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2013/07/122014/02/25

All IO Tools (Index) 19 FEB 14

Updated 25 February 2014 1988-2009 OSINT-M4IS2 TECHINT Chronology 1986 Computer Aided Tools for the Analysis of Science & Technology (CATALYST) 1989 Webb (US) CATALYST: Computer-Aided Tools for the Analysis of Science & Technology 1993 Corporate Role in National Competitiveness: Smart People + Good Tools + Information = Profit 1998 TAKEDOWN: Targets, Tools, & Technocracy 2001 …

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2013/02/172013/02/17

Berto Jongman: Special Librarians Association Considers How Librarians Might be Intelligence Discovery Specialists — It Only Took Them TWENTY YEARS From When the Idea was First Presented

SLA 2013 Annual Confernce, 9 June Dr. Edna Reid, intelligence analyst (IA) in the federal government, and Aileen Marshall will present an interactive session about emerging roles for librarians/information professionals as intelligence analysts (IAs), open source specialists, and cyber intelligence analysts. The workshop will involve dissecting job descriptions for IAs, comparing competencies of librarians and …

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2012/12/262013/03/13

Worth a Look: Books on Improving Intelligence Analysis

This book on intelligence analysis written by intelligence expert Dr. Stephen Marrin argues that scholarship can play a valuable role in improving intelligence analysis. Improving intelligence analysis requires bridging the gap between scholarship and practice. Compared to the more established academic disciplines of political science and international relations, intelligence studies scholarship is generally quite relevant …

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2012/12/222012/12/22

Review: The Volunteer The Incredible True Story of an Israeli Spy on the Trail of International Terrorists

Michael Ross and Jonathan Kay 4.0 out of 5 stars 50% Authentic, 25% Disinformation, 25% Unwitting, December 22, 2012 For those that do not know my background, I am a former clandestine case officer (spy) who has published widely on the craft of intelligence. I received this book as a gift from the author, whom …

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2012/12/162012/12/17

Thomas Briggs: Reflections on OSINT in Support of HUMINT

Thomas Leo Briggs is a retired CIA operations officer with 3 years military experience in US Army military police, 3 years as a Special Agent in the Drug Enforcement Administration and 26 years in the CIA. He tried to make use of computer capabilities to aid and assist HUMINT operations in a variety of ways …

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2012/12/062012/12/06

Marcus Aurelius: Max Boot on Better Spies, Not More

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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2012/11/152012/11/15

Mini-Me: Jane Harman at CIA? Over Many Dead Bodies + CIA RECAP

Huh? Jane Harman and Israeli Spying Possible New CIA Director Already Politically Compromised by ALISON WEIR CounterPunch, November 14, 2012 It is astounding to find that one of the handful of prospects being floated to become CIA director following the fall of General David Petraeus is a person reportedly implicated in a 2005 Israeli spy …

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