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2003 Davis (US) Analytic Paradoxes: Can Open Source Intelligence Help?

PLATINUM Jack Davis, De Facto Dean of the U.S. Intelligence Analytic Corps For over three decades, Jack Davis has been the heir to Sherman Kent and the mentor to all those who would strive to be the world’s most effective all-source intelligence analysts.  As a Central Intelligence Agency analyst and educator, he combines intellect, integrity, …

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2003 Edwards (UK) Open Source Intelligence Gathering Within the UK Police National Intelligence Model (NIM)

PLATINUM LIFETIME AWARD Detective Steve Edwards, MBE, UK Detective Steve Edwards, Member of the British Empire, has been the foremost law enforcement pioneer in the field of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), and it is with heartfelt admiration that we applaud his recent recognition by the Queen of England.  His gentle, self-effacing, sober appreciation of the …

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2003 Harrison (US) Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Requirements, Collection, and Production Management

PLATINUM LIFETIME AWARD Mr. Ben Harrison, OSINT Pioneer Mr. Ben Harrison is a master of both the military bureaucracy, and the global open source intelligence (OSINT) world.  He has been a pioneer in all respects–helping the larger Department of Defense Community understand OSINT; creating innovative solutions for his own Command, the U.S. Special Operations Command; …

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2003 Lewis (UNIDIR) Creating the Global Brain: The United Nations

United Nations, Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) IOP ’06.  Under the leadership of Dr. Patricia Lewis, and in pursuit of the basic mission of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), the development of “ideas for peace and security,” this organization has demonstrated sustained excellence in the exploitation of open sources of information, and …

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2003 Manwaring (US) War & Conflict: Six Generations

Col Dr. Max Manwaring is one of America’s greatest scholar-warriors and especially valuable to all of us for his understanding of gangs and other asymmetric froms of organization that are vastly more adatable, imaginative, and resources than any bureaucracy. He has been among a handful of patriotic souls speaking truth to power about the urgency …

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2003 Medina (US) 21st Century Analysis–The Coming Revolution in Intelligence Analysis: What to do when the Traditional Model Fails

Carmen Median retired–her brilliance and innovative spirit surfaced at the top too late in the game.  She is, however, like General Peter Schoomaker, USA (Ret), one of those bright lights that in our view should be brought back in to manage a global multinational information sharing and sense-making grid.  She is not forgotten, and we …

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