Robert Steele: Reflections on China, Open Source, & the Craft of Intelligence UPDATE 1

#OSE Open Source Everything, All Reflections & Story Boards
Robert David Steele
Robert David Steele

The below article is important to those thinking about open source software in Europe:

Why China is the next proving ground for open source software

The article, from TechRepublic, focuses on the Chinese taking the lead in open source software related to big data infrastructure.  “China scale” is a term that should be noted.

My comments:

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Robert Steele: Reflections on The People’s Army, The Constitution, & Grand Strategy

All Reflections & Story Boards
Robert David Steele
Robert David Steele

These are my personal views that do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Defense or any element thereof.

Reflections on The People’s Army, The Constitution, & Grand Strategy

Robert David Steele

DOC (11 Pages)

Short URL: http://tinyurl.com/Army-Constitution

The People’s Army – the Continental Army rooted in home-spun militias – was formed and fought and won a war before the U.S. Constitution was written and signed in 1787. The Constitution – and the Republic – exist because the People’s Army, the Continental Army led by George Washington – leveraged the twin advantages of a righteous cause and home court to eject what was then the greatest imperial power on the planet. Of the 55 men attending the Constitutional Convention, at least 29 served in the Continental Army, most of them in positions of command.[1] Understanding the relationship between the people from whom the early militias were drawn, the Army, and the Constitution, is essential to evaluating where we fall short today.[2]

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Ben Benavides: Desktop OSINT Handbook

Military, OSINT Generic

cover-ben-benavides-short-handbookBen Benavides, retired US Army master trainer, is as good as it gets in Army OSINT, but not widely enough known. He should be in charge of creating the Army OSINT Handbook and training program, AFTER we put CIA in its place and establish that overt HUMINT is OSINT and cannot be constrained by those who refused to be serious about overt human sources (CIA also forbids its own Open Source Center from talking to overt Subject Matter Experts (SME).  Really.  We do not make this stuff up.

benavides-49-page-quick-guide

Also by Ben Benavides:

2016 Ben Benavides OSINT 2ool Kit On The Go Bag (Bag O’Tradecraft)

Ben Benavides: Exploring Social Media Web Sites: A Guide for the Open Source Analyst

ANSWERS: Robert Steele for Gary Null on 9/11 — Who Did It and More…

Answers, Cultural Intelligence, Peace Intelligence
Robert David Steele
Robert David Steele

Below as asked and answered for a Gary Null special commemorating 9/11 and the efforts of the Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth as led by Richard Gage. Their event in NYC on 10-11 September 2016 is highly recommended and will feature Danny Sheehan, among others.

Only some of the answers may be used for the public broadcast, this is my record copy — my entire life is transparent and truthful and dedicated to the proposition, as Thomas Jefferson would have it, that “a nation's best defense is an educated citizenry.”

To get there, we must all display integrity and be committed to the truth at any cost while embracing Truth & Reconciliation toward those who have committed great crimes against us and in our name.

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ANSWERS: Robert Steele for Brandi Sling (P) on CIA John Brennan’s Re-Organization One Year On…

Answers
Robert David Steele
Robert David Steele

ANSWERS: Robert Steele on CIA John Brennan’s Re-Organization One Year On…

My seven questions (with sub-sets) are as follows:    

On March 6, 2015, the CIA's Director of Central Intelligence, John Brennan, announced a major restructuring of the CIA by converting the directorates of Operations, Analysis, Support, and Science and Technology, as well as the newly created Directorate of Digital Innovation, into talent pools supporting 10 newly created Mission Centers modeled after the counter-terrorism center of 1986, counter intelligence center of 1988, and counter narcotics center of 1989.  By combining the functions of collection and analysis within the newly created mission centers, Brennan has abolished a “tradition,” some might say a security measure, of sequestering officers performing collection and intelligence functions.  DCI Brennan has likened this transformation to the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 in the way that Goldwater-Nichols created a more integrated military command structure.  

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Yoda: Open Source Research – Russia

06 Russia, OSINT Generic

yoda with light saberNeed this for each country.

You've Read Our Open-Source Research Guidebook. Now Let's Use It.

This article is part of a larger guidebook by RuNet Echo to help people learn how to conduct open-source research on the Russian Internet. Explore the complete guidebook at the special project page.

RuNet Echo has now published eight installments in a guidebook on conducting open-source research on the Russian Internet. This ninth and final entry takes the tools and instructions we've been studying and applies them to a single case study: the wildfires that caused significant damage to the Siberian city of Chita in 2015.