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Phi Beta Iota:  It is typical of the West to believe that its Weberian and faux democratic processes are the “best way,” and to destroy (African, South American) or disparage (Asian) alternative forms of leadership.  One has to live within the environment Lee Kuan Yew created to appreciate the extraordinary nature of his leadership.  It is safe to say that his appreciation for intelligence is two-fold: demanding that all of his Ministers and legislators be educated (Singapore requires an earned MBA or equivalent as a pre-qualification for legislative candidacy) and that Singapore excell at computer processing, knowledge management, and toward organizational intelligence; and (we speculate) demanding that counter-intelligence against subversion from the West and others be the very best.  The best book on intelligence in English out of Singapore, one that captures what Singpore is capable of, is Thomas Quiggin's  Seeing the Invisible: National Security Intelligence in an Uncertain Age (World Scientific Publishing Company, 2007).

Singapore took a very wrong turn falling prey to Admiral Poindexter's Total Information Awareness that appears to have found a home there, and to the snake oil from Cognitive Edge and others that mean well (e.g. the Arlington Institute) but actually have no clue about how to achieve M4IS2–intelligence with integrity in the public interest.  We now look to Malaysia and Indonesia and perhaps Brunei for more interesting melded advances.

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Worth a Look: The Cato Institute on Intelligence

Worth A Look
CATO on Intelligence List
CATO on Intelligence List

We have not featured “think tanks” on this web site because all of them, with one exception, are ideologically biased and financially-beholden to one of the two parties that monopolize power and exclude both the majority of Americans from an honest electoral process, and the majority of objective experts from the policy and budget dailog.

The CATO Institute appears to be an exception.  Below are a few of their generally dated but still relevant pronouncements on the subject of intelligence as decision support.

Why Spy? The Uses and Misuses of Intelligence Stanley Kober (1996)

Building Leverage in the Long War, Jim Harris (2002)

Intelligence Failures Now and Then, Christopher Preble (2004)

Enemies of Intelligence (Book Review), Justin Logan (2007)

Real Intelligence Failures, Richard W. Rahn (2008)

The Need for Judicial Oversight of Domestic Intelligence Gathering, Timothy Lee (2008)

Mike German on ‘Intelligence’ Reports, Jim Harper (2009)

Geospatial Archives on Public Intelligence (1992-2006)

Geospatial
CD  Needs for PKI
CD Needs for PKI

2005

US

Geospatial East View Sudan Tactical Map Availability

2005

US

Geospatial East View Liberia Tactical Map Availability

2005

US

Geospatial East View Ivory Coast Tactical Map Availability

2005

US

Geospatial East View DRC Congo Russian Map Availability

2005

US

Geospatial East View DRC Congo Large Scale Map Availability

2005

US

Geospatial East View DRC Congo NIMA 250K Map Availability

2005

US

Geospatial East View DRC Congo National 200K Map Availability

2005

US

Geospatial East View Burundi Tactical Map Availability

2005

US

Geospatial East View Afghanistan Military Maps

2005

US

Geospatial East View Eastern Congo Priority Tactical Map Deficiencies

2004

US

Geospatial East View Aceh Indonesia 1:50,000 Tactical Map Availability

2004

US

Geospatial East View Aceh Indonesia 1:250,000 Large Scale Map Availabiility

2003

US

Geospatial East View Iraq Post-Conflict Map Availability

2003

US

Geospatial NAPA Geographic Information for the 21st Century

1999

US

Geospatial Steele Real-World Mapping Shortfalls (Two Slides)

Military Archives on Public Intelligence (1992-2006)

Military
Archives 1992-2006
Archives 1992-2006

2005

US

Military Steele US Army Conference: E3i: Making the Revolution

2005

US

Military USA Army Modernization Briefing

2004

US

Military Simmons Foreword to the Draft SOF OSINT Handbook

2004

NL

Military Wiebes SIGINT in Bosnia

2003

US

Military Hardee OSINT in Support of Special Operations

2003

US

Military Harrison OSINT Requirements, Collection, & Production Management

2003

US

Military Steele SOUTHCOM: Strategic Threat Assessment

2003

US

Military Steele AFCEA Texas: C4I Revolution and National Security

2003?

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Military Steele To SecDef: Force Structure Trade-Offs and the Real World

2002

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Military Hardee Growing an Open Source Intelligence Program

2001

US

Military Steele AUSA: Intelligence Support to a Transforming Army

2001

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Military Steele AWC: Welcome to the Real World: Force Structure Trade-Offs

2000

CA

Military Cox OSINT at SHAPE…Some Musings

2000

FR

Military Debat The Challenge of Informing European Defence Decisions

2000

US

Military Hughes Open Sources and Intelligent Solutions

2000

Austria

Military Mueller Austrian Military Intelligence Thoughts on OSINT

2000

UK

Military Regan The UK Ministry of Defence OSINT Program

2000

US

Military Reynolds U.S. Transportation Command OSINT

2000

US

Military Steele Briefing to NATO/PfP: One World Ready or Not

1999

US

Military Clark EAGLE VISION: USAF Initiative for Tactical Receipt of Imagery

1999

US

Military Connors PACOM Additional Slides on VIC

1999

US

Military Connors U.S. Pacific Command’s Virtual Information Center (VIC)

1999

US

Military Dearth Intelligence in the 21st Century

1999

US

Military Lee Summary of Military Map Availabililty for Iran

1999

US

Military Myers & Madison Virtual Information Center Concept Refinement

1999

US

Military Prinslow & Bond Information Sharing in Humanitarian Emergencies

1999

US

Military Steele Overview of OSINT Issues & OSINT Utility to DoD

1999

US

Military Steele Setting the Stage for Information Sharing in the 21st Century: 3 Issues

1999

US

Military Steele What Do We Need to Know and Where Do We Get It? (Slides)

1999

US

Military Steele Expeditionary Environment in the 21st Century

1999

US

Military Wirtz Bridging the Culture Gap: OSINT and the Tet Offensive

1998

US

Military Beavers & Shanahan Operationalizing IO in Bosnia-Herzegovina (Book Chapter)

1998

SE

Military Bjore Open Sources and Methods for the Military

1998

SE

Military Bjore OSINT Lessons Learned

1998

UK

Military Rathmell Assessing the IW Threat from Sub-State Groups

1998

US

Military Steele INFORMATION PEACEKEEPING: Purest Form of War (Outline)

1998

US

Military Steele Skeptical Assessment of USN-USMC Based on Real-World OSINT

1998

US

Military Steele TAKEDOWN: The Asymmetric Threat to the Nation

1998

UK

Military Tyrrell OSINT: The Challenge for NATO

1997

US

Military Alger IATAC: Building a Knowledge Base of Emerging IAT

1997

US

Military Clark EAGLE VISION: Tactical Downlink Station for Imagery

1997

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Military Clinton Managing Complex Contingency Operations

1997

US

Military Molholm DTIC: Building a Virtual Knowledge Warehouse

1997

US

Military Necoba The Marines and OSINT

1997

US

Military Pedtke National Air Intelligence Center Science & Technology OSINT

1997

US

Military Steele CINC Brief: The One that Got CINCSOC (Now CSA) to Buy In

1997

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Military Steele Creating a Bare Bones OSINT  Capability (Slides)

1997

US

Military Steele Creating a Bare Bones OSINT Unit for DIA

1997

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Military Steele CINCSOC 10 Minute Brief on OSINT

1997

US

Military Vesely Striking A Balance: National, Operational, & Tactical Acquisition

1996

US

Military Smith Defense Mapping Agency and the Commercial Sector

1996

US

Military Steele Open Source Intelligence Handbook, Chapter 5, OSINT and Military

1996

US

Military Steele DIA/JMITC: National Knowledge Strategy & Revolution in Intelligence

1996

US

Military Stein Mapping, Charting, and Geodetic Needs for Remote Sensing Data

1995

SE

Military Bjore Six Years of Open Source Information (OSI): Lessons Learned

1995

US

Military Dandar Army Intelligence XXI, Open Source Status Report

1995

US

Military Dandar OSIF Exploitation for Army Intelligence XXI: Summary

1995

UK

Military Garfield Update on the UK MoD OSINT Programme (Slides)

1995

UK

Military Garfield Update on the UK MoD OSINT Programme (Text)

1995

US

Military Ricardeli OSINT in Support of Haiti Invasion (Slides)

1995

US

Military Ricardeli OSINT in Support of Haiti Invasion (Text)

1995

US

Military Steele The Military Perspective on Information Warfare: Apocalypse Now

1995

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Military Steele AWC: Open Source Intelligence for the Military

1994

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Military Brooks & McKeeyer Split-Based Ops in DESERT STORM: Glimpse of the Future Digital Army

1994

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Military Munro INFORMATION WARFARE: Snake Eaters Meet Net-Heads

1994

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Military Pedtke NAIC & The Intelligence Community Open Source Architecture

1994

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Military Steele DIA/JMITC: NS via the Reinvention of National & Defense Intelligence

1992

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Military Clift Military OSINT Requirements, Capabilities, and Contracting Directions

1992

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Military Pedtke et al NAIC S&T Open Source Intelligence Requirements & Capabilities

1992

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Military Petersen New Roles for the U.S. Military

1992

US

Military Schwartau Introduction to Information Warfare

1992

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Military Steele Intelligence Lessons Learned from Recent Expeditionary Operations

1992

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Military Steele Comments Prepared for Future War Roundtable

1992

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Military Strassmann Forcing Innovation, Cutting Costs, and Increasing Defense Productivity

1991

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Military Steele Defense Intelligence Productivity in the 1990's

1990

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Military USMC & Steele Expeditionary Environment Research & Analysis Model

1990

US

Military USMC & Steele Expeditionary Mission Area Factors Summaries

Government Archive on Public Intelligence (1992-2006)

Government
Archives 1996-2006
Archives 1996-2006

2006

SA

Government Yekelo African Early Warning

2002

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Government FSMO Foreign Military Studies Office

2000

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Government Steele Spies and Secrecy in an Open World

1999

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Government Coile Information Overlay for Preparing & Coping with Local Disasters

1999

CA

Government George OSINT: Islamic Unrest in China

1999

US

Government Heidenrich Genocide Web Sites (At the Time)

1999

US

Government Heidenrich Sample Daily Briefing on Genocide

1999

UN

Government Marks Proposal for Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)

1999

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Government OSS Proliferation Web Sites (At the Time)

1999

US

Government OSS Sample Daily Briefing on Proliferation

1999

NL

Government Reserved OSINT: Foundation for Co-Ordination and Information Sharing

1999

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Government Sanz Nuclear Terrorism Literature Since 1992

1999

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Government Sovereign Information Sharing for the Lower End of the Spectrum

1999

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Government Steele Relevant Information: New Approach to Collection, Sharing, Analysis

1999

US

Government Steele Web-Based Concept for a Global Information Sharing Environment

1999

CA

Government Stout & Quiggin OSINT: High Resolution Imagery for Anyone

1999

AU

Government Wing Optimizing Open Source Information Sharing in Australia

1999

AU

Government Wing OSINT in Australia: The Report

1998

NL

Government BVD Annual Report of the National Security Service

1998

BE

Government Cailloux Belgian Observations on Intelligence Oversight

1998

BE

Government Cailloux Report of the Intelligence Oversight Committee

1998

FR

Government Clerc Economic Intelligence

1998

US

Government Dearth Government and the Information Marketplace

1998

US

Government Hughes FBIS 1995-1998: Transition and Transformation

1998

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Government Lee Letter to HPSCI Urging Attention to Commercial Mapping Technology

1998

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Government Leijonhelm OSINT  and Information Sharing Between Government & Industry

1998

S. Africa

Government Mti OSINT, the African Renaissance, and Sustainable Development

1998

GE

Government Schlickman Ensuring Trust and Security in Electronic Communications

1998

US

Government Steele INFORMATION PEACEKEEPING: The Purest Form of War

1998

US

Government Steele Strategic Issues in National and Regional Intelligence & Security

1998

US

Government Steele Clandestine Human Intelligence Successes, Failures, Possibilities

1998

US

Government Steele (in French) Strategic Intelligence in the USA: Myth or Reality?

1997

UK

Government Andrew Presidents, Secret Intelligence, and Open Sources

1997

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Government Carroll CENDI Information Managers Group

1997

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Government Haakon Commercial Imagery Options and Trade-Offs

1997

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Government Hodge CENDI: Help!  Impact of the Internet on the Consumer

1997

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Government Johnson National Technical Information Center

1997

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Government Kerr & Herman Does the Intelligence Community Have a Future? (Two Items in One)

1997

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Government Robideau Department of Energy Technical Information Program

1996

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Government Kalil (NEC) Leveraging Cyberspace

1996

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Government Lucas (COSPO) The Open Source Information System

1995

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Government Markowitz Community Open Source Program Office (COSPO), Report on the Program

1995

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Government Peters INADEQUATE ANSWERS: Bureaucracy, Wealth, & Mediocrity (US IC)

1994

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Government Carroll Harsh Realities: S&T Acquisition Costs, Obstacles, and Results

1994

AU

Government Chantler Producing Intelligence in Australia: H National Open Source Foundation?

1994

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Government Devost Digital Threat: United States National Security and Computers

1994

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Government Wiener The Intelligence Community: An Outsider’s View

1993

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Government Heden & Dedijer The State of the National Intelligence and Security Community of Sweden

1992

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Government Cotter NASA Open Source Intelligence Requirements & Capabilities (Slides)

1992

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Government Cotter NASA Open Source Intelligence Requirements & Capabilities (Text)

1992

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Government Johnson NTIS Open Source Intelligence Requirements & Capabilities

1992

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Government Keyworth Government as a Customer in the Digital Age

1992

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Government McConnell Planned Revisions to Circular No. A-130

1992

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Government Molholm The CENDI Paradigm: How Some Federal Managers Have Organized

1992

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Government Mortimer LC FRD Open Source Intelligence Requirements & Capabilities

1992

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Government Riddle FBIS Open Source Intelligence Requirements & Capabilities

1992

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Government Steele Information Concepts & Doctrine for the Future

1992

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Government Studeman Teaching the Giant to Dance

Review: Terrain Analysis of Afghanistan

5 Star, Geography & Mapping

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Bible for Reconstruction & Military Operations,

September 24, 2003
Kent D. Lee
I am a very happy owner of this volume, and I will certify that it is easily worth $2,500 to $5,000 for any construction or paving company bidding for or awarded contracts in Afghanistan.I have known Kent Lee and East View Cartographic since 1995, when they were instrumental in supporting me in a competitive exercise to demonstrate all that could be done with “open sources” of information, versus narrowly-focused classified capabilities. The ability of this individual and this organization to acquire and then exploit Russian, Chinese, and other third-nation source material has made them the single most important geospatial entity in the world after the National Imagery and Mapping Agency.

Every page is clearly printed and the maps, all in color, are extraordinary. The fine print can be a burden if you have to read more than a few sections at a time, but was a necessity–the book would not be easily portable otherwise.

I understand that similar books are in the works for Iraq and other countries where terrain analysis is a vital element of reducing costs and increasing profits and operational successes. This book is both essential to prior planning, and essential to on-going operations.

Vote on Review
Vote on Review

2002 Lee (US) Geospatial Information Sources: A Global Primer

Geospatial, Historic Contributions
Geospatial Everything
Geospatial Everything

Kent Lee, founder and CEO of both East View Cartographic and East View Everything Else came to our attention in the early 1990's when both USSOCOM and the US Marine Corps were trying to deal with the FACT that the US Government did not have combat charts (tactically useful maps at the 1:50,000 level with contour lines vital to infantry and logistics operations.  We discovered that Russia had focused on the wars of national liberation and did have such maps, and that East View could get them, translate them into English, and deliver them in digital forms suitable for existing US military systems.

In more recent years, East View has been our primary source of expert access and production assistance in helping United Nations and other forces that suffer from the fact that other than the Russians, every other Western country never put resources into mapping the Third World.  Below left is a color coded depiction of the 175 sheets needed by MajGen Patrick Cammaert, RN NL, then Eastern Force Commander in the Congo.  With Eastview's help, the Dutch government ultimately funded the satisfaction of this urgent need.

Below right is Kent Lee's presentation to OSS '02.

Congo 1:50 Needs
Congo 1:50 Needs
Kent Lee
Kent Lee