During NBC’s coverage last night of President Barack Obama’s announcement of Osama bin Laden’s death at the hands of U.S. Navy SEALs, anchor Brian Williams advised the audience they would soon be hearing the name JSOC a lot in the coming days. Short for Joint Special Operations Command, JSOC, is an “unusual collection of classified [...]

Underlying President Barack Obama’s address to the nation – announcing the death of Osama bin Laden by U.S. Special Forces in a “surgical operation” in northwest Pakistan — was the power and importance of U.S. intelligence. Describing the years-long search for the world’s most wanted terrorist, Obama noted the “painstaking work by our intelligence community.” [...]