The size of the annual budget for the Military Intelligence Program (MIP), which has been classified up to now, will be publicly disclosed, said Gen. James R. Clapper, Jr., the nominee to be the next Director of National Intelligence. He said that he had personally advocated and won approval for release of the budget figure.
"I pushed through and got Secretary [of Defense Robert M.] Gates to approve revelation of the Military Intelligence Program budget," Gen. Clapper told Senator Russ Feingold at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee yesterday.
Since 2007, the DNI has declassified and disclosed the size of the National Intelligence Program (NIP) at the end of each fiscal year, in response to a legislative requirement. But despite its name, the NIP is not literally the whole "national intelligence program." Rather, it is one of the two budget constructs, along with the MIP, that make up the total U.S. intelligence budget.
Pakistan Navy frogmen trained Kasab, and other terrorists
Pak Navy trained Kasab: Headley
American terrorist David Coleman Headley has nailed the Pakistan Navy as well for its role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, in yet another confirmation of the involvement of Pakistan's state actors in the carnage.
Confirming what the lone surviving attacker Ajmal Kasab confessed in Mumbai, Headley had told National Investigation Agency (NIA) interrogators in Chicago last month that all the 10 attackers had got intensive training from Pakistan Navy frogmen.
Kasab had confessed that the 10 terrorists, including himself, who attacked Mumbai received training in swimming and underwater diving from Pakistan Navy frogmen. A frogman is someone who is trained to dive, swim and combat.
Artillerymen in Afghanistan use innovation to reduce ...
By Staff Sgt. Bruce Cobbledick
In combat, sometimes a small adjustment can mean preserving innocent life. Some artillerymen here have embraced that concept and developed a new way to reduce the chances of collateral damage.
Embracing the current rules of engagement, the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team’s 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment (Task Force King) has begun using less-explosive training shells during the "adjustment phase" of fire support. That means the first, and possibly subsequent rounds fired while getting on target, won't cause nearly the level of damage that high-explosive rounds would. After the artillerymen ensure they're on target, the gloves come off, and they quickly transitioning to the high-explosive, lethal rounds.
Special Report - 07/21/10
