter The first director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity discusses the differences between intelligence work and defense
National Defense June 2004 Harold Kennedy	Blueprint For Homeland Security The Defense Department is working on a comprehensive homeland defense strategy that will detail the Pentagon's emerging role in protecting the United States from terrorist attack
Salon.com September 12, 2002 Robert Scheer	Where's Osama? Sept. 11 could have been avoided if our intelligence agencies had done their job.
Parameters Summer 2006 Shawn Brimley	Tentacles of Jihad: Targeting Transnational Support Networks As the five-year anniversary of the 11 September attacks approaches, America faces an enemy that is both a transnational organization and a growing ideological movement. As long as the war in Iraq continues, more recruits will join the disparate terror networks that feed off the conflict.
BusinessWeek August 8, 2005 Otis Port	In The Datasphere, No Word Goes Unheard Cell calls, e-mail, and Web uploads are rich sources of clues on terrorism.
InternetNews August 6, 2007 Roy Mark	Bush Signs Temporary Wiretap Law A new law allows government to conduct surveillance of foreign e-mails and phone calls without a warrant.
National Defense September 2010 Eric Beidel	Social Scientists and Mathematicians Join The Hunt for Terrorists Internet chat rooms and other online discussion forums supplement, and in some cases, have replaced mosques, community centers and coffee shops as meeting spots for jihadists, experts say.
National Defense August 2006 Stew Magnuson	Former staffer becomes leading DHS critic Former Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Clark Kent Ervin has emerged in recent months as one of the department's leading critics, and one with some credibility.
Mother Jones Jan/Feb 2002 Ken Silverstein & David Isenberg	Political Intelligence What happens when U.S. spies get the goods -- and the government won't listen?
National Defense January 2010 Stew Magnuson	DHS Intelligence Nominee to Revamp Beleaguered Office's Hiring Practices Caryn Wagner, nominee to be undersecretary for intelligence and analysis at the Department of Homeland Security, said she will try to improve the low morale, high turnover and slow hiring process at the organization.
National Defense November 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Intelligence: The Silver Bullet That Will Beat the Insurgency Until the military can come to grips with their intelligence problem in Iraq, it will continue to pay the price in the form of casualties, which have now reached nearly 2,000 dead and more than 14,000 wounded.
HBS Working Knowledge January 10, 2007 Garry Emmons	Working Independently, Working Together: The Challenge of Managing National Security The issues around managing national security provide an extreme example of the challenges faced by organizations that break into specialized parts yet must get the parts to work together.
National Defense February 2007 Stew Magnuson	Funding, Numbers of State Fusion Centers Uncertain So far, there is no congressional mandate for state or local agencies to organize intelligence fusion centers such as the one found in Maryland. There are also no guarantees that the federal grants helping fund such centers will last.
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