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Journal: DoD Falling…30-50% Cut in KR, Cuts to Benefits Next

(COMMENT:  Retirees being targeted again…) Tom Philpott | August 05, 2010 Advisory Panels Say Military Benefits Unsustainable A consensus is building among current and former military leaders and defense industry executives that rising military personnel costs threaten the viability of the all-volunteer force. FULL STORY, Excellent Quotes from MajGen Arnold Punaro, USMC (Ret) former Staff …

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Search: SOF OSINT Special Operations Forces OSINT

This post addresses difficulty in getting to SOF OSINT Handbook. Civil Affairs and UN DPKO would other useful search branches. 2004 Special Operations Forces OSINT Handbook (Strawman) Memorandum: USSOCOM Software List and STRONG ANGEL TOOZL 2004 Harrison (US) Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Requirements Management: A U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Perspective 2003 Hardee (US) Special …

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2014 Handbook Online for Internet Tools and Resources for Creating Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) by Dr. Ran Hock, Chief Training Officer, Online Strategies, Inc.

PLATINUM LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT, Dr. Ran Hock Dr. Ran Hock has done more than any single individual to educate both government and private sector parties with respect to the value of the deep web.  He has single-handedly trained hundreds of individuals in the nuances of this major new intelligence resource base.  Emphasizing individual analytic skills and …

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Journal: Google, CIA Invest in ‘Future’ of Web Monitoring

WIRED DANGER ROOM By Noah Shachtman July 28, 2010  |Categories: Spies, Secrecy and Surveillance The investment arms of the CIA and Google are both backing a company that monitors the web in real time — and says it uses that information to predict the future. The company is called Recorded Future, and it scours tens …

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Journal: Consumer Group Calls for Hearings on Google Relations with NSA and CIA, Google’s Global Street-Level Survey of Wi-Fi Packet Interceptability

Group Calls for Hearings Into Google’s Ties to CIA and NSA Prisonplanet.com July 20, 2010 More information has emerged about Google’s relationship with the government and spook agencies (see PR Newswire below). The revelations should come as no surprise. FULL STORY ONLINE Consumer Watchdog, formerly the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights is a nonprofit, …

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Journal: Silence of the Goats–and Sheep

CONTENTS Cover Letter Links to Attachments Links to Articles Senior Executive Comment & PBI Comment Acting Director of National Intelligence, David C. Gompert, reaction to the Washington Post series This morning, the Washington Post began a series of articles on the growth of the Intelligence Community following the terrorist attacks on 9/11. The reporting does …

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