Troubling finds within the House probe of ‘Distorted’ intel on Daesh ‘ISIS’

CENTCOM established an intelligence “fusion center,” a specially equipped JIC facility staffed around-the-clock, to serve as a “focal point” for Daesh-related intelligence. Interviewees recalled only informal communications noting the center’s establishment, and some were also uncertain about the center’s organizational structure, responsibilities, and how it was determined which JIC analysts would participate.

This is the CIA’s guide to what women want

To counter this, the CIA guide says the agency should go to more professional women’s events, reach out to women in college, and consider using female recruiters whenever possible.

Captured intel offers deep look inside ISIS

The head of U.S. Central Command said Thursday that a recent trove of captured intelligence out of Syria is providing a “deeper” insight into the Islamic State’s war machine. “I think it is extraordinarily important. … It is beginning to provide us deeper understanding of certainly their tactics and techniques,” Gen. Joseph Votel, commander of […]

US probes Chinese ownership of CIA-linked insurance company 

The Communist Party of China, for purposes of U.S. intelligence services, is considered a foreign entity hostile to the interests of United States. Wright USA cannot continue its FEPLI business under foreign ownership, considering its 30-year relationship with the U.S. intelligence community.…

The revival of the counterspy, ‘Active Measures Working Group’ amid renewed Russian threats

The bill will require the U.S. President to “establish an interagency committee to counter Russian active measures,” according to Senate press release issued in May.

Citing an anonymous U.S. intelligence source, the new group would be modeled on the now defunct “Active Measures Working Group,” a Cold War-era committee erected in the 1980s to expose covert operations by the Soviet Union.