OSINT Historic Contributions Directory (List)
Creating a Smart Nation–and a World Brain–demands the participation of all of the people all of the time.
Journal: Deep Insights into Failure of US Intelligence
Dot, Dot, Dot . . . March 10, 2010 In his new book The Watchers, (Penguin Press, 2010), Shane Harris chronicles what he calls “the rise of America’s surveillance state,” a process he’s been following since he was a reporter and technology editor at Government Executive from 2001 to 2005. It’s a story with all …
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Search: The Future of OSINT [is M4IS2-Multinational]
The future of OSINT is M4IS2. The future of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) is Multinational, Multifunctional, Multidisciplinary, Multidomain Information-Sharing & Sense-Making (M4IS2). The following, subject to the approval of Executive and Congressional leadership, are suggested hueristics (rules of thumb): Rule 1: All Open Source Information (OSIF) goes directly to the high side (multinational top secret) …
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2006 The Failure of 21st Century Intelligence (Followed by SPY IMPROV)
One of the magical things about the “wealth of networks” is the value-added that can come from voluntary social production. Governments and businesses are only now beginning to understand this, and most do not yet understand that the future is about hybrid open everything. Below, with a tip of the hat toEli Courtwright who says: …
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Graphic: Global Intelligence Processing Failure
This slide, less the bulls-eye that still does not exist, was created by the Collection Requirements & Evaluation Staff (CRES) of the Directorate of Intelligence (DI) at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), in the mid to late 1990’s. It is still more or less on target, which should give the Director of the Defense Intelligence …
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Graphic: Global Intelligence Collection Failure
1997 Botbol (FR) The Open Source Revolution: Early Failures and Future Prospects
Maurice Botbol was among the first professional observers to notice the conflict between the secret intelligence world’s view of open sources as “Open Sores,” and the competing view of open sources as both complementary and often sufficient. Below is his presentation to OSS ’97. His most trenchant observations are regretably not included in the document. …
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