Search: The Future of OSINT [is M4IS2-Multinational]

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The future of OSINT is M4IS2.

The future of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) is Multinational, Multifunctional, Multidisciplinary, Multidomain Information-Sharing & Sense-Making (M4IS2).

The following, subject to the approval of Executive and Congressional leadership, are suggested hueristics (rules of thumb):

Rule 1: All Open Source Information (OSIF) goes directly to the high side (multinational top secret) the instant it is received at any level by any civilian or military element responsive to global OSINT grid.  This includes all of the contextual agency and mission specific information from the civilian elements previously stove-piped or disgarded, not only within the US, but ultimately within all 90+ participating nations.

Rule 2: In return for Rule 1, the US IC agrees that the Department of State (and within DoD, Civil Affairs) is the proponent outside the wire, and the sharing of all OSIF originating outside the US IC is at the discretion of State/Civil Affairs without secret world caveat or constraint.  OSIF collected by US IC elements is NOT included in this warrant.

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Policy Archives on Public Intelligence (1992-2006)

Policy

2006

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Policy DoD QDR Shift in Focus 18 Years After Gray and Steele Recommended Same

2006

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Policy Markowitz Defense Science Board Report on Transitions (NGO, OSINT)

2006

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Policy Peters Counterrevolution in Military Affairs

2006

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Policy Steele Terms of Reference for Intelligence Reform 1.1

2006

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Policy Steele In Search of a Leader (Four Essential Reforms)

2006

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Policy Steele Electoral Refrom as Precursor to Intelligence Reform

2006

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Policy Tsuruoka Managing for the Future: Interview with Alvin Toffler

2005

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Policy Andregg Ethics and the IC: Breaking the Laws of God and Man

2005

UK

Policy BASIC Think Tank Report on US Intelligence Incompetence

2005

EU

Policy EU European Union Proposed Multi-National Intelligence Service

2005

US

Policy Godson Culture of Lawfullness

2005

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Policy Steele ON INTELLIGENCE: Overview in Aftermath of 9-11

2005

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Policy Steele Op-Ed on Condi Rice’s Active Deception

2005

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Policy Steele Cease and desist letter on Naquin

2005

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Policy Tama Princeton Review on Intelligence Reform

2004

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Policy Alexander Army G-2 Accepts OSINT as Separate Discipline

2004

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Policy Andregg Insanity of Planned Intelligence “Reforms”

2004

AU

Policy Anon & Steele Update on OSINT in Australia

2004

FR

Policy Clerc Cognitive Knowledge for Nations

2004

US

Policy Cordesman Questions & Answers on Intelligence Reform

2004

US

Policy Cordesman & Steele Questions & Answers on Intelligence Reform

2004

US

Policy Simmons Congressman Simmons Letter to General Schoomaker on OSINT

2004

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Policy Steele DoD OSINT Program: One Man’s View of What Is Needed

2004

US

Policy Steele Transcript of Steele at Secretary of State’s Open Forum 24 March 2004

2004

NL

Policy Tongeren (van) Need for Global Alliance for Human Security (Complete)

2004

NL

Policy Tongeren (van) Need for Global Alliance for Human Security (Overview)

2003

US

Policy Czech Steady State Revolution and National Security

2003

CA

Policy Fyffe Intelligence Sharing and OSINT

2003

CA

Policy Fyffe Intelligence Sharing and OSINT (Summary)

2003

UN

Policy Lewis Creating the Global Brain

2003

US

Policy Markowitz OSINT in Support of All Source

2003

US

Policy Markowitz Open Source Intelligence Investment Strategy

2003

US

Policy Steele Open Letter to Ambassadors Accredited to the USA

2003

BE

Policy Truyens Intelligent vs. Intelligence: That Is The Question

2002

Italy

Policy Politi 11th of September and the Future of European Intelligence

2001

US

Policy Heibel Intelligence Training: What Is It?  Who Needs It?

2001

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Policy Heibel Value of Intelligence & Intelligence Training to Any Organization

2001

US

Policy Oakley Use of Civilian & Military Power for Engagement & Intervention

2000

US

Policy Berkowitz An Alternative View of the Future of Intellligence

2000

RU

Policy Budzko Russian View of Electronic Open Sources and How to Exploit Them

2000

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Policy Ermarth OSINT: A Fresh Look at the Past and the Future

2000

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Policy Politi The Birth of OSINT in Italy

1999

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Policy Allen (ADCI/C) OSINT as a Foundation for All-Source Collection Management

1999

UK

Policy Rolington Changing Messages in Western Knowledge Over 400 Years (Slides)

1999

UK

Policy Rolington Changing Messages in Western Knowledge Over 400 Years (Text)

1999

UK

Policy Steele Snakes in the Grass: Open Source Doctrine

1998

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Policy Donahue Balancing Spending Among Spies, Satellites, and Schoolboys

1997

FR

Policy Botbol The OSINT Revolution: Early Failures and Future Prospects

1997

US

Policy Felsher Viability & Survivability of US Remote Sensing as Function of Policy

1997

US

Policy Steele Intelligence in the Balance: Opening Remarks at OSS ‘97

1997

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Policy Sutton Global Coverage ($1.5B/Year Needed for Lower Tier OSINT)

1997

US

Policy Tsuruoka Asian Perceptions of What Is and Is Not Legal in Economic Intelligence

1997

UK

Policy Tyrrell Proposals to Develop a NATO/PfP OSINT Capability

1996

FR

Policy Clerc Economic and Financial Intelligence: The French Model

1996

US

Policy Kahin What Is Intellectual Property?

1996

US

Policy Steele Creating a Smart Nation (Govt Info Q and also CYBERWAR Chapter)

1996

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Policy Steele InfoPeace: OSINT as a Policy Option & Operational Alternative

1996

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Policy Steele Open Sources and the Virtual Intelligence Community

1996

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Policy Steele Protecting the Civilian Infrastructure as an Aspect of Information Warfare

1996

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Policy Zuckerman The Central Role of Open Source Economic Intelligence

1995

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Policy Prusak Seven Myths of the Information Age

1995

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Policy Steele Conference Executive Summary C/HPSCI and former DCI Colby

1995

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Policy Steele Creating a Smart Nation: Strategy, Policy, Intelligence, & Information

1995

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Policy Steele SMART NATIONS: NI Strategies and Virtual Intelligence Communities

1994

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Policy Ogdin & Giser Cyber-Glut, and What To Do About It

1994

FR

Policy Schmidt Open Source Solutions 1994: The State of Intelligence

1994

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Policy Schwartau Letter on NII Security

1994

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Policy Schwartau et al Cross-Walk of 3 Experts' Spending $1 Billion per Year for NII Security

1994

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Policy Steele Communications, Content, Coordination, and C4 Security: Talking Points

1994

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Policy Steele Correspondence to Mr. Marty Harris, NII Commission

1994

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Policy Steele DATA MINING: Don't Buy or Build Your Shovel Until You Know What…

1994

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Policy Steele Expansion of Questions Posed by Senator John Warner to Aspin-Brown

1994

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Policy Steele Letter to the Open Source Lunch Club on PFIAB Being Useless

1994

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Policy Steele National and Corporate Security in the Age of Information

1994

US

Policy Steele Private Enterprise Intelligence: Its Potential Contribution to Nat’l Sec.

1993

FR

Policy Beaumard France: Think-tank to Anticipate & Regulate Economic Intelligence Issues

1993

FR

Policy Beaumard Learned Nations: Competitive Advantages Via Knowledge Strategies

1993

US

Policy Brenner Law and Policy of Telecommunications and Computer Database Networks

1993

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Policy Castagna Review of Reich, The Work of Nations

1993

AU

Policy Chantler Need for Australia to Develop a Strategic Policy on OSI

1993

US

Policy Cisler Community Computer Networks

1993

US

Policy Civille The Spirit of Access: Equity, NREN, and the NII

1993

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Policy Fedanzo A Genetic View of National Intelligence

1993

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Policy Haver Intelligence Aim Veers to Amassing Overt Information

1993

JP

Policy Kumon Japan and the United States in the Information Age

1993

SE

Policy Leijonhelm Economic Intelligence Cooperation Between Government Industry

1993

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Policy Love Comments on the Clinton Administration's ‘Vision' Statement for the NII

1993

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Policy Petersen A New Twenty-First Century Role for the Intelligence Community

1993

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Policy Schmidt History of Failure, Future of Opportunity: Reinventions and Deja Vu

1993

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Policy Steele A Critical Evaluation of U.S. National Security Capabilities

1993

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Policy Steele ACCESS: Theory and Practice of Intelligence in the Age of Information

1993

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Policy Steele Executive Order 12356, ‘National Security Information'

1993

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Policy Steele Reinventing Intelligence in the Age of Information (TP for DCI)

1993

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Policy Steele Reinventing Intelligence: The Advantages of OSINT

1993

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Policy Steele Role of Grey Lit & Non-Traditional Agencies in Informing Policy Makers

1993

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Policy Toffler (Both) Knowledge Strategies, Intellience Restructuring,  Global Competitiveness

1993

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Policy Wallner Overview of IC Open Source Requirements and Capabilities

1993

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Policy Wood The IC and the Open Source Information Challenge

1992

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Policy Barlow EFF and the National Public Network (NPN)

1992

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Policy Castagna Review of Toffler’s PowerShift

1992

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Policy Dedijer Open Source Solutions: Intelligence and Secrecy

1992

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Policy Gage Open Sources, Open Systems

1992

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Policy Greenwald Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organization: Diplomacy's Cutting Edge

1992

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Policy Hughes An Affordable Approach to Networking America's Schools

1992

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Policy Kahin New Legal Paradigms for Multi-Media Information in Cyberspace

1992

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Policy Kahn Outline of a Global Knowledge Architecture, Visions and Possibilities

1992

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Policy Steele E3i: Ethics, Ecology, Evolution, and Intelligence

1992

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Policy Steele Inaugural Remarks Opening 1st International Conference

1992

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Policy Steele Information Concepts & Doctrine for the Future

1992

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Policy Steele OSINT Clarifies Global Threats: Offers Partial Remedy to Budget Cuts

1992

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Policy Steele Review Strassmann, Information PayOff

1992

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Policy Wood Remarks, Don't Be Suspicious of Contractors

1991

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Policy JFK Working Group National Intelligence and the American Enterprise: Possibilities

1991

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Policy Karraker Highways of the Mind

1991

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Policy Steele How to Avoid Strategic Intelligence Failures in the Future

1990

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Policy Steele Recasting National Security in a Changing World

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Policy Wright Project for a World Intelligence Center

Government Archive on Public Intelligence (1992-2006)

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Archives 1996-2006
Archives 1996-2006

2006

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Government Yekelo African Early Warning

2002

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Government FSMO Foreign Military Studies Office

2000

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Government Steele Spies and Secrecy in an Open World

1999

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Government Coile Information Overlay for Preparing & Coping with Local Disasters

1999

CA

Government George OSINT: Islamic Unrest in China

1999

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Government Heidenrich Genocide Web Sites (At the Time)

1999

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Government Heidenrich Sample Daily Briefing on Genocide

1999

UN

Government Marks Proposal for Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)

1999

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Government OSS Proliferation Web Sites (At the Time)

1999

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Government OSS Sample Daily Briefing on Proliferation

1999

NL

Government Reserved OSINT: Foundation for Co-Ordination and Information Sharing

1999

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Government Sanz Nuclear Terrorism Literature Since 1992

1999

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Government Sovereign Information Sharing for the Lower End of the Spectrum

1999

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Government Steele Relevant Information: New Approach to Collection, Sharing, Analysis

1999

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Government Steele Web-Based Concept for a Global Information Sharing Environment

1999

CA

Government Stout & Quiggin OSINT: High Resolution Imagery for Anyone

1999

AU

Government Wing Optimizing Open Source Information Sharing in Australia

1999

AU

Government Wing OSINT in Australia: The Report

1998

NL

Government BVD Annual Report of the National Security Service

1998

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Government Cailloux Belgian Observations on Intelligence Oversight

1998

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Government Cailloux Report of the Intelligence Oversight Committee

1998

FR

Government Clerc Economic Intelligence

1998

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Government Dearth Government and the Information Marketplace

1998

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Government Hughes FBIS 1995-1998: Transition and Transformation

1998

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Government Lee Letter to HPSCI Urging Attention to Commercial Mapping Technology

1998

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Government Leijonhelm OSINT  and Information Sharing Between Government & Industry

1998

S. Africa

Government Mti OSINT, the African Renaissance, and Sustainable Development

1998

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Government Schlickman Ensuring Trust and Security in Electronic Communications

1998

US

Government Steele INFORMATION PEACEKEEPING: The Purest Form of War

1998

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Government Steele Strategic Issues in National and Regional Intelligence & Security

1998

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Government Steele Clandestine Human Intelligence Successes, Failures, Possibilities

1998

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Government Steele (in French) Strategic Intelligence in the USA: Myth or Reality?

1997

UK

Government Andrew Presidents, Secret Intelligence, and Open Sources

1997

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Government Carroll CENDI Information Managers Group

1997

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Government Haakon Commercial Imagery Options and Trade-Offs

1997

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Government Hodge CENDI: Help!  Impact of the Internet on the Consumer

1997

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Government Johnson National Technical Information Center

1997

US/UK

Government Kerr & Herman Does the Intelligence Community Have a Future? (Two Items in One)

1997

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Government Robideau Department of Energy Technical Information Program

1996

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Government Kalil (NEC) Leveraging Cyberspace

1996

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Government Lucas (COSPO) The Open Source Information System

1995

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Government Markowitz Community Open Source Program Office (COSPO), Report on the Program

1995

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Government Peters INADEQUATE ANSWERS: Bureaucracy, Wealth, & Mediocrity (US IC)

1994

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Government Carroll Harsh Realities: S&T Acquisition Costs, Obstacles, and Results

1994

AU

Government Chantler Producing Intelligence in Australia: H National Open Source Foundation?

1994

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Government Devost Digital Threat: United States National Security and Computers

1994

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Government Wiener The Intelligence Community: An Outsider’s View

1993

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Government Heden & Dedijer The State of the National Intelligence and Security Community of Sweden

1992

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Government Cotter NASA Open Source Intelligence Requirements & Capabilities (Slides)

1992

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Government Cotter NASA Open Source Intelligence Requirements & Capabilities (Text)

1992

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Government Johnson NTIS Open Source Intelligence Requirements & Capabilities

1992

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Government Keyworth Government as a Customer in the Digital Age

1992

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Government McConnell Planned Revisions to Circular No. A-130

1992

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Government Molholm The CENDI Paradigm: How Some Federal Managers Have Organized

1992

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Government Mortimer LC FRD Open Source Intelligence Requirements & Capabilities

1992

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Government Riddle FBIS Open Source Intelligence Requirements & Capabilities

1992

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Government Steele Information Concepts & Doctrine for the Future

1992

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Government Studeman Teaching the Giant to Dance

Commerce Archive on Public Intelligence (1992-2006)

Commerce
Archive 1992-2006
Archive 1992-2006

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Commerce Bjore Commercial Intelligence

2003

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Commerce Bjore Reinventing Commercial Intelligence

2002

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Commerce Klavans Identifying Commercial Opportunities from Emerging Science

2000

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Commerce Technology Intelligence from Patents

2000

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Commerce Sullivan Business Perspective on Essential Overseas Information

1999

FR

Commerce Baumlin Espionage or Business Intelligence: Nuances of Gray

1999

UK

Commerce Collier Overview of New Horizons in OSINT Sources, Softwares, Services

1999

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Commerce Miller The Year the Information Industry Hit Bottom

1999

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Commerce Robinson How Mobil Uses Open Sources & Services

1998

FR

Commerce Baumlin Black, White, Gray, Realities of the Investigative Marketplace

1998

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Commerce Boyer Assessing US and Other Space Imaging Options for European Needs

1998

GE

Commerce Bruckner Information and Knowledge Management in Intelligence Situations

1998

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Commerce Burwell Commercial Online Source Validation Methods

1998

UK

Commerce Collier The Pricing of Electronic Information

1998

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Commerce Dunn Confronting the Future of the Information Industry

1998

Israel

Commerce Feiler Open and Personal: Economic Intelligence in the Middle East

1998

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Commerce Horowitz Economic Espionage and OSINT: Legal and Security Implications

1998

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Commerce Stara Valuing Competitive Intelligence

1998

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Commerce Yankeelov Pushing the Assets of Time and Knowledge

1997

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Commerce Borry & Sohl Electronic Sources & Methods: A Belgian Business Perspective

1997

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Commerce Suggs International Trade & Commerce Intelligence Search Strategies (Slides)

1997

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Commerce Suggs International Trade & Commerce Intelligence Search Strategies (Text)

1996

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Commerce Bates Recent and Emerging Trends in Information Brokering

1996

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Commerce Call Realities & Myths Regarding Financial Research Using Open Sources

1996

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Commerce Kolb (SCIP) Sales Pitch for the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals

1996

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Commerce Sibbit Emerging Business Models for Commercial Remote Sensing

1996

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Commerce Steele Concise Directory of Selected International Open Sources & Services

1996

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Commerce Steele Open Source Intelligence Handbook, Chapter 1, Overview

1995

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Commerce Herring Business Intelligence in Japan and Sweden: Lessons for the US

1995

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Commerce Herring Intelligence to Enhance American Companies' Competitiveness

1995

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Commerce Herring Using the Intelligence Process to Create Competitive Global Advantage

1995

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Commerce Simon & Blixt Emerging Issues in Competitive Intelligence

1994

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Commerce Basch Secrets of the Super-Searchers: A Personal and Practical Perspective

1994

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Commerce Bernhardt Tailoring Competitive Intelligence to Executive Needs

1994

UK

Commerce Collier Global Information Industry and a New Information Paradigm

1994

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Commerce Himelfarb Introduction to Competitive and Business Intelligence

1994

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Commerce Kelly ASIDIC Perspectives & Its Contributions to National Competitiveness (S)

1994

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Commerce Kelly ASIDIC Perspectives & Its Contributions to National Competitiveness (T)

1994

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Commerce Marcinko Association of Information and Dissemination Centers, Case Studies

1994

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Commerce Shaker Beating the Competition: From Boardroom to War Room

1994

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Commerce Shaker & Rice From War Room to Board Room

1994

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Commerce Sharp How to Identify Changes that Threaten Your Business Activity, In Advance

1994

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Commerce Stanat The Power of Global Business Information

1994

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Commerce Steele Germany: ACCESS:  Theory and Practice of Competitor Intelligence

1994?

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Commerce Steele ASIDIC: Intelligence Community as a New Market

1993

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Commerce Caldwell International Investigative Market (Slides)

1993

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Commerce Caldwell International Investigative Market (Text)

1993

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Commerce Dedijer Europe's To BI or not to BE: Inventory of a New Business Innovation

1993

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Commerce Elias An Overview of the Information Industry in 1993

1993

AU

Commerce Fraumann Business is War

1993

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Commerce Herring Business Intelligence: Some Have It, Some Don't–How They Do It

1993

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Commerce Himelfarb Intelligence Requirements for Executives

1993

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Commerce Monaco & Gerliczy Economic Intelligence and Open Source Information

1993

JP

Commerce Shima Overview of Japanese Media and Information Systems

1993

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Commerce Splitt The U.S. Information Industry: Changing the 21st Century

1993

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Commerce Steele Corporate Role in National Competitiveness

1993

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Commerce Steele The Intelligence Community as a New Market

1992

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Commerce Hlava Information Industry Corporations (Partial Listing)

1992

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Commerce Hlava Selected Professional and Trade Associations in Information

1992

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Commerce Hlava The Information Industry: Impact of Globalization

1992

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Commerce Meyer Business Intelligence at the Cutting Edge

1992

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Commerce Nobel From A to Z: What We've Done with Open Sources

1992

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Commerce Shaker & Kardulias Intelligence Support to U.S. Business

1992

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Commerce Williams OSINT to Create Intelligence in a Commercial Environment

Graphic: Linear versus Diamond Paradigm

Advanced Cyber/IO, Analysis, Balance, Collection, Innovation, Leadership-Integrity, Multinational Plus
Linear versus Diamond Paradigm
Linear versus Diamond Paradigm

First presented in Canada in 1994, this was the first depiction of how out-of-date the existing government intelligence communities are.  They are hierarchical Weberian stove-pipes out of touch with reality and anyone who is actually steeped in reality.

The old intelligence paradigm is on the left–a very controlled hierarchical stovepipe process that is best characterized as twelve-month planning cycles followed by three-month writing cycles and eighteen-month editing cycles.  Most of what we produce is too late, not right, and not useful.

The new intelligence paradigm makes the acme of skill “knowing who knows” (with a tip of the hat to Stevan Dedijer) and the ability to put a consumer with a question in touch with a source (or multiple sources) who can create new tailored knowledge in the instant.

1992 Dedijer (SE) OSS, Intelligence, and Secrecy

Commercial Intelligence, Historic Contributions
Stevan Dedijer
Stevan Dedijer

Stevan Dedijer (RIP) is the father of business intelligence defined as decision-support, not myopic internal data mining as the term is used today.  When Admiral Studeman over-ruled CIA in 1992 (“we'll come if the conference is SECRET U.S. Citizens Only”) we did not advertise the event and expected 150 people.  675 or so showed up, including a 15-person delegation from Sweden led by Stevan Dedijer.

Open Source Solutions, Intelligence, and Secrecy
Open Source Solutions, Intelligence, and Secrecy