Search: “the truth at any cost reduces all other

This is Robert Steele’s core phrase, apart from the two Latin mottos (at end). “The truth at any cost lowers all other costs.” Citation (2 options): Robert Steele, “About” at Phi Beta Iota the Public Intelligence Blog, 4 July 2010. Robert Steele, “Cyber-Command or IO 21,” US Army Information Operations Conference, 6 April 2011. It …

Search: cost of corruption + Corruption RECAP

The discussion of corruption–and the urgency of reasserting integrity–permeates this website. Here are a general comment and a few links. General comment: Corruption consists of a lack of integrity, which in turn is not just about dishonesty, but about a failure to achieve transparency, truth, trust, and accurate feedback loops.  The cost of corruption, calculated …

2011 Cyber-Command or IO 21 + IO Roots

Briefing  (28 Slides) Version 3.2 (Notes As Delivered) Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Starting Point 2009 DoD OSINT Leadership and Staff Briefings Below the Line: Unclassified Impressions & Questions, Three Books on Truth, Past OSINT and IO References with Emphasis on Multinational Sharing and Sense-Making

Economic Double-Dip Predicted–and Concealed

Patrick McConnell: Government of Deceit–A sobering analysis… • The “entitlement programs” have an unfunded liability of greater than $104 trillion. Your share is $367,000. (Every man, woman and child owes the same.) • At the end of 2009, $3.2 trillion of the $12.9 trillion National Debt was spent, but never on the government’s general budget. …