Answers on OSINT for India 16 – Four Levels (Strategic, Operational, Tactical, Technical) — And Importance of Domestic Domain Intelligence

Sir, The military thinks in terms of four levels — strategic, technical (acquisition), operational or theater, and tactical. Have you addressed in any detail how OSINT can enhance military decision-making at each of those four levels? You keep referring to a Smart Nation. In one interview with IEEE you have a very interesting graphic of …

Ed Jewett: US Government Argues It Can Kill US Citizens “At Will” and Without Due Process — We Do Not Make This Shit Up!

Government Argues In Court That It Can Kill US Citizens At Will With Zero Judicial Oversight The federal government is back in court, arguing for its unilateral right to kill US citizens. Two journalists who had appeared to have been mistakenly targeted by drone strikes sued the government in 2017, seeking an injunction forbidding their …

Berto Jongman: War on the Rocks Zachery Tyson Brown What If Sherman Kent Was Wrong? Revisiting the Intelligence Debate of 1949

What If Sherman Kent Was Wrong? Revisiting the Intelligence Debate of 1949 Zachery Tyson Brown, War on the Rocks One of Kent’s contemporaries noted in 1962 that most policy decisions were made without any input from intelligence — something Kent himself begrudgingly acknowledged and that has since been confirmed again, again, and again. Even when …

Trump Triumph Part IV: Get a Grip on Education, Intelligence, & Research; Create White House Command Center with Trump Studio, Web 3.0 Truth Ecology, Open Source Agency

Plato emphasized education of the public as the single most important role for government — to assure a strong smart wealthy nation the public needs to be educated. Similarly, as Ben Gilad cited one CEO in Business Blindspots, “until you get the truth on the table, no matter how ugly it is, you are not …