Fritz Ermarth worked for the Central Intelligence Agency from 1973 until 1998 serving as Chairman of the National Intelligence Council, as National Intelligence Officer for the USSR and East Europe and Director of the Strategic Evaluation Center. He has received both the Distinguished Intelligence Medal and the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal. Ermarth also served as Special Assistant to the President during the Ronald Reagan‘s presidency, as well as Senior Director of Soviet and European Affairs.
2000 Farace (NL) Gray Literature
Historic Contributions, Methods & ProcessDominic Farace is one of a handful of pioneers who have defined the Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and now the Public Intelligence domain, discipline, community of practice, whatever you want to call it. Where others sought to extract cash by doing, this pioneer sought to create value by connecting dots to dots, dots to people, and people to people. We hold him in the highest esteem. Below is his earlier citation for a Golden Candle Award, followed by his briefing to OSS 2000.
Dr. Dominic J. Farace, GrayNet (The Netherlands) OSS 21 (2000): Dr. Dominic Farace, founder and leader of Graynet, and the foremost champion of Gray Literature discovery, acquisition, and exploitation.
2000 George (BE) Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Developments: A Belgian Situation Report
Historic Contributions, Law Enforcement2000 Hughes (US)
Historic Contributions, Military2000 Mueller (AT) Some Thoughts on Open Source
Historic Contributions, MilitaryAustrian military intelligence is concerned with central Asia as well as former elements of the USSR, and it has been a great benefit to the multinational participants to have Austian field grade officers in regular attendance. At OSS 2000 Brigadier General Wolfgang Mueller brought back to the group his own service's experience and concerns.
2000 Mulschlegel (EU) EUROPOL’s Open Sources & Documentation Unit
Historic Contributions, Law Enforcement2000 Politi (IT) The Birth of OSINT in Italy
Government, Historic Contributions, Law Enforcement, Media, MilitaryAlessandro Politi was “present at the creation” in 1992, and on that occasion, while not a speaker, coined the term “intelligence minuteman” over dinner, and was instantly recognized as a thought leader. he went on to pioneer modern OSINT within Italy as well as the Western European Union.
Golden Candle Award: Mr. Alessandro Politi, Western European Union OSS '93: Mr. Alessandro Politi, developer of “Intelligence Minuteman” concept and one of the leading advocates of open source intelligence within the Western European Union.
Click on the Frog to connect to his article about the “intelligence minuteman” concept as ultimately published in the International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence.