The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Misappropriated without Attrribution–Free Online, March 4, 2010 One Star for lack of ethics on the part of the publisher. Beyond five stars for content, free online as with all of Jack Davis’s stuff. Upgraded to 3 stars for proper pricing (after Amazon’s cut, publisher only makes roughly 3 dollars per book, which is totally fair). …
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Most interesting. This is two different concepts that need to be broken out. Intelligence Cycle with Open Source Intelligence (OSINT). When used as a stand-alone discipline–OSINT is the only all-source intelligence discipline that is ALSO a “full-spectrum” multi-INT in its own right with commercial imagery, commercial signals monitoring, commercial measurement & signatures–the OSINT “cycle” is …
South Atlantic: Britain May Provoke New Conflict With Argentina–Chinese Analysis of Region’s Value (Australia.to, 24 Feb 10) CFK ‘very happy’ with massive support over Malvinas claim (Buenos Aires Herald, 23 Feb 10) Venezuela calls for removal of submarine platform in Malvinas(Falkland) Islands (People’s Daily China, 23 Feb 10) The Big Question: Could oil exploration of …
FIVE STARS The People We Pay to Look Over Our Shoulders By ERIC LICHTBLAU By Shane Harris At this very moment analysts at the National Security Agency some 30 miles north of the White House are monitoring countless flashpoints of data — cellphone calls to “hot” numbers, an e-mail message on a suspicious server, an …
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One of Two “Best” on China in Africa February 22, 2010 Robert I. Rotberg, contributing editor Of the modest number of books focused on China in Africa, this is one of the two best, and both are unique–if you buy only one, at least read my summary of the other, China Safari: On the Trail …
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“I believe Logics, Linguistics, Semiotics, Philosophy and Information Science are disciplines that play key roles in Intelligence. As an Intelligence student and researcher, I am interested in investigating the foundations of Intelligence, focused on Intelligence Analysis, according to an inter and transdisciplinary approach, inspired by Biology and guided by Critical Thinking”. Brazilian ISR Auditor with …
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This really should be two searches. Seaching for Jack Davis yields: Who’s Who in Public Intelligence: Jack Davis Search: jack davis and his collected memoranda o Search: The Future of OSINT [is M4IS2-Multinational] Graphic: The UN and the Eight Tribes of Intelligence Searching for analytic support for peace yields: Journal: Haiti–Ready for a Rapid-Response Open-Source-Intelligence-Driven …
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