The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The first meeting, in Assisi on Saturday 22 January 2011, was off the record. The letter is in the Franciscan Order’s hands. The third meeting, with a major trans-Europe foundation, is off the record until the Secretary-General obtains approval to proceed with broad dissemination of the letter. The second meeting, arranged by Sergio Germani, was …
The below was inspired by a close look at the evolving concept of cyber-commands. In our judgment, LtGen Keith Alexander, USA and those in charge of the various service cyber-commands are headed for spectacularly expensive failure, minor operational successes not-with-standing. The officers concerned are well-intentioned, precisely like their predecessors who chose to ignore precisely the …
More jerks advocating their wares….I have taught since the mid 1990’s that the greatest threat to computer security was the insider. On one hand He/She has access and only need motivation to become hostile. On the other hand, slovenly attitudes allow others, without access but motivation, to take advantage of the insider…..now all of a …
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Franklin D. Kramer (Editor), Stuart H. Starr (Editor), Larry Wentz (Editor) Read Macgregor & Steele for the Other Half January 1, 2011 I like the book and I like the authors and I do NOT like the fact that neither decision-support nor intelligence (decision-support) nor M4IS2* are in this book. Retired Reader’s review–at five stars–is …
Decision-support (intelligence) is the ultimate objective of information processes. One must carefully distinguish between data which is raw text, signal, or image; information which is collated data of generic interest; and intelligence which is information tailored to support a specific decision… Robert David Steele Vivas On Intelligence (AFCEA, 2000) As noted in an earlier Journal …
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Dr. Robert Garigue passed away 10 January 2007 at the age of 55. He was the only person we knew then or know of today that was deliberately and completely integrating belief systems, knowledge, information, data, security, and technology as a single cyberspace. He rose to early prominence and global respect among the information security …
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Afghanistan: A Coalition officer told the US press today that “There is no practical way to secure the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and the U.S. military will fight insurgents outside Afghan villages where they are vulnerable.” The officer remarked that securing the border would take an inordinate amount of resources and would require more cooperation from tribes …
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