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Sean Midwood, Principle Scientist, Office of the CTO at the NATO C3 Agency, introduces his presentation topic on the update of the MAJIIC 2 programme, which will increase situational awareness, resource efficiency, mission effectiveness, and cost effectiveness in the joint environment. Discussing the history and need behind these crucial advancements, he also explains both the technology and human challenges that have so far prevented allied forces from effectively sharing information.

NEWS: Bin Laden's Driver Interrogation Video | SOFREP

I’m still working on getting a 100% verification on the authenticity of this video but here it is for SOFREP readers

 The video purports to show the interrogation of OBL’s driver, Salim Hamdan a Yemeni national who was captured very early on in the war in November of 2001.  He was subsequently released and sent back to his family in Yemen as the courts determined that he could not be tried as an enemy combatant despite the weapons found in the trunk of the car he was driving.  In this case, the best they could get him for was providing material support for terrorists.

Operation Double Cross

Story Image Eddie Chapman was a German secret spy Friday March 23,2012 By Adrian Lee A NEW book reveals the extraordinary story of how D-Day was really won – by Hitler’s spies, turned by MI5 to feed bogus war plans to the Nazis. As the second World War hung in the balance the man from MI5 received an urgent telephone call from one of his top agents. the spy was threatening to resign and reveal Britain’s secrets – and all over the death of her pet dog. With a resigned shrug, the official did his best to calm down the hysterical woman. After all, everyone in the service knew that Agent treasure was nothing but trouble. ….

News Desk: Qaddafi and Al Qaeda: What’s Behind the Coup in Mali?

Residents of Bamako, the capital of Mali, say that they didn’t see the coup coming. After a long night of gunfire in a battle between young, low-ranking government soldiers (most under the rank of captain) who had staged a mutiny and Presidential palace guards, the country underwent a radical regime change without anyone being completely aware of what had happened. Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure disappeared. In his place was a new military leadership, now in control of the state television channel, an unruly-looking bunch broadcasting a message to citizens: they had put an end to the “incompetent regime” of Toure. The soldiers, who call themselves the National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State, said they’d let Malians know when it was safe for them to turn over rule to a democratic leader. The whereabouts of President Toure are still unknown, and the allegiances of more senior military officers are unclear.

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The Spanish link in cracking the Enigma code

news Federal Attorney-General Nicola Roxon appears to have confirmed that her department has banned Chinese networking giant Huawei from participating in the multi-billion dollar National Broadband Network tendering process, despite the company not being accused of having broken any pertinent laws in Australia.

The Financial Review reported this morning that the deputy secretary of Roxon’s department, Tony Sheehan, had informed Huawei Australia chairman and retired Rear Admiral John Lord, late in 2011 that Huawei should not bother tendering for any NBN contracts because of the possibility of Chinese cyber attacks through Huawei’s networking hardware. NBN Co is not known to have signed any contracts with Huawei……

Australia - Govt bans Huawei from NBN tenders

news Federal Attorney-General Nicola Roxon appears to have confirmed that her department has banned Chinese networking giant Huawei from participating in the multi-billion dollar National Broadband Network tendering process, despite the company not being accused of having broken any pertinent laws in Australia.

The Financial Review reported this morning that the deputy secretary of Roxon’s department, Tony Sheehan, had informed Huawei Australia chairman and retired Rear Admiral John Lord, late in 2011 that Huawei should not bother tendering for any NBN contracts because of the possibility of Chinese cyber attacks through Huawei’s networking hardware. NBN Co is not known to have signed any contracts with Huawei.