Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Attention CIA

A retired military analyst and his students at Georgetown University, using ingenuity, the internet, public documents, TV docudramas, and almost no money, have put together an understanding of China's buried nuke and missile facilities (aka "underground Great Wall") that very likely exceeds that of either the Pentagon or the genteel folks at Langley. This Washington Post article will leave you shaking your head in admiration.

Some instrumentality of the U.S. government should hire the entire group to work for us. Under a DARPA mandate would be good; they accomplished what they did by not being bureaucratic. Their work style reminds me of "Kelly" Johnson's legendary Skunk Works operation at Lockheed.