The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Huh? “The message that you sent to an @us.army.mil user with subject “Key references for you into the future” was not accepted for delivery since it contained URLs that Army Cyber Command has disallowed.” Phi Beta Iota: The message was to a serving flag officer, a long-standing fan of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT). When the …
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The coming push for open source everything When we can no longer trust proprietary hardware or software, open source becomes the only option By Paul Venezia | InfoWorld July 22, 2013 Frankly, I can’t say I was surprised when I read that RIM’s BlackBerry 10 transmits user email account credentials to RIM servers, which then …
Why Digital Social Capital Matters for Disaster Resilience and Response Recent empirical studies have clearly demonstrated the importance of offline social capital for disaster resilience and response. I’ve blogged about some of this analysis here and here. Social capital is typically described as those “features of social organizations, such as networks, norms, and trust, that facilitate …
There are multiple analytic flaws with most source data, and particularly with any source data labeled in relation to terrorism. If Israelis have have touched the data in any way, shape, or form (especially including the software), it must be considered contaminated and severely suspect. While I have nothing critical to say about the application …
New Study of Foragers Undermines Claim That War Has Deep Evolutionary Roots One of the most insidious modern memes holds that war is innate, an adaptation bred into our ancestors by natural selection. This hypothesis—let’s call it the “Deep Roots Theory of War”–has been promoted by such intellectual heavyweights as Steven Pinker, Edward Wilson, Jared …
When is a coup not a coup? With $1.5bn on the line Mark Mitchell BBC, 8 July 2013 Here are a couple of riddles for you: When is a coup not a coup? And why is the White House not like Humpty Dumpty? In Through the Looking Glass, Humpty tells Alice: “When I use a …
Transatlantic Drug Trade Europe, Latin America and the Need to Strengthen Anti-Narcotics Cooperation Latin American drug networks are increasing their operations in Europe, primarily because the size of the cocaine market has decreased in North America. The appropriate response, argues this briefing paper, is to further improve transatlantic counter-narcotics cooperation. That could include stronger links …
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