2000 Hughes (US)
Historic Contributions, Military2000 Mueller (AT) Some Thoughts on Open Source
Historic Contributions, MilitaryAustrian military intelligence is concerned with central Asia as well as former elements of the USSR, and it has been a great benefit to the multinational participants to have Austian field grade officers in regular attendance. At OSS 2000 Brigadier General Wolfgang Mueller brought back to the group his own service's experience and concerns.
2000 Mulschlegel (EU) EUROPOL’s Open Sources & Documentation Unit
Historic Contributions, Law Enforcement
2000 Politi (IT) The Birth of OSINT in Italy
Government, Historic Contributions, Law Enforcement, Media, Military
Alessandro Politi was “present at the creation” in 1992, and on that occasion, while not a speaker, coined the term “intelligence minuteman” over dinner, and was instantly recognized as a thought leader. he went on to pioneer modern OSINT within Italy as well as the Western European Union.
Golden Candle Award: Mr. Alessandro Politi, Western European Union OSS '93: Mr. Alessandro Politi, developer of “Intelligence Minuteman” concept and one of the leading advocates of open source intelligence within the Western European Union.
Click on the Frog to connect to his article about the “intelligence minuteman” concept as ultimately published in the International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence.
2000 Reynolds (US) Global Reach without Global Intelligence
Civil Society, Historic Contributions, Military, Non-Governmental
Mr. Thomas Reynolds, the Deputy J-2 for the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANCOM) provided an overview of all the places in the Third World where TRASCOM supports not just Special Operations and normal US military forces, but humanitarian assistance endeavors. As USMC and USSOCOM discovered in 1988, we do not have 1:50,000 combat charts for 90% of the Third World, and that is still largely true today (the vaunted shuttle mission came back with a lot of swiss cheese).
The short text summary and the slides are contained in the same document. What we have learned over the years is that the global providers of lift and logistics are the red-headed step-children of the government world, the last to receive proper intellience support, and the most likely to benefit hugely from Open Source Intelligence (OSINT).
2000 Sandman (US) Applied Human Intellect: Interpreting the Data Bits
Commerce, Historic Contributions
Mike Sandman, along with Jan Herring and Leonard Fuld, is arguably one of America's top commercial or competitive intelligence providers. He has in many ways defined the emergent industry, which still lacks sufficient appreciation for many factors including energy and environmental and human.
Click on the logo below to go to the Academy of Competitive Intelligence, which we consider to be the single best offering in English.
1999 Allen (US) Requirements, Collection, and Current Awareness: The Human Dimension (The Role of Open Sources as the Foundation for Successful All-Source Collection Strategies)
Government, Historic Contributions
Charlie Allen, at the time Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Collection, is one of the longest-serving professionals in the US Intelligence Community, and went on to become the Undersecretary for Intelligence at the Department of Homeland Security before finally retiring. This contribution was drafted by Dr. Joseph Markowitz at the direction of and with final editing by Mr. Allen.
