2009 Re-Inventing Intelligence to Re-Engineer Earth

Earth is at a tipping point. Changes to the planet that used to take 10,000 years now take three.  This means that both real-time science and real-time policy and decision-making will be the non-negotiable essence of success in the 21st Century. Near-Earth Objects (NEO) are a more immediate threat than climate change; energy from geothermal, …

Journal: Paul Rahe and Charles Gasparino on Obama’s Implosion

Burned by Obama:Wall St. execs feel betrayed By CHARLES GASPARINO,September 29, 2009 Obama, according to Wall Street people who regularly deal with his economic and budget officials, is acting as if he has a blank check to do what he wants, while ignoring the longterm costs of his policies. Paul Rahe: Obama’s wrecking crew September …

Definitions: M4IS2 (Multinational, Multiagency, Multidisciplinary, Multidomain Information-Sharing & Sense-Making

In 1988 a global campaign started at the Marine Corps Intelligence Center (MCIC) with the discovery that 80% or more of what the Marine Corps needed to do policy, acquisition, and operations support for this unique expeditionary and constabulary force, was not secret, not expensive, but also not known to anyone in Washington, D.C.  Thus …

EUCOM Week in Review Ending 23 September 2009

Hot Topics AA: Ahmadinejad: Military will ‘cut off’ hand of enemies 09/22/09 AA: Europe must stand up for Georgia 09/21/09 AA: Hearings on Armenian-Turkish issue commence shortly 09/18/09 AA: NATO, US & Russia could join forces on missile defense 09/18/09 AM: Armenia’s President awarded military ranks 09/18/09 BG: War of words in Bulgarian judiciary escalates …

Contributing Editor: Oso (Bear in Spanish)

Our contributing editor on ethics and government-contractor relations desires to remain anonymous. With multiple graduate degrees across information science and arts, Oso is a veteran of the commercial intelligence sector.  He eschews politics, but when asked, seeks the common sense answer most verifiable by real facts. He reads broadly, especially poetry and fiction, but with …