re: "The End of The Counterterrorism Blog"

Well, this can't be good news.

(Seriously, I wish them all well in their present and future pursuits.)

re: "Counterintelligence Still Secondary as Our Secrets Are Taken"

Douglas Farah laments the state of U.S. counterintelligence efforts.

Money quote(s):

"Counterintelligence has to have true national leadership, and is too important to be left to the hodgepodge of agencies that currently carry out bits and pieces of the policy."

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"(T)he Chinese have managed to steal EVERY nuclear weapons design the U.S. has, allowing them not only to leapfrog generations and billions of dollars in development, but also to identify every vulnerability in the current systems.

Russia no longer needs to rely solely on KGB thugs to carry out much of its espionage. It simply carries out the best business intelligence gathering operations through front companies, and hires lobbyists to collect other information of interest.

Most tellingly, the Islamist world is heavily invested in the United States through shell corporations and the governments that host and sponsor terrorists, from Hezbollah and al Qaeda."

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Hat tip to the Counterterrorism Blog ("The first multi-expert blog dedicated solely to counterterrorism issues, serving as a gateway to the community for policymakers and serious researchers. Designed to provide real-time information about terrorism cases and policy developments.").