By Erik Kleinsmith
Associate Vice President, Intelligence Studies, National Security & Homeland Security
As an intelligence officer for an Army Infantry Battalion (Regulars by God!), the soldiers of my S2 shop put a sign on the door
In 1996, a classified military planning effort led by the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) constructed a covert meta-data collection operation code named, Able Danger. They employed the US Army's Land Information Warfare Activities Division as the data-miners needed to collect 'open...