The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
(1) Little to disagree with here; (2) I remember author’s name from my first years in current job; (3) there seem to be multiple reserve studies/actions ongoing now; (4) there is a major effort ongoing to reduce the number of Reserve/National Guard soldiers brought on active duty for “Active Duty of Operational Support.” Phi Beta …
Andrew Zolli and Ann Marie Healy 4.0 out of 5 stars Kum Ba Ya Reaches Its Peak,August 14, 2012 This book was recommended to me by Dr. Patrick Meier, perhaps the greatest English-language convergence point for crowd-sourcing in all languages, crisis mapping, and sustainable resilience, but I have found it to be a real disappointment–this …
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ROBERT STEELE: The IC, DoD, and oversight agencies such as OMB and GAO have not sought to audit government spending on OSINT and probably could not do so effectively with the combination of ignorance on the part of the auditors and recalcitrance on the part of those who should be audited. The closest anyone came …
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ForeignPolicy.com, August 2, 2012 Thought Cloud The real problem with the civilian-military gap. By Rosa Brooks One of the biggest misunderstandings about the civilian-military gap is that it is cultural — the national security version of the red state-blue state divide. But the distance between those in and out of uniform isn’t fundamentally a matter …
General Mike Flynn’s First Big Decision Introduction to Strategic Intelligence Warning. DIA has announced that reconstitution of Indications and Warning is a key component of its five year plan. Warning failures associated with the Arab Spring were cited as prompting this rediscovery of old truths. Bravo to DIA for remembering that warning is the foundation …
President Obama Wants Smartphones, Tablets To Improve Intel Monitoring: Sez Head of White House Communications Agency WASHINGTON: When the Presidential Daily Briefing occurs, a top intelligence official traditionally hands the president a folder with a sheaf of paper inside. The president may read what’s inside or have it presented by the intelligence official. Then comes …
Open Source Everything TWITTER HASH: #openall ARCHIVE OF DAILY HIGHLIGHTS: http://tinyurl.com/OSE-ALL ROOT POST: http://tinyurl.com/OSE-ROOT THE BOOK: http://tinyurl.com/OSE-Steele THE PERSON: http://tinyurl.com/Steele2012 TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: All Opens Below Line Includes Autonomous Internet, Crowd-Funding/Sensing/Sourcing, and Transparency, Truth, Trust, & True Cost
