March 2011
Family Matters Blog: TRICARE Continues Web-based... →
In her latest blog, AFPS’ Elaine Sanchez writes about an extension to the TRICARE Assistance Program, which offers beneficiaries access to Web-based mental-health counselors.
Pentagon Works to Tackle Cost Overruns, Official... →
Cost overruns involving weapons and equipment present a major challenge for Pentagon acquisition officials, said Frank Kendall, deputy undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and…
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Up to $5 Million...
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SOURCE: FBI
30March2011 11:30amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: WASHINGTON—The Departments of Justice, State, and Homeland Security today jointly announced a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of individuals allegedly responsible for the murder of U.S. Immigration and Customs...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Musician's letter...
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SOURCE: Israelly Cool
30March2011 11:25amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: “Dear Mr. Waters,
I was deeply disappointed to learn that you have decided to build a wall between yourself and your Israeli fans. We love you here in Israel. Surely, you must know that from the warm reception you received when you performed...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Fukushima Daiichi...
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SOURCE: Homeland Security NewsWire
30March2011 11:05amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: The radioactive core in the Unit 2 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant appears to have melted through the bottom of its containment vessel and is now resting on a concrete floor; officials are now struggling with two crucial but...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: U.S. and EU Launch...
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SOURCE: Department of Homeland Security
30March2011 11:02amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: On March 28, 2011, the European Union and the United States opened negotiations on an agreement to protect personal information exchanged in the context of fighting crime and terrorism. The negotiations will build on our long-standing,...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Taliban Aim For The...
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SOURCE: Strategy Page
30March2011 10:56amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: In Pakistan, the Taliban are having increasing problems with Pushtun tribes that want nothing to do with the Taliban movement.
Naturally, the Taliban call these tribes heretics and traitors. But that’s not enough. These other tribes form...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: DoD's contractor...
Senior defense official cautions against hinging contract awards on past-performance records.
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SOURCE: Federal Computer Week
30March2011 10:29amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: A top defense acquisition policy official said the government should not overemphasize a company’s past work when awarding a contract because its...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Austria to revamp...
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SOURCE: Federal News Radio
30March2011 10:09amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: VIENNA (AP) - Austrian authorities have presented plans to restore and revamp the Nazis’ former Mauthausen concentration camp.
The Nazis shot, gassed, beat or worked to death about half the 200,000 inmates in the main camp or its affiliates...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Bahrain's Shiite...
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SOURCE: Federal News Radio
30March2011 10:05amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) - Bahrain’s Shiite opposition leader is demanding the Saudi-led force the Gulf nation’s Sunni rulers invited to help quell the anti-government protests leaves the country.
Ali Salman says foreign troops must leave...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Debka Report: London...
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SOURCE: DEBKAfile
30March2011 10:02amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: The London conference attended by 40 foreign ministers and various delegations ended Tuesday, March 29 with the US and Britain ranged in favor of arming the Libyan rebels and France and Italy against. It also passed control of the coalition offensive to a...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Israel to revoke...
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SOURCE: IntelNews
30March2011 9:48amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: A new law passed by the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, allows courts for the first time in Israel’s history to revoke the Israeli citizenship of those convicted of espionage, treason, or aiding “enemy organizations”. The new law, which the Knesset enacted...
Stavridis Cites Value of Partnerships →
Operating in a coalition environment is to the United States’ advantage because it improves access to resources and promotes the exchange of ideas, Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis, U.S. European…
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: No threat from...
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SOURCE: The Washington Times
29March2011 11:30pmEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: WASHINGTON - Traces of radioactive material from the endangered Japanese nuclear plant are being detected from coast to coast in the United States and in Iceland, but amounts continue to be far below levels that would cause health problems.
The...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Report: Despite...
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SOURCE: Crunch Gear
29March2011 8:50pmEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: One day after McAfee warned about the dangers of corporations becoming vulnerable to hackers, we now learn that Nasa has similar concerns. Its inspector general, Paul Martin, has written a report [PDF] entitled “Security Practices Expose Key Nasa Network To Cyber...
Lynn Receives Award for Cybersecurity Efforts →
Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III topped the list of 100 government and industry leaders recognized at an information technology awards event.
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: DHS launches 3-tier...
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SOURCE: Federal News Radio
29March2011 4:09amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: The Homeland Security Department is working on a new 3-tier approach to combat cyber attacks.
The idea is based on automation, interoperability and authentication. DHS hopes this 3-tier approach could make networks more secure. (read full...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Israel unveils Iron...
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SOURCE: Homeland Security News Wire
29March2011 4:02amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Israel on Sunday stationed the first batteries of its Iron Dome short-range missile defense system in the south of the country;
The military stressed the initial deployment was experimental; after being deployed in the south, the system will...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Superbug sweeps across...
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SOURCE: Homeland Security News Wire
29March2011 4:00amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Last week, public health officials in Los Angeles reported an outbreak of a drug-resistant superbug in several local healthcare facilities; the deadly drug-resistant strain is Klebsiella pneumonia (CRKP) and is estimated to kill 40 percent of those...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: RFID-enabled Food...
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SOURCE: ABI Research
29March2011 3:34amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Food traceability has traditionally required a “one step forward, one step back” record-keeping effort for each company that produces, processes, packages, transports, or sells food products. The objective is to provide the ability to...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: 'The Dead Don't...
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SOURCE: Strategy Page
29March2011 3:30amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: In the last few months, the government has quietly attacked the security of electronic communications in and out of the country. The government has organized a team of hackers (Iranians and foreign mercenaries) to use various method (deep packet inspection,...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Intelligence and the...
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SOURCE: Secrecy News
29March2011 3:25amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: The U.S. intelligence community will prepare a National Intelligence Estimate on the implications of the continuing decline in U.S. manufacturing capacity, said Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) citing recent news reports.
“Last month Forbes reported that the...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Facebook in talks with...
ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center
SOURCE: NY Times
29March2011 3:20amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Facebook is in talks to hire Robert Gibbs, President Obama’s former White House press secretary, for a senior role in helping to manage the company’s communications, people briefed on the negotiations said.
Facebook is seeking out Mr. Gibbs ahead of an initial...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: DoD Contracts March...
ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center
SOURCE: Department of Defense
29March2011 2:55amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE:
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Siemens Medical Solutions, USA, Inc., Malvern, Pa., was issued a modification exercising the second option year on current contract SPM2D1-09-D-8314/P00037. Award is a fixed-price with economic price...
Obama: Coalition Mission Succeeding in Libya →
The military mission in Libya is preventing further atrocities against the Libyan people by Moammar Gadhafi and his forces, President Barack Obama said in his weekly radio address.
Study Makes Suicide-Prevention Program... →
A new study commissioned by the Defense Department affirms many of the suicide-prevention efforts being made within DOD and the military services and recommends ways to strengthen them.
Coalition Air Operations Take on Gadhafi's Forces →
The coalition struck a number of targets in Libya with air operations flown to protect the Libyan people from Moammar Gadhafi’s forces, said Navy Vice Adm. William E. Gortney, the director of the…
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Qaddafi Has A Killer...
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SOURCE: Strategy Page
25March2011 9:00amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Qaddafis ground forces have quickly learned that safety from air attack comes in the form of human shields, or just getting into a residential area and some place to hide from the warplanes. But the U.S. sensors are numerous and effective. That, plus the smart...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: What the President...
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SOURCE: The Heritage Foundation
25March2011 8:00amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: As turmoil and transformation sweep across the Middle East and North Africa, President Obama cannot afford to dwell on one crisis at a time. In particular, the United States must not neglect the ongoing crisis in Yemen, a country that has served as a...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Napolitano: US border...
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SOURCE: Newsleader/Associate Press
25March2011 7:00amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said Thursday that security on the southern U.S. border “is better now than it ever has been” and that violence from neighboring Mexico hasn’t spilled over...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: THE COUNTER TERRORISM...
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SOURCE: The Counterterrorism Blog
25March2011 6:00amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE:
The End of The Counterterrorism Blog
By Douglas Farah To Our Readers:
Thank you for your faithful readership through the past five years. Over its short run, the Counterterrorism Blog served an important role both as a leading terrorism news...
NATO Assumes Responsibility for No-fly Zone Over... →
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced the alliance will assume command and control of coalition operations enforcing the no-fly zone over Libya authorized by U.N. Security Council…
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Border agents...
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SOURCE: Homeland Security Newswire
25March2011 5:00amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: The Khapra beetle, which is native to India, can eat its way through up to 70 percent of grain stores to which it has access; it was eradicated in the United States in 1966, and has been subject to federal quarantine since then; U.S. border agents...
GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Sales of luxury...
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SOURCE: CNN
25March2011 4:00amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: NEW YORK — A devastating earthquake strikes Japan. A massive tsunami kills thousands. Fears of a nuclear meltdown run rampant. Bloodshed and violence escalate in Libya.
And U.S. companies selling doomsday bunkers are seeing sales skyrocket anywhere from 20% to...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Syria's Assad...
ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center
SOURCE: Jerusalem Post
24March2011 3:30pmEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made an unprecedented pledge of greater freedom and more prosperity to Syrians on Thursday as anger mounted following a crackdown on protesters that reportedly left at least 100 dead. As an aide to Assad in Damascus read out a...
Family Matters Blog: TRICARE Remains Intact for... →
In her latest blog, AFPS’ Elaine Wilson shares information regarding health care benefits as well as some contact numbers for TRICARE military health plan beneficiaries affected by the situation in…
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: 'America’s Navy and...
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
By George Will
24March2011 9:00amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Scholars at the Naval War College here probably nodded in vigorous agreement with a recent lecture delivered at another military institution 130 miles away.
Speaking at West Point to leaders of tomorrow’s Army, Defense Secretary Robert...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: US judge tosses motion...
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SOURCE: Federal News Radio
24March2011 8:00amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - A U.S. judge has rejected an attempt by seven Trinidadian men to overturn their convictions in a hostage-taking that resulted in the death of a 62-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen.
The men argued their convictions should be...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: RSA security breach...
ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center
SOURCE: NextGov
24March2011 7:00amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: A product many federal employees use to log on to computers and networks should be regarded as compromised, due to the infiltration of key information about the application during a cyberattack against manufacturer RSA, some security experts said. The Homeland...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: DNI Orders “Integrated...
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SOURCE: Secrecy News
24March2011 6:00amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: The Director of National Intelligence is calling for the “integrated defense” of intelligence community (IC) information and systems to protect against unauthorized disclosures of intelligence sources and methods. While every intelligence agency already has its...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Large fuel fire breaks...
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SOURCE: The Miami Herald
24March2011 5:00amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Miami-Dade firefighters were battling a major fire at Miami International Airport early Thursday.
Drivers could see smoke billowing from the airport as they drove on nearby State Road 836 shortly after 11 p.m. The fire started Wednesday night and raged...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: DEBKA REPORT: Central...
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SOURCE: DEBKAfile
24March2011 4:00amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: The bomb which exploded Wednesday afternoon, March 23, near the No. 74 bus stop opposite Binyanei Haooma at Jerusalem’s main northern entrance was detonated by remote control. It killed a female tourist and injured 30-40 passers-by and passengers, several...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: DoD Contracts for...
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SOURCE: Department Of Defense
23March2011 11:30pmEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE:
NAVY
Arcadis US, Inc., Highlands Ranch, Colo. (N62473-11-D-2226); Innovative Technical Solutions, Inc., Walnut Creek, Calif. (N62473-11-D-2227); Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio (N62473-11-D-2228); CE2 Kleinfelder, JV*,...
Military Children Need Nation's Support →
Military children need the support not just of the Defense Department, but the “whole of nation” to ensure they’re ready for the future.
ALERT: French official says Eiffel Tower monument...
PARIS (GCIS INTEL REPORT) — French official says Eiffel Tower monument evacuated after suspicious package found.
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Coordinated Terrorist...
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SOURCE: The Heritage Foundation
22March2011 9:00amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: The 2010 Heritage Energy Game demonstrated that there are significant vulnerabilities in the domestic and international energy network. Coordinated attacks by terrorists and other violent nonstate actors could cause a massive drop in oil production and...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Hamas digging ‘terror...
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SOURCE: Jerusalem Post
22March2011 8:00amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Facing a possible new conflict against Hamas, concern is growing within the IDF regarding increased efforts by Palestinian terrorist groups to dig tunnels under the border that could be used to infiltrate into Israel and perpetrate attacks.
According to IDF...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Niall Ferguson: why...
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SOURCE: Telegraph
22March2011 7:00amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: There was a time when we believed in Western civilisation. By “we”, I mean Europeans and their cousins in the colonies of European settlement, above all the United States.
You can chart the rise of that self-belief if you go to Google’s latest gizmo, Google labs,...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Security concerns...
ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center
SOURCE: NextGov
22March2011 6:00amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: The U.S. military wants to go wireless. It wants handheld devices to replace desktop computers, it wants information available for troops “anywhere, on any device anytime,” it wants employees to telework, and it wants to do this all with commercial...
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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Israeli aircraft...
ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center
SOURCE: Federal News Radio
22March2011 5:00amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military says its aircraft struck two militant tunnels, two weapons manufacturing and storage facilities and two other militant sites across the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian health official Adham Abu Salmia reported that 18...
