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Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) is predominantly a Human Intelligence (HUMINT) endeavor. The US Government (USG) has not only failed to be serious about OSINT (and thereby deliberately foresaken all possibilities of doing intelligence with integrity for Whole of Government), but it appears to have eliminated all possibilities for OSINT progress by eliminating all positions with any form of integrity, and relegating OSINT back to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) where OSINT is known at “Open Sores.”

Anyone who focues on tools for data collection in the OSINT world gets a failing grade. 80% or more of the needed OSINT is not online. Apart from the fact that the USG still has not taken Deep Web seriously, contenting itself with the 2% covered by the various search engines (selected deep penetrations not-withstanding, most not processed, just collected), the USG has also failed to be serious about “full-spectrum HUMINT” which is the primary channel to OSINT that is relevant, not online, and not expensive.

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2012/10/012012/10/30

Search: solutions for prosperous world UPDATED to include readings & contact info

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Updated 29 October 2012 to include frequent search request “readings about solutions for a prosperous world” also added skype and email contact info

New integrated search term: readings about solutions for a prosperous world

The proven process of intelligence is not secret, not federal, and not expensive. Thinking is free. What matters is the strategic analytic model guiding the thinking; the ability to collect, process, and analyze truthful information; and the ability to visualize and otherwise shape the findings so that they lead to coherent sustainable affordable action. Below are two master book review lists, following by a very tight selection of core reference books that are recommended.

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2012/09/192012/09/19

Search: open source intelligence center

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An Open Source Intelligence Center (OSIC) does not exist. The CIA's Open Source Center does not produce intelligence, only classified information, and it is limited to what it can collect online or via US citizens with SECRET clearances who generally lack a deep understanding of history, language, and culture. It also refuses to be serious about Whole of Government decision-support, the one area where classified sources cannot compete. The DoD Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) program is neither a program (single Congressionally-mandated accounting) nor intelligence; it is a gawd-awful mess desperately in need of an across the board audit. followed by major deconstruction and reconstitution. The US Special Operations Command (USSSOCOM) J-23 (Open Source Branch) was for many years the closest approximation, answering 40% of all global USSOCOM essential elements of information placed into the all-source requirements system, at a fraction of the cost of classified sources, and with close to 100% satisfaction of all requirements that were subject to resolution. Among many major issues are the ignoring of intelligence by policy, acquisition, and operations; and the ignorance within the US intelligence community of how to manage the education of customers for Whole of Government multi-level time-phased decision-support.

2012/09/172012/09/17

Search: “new rules for the new craft of intelligence”

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Apologies for the limitations of WordPress search. Google Search/”new rules for the new craft of intelligence” We asked Robert Steele to review our answer below, and he responded with “If I were doing the chapter over again, I would put INTEGRITY as rule number one–in national security, any lie told by one government officer to another is treason–and continuous education as rule number two.” Email of 17 Sep 2012. Below is our human in the loop answer–demonstrating once again that HUMINT rules (when done right).

Chapter: 2004 NEW RULES for the New Craft of Intelligence

Full Text Online: 2002: New Rules for the New Craft of Intelligence (Full Text Online for Google Translate)

Briefing 1: 2002 The New Craft of Intelligence: Personal, Public, & Political

Briefing 2: 2002 The New Craft of Intelligence–What Should the T Be Doing to the I in IT?

Briefing 3: 2004 NEW RULES for the New Craft of Intelligence [created for Italy]

Monograph: 2002 The New Craft of Intelligence: Achieving Asymmetric Advantage in the Face of Nontraditional Threats

Book: 2002 The New Craft of Intelligence: Personal, Public, & Political–Citizen's Action Handbook for Fighting Terrorism, Genocide, Disease, Toxic Bombs, & Corruption*

* Just over 200 copies in stock, available at 50% discount directly from the author.