Chuck Spinney: LIBYA – It’s About the Tribes, NOT Islam vs. “Democracy”

Libyan democracy hijacked The Libyans clearly indicated in July what kind of government they wanted, and who should be in it. But things are not working out that way and the security situation is deteriorating   by Patrick Haimzadeh, Le Monde Diplomatique Nothing is going to plan in Libya. It took the death of the …

Search: osint tools for data collection

Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) is predominantly a Human Intelligence (HUMINT) endeavor.  The US Government (USG) has not only failed to be serious about OSINT (and thereby deliberately foresaken all possibilities of doing intelligence with integrity for Whole of Government), but it appears to have eliminated all possibilities for OSINT progress by eliminating all positions with …

Reflections on Inspectors General

Short URL:  http://tinyurl.com/Steele-IG Executive Reading (Printable 10-Pages): 2013 Steele Reflections on Inspectors-General 1.7 Updated 6 October 2012 Version 1.7 When I was selected for an interview to be the Defense Intelligence Senior Leader (DISL) for Human Intelligence (HUMINT) at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), it was General Ron Burgess, USA  and Ms. Tish Long that …

Jon Lebkowsky: Bad Pharma – Lacking Intelligence AND Integrity

According to Cory Doctorow at bOING bOING, physicians often prescribe drugs that are ineffective or harmful because pharmaceutical companies provide misleading data, according to an article by Ben Goldacre in the Guardian, “The drugs don’t work: a modern medical scandal.” Goldacre is the author of the forthcoming book Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors …

Berto Jongman: US Military Game Plan for Defeating Militia Occupation on US Soil — Being Read in Europe

This has been noticed.  Of course we have no direct knowledge. US Army Training and Doctrine Command, The Army Operating Concept 2016 – 2028, TRADOC Pamphlet 525-3-1, dated 19 August 2010, p. iii.  Hereafter cited as TD Pam 525-3-1.  The Army defines full spectrum operations as the combination of offensive, defensive, and either stability operations …

Graphic: Intelligence Requirements Definition for the 21st Century

Dowwload as Powerpoint Slide:  Requirements Definition 21st Century See Also: 2013 Public Governance in the 21st Century: New Rules, Hybrid Forms, One Constant – The Public [Work in Progress] 2012 PREPRINT: The Craft of Intelligence [Full Text Online] Open Source Agency: Executive Access Point