The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
This is an absolutely world-class document, and to the best of our recollection, the single best formulation we have seen. The perspectives, insights, professional approach, and over-all treatment of the challenges of the future are truly first class, and superior to CIA’s Global Trends and other such offerings in relation to the needs of the …
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How Should We Measure Intelligence Community Performance?, by Joseph Mazzafro. As the Congress and the DC dignitary debate if health care is affordable given the nation’s first trillion dollar annual debit incursion, I am wondering where the money would come from should the United States need to defend its national interests against another Al Qaeda …
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Mullen Wary of Israeli Attack on Iran by Ray McGovern Phi Beta Iota: We strongly recommend McGovern’s article be read in its entirety. Key points: 1. US has no mutual defense treaty with Israel and no order to the US military to support Israel is Constitutionally valid without a Senate validation. 2. Israel will not …
Afghan War Topples Dutch Govt (AntiWar.com) More important than the toppling of the Dutch government, and the prospect of new elections, is NATO’s actions which led up to it. Generally speaking, NATO has not made a habit of pressuring for action against the will of that nation’s ruling coalition, and many saw Rasmussen’s request as …
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This really should be two searches. Seaching for Jack Davis yields: Who’s Who in Public Intelligence: Jack Davis Search: jack davis and his collected memoranda o Search: The Future of OSINT [is M4IS2-Multinational] Graphic: The UN and the Eight Tribes of Intelligence Searching for analytic support for peace yields: Journal: Haiti–Ready for a Rapid-Response Open-Source-Intelligence-Driven …
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Disillusioned Bayh advocates electoral “shock” to broken system In an interview on MSNBC this morning, newly retiring Sen. Evan Bayh declared the American political system “dysfunctional,” riddled with “brain-dead partisanship” and permanent campaigning. Flatly denying any possibility that he’d seek the presidency or any other higher office, Bayh argued that the American people needed to …
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Invite your attention to attached — contains a couple of interesting observations about Open Source Intelligence (OSINT): “…open source intelligence — catapulting it to primary place for new adversaries and increasingly for the U.S. military — and also rapid organizational learning and assembly of capabilities…” [page 9] “…There are strong indications that Hezbollah made significant …
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