Berto Jongman: Atrocities Etcetera + Best of Ukraine 1.7

9/11: CIA black operation murders Philip Marshall? (Wayne Madsen) BITCOIN: arrest of operators of two exchanges BOOK: Integrated Peacebuilding: Innovative Approaches to Transforming Conflict CHINA: annual urban exodus tracked by Baida CONGO: ambush of commander CONGO: situation worsening CYBER: cash registers – crime wave

Berto Jongman: Atrocities Etcetera – and the Ukraine

DATA: GDELT has a new home SEX AND POWER: Gaddafi’s underground sex bunkers THREAT: DSB report on US intelligence agencies incapable of detecting nuclear threat THREAT: Economic meltdown – growing warning signs THREAT: Economic systems surviving thanks to wars THREAT: the battlefield is the Internet UK: hitmen for hire – academics unlock the secret behaviour …

Berto Jongman: Atrocties Etcetera – Continued Focus on Ukraine 1.5

AFGHANISTAN: US Scholar Dies in Kabul Restaurant Attack CLIMATE: 3 6 9 world – Davos hits panic button wimps out with carbon tax CULTURE: US Foreign Policy Idealists versus Realists CYBER CRIME: DarkList Aims To Be The ‘Yelp’ Of Silk-Road-Style Drug Dealers CYBER DIPLOMACY: Sweden’s early adopter foreign minister on crafting digital diplomacy CYBER: France’s …

Reflections on Intelligence Reform

SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/2014-Reform Security sector reform and advancement begins in the mind.  In the 21st Century, raw information and tailored intelligence (decision support) are fundamental to progress at the strategic, operational, tactical, and technical levels. If we are to properly address intelligence governance from a comparative and international perspective rooted in an appreciation for the …