Reflections on Intelligence Reform

SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/2014-Reform Security sector reform and advancement begins in the mind.  In the 21st Century, raw information and tailored intelligence (decision support) are fundamental to progress at the strategic, operational, tactical, and technical levels. If we are to properly address intelligence governance from a comparative and international perspective rooted in an appreciation for the …

2014 Rethinking National Intelligence — Seven False Premises Blocking Intelligence Reform

Is this the year in which populism defeats the two-party system, when the US stops borrowing to finance waste, and when the NSA debacle outrages the American people to the point that they call for a radical overhaul of the government? – DOC (12 Pages): Rethinking Intelligence 2.3 This post is available for complete re-posting …

Anthony Judge: Metaphors to Die By – Updated

Metaphors To Die By Correspondences between a collapsing civilization, culture or group, and a dying person (Part #1) Introduction Entangling with information overload and explanatory closure Recognizing the omnipresence of death Conventional metaphors to die by Cultures engendering metaphors of death and dying Art of dying: imagery vs practice Challenging alternative implications of metaphors for …

Hamilton Bean: The Paradox of Open Source: An Interview with Douglas J. Naquin with Letter from Robert Steele

The Paradox of Open Source: An Interview with Douglas J. Naquin Click above to buy the article (encouraged). International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence Volume 27, Issue 1, 2014 PDF (16 Pages): Bean Interview of Naquin Clean Letter from Robert Steele PDF (3 Pages): IJIC Steele on Bean-Naquin As Published Full Text of Letter Below …

Jean Lievens: Diana Filippova from Paris – Collective Intelligence or Digital Total War?

Of cooperation between men and machine For a peer-to-peer approach to collective intelligence It’s eight a.m. on a Monday morning in 2007. In the Arcueil examination centre, a thousand heads crane with difficulty over wooden desks that are damaged by pens scratching across thin sheets of paper. Railway lines surround the enclave; trains make the …

Anthony Judge: Metaphors To Die By — Correspondences between a collapsing civilization, culture or group, and a dying person

Metaphors To Die By Correspondences between a collapsing civilization, culture or group, and a dying person Introduction Entangling with information overload and explanatory closure Recognizing the omnipresence of death Conventional metaphors to die by Cultures engendering metaphors of death and dying Art of dying: imagery vs practice Challenging alternative implications of metaphors for dying Inner …