Public Intelligence Blog – Page 3907 – The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.

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Dr. Doug Dearth, in partnership with Col Al Campen, USAF (Ret) will always remain the original Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) pioneer for both Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and Cyber-War.

It was his sponsorship, from within the Joint Military Intelligence Training Center (JMITC) that led to the creation of the first-ever official Open Source Intelligence Handbook (JMITC, 1996).

He and Al Campen published three books on Cyber-War:

Cyberwar: Security, Strategy and Conflict in the Information Age (AFCEA, 1996) with Thomas Godden

Cyberwar 2.0: Myths, Mysteries, and Reality (AFCEA, 1998)

Cyberwar 3.0: Human Factors in Information Operations and Future Conflict (AFCEA, 2000)

Needs bio.

2008/11/102019/01/02

2012 U.S. Naval Power in the 21st Century: 450-Ship Navy, <24 Hours to Anywhere, Peace from the Sea -- Full Text Online

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Piracy 2008 overlain 450-ship Navy 1.1 — Click on Image to Expand

I wrote the original Somali piracy overview for US CENTCOM J-2P in 2005–no one wanted to take on the problem. A few years later I was told by both USSOCOM and Navy Irregular Warfare–I am not making this up–that the reason they did not take an interest at the time was that it was “not a big enough or expensive enough problem. Click here to read the Wikipedia summary of Piracy in Somalia area.

Full Text Below the Line for Ease of Google Translation

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2008/11/082011/02/13

Who’s Who in Earth Intelligence: Arnie Donahue

Alpha A-D, Earth Intelligence

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Arnie Donahue was until the mid-1990's the ONLY Federal Government employee to hold ALL of the top Codeword accesses for the simple reason that he was in charge of the C4I Branch in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and “no lookee no payee.” An honest citizen, he has since 1992 been one of the foremost champions for Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), and the budget director for the Earth Intelligence Network (EIN) endeavor to create a free World Brain and EarthGame. Click above to read his 1992 presentation to the first International Conference on Naitonal Security and National Competitiveness: Open Source Solutions. Click below to see all references to this pioneer.

2008/11/062009/09/06

Who’s Who in Collective Intelligence: James Duncan

Alpha A-D, Collective Intelligence

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Photo Credit: Piers Cawley

3D printing and open source design

Biography in Book:

James Duncan is VP of Technology at Marketingisland, in Montreal, Quebec. Prior to joining Marketingisland James worked for Fotango Ltd, a Canon subsidiary, first as its Chief Scientist and then as CIO. While at Fotango James spent time researching many emerging technologies, including 3D printing. When James finds the time he blogs at http://www.whoot.org/.

Updated Biography:

James is a grizzled veteran of many startups – some successful, some not. Having seen the successful acquired, and IPO’d, James brings perspective of how companies change, from small to large, and what a company needs to do at each stage of its growth. Most recently, James was one of two founders at Reasonably Smart, a Platform-as-a-Service company based in Montréal. James became Joyent's VP of Product Development after their acquisition of Reasonably Smart.

Prior to Reasonably Smart, James spent seven years at Fotango, finishing his time there as the CIO. Fotango, acquired by Canon in 2001, developed one of the world’s first Platform-as-a-Service offerings. This expertise allows James to bring a deep knowledge of platforms, frameworks, and operations to Joyent and their customers.

2008/10/302010/12/29

Who’s Who in Public Intelligence: Steve Edwards

Alpha E-H, Public Intelligence

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PLATINUM LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Detective Steve Edwards, MBE, UK

Detective Steve Edwards, Member of the British Empire, has been the foremost law enforcement pioneer in the field of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), and it is with heartfelt admiration that we applaud his recent recognition by the Queen of England. His gentle, self-effacing, sober appreciation of the nuances of crime, private sector offerings, and government needs for innovation have enabled him to bring disparate personalities and capabilities together in a most effective manner.

2008/10/302009/08/09

Election 2008 Chapter: The Substance of Governance

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This chapter covers existing negative and positive forces of strategic importance, four critical reforms needed to put the United States of America back on track as a Republic, and related details including the need for a Whole of Government strategic decision-making capability, respect for the ten high-level threats to humanity and the ability to harmonize all twelve core policies, in partnerships with the eight demographic challengers. Web 4.0 is discussed as achievable now. Clicking on cover leads to entire book online, below leads to this chapter only.

2008/10/292009/08/09

Election 2008 Chapter: Legitimate Grievances

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This chapter is in two sections. The first section draws, with permission and respect, from the work of Kirkpatrick Sale and others devoted to the study of secession as an ethical, legal recourse for elements of the United STATES of America that feel the Constitution has been violated beyond repair, and that the Federal Government, created as a narrowly-defined service of common concern subordinate to BOTH the individual STATES and to We the People as a collective body, is no longer viable and should–as the Founding Fathers foresaw–in need of abolishment.

The second section reviews the many reasons why the rest of the world is angry and disdainful of America, not its people or its core values as rooted in the Constitution, but rather the misbehavior of the federal government acting “in our name” and funded by our tax payments. The ineptness of America's foreign policy–regardless of which side of the two-party tyranny is nominally in power on behalf of Wall Street–cannot be appreciated without understanding both the domestic and the foreign grievances that are legitimate beyond doubt.

Clicking on the book cover goes to the PDF for the entire book (as well as the chapters individually). Clicking on the below goes to the respective parts of the two-part chapter.