The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
This report has two bottom-lines, neither of which has been operatiionalized despite lip-service to making peace operations co-equal to war operations: 1. Non-Governmental Organizations are the majority players now 2. Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) is the common language
Chuck Spinney, who contributes highlighted items to the Journal of Public Intelligence, wrote the original modern book on defense waste and the plans/reality mismatch, shown below with a link to its Amazon Page. Although not a professional intelligence analyst, Spinney is a deeply-experienced real-world analyst and understands the lunacy of building a strategy, a force …
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GOLDEN CANDLE AWARD: Mr. Paul van Tongeren OSS ’04: To Mr. Paul van Tongeren, leader, educator, advocate, and pioneer in the prevention and resolution of conflict. As Executive Director of the European Centre for Conflict Prevention, his is a critical voice in facilitating peace through hinter-disciplinary study, cross-cultural communication, and the creation of Open Source …
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5.0 out of 5 stars Turns Concept of “National Intelligence” Right Side Up, December 12, 2004
4.0 out of 5 stars Best available overview, narrow focus, December 12, 2004
4.0 out of 5 stars Seminal work, focused on message out, not information in, December 12, 2004
GOLDEN CANDLE AWARD: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory OSS ’04: To the JHU-APL, and especially to Capt Joseph Mazzafro, USN (Ret) and Dr. Michael Vlahos, for sustained excellence in the integration of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) into their complex all-source analytic efforts in support of the Department of Defense. Aided by the Gibson Library, …
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