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Revolutionary Technology to Help Analysts Tackle Big Data Challenges

A new software leverages multiple intelligence sources to develop a single picture, simplifying complex data challenges for the modern analyst. The new geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) application fuses data sources and displays data connections in a customizable dashboard.  GEOINT, the

LONDON | Manchester stabbings suspect detained due to mental health

LONDON— Jan 02, 2019—Police say the sole suspect in the stabbing of three people in the English city of Manchester on New Year’s Eve has been detained under Britain’s Mental Health Act.

The attack, which police are treating as a terrorist incident, took place at Manchester’s Victoria Station. The train station is next to the Manchester Arena, the site of a May 2017 suicide bombing that killed 22…

LONDON  | MI6 speaks: UK intelligence chief makes rare public speech

LONDON  — Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service director used a rare public speech Monday to outline threats facing Britain and the need for more diversity in secret agent ranks.

MI6 chief Alex Younger, known by the code name “C”, told students at his alma mater, the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, that Britain will fortify its intelligence ties to European counterparts even though Britain…

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Cooking the Books on ISIS

At least 50 analysts who gave their evaluation of the war against ISIS had their information twisted into talk of “winning” by senior military officials.

The Daily Beast wrote,

More than 50 intelligence analysts working out of the U.S. military’s Central Command have formally complained that their reports on ISIS and al Qaeda’s branch in Syria were being inappropriately altered by senior officials, The Daily Beast has learned.

The complaints spurred the Pentagon’s inspector general to open an investigation into the alleged manipulation of intelligence. The fact that so many people complained suggests there are deep-rooted, systemic problems in how the U.S. military command charged with the war against the self-proclaimed Islamic State assesses intelligence.

Yes, we were wondering

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When all of the news coming out of the Middle East about what was happening with ISIS and even Al-Qaeda showed advances, and airstrikes being largely ineffective, the military was shoving the narrative that we were winning. Something was wrong with that scenario somewhere.

It was akin to Iraq’s Press minister Tariq Aziz saying that the United States wasn’t in Iraq while American bombs could be seen dropping in the background. It’s that stupid.

The revolt

Two of the analysts signed a written complaint to CENTCOM, alleging that their reports were changed to show that ISIS was weaker than they really are. The reports were changed to fall in line with Obama’s public policy rather than reality.

The complaint was supported by 50 intelligence analysts, 11 of whom spoke to the Daily Beast. The whistleblowers believe their reports were being “manipulated” to fit the narrative that benefited the President. Many of them are employed by the Defense Intelligence Agency, but are attached to CENTCOM.

The analysts have a pessimistic view of how the fight against ISIS and Al-Nusra is actually progressing. They have also claimed that the atmosphere at CENTCOM has become “unprofessional,” and has kept them from giving their honest assessment of the facts.

This situation is not surprising, given the way this administration runs its agenda. The question is…will anyone do anything about it?

Why Getting the Big Picture Is Essential

Earlier blogs have given hints on increasing speed and comprehension. One of our big concepts is that of getting the Gestalt. The Gestalt is the concept that details are easier to remember and comprehension is better by first seeing the big picture and viewing the details as part of it.

Big mistakes are made by scrutinizing a detail and not understanding where it fits in as part of the whole…