Journal: Intelligence Is A Critical Need

05 Civil War, 08 Wild Cards, 10 Security, 11 Society, Cultural Intelligence, Government, Law Enforcement, Military, Non-Governmental, Peace Intelligence

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Intelligence Is A Critical Need

To do the job right and win

By Rep. Peter Hoekstra and Rep. John Shadegg

September 25, 2009  Pg. 21

Phi Beta Iota: Despite the fact that Representative Hoekstra is now Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), neither of these two individuals (or their staffs) appear to know what it would take to do proper intelligence in Afghanistan; why their commentary is fifteen years too late; and/or why it is also moot in the absence of a coherent reality-based strategy and the rescinding of the existing rules of engagement that are incapcitating our troops.  Both good men trapped in a bad system, they have no access to ground truth from iconoclasts and are a perfect reprise to the “best and the brightest” on Viet-Nam–brilliantly uninformed.

Journal: Eye Opener–Census Worker Found Hanged

11 Society, Civil Society, Ethics, Peace Intelligence, Reform
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A part-time Census Bureau field worker was found hanged in Kentucky Sept. 12 with the word “fed” scrawled across his chest, according to a law enforcement source. Bill Sparkman, 51, who was white, was found at the Daniel Boone National Forest in rural southeast Kentucky, the Associated Press first reported Wednesday night.

Summary of Book
Summary of Book

Summary of Book
Summary of Book

Phi Beta Iota: The Washington Post was among the early casualties in the new business.  They don't read a lot, just replay the hand-outs from government, so something that is an eye-opener to them is old news to the rest of us.  This story is note-worthy because it is the first story we have seen that a politician in Washington might actually read.  To better understand the Legitimate Grievances of all Americans against the “out of control” Federal Government that has–with the best of intentions and really rotten intelligence–combined with  the Federal Reserve (neither Federal nor a Reserve) to destroy the pension funds and the life savings of the vast majority of the public, see the two reviews behind the two covers, and contemplate some of the other books accessible via the Reviews menu.  We spoke in 19 small towns and cities across America after 9/11 and that was our own eye-opener.  The anger against the Federal Government across the land cannot be exaggerated, and is co-equal with the elitist obliviousness to the plight of the people.  The public is losing its mind because the government has lost its soul.

Journal: The Smart List: 12 Shocking Ideas That Could Change the World

Collaboration Zones, Communities of Practice, Policies
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WIRED MAGAZINE: 17.10

Warning: The ideas expressed here may be dangerous. .

The 12 Ideas with Links to Each Sub-Story and Comment

We found four of the ideas to be truly radical.

5.  Cut Off Aid to Africa

6.  Empty the Prisons

7. Save the Slums

8.  Forget Medical Privacy

The rest, including 12, Overhaul the Pentagon, are smoke and mirrors in the absence of a total make-over of the relationship among citizens, information, and how money is allocated in society.

Worth a Look: One World Research

Commercial Intelligence, Methods & Process, Non-Governmental, Worth A Look

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One World Research
One World Research

With a tip of the hat to Intelligence Online, we recommend One World Research as being worth a look.  IO highlighted them as being part of the open source intelligence support to litigation against CIA for renditioin and torture.

One World Research is a research, investigation, and consulting firm that provides high-quality services to clients involved in promoting public interest causes. Our clients include law firms, universities, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, advocacy groups, journalists, and filmmakers.

Utilizing a network of experienced investigators, attorneys, public policy analysts, and human rights experts, One World Research provides a broad scope of services in the United States and throughout the world, including litigation and advocacy assistance, investigative services, research, and consulting.

Worth a Look: Peace Book One Now Online in Chapter Form

Communities of Practice, Peace Intelligence, Worth A Look
PKI Book I By the Chapter
PKI Book I By the Chapter

With apologies for taking so long to do this, we have finally gotten around to loading the first Peacekeeping Intelligence book, which has always been free as a single PDF, in chapter form.

The short URL (or click on the cover) is http://www.tinyurl.com/OSSPKIONE

The primary page for this book with Amazon and PDF links is here.

The next book can now pre-ordered on Amazon, see the page for the new book, INTELLIGENCE for PEACE: Multinational Multifunctional Information-Sharing and Sense-Making, here.

Journal: American Awakening

Civil Society, Collective Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence, Reform
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Dr. Barack and Mr. Obama

The backlash is sharp as voters learn that Obama is not the man they thought he was.

By Victor Davis Hanson

National Review Online, September 18, 2009

No one imagined that Barack Obama, during his first nine months in office, would be falling in the polls even faster than George W. Bush did prior to 9/11. We all knew what Obama’s weaknesses were as he came into office — a lack of experience in foreign affairs, little knowledge of how private business works, and poor judgment concerning the extremist company he had kept in the past.

Instead, the real anger from independents arises over disappointment, false merchandising, and hypocrisy. It is real and deep — as is true of any animosity that arises from a sense of betrayal of former trust.

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Journal: Chuck Spinny Flags Glenn Beck, Populist Rage is Rampant and Rightly So…

Civil Society, Collective Intelligence, Ethics, Reform
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Chuck Spinney says: Even though OODA loops shaping nutty mass behaviour are becoming ever more disconnected from reality, Frank Rich shows this fact does not imply that the phenomenon of populist rage is not based on some real frustrations, grievances, anxieties, and fears.  CS

The New York Times

OP-ED COLUMNIST

Even Glenn Beck Is Right Twice a Day

FRANK RICH

Cartoonist:Barry Blit

Time put Beck on its cover this week. Man of the Year may not be far behind. Beck is not, as many liberals assume, merely the latest incarnation of Rush Limbaugh. He is something different. That’s why he is gaining on his antecedents — and gaining traction in the country’s angrier precincts.

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