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Graphic: OSINT DOSC MDSC as Kernel for Global Grid to Meet Stabilization & Reconstruction as Well as Whole of Government Policy, Acquisition, and Operations Support

Source Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) is high school–advanced is Multinational Multiagency Multidiscipline Multidomain Information-Sharing and Sense-Making (M4IS2).  The fastest way to re-invent and revitalize intelligence for any nation (or region such as Africa or South America) is to create a Defense Open Source Center (DOSC) that serves as the interface between a Multinational Decision Support …

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Review: The Global Mind – The Ultimate Information Process

Hans Swegen 5.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinary Book, January 23, 2010 By Robert D. Steele (Oakton, VA United States) This book is available immediately from WHSmith. I recommend it without reservation, it is in my top dozen books on the World Brain – Global Brain -Global Mind – Collective Intellgence reading area. Amazon seems …

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Review: Cash on Delivery–CIA Special Operations During the Secret War in Laos

The Real Deal–Gripping Details & Lessons Learned & Lost November 21, 2009 Thomas Leo Briggs I served with the author in the clandestine service, saw the galley of this book in its early form, and was delighted when I received a copy of the finished book in the mail. This is an absorbing detailed reference …

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Handbook: Guide to Rebuilding Public Sector Services in Stability Operations–A Role for the Military

Phi Beta Iota: The US Intelligence Community (both civilian and military) still has not accepted the fact that 60% of its effort should be focused on Global Coverage (e.g. the Third World and the non-military high-level threats to humanity) and on relevant information and tailored intelligence necessary to support Stabilization & Reconstruction Operations as well …

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Journal: Multinational Operations 101

Italian Troops Denied Access To Intelligence Reports, Minister Says Richard Owen  TimesOnline (UK) October 20, 2009 Italy is denied full access to intelligence assessments in Afghanistan, a restriction that affects its troops’ ability to operate safely and hampers allied co-ordination, the Italian Foreign Minister said yesterday. The lack of co-ordination and pooled intelligence between Nato …

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Event Report CORRECTED LINKS: Responding to Real Time Information, Open Systems and the Obama IT Vision [Google-Microsoft Meld]

FIXED Big File Problem.  Three Separate Files, each at Their Respectuve Thumbnails. EVENT REPORT: Have you been wondered just how we are going to implement M4IS2* and add to it Real-Time-Processing (RTP) and Near-Real-Time Processing (NRTP)?  This event introduced to the Washington, D.C. environment, for the first time, the concept of operations and related technologies …

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