USAF handing out cash to keep drone pilots

In addition to the already $25k in bonuses the Air Force has dedicated to 5 year commitments, they are tacking on another $10k, according to Engadget. So, if you sign up for 5 more years, you are potentially adding a cool $35k a year to your salary.

Africa is New ‘El Dorado of Espionage’, Leaked Intelligence Files reveal

In a frantic series of cables to Pretoria and in meetings with Ethiopian officials, South African intelligence officials are shown struggling to protect Dlamini-Zuma’s security without creating an impression of no confidence in Ethiopian security. When South Africa hands over a list of suspects, Ethiopian intelligence blames Sudan but is unable to link the names with Khartoum.

The CIA is investing in firms that mine your Tweets and Instagram photos

Soft robots that can grasp delicate objects, computer algorithms designed to spot an “insider threat,” and artificial intelligence that will sift through large data sets — these are just a few of the technologies being pursued by companies with investment from In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s venture capital firm, according to a document obtained by The Intercept. Yet among the 38 […]

How Mexican Drug Cartels are Winning the Information Technology War

Mexican drug cartels are winning the battle of technology leaving the U.S. in the dark. As critical communication techniques used to communicate information such movement, planning and operations are continuously exploited in a behind the scenes game of deception between cartels and U.S. Agencies, led by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The cartels that […]

Navy intelligence chief kept in the dark on intel secrets

For more than two years, the Navy’s intelligence chief has been stuck with a major handicap: He’s not allowed to know any secrets. Vice Adm. Ted “Twig” Branch has been barred from reading, seeing or hearing classified information since November 2013, when the Navy learned from the Justice Department that his name had surfaced in […]