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Irregular Warfare: A Selected Bibliography

Nov-2009

32 pages

Authors: Lenore Garder; ARMY WAR COLL LIBRARY CARLISLE BARRACKS PA

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The study of Irregular Warfare is a special theme in the curriculum of the U.S. Army War College. This selected bibliography reflects books, documents, periodical articles, and web sites relating to this topic. With a few exceptions for important older documents, the materials cited in this bibliography are dated 2004 to the present. All items are available through the USAWC Library. For your convenience, at the end of the entries, ...

Counterinsurgency Operations

05-Oct-2009

250 pages

Authors: JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF WASHINGTON DC

This publication provides joint doctrine for the planning execution and assessment of counterinsurgency (COIN) operations across the range of military operations. This will include the description of relationships between COIN, irregular warfare, counterterrorism, and foreign internal defense.

Accountability for Information Flow via Explicit Formal Proof

Oct-2009

Authors: Frank Pfenning; Peter Lee; Lujo Bauer; Michael K Reiter; Brian Witten; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

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Logical techniques have been developed that capture both authorization and information flow requirements in security applications. These logical techniques achieve a significantly higher degree of end-to-end accountability in distributed systems than is currently possible. Furthermore, a case study has shown that these techniques are applicable to security policies that are relevant to the needs of the intelligence community while providing much greater flexibility in security policy specification. A prototype implementation ...

Pathfinder, Volume 7. Number 4, Jul/Aug 2009. GEOINT in Action

Aug-2009

24 pages

Authors: NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (NGA) BETHESDA MD

CONTENTS: Up Front: Realignment Streamlines Military Support; GEOINT Aids Recovery of World War II Airmen; Wounded Warriors Participate in NGA Fellowships; Analysts Take Flight to Certify Targeting Accuracy; Good Gravity Data Elevates Warfighters; NGA Collaboration Team Educates Army College Students; Army College Amplifies Students' Military Insight; Web Services Boost Warfighters' Response; Focus Areas: Model U.N. Conference Affords Recruiting Opportunity; Partnerships: GEOINT Guides the Few and the Proud; 21st Century: Terrain ...

Covert Action: Legislative Background and Possible Policy Questions

06-Jul-2009

Authors: Alfred Cumming; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

Published reports have suggested that in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Pentagon has expanded its counter-terrorism intelligence activities as part of what the Bush Administration termed the global war on terror. Some observers have asserted that the Department of Defense (DOD) may have been conducting certain kinds of counterterrorism intelligence activities that would statutorily qualify as covert actions, and thus require a presidential finding and the notification ...

Pakistan - The Most Dangerous Place in the World

Jul-2009

6 pages

Authors: Larry P Goodson; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA

Pakistan is the most dangerous foreign policy problem facing the United States for five major reasons. First, Pakistan is a nuclear country, with at least 60 nuclear warheads (according to both journalistic and unclassified U.S. Government sources), a regular supply of fissile material with which to make more, multiple delivery systems, and a history as a known proliferator. Pakistan developed nuclear weapons because of its long and bloody history with ...

Human Trust in Networks

Jun-2009

34 pages

Authors: Elizabeth K Bowman; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD SURVIVABILITY LETHALITY ANALYSIS DIRECTORATE

The topic of human trust in a warfighting network is one that has many implications for the future of network enabled operations in military Command and Control (C2). In this paper we review the concept of trust and discuss relevance for networked operations. We also document results from an exploratory study of human trust in the technical components of a tactical network. A prototype mobile ad hoc network (MANET) was ...

Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe

05-May-2009

Authors: Carl Ek; Steven A Hildreth; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

Successive U.S. governments have urged the creation of an anti-missile system to protect against long-range ballistic missile threats from adversary states. The Bush Administration believed that North Korea and Iran represent strategic threats, and questioned whether they could be deterred by conventional means. The Bush Administration's position on this issue remained unchanged, even after the intelligence community assessed that the Iranian nuclear weapons program halted in 2003. The Bush Administration ...

Forcible Entry From the Sea: Operational Commanders Tools and Techniques for Execution in Today's Environment

04-May-2009

24 pages

Authors: Scott Gehris; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT

An opposed Amphibious Assault capability provides the operational commander with options that are not achievable with other service capabilities. The operational commander achieves deterrence, quick response and flexibility with a forcible entry capability. This paper utilizes past forcible entry case studies to illustrate operational functions that led to successful operations. It will analyze current amphibious platforms, supporting assets and technology to illustrate weaknesses and strengths in the current capabilities. The ...

All FAC(A)s Are Not Created Equal

04-May-2009

24 pages

Authors: Arthur R Behnke; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT

Core service competencies in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) is highlighted in the 2009 Quadrennial Roles and Missions Review Report as one of four major roles and missions focus areas for the U.S. military in the years to come. The ability to perform persistent surveillance from these typically high-demand but low-density assets necessitates the maximum efficiency of airborne ISR systems in support of the Joint Forces Commander (JFC) and requires ...

PKSOI Bulletin, Volume 1, Issue 3

Apr-2009

20 pages

Authors: Nathan Freier; John A Kardos; A H Coyne; Bryan Groves; Julio Franco; Linwood Ham; Bruno Himmler; Richard Giero; Wilson Lauria; ARMY PEACEKEEPING AND STABILITY OPERATIONS INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA

CONTENTS: * Army Stability Operations Roles and Missions by CPT A. Heather Coyne; * Why Civil Affairs? by COL Bryan Groves; * Intelligence in Peace Missions by CDR Julio Franco; * A PKSOI Quick Look Assessment by Mr. Nathan Freier; * NSC Directorate for Nation Building by LTC Linwood Ham; * Strategic Partners for Health Care Stability and Reconstruction Operations by CDR Bruno Himmler; * Private Military Security Companies (PMSC) ...

Reconceptualizing the Global War on Terror

26-Mar-2009

34 pages

Authors: Gregory E McRae; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA

With the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, America was thrust into a national survival mode not witnessed since December 7, 1941. In the aftermath of these attacks, former President Bush officially launched a war on terrorism. As America enters its eighth year of the war on terror, several questions deserve examination. Is the Global War on Terror really a war? What is the nature and characteristics of the current ...

DARPA CS Study Panel 2007

Mar-2009

5 pages

Authors: Noah Smith; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA

I have attended the four Computer Science Study Panel (CSSP) sessions, in April, June, July, and October 2007. I found the sessions to be highly interesting, both as a citizen and as a scientist. Because my research deals with information -- in particular, automated processing of language data like text and speech -- I saw the greatest connection with my research in the final session when we interact with the ...

Operational Information Sharing: Working to Bring the Benefits of the Net-Centric Data Strategy to the Warfighter

Mar-2009

37 pages

Authors: Susan Cox; Ron Kelly; Tricia Spencer; BOOZ-ALLEN AND HAMILTON INC MCLEAN VA

Program Decision Memorandum III directed DoD CIO to report on implementation of the Net-Centric Data Strategy. One finding was to increase efforts to bring the advantages of information sharing to the warfighter. In response, DoD CIO has identified early adopters and collaborated to understand the challenges and possible solutions for Operational Information Sharing. The report describes efforts underway by the following organizations to improve information sharing: Defense Technical Information Center ...

A Burning Need to Know: The Use of Open Source Intelligence in the Fire Service

Mar-2009

97 pages

Authors: Thomas A Robson; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, the fire service found itself on the forefront of the war on terror. The people within the fire service began to realize they needed to share intelligence information with other government agencies in order to protect firefighters, and their community. At the federal level, the National Information Sharing Strategy recognized that first responders are critical to the prevention of terrorism and that an ...

Language Training in MIBOLC

Mar-2009

8 pages

Authors: Lauren Merkel; UNIV OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE FORT HUACHUCA AZ

Military Intelligence Basic Officers Leadership Course (MIBOLC) is an ideal setting in which to offer newly commissioned officers the opportunity to learn basic foreign language skills. Given the refocus of troops from Iraq to Afghanistan, Persian Dari and Pashto would best suit the lieutenants at MIBOLC. By implementing classes similar to the successful Van Deman program, Lieutenants could depart MIBOLC with basic tactical language skills and a foundation for self-propelled ...

North Korean Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States

24-Feb-2009

Authors: Steven A Hildreth; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

This report briefly reviews North Korea?s ballistic missile program. In summer 2007, North Korea tested modern, short-range missiles. In February 2009, South Korea reported the DPRK had deployed a new intermediate-range missile. This report may be updated periodically. Additional information is provided by CRS Report RL33590, North Korea?s Nuclear Weapons Development and Diplomacy, by Larry A. Niksch.

Air and Space Power Journal. Volume 23, Number 1, Spring 2009

Jan-2009

132 pages

Authors: Lori Katowich; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL AIRPOWER JOURNAL

The Air and Space Power Journal, Air Force Recurring Publication 10-1, published quarterly, is the professional journal of the United States Air Force. It is designed to serve as an open forum for the presentation and stimulation of innovative thinking on military doctrine, strategy, force structure, readiness, and other matters of national defense.

Nuclear Heuristics: Selected Writings of Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter

Jan-2009

684 pages

Authors: Henry Sokolski; Robert Zarate; NONPROLIFERATION POLICY EDUCATION CENTER WASHINGTON DC

This publication is an edited volume of Albert and Roberta Wohlstetters' key writings relating to nuclear proliferation and national security affairs, with commentaries by the Wohlstetters' colleagues and students. It also serves as a testament to the continuing relevance of the work of Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter in the fields of nuclear and security policy analysis. Albert and Roberta wrote hundreds of articles and studies on U.S. policy on the ...

Defense Science Board 2007 Summer Study. Challenges to Military Operations in Support of National Interests. Volume 1: Executive Summary

Dec-2008

108 pages

Authors: Craig Fields; Richard Haver; DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC

U.S. conventional military capability remains unmatched by any state. As a result, no adversary--peer, near peer, or powerful non-state actor--with objectives in conflict with U.S. interests will oppose our nation with conventional military means. The United States is too strong and capable. Yet, this strength in the conventional arena does not mean that the nation is unmatched across the spectrum of conflict. The proliferation of technology, technical information, and technical ...

Improving the Performance of Collectors in the Reserve Components

14-Sep-2008

10 pages

Authors: Richard Hoar; UNIV OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE FORT HUACHUCA AZ

As exemplified by military operations conducted since 11 September 2001, Reserve component Soldiers are an integral and important part of the forces of the United States Army. Soldiers from the Reserve components have been Each month, Reservists and Guard members typically meet over the course of a weekend for their two-day Battle Assembly. During monthly Battle Assemblies, Reserve Component Soldiers predominantly focus on the practice and completion of Warrior Tasks ...

Campaign 2008: Innovative Ideas for Securing America. A Guide for Candidates

03-Sep-2008

35 pages

Authors: BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY WASHINGTON DC

This election, voters are demanding creative, new approaches to the urgent national security challenges facing the United States. With the record-high cost of oil and gas, how can our nation?and our military?reduce its dependence on imported foreign oil? With American servicemen and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, how can we equip our troops with the most advanced tools and technologies so they can survive and succeed on the battlefield? ...

Causes of Nonbattle Injury Fatalities Among U.S. Army Soldiers During Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2001-2006

28-Jul-2008

37 pages

Authors: Bruce H Jones; Keith G Hauret; Nakia S Clemmons; Bonnie J Taylor; ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD

As with previous military conflicts, nonbattle injuries (NBIs) are a major cause of mortality in Operations Enduring (OEF) and Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The purpose of this retrospective analysis was to 1) describe the incidence and rate of fatal NBls in OEF and OIF from their beginning through December 2006, 2) describe the causes and circumstances of fatal NBls, and 3) compare two Army data systems that report fatal NBI incidents. ...

Leadership, Management, and Organization for National Security Space: Report to Congress of the Independent Assessment Panel on the Organization and Management of National Security Space

01-Jul-2008

Authors: HANS MARK; A T Young; Edward Anderson; Lyle Bien; Ronald R Fogleman; Keith Hall; Lester Lyles; INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA

The Independent Assessment Panel (IAP) was chartered to review and assess the DoD management and organization of National Security in Space and make appropriate recommendations to strengthen the U.S. position. The panel members are unanimous in our conviction that significant improvements in National Security Space (NSS) leadership, management, and organization are imperative to maintain U.S. space preeminence and avert the loss of the U.S. competitive national security advantage. NSS inadequacies ...

Vision 2015: A Globally Networked and Integrated Intelligence Enterprise

01-Jul-2008

29 pages

Authors: OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE WASHINGTON DC

MISSION: Create Decision Advantage. VISION: A Globally Networked and Integrated Intelligence Enterprise. STRATEGY: Integrate foreign, military, and domestic intelligence capabilities through policy, personnel and technology actions to provide decision advantage to policy makers, warfighters, homeland security officials and law enforcement personnel. VALUES: Commitment - Courage - Collaboration.

The Role of the Office of Strategic Services in Operation Torch

13-Jun-2008

103 pages

Authors: Dorrel; Thomas W Jr; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS

This thesis evaluates the role of Allied strategic and operational intelligence in conjunction with Department of State actions in French North Africa from 1940 through the invasion, Operation TORCH, November 8, 1942. The primary focus is to evaluate whether or not the OSS collected the required intelligence information as their accounts have stated. This paper also looks at the operational requirements of advance force operations to determine if the OSS ...

C2 of Unmanned Systems in Distributed ISR Operations

01-Jun-2008

36 pages

Authors: Jeffrey A Thomas; Elizabeth K Bowman; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD HUMAN RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE

This paper describes a series of experiments to investigate issues of human-robot teaming and network centric operations. Experiment objectives were coordinated to address issues within and among the physical, communications, information, and human (cognitive/social) domain layers of the network. Objectives spanned the cognitive, social, and physical domains of the network. In the cognitive domain, researchers tested a predictive performance tool for robotic operators and measured operator situational awareness and workload ...

Enhancing Maritime Domain Awareness

01-Jun-2008

22 pages

Authors: Gordon Schacher; Jared Freeman; Dan Dunaway; Susan G Hutchins; Shelley P Gallup; Doug MacKinnon; Scot Miller; Brad Poeltler; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OPERATIONAL AND INFORMATION SCIENCES

A complex mosaic of forces will affect maritime security through 2020. These include economic forces such as (i) illegal international migration-fueled by tremendous population increases in developing countries, (ii) drug smuggling, and (iii) weapons proliferation, as well as (iv) military threats posed by hostile states, failed states, and transnational organizations engaged in intelligence gathering or terrorist activities. The President's National Security Strategy indicates that diverse threats such as these must ...

Intelligence Activities Relating to Iraq Conducted by the Policy Counterterrorism Evaluation Group and the Office of Special Plans within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, together with Additional and Minority Views

JUN 2008

58 pages

Authors: John D. Rockefeller IV; Christopher S. Bond; SENATE (UNITED STATES) WASHINGTON DC SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE

In February 2004 the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence revised the terms of reference for its ongoing inquiry into pre-war intelligence on Iraq. The new issue areas included "any intelligence activities relating to Iraq conducted by the Policy Counterterrorism Evaluation Group and the Office of Special Plans within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy." The Committee pursued this issue area in 2004, but subsequently the Committee's ...

Socio-Cultural Consideration in Effects Based Planning, CSER 2008

Jun-2008

12 pages

Authors: Armin A Blueggel; Lee S Krause; Gary Aldrich; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB MESA AZ WARFIGHTER READINESS RESEARCH DIVISION

Military conflicts have been changing from the traditional large force engagements, where the winners are decided by who has the most men left standing, to unconventional asymmetric warfare where a military force can win every battle but still lose the war. Warfare is evolving, partly due to the technology that is being leveraged by the military. Advanced targeting capabilities and precision guided weapons, like the Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM), ...

Can the United States Defeat Radical Islam

22-May-2008

161 pages

Authors: Martin E Hanratty; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES

On September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda and affiliated jihadist organizations declared war on the United States. Since that day, the U.S. government has initiated a series of policies, legislation and actions to confront the new threat. Seven years into the war, there is growing criticism of the structure and approach the U.S. has adopted to defeat Al-Qaeda and the Salifist jihad organizations that support it. This monograph explores the basis of ...

Exploitation Tactics: A Doctrine for the 21st Century

15-May-2008

68 pages

Authors: William J Hartman; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES

Globalization has changed many security, economic, political, and social conditions that shape world behavior; which in turn has produced a new paradigm for warfare that is fundamentally different from the industrial aged warfare paradigm that the world was accustomed to in the 20th century. This paper recommends that current U.S. doctrine be modified to focus on "exploitation tactics" as a better way to support 21st Century Combat Operations. The paper ...

Middle East Economics and Development, Spring 2008 - Project 08-02

May-2008

269 pages

Authors: Kevin Johnson; JAMES MARTIN; Kristen Rodgers; Erica Tesla; Hudson; John G II; Kyle Borowski; Laura Clinger; Alan Hickle; STRATEGIC COMMAND OMAHA NE GLOBAL INNOVATION AND STRATEGY CENTER

Significant questions exist concerning the effectiveness of U.S. policies with nations and peoples across this region. An address of these questions begs an analysis of the economic and sociopolitical conditions in countries in the Middle East, for these conditions inform their relationships with the U.S. This report provides such an analysis for countries chosen for particular strategic interest to the U.S., namely Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan. Current military conflicts in ...

The War of Ideas and the Role of Information Operations in Counterinsurgency

27-Apr-2008

65 pages

Authors: Collin T Hunton; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES

This monograph analyzes the historical development of U.S. Information Operations (IO) doctrine and provides a discussion of the way ahead for a common understanding of IO among the services. The role of IO relative to kinetic operations has been greatly misunderstood and has not adapted to the complexities of our current operations. Given the influence of policy at home and abroad within the asymmetric nature of COIN operations, a review ...

Avatars, Virtual Reality Technology, and the U.S. Military: Emerging Policy Issues

09 APR 2008

Authors: Clay Wilson; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

This report describes virtual reality technology, which uses three-dimensional user- generated content, and its use by the U.S. military and intelligence community for training and other purposes. Both the military and private sector use this new technology, but terrorist groups may also be using it to train more realistically for future attacks, while still avoiding detection on the Internet. The issues for Congress to consider may include the cost-benefit implications ...

Dynamic Situation Assessment and Prediction (DSAP) Integration and Experimentation for C2 R&D

APR 2008

50 pages

Authors: Robert McGraw; RAM LABS INC SAN DIEGO CA

The DSAP concept grew out of John R. Surdu's Simulation in Operations research project and prototype system (OpSim). There are two basic functions of the DSAP concept: (1) Dynamic Situation Awareness, and (2) Prediction. The overall concept involves the use of embedded simulation in an operational environment to support decision makers in the planning process. Providing this capability allows decision makers to use simulation to assist in planning operations, monitor ...

Strategically Flawed: Why Aren't Army Reserve Intelligence Assets Properly Funded

25 MAR 2008

35 pages

Authors: Gregory K. Williams; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA

Commands and agencies within the Department of Defense have always had more intelligence requirements than assets to meet them. As such, since the mid-1990's strides to better leverage, Army Reserve (AR) Military Intelligence (MI) forces into support roles have been made. However, strategic support for and by the Army has lagged behind agencies and joint commands, The Army provides only 10% of total AR MI support and known requirements remain ...

An Analysis of the Requirements and Potential Opportunities for the Future Education of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts

01-Mar-2008

171 pages

Authors: Prioleau Green; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

The absence of law enforcement intelligence analysis programs in academia has created a serious gap in the Nation's ability to effectively protect itself from the terrorist threat. Academic institutions that teach analysis are primarily focused on foreign or national intelligence. Academia must begin addressing the need to educate law enforcement intelligence analysts Through an examination of current intelligence analyst programs, surveys of law enforcement intelligence analysts, and research of U.S. ...

Science and Technology for a Safer Nation

01-Mar-2008

45 pages

Authors: DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WASHINGTON DC

Advanced technologies and systems in the hands of dedicated people throughout the United States are the nation's asymmetrical advantages in safeguarding our security. U.S. leadership in science and technology is vital to the security of the homeland as well as the safety of our allies, coalition partners and friends worldwide. "Now, more than ever," then-Secretary of State Colin Powell remarked in 2004, "American science must enlighten American statecraft." This fundamental ...

Personnel Clearances: Key Factors to Consider in Efforts to Reform Security Clearance Processes

27 FEB 2008

22 pages

Authors: Brenda S. Farrell; Jack E. Edwards; James P. Klein; Joanne Landesman; Charles Perdue; Karen D. Thornton; Stephen K. Woods; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC

In 2004, Congress passed the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act to reform security clearance processes. Much of GAO's experience in evaluating personnel security clearance processes over the decades has consisted of examining the Department of Defense's (DoD) program, which maintains about 2.5 million clearances on service members, DoD civilian employees, legislative branch employees, and industry personnel working for DoD and 23 other federal agencies. Long-standing delays in processing applications ...

Investing Marine Intelligence Capital in MARSOC: Are the Rewards Worth the Risks to the USMC

18-Feb-2008

14 pages

Authors: MARINE CORPS COMBAT DEVELOPMENT COMMAND QUANTICO VA

The establishment in 2005 of a Marine component of United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) provided the Corps additional opportunities to contribute to the war on terrorism, but at considerable cost to mission effectiveness. Unfortunately, the U.S. Marine Corps' (USMC) capabilities were diminished by the creation of that component, the Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC). Established to support USSOCOM, MARSOC will cost the USMC many intelligence professionals, in addition to ...

Threat Assessment of the Director of National Intelligence for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

05 FEB 2008

48 pages

Authors: J. M. McConnell; OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE WASHINGTON DC

Chairman Rockefeller, Vice-Chairman Bond, Members of the Committee, thank you for the invitation to offer my assessment of threats to US national security. ... In addition to this unclassified Statement for the Record, I will submit a classified Statement and make an oral presentation to the Committee. Before I talk about specific threats, I want to raise an issue of immediate importance for the functioning of the Intelligence Community and ...

Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)

04-Feb-2008

Authors: Mary B Nikitin; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) was formed to increase international cooperation in interdicting shipments of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), their delivery systems, and related materials. The Initiative was announced by President Bush on May 31, 2003. PSI does not create a new legal framework but aims to use existing national authorities and international law to achieve its goals. Initially, 11 nations signed on to the "Statement of Interdiction Principles" ...

Falling Behind: International Scrutiny of the Peaceful Atom

FEB 2008

356 pages

Authors: Henry D. Sokolski; Jack Edlow; Nikolai Khlebnikov; Garry Dillon; Edwin S. Lyman; Thomas B. Cochran; FRANK VON HIPPEL; Robert Zarate; Pierre Goldschmidt; Quentin Michel; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA

Ask how effective International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear safeguards are in blocking proliferation, and you are sure to get a set of predictable reactions. Those skeptical of the system will complain that IAEA inspections are too sketchy to ferret out nuclear misbehavior (e.g., North Korea, Iraq, and Iran) and that in the rare cases when such violators are found out (almost always by national intelligence agencies), the IAEA's board ...

Open Source Intelligence "OSINT": Issues for Congress

28-Jan-2008

Authors: Alfred Cumming; Best; Richard A Jr; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

Open source information (OSINT) is derived from newspapers, journals, radio and television, and the Internet. Intelligence analysts have long used such information to supplement classified data, but systematically collecting open source information has not been a priority of the U.S. Intelligence Community. In recent years, given changes in the international environment, there have been calls, from Congress and the 9/11 Commission among others, for a more intense and focused investment ...

Securing General Aviation

24 JAN 2008

Authors: Bart Elias; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

General aviation (GA) - a catch-all category that includes about 54% of all civilian aviation activity within the United States encompasses a wide range of airports, aircraft, and flight operations. Because GA plays a small but important role in the U.S. economy, improving upon GA security without unduly impeding air commerce or limiting the freedom of movement by air remains a significant challenge. However, policymakers have received mixed signals about ...

Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)

16 JAN 2008

Authors: Mary B. Nikitin; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

Air and Space Power Journal. Volume 22, Number 4, Winter 2008

Jan-2008

132 pages

Authors: Lori Katowich; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL AIRPOWER JOURNAL

Air and Space Power Journal. Volume 22, Number 2, Summer 2008

Jan-2008

132 pages

Authors: Lori Katowich; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL AIRPOWER JOURNAL

Project 1946

DEC 2007

Authors: Kevin M. Woods; Williamson Murray; Thomas Holaday; Laila Sabara; Mounir Elkhamri; INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA

In 1946, a team of US Army historians and intelligence officers established a long-term exchange with a select group of former members of the German General Staff, enabling a red-team understanding of WWII and expanding strategic insight into potential enemies on the new Eastern Front. Sixty years later the US Government has another rare chance to examine doctrine, intelligence, operations, and strategy through the lens of a recent military opponent. ...