GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Large Release of Intelligence Imagery Foreseen

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: Secrecy News

01March2011 8:00amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Millions of feet of film of historical imagery from intelligence satellites may be declassified this year, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) said.

“The NGA is anticipating the potential declassification of significant amounts of film-based imagery… in 2011,” according to an NGA announcement that solicited contractor interest in converting the declassified film into digital format.  It was published in Federal Business Opportunities on February 14, 2011.  A copy is posted here (pdf).

For planning purposes, the NGA told potential contractors to assume the need to digitize “approximately 4 million linear feet of film up to approximately 7 inches in width.”  The imagery is “stored on 500 foot spools, with many frames up to several feet in length.”  A nominal start date of October 1, 2011 was specified for the digitization project.

The NGA announcement also suggested that the winning contractor would “retain rights to distribute declassified imagery and recoup investment, for a specified period of time (negotiable).”  This would be problematic if it implied that the contractor had exclusive access to the declassified film and could prevent others from digitizing selected portions of it. (read full report)

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Financial terrorism suspected in ‘08 economic crash

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SOURCE: The Washington Times

01March2011 6:30amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Evidence outlined in a Pentagon contractor report suggests that financial subversion carried out by unknown parties, such as terrorists or hostile nations, contributed to the 2008 economic crash by covertly using vulnerabilities in the U.S. financial system.

The unclassified 2009 report “Economic Warfare: Risks and Responses” by financial analyst Kevin D. Freeman, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Times, states that “a three-phased attack was planned and is in the process against the United States economy.”

While economic analysts and a final report from the federal government's Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission blame the crash on such economic factors as high-risk mortgage lending practices and poor federal regulation and supervision, the Pentagon contractor adds a new element: “outside forces,” a factor the commission did not examine.

“There is sufficient justification to question whether outside forces triggered, capitalized upon or magnified the economic difficulties of 2008,” the report says, explaining that those domestic economic factors would have caused a “normal downturn” but not the “near collapse” of the global economic system that took place. (read full report)

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Defense Mergers Opposed by U.S.

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SOURCE: WSJ

09February2011 6:12pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: The Pentagon's procurement chief is expected to deliver a message to Wall Street Wednesday: The Defense Department wants to discourage potential consolidation among top-tier defense contractors.

In remarks to an investment conference in New York, Ashton Carter, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, is expected to draw a line against major defense-sector mergers in an era of tighter defense spending. A draft of Mr. Carter's remarks says the Pentagon "is not likely to support further consolidation of our principal weapons-systems prime contractors."

His principal concern, Mr. Carter indicated during an interview, is maintaining competition and bolstering the Pentagon's buying power. (read full report)

 

 

 

"GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE" is an intelligence briefing presented by Griffith Colson Intelligence Service, and provided to the public for informative purposes only. All subject matter is credited to it's source of origin, and is not intended to represent original content authored by GCIS, it's advertisers or affiliates. All opinions presented are those of the author, and not necessarily those of GCIS or it's partners.