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2014-06-25 Government

Head of Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and his deputy forced out.

"Transnational terrorist groups have developed effective intelligence and counterintelligence capabilities"..., warns DIA Director Michael Flynn

Statement Before the Senate Armed Services Committee
United States Senate 11 February 2014

Michael T. Flynn, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army
Director, Defense Intelligence Agency

(UNCLAS) "Globalization, rapid technological advancements, and an uncertain fiscal environment present new avenues of collection and threats from traditional nation-state intelligence services and non state entities to target U.S. national security information, systems, and personnel. Increased financial pressures due to resource cuts create potential vulnerabilities that foreign intelligence entities seek to exploit to identify vulnerable employees and contractors with access to sensitive and classified national security information.

Foreign intelligence entities conduct a wide range of intelligence and clandestine activities that threaten and undermine our national security interests and objectives worldwide. Such actors target our armed forces; our military and national security-related research, development, and acquisition activities; our national intelligence system; and our government's decision making processes. In addition to threats by foreign intelligence entities, insider threats will also pose a persistent challenge. Trusted insiders with the intent to do harm can exploit their access to compromise vast amounts of sensitive and classified information as part of personal ideology or at the direction of a foreign government.

The unauthorized disclosure of this information to state adversaries, non-state activists, or other entities will continue to pose a critical threat.

DIA is leading an Information Review Task Force to examine grave damage caused to Department of Defense equities and US national security as a result of the unauthorized NSA disclosures. An emerging threat that concerns the department involves the potential for foreign intelligence entities to compromise critical supply chains or corrupt key components bound for vital war-fighting systems.

Additionally, a few transnational terrorist groups have developed effective intelligence and counterintelligence capabilities--we have seen this manifest in Iraq and Afghanistan, and terrorist groups are now using and sharing the knowledge and experience they gained in those conflicts."...

Full Report: See page 20 of the DIA Annual Threat Assessment - Iraq.
Shortly after General Flynn's February 2014 statement to the Senate Armed Service Committee, both General Flynn and his Deputy at DIA announced their retirements. See 30 April Washington Post article.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-06-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Flynn is no potted plant. If I had to guess [and it is only a guess] I suspect Mike Flynn and his deputy were beating the Iraqi warning drums a bit too hard. Their great sin however, may have been the attempted transformation of DIA from a featherbed for beltway senior grades to a more relevant organization focused on the warfighter. Plumpish old dem voting, greybeaver SES's have no desire for overseas tours I assure you. Their greatest daily challenge is making their way from the DIA cafeteria to the elevator and back to their offices with take-away boxes. DIA should be at the very top of the flush list.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-06-25 06:04|| 2014-06-25 06:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Speaking truth to Power requires a sane Power.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-06-25 06:04|| 2014-06-25 06:04|| Front Page Top

#3 They are finally upgrading that Hitler Head in A jar for a data head in a jar!

Posted by Speregum Fillmore3332 2014-06-25 08:48|| 2014-06-25 08:48|| Front Page Top

#4 This administration has zero tolerance for debate, disagreement, or dissent. This is the mark of a tyrant. There is an old Irish curse appropriate to Bumble: "Gurab ecen mer dot munad in airecht!" In other words, "May you become so insignificant that it be necessary to point you by finger (preferably the middle finger) in a crowd!"

Posted by JohnQC 2014-06-25 10:11|| 2014-06-25 10:11|| Front Page Top

#5 point you out in a crowd...

Posted by JohnQC 2014-06-25 10:12|| 2014-06-25 10:12|| Front Page Top

#6 This administration has zero tolerance for debate, disagreement, or dissent.

There can most certainly be no debate on that issue. I give you the IRS as current example.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-06-25 10:16|| 2014-06-25 10:16|| Front Page Top

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