The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Document (5 Pages): Richard Wright Proposal for an Open Source Agency Proposal for an Open Source Agency Executive Summary This proposal argues that the strategic intelligence needs of U.S. Policy Makers, including the President and National Security Council, can best be met by establishing an independent Open Source Intelligence Agency (OSA) as recommended by the …
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Better Spies, Not More By Max Boot Los Angeles Times, December 6, 2012, Pg. 19 The Defense Intelligence Agency is planning to dramatically expand the ranks of its covert “collectors” — a.k.a. case officers or, more popularly, spies. It has 500 or so and hopes to double that number. There is nothing inherently wrong with …
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Now that everyone is paying attention, this is being posted in full text online in support of a larger M4IS2 / OSE dialog. Document: Strategic OSINT (Chapter 6 in Strataegic Intelligence Vol 2) 10 MB Links added below throughout, updated where appropriate. See Also: 21st Century Intelligence Core References 2.0 Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Robert …
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The Art Of The Deal: Why the CIA needs a diplomat, not a spy, to lead it. By Andy Johnson ForeignPolicy.com,November 29, 2012 With the abrupt departure of Director David Petraeus, the revolving door on the CIA’s seventh floor continues to spin: The average tenure of the agency’s last five leaders has been less than …
Post-US world born in Phnom Penh By Spengler Asia Times, Nov 27, 2012 It is symptomatic of the national condition of the United States that the worst humiliation ever suffered by it as a nation, and by a US president personally, passed almost without comment last week. I refer to the November 20 announcement at …
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Phi Beta Iota: 13.5 minutes, a cry from the heart of America, useful as a moment of personal self-reflection. A short video stressing the importance of Self-Evaluation, Identity Reclamation, and becoming an Agent for the Open-Source post-scarcity era. Thanks for your interest and support! Other Videos: John Maguire: YouTube (13:00) The Evolution of Open-Source Science …
Updated 21 Dec 2012 1800 Short Persistent URL for This Post: http://tinyurl.com/UN-21-Intel DOCUMENT: 2012 Reflections on UN Intelligence 2.3 21 Dec 2012 I had occasion to look at the Report of the Secretary General on the Work of the Organization, and thought this would be a good time to integrate some of what I have …
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