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Today, the Washington Post did a story about how U.S. military teams and intelligence agencies are deeply involved in secret joint operations with Yemeni troops who in the past six weeks have killed scores of people, among them six of 15 top leaders of a regional al-Qaeda affiliate. The article also highlights how GEOINT is playing a major role in this effort: “Highly sensitive intelligence is being shared with the Yemeni forces, including electronic and video surveillance, as well as three-dimensional terrain maps and detailed analysis of the al-Qaeda network.” In addition, we have featured a detailed map of all recent operations in Yemen in this post.

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Welcome once again to our Monday Morning News Kick Off post on got geoint? We hope that the cold weather is not bringing you down. Remember Winter is only a temporary thing and Spring will be here before you know it. Once again the news cycle is dominated by the fallout surrounding both the Christmas day bombing attempt and the attack in Afghanistan that killed seven CIA employees. On area that we shine a light on is CIA Director Leon Panetta firing back at critics saying that no one “ignored the hazards” in a letter in the Washington Post. So, as we always say, fire up that second cup of coffee and read on.

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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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