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2006/12/292009/07/31

2006 Markowitz (US) Open Source Information and US Transitions to and from Hostilities (Defense Science Board Report, December 2004), in Relation to Information-Sharing with non-DoD and Froeign Parties

10 Security, Analysis, Budgets & Funding, Collaboration Zones, Communities of Practice, Historic Contributions, Legislation, Policy, Strategy, Threats

NOTE: By “off the record” Dr. Markowitz has clarified that this information may be shared as we are sharing it, but those benefiting from our sharing should treat the knowledge as if they had acquired it “off the record,” as personal views that should not be attributed nor accepted as anything other than background perceptions.

PLATINUM LIFETIME AWARD, Dr. Joseph Markowitz

Dr. Joseph Markowitz is without question the most qualified Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) pioneer in the ranks of those presently in or retired from U.S. government service. As the only real chief of the Community Open Source Program Office (COSPO) he tried valiently to nurture a program being systematically undermined by both the leadership and the traditional broadcast monitoring service. When he moved on to advise the Defense Science Board, he served America well by helping them fully integrate the need for both defense open source information collection and exploitation, and defense information sharing with non-governmental organizations. His persistent but diplomatic efforts merit our greatest regard.

2006/07/182009/07/18

Legislation Archives on Public Intelligence (1992-2006)

Legislation

2004	US	Legilslation	9-11 Commission	Page 413 showing Open Source Agency independent of CIA under DNI
2006	US	Legislation	HASC	House Section 931 Defense Authorization, on DoD OSINT
2006	US	Legislation	Simmons	Political and Policy Preface to IO Book by Steele
2006	US	Legislation	Steele	Core Questions for the Director of National Intelligence
2005	US	Legislation	Congress	Congressional Record of DNI Negroponte Nomination
2005	US	Legislation	Congress	DHS Act with Open Source Strategy
2005	US	Legislation	Defense Daily	Congress Wants DoD to Focus on OSINT
2005	US	Legislation	Steele	Smart Nation Act for 108^th Congress
2005	US	Legislation	Studeman	Testimony on Hill 22 Sep 05
2004	US	Legislation	OSS	108^th Congress Ugly Draft Bill Creating Open Source Agency
2004	US	Legislation	Senate Govt Af Com	Excerpts and Comments on Hearings on Open Source Agency
2004	US	Legislation	Simmons	Exchange of Correspondence with General Schoomaker
2004	US	Legislation	Steele	108^th Congress Lame Duck Smart Nation Act (Short Version)
2004	US	Legislation	Steele	SASC Two Page Brief and One Page Budget Integrated
2004	US	Legislation	Steele for Simmons	108^th Congress Bill for Independent Open Source Agency with OSIS-X
2003	US	Legislation	Steele	SASC Two-Page Brief on OSINT
2003	US	Legislation	Steele	Smart Nation Act for the 108^th Congress (Version 1.3)
1995	US	Legislation	Straub	View from the Hill: Members View OSINT as Free, Are Skeptical
1994	US	Legislation	Steele	Draft Legislation: National Information Strategy Act of 1994
1992	US	Legislation	Cheney	Two Letters Destroying Hope for National Security Act of 1992
1992	US	Legislation	Cheney	SecDef Letter Destroying the National Security Act of 1992

2006/02/152009/08/03

2006 Simmons (US) Policy Preface to Information Operations (IO) Book

Historic Contributions, Legislation

Congressman Rob Simmons got into the Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) arena in 1995, and grew to understand vastly more than those serving in the U.S. Government, then or now. He was among the first if not the only Member to recognize that Information Operations (IO) was the totality of the information and intelligence spectrum, encompassing not just “intelligence” but also logistics, friendly force information, and all other information. He understood the Special Operations Command point of view: “Secret intelligence is 10% of All-Source Intelligence; and All-Source Intelligence is 10% of Information Operations.” Below is his Foreword to the first book on IO to be written from an intelligence foundation but with a World Brain perspective.

2006/01/272009/10/13

2006 Briefing to the Coalition Coordination Center (CCC) Leadership at the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM)–Multinational Intelligence: Can CENTCOM Lead the Way? Reflections on OSINT & the Coalition

About the Idea, Analysis, Briefings (Core), Briefings & Lectures, Budgets & Funding, Legislation, Methods & Process, Policy

LINK FIXED 2009-10-13 Sorry 'bout that….

Note: Post-Brief version to ASD/SOLIC

2006/01/062009/08/11

2006 House Appropriations Committee Public Law 109-163 6 January 2006 Section 931 Department of Defense Strategy for Open-Source Intelligence

Historic Contributions, Legislation

Here is a summary of what Congress demanded from DoD that has not been provided to date:

1) A plan for providing funds

2) A description of management now and as it could be improved

3) A description of tools, systems, centers, organizational entities amd procedures

4) A description of proven tradecraft including operational security

5) A description of OSINT fusion with other disciplines

6) A description of a training plan and guidance for DoD intelligence personnel

7) A plan to incorporate oversight of OSINT

8) A plan to incorporate the OSINT specialty int oall existing DoD personnel systems;

9) Aplan to utilize reserve personnel; and

10) A plan for the use of the Open Source Information System (OSIS).

2005/11/252009/08/04

2005 Steele to Hayden Asking for Naquin Cease & Desist

History of Opposition, Legislation, Military, Policy

Doug Naquin, the senior Central Intelligence (CIA) officer responsible for Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and for the Open Source Center (OSC), the half-baked replacement for the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS), is a good person trapped in a bad system. He not only does not know what he does not know, but is held in multiple strait-jackets by CIA security, CIA legal, and CIA culture.

In November 2005 we recognized the severe damage that Doug Naquin–with the best of intentions–was doing to the US military, and we tried to stop him. Below is the letter that was sent to the Deputy Director of National Intelligence, General Michael Hayden, USAF. He ignored the letter.

Naquin is still doing damage. Apart from misrepresentations to the Combatant Commanders (COCOMs), the personnel exchange is sending unqualified FBIS/OSC people out to the military where they not only have no clue, but they also try to spin everything to CIA's advantage. The Department of Defense (DoD) needs to realize that the OSC is not a “full-spectrum” OSINT shop; that it can barely handle CIA's own internal requirements (and by some accounts, is considered argely worthless among the CIA analysts as well)

This letter was on target. It is still on target. It is time for Doug Naquin to do what he does best: stay on campus at CIA and stop messing up the US military with misprepresentations, failures to perform, and exported personnel that are not worth the C Rations it takes to feed them.

2004/09/032009/08/03

2004 Simmons (US) Draft Legislation Smart Nation Act

Historic Contributions, Legislation

This bill was NOT introduced, it was a variation of a much simpler bill created by Congressman Rob Simmons' staff. A version went into the book THE SMART NATION ACT: Public Intelligence in the Public Interest that enjoys a Foreword from Congressman Simmons, and there is today a 2009 version of the Act that has facotred in the needs of Homeland Security and the opportunities in Civil Affairs and in Multinational Information-Sharing and Sense-Making.