Yoda: India and Open Source Technologies

TRAI tells telecos: Adopt open source tech for unbiased Internet connectivity Talking on TRAI’s differential pricing order that speaks about review process after two years, Sharma said two years is a long time for a technology-driven industry. A day after prohibiting mobile operators from offering differential data tariff plans, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India …

Berto Jongman: Advance Knowledge of ISIS Plots in Europe?

Intel agencies had hints of ISIS plot Source: It wasn’t a secret ISIS was targeting Europe Intelligence obtained by Western security agencies before the November 13 Paris attacks indicated as many as 60 ISIS fighters had been deployed by the group to Europe to carry out attacks on five cities and had already reached European …

2017 Robert Steele: OSINT Done Right

SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/2017-OSINT Robert David Steele, the founder of the modern Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) movement who is also the foremost proponent for Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE) and the creation of a national Open Source (Technologies) Agency, is now available via direct hire or via multiple contract vehicles in the US (including GSA and …

Berto Jongman: Academics in the Camps – the Life and Death of the Human Terrain System

Academics in Foxholes The Life and Death of the Human Terrain System Christopher Sims, Foreign Affairs, 4 February 2016 The U.S. government’s controversial effort to harness the social sciences in support of its counterinsurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, in an initiative known as the Human Terrain System, was one of the most ambitious and …