Comments on: The information innovation that mattered in the hunt for bin Laden http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/total-cio/the-information-innovation-that-mattered-in-the-hunt-for-bin-laden/ A SearchCIO.com blog Sat, 11 May 2013 17:51:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: Handsome http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/total-cio/the-information-innovation-that-mattered-in-the-hunt-for-bin-laden/#comment-713 Handsome Fri, 06 May 2011 15:57:37 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/total-cio/?p=1874#comment-713 “In the aftermath of Abu Ghraib, he [McChrystal] and his intelligence chief, Gen. Michael Flynn, brought police experts to teach their special forces cutting-edge criminal forensic techniques. They then forced the special forces, Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to work together.”

It is great to see groups as diverse as the CIA, NSA and Afghan police forces sharing intel. But apparently, someone forgot to cc the Pakistani ISI.

]]> By: DBAndJ2EEInstruction http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/total-cio/the-information-innovation-that-mattered-in-the-hunt-for-bin-laden/#comment-712 DBAndJ2EEInstruction Fri, 06 May 2011 15:50:56 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/total-cio/?p=1874#comment-712 No cooperation came from local officials who were on Bin-Ladens payroll to the very end.
Companies that Bush and Cheney had run had ties to Musharrif and the Faisals who said the Arabs would handle the situation themselves and no american intervention was needed.
It wasn’t until we had a outside party (Obama/Petraeus) who has no middle-eastern influences or entanglements that the actionable intelligence on Bin-Laden finally came to light.
Ascertaining the comings and goings of the courier provided prima facie proof of Bin-Ladens actual location…

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