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IT at the CIA

Posted by michael on from the homesec dept.

neocon writes "The current issue of the CIA's Studies in Intelligence (unclassified edition, natch) has an article on the state of IT within the CIA, titled 'Failing to Keep Up With the Information Revolution', which looks at how the agency has fared in staying up to date both with information security needs and with promising new technologies."

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  1. Dean Kamen flashback by sacrilicious · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    IT within the CIA

    I imagined for a moment that the CIA had finally gotten around to equipping all their agents with stealth Segways.

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  2. Who gets cooler uniforms? by emo+boy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    IT Swat teams or DI Mod Squad?

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  3. Typing through choked laughter by emo+boy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Just in case you are retarded and haven't watched the laugh out loud videos at http://www.segway.com, here's a linky.

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  4. Re:So.. by fussman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes, and orange with SARS.

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  5. a different kind of moderation... by fussman · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    'Failing to Keep Up With the Information Revolution'

    Didn't someone earlier today say something about giving mod points to articles?
    I would mod this article "-1 Flaimbait."

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  6. Re:PlayStation to supercomputer in $50,000 by stratjakt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    By contrast, it is almost impossible for researchers to install the Linux system on Microsoft's Xbox game console.

    This is because they dont know how to solder, or dont know where to get a Torx 10 screwdriver to open it?

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  7. Re:The $ETHNIC military uses an air gap too. by TopShelf · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    hehehe... mod parent up FUNNY! Whooo... those $EXPLETIVE $PERJORATIVE $ETHNIC's...

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  8. Somebody mod this guy up! by djeaux · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    ROTFL!

    Unfortunately /. isn't giving me any karma to dole out today, or you'd get a few points!

    So let me change my original assertion to: Government intelligence is an oxymoron!

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