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2009/11/252011/07/24

Search: The Future of OSINT [is M4IS2-Multinational]

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The future of OSINT is M4IS2.

The future of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) is Multinational, Multifunctional, Multidisciplinary, Multidomain Information-Sharing & Sense-Making (M4IS2).

The following, subject to the approval of Executive and Congressional leadership, are suggested hueristics (rules of thumb):

Rule 1: All Open Source Information (OSIF) goes directly to the high side (multinational top secret) the instant it is received at any level by any civilian or military element responsive to global OSINT grid. This includes all of the contextual agency and mission specific information from the civilian elements previously stove-piped or disgarded, not only within the US, but ultimately within all 90+ participating nations.

Rule 2: In return for Rule 1, the US IC agrees that the Department of State (and within DoD, Civil Affairs) is the proponent outside the wire, and the sharing of all OSIF originating outside the US IC is at the discretion of State/Civil Affairs without secret world caveat or constraint. OSIF collected by US IC elements is NOT included in this warrant.

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2006/07/182009/07/18

Process Archives on Public Intelligence (1992-2006)

Methods & Process

2006	US	Process	CRS	Data Mining and Homeland Security
2006	US	Process	Turnbull	GSA Collaborative Workshop on Information Sharing
2005	US	Process	Clapper	Interview
2005	US	Process	DNI	Press Release on Appointment of ADDNI/OS
2005	US	Process	DNI	Office of the DNI Organization Charts
2005	US	Process	Gerecht	Need for New Clandestine Service
2005	US	Process	Harris	ABLE DANGER Summary
2005	US	Process	JHU-APL	Asymmetric Information
2005	US	Process	Kamien et all	Needs Analysis for Information Sharing
2005	US	Process	Liszkiewiez	Reconfiguring the Global System through Mobile Democracy
2005	US	Process	Peters	On the Soul of Intelligence
2005	US	Process	Rushkoff	Open Source Democracy
2004	US	Process	Steele	OSS Proprietary Listing of Capabilities Needed by Open Source Agency
2001	US	Process	Chester	The Atlantic Command’s Open Source Intelligence Approach & Future
2001	US	Process	Dziedzic & Wood	Information Technology as Catalyst for Civil-Military Unity of Effort
1999	US	Process	Appleby	Feedback: The Missing Link in Information Superiority
1997	US	Process	Gupta & Pabian	Tricks of the Trade: Analytic Tools and Techniques
1997	US	Process	Pinchot	Beyond Bureaucracy: Intrapreurship
1993	US	Process	Bermudez	Letter from a Source
1993	FR	Process	Bonthous	Culture: The Missing Intelligence Variable
1993	US	Process	Brodwin & Bernardi	Information Overload
1993	US	Process	Christian	Area Information Servers (WAIS) and Global Change Research
1993	US	Process	Halberstadt	Power and Communication in the Information Age
1993	US	Process	Herring	The Role of Intelligence in Formulating Strategy
1993	US	Process	Horowitz	Understanding Sources: The Real Challenge
1993	JP	Process	Ishii	Cross-Cultural Communication & Computer-Supported Collaboration
1993	US	Process	Magee	The Age of Imagination: Coming Soon to a Civilization Near You
1993	US	Process	Pedtke	Putting Functionality in the Open Source Network
1992	US	Process	Andriole	IT Support for OSINT Analysis & Production (Slides)
1992	US	Process	Andriole	IT Support for OSINT Analysis & Production (Text)
1992	US	Process	Bodansky & Forest	GOP Terrorism Task Force: Research Techniques & Philosophy
1992	US	Process	Fedanzo	Implementing OSINT Through a Distributed Collection Model
1992	US	Process	Kees	Advanced Information Processing and Analysis
1992	US	Process	McIntyre	Competitive Advantage: The Power of Online Systems
1992	US	Process	Ogdin	Words Are Not Enough
1992	US	Process	Sacks	Using the Telephone as a Research Tool
1992	US	Process	Shepard	Analysis in the Year 2002: A Concept of Operations
1992	US	Process	Sibbet	Commercial Remote Sensing: Open Source Imagery Intelligence
1992	US	Process	Tenny	Government Information Wants to be Free
1992	US	Process	Thompson	Ranked Retrieval and Extraction of Open Source Intelligence
1992	US	Process	Tow	Painting the Future: Some Remarks from INTERVAL
1992	US	Process	Whitney-Smith	Information Revolutions and the End of History
2003	US	Process	DoD	Defense Intelligence Meta-Tagging

2002/07/182009/08/14

2002 OSINT 101: Basic Training in Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)

Methods & Process

2002	SE	Training	Bjore	OSINT 101: Sense-Making
2002	US	Training	Black	OSINT 101: Desktop Tools for Smart People
2002	US	Training	Chester	OSINT 101: NATO Lessons Learned
2002	US	Training	Henk	OSINT 101 Respecting the Cultural Dimension: Intelligence and Africa
2002	US	Training	Hock	OSINT 101: Overview of the World of Information
2002	US	Training	Hohhof	OSINT 101: Competitive Intelligence Analysis Tools & Web-Sites
2002	US	Training	Klavans & Ashton	OSINT 101: Technology Mapping with Open Sources of Information
2002	US	Training	Lee	OSINT 101: Geospatial Information Sources
2002	US	Training	Manwaring	OSINT 101: Intelligence & Asymmetric Warfare
2002	US	Training	Marshall	PSINT 101: OSINT and Global Hotspots
2002	US	Training	Moore & Krizan	OSINT 101: Core Analytic Competencies
2002	US	Training	Smith	OSINT 101: Internet and Commercial Online Exploitation

2001/12/312009/07/28

2001 Chester (CA) Shaping Intelligence for the Future

Historic Contributions, Military

PLATINUM LCdr Andrew Chester, RN, Canada
LCdr Andrew Chester, RN, Canada, has distinguished himself, first, as a pioneer for the exploiotation of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) within and throughout the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Partners for Peace (PfP), and subsequently as a trainer and practitioner with an especially constructive influence upon the international military environment.

If BGen Jim Cox (CA) was the visionary within NATO who saw the need and orchestrated the direction, LCdr Andrew Chester (CA) was the “doer” who executed the single most intelligent and original Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) conceptual process it has ever been our pleasure to support. He is one of a dozen Platinum Lifetime Award receipients from the first 20 years of group endeavor. Below is his presentation to OSS '01.