Review: Information Operations–Warfare and the Hard Reality of Soft Power (Issues in Twenty-First Century Warfare) (Paperback)
4.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding First Cut, IO as Inter-Agency & Long-Term Continuity Glue, March 17, 2006
2006 Simmons (US) Policy Preface to Information Operations (IO) Book
Congressman Rob Simmons got into the Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) arena in 1995, and grew to understand vastly more than those serving in the U.S. Government, then or now. He was among the first if not the only Member to recognize that Information Operations (IO) was the totality of the information and intelligence spectrum, encompassing …
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2006 House Appropriations Committee Public Law 109-163 6 January 2006 Section 931 Department of Defense Strategy for Open-Source Intelligence
Here is a summary of what Congress demanded from DoD that has not been provided to date: 1) A plan for providing funds 2) A description of management now and as it could be improved 3) A description of tools, systems, centers, organizational entities amd procedures 4) A description of proven tradecraft including operational security …
Review: Crossing the Rubicon–The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil (Paperback)
5.0 out of 5 stars People’s Grand Jury Sufficient to Indict Dick Cheney for Murder, December 10, 2005
2005 Steele to Hayden Asking for Naquin Cease & Desist
Doug Naquin, the senior Central Intelligence (CIA) officer responsible for Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and for the Open Source Center (OSC), the half-baked replacement for the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS), is a good person trapped in a bad system. He not only does not know what he does not know, but is held in …
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Reference: 2009 National Intelligence Strategy of the United States of America
One day we hope to see each State, Commonwealth, Tribe, County, and Municipality realize they need their own unique intelligence strategies tailored to their strategic, operational, tactical, and technical challenges. The aggregate of all of those bottom-up strategies will, we speculate, turn the national intelligence on its head and get it back to basics. Smart …
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2004 Stephen E. Arnold (US) New Opportunities: Update on New Technology
PLATINUM LIFETIME AWARD, 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 himself …
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