It’s cultural-sensitivity training, with weapons.
Evan Wright, author of the excellent book "Generation Kill" participated in the TRC Mirror Image training program and wrote a feature article on it for the New York Magazine. Developed in 2002 by the Virginia-based consulting group…
Exploration with a capital E
I've been a fan of Wired magazine since its inception and boast of having the first issue in my collection. While Wired quality suffered for a few years, they are fully back on their game. This month contains and exceptional section by…
Terrorism Early Warning Group Works to Keep L.A.'s Guard Up
Great article about a great friend... "In a cramped office inside Los Angeles County's emergency operations center, John P. Sullivan sits buried in the latest intelligence on terrorists around the world. Should any ever attack Los Angeles, this…
Looks like a done deal
In this age of instant gratification, it is strange to go to bed not knowing who the President will be. What I look forward to is hearing about how the electronic voting machines worked out. I've seen a few horror stories already regarding system…
How bizarre...
You can Google colleagues, you can Google blind dates and you can Google kidnap victims: Google 'saved' Australian hostage - - An Australian journalist kidnapped in Iraq was freed after his captors checked the popular internet search engine Google…
Disaster waiting to happen
Coming from the guy who wrote the Cyberthreat Assessment for the National Airspace System, it would not surprise me if this story is true. A major breakdown in Southern California's air traffic control system last week was partly due to a "design…
Close encounters of the tornado kind
I've only seen one tornado in my life and never anything as close as what we experienced tonight. We were in the car and managed to get ourselves out of the…
Al Qaeda's Geek
Congrats to the folks within the U.S. intelligence community. Turns out the cyber component of this arrest was the most significant. The unannounced capture of a figure from Al Qaeda in Pakistan several weeks ago led the Central Intelligence…
Keep your finger off the trigger...we're only at Code Yellow
As the Democratic National Convention opens Monday, the city of Boston will be under an unprecedented $60…
The New Face of Terrorism?
A lot has been written, broadcast and discussed regarding Annie Jacobsen's recent piece…