Reference (2010): Human Intelligence (HUMINT) – All Humans, All Minds, All the Time [PDF & Full Text Online]

Human Intelligence (HUMINT): All Humans, All Minds, All the Time (US Army Strategic Studies Institute, June 2010) Short URL: http://tinyurl.com/Steele-HUMINT Below the line: full text for automated translation.  The Amazon version is published by someone else abusing my original copyright granted only to SSI. Click on cover for free PDF download, or read full text …

DefDog: CIA Decides Who to Blow Up – Without Having Any Idea Who They Are…

Admission of the failure of Intelligence, and yet nobody is asking why? Does the CIA Even Know Who Its Drones Are Killing? During the Bush era, the agency helped imprison scores of innocents. In the Obama era, it decides who to blow up. Conor Friedersdorf The Atlantic, 7 November 2011 Then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld …

Reddit Skeptic Asks for Proof

Can you verify that you are who you say you are? Would you post a picture of yourself holding a sign with today’s date and some relevant text as proof? And now for something fun: Key URLs: http://tinyurl.com/OWS-ER-HO http://tinyurl.com/ER-DIY http://tinyurl.com/ER-RoadTrip http://tinyurl.com/CoalitionCabinet http://tinyurl.com/Steele2012 The last was just a short cut to my bio page, nothing more.  …

Stephen E. Arnold: Search Wizards Speak 2008-2011

Search Wizards Speak Conference presentations about search and retrieval, text mining, and content processing are often little more than sales pitches. In the last 30 years, I’ve met a number of people who have made significant contributions to information retrieval. What I want to do is periodically interview some of the more interesting “search wizards”. …