The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Some odds and ends, quick reads. 2013 Incomplete Intelligence Reform: Why the US Intelligence Community Needs an Empowered DNI Michael Rettig in Diplomatic Courier (12 February 2013) Bottom line: DNI has been neutered from day one — no budget authority, no operational authority, a staff of over a thousand promoted beyond their abilities. 2012 The …
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Intelligence Gathering and Reform: The Case of the United States According to Gregory Treverton, US intelligence reform remains a work in progress. While reorienting the FBI and creating the National Counterterrorism Center represent progress, establishing the Department of Homeland Security and the position of Director of National Intelligence do not. By Gregory Treverton for the …
Found this interesting. Last round of discussion in 2005-2007, the one hit below is outrageously expensive, but “for the record.” Intelligence Reform: Adapting to the Changing Security Environment (Comparative Strategy Volume 31, Issue 5, 2012) Google Scholar / “Intelligence Reform” Google Scholar / “Intelligence Reform” Steele See Also: 21st Century Intelligence Core References 2007-2013 A …
Updated 4 Aug 2011 to add M4IS2 Multinational, Multiagency, Multidisciplinary, Multidomain Information-Sharing and Sense-Making (M4IS2) 2012 Manifesto for Truth: Expanding the Open Source Revolution (Evolver Editions, July 2012) 2010: Human Intelligence (HUMINT) Trilogy Updated 2010 INTELLIGENCE FOR EARTH: Clarity, Diversity, Integrity, & Sustainability 2006 Briefing to the Coalition Coordination Center (CCC) Leadership at the U.S. …
As published in Kent C. Myers, Reflexive Practice: Professional Thinking for a Turbulent World (New York, NY: Palgrave McMillan, 2010); pp. 82-86. Cartoon Credit: Inebriated Press also quoted below My first post was on June 21, 2007: “Mad Cows Terrorize London“ For all I know they still do. PS: Hang tough and live your beliefs. …
Phi Beta Iota Warning Notice: Do NOT waste ink on the IC report. We’ve ordered up what they should have done in the first place, a printer-friendly low-footprint version that prints reliably and should have it delivered to Secrecy News by the end of the week. Not only does this offering waste a lot of ink, …
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Phi Beta Iota: With a tip of the hat to Marcus Aurelius, this document is provided for information. On balance it is rich with insights that are not available elsewhere and consequently must be very highly regarded as a baseline for where US intelligence reform (and US intelligence) are today: dead, with a $75 billion …
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