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Reflections on the Future of Information Technology – An Open Letter

SHORTCUT: http://tinyurl.com/2014-Open-Letter This started out as an a letter to the collective leadership of a very promising open source software company, took a side step toward Microsoft, and finally made the leap here as a general open reference. Earth Intelligence Network, A Virginia Non-Profit (501c3) Corporation, is seeking endowed alliances that might wish to advance …

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Marcus Aurelius: Divine Secrets of the RYBAT Sisterhood – Four Senior Women from CIA’s Directorate of Operations Discuss Their Careers

Declassified and approved for public release 20 October 2013 PDF (23 Pages): (U) cia-rybat-sisterhood EXTRACT: Depending on your viewpoint, things have changed a little or a lot. Rather than venture helplessly into.that minefield, I would like to introduce a panel of senior women who rose to the ranks of SIS in the Directorate of Operations. …

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Rob Sentse: The Battle for the Information Domain

The Battle for the Information Domain By Major Rob Sentse[1] Bachelor. Infantry, Royal Netherlands Army and Major Arno Storm, Bachelor. Infantry, Royal Netherlands Army “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” –Maya Angelou (American Poet, b.1928) (This …

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Review: Disinformation: Former Spy Chief Reveals Secret Strategy for Undermining Freedom, Attacking Religion, and Promoting Terrorism

Ion Mihai Pacepa and Ronald J. Rychlak 3.0 out of 5 stars Walks, Talks, and Smells Like a CIA Publication, July 13, 2013 This book is being touted by Radio Liberty, a CIA subsidiary, and everything about it reeks of a CIA disinformation operation. First, though, an acknowledgement. The Soviets, working largely through their more …

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Berto Jongman: The Elephant in the Room – Organized Crime and Peace Operations

The Elephant in the Room: How Can Peace Operations Deal with Organized Crime? Although the threats that organized crime pose to UN peace operations are increasing, most missions lack either the mandate or resources to deal with them effectively. By using case studies from Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, and Kosovo, this paper not only illustrates the nature …

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29 May 2013 Protecting People with Technology – Modernizing UN Peacekeeping Operations

Protecting People with Technology: Modernizing U.N. Peacekeeping A conversation with Dr. Walter Dorn, author of “Keeping Watch: Monitoring, Technology & Innovation in UN Peace Operations” Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 Time: 2-3:30 p.m. Location: The Stimson Center 1111 19th St., NW, 12th Floor Washington, D.C. RSVP HERE Download PDF:  Dorn 29- Protecting People with Technology.Stimson-1 …

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