The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Connected Forces Initiative (latest NATO HQ initiative, should prioritize future ACT work, currently under initial study) After 2014, NATO is expected to shift its emphasis from operational engagement to operational preparedness. This means NATO will need to remain capable of performing its core tasks – described in its Strategic Concept¹ – and of maintaining its …
I have been reflecting on the past twenty years, and the remarkable resistence of the US Intelligence Community, seemingly impervious to all manner of reform recommendations, be they presidential, congressional, or public. Reform is not transformation. This from Dr. Russell Ackoff, a pioneer in systems thinking and reflexive practice: Reformations and transformations are not the …
Edging toward the sweet spot of new-century governance Enter the info-state. The info-state – today one of a growing number of dynamic and entrepreneurial cities, city-states or small nations scattered around the world – governs as much through data as via democracy. Scholars have for decades appreciated political mutations that drive international competition and result …
A Fresh Look at Big Data May 8, 2013 Next week I am doing an invited talk in London. My subject is search and Big Data. I will be digging into this notion in this month’s Honk newsletter and adding some business intelligence related comments at an Information Today conference in New York later this …
Short URL: http://tinyurl.com/2013-Steele NEW: Links to eight prior related briefings (NATO, SOUTHCOM, CENTCOM, Chile, Spain, Denmark, IADB, Washington Academy of Sciences) added. PPT (30 Slides, 2.5MB, Words): 2.7 OVERVIEW ON INTELLIGENCE PPT (70 Slides, 6MB, Words): 2.7 WORKSHOP ON INTELLIGENCE Words in Notes format are pro forma. Actual presentations are completely extemporaneous in nature and …
Robert Steele Discusses Open Source and Secret Intelligence HighGainBlog, 4 April 2013 Robert Steele has been a prescient thinker in the fields of search and content processing for decades. Best known for his work in open source intelligence, Mr. Steele has published widely on what I call “politico-info issues.” One April 2, 2013 Mr. Steele …
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SSCI Pre-Hearing Questions for John Brennan 28 Pages, 40 Questions ROBERT STEELE: CIA was clearly a full participant in the drafting of these answers, many of which are utter nonsense (being effective at clandestine intelligence, all-source analysis, and open source intelligence, to take three fairly pertinent examples). The questions are the best I have ever …
