2000 Reynolds (US) Global Reach without Global Intelligence

Civil Society, Historic Contributions, Military, Non-Governmental
Thomas Reynolds
Thomas Reynolds

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).

Thomas Reynolds
Thomas Reynolds

2000 Sandman (US) Applied Human Intellect: Interpreting the Data Bits

Commerce, Historic Contributions
Mike Sandman
Mike Sandman

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.

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"The Gold Standard"
"The Gold Standard"

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
Charlie Allen

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.