The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo 4.0 out of 5 stars Serious Economics Poorly Presented, December 14, 2012 I have no doubt that among economists this book merits all the praise it has received; I do NOT recommend it for the general reader, indeed, I do not recommend it at all unless it is assigned reading, …
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Updated 11 Dec 2012 to add Graphic: Intelligence Requirements, Collection, Evaluation, and Capabilities Building Senate Puts Brakes on Defense Clandestine Service The Senate moved last week to restrain the rapid growth of the Defense Clandestine Service, the Pentagon’s human intelligence operation. Under a provision of the FY2013 defense authorization act that was approved on December …
Huh? New York Times: Arms Shipments ‘Secretly’ Approved by Obama Admin. Ended Up in Hands of Islamic Militants Jason Howerton The Blaze, 5 December 2012 U.S.-Approved Arms for Libya Rebels Fell Into Jihadis’ Hands By JAMES RISEN, MARK MAZZETTI and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT New York Times, December 5, 2012 WASHINGTON — The Obama administration secretly …
Taxonomy of OSINT Sources A detailed index of sources and data types to support source awareness and intelligence collection. What constitutes an open source of intelligence? How many of these sources do you consult in the course of your work? And what format do they take? i-intelligence has put together a Taxonomy of OSINT Sources …
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Two things seem clear to me: the Pentagon budget is going down, and pretty much no one in Washington wants to impose the three fundamental reforms needed to enable DOD to prosper in an era of lower budgets. I explain my point of view in a new article in Foreign Policy and below. EXTRACT: They are …
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UPDATE 2 Dec 2012: Wright update, Steele update, at end of original post. As received: On the Linkedin Group, “Intelligence and Security”, a member started a discussion on open source intelligence using a quote from your [forthcoming chapter], “The Craft of Intelligence.” Davidson (a self proclaimed “former CIA Senior Intelligence Officer”) made such a wildly ignorant …
The Routledge Handbook of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency Edited By: Paul B. Rich and Isabelle Duyvesteyn Routledge, 2012 Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003 ‘counterinsurgency’ (COIN) has enjoyed a revival. The perceived failure of counterinsurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan has led to a ‘backlash’ principally by advocates of the use of conventional warfare against insurgents, …
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