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Two different things.  This entire website is about OSINT and its follow-on, M4IS2.

On OSINT as a first stop:  OSINT Starting Point

See Also:  Original BASIC Table and  Original COMMUNITIES Table

Both of the latter have been superceded by this web site, which is the new portal for OSINT and M4IS2.

On Clarity as a concept: there is no specific posting on this.  It is one of the “core values” for intelligence on earth, along with diversity, integrity, and sustainability–the first three are practices, the last is the desired outcome.  Clarity can be considered the opposite of secrecy–indeed, the three core values can be considered the anti-thesis of secrecy, because secrecy is inherent obscure, unilateral or exclusive, and lacking in integrity at multiple levels (fraudulent collection, poor processing, non-existent analytics, and grave misrepresentation including outright lies to the President or other key clients).  Clarity of means (revenue), ways (force structure), and ends (strategy and policy) is fundamental.  Clarity without diversity or integrity is a lie.

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Here is his personal page that does NOT lead to all of his recorded contributions.

Who’s Who in Public Intelligence: Joseph Markowitz

Phi Beta Iota: As with Robert Steele, the name Joe Markowitz is largely synonymous with “open source,” and adding that term both clutters the search, and puts in quotes that are not recognized in WordPress.  A better way to get at everything Joe has done is to use the Top Authors Less Steele box, and click on his name.  He is fourth after Steele, Atlee, and Simmons in overall contributions.  The US Government has chosen to ignore all four of these pioneers and is wasting hundreds of billions of dollars as a result.

Markowitz

Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) is not worth a doctorate.  What is worth a doctorate is the ability to meld intelligence and policy-making into a coherent ethical whole.  Reflexive practice and comprehensive design are also worth PhDs, both are integrated in principle into the PhD central to the new holistic public policy PhD.  Here is one vision for greating a new reflexive practice that allows political and civil service professionals to be both ethical and effective.

Reference: Building a Global Intelligence Web

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Journal: Politics & Intelligence–Partners Only When Integrity is Central to Both

Journal: Reflections on Integrity [Many Links]

If you were looking for PhD Author Dissects Intelligence Reformer Robert Steele, that is here.

This is a classic, and it bears mention that the Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) revolution began in the US military.  Here is the human in the loop essence that no computer can create. USDI and D/DIA have chosen to ignore their responsibility for OSINT despite General Tony Zinni's clear cut statement that all that they do now provides “at best” 4% of a commander's needs; General Mike Flynn's documentation of the “irrelevance” of US intelligence in Afghanistan, and the still standing requirements from the Aspin-Brown Commission and others to make OSINT a “top priority” for funding and a “top priority” for DCI (today DNI) attention.

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Graphic: Four National Reforms

Memoranda: Four Reforms for Public Consideration

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Truly crummy machine results, eventually leading to the same search responded to earlier:

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Since then, three key points:

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Sorry about the crummy search results.  Here are the two core graphics plus some related references.  We cannot say enough good things about the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) of the U.S. Army.  If Army flag officers paid more attention to the sound thinking coming out of there, and kept their integrity in their dealings with political leaders, America would not be in the mess we are in today around the world.

Graphic: Four Threat Classes

Graphic: Four Forces After Next with IO

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