1992 Open Source Coordinator’s Senior Manager’s Council: A Status Report on STIC Open Source Activities

Tom Pedtke was the single most important practitioner during the 1992 surge when we thought we had a chance to get it right.  Coming out of the National Air Intelligence Center (NAIC) in Cleveland, Ohio, he had an appreciation for “full spectrum” Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) such as would never be achieved by those steeped …

1991 How to Avoid Future Strategic Intelligence Failures

How to Avoid Future Strategic Intelligence Failures This article focuses on three concerns of mine that are central to ensuring that the restructuring effort is meaningful. First, what “sins” of strategic intelligence persist in the face of restructuring? Second, how must the nature of the individual intelligence analyst, their working conditions, and their relationship to …

1989 General Al Gray with Robert Steele on Global Intelligence Challenges

General Gray was known as a warrior, but he was also an intelligence professional and uniquely among all the flag officers I have ever known, an inspiring educator.  He created not just the Marine Corps Intelligence Center, but the Marine Corps University, new forms of informal research to empower younger officers and explore the “edges” …