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Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post from got geoint? As always, we hope you had a restful weekend. Now it’s time to gear up for the most productive week of your career. Can you feel it? If not, we have a round up of news that will make you smarter more confident and will provide true clarity as to what’s happening in the GEOINT community. So, as we always say, fire up that second cup of coffee and read on. Happy Monday!

New CIA Chief Petraeus Hands Over Command in Afghanistan
U.S. General David Petraeus, Washington’s new intelligence chief, handed over command of U.S. and NATO-led troops in Afghanistan on Monday.

Rare Glimpse Inside a Predator Drone Control Station
TechNewsDaily was recently invited to take a rare behind-the-scenes tour of a UAS ground control station in Italy that is jointly shared by the Italian and U.S. air forces. Get the inside scoop here.

Intel Site Tests Crowdsourcing’s Ability to Predict Future
The Intelligence Community is rolling out a crowdsourcing initiative to let people weigh in on the likelihood of potential future events and their probability of occurring.

GeoEye Provides U.S. Government Online Access to Imagery Through EnhancedView Web Hosting Service
GeoEye today announced the delivery of a new capability to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) — via its EnhancedView Web Hosting Service (WHS) that provides users with password protected, online access to unclassified, high-resolution imagery within hours of its collection.

US Intelligence Agencies Getting Better at Classifying Cyber-Attacks
The Intelligence Community is increasing its ability to distinguish between computer attacks by bored teenage hackers and those launched by sophisticated foreign spy agencies.

DoD Releases First Strategy for Cyber Ops
The Defense Department’s first strategy for operating in cyberspace is a milestone in the fight to protect the nation from potentially devastating network attacks.

Interactive Map of Undersea Cables
Did you know that the first undersea telecommunications cable was laid in the 1840s? Well, now there are lots of these cables and you can see them all in this interactive map here.

3-D Mapping Provides Cool View of Boy Scout’s Philmont Ranch
Check out this cool story about Northop Grumman mapping a local Boy Scouts of America ranch in Utah.

Tags: Crowdsourcing and the Intelligence Community, Cyber Security, GEOINT, Intel Community and Cyberattacks, Petraeus, Petraeus and the CIA, Petraeus Hands Over Afghanistan Command, Predator Drones