Joint Information Operations Warfare Command, IO Sphere
US Army Information Operations Newsletter
National Security Cyberspace Institute, Cyber Reference Library
Reference: USAWC Information Operations Primer
Advanced Cyber/IO, DoD
Information Operations Primer (USAWC, AY 11, November 2010
This latest revision of the Information Operations Primer provides an overview of Department of Defense (DoD) Information Operations (IO) doctrine and organizations at the joint and individual service levels. The IO Primer begins with an overview of Information Operations, Strategic Communication and Cyberspace Operations. (Note: as the emergent concepts of Strategic Communication and Cyberspace continue to assume increasing importance, the Primer has expanded to include discussion and input of these topics). At each level it describes strategies or doctrine, agencies, organizations, and educational institutions dedicated to the information element of national power. Finally, the document concludes with an IO specific glossary and hyperlinks to information operations, strategic communication and cyberspace operations related websites.
This is a document prepared primarily for use by the staff, faculty, and students of the U.S. Army War College. Wherever possible, internet web sites have been given to provide access to additional and more up-to-date information. The book is intentionally UNCLASSIFIED so that the material can easily be referenced during course work, while engaged in exercises, and later in subsequent assignments.
Jimmy Carter: Choosing the Righteous Path…
Cultural Intelligence
“We are at a turning point in our history. There are two paths to choose. One is a path I've warned about tonight, the path that leads to fragmentation and self-interest. Down that road lies a mistaken idea of freedom, the right to grasp for ourselves some advantage over others. That path would be one of constant conflict between narrow interests ending in chaos and immobility. It is a certain route to failure. All the traditions of our past, all the lessons of our heritage, all the promises of our future point to another path, the path of common purpose and the restoration of American values. That path leads to true freedom for our nation and ourselves. We can take the first steps down that path as we begin to solve our energy problem.”
Primary Resources: Crisis of Confidence
Jimmy Carter delivered this televised speech on July 15, 1979.
Phi Beta Iota: Carter's mistake was in not being clearer about the corruption of the Republic. Malaise was a symptom–corruption–and public recognition of the corruption that was destroying the Republic from within–is the root cause. Until we can speak the truth about what ails us as a Republic, it will not be addressed.
See Also:
Review: Palestine–Peace Not Apartheid
Review: Our Endangered Values–America’s Moral Crisis (Hardcover)
John Steiner: Hackers for Public Justice?
Advanced Cyber/IO, Civil Society, Counter-Oppression/Counter-Dictatorship Practices, Cultural Intelligence, Ethics, Hacking, IO Deeds of Peace, Officers Call
From: Dan Drasin
Some say the internet is the only field of effective protest-activism left — in the face of intractable establishment power, the growing militarization of local police and so forth. That may be a bit melodramatic, but the hacker group Anonymous has been giving it a shot with their actions that started in June of this year. What I didn't know until I saw this video (uploaded July 7th) is that Anonymous claims to be rolling out a one-year, three-phase plan, of which the first phase recently concluded. Here's their video manifesto — full of sound, fury and gung-ho chest-beating, but also entertaining and provocative.
YouTube “What Are We Capable Of?
[Anon Press, 13 Minutes, 1 of 27 Videos]
Phi Beta Iota: The video is a blast–very professional, deeply developed. We are ALL “anonymous” in the face of tyranny. Anonymous Attack is the alter ego of Public Intelligence. When no one goes to jail for crashing the US Economy, the US Government loses all legitimacy and credibility. Lies are neither patriotic or helpful. Epoch A is crashing. Epoch B is emergent. Our focus is on non-violent intelligence (decision-support) with integrity in the public interest. In the face of the vastly more destructive actions of the governments and corporations, and the benign corrupt neglect of non-governmental organizations, we can understand digital destructive attacks in the name of public justice. Learn more about our public intelligence plan below. May God Bless and Preserve the American Republic as it was originally conceived, not as it has been corrupted. “Ideas are bullet-proof.”
Reference: Intelligence for the Spirit of Assisi
ON INTELLIGENCE: Open Letter to the President
2010: Human Intelligence (HUMINT) Trilogy Updated
2010 INTELLIGENCE FOR EARTH: Clarity, Diversity, Integrity, & Sustainability
Chuck Spinney: Obama Implodes…the Story Continues
02 Diplomacy, 08 Wild Cards, 09 Justice, 11 Society, 12 Water, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government, IO Deeds of War, IO Impotency
President Obama in trouble at home and around the world. The common denominator in his problems is a failure to follow through on expectations he recklessly excites … while this mismatch is clear in the mounting alienation of his domestic political base in the United States, it is also evident his plummeting popularity abroad, particularly in the Arab World, as shown in the attached survey by Zogby International for the Arab American Institute Foundation.
ARAB ATTITUDES, 2011
Conducted by Zogby International, Analysis by James Zogby
Arab American Institute Foundation
The full report can be downloaded from this link.
Executive Summary
- After improving with the election of Barack Obama in 2008, U.S. favorable ratings across the Arab world have plummeted. In most countries they are lower than at the end of the Bush Administration, and lower than Iran's favorable ratings (except in Saudi Arabia).
- The continuing occupation of Palestinian lands and U.S. interference in the Arab world are held to be the greatest obstacles to peace and stability in the Middle East.
- While many Arabs were hopeful that the election of Barack Obama would improve U.S.-Arab relations, that hope has evaporated. Today, President Obama's favorable ratings across the Arab World are 10% or less.
- Obama's performance ratings are lowest on the two issues to which he has devoted the most energy: Palestine and engagement with the Muslim world.
- The U.S. role in establishing a no-fly zone over Libya receives a positive rating only in Saudi Arabia and Lebanon, but, as an issue, it is the lowest priority.
- The killing of bin Laden only worsened attitudes toward the U.S.
- A plurality says it is too early to tell whether the Arab Spring will have a positive impact on the region. In Egypt, the mood is mixed. Only in the Gulf States are optimism and satisfaction levels high.
Graphic: Oil Sourcing
Earth Orientation, Multinational Plus, Threats, True Cost
Graphic: Oil and Large Unemployed Youth Populations
Balance, Citizen-Centered, Corruption, Political, Reform, Threats, True Cost
