2009 Defense Science Board Report on Understanding Human Dynamics

This report is so out-of-character for the Defense Science Board (DSB), and yet so vital to the emerging concept of “full-spectrum” Human Intelligence (HUMINT), that we consider it a “must read.”  It may well be one of the most important DSB reports of the decade.  It inventories the mish-mash of endeavors that presume to collect, …

Graphic: Government Intelligence Tribe (3 of 8)

The government intelligence tribe is much much larger than just the secret national intelligence element.  Govenrment is a beneficiary–a consumer–of open source information–rather than a primary generator.  There are some very positive trends toward assuring that all information paid for by the taxpayer are placed in the public domain in digital form, and some governments, …