The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Click on above fpr talking points used for the Jane Wallace show in 1998. Hackers are an advanced form of Collective Intelligence. There are three main hacker networks in the Western world, all open and legal: Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) based in the New York City area; Hackers/THINK Conference based in Silicon Valley, and …
Arnie Donahue, until 1997 the Chief of the C4I Branch in the National Security Division led by Don Gessaman, moved in retirement to the National Academy of Public Administraiton (NAPA) where he continued to engage in investigative surveys at the classified level. Below is one of the first reports that he helped administer. It makes …
PLATINUM LIFETIME AWARD Arnold, Mr. Stephen E. Arnold For his constant demonstration of the utility of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) in the understanding of social networks, emerging technologies, and cultural realities. As a world-renowned authority on information and communications, with a deep understanding of the public policy value of open source information, he has made …
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Maurice Botbol was among the first professional observers to notice the conflict between the secret intelligence world’s view of open sources as “Open Sores,” and the competing view of open sources as both complementary and often sufficient. Below is his presentation to OSS ’97. His most trenchant observations are regretably not included in the document. …
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In the 1990’s there was a group that included Parker Rossman focused on the World Brain and the possibilities inherent in the proper integration of human and machine intelligence. OSS ’97 was fortunate to have a member of this group present some ideas.
Without the leadership of then Capt Patrick Tyrrell, RN OBE, these handbooks would not exist today. He started the ball rolling, BGen Jim Cox, CA, then NATO and SHAPE Deputy J-2 organized a lecture to all the flag officers in charge of military intelligence, and finally directed SACLANT, then led by General William Kernan, USA, …
Kevin Kelly, one of the “Who’s Who” in Cultural Intelligence, was among the very first to understand, in a coherent fashion, the rise of neo-biological civilization and the intersection of humanity and technology in ways that would change everything. This article became a book.
