Friday, July 23, 2004

The US claims they made another precision strike on a safe house of "the Zarqawi network" in Fallujah.  It's nothing of the sort.  We don't have that kind of intel.  Frankly, any group of gunmen (and there are thousands in Fallujah from dozens of groups) seen congregating, are designated part of the "Zarqawi" network, and targeted. 1:32:34 PM    Comment_ Trackback []

NY Daily News:  No one to blame. The 9/11 Commission closed its probe yesterday with a final report that identified a breathtaking array of government blind spots - but did not blame a single person for the shortcomings.  I picked this story because the headline brings up an important point.  If this and the surprise insurgency in Iraq is due to a lack of imagination, what are we doing to fix it?  All the new initiatives that are being contemplated/recommended are going to be filled with the same people that failed us before:  bureaucratic analysts and upper-level decision makers that haven't done anything else with their lives other than work for the government.  If that isn't a recipe for continued disasters, I don't know what is. Where is the competitive marketplace for intelligence?  Where are the innovative start-ups and outsiders with the vast breadth of interdisciplinary experience required to analyze this correctly?  Nothing will change.  At some point in the next 3 years we are going to hit the ignition point for a global bazaar of violence with groups armed with advanced global guerrilla tactics.  At that point, it will be too late and the life we lead today will be fundamentally changed forever. 9:33:52 AM    Comment_ Trackback []

Cryptome: DNC security plans. 9:17:36 AM    Comment_ Trackback []