The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
I have begun planning for a conference to celebrate the 25th anniversary of my ideas being introduced at the McLean Hilton 1-3 December 1992 (OSS ’92). My new website, OSE-21.org, will be the conference web site, register there now to see updates as they are posted. Monthly updates will also be provided here at PBI …
Open-Source Climate Change Data From NASA, NOAA, & Others Available For 1st Time There is a need to make that data available in a jargon-free format and with guidance on how to use it effectively. A new organization will do just that. On September 22, PREP, the Partnership for Resilience and Preparedness, was launched by the White …
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Military Victory is Dead …military victory is dead. And it was killed by a bunch of cheap stuff. By ML Cavanaugh RealClear Defense, September 15, 2016 We live in the cheap war era, where the attacker has the advantage and the violent veto is always possible. Political leaders can speak and say tough stuff, promise …
This essay was written for the Retreat Conference 2016 organized at Athens, Greece, on September 24th, 2016. Data-driven journalism in the post-truth public sphere The novelty of the 2010’s is the disdain of public figures for the truth. Michael Gove, quoted above, justified lying not by producing an excuse immediatly as Machiavelli advised, but by …
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Further to the Phi Beta Iota comments on the mistaken limitation of OSINT to passive monitoring of web sites and such…. Prevalent approaches to countering ‘radicalisation’ ineffective, conceptually flawed “A lack of research based on primary sources has been one of the major impediments to progress in the field of (counter-) terrorism studies… As numerous …
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Ambient Water launches newest atmospheric water generator, AW800 Ambient Water has launched its newest model, the AW800, to address bulk water needs in water scare regions. The AW800 is capable of generating up to 800 gallons of water per day for various uses including human consumption and agriculture. The AW800 is the newest model of …
