Review (Guest): Lords of Secrecy – The National Security Elite and America’s Stealth Warfare

Scott Horton 5 out of 5 Stars. Excessive control that is out of control . . . By Still Singin’ on February 16, 2015 LORDS OF SECRECY is one of the finest books I’ve read on national security “creep.” Scott Horton manages to retain at least some distance from obvious bias, but some of the …

Event: 18-19 FEB 14 Tampa FL Modern Warfare’s Complexity and the Human Dimension: Implications for Policymakers, Warfighters, NGOs and the Private Sector

Modern Warfare’s Complexity and the Human Dimension: Implications for Policymakers, Warfighters, NGOs and the Private Sector FREE February 18-19, 2014 USF Patel Center for Global Solutions Tampa, Florida We are at a major inflection point after two wars, major upheaval and change in the Middle East, humanitarian challenges, new military technologies and changes in the …

Reference: U.S. Governmental Information Operations and Strategic Communications: A Discredited Tool or User Failure? Implications for Future Conflict

U.S. Governmental Information Operations and Strategic Communications: A Discredited Tool or User Failure? Implications for Future Conflict Dr. Steve Tatham Synopsis Through the prism of operations in Afghanistan, the author examines how the U.S. Government’s Strategic Communication (SC) and, in particular, the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Information Operations (IO) and Military Information Support to Operations …

Gregory Sinaisky: HIST 3 APR 2003 Detecting Disinformation, Without Radar [Truth Specific, Lies Vague]

Detecting disinformation, without radar By Gregory Sinaisky [Pseudonym] Asia Times, 3 April 2003 How to tell genuine reporting from an article manufactured to  produce the desired propaganda effect? The war in Iraq provides us plenty of interesting samples for a study of disinformation techniques. Take the article “Basra Shiites Stage Revolt, Attack Government Troops”, published …

Information Operations Newsletter V 13 N 09

PDF  (45 Pages):  ARSTRAT_IO_Newsletter_v13_no_09 1. British Cops Admit They Monitor Facebook, Twitter 2. Hacking for Change – Could Revealing Cyber Capabilities Prevent Cyber War? 3. Anonymous vs. Los Zetas: The Revenge of the Hacktivists 4. Taiwan a ‘Testing Ground’ for Chinese Cyber Army 5. U.S. Repeals Propaganda Ban, Spreads Government-Made News to Americans 6. House …

Review: Disinformation: Former Spy Chief Reveals Secret Strategy for Undermining Freedom, Attacking Religion, and Promoting Terrorism

Ion Mihai Pacepa and Ronald J. Rychlak 3.0 out of 5 stars Walks, Talks, and Smells Like a CIA Publication, July 13, 2013 This book is being touted by Radio Liberty, a CIA subsidiary, and everything about it reeks of a CIA disinformation operation. First, though, an acknowledgement. The Soviets, working largely through their more …

Information Operations (IO) Newsletter vol 13, no 08

ARSTRAT_IO_Newsletter_v13_no_08 Articles in this issue: 1.      Clearing the Air on Cyber, Electronic Warfare 2.      American Gets Targeted by Digital Spy Tool Sold to Foreign Governments 3.      US Army Maps Future of the Electronic Battlefield 4.      Silent War 5.      US Disrupts Al-Qaeda’s Online Magazine 6.   …