Guardian – “Afghanistan kill/capture raids mapped: what NATO did where.“ http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2011/oct/12/afghanistan-kill-capture-raids-map Continue reading Afghanistan kill/capture raids mapped: what NATO did where
Brookings “Iran’s Covert War Against the United States“ http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2011/1011_iran_pollack.aspx# RT “Tehran bomb scare: character assassination plot?“ https://rt.com/news/iran-polot-new-story-683/ Democracy Now “U.S.-Iran Tensions Grow as Indictment Accuses Iranian Agents of Assassination Plot“ http://www.democracynow.org/2011/10/12/us_iran_tensions_grow_as_indictment Washington Post “Alleged plot is uncharacteristically bold.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/alleged-plot-is-uncharacteristically-bold/2011/10/11/gIQA7vzpdL_story.html?hpid=z1&tid=sm_twitter_washingtonpost AEI “Iran Tracker” (consider the source – AEI – when evaluating) “Qods Force Terrorist Plot in … Continue reading Iran/MexicanNarco alleged “terror plot” part 1…
Drone Wars? Not Quite.. Small Wars Journal blog 10/11/2011 Continue reading Drone Wars? Not Quite.
Drone virus saga continues. See, TechZwn 10/08/2011 and RT 10/09/2011. 1) http://techzwn.com/2011/10/predator-drone-virus-could-be-internal-monitoring-system-analyst/ 2) https://www.rt.com/news/virus-cyber-attack-drones-401/ Continue reading Predator Drone Virus Could Be Internal Monitoring System: Analyst
Targeted killings/assassinations… continued… NY Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/world/middleeast/secret-us-memo-made-legal-case-to-kill-a-citizen.html?_r=1 Continue reading Secret U.S. Memo Made Legal Case to Kill a Citizen – NY Times…
al-Awlaki targeted killing/assassination Washington Post 10/08/2011 Continue reading Political, legal experts want release of Justice Dept. memo supporting killing of Anwar al-Awlaki
NextGen drone capabilities… Washington Post 10/08/2011 Continue reading Defense Department looks to crowd-source new drone innovations
Perhaps the Taliban/Haqqani network are more sophisticated than we think… or could be the Pakistan ISI… the Russians… or some teenager who has seen “War Games” one too many times. http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/virus-hits-drone-fleet/ Continue reading Computer Virus Hits U.S. Drone Fleet | Danger Room | Wired.com
Drones… lots and lots of drones… http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/panetta-loose-lips-on-cias-not-so-secret-secret/2011/10/07/gIQAOuaeSL_blog.html?tid=sm_twitter_washingtonpost Continue reading Panetta: loose lips on CIA’s not-so-secret secret – Checkpoint Washington – The Washington Post
“Person of Interest” on CBS has interesting backstory. Two principle characters use a massive surveillance system and pattern recognition AI program originally designed for counterterrorism in the United States, to thwart crime. Shades of Minority Report. Yep… pre-crime… Continue reading CounterTerror Culture – Precrime… AIs… and surveillance
Dr. Christian W. Erickson, Ph.D. 