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COIN and ISR Operations

... Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Defense Intelligence Counterinsurgency (COIN) Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Operations . Cover Memorandum ...

Blog entry - May 25 2011 - 9:35pm - 20 comments - 0 attachments

Waterboarding is Torture... Period (Links Updated # 9)

... McCain . If you want consistent, accurate and reliable intelligence, be inquisitive, analytical, patient but most of all professional, ... the local population might allow you to conduct better surveillance. However, if captured in either case, you would not be entitled to ...

Blog entry - Oct 31 2007 - 1:30pm - 215 comments - 0 attachments

The COIN Approach to Mexican Drug Cartels: Square Peg in a Round Hole

... Long before the Colombian government succeeded in fusing intelligence and law enforcement to defeat the infamous Cali and Medellin ... along the lines of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) could review and pre-approve extradition of select, ...

Journal Article - Dec 27 2011 - 5:10am - 42 comments

The Targeting Process: D3A and F3EAD

... attacks by massive aviation and fixed wing support. The intelligence effort was very narrow and focused on deep targets and the ... systems should not be similarly limited to long duration surveillance of single HVI and single local areas. Many assets are ...

Journal Article - Jul 16 2011 - 7:50am - 57 comments

UPDATED: The strange case of Raymond Davis, a 'strategic corporal' in Pakistan

... whose mission appears to have centered on conducting surveillance of militant groups in large cities including Lahore. At the ... really are. Did Davis shoot two robbers? did he shoot two intelligence operatives? Was he there working with the Pakistani security ...

Blog entry - Feb 21 2011 - 2:00pm - 95 comments - 0 attachments

COIN Toss

... vulnerability to get to your AO as well as less constant surveillance and presence. We lived within our sector. With fewer ... years of steady-state operations in which to... - gather intelligence - establish contacts - erect FOBs and establish LOCs - ...

Blog entry - Jan 4 2010 - 12:54pm - 89 comments - 0 attachments

A Combined Arms Response to "Death of the Armor Corps"

... in the same sentence. I concur that UAV's are great for surveillance, but IMO, recon is a human endeavor. Plus, we're slowly getting ... place: VCI infrastructure (political) and their astute intelligence operations. The Pleiku battles in 1965 failed to seize that ...

Journal Article - Jun 1 2010 - 4:36pm - 78 comments

The Death of the Armor Corps

... we? What is our purpose? Where is our fit? Artillery, Intelligence, and SF have all struggled with identity so now it's our turn. ... we are extremely competent in reconnaissance and surveillance. So, where do we go? How do we renew? I think PhilR and the ...

Journal Article - Apr 17 2010 - 6:59am - 65 comments

Fear and Loathing in San Francisco: Population Control Measures and Cyber-Terror

... people to home and work on time. Contrast to having the intelligence and ignoring it, then I think it would be appropriate for those ... of thing seems otherwise bare. Regarding government surveillance of public media communications, that does seem pretty reasonable ...

Blog entry - Aug 15 2011 - 8:02am - 7 comments - 0 attachments

Insurgents hack U.S. drones

... or monitor U.S. military operations. Senior defense and intelligence officials said Iranian-backed insurgents intercepted the video ... to determine which roads and buildings are under U.S. surveillance. The drone intercepts mark the emergence of a shadow cyber war ...

Blog entry - Dec 17 2009 - 2:42am - 7 comments - 0 attachments