By Jim Emerson, staff writer

 Intelligence is information. The best use of intelligence is to get that information in the hands of the war fighter quickly. If used correctly it saves lives and greatly aids our troops to defeat the enemy. Unfortunately, in today’s short attention span world, the most vital tool in the dissemination of intelligence is PowerPoint. More often than not, about time the PowerPoint presentation is prepared for daily briefings the information is too old to be useful.

 PowerPoint maybe a valuable tool but when used for routine daily briefs it is more potent than Ambien as a sleep aid. If terrorists were forced to sit through a typical staff level PowerPoint Intelligence Briefing it would be considered a war crime. It is the antithesis of thorough analysis and the careful decision making process.

  This brings us to reservist Army Col. Lawrence Sellin. The Colonel was dismissed less than 48 hours after … Continue Reading:Power Point: The Dangers of a Major Military Asset