The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Barton Whaley 5.0 out of 5 stars Pioneeding, Deep, Essential, Needs 21st Century Follow-Up September 5, 2013 I borrowed this book from another officer, and have been quite delighted to spend time with it. This is a much older book than most realize (1969) and its examples and case studies stop with the Six-Day War …
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John Diamond 4.0 out of 5 stars Got the Obvious Right, Misses Everything Else, September 4, 2013 I regard Retired Reader as an alter ego and top gun in the field, so his review has my vote. If the book were current (it was published in 2008) I would be tempted to buy it but …
Antonio Lopez 5.0 out of 5 stars A unique and timely integrative overview with many original insights, August 22, 2013 I received this book as a gift, and am glad that I did as I normally would not have noticed it, bought it, or reviewed it. I hope my review will inspire others to buy …
Edgar Morin 7 Stars Life Transformative Foundation Work for Everything Else This is a remarkably coherent book about the most important topic for all of us, the matter of complexity and more to the point, thinking about complexity. I certainly recommend it most strongly, along with two other books by the same author that I …
There is nothing new about open source information. What is new about open source intelligence (ethical evidence-based decision-support based solely on open, legal, ethical sources and methods) is the attempt to fully integrate the proven process of intelligence (requirements definition, collection management, source discovery and validation, multi-source fusion (both machine and human), visualization (both machine …
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Rickard Falkvinge 5.0 out of 5 stars 6 Star Authentic World-Changing Book , July 20, 2013 EDIT of 19 AUG 2013: Finish book, adding my new remarks at the top, dropping the preliminary review to the end.EDIT OF 13 AUG 2013: I have a 17 hour aviation trip coming up Friday-Saturday, will try to get …
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The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet, by Ramez Naam Brenda Cooper IEET, Posted: Jun 20, 2013 There are writers and futurists who are swimming upstream against a tide of people screaming about the sky falling. Ramez Naam is one of the them, offering practical tools and illuminating the power of …
