A new "national intelligence manager" for counterinsurgency operations is needed to improve U.S. military and civilian efforts in population centers, according to a Defense Science Board task force. In a just-released report, the task force calls on defense and intelligence officials to lessen the current focus on technical intelligence collection from airborne sensors and bolster human intelligence operations as well as improve the exploitation of open-source information. The report -- prepared by the Task Force on Defense Intelligence-Counterinsurgency (COIN) Intelligence...
