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Today, USGIF announced that the winner of its illustrious Lifetime Achievement Award is none other than Mr. Charles Allen, Former Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis. Many consider Mr. Allen a pillar of intelligence community and who has had a highly notable career with DHS and CIA, and has truly shaped how we protect our nation.

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Mr. Charles Allen, former Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the decision to kill the domestic spy satellite program is a mistake. Mr. Allen told the Associated Press that the imaging could help provide a better understanding of the U.S. land and sea border vulnerabilities, as well as weaknesses in the country’s critical infrastructure that could be exploited by terrorists. As many of you know, Mr. Allen spoke at the GEOINT 2008 Symposium last year.

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Much of intelligence remains understandably focused on external terror threats, reports Homeland Security Today. DHS’s Charlie Allen is quoted in the piece from the GEOINT Symposium stage.

USDI James Clapper’s keynote received some more play over the weekend in a Washington Post article on the deal reached between Pakistan and the United States regarding airstrikes within the country’s borders.

For one journalist covering the symposium, this information combined with the other keynotes, panels, tracks and exhibits was “like drinking from a fire hose.” That’s good, right?

And from a perspective we don’t see often, one exhibitor new to the GEOINT experience chronicled her personal experiences in Nashville and life as a tradeshow booth personnel.

Enjoy!

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