Worth a Look: PBI Comments on Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 300 and ICD 301

Click on the covers to reach the original postings (dated to conform to the date of the issuance of each document) with today’s Phi Betea Iota Editorial Comments on each of the two documents. Of special relevance is the fact that this document assigns chairmanship of the National Open Source Council (NOSC) to the ADDNI/OS, …

Journal: Human Intel Or Technical Intel?

DoDBuzz,com August 5, 2009 Human Intel Or Technical Intel? By Greg Grant Some of the leading doyens of the Washington national security set recently returned from Afghanistan where they were part of new Afghan commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s strategy review. CSIS’s Anthony Cordesman reported back last week with a generally pessimistic take on the state …

Journal: Collective intelligence at a time of global crisis – Tom Atlee

Tom Atlee’s research and thought innovations span from the conscious evolution of social systems to collaborative dynamics to a host of other ideas centering on group, social and political dynamics. He has worked with a number of leading authors on their books including ‘Awakening: The Upside of Y2K’. More recently Tom Atlee has been exploring …

2008 War and Peace in the Digital Era (Draft)

General Peter Schoomaker–the same general that gave Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) a proper hearing at the U.S. Special Operations Command, created the first active duty Army Civil Affairs Brigade since WWII, stood up by Col Ferd Irizarry, USA.  I personally believe that the theaters commands must become Whole of Government commands, and that Army Civil …