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2004 Stephen E. Arnold (US) New Opportunities: Update on New Technology

PLATINUM LIFETIME AWARD, Mr. Stephen E. Arnold For his constant demonstration of the utility of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) in the understanding of social networks, emerging technologies, and cultural realities.  As a world-renowned authority on information and communications, with a deep understanding of the public policy value of open source information, he has made himself …

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2004 Bjore (SE) Software, Humanware and Intelligence: Distributed Data Capture Templates and Analytic Tools

PLATINUM LIFETIME AWARD, Mr. Mats Bjore, Sweden There is no other person who has created a national open source intelligence capability, with recognition from the Royal War Academy for doing so; then gone on to rationalize McKinsey knowledge management in the Nordic region, then created the foremost international commercial intelligence practice in InfoSphere AB, and …

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2004 Bjorgo (NO) Root Causes of Terrorism

GOLDEN CANDLE AWARD: Dr. Tore Bjorgo, Norway OSS ’04: To Dr. Tore Bjorgo, Senior Research Fellow of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), for his leadership of research on terrorism and international crime.  His authorship/editorship of ten books in the field represents the best combination of open sources, scholarship, and operationally-useful intelligence. Below is …

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2004 Harrison (US) Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Requirements Management: A U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Perspective

PLATINUM LIFETIME AWARD, Mr. Ben Harrison, OSINT Pioneer Mr. Ben Harrison is a master of both the military bureaucracy, and the global open source intelligence (OSINT) world.  He has been a pioneer in all respects–helping the larger Department of Defense Community understand OSINT; creating innovative solutions for his own Command, the U.S. Special Operations Command; …

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2004 Knapp (US) Al-Qaeda Use of the Mass Media in InfoWar/Netwar; The Distortion of Islamic Concepts and Practices by Muslim Extremists; Diversity in Islam

Very frew “all-source” intelligence analysts in the US secret world impress us, in part because they will never actually be “all-source” until we get a grip on Open Source Intelligence (OSINT); in part because the secret world refuses to engage with 95% of the real-world and therefore will always lack of the historical and cultural …

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2004 Marlatt (US) Military Librarianship in an Academic Environment

Greta Marlatt is one of the librarian “top guns” at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monteray, California. The photo leads to her official page at NPS. She is known for many fine accomplishments but among them is her continuously updated bibliography on intelligence and public policy. The HTML version online does not appear to …

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