Who’s Who in Peace Intelligence: Douglas Johnston

Dr. Douglas Johnston is the President and founder of the International center for Religion and Diplomacy (ICRD).  The Center’s mission is to address identity-based conflicts that exceed the reach of traditional diplomacy by incorporating religion as part of the solution. In 2004 he was recognized with the Golden Candle Award of the Open Source Solutions …

Testimony: White Paper for DCI John Negoponte on Leveraging OSINT to Enhance CIA/IC Mission Success

ROBERT STEELE: A large company paid me to write this in 2004, ostensibly as a white paper to be delivered to then newly-appointed DNI John Negoponte. In fairness to that company, even if they were honest on this point and not just buying my playbook, the prime contract they won with the Open Source Center …

Graphic: Jan Herring’s Triangle for Decision-Support

Jan Herring, then National Intelligence Officer (NIO) for Science & Technology (S&T) was the first modern OSINT pioneer, along with George Marling and other S&T analyts.  After he retired he devleoped this triangle as part of his training offered via the Academy of Competitive Intelligence, still the best institution around.