The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Important enough to reproduce in full. 5GWTF: Calculation and Control Politics is mostly marketing, and power is mostly pursued by those who would abuse it. After centuries of highly consistent behavior patterns among elected officials, there is little point in getting angry about politicians, lying. This is a basic matter of tradecraft and daily routine, …
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Thomas Leo Briggs is a retired CIA operations officer with 3 years military experience in US Army military police, 3 years as a Special Agent in the Drug Enforcement Administration and 26 years in the CIA. He tried to make use of computer capabilities to aid and assist HUMINT operations in a variety of ways …
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Harvey Molotch 4.0 out of 5 stars Theatrically Naive in Its Own Way But Recommended, December 15, 2012 I’m the former spy and honorary hacker who sounded the alarm on cyber-security in 1994 and who questioned every aspect of the Department of Homeland Security, pointing out that the joint fusion centers would be a waste …
How to Get Better At Predicting the Future Could human and machine forecasters work together to increase the intelligence agencies’ foresight? By Alexis C. Madrigal Atlantic, 11 December 2012 We would like to know what the future is going to be like, so we can prepare for it. I’m not talking about building a time …
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NOTE: This is the final report with new comments. Comments were made on the earlier elements of this report on year ago. Robert Steele: Global Trends 2030 – Gaps + RECAP Best External Snapshot: 2012-12-10 Nicole Gaouette, Four ‘Megatrends’ Reshaping the World: U.S. Intelligence (BloombergBusinessweek) New technologies, dwindling resources and explosive population growth in the …
So Much Strategy, So Little Strategic Direction Cdr Michael Junge, USN Proceedings Magazine, February 2012 Vol 138/2/1,308 There is a strategy problem in the Navy. Take as primary evidence that only three and a half years after completing A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower , its primary author is now in favor of crafting …
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Document (5 Pages): Richard Wright Proposal for an Open Source Agency Proposal for an Open Source Agency Executive Summary This proposal argues that the strategic intelligence needs of U.S. Policy Makers, including the President and National Security Council, can best be met by establishing an independent Open Source Intelligence Agency (OSA) as recommended by the …
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