Review: The Shadow Factory–The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America
Author’s Two Points: NSA as Enabler of Tyranny, Channel for Israel, October 19, 2008
The $12 Computer
Playpower.org aims to introduce the world’s cheapest computer programs to the poor by utilizing the technology of old 8 bit computers. The Apple II computer, which had its heyday in the 1970s in the West, has lived on in the developing world, where its technology is now open source and easy to manufacture. As a …
Journal: Consumer Group Calls for Hearings on Google Relations with NSA and CIA, Google’s Global Street-Level Survey of Wi-Fi Packet Interceptability
Group Calls for Hearings Into Google’s Ties to CIA and NSA Prisonplanet.com July 20, 2010 More information has emerged about Google’s relationship with the government and spook agencies (see PR Newswire below). The revelations should come as no surprise. FULL STORY ONLINE Consumer Watchdog, formerly the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights is a nonprofit, …
Worth A Look: Association for Intelligence Officers
Phi Beta Iota: Apart from Intelligence Online out of Paris, we regard the Association for Intelligence Officers (AFIO) in the USA, along with the Society of Competitive Intelligence Progressionals (SCIP) as being among the best of the best. Below is the table of contents from their latest newsletter. Anyone can join as a subscriber, at …
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Search: the emerging worldwide university (to be finished later)
This is a very important search that failed to yield a proper automated response. Here is the human-in-the-loop answer. Search terms on this site: World Brain, Global Brain, Collective Intelligence, World University, M4IS2 Journal: Taming Twitter–Emergence of Baby World Brain? Journal: GPS Finally Fully Integrated in Voice Comms Journal: Google, the Cloud, Microsoft, & World …
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Search: OSINT software
The search term brings up appropriate results, but the fact of the search gives us an opportunity to provide comment. 1) Nothing now being used by governments, and certainly not iBase or Palantir, both aging technologies that do not scale and have too many fat-finger handicaps, fulfills the originial requirements documents crafted in the late …
Event: 9-10 June 2010, D.C., Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance-Challenges, Opportunities, Requirements, and Master Plans
30 Leading Experts from HAF/A2, OPNAV/N2/N6F2(ISR), Army G2/DCS-I, OUSD-I, USJFCOM, USAF 480th ISR Wing, AFWC, AFMC, NGA, USNORTHCOM, USAF 950th ELSG, Army EW Div., USAF Space AE, GAO, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Microsoft, SAIC, Mercury, Booz Allen Hamilton examine: * Government ISR Strategy, Plans, Roadmaps, Needs & Initiatives * Developing/Deploying Integrated …
