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Who’s Who in Public Intelligence: Jack Davis

Alpha A-D, Public Intelligence
Jack Davis
Jack Davis

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Jack Davis

For over three decades, Jack Davis has been the heir to Sherman Kent and the mentor to all those who would strive to be the world’s most effective all-source intelligence analysts.  As a Central Intelligence Agency analyst and educator, he combines intellect, integrity, insight, and an insatiable appetite for interaction with all manner of individuals regardless of rank and disposition.  He is the most able pioneer of “analytic tradecraft,” the best proponent for the value of human analysis over technical processing, and one of those very special individuals who helped define the end of 20th Century centralized analysis and the beginning of 21st Century distributed multinational multiagency analysis.

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Jack Davis remains the de facto Dean for Analytic Tradecraft of the US Intelligence Community.

1997 Davis A Compendium of Analytic Tradecraft Notes

2003 Davis (US) Analytic Paradoxes: Can Open Source Intelligence Help?

2002  Reference: Jack Davis Leadership in Intelligence Analysis (August 2002)

Sherman Kent Occasional Papers by Jack Davis

Improving CIA Analytic Performance: Strategic Warning

Improving CIA Analytic Performance: Analysts and the Policymaking Process

Improving CIA Analytic Performance: DI Analytic Priorities

Sherman Kent and the Profession of Intelligence Analysis

Strategic Warning: If Surprise is Inevitable, What Role for Analysis?

Tensions in Analyst-Policymaker Relations: Opinions, Facts, and Evidence

Sherman Kent’s Final Thoughts on Analyst-Policymaker Relations

Updated 4 March 2010

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Who’s Who in Public Intelligence: Doug Dearth

Alpha A-D, Public Intelligence
Doug Dearth
Doug Dearth

Dr. Doug Dearth, in partnership with Col Al Campen, USAF (Ret) will always remain the original Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) pioneer for both Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and Cyber-War.

It was his sponsorship, from within the Joint Military Intelligence Training Center (JMITC) that led to the creation of the first-ever official Open Source Intelligence Handbook (JMITC, 1996).

He and Al Campen published three books on Cyber-War:

Cyberwar: Security, Strategy and Conflict in the Information Age (AFCEA, 1996) with Thomas Godden

Cyberwar 2.0: Myths, Mysteries, and Reality (AFCEA, 1998)

Cyberwar 3.0: Human Factors in Information Operations and Future Conflict (AFCEA, 2000)

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Who’s Who in Earth Intelligence: Arnie Donahue

Alpha A-D, Earth Intelligence
Arnie Donahue
Arnie Donahue

Arnie Donahue was until the mid-1990's the ONLY Federal Government employee to hold ALL of the top Codeword accesses for the simple reason that he was in charge of the C4I Branch in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and “no lookee no payee.”  An honest citizen, he has since 1992 been one of the foremost champions for Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), and the budget director for the Earth Intelligence Network (EIN) endeavor to create a free World Brain and EarthGame.  Click above to read his 1992 presentation to the first International Conference on Naitonal Security and National Competitiveness: Open Source Solutions.  Click below to see all references to this pioneer.

Arnie Donahue's Contributions
Arnie Donahue's Contributions
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Who’s Who in Collective Intelligence: James Duncan

Alpha A-D, Collective Intelligence

James Duncan
James Duncan

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3D printing and open source design

Biography in Book:

James Duncan is VP of Technology at Marketingisland, in Montreal, Quebec. Prior to joining Marketingisland James worked for Fotango Ltd, a Canon subsidiary, first as its Chief Scientist and then as CIO. While at Fotango James spent time researching many emerging technologies, including 3D printing. When James finds the time he blogs at http://www.whoot.org/.

Updated Biography:

James is a grizzled veteran of many startups – some successful, some not.  Having seen the successful acquired, and IPO’d, James brings perspective of how companies change, from small to large, and what a company needs to do at each stage of its growth. Most recently, James was one of two founders at Reasonably Smart, a Platform-as-a-Service company based in Montréal. James became Joyent's VP of Product Development after their acquisition of Reasonably Smart.

Prior to Reasonably Smart, James spent seven years at Fotango, finishing his time there as the CIO. Fotango, acquired by Canon in 2001, developed one of the world’s first Platform-as-a-Service offerings.  This expertise allows James to bring a deep knowledge of platforms, frameworks, and operations to Joyent and their customers.

The Book
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Who’s Who in Peace Intelligence: Richard J. Aldrich

Alpha A-D, Peace Intelligence
Richard J. Aldrich
Richard J. Aldrich

Richard J. Aldrich is in the School of Politics at the University of Nottingham and is co-editor of the journal Intelligence and National Security. His publications include Intelligence and the War Against Japan: Britain, America and the Politics of Secret Service (Cambridge University Press, 2000) and The Hidden Hand: Britain America and Cold War Secret Intelligence (Overlook, 2002). His current projects include an examination of intelligence and state formation since 1648.

From Ireland to Bosnia: Intelligence Support for UK Low Intensity Operations

The Book
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Who’s Who in Peace Intelligence: David J. H. Bell

Alpha A-D, Peace Intelligence

David J.H. Bell served as a research assistant to Walter Dorn at the University of Toronto in 1994-95. He graduated from Trinity College (University of Toronto) in 1995 with an honours bachelor's degree in Political Science and Ethics. Subsequently, he has held various positions in the public service of Canada.

Intelligence and Peacekeeping: The UN Operation in the Congo, 1960-1964

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Who’s Who in Peace Intelligence: Matthew M. Aid

Alpha A-D, Peace Intelligence

Matthew M. Aid is a native of New York City. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin.  He has served as a senior manager with several large international financial research and investigative companies for more than 15 years. He is currently a Managing Director in the Washington, D.C. office of Citigate Global Intelligence & Security, where his responsibilities include managing the company’s international investigative and security operations. Aid was the co-editor with Dr. Cees Wiebes of Secrets of Signals Intelligence During the Cold War and Beyond (Cass, 2001), and is currently completing a history of the National Security Agency and its predecessor organisations. He is also the author of a chapter about the National Security Agency in a book published by the University of Kansas Press in 1998 entitled A Culture of Secrecy: The Government Versus the People’s Right to Know, as well as a number of articles on signals intelligence in Intelligence and National Security.

International Peacekeeping Operations: The Intelligence Challenge for America in the 21st Century

The Book
The Book