Handbook: Curing Analytic Pathologies
Source (December 2005)
Pentagon Pathology: Follow the Money
Andrew Cockburn’s essay in The Pentagon Labyrinth is titled “Follow the Money.” There are a lot of people who will say that is an undignified way to assess America’s national security apparatus; they might even say that Cockburn’s focus is cynical. I would personally venture to guess that a disproportionate number of those saying so are …
Japan Case Study in Nuclear Information Ignorance
Time does not permit the detailed study a topic of this importance merits (it would be an excellent PhD project for a bi-lingual Japanese-English speaking PhD candidate) but here is what we do know: 1. The risks were known. 2. A tsunami risk was specificially brought up and dismissed at a critical juncture. 3. There …
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Graphic: Four Quadrants J-2 High Cell SMS Low Graphic: OSINT Multinational Outreach Network Graphic: Information Operations (IO) Cube Graphic: Whole of Government Intelligence Graphic: President and Humanity Graphic: OSINT DOSC MDSC as Kernel for Global Grid to Meet Stabilization & Reconstruction as Well as Whole of Government Policy, Acquisition, and Operations Support Graphic: Regional Information-Sharing …
Reference: Are Hackers Pioneers with the Right Stuff or Criminal Pathological Scum? Mitch Kabay Reprises
Why Criminal Hackers Must Not Be Rewarded Part 1: The Fruit of the Poisoned Tree By M. E. Kabay, 11/30/2009 In 1995, I participated in a debate with distinguished security expert Robert D. Steele, a vigorous proponent of open-source intelligence. We discussed the advisability of hiring criminal hackers. Perhaps readers will find the polemic I …
Journal: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates’s Preemptive Damage Control [Manipulation of Anticipated Negative Information]
By Robert Haddick August 2009 After appointing Gen. Stanley McChrystal the new commander in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates gave him two months to write an analysis of the situation there in yet another review of U.S. strategy. But after rumors leaked out that McChrystal would ask for another increase in U.S. troops, it appears …
Review: The Social Life of Information
Superb Primer for Any Age, January 19, 2008
