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Puzzling Over Intelligence Without 20/20 Hindsight

- How hindsight bias leads us to make the wrong assessments after a terrorist incident.

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.

A New Look at Forensics

- Forget everything you've seen on CSI, a new National Research Council report says the only proven forensic science is DNA analysis.

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.

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.

Terrorists Attempting to Recruit Israel Spies on Facebook, Shin Bet Says

- The Israeli Security Agency, Shin Bet, warns that Arab terrorists are trying to recruit Israeli citizens as spies using social networking Web sites such as Facebook, reports Haaretz.

Should the NSA Take the Lead for U.S. Cybersecurity?

- As President Barack Obama's 60-day review of U.S. cybersecurity nears its end, the debate over whether the National Security Agency (NSA) should be the lead agency protecting government networks gets attention from The New York Times today.

Investigating the Competition

- How to learn about the competition without crossing the line into industrial espionage.

Experts, Lawmakers Debate Homeland Security Intelligence System

- Officials briefed lawmakers today on the challenges of developing a domestic intelligence-sharing network to thwart terror, while civil libertarians warned of infringement on the rights of groups that espouse unpopular but nonviolent views.