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Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor

When Telford Taylor and U.S. Army G-2 Gained Access to Ultra The British let in the rabble

In the early years of the war, knowledge of Ultra – British decoded German cypher traffic encrypted by the Enigma machine – was limited to only the most senior American …

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Robert Furman

Maj. Robert Furman: A Spook in the Pentagon

Sometime in 1943, not long after construction of the Pentagon had been completed and the great building first opened its doors for business, reports of a ghost began circulating among …

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Sequestration

Cybersecurity and Sequestration It seems unlikely that cybersecurity programs will suffer much under sequestration — but Congress’s new way of budgeting may already be doing some damage.

When sequestration hit on March 1, it couldn’t have happened at a worse time for federal employees charged with protecting the nation’s public and private networks – in fact, events …

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A street scene in Wonsan City, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Oct. 20, 2011. Continued tensions and inequalities in places such as North Korea are a scenario outlined in Global Trends 2030. United Nations photo by David Ohana

Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds and Hedging Strategies Part 9 of a series covering the National Intelligence Council's look into the future

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The Global Trends 2030 report builds on the precedent set by earlier editions of Global Trends in identifying four possible future models of the world out to 2030 – but …

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2014 Defense Budget

The 2014 Defense Budget Request: Another Whack at Personnel Costs

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On April 10, when the Department of Defense (DoD) finally released its 2014 Defense budget request, there was one thing everyone could agree on: The numbers in it didn’t mean …

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Katyn Massacre

The Katyn Massacre: The Pot Calling the Kettle Black

In 1939, Nazi Germany and its then-ally the Soviet Union divided conquered Poland between them per the terms of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Some senior members of the Polish government and …

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Davao Escapees

POW Escape from Davao, Part 2 The Pacific Theater's "Great Escape"

On the morning of April 4, 1943, two POW work details made up of Lt. Cmdr. Melvyn H. McCoy, U.S. Navy; Maj. Mike Dobervich, Capt. Austin Shofner, and 1st Lt. …

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Camp O'Donnell

POW Escape from Davao, Part 1 The Pacific Theater's "Great Escape"

April 1943 would become a landmark month in the history of prisoners of war (POWs). In Stalag Luft III, a Luftwaffe-run POW camp in Lower Silesia, Germany, Squadron Leader Roger …

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Gen.Dempsey, SECDEF Hagel, budget

The 2014 Defense Budget Request Invites a New Round of Head-scratching The Pentagon's fake budget?

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When the Obama Administration finally released its 2014 budget proposal on April 10 – more then two months later than required by law – DoD‘s defense budget proposal contained provisions …

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Sequestration Affects Military Families

Sequestration Affects Military Families What could happen – and what won’t

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After the sequestration hammer fell on March 1, Congress immediately began considering options for cushioning the blow to some federal programs. In signing the sequestration order, President Barack Obama, exercising …

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