Owl: John Robb on ISIS as Violence Entrepreneur, Russia Using ISIS to Take Down Saudi Arabia and Lift Oil Prices

John Robb examines how a Wahabi state such as Saudi Arabia can be taken down by super-Wahabi violence entrepreneur ISIS, with a little help from their friends in Russia, or more specifically, the Russian mafia’s hacker legions.  What is unique about his most recent analysis is insisting that the amount of money to be gained …

Robert Steele: Secret Torture versus Open Source Intelligence

Secret Torture versus Open Source Intelligence OpEdNews, 23 December 2014 In 1989, as a former spy for the CIA who became the second-ranking civilian in Marine Corps Intelligence, I ghost-wrote an article for the Commandant of the Marine Corps, “Global Intelligence Challenges in the 1990’s.” This was the first article to distinguish between the conventional …

Robert Steele: Reflections on the Next Data Revolution

I was  glad to respond to an invitation to write “Beyond Data Monitoring,” a Background Paper for the UN International Expert Advisory Group (IEAG) on the Data Revolution, co-chaired by Robin Li of Baidu, which is good, with Open Source represented by Tim “algorithms rule” O’Reilly, which is bad. Although the paper gained no traction …

En Espanol Resena de Robert David STEELE Vivas

Robert David STEELE Vivas Robert David Steele Vivas es un ex-espía, hacker honorario y crítico nº1 de Amazon en textos de no-ficción, leyendo en 98 categorías. Como Director Ejecutivo (no remunerado) del Earth Intelligence Network (Red de Inteligencia de la Tierra), ha liderado un equipo en pos de la creación de conceptos para la restauración …

Review: London – the Information Capital: 100 Maps and Graphics That Will Change How You View the City

James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti 5.0 out of 5 stars From coffee table to scientific salon, a worthy offering, November 4, 2014 This is a spectacular offering on multiple fronts. On the low-end, it has got to be the coolest coffee table book around, something that could be usefully offered in every waiting room across …