Military - December 2007

Before 9/11, espionage was still a the cold war system. Where our enemies were clearly defined by their borders. But while nations have everything to lose, movements can survive on ideology alone.

Al Qaeda was a new kind of enemy, calling for a new kind of spycraft.

So my question is, how has the United States Intelligence community adapted since 9/11?

Is the CIA now training agents in Arabic instead of Russian? Instead of recruiting ivy league kids fluent in German, Russian or Chinese, are they now recruiting Harvard grads of Arab, Persian or Mediterranean decent?

Or has the CIA been replaced by new agencies unknown to most of the public?

I'm sure the NSA is still on top. But what about Delta Force? Or Black Ops? Whose commando tactics seem ill-equipped to face an enemy made of dispersed cell networks.

Who is training the new generation of western spies and how are they doing it?

If anyone knows of any books or sources on the subject, I'd love to know where I can find info!

2007-12-04 00:11:40 · 3 answers · asked by nitejrny282 2

Any American soldiers out there on yahoo answers?
Any military out here? A Personal message of thanks to you for yout sacrifice and love for your country; may God bless you and send you home to your families soon.

2007-12-03 23:40:47 · 11 answers · asked by Market Magician 3

Me and my children have dependent passports and I would like to go back to the states..do I need to get new passports or can I travel with the one that I have?

2007-12-03 22:42:00 · 4 answers · asked by Jersey 3

So I went to meps and signed up for the army. When their they ask you about your past I told them I only had a car accident on my record. They did a search and found a domestic violence charge between me and my mom. My recruiter called and told me we have to go and talk to the battallion commander to discuss what is going to happen. I know for not telling about other charges in the past you can get some pretty bad fines thrown on you. What are the chances of me getting in trouble for not mentioning this because it slipped my mind? Also will it effect me from staying in the army?

2007-12-03 21:34:00 · 12 answers · asked by Brendan S 1

proper answers please

2007-12-03 21:22:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

prop[er answers please

2007-12-03 21:15:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

please give full answas and proper ones

2007-12-03 21:12:37 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

just curious.

2007-12-03 20:10:31 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

My paperwork is all done now and they are sending me to sign my contractm but I really really want to be infantryman and not mortarman.

2007-12-03 18:52:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Has anyone ever gotten a base off their dream sheet?

2007-12-03 18:35:30 · 6 answers · asked by Cherlybird 2

im really out of shape... i run 1.5 miles in 16 mins... 30 push ups in 1 minute and 25 sit ups in 1 minute... what should i do to lower my running time and increase push ups and sit ups... i leave to basic in mid january... will i have a chance at passing bmt...

2007-12-03 18:08:39 · 11 answers · asked by go angels... 2

I just enlisted in the Navy, I will be going to bootcamp on April 08' .. if i wouldnt had joined the navy i would of gone to school and be a Civil Engineer ... I love math and science being a civil engineer its what i always wanted to be. I'm willin to do it all, go to college as soon as im done with bootcamp and all that, i just need some info, or is it better to serve my time and use my Gi bill to become a civil engineer outsidede of the navy, or is it better to stay in the navy and go to school for civil engineering and try to become a Civil Engineer Corps. Officer ... math and science isnt a problem. Some answers and suggestions can really help. Thanks guys.

2007-12-03 17:25:22 · 5 answers · asked by Peruvian King 1

I'm wondering if I can get in the military. I've talked to a recruiter and I am supposed to be getting ready for testing for the ASVAB. He told me that I could not get in there if I have been on medication or have been diagnosed with ADHD in the past 2-4 years. I was diagnosed with ADD about 5 years ago and I haven't been on medication since then .. and I'm a little confused, because I get different information from different people

2007-12-03 17:03:08 · 20 answers · asked by :) 1

If there was a draft for our current war in Iraq, what would be the pros and cons for it?
(mostly pros please because its for a debate)
THANKS ALOT =D

2007-12-03 17:02:42 · 14 answers · asked by Jimmy Q 1

Please help ............. One of my friends on yahoo answers said she is not going to get deployed and she has been in the navy for 2 years now ............ So if someone is doing Construction will they get deployed ?

2007-12-03 16:52:23 · 7 answers · asked by Winnie the Pooh Bear 7 more wks! 2

2007-12-03 16:37:39 · 5 answers · asked by Zak 1

You know machines that can engage the enemy, fire machine guns out of one arm and rocket propelled grenades with the other and can roll along as fast as a cheetah...

2007-12-03 15:37:35 · 4 answers · asked by ningis n 1

I know thats a big no but if you stay in the u.s do you stay in your state or were ever they put you at?Like for example i stay in tennesse so after boot camp will they send me back to tennessee or will i get to pick from a list where i wanna go?Probally more and likely they'll send me where they want me to right lol.Well there goes me wanting to go to Hawaii lol.

2007-12-03 15:27:51 · 6 answers · asked by Kerry D 1

When discussed at most Veterans of Foreign Wars posts it is the overwhelming consenus that he was afraid of dying in Viet Nam. It easy to get in to a loser you know you can punch his brains out but to go serve your country and confront an armed enemy takes real guts. Clay was a coward no doubt.

2007-12-03 15:21:56 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

In an article today that suggests US intelligence faults (see: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071204/ap_o... (TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent )

Hunt states:
"The conviction that Saddam Hussein had such weapons was one of the factors behind Bush's decision to invade Iraq. It since has been determined that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction."

I'm not sure if Terrance Hunt with the AP is an "Intelligence Authority" to make such claims?

At first, Iraq told UNSCOM that it had produced an estimated 250 tons of tabun and 812 tons of sarin. In 1995, Iraq changed its estimates and reported it had produced only 210 tons of tabun and 790 tons of sarin.

Iraq claimed that its chemical weapons program yielded a total of 3,859 tons of useable agents. Iraq insisted that it only weaponized 3,315 tons and consumed 80% of those weaponized agents during the war with Iran.

Iraq filled thousands of munitions with sarin or its binary components

2007-12-03 15:15:17 · 7 answers · asked by diblyhoo 4

doesn't know his rank, but he's just starting. maybe E-1? or something?

2007-12-03 15:14:09 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

crappy? apartment? house? condo? what kind??

2007-12-03 15:05:39 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-03 15:04:57 · 9 answers · asked by Mexicanisch 2

I'm going to be stationed with my husband on an AFB in the southeast hopefully in FL, MS, AL, or TX. I want to know which bases have the nicest and cleanest housing.

2007-12-03 15:03:57 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

The recruiter told me that after basic, depending on how long his tech school was I may be able to go with him. Is this true? He said if it was 20 weeks or more I could, but I read another answer and they said 26 weeks. WHICH IS IT???

2007-12-03 14:55:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

and i want to go to college after i finish there, how would i go about telling my parents this who want to have as little to do with the army as possible

2007-12-03 14:54:24 · 11 answers · asked by kironde h 2

i have an essay that says that jackson sent in 5000 stnads of muskets...WHAT DOES THIS MEAN!!

thanks so much!!

2007-12-03 14:53:06 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just read a question and a girl had said she wouldn't be recieving a letter for a couple more days.. Our daughter is 6 months old and I will be crushed if I can't speak to him for nearly 2 months!

2007-12-03 14:52:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

What are some cause and effects? Thanks for your help.

2007-12-03 14:49:43 · 6 answers · asked by AnimalsFan 3

My votes go to the Lee-Enfield, M1 Garand, PPSh, Mosin-Nagant, and Kar 98

2007-12-03 14:35:44 · 15 answers · asked by Darth Nihilus 5