The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/Steele-Analysis I was thinking this morning about how little has changed since I was a founding member of the Advanced Information Processing and Analysis Steering Group (AIPASG) and also a member of the Information Handling Committee (IHC) for the US secret world (late 1980’s early 1990’s). I note in passing my continued dismay …
How geospatial analytics is helping hunt the LRA and al-Shabaab Liat Clark Wired UK, 24 June 2013 In May 2012 Caesar Acellam, a commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and military strategist for the extremist group’s leader Joseph Kony, was captured by the Ugandan army. The act appeared to be a coup for local …
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“Intelligence tradecraft” applies to each element of the intelligence cycle and is distinct for each of the eight tribes of intelligence. It also varies depending on the threat target and the policy objective. Each of the above can be further distinguished at the four different levels of effort (strategic, operatonal, tactical, technical — the threat …
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Coherent, the Force is…. Restrictive Control and Information Pathologies in Organizations Wolfgang Scholl* Humboldt-University, Berlin Although the relation of power to knowledge is an often discussed theme, a psychological and sociological scrutiny of the issue is lacking. A new conceptual and theoretical approach to this issue is presented here that distingushes between restrictive and promotive …
SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/2014-Intel-Models Updated 5 September 2015 1976 PREDICTING REVOLUTION Conditions existing in USA today are in red. 1976 Thesis: Theory, Risk Assessment, and Internal War: A Framework for the Observation of Revolutionary Potential 2011 Thinking About Revolution in the USA and Elsewhere (Full Text Online for Google Translate) Graphic: Pre-Conditions of Revolution Graphic: Preconditions …
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CFP: “Intelligence: Analysis, Tradecraft, Training, Education, and Practical Application” Journal of Strategic Security Deadline: June 1, 2013 Submission Guidelines Submit Online Join our LinkedIn Group The Journal of Strategic Security (JSS), a publication of Henley-Putnam University, seeks manuscripts for an upcoming issue on intelligence analytic tradecraft, training, education, and practical application for the Fall 2013 …
Misappropriated without Attrribution–Free Online, March 4, 2010 One Star for lack of ethics on the part of the publisher. Beyond five stars for content, free online as with all of Jack Davis’s stuff. Upgraded to 3 stars for proper pricing (after Amazon’s cut, publisher only makes roughly 3 dollars per book, which is totally fair). …
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