The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/2014-Reform Security sector reform and advancement begins in the mind. In the 21st Century, raw information and tailored intelligence (decision support) are fundamental to progress at the strategic, operational, tactical, and technical levels. If we are to properly address intelligence governance from a comparative and international perspective rooted in an appreciation for the …
SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/2014-Intel-Reform Under Construction – Send Nominations to robert.david.steele.vivas@gmail.com Updated 23 Jan 2014 14:58 E Phi Beta Iota: The current literature on intelligence reform is underdeveloped and under-specified. An example of this under- or mis-specification can be seen in the treatment of 9/11. The dominant position that 9/11 was an intelligence failure is correct …
Robert Gates: A man still at war Dan Zak Washington Post, 12 January 2014 Skagit County, Wash. — Robert M. Gates is a crier. He is also an expert at restraining himself. The war is fought in the throat, and lost in the eyes. He clears his throat as if it will hitch his composure …
Putting the Steele into intelligence reform Robert Steele is one of the more interesting writers on intelligence. Based in the US, and a former practitioner he has brought an enormous amount of energy to the questions around intelligence effectiveness and intelligence reform, and can rightly be thought of as a grandfather of the open source …
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Dumb, computers are. A Busy Doctor’s Right Hand, Ever Ready to Type Amid the controlled chaos that defines an average afternoon in an urban emergency department, Dr. Marian Bednar, an emergency room physician in Dallas, entered the exam room of an older woman who had fallen while walking her dog. Like any doctor, she asked …
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More Watson Nuggets Fast Company published “IBM’s Watson For Business: The $1 Billion Siri Slayer.” The write offers some nuggets of information that convert Watson from search system into the next Apple or Google. Frankly I find this notion somewhat amusing. The story reports this interesting assertion, “IBM wants to transform Watson into a Siri …
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Nonpartisan my ass! CBO suggests tough defense spending cuts By Patricia Kime Staff writer The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has proposed six ways to reduce defense spending ranging from deep cuts to the military services to controversial reductions in pay and benefits. In a presentation Tuesday before a group of retired and current government personnel …
