The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
2013 Ben Benavides OSINT 2ool Kit On The Go Bag (Bag O’Tradecraft) Includes pass issues — each new year is comprehensive replacement for all past issues. See Also: Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Starting Point Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Re-Boot
Syria-Iraq-Iran: Several news outlets reported information from US sources that US Intelligence has confirmed that Iran is airlifting supplies across Iraq to Syria with the permission of the al Maliki government. Vice President Biden supposedly talked by telephone with al Maliki about this issue. Comment: So… at the time the US is preparing to send …
Yochai Benkler Robert Steele: This review is so useful in its summary and links to other books that it is being cross-posted to Phi Beta Iota the Public Intelligence Blog. Both this book and its virtual sidekick, Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive completely miss the point of Statecraft as …
Theory-based impact evaluation: principles and practice June 2009 Calls for rigorous impact evaluation has been accompanied by the quest for what works and why. Howard White identifies six principles for the successful application of the approach — mapping out the causal chain (programme theory), understanding the context, anticipating heterogeneity, rigorous evaluation of impact using a …
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Huh? Phi Beta Iota: As President Barack Obama faces what David Gergen calls one of three “choice” or turning point elections in modern US history, one has to wonder where he stands on the subject of the truth. Below the line is a methodical review with many links from retired Marine Corps officer Jim Fetzer, …
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Innovation and the State of the Humanitarian System Published by ALNAP, the 2012 State of the Humanitarian System report is an important evaluation of the humanitarian community’s efforts over the past two years. “I commend this report to all those responsible for planning and delivering life saving aid around the world,” writes UN Under-Secretary General Valerie …
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Huh? DATE OF EVENT: 1980-06-27 2012-08-26 Botched 1980 Gaddafi Assassination Kills All Aboard 2012-08-25 An Assassination of International Proportions 27 June 1980 and A Cover-Up by NATO : civilian jet with 81 civilians shot by French Mirage instead of Qaddafi Plane over Sicily 2012-07-06 Wikipedia / Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 2011-10-18 Libyan secret documents said to …
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