NEWS & ANALYSIS

Counterterror, Technology, and Reaction

COMMENT: The United States must learn to stop and think—rather than react—after an attack if it wants to defeat jihadist terrorists.

CIA Human Lie Detectors Moonlight for Corporate America

Some of the CIA's best and brightest have the opportunity to moonlight their unique talents to the highest bidder in the private sector, reports Politico.

Declassified Report Lists Intelligence Failures Leading Up to Botched Terrorist Attack

The White House today released a public summary detailing the counterterrorism (CT) community's failure to stop an alleged terrorist from boarding a U.S.-bound flight on Christmas.

CIA Defies Its Boss and Wins Turf War

The White House has ordered the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to rely on CIA station chiefs as the primary foreign intelligence liaisons instead of giving the director of national intelligence (DNI) authority to appoint his own representatives when he sees fit.

DHS to Create New Office to Support Intelligence Fusion Centers

The Department of Homeland Security will establish a new office to support the nation's rapidly expanding network of fusion centers.

Three Defendants in August 2006 Liquid Explosive Plot Convicted on Retrial

Three British Muslims were convicted on retrial yesterday for their August 2006 conspiracy to bring down seven planes with liquid explosives destined for locations across Canada and the United States.

Intelligence Community's Wikipedia Begins to Thrive

The U.S. intelligence community may be overcoming its institutional aversion to information sharing as its internal version of Wikipedia begins to thrive, according to The Washington Post.

Former Agency Heads Defend Use of Intelligence Contractors

Speaking at the National Press Club at an event on privatization of Intelligence, former CIA director Michael Hayden and former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff defended the use of contractors as a means of filling in skill sets that might be lacking in-house.

DHS to Eliminate Bush-era Spy Satellite Office, Paper Reports

Bush Administration’s transfer of domestic of spy satellite activity to DHS from the Department of the Interior elicited outcry from civil libertarians who feared the move would lead to unconstitutional surveillance.

Russian Intelligence Spies on German Companies, Counter Intelligence Chief Claims

Germany's counterintelligence chief says that Russian intelligence is spying on German firms to steal industrial secrets to help Russian companies get a competitive advantage in new technologies.