Berto Jongman: US Intelligence Half-Assed Make-Over
Intelligence Consolidation Looms for the U.S. Military SIGNAL Magazine, August 26, 2019, By Robert K. Ackerman Technology holds the key, but human leadership may determine success.
Berto Jongman: Conrad Crane on Need for an Information Warfare Command
The United States Needs an Information Warfare Command: A Historical Examination Conrad Crane War on the Rocks At its core, information warfare is about gathering, providing, and denying information in order to improve one’s own decision-making while damaging the enemy’s.
Stephen E. Arnold: Google Deleting History
Google: History? Backfiles Do Not Sell Ads Phi Beta Iota: Read original by clicking above, in this case a complete safety copy is below. Google (and Amazon and other digital data services) are deleting history. This matters.
Steven Aftergood: CRS on Intelligence Oversight
Congressional Oversight of Intelligence: Background and Selected Options for Further Reform The usual suspects: joint committee, consolidated authorization & appropriation, dedicated HPSCI intelligence staff, abolish term limits for HPSCI Members.
Berto Jongman: Beacon and Warning: Sherman Kent, Scientific Hubris, and the CIA’s Office of National Estimates
Beacon and Warning: Sherman Kent, Scientific Hubris, and the CIA’s Office of National Estimates J. Peter Scoblic, a doctoral candidate at Harvard Business School, is a fellow in the International Security Program at New America and the author of U.S. vs. Them: Conservatism in the Age of Nuclear Terror. “From bias to probabilities, Kent anticipated …
Berto Jongman: Five Steps to Reverse Earth’s Fragility
Large parts of the world are growing more fragile. Here are 5 steps to reverse course The sheer scale of fragility is breathtaking. Presently, 72% of all people living in extreme poverty reside in fragile settings. If current trends persist, more than 80% of the world’s poorest populations will live in these fragile contexts by …
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Boyd Davis Sutton: In Memory – Godfather of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)
Boyd Davis Sutton, 1941-2018 Boyd Davis Sutton died suddenly this past week following a 76 year love affair with life. His official obituary in now online. In the mid-1990’s Boyd was asked by then Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet to study the shortfalls and potential solutions for achieving “global coverage” of the world, something …
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