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57. Siobhan Gorman, “System Error,” Baltimore Sun, January 29, 2006.
58. Ariel Sabar, “NSA Awards Pact to Redesign Operations,” Baltimore Sun, October 2, 2002.
59. “NSA Awards Major Acquisition Contract to Science Applications International Corporation,” NSA press release, September 19, 2002.
60. House and Senate Intelligence Committees, Joint Hearing on Pre-9/11 Failures, October 17, 2002.
61. “SAIC Team Wins National Security Agency Trailblazer Contract,” SAIC press release, October 21, 2002.
62. “Contractor’s Rise Shows Blurred Government, Industry Lines,” Government Executive, July 7, 2006.
63. Paul Kaihla, “US: In the Company of Spies,” Business 2.0, May 1, 2003.
64. www.saic.com/products/software/teratext/customers.html.
65. According to a Jordan Becker, an SAIC employee writing on Dr. J. Robert Beyster’s blog at www.beyster.com/blog.
66. Doug Beizer, “Array of Tech Products Helps Fight Terrorism,” Washington Technology, March 9, 2006.
67. “Pathfinder Overview,” SAIC Web site, www.saic.com.
68. “Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001,” report of the U.S. Senate and House Select Committees on Intelligence, December 2002.
69. Pamela Hess, “NSA Intel System over Budget,” United Press International, April 19, 2005.
70. Mark Hosenball and Evan Thomas, “Hold the Phone: Big Brother Knows Whom You Call,” Newsweek, May 22, 2006.
71. “Intel Watch,” Inside the Pentagon, November 20, 2003.
72. This statement was made in a series of questions posed to Lt. Gen. James Clapper when he appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee for his confirmation hearing on March 27, 2007.
73. Siobhan Gorman, “Chief of NSA Urges ‘Action,’” Baltimore Sun, March 10, 2007.
74. Robert David Steele, interview with author, January 2007.
75. John Gannon, interview with author, September 2006.
76. John Pike, interview with author, January 2007.
77. Chris Roberts, “Transcript; Debate on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act,” El Paso Times, August 22, 2007.
78. Haseltine spoke at GEOINT 2006, the conference organized by the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation in Orlando, Florida.
79. Josh Rogin, “DOD Says No to Massive IT Acquisitions,” Federal Computer Week Online, January 22, 2007.
80. Shane Harris, “Two Controversial Counter-Terror Programs Share Parallels,” National Journal, June 16, 2006.
81. Quoted in “Total Information Awareness Resource Center,” a source of information and action regarding the Total Information Awareness program for concerned citizens, legislators and the media, http://www.geocities.com/totalinformationawareness/.
82. Remarks as prepared for delivery by Dr. John Poindexter, Director, Information Awareness Office of DARPA, at DARPATech 2002 Conference, Anaheim, California, August 2, 2002, http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/dod/poindexter.html.
83. Ibid.
84. Shane Harris, “TIA Lives On,” National Journal, February 25, 2006.
85. Michael Hirsh and Mark Hosenball, “NSA: Meet the Next Spy Chief,” Newsweek Web “exclusive,” January 4, 2007, www.msnbc.com.
86. EPIC obtained information about the contracts through a Freedom of Information Act request. Copies of the contract letters can be found on EPIC’s Web site, at http://www.epic.org/privacy/profiling/tia/#foia.
87. Jeffrey Jonas, interview with author, September 2006.
88. David Morse, “What Was Behind the Pentagon’s Betting Parlor?,” Common Dreams, August 4, 2003, www.commondreams.org.
89. Quoted in “Semantic Analytics on Social Networks: Experiences in Addressing the Problem of Conflict of Interest Detection,” paper published by the University of Georgia (Athens) and the University of Maryland (Baltimore County), 2006, http://www2006.org/programme/files/pdf/4068.pdf.
90. Shane Harris, “Two Controversial Counter-terror Programs Share Parallels,” National Journal, June 16, 2006.
91. “The Last Tactical Mile…and the First,” a white paper prepared by the AFCEA Intelligence Committee, October 2006.
92. Siobhan Gorman, “Costly NSA Initiative Has a Shaky Takeoff,” Baltimore Sun, February 11, 2007.
93. Paul Marks, “Pentagon Sets Its Sights on Social Networking Websites,” New Scientist, June 9, 2006, http://technology.newscientist.com/article/mg19025556.200-pentagon-sets-its-sights-on-social-networking-websites.html.
94. Jim Dempsey, interview with author, June 2007.
95. James Clapper, confirmation questions, Senate Armed Services Committee, March 28, 2007.
7. INTELLIGENCE DISNEYLAND
1. “Intelligence Officials Say Reform Means a Long, Hard Slog Ahead,” Homeland Defense Watch, November 1, 2004.
2. These figures were disclosed to GEOINT 2007 by Army Colonel Bill Harmon, the chief of the NGA’s forward support team to the U.S. Central Command.
3. NGA director Robert Murrett, remarks at the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation’s GEOINT 2006 symposium, November 14, 2006. Readers take note: the author was present at GEOINT 2006 and GEOINT 2007. Only the most important quotes from these events will be cited in these endnotes.
4. Robert Murrett, in a speech at GEOINT 2007, San Antonio, October 23, 2007.
5. Donald M. Kerr, speech to the 2006 GEOINT conference and symposium in Orlando, Florida, November 2006.
6. Lance Killoran, in a speech at GEOINT 2007, San Antonio, October 22, 2007.
7. Ibid.
8. Loren Thompson, “Reconnaissance Assets Undercut by Pentagon Infighting,” Lexington Institute issue brief, April 2, 2007.
9. “Joint Document Highlights NGA and NSA Collaboration,” NGA press release, December 27, 2004.
10. Eric Lipton, “Spy Chiefs Say Cooperation Should Begin at the Bottom,” New York Times, October 14, 2004.
11. NGA director Robert Murrett, press briefing at the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation’s GEOINT 2006 symposium, November 14, 2006.
12. Michael Lee, in a speech at GEOINT 2007, San Antonio, October 23, 2007.
13. Richard L. Haver, public speech to intelligence professionals, Washington, D.C., May 2006.
14. “Empire Challenge 2006 Improves US, Coalition Intelligence Support to Troops on the Ground,” NGA press release, October 12, 2006.
15. Charles Allen, DHS, remarks at GEOINT symposium, 2006.
16. Steve Jacques, interview with author, September 2006.
17. E-mail from K. Stuart Shea to author, August 11, 2004.
18. Damon Chappie, “Intel Aide’s Ties Draw Scrutiny,” Roll Call, April 1, 2004.
19. These figures are based on USGIF’s 2004 tax returns, which as a nonprofit must be made available to the public.
20. Wilson P. Dizard, “Geospatial Intel Moves Out from the Shadows,” Government Computer News, January 22, 2007.
21. “JFCOM, NGA Finishing Proposals to Enhance Tactical Geoint Capabilities,” Inside the Pentagon, March 1, 2007.
22. John Pike, interview with author, April 2007.
23. Richard Haver, speech to GEOINT 2007.
24. The Clinton administration’s policies on commercial imaging are described in a 2007 report prepared by an independent study group for the NGA, “Independent Study of the Roles of Commercial Remote Sensing in the Future National System for Geospatial Intelligence,” completed by the Defense Group Inc. for the NGA in July 2007 and made public by the NGA press office in October 2007.
25. Ibid.
26. “NGA Head General James R. Clapper Answers Wide-Ranging Questions About NGA,” Directions Magazine (NGA publication), November 10, 2004.
27. ESRI Corporate Profile, Geospatial Solutions, December 1, 2004.
28. Sara Kehaulani Goo and Alec Klein, “Google Searches for Government Work,” “TechNews,” Washington Post, February 28, 2007.
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bsp; 29. Information posted on the Web site for the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, www.potomacinstitute.org.
30. Robert B. Murrett, “10 Years of Geoint,” Pathfinder (NGA publication), September/October 2006.
31. John Pike, interview with author, April 2007.
32. Karen Walker, “FIRE Allows US Intel Agencies to Learn from ‘What-ifs,’” Defense News, August 2, 2004.
33. Ibid.
34. Booz Allen’s chief subcontractor on the FIRE project is Analytical Graphics Inc., which sells satellite tracking and geospatial software to the NGA, the NSA, the CIA, and the Army Intelligence Security Command.
35. According to “Intelligence Solutions,” the SAIC’s page for GEOINT on its Web site, www.saic.org.
36. Edmund H. Nowinski and Robert J. Kohler, “The Lost Art of Program Management in the Intelligence Community,” CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence, Vol. 50, No. 2, April 2007, https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publica tions/csi-studies/studies/vol50no2/html_files/Program_Management_4.htm.
37. “NGA Head General James R. Clapper Answers Wide-Ranging Questions About NGA.”
38. Herbert Browne, interview with author, December 2006.
39. Robert David Steele, interview with author, September 2006.
40. “Independent Study of the Roles of Commercial Remote Sensing in the Future National System for Geospatial Intelligence,” NGA, 2007.
8. THE PURE PLAYS
1. Walter Pincus, “Growing Threat Seen in Afghan Insurgency,” Washington Post, March 1, 2006.
2. Department of Defense, FY 2006 Supplemental Request for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), February 2006.
3. Hearing transcript, Defense Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, February 16, 2006.
4. Tim Lemke, “Veridian Corp. Gets Two Federal Contracts,” Washington Times, April 22, 2003.
5. Renae Merle and Ellen McCarthy, “General Dynamics to Buy Anteon,” Washington Post, December 15, 2005.
6. Adelia Cellini Linecker, “IT Firms Get Sales Lift from Military Buildup,” Investor’s Business Daily, February 18, 2003.
7. “L-3 Communications Acquires Titan,” Defense Industry Daily, June 8, 2005.
8. Lockheed Martin statistics were reported during a presentation for investors at the Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Washington conference, March 8, 2007.
9. “L-1 Acquiring IT Firm That Serves Intel Community,” Terror Response Technology Report, May 16, 2007.
10. William Conway, interview with author, January 2002.
11. ManTech, Form S-1 prospectus filed with the SEC, November 15, 2002, available at sec.edgar-online.com.
12. “ManTech IPO Rises 14% on First Day,” Daily Deal, February 7, 2002.
13. CACI’s denunciation of Greenwald’s film was posted on CACI’s Web site, at www.caci.com.
14. Transcript, CACI International analyst meeting, Fair Disclosure Wire, February 28, 2007.
15. 2006 CACI International Earnings conference call, August 17, 2006.
16. These figures, and the statistics on clearances, were provided by CACI officials during a conference call with analysts on March 8, 2007.
17. Kenneth Bredemeier, “Thousands of Private Contractors Support US Forces in Persian Gulf,” Washington Post, March 3, 2003.
18. “Rumsfeld’s Office Streamlines Its IT,” United Press International, November 10, 2005.
19. “Dr. London’s Radio Interview with Brian Roberts,” on CACI’s Web site at http://www.caci.com/announcement/radio_interview_7-06.shtml.
20. “Dr. J. P. London Address to Northern Virginia Technology Council, 2/13/02,” www.caci.com/speeches/JPl_2-13_speech.shtml.
21. Ibid.
22. Ibid.
23. CACI annual reports, 2003 and 2006.
24. Ibid.
25. “CACI Chairman, President and CEO Dr. J. P. (Jack) London Receives Albert Einstein Technology Award,” CACI press release, February 2, 2004.
26. Ali Abuniman, “In Exchange for Interrogation Training, Did Washington Award Security Contracts?” Daily Star (Lebanon), May 11, 2004.
27. Company presentation, Friedman, Billings, Ramsey investor conference, Washington, D.C., March 1, 2006.
28. See the transcript of CACI’s analyst conference call of February 28, 2007, CACI International analyst meeting, Fair Disclosure Wire, February 28, 2007.
29. Jack London, conference call with investors, May 5, 2004.
30. Ellen McCarthy, “Intelligence Work Comes to CACI via Acquisitions,” Washington Post, July 8, 2004.
31. Tim Shorrock, “CACI and Its Friends,” The Nation, June 23, 2004.
32. “CACI Awarded Task Order for DIA,” Associated Press, June 7, 2007.
33. “DIA Drafts CACI for Defense Intel Services,” Government Computer News, May 31, 2006.
34. Ellen McCarthy, “Intelligence Work Comes to CACI Via Acquisitions,” Washington Post, July 8, 2004.
35. Jay Weaver, “Padilla Was Recruited for Jihad, Document Says,” Miami Herald, March 16, 2007; and Stevenson Swanson, “Padilla Kept out of Sight, but Case Is Very Visible,” Chicago Tribune, June 15, 2003.
36. CACI international earnings conference call, April 22, 2004.
37. Telephone interview with the Department of the Interior’s Frank Quimby, 2004.
38. Seymour Hersh, “The Gray Zone: How a Secret Pentagon Program Came to Abu Ghraib,” The New Yorker, May 15, 2004.
39. Maj. Gen. George Fay, report, “Investigation of Intelligence Activities at Abu Ghraib,” August 2004, available on many Web sites.
40. Taguba’s speech can be heard in the Commonwealth Club’s podcast of the event, at http://audio.commonwealthclub.org/audio/podcast/cc_20070625_taguba.mp3.
41. Jim Jelter, “CACI International Warns of Lower Earnings,” CBS MarketWatch, January 17, 2007.
42. Will Swarts, “Defense Contractor’s Stock Under Siege,” Smartmoney.com, January 18, 2007.
43. Ibid.
44. Zachary A. Goldfarb, “CACI to Expand High-Security Force,” Washington Post, September 25, 2007.
45. Kris Osborn, “CACI Feeds Pentagon Hunger for Latest Intelligence IT,” Defense News, September 3, 2007.
46. Sandra Sugawara, “Air of Mystery Envelops ManTech International,” Washington Post, October 31, 1988.
47. “ManTech Names Richard Armitage to Its Board of Directors,” ManTech press release, June 9, 2005.
48. George Pedersen made these comments in ManTech’s presentation at the Friedman, Billings, Ramsey conference, February 28, 2006.
49. This information comes from ManTech’s S-1 registration statement with the SEC, filed on November 15, 2002.
50. Thomas Meagher, interview with author, July 2006.
51. “ManTech Acquires GRS Solutions; Deepens Presence Within the Intelligence Community,” ManTech press release, October 6, 2006.
52. Transcript, Third Quarter 2006 ManTech International Earnings conference call, November 2, 2006.
53. “Two of ManTech’s Employees Presumed Missing,” ManTech press release, February 11, 2005.
54. “ManTech Awarded $7.1 Million Contract from DHS,” ManTech press release, May 30, 2006.
55. “Homeland Security Information Network Could Support Information Sharing More Effectively,” Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General, report number OIG-06-38, June 2006.
56. Alice Lipowicz, “Spinning Wheels,” Washington Technology, May 28, 2007.
57. Charles Allen made these remarks at hearing, House Homeland Security Committee, Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Subcommittee, May 10, 2007.
58. Tom Hamburger and Chuck Neubauer, “Democrats Marked by Ethical Questions,” Los Angeles Times, November 16, 2006.
59. Tim Starks, “Hal Rogers Is the King of Campaign Cash from Homeland Contractors,” Congressional Quarterly Today, October 6, 2004.