Mini-Me: A Post-Israel Middle East Report — Covert Action, Solid Thinking, or Both?

Huh? 28 Aug 2012 US Preparing for a Post-Israel Middle East? Phi Beta Iota: The alleged National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) probably does not exist.  This appears at first glance to be a really excellent covert operation aimed to slamming the Israeli’s back before the election–we must remember that similar briefings have been given about Saudi …

Operation Mockingbird–Covert Action Against Americans

Operation Mockingbird was a secret Central Intelligence Agency campaign to influence domestic and foreign media beginning in the 1950s. The activities, extent and even the existence of the CIA project remain in dispute: the operation was first called Mockingbird in Deborah Davis’ 1979 book, Katharine the Great: Katharine Graham and her Washington Post Empire. Davis’ …

Reference: Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) Number 300: Management, Integration, and Oversight of Intelligence Collection and Covert Action

Phi Beta Iota Editorial Comment (DOI: 11 August 2009) This directive is “senior” to directive 301 but rather strangely does not appear to be included in the essential references relevant to creating the OSINT discipline.  Key points: 1.  OSINT is co-equal to HUMINT and TECHINT in DNI emphasis and stature, but the ADDNI/OS does not …