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Happy Monday. We hope everyone had a restful weekend spent with friends, family and loved ones…because now it’s time to get back to work. As always, we try to compile the actionable stories that will make you smarter, more productive and better looking. This week, we are showcasing a mixture of Intelligence Community, political and industry news that includes coverage of Dick Cheney’s comments on the CIA probe, Tom Ridge’s new book, Intellipedia and India’s problems on the lunar front. So, refill your coffee and scroll down.

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The political battlefield is heating up surrounding the disclosure that former Vice President Dick Cheney did not disclose a secret counterterrorism program with Congress. Here’s the latest, Pelosi and House Democrats are pushing ahead with plans to hold a series of hearings investigating instances in which intelligence officials may have misled members of Congress. Although, this Op-Ed by Newt Gingrich came out on July 10, it mirrors a key message being touted by the Republicans: Democrats are playing politics with our national security.

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Welcome once again to the Monday morning news kick off. We hope everyone had a restful weekend. As many of us were en-route to San Diego this weekend for what will be a most exciting ESRI International User Conference (stay tuned for more ESRI coverage), we wanted to catch up on the latest news headlines from the past few days. And, wow, there is plenty of news going around — especially when it comes to Dick Cheney. There were some revelations this weekend that he hid mysterious counter-terrorism campaigns from law makers on the Hill. Surprising? No. Scroll down for more news you can use.

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We hope everyone had a restful and relaxing July 4th holiday weekend! The transition back to the work week is always tough after a summer holiday weekend spent with family, friends, pools, beaches and BBQs. So, our intention with today’s Monday Morning News Kick Off post is to ease you back into the work week — without shocking the system too much. Grab that cup of coffee, scroll down and enjoy.

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Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post on got geoint? We hope you all had a relaxing weekend and are ready to start the most productive week that will surely change the course of your careers and lives. Ahh, if only we were all that inspired on Mondays! For this week’s post, we have covered the latest in political fighting within the intelligence community, along with some strong arguments proving that the Iranian election was rigged (come on, how could it not be??), and much more. Grab that second cup of coffee and scroll down.

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Welcome to the official Monday Morning News Kick Off (on Tuesday) post. Since it was a holiday weekend, and we hope many enjoyed the day off yesterday, we decided to continue with the popular Monday Morning News Kick Off post even though technically it is Tuesday. Lots of political fighting going on over the past few days. President Obama was accused of having a “pre-9/11″ mentality by Republicans and Cheney is back out again and is having what some call a “second act.” Scroll down and enjoy.

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Welcome once again to our “Monday Morning News Kick Off” post on got geoint? As many of our readers know, the point of this post is to “jump start” your work week with all the actionable news you need. Plus, with the multitude of weekend politics shows, there’s always something crazy to report. For example, former Vice President Cheney re-merged — seems he comes out of hiding every other week to do the talk show circuit — and continued to have strong words for the Obama administration on the interrogation issue. Grab your coffee, dust the cobwebs off your brain and scroll down. Happy Monday!

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