U.S. intelligence tests crowd-sourcing against its experts
by Ken Dilianian
Los AngelesTimes
Might large groups be better predictors of wars and terrorism than analysts in government spy services?
CIA Director Petraeus to visit Fort Campbell
At NSA, sometimes computers make the policy calls
NextGov.com
John DeLong, the first-ever compliance director at the Pentagon’s spy agency, spends his days making sure analysts are not snooping on Americans.
ISE outlines expansion proposal in white paper
FierceGovernmentIT
A white paper from the Information Sharing Environment program office proposes using legal authorities to expand the ISE approach toward information sharing to areas beyond counterterrorism.
Flynn: Integrated Intelligence System Provides Advantage
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2012 – Army Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn has become Defense Intelligence Agency director at a time when 17 intelligence agencies and organizations -- an enterprise whose transformation began on 9/11 -- are maturing into an integrated community that Flynn calls a strategic advantage for the nation.
Flynn became DIA director July 24 in a ceremony at the agency’s headquarters, where he also was named commander of the co-located joint functional component command for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance that is part of U.S. Strategic Command.
“For the United States intelligence community, [the lesson from the tragedy of 9/11] was about transforming ourselves into something much better for the nation,” Flynn told American Forces Press Service.
He also quoted National Intelligence Director James R. Clapper, who said in his vision statement that a fully integrated intelligence community makes the nation more secure.
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