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| CIA Mines 'Rich' Content From Blogs |
| 2006-05-23 |
| President Bush and U.S. policy-makers are receiving more intelligence from open sources such as Internet blogs and foreign newspapers than they previously did, senior intelligence officials said. The new Open Source Center (OSC) at CIA headquarters recently stepped up data collection and analysis based on bloggers worldwide and is developing new methods to gauge the reliability of the content, said OSC Director Douglas J. Naquin. "A lot of blogs now have become very big on the Internet, and we're getting a lot of rich information on blogs that are telling us a lot about social perspectives and everything from what the general feeling is to ... people putting information on there that doesn't exist anywhere else," Mr. Naquin told The Washington Times. Eliot A. Jardines, assistant deputy director of national intelligence for open source, said the amount of unclassified intelligence reaching Mr. Bush and senior policy-makers has increased as a result of the center's creation in November. |
| Posted by:Gromosh Elminegum5705 |
| #33 Hey, for some of us rock IS piercing, Just. ;-) |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-05-23 21:48 |
| #32 damn # 30 Berce mon coeur avec une longuer monotone.... tribute to Verlain and Overlord Des sanglots longue du violins de l'automne |
| Posted by: JustAboutEnough! 2006-05-23 21:45 |
| #31 Want to know how to crack the 1024 bit side of a CDMA conversation fast? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-05-23 20:48 |
| #30 Blessent mon coeur d'une langeur monotone |
| Posted by: pihkalbadger 2006-05-23 20:05 |
| #29 This should keep them busy for a while: FIXBM LLKSZ RBDOU KJFZA SWECN AWYKS TZDBJ CMSMJ VNRZE JBFTL DXBMD MDQBM Hint- Any student of WWII cryptology should recognize this. |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2006-05-23 19:07 |
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| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2006-05-23 18:28 |
| #27 Guys, it's the CIA for crying out loud. They're web surfing over at KOS and DemocraticUnderground and MoveOn. Naaaa, those are considered FRIENDLY sites. They're hanging around Michelle Malkin, Power Line, and the RIGHT wing stuff, looking for clues. Of course, many of the people at CIA are so blind even the biggest clue would elude them. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-05-23 18:16 |
| #26 {Cups hand over mouth} TOO-WHIT! TOO-WHOO! TOO-WHIT! TOO-WHOO! NINNER! NINNER! /CRYPTIC SESSION OVER:: |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2006-05-23 17:54 |
| #25 ROFLMAO! The dog meows at midnight. The cat farts for Christmas. :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-05-23 17:33 |
| #24 Guys, it's the CIA for crying out loud. They're web surfing over at KOS and DemocraticUnderground and MoveOn. |
| Posted by: Glinetle Speagum8691 2006-05-23 16:29 |
| #23 And tell the FBI Hatfill probably isn't the guy.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-05-23 16:29 |
| #22 Joe For King. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2006-05-23 16:07 |
| #21 In the unlikely event your search engine hasn't pick the rant up yet.... Osama, Osama bin Laden, Osama ben Laden, Osoma Ben Laden, Ossama Bin loden, UBL, Binladan, bin Laden's. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-05-23 16:04 |
| #20 Sorry Mike. Decoding Joe's statements can only be done by God - in a black hole - at night. (Otherwise the universe would implode.) Oh. And my dog, kitty, has flies. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-05-23 16:02 |
| #19 ...Infinity can only be circumvented by it's path through the ends...! Please codebreak. |
| Posted by: smn 2006-05-23 15:56 |
| #18 I wish SOMEONE would decode Joes' posts and tell me what they say. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2006-05-23 15:53 |
| #17 Told 'ya. Joe's a walking One Time Pad. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-05-23 13:14 |
| #16 Joe is as rich as it gets Too rich. Take the NSA's bank of computers to decrypt some of his stuff. heh |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-05-23 12:19 |
| #15 Hi CIA guys! Oh, and the guy that sits in room 231 in the 3rd cube on the right, Dude... change your diet. You are killing us in the bathroom. DAMN! See a doctor. Really. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-05-23 11:49 |
| #14 ed: Fred should start embedding secret codes. It'll make for hours of fun at Langley. Joe Joe is as rich as it gets |
| Posted by: RD 2006-05-23 11:36 |
| #13 If your management, keep reading, we'll tell you what to do. GET RID OF THE MSM, before they get us all killed. If you can't, pass the word on to someone who can and will. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-05-23 11:31 |
| #12 Alpha, the dog is in the tobacco. Repeat: Alpha, the dog is in the tobacco. The banjo becomes angry at midnight. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2006-05-23 11:27 |
| #11 Hi Guys! If you're ops get back to the range or fieldcraft, if you're an analyst go bug NSA/NRO for some of the good stuff. And if you're log, stop jacking around on the web and go fix something. If you're finance, hit the tipjar. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2006-05-23 11:00 |
| #10 I think one of the O Club beavers is bugged Hmpf. How ... untactful, Frank. Bucky wasn't "bugged" he ... had a slight environmental problem due to insufficient water levels in the pond out back. Being a good environmentalist, he avoided bathing as often as usual and ... um ... well ... Frontline works wonders, it turns out, and is waterproof to boot. AND, I should add, Miss Gentle did NOT have a similar problem. Shame on you, Frank. It's sensitivity training for you!!! |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-05-23 10:25 |
| #9 The wind blows to the north. |
| Posted by: kelly 2006-05-23 10:07 |
| #8 Broadsword to Danny Boy. My dog has fleas. |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-05-23 10:07 |
| #7 Can you hear me now? I think one of the O Club beavers is bugged |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-05-23 10:00 |
| #6 The frogs jump high in the spring. Pass it on... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-05-23 09:58 |
| #5 Hi Guys! If you're ops get back to the range or fieldcraft, if you're an analyst go bug NSA/NRO for some of the good stuff. And if you're log, stop jacking around on the web and go fix something. Regards to General Hayden and the big Axe he is going to split the place with. Heh. |
| Posted by: Oldspook 2006-05-23 09:57 |
| #4 Alpha, the dog is in the tobacco. Repeat: Alpha, the dog is in the tobacco. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2006-05-23 09:36 |
| #3 :: waves hello :: |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-05-23 09:36 |
| #2 I, for one, welcome our new OSC Overlords! |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-05-23 09:09 |
| #1 Fred should start embedding secret codes. It'll make for hours of fun at Langley. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-05-23 09:08 |