2004 Kaplan (US) The Saudi Connection: How billions in oil money spawned a global terror network

GOLDEN CANDLE AWARD: Mr. David Kaplan OSS ’04: To Mr. David Kaplan, for his extraordinary exploitation of legal and ethical sources of information in the pursuit of investigative journalism on behalf of U.S. News & World Report.  His studies of North Korean government corruption and of Saudi Arabian government sponsorship of terrorism, represent the best …

2004 Mazzafro (US) Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and Global Issues

GOLDEN CANDLE AWARD: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory OSS ’04: To the JHU-APL, and especially to Capt Joseph Mazzafro, USN (Ret) and Dr. Michael Vlahos, for sustained excellence in the integration of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) into their complex all-source analytic efforts in support of the Department of Defense.  Aided by the Gibson Library, …

2004 Tongeren (NL) A Need for a Global Alliance for Human Security

GOLDEN CANDLE AWARD: Mr. Paul van Tongeren OSS ’04: To Mr. Paul van Tongeren, leader, educator, advocate, and pioneer in the prevention and resolution of conflict.  As Executive Director of the European Centre for Conflict Prevention, his is a critical voice in facilitating peace through hinter-disciplinary study, cross-cultural communication, and the creation of Open Source …

2004 Vlahos (US) The Muslim Renovatio and US Strategy

GOLDEN CANDLE AWARD: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory OSS ’04: To the JHU-APL, and especially to Capt Joseph Mazzafro, USN (Ret) and Dr. Michael Vlahos, for sustained excellence in the integration of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) into their complex all-source analytic efforts in support of the Department of Defense.  Aided by the Gibson Library, …