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Frank Naif And Huffington Post Are Becoming A Regular Thing
November 18th, 2008
Here we go again with a new Frank Naif piece in the Huffington Post. It made the Huff Post front page and the daily email digest.
It’s an update of the piece I ran here on 10 November. Check it out and forward to your friends and neighbors!
Obama and the Intelligence Community: Some Practical Advice
November 10th, 2008
On Thursday, President-Elect Obama met with Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell and top CIA analyst Mike Morrell to receive his first intelligence briefing. Though CIA chief Mike Hayden (does every senior intelligence official go by “Mike?”) has issued one of those “keep on working, nothing to see here during this presidential transition” memos to the CIA workforce, big changes are expected in policy and leadership (probably).
The Obama camp has been mum on expected intelligence appointments, but Jane Harman, Representative (D) from California and member of the House intelligence committee, is mentioned often. So is John Brennan, former interim director of the National Counterterrorist Center and veteran analyst. It is also possible that that Hayden will be asked to stay on as CIA chief; McConnell has already hinted that he plans to step down.
More! More! More! Frank Naif Riffs on Domestic Spying in Huffington Post
October 27th, 2008
Another Frank Naif piece in the Huffington Post.
This week: spying on Americans. It’s serious business and I hope it stops soon!
Here it is:
Spying on Americans Is Missing the Mark, Obama Would Rein in Culture of Secrecy
Our government is spying on us.
I’m sure you’ve heard or read that before. It’s been reported in a variety of contexts–President Bush’s warrantless wiretap program, for example. Intelligence fusion centers have sprung up nationwide, blurring the lines between federal- and local level intelligence and law enforcement activities. The Department of Defense, meanwhile, appears to be reconstituting a domestic intelligence apparatus that had been disbanded after the intelligence reforms of the ’70s.