Italian Troops Denied Access To Intelligence Reports, Minister Says Richard Owen TimesOnline (UK) October 20, 2009 Italy is denied full access to intelligence assessments in Afghanistan, a restriction that affects its troops’ ability to operate safely and hampers allied co-ordination, the Italian Foreign Minister said yesterday. The lack of co-ordination and pooled intelligence between Nato …
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Definitions: Adaptive Capacity: The amount and variety of resources and skills possessed and available for maintaining viability and growth relative to the requirements posed by the environment. Agility: The capacity for moving quickly, flexibly and decisively in anticipating, initiating and taking advantage of opportunities and avoiding any negative consequences of change. Resiliency: The capacity for …
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We pay careful attention to the search terms used by those who visit us, and have noticed a very healthy focus on strategy and on secrecy. The two are incompatible. Strategy, by its inherent nature, must be holistic, transparent, and sustainable. It demands broad collaboration and the broadest possible information-sharing and sense-making. Secrecy, by its …
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15,000 Affected By Intelligence Community Server Shutdown Atlantic POLITICS Oct 8 2009, 9:53 am Marc Ambinder EXTRACT: A CIA analyst who works on open source projects with state and local law enforcement officials said that uGov provided the only secure way to provide them with critical homeland security information. Several Defense Intelligence Agency employees wrote …
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Economics, Intelligence, & Transparency Conference New York City, 13 September 2009, 1400-1430 EST Planned Remarks for Robert David STEELE Vivas 9/11 discussion was yesterday, it is however central to today’s reflections 9/11 was about predatory economics, failed intelligence, and zero transparency I only have 30 minutes to speak, but I can stay for an hour …
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Robert David Steele is the founding editor of Phi Beta Iota Public Intelligence Blog (“The truth at any cost lowers all other costs.”). He curates over 80 regular contributors, many using an avatar because they are still serving in official capacities. A former Marine Corps infantry officer, CIA spy, and second ranking civilian in Marine …
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SHORT URL: https://tinyurl.com/USDI-OSINT I have sought to help USDI on multiple occasions, and failed every time. Here is the 2009 effort, with the assistance of Dr. Joseph Markowitz, who also failed to get CIA to take OSINT seriously. PPT (6 Pages): 2009 DoD OSINT Leadership Briefing PPT (18 Pages): 2009 DoD OSINT Staff Briefing Complete …
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