SchwartzReport: Global Religious Landscape

The Global Religious Landscape A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World’s Major Religious Groups as of 2010 Executive Summary Geographic Distribution Living as Majorities and Minorities Young and Old About the Study Defining the Religious Groups Roadmap to the Report Worldwide, more than eight-in-ten people identify with a religious group. A comprehensive …

2012 Robert Steele: The Human Factor & The Human Environment: Contextual Trust for Sources & Methods

Citation: Robert David STEELE Vivas, “The Human Factor & The Human Environment: Contextual Trust for Sources & Methods,” Phi Beta Iota the Public Intelligence Blog (20 December 2012). Part I: 2012 Robert Steele: The Human Factor & The Human Environment: Concepts & Doctrine? Implications for Human & Open Source Intelligence 2.0 This is Part II …

Chuck Spinney: Federal Reserve Screwing the Public — Again…

My good good buddy Dr. Newk Mindshaftgap has written a juicy little report, attached below, in which he politely exposes the emptiness of the fact-free fiscal debate that is now electrifying the synapses of the pols, pundits, and courtiers in Versailles on the Potomac.  To be sure, our nation has a debt problem, but, as …

David Isenberg: James Howcroft on Making Intelligence Relevant in the 21st Century

Making Intelligence Relevant for the Missions of the 21st Century by James Howcroft Small Wars Journal | December 19, 2012 The international challenges which threaten the security of the United States and our partners in the 21st century are not primarily posed by conventional military forces. Despite the “pivot” toward a conventional peer competitor in …

Search: purpose of military intelligence

School Solution:  To fabricate the worst possible threat, each service taking its own liberties, so as to justify the buying of the most outrageously complex and generally unreliable weapons and mobility systems with extremely heavy logistics tails, none of which can be supported by national or tactical intelligence “systems” also built by variations of the …

Richard Wright: Secret Intelligence Cloud, Charlie Allen’s Warning, Comment by Robert Steele

This piece quotes Charlie extensively and generally he is supportive of the concept, but noted that it would require strong leadership from the DCI and that a new “business model” for intelligence would be needed.  He warned that: “Specifically, the data connectivity requirements will be huge, Allen said. The intelligence community already has a prodigious …