Click on the photograph for direct access to Philippe Clerc's 1996 contribution. In 1998 he gave use permission to extract Chapter 22 from the World Information Report 1997/1998 as published by UNESCO.
1998 Mti (ZA) Open Source Intelligence, the African Renaissance, and Sustainable Development: the Emerging National Intelligence Model for South Africa
Collaboration Zones, Government, Historic ContributionsWhen Nelson Mandela achieved the end of aparthied and the virtual reunification of South Africa, the best and the brightest from the African National Congress (ANC) went into the intelligence field. Today (2009) the President of Souith Africa, “JZ” Zuma, is himself the former director of intelligence for the ANC when it was in the resistance, and he plans to create a world-class intelligence training program for all African nations at the South African National Academy of Intelligence (SANAI) which Deputy President Zuma personally re-opened in 2003. Below are the planned remarks of Mr. Mti, then serving as Coordinator for Intelligence in the Office of the President.
1998 Steele (US) Strategic Issues in National and Regional Intelligence and Electronic Security: A Few Thoughts
Briefings & Lectures, Collaboration Zones, Communities of Practice, Strategy1998 Talking Points on Hackers
Briefings (Core), Briefings & Lectures, Collective IntelligenceClick on above fpr talking points used for the Jane Wallace show in 1998. Hackers are an advanced form of Collective Intelligence.
There are three main hacker networks in the Western world, all open and legal: Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) based in the New York City area; Hackers/THINK Conference based in Silicon Valley, and Hac-Tic, the European network that includes Germany's CHOAS Computer Club, which meets in The Netherlands on alternating years with HOPE.
1997 Mayer-Kress (GE) The World Brain
Collective Intelligence, Earth Intelligence, Historic Contributions1997 Tyrrell (UK) Proposals for the Development of an Open Source Programme to Support NATO and PfP Activities
Historic Contributions, Military, Non-Governmental, Peace IntelligenceWithout the leadership of then Capt Patrick Tyrrell, RN OBE, these handbooks would not exist today. He started the ball rolling, BGen Jim Cox, CA, then NATO and SHAPE Deputy J-2 organized a lecture to all the flag officers in charge of military intelligence, and finally directed SACLANT, then led by General William Kernan, USA, to create these first multinational doctrinal guides. Under the direct supervision of Admiral Sir William Pewone, RN, this was done over the course of two years. Below is the white paper and lecture that started it all.