Monday, June 10, 2013

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 10, 2013


How The U.S. Uses Technology to Mine More Data More Quickly -- New York Times

WASHINGTON — When American analysts hunting terrorists sought new ways to comb through the troves of phone records, e-mails and other data piling up as digital communications exploded over the past decade, they turned to Silicon Valley computer experts who had developed complex equations to thwart Russian mobsters intent on credit card fraud.

The partnership between the intelligence community and Palantir Technologies, a Palo Alto, Calif., company founded by a group of inventors from PayPal, is just one of many that the National Security Agency and other agencies have forged as they have rushed to unlock the secrets of “Big Data.”

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

NSA: The long-time finder and keeper of countless American secrets -- FOX News/AP

NSA claims know-how to ensure no illegal spying -- AP

Disclosures on NSA spying alarm lawmakers, tech companies -- Reuters

NSA leaker "trained" to be Special Forces -- Black Five

Netanyahu: Iranian cyber attacks 'non-stop' -- The Telegraph

Turkish Military Faces Morale Crisis -- Al Monitor

Iran says it sets up space monitoring center -- AP

Multinational Military Exercises Launch in Jordan -- AP

Report: NATO Paper Warns Of Military Shortfalls -- Defense News

DCNS briefed French and Royal Navy submarine forces Admirals on Barracuda SSN program -- Navy Recognition

Colombia worries as troops join Arab mercenary force -- Space Daily/UPI

Tangled in red tape, India's submarine fleet sinking -- Times of India

Senior Army Official Slams NY Times Report on Georgian Troops in Helmand -- Civil.ge

US, Arkia planes in Eilat narrowly miss colliding -- YNet news

Exposure of Indiana fertilizer plant opens general’s talks with Pakistan on Taliban IEDs -- Washington Times

Japanese Troops Head to California Beach for Amphibious Exercise -- Real Clear Defense/AP

US nuclear bombs 'based in Netherlands' - ex-Dutch PM Lubbers -- BBC

Some U.S. military parts imported from China -- CBS

US Army Maps Future of the Electronic Battlefield -- Defense News

Lawmaker: Defense Panel Ignored ‘Elephant in the Room’ -- DoD Buzz

Sikorsky to Build CH-53K Operational Test Helicopters for US Navy -- Defence Talk

Birthing Ships is Never Easy; Give LCS A Break -- Breaking Defense

Analysis: The U.S. Navy’s High-Low Mix -- Kevin Delamer, USNI News

Will Sequester Scuttle DoD’s Energy Efficiency Efforts? -- Breaking Defense

Army suspends general for handling of sexual-assault case -- Washington Post

Rebalancing the military in Asia and the Pacific -- Michael O'Hanlon, Politico

A way of thinking may enable battle but prevent war crimes -- Space War

Naval Academy Launches Cyber Operations Major -- Defense Tech

Military told not to read Obama-scandal news -- WND

The outsourcing of U.S. intelligence raises risks among the benefits -- Robert O’Harrow Jr., Washington Post

Backlash over US snooping intensifies -- Geoff Dyer, Financial Times

Julian Assange: NSA leaker next Bradley Manning? -- Politico

NSA Whistleblower: The Ultimate Insider Attack -- Kim Zetter, Threat Level

Does The Government Already Have All Of Our Data? -- Brad Feld and Feld Thoughts, Business Insider

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