Mini-Me: Obama Approves CIA War on Syria, CIA & Arabs Arming Islamic Militants Instead — But Wait, Could This Be Smoke Related to Benghazi-Based Acts of War on Syria?

Huh? New York Times: Arms Shipments ‘Secretly’ Approved by Obama Admin. Ended Up in Hands of Islamic Militants Jason Howerton The Blaze, 5 December 2012 U.S.-Approved Arms for Libya Rebels Fell Into Jihadis’ Hands By JAMES RISEN, MARK MAZZETTI and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT New York Times, December 5, 2012 WASHINGTON — The Obama administration secretly …

Search: leadership ethics + RECAP

ROBERT STEELE:  “Intelligence without integrity is not intelligence.”  For some time now the following post, recently re-titled, has been the primary outcome of the frequent searches for the word “integrity.” 2010 Robert Steele: Reflections on Integrity UPDATED + Integrity RECAP Leadership ethics is a two part challenge.  Bosses are not leaders, merely slave-drivers, and often …

Reference (2012): Expectations of Intelligence in the Information Age, Review by Steele, Wright, Anon & New Link 3.0

UPDATE: 1 January 2013 from Spanish Dancer: What is most striking to me, and to a few others I have spoken to recently, is the SECDEF quote early in the paper.  If we follow its premise it puts anyone who opposes our projection of power in the cross hairs.  It is this doctrinal fluff that …

Richard Wright: Michael R. Davidson, CIA DO SIS (Ret), Comments on Steele & OSINT with Steele Response 2.1

UPDATE 2 Dec 2012:  Wright update, Steele update, at end of original post. As received: On the Linkedin Group, “Intelligence and Security”, a member started a discussion on open source intelligence using a quote from your [forthcoming chapter], “The Craft of Intelligence.” Davidson (a self proclaimed “former CIA Senior Intelligence Officer”) made such a wildly ignorant …

Gold Transformer: Post-US world born in Phnom Penh — But See Also CELAC Etcetera

Post-US world born in Phnom Penh By Spengler Asia Times, Nov 27, 2012 It is symptomatic of the national condition of the United States that the worst humiliation ever suffered by it as a nation, and by a US president personally, passed almost without comment last week. I refer to the November 20 announcement at …

Berto Jongman: Cybersummit 2012: CYBERSECURITY: A GLOBAL ASSESSMENT

The world is rapidly deploying ever-new applications and services that make use of ICT. As a result, global connectivity and interdependence are not only enablers for everyone who wants to compete, but also a requirement for basic participation in the global economy. The stakes for trust in cyberspace are as high as ever in the …