The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
ForeignPolicy.com, August 2, 2012 Thought Cloud The real problem with the civilian-military gap. By Rosa Brooks One of the biggest misunderstandings about the civilian-military gap is that it is cultural — the national security version of the red state-blue state divide. But the distance between those in and out of uniform isn’t fundamentally a matter …
Anthony Olcott 5.0 out of 5 stars 6 Star Insider-Outsider Unique Offering, March 24, 2012 This is my final review. If you are interested in what the US Intelligence Community does NOT know about open source intelligence and the global network of sources in 183 languages, this is without question the only book available in …
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Paul Pillar 5.0 out of 5 stars Four for Omissions, Six for Precision Relevance,September 22, 2011 EVENT ALERT: Paul Pillar is speaking at Brookings Institute on Wednesday 5 October 2011 from 10:00 to 11:30, RSVP is required to 21DefenseInitiative[…] I will attend that session. This alert will be deleted on 5 October. – – – …
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PRINT VERSION (Memorandum to SSCI & HPSCI with Attached Post) SHORT URL FOR THIS SPECIFIC POST: http://tinyurl.com/Clapper-Steele For information. SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 How 9/11 Transformed the Intelligence Community It’s no longer about ‘need to know.’ Our guiding principle is ‘responsibility to share.’ By James R. Clapper It has been a decade since our nation suffered …
Dana Priest and William M. Arkin 5.0 out of 5 stars 6 Stars–A Nation-Changing Public Mind Opener of a Book,September 2, 2011 I generally take a very jaundiced view of books that emerge from Washington Post columns I have already read, but this book surprised, engages, and out-performs the columns by such a leap that …
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Phi Beta Iota: Act I was 1988-1993. Act II was 1993-2011. Act III began with the publication of NO MORE SECRETS with a Foreword by Senator Gary Hart (D-CO). Below the line in full (or click on links to originals): OPEN UP OPEN SOURCE INTELLIGENCE THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF OPEN SOURCE INTELLIGENCE
Hamilton Bean 5.0 out of 5 stars The Folly of Secret Intelligence,July 28, 2011 By Retired Reader (New Mexico) – See all my reviews Ever had someone try to undercut your position by alluding to “secret” information whose details, alas, cannot be shared but allegedly trump your arguments. How much worse when it is the …
