Studeman – Public Intelligence Blog

The US Intelligence Community does not lack for well-intentioned leaders, but somehow, despite the efforts of Jim Schlesinger in the 1970's and many others through the 1980's and 1990's and into the new century, transformation eludes us. We speculate that secrecy has a great deal to do with it–and one leader commented, the only person who could brief him on a program he wanted to terminate was the person who stood to lose their fiefdom if he did. Below is the single page summing up 20 years of endeavor, as delivered to the DNI. It remains valid today (6 August 2009).

The two short-cut links no longer work. They are provided below in full title mode.

2007 Amazon as Hub of World Brain — 2013 Clean Movie Has Just Become Available

2006 Briefing to the Coalition Coordination Center (CCC) Leadership at the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM)–Multinational Intelligence: Can CENTCOM Lead the Way? Reflections on OSINT & the Coalition

2006/07/182009/08/14

Reader Training Archive on Public Intelligence (1992-2006)

Methods & Process

1997	US	Reader	Admin	Cover, Appreciation, Foreword, Contents
1997	US	Reader	Basch	Secrets of the SuperSearchers: A Personal and Practical Perspective
1997	FR	Reader	Baumard	Learned Nations: Competitive Advantages Through Knowledge Strategies
1997	FR	Reader	Bonthous	Culture: The Missing Intelligence Variable
1997	UK	Reader	Collier	Toward the Global Information Industry and a New Information Paradigm
1997	US	Reader	Donahue	National Funding Directions for Open Source Intelligence
1997	US	Reader	Fedanzo	A Genetic View of National Intelligence
1997	US	Reader	Fedanzo	Implementing OSINT Through a Distributed Contribution Model
1997	US	Reader	Herring	The Role of Intelligence in Formulating Strategy
1997	US	Reader	Hlava	Selected Professional or Trade Associations in Information
1997	US	Reader	Karraker (WIRED)	Highways of the Mind
1997	US	Reader	Kees	Advanced Information Processing & Analysis
1997	SE	Reader	Leijonhelm	Economic Intelligence Cooperation Between Government and Industry
1997	US	Reader	Markowitz	Community Open Source Strategic Plan (COSPO)
1997	US	Reader	McGill	Private Sector Role in Collecting, Processing, & Disseminating Intelligence
1997	US	Reader	MITRE	Open Source Research Processing Initiative
1997	US	Reader	Peters	After the Revolution
1997	US	Reader	Rheingold	Tools for Thinking–Thinking New Thoughts
1997	US	Reader	Schmidt	A History of Failure, A Future of Opportunity: Reinventions and Deja Vu
1997	US	Reader	Shepard	Intelligence Analysis in the Year 2002: A Concept of Operations
1997	US	Reader	Sibbit	Commercial Remote Sensing: Open Source Imagery Intelligence
1997	US	Reader	Steele	ACCESS: Theory and Practice of Intelligence in the Age of Information
1997	US	Reader	Steele	Commercial Imagery (OSS Notices Extract)
1997	US	Reader	Steele	Draft Legislation: The National Information Strategy Act of 1994
1997	US	Reader	Steele	E3i: Ethics, Ecology, Evolution, and Intelligence
1997	US	Reader	Steele	HAC Surveys Open Source Intelligence (OSS Notices Extract)
1997	US	Reader	Steele	Information Concepts & Doctrine for the Future
1997	US	Reader	Steele	Intelligence Building Blocks (OSS Notices Extract)
1997	US	Reader	Steele	Lip Service, Great Pretenders, & OSINT (OSS Notices Extract)
1997	US	Reader	Steele	Mapping, Charting, & Geodesy Deficiencies (OSS Notices Extract)
1997	US	Reader	Steele	National Intelligence: The Community Tomorrow? (SASA at NSA)
1997	US	Reader	Steele	Open Source Intelligence: What Is It? Why Is It Important to the Military?
1997	US	Reader	Steele	OSINT: Graphical Overviews
1997	US	Reader	Steele	Private Enterprise Intelligence: Its Potential Contribution to Nat’l Security
1997	US	Reader	Steele	Reinventing Intelligence: The Advantages of Open Source Intelligence
1997	US	Reader	Steele	Talking Points for the Public Interest Summit
1997	US	Reader	Steele	Testimony to Commission on Eliminating Excessive Secrecy in Govt
1997	US	Reader	Steele	Toward High-Performance Organizations: A Strategic Role for Groupware
1997	US	Reader	Studeman	Teaching the Giant to Dance: Contradictions & Opportunities within the IC
1997	US	Reader	Toffler	Global Security & Global Competitiveness (OSS '03 Keynote)
1995	US	Reader	Markowitz	COSPO: Community Open Source Program Office Strategic Plan
1995	US	Reader	Peters	After the Revolution
1995	US	Reader	Steele	House Appropriations Committee Surveys Open Source Intelligence
1995	US	Reader	Steele	Intelligence Building Blocks
1995	US	Reader	Steele	Lip Service, Great Pretenders, and Open Source Intelligence
1995	US	Reader	Steele	Mapping, Charting, & Geodesy Deficiencies
1995	US	Reader	Steele	National Intelligence: The Community Tomorrow? (At NSA, 1995)
1995	US	Reader	Steele	OSINT: What Is It? Why Is It Important to the Military?
1994	US	Reader	Basch	Secrets of the Super-Searchers
1994	UK	Reader	Collier	Toward a Global Information Industry and New Information Paradigm
1994	US	Reader	Englebart	Toward High Performance Organizations
1994	US	Reader	Steele	Draft Legislation: National Security Act of 1994
1994	US	Reader	Steele	Private Enterprise Intelligence: Its Potential Contribution to Nat’l Sec
1994	US	Reader	Steele	Talking Point for the Public Interest Summit
1993	US	Reader	McGill	Private Sector Role in Collecting, Processing, Disseming Intelligence
1993	FR	Reader	Schmidt	A History of Failure, A Future of Opportunity: Reinvention & Deja Vu
1993	US	Reader	Steele	Reinventing Intelligence: The Advantages of OSINT

2006/07/182009/07/18

Legislation Archives on Public Intelligence (1992-2006)

Legislation

2004	US	Legilslation	9-11 Commission	Page 413 showing Open Source Agency independent of CIA under DNI
2006	US	Legislation	HASC	House Section 931 Defense Authorization, on DoD OSINT
2006	US	Legislation	Simmons	Political and Policy Preface to IO Book by Steele
2006	US	Legislation	Steele	Core Questions for the Director of National Intelligence
2005	US	Legislation	Congress	Congressional Record of DNI Negroponte Nomination
2005	US	Legislation	Congress	DHS Act with Open Source Strategy
2005	US	Legislation	Defense Daily	Congress Wants DoD to Focus on OSINT
2005	US	Legislation	Steele	Smart Nation Act for 108^th Congress
2005	US	Legislation	Studeman	Testimony on Hill 22 Sep 05
2004	US	Legislation	OSS	108^th Congress Ugly Draft Bill Creating Open Source Agency
2004	US	Legislation	Senate Govt Af Com	Excerpts and Comments on Hearings on Open Source Agency
2004	US	Legislation	Simmons	Exchange of Correspondence with General Schoomaker
2004	US	Legislation	Steele	108^th Congress Lame Duck Smart Nation Act (Short Version)
2004	US	Legislation	Steele	SASC Two Page Brief and One Page Budget Integrated
2004	US	Legislation	Steele for Simmons	108^th Congress Bill for Independent Open Source Agency with OSIS-X
2003	US	Legislation	Steele	SASC Two-Page Brief on OSINT
2003	US	Legislation	Steele	Smart Nation Act for the 108^th Congress (Version 1.3)
1995	US	Legislation	Straub	View from the Hill: Members View OSINT as Free, Are Skeptical
1994	US	Legislation	Steele	Draft Legislation: National Information Strategy Act of 1994
1992	US	Legislation	Cheney	Two Letters Destroying Hope for National Security Act of 1992
1992	US	Legislation	Cheney	SecDef Letter Destroying the National Security Act of 1992

2006/07/182009/07/18

Government Archive on Public Intelligence (1992-2006)

Government

2006	SA	Government	Yekelo	African Early Warning
2002	US	Government	FSMO	Foreign Military Studies Office
2000	US	Government	Steele	Spies and Secrecy in an Open World
1999	US	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	US	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	US	Government	Sanz	Nuclear Terrorism Literature Since 1992
1999	US	Government	Sovereign	Information Sharing for the Lower End of the Spectrum
1999	US	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	US	Government	Lee	Letter to HPSCI Urging Attention to Commercial Mapping Technology
1998	SE	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	US	Government	Carroll	CENDI Information Managers Group
1997	US	Government	Haakon	Commercial Imagery Options and Trade-Offs
1997	US	Government	Hodge	CENDI: Help! Impact of the Internet on the Consumer
1997	US	Government	Johnson	National Technical Information Center
1997	US/UK	Government	Kerr & Herman	Does the Intelligence Community Have a Future? (Two Items in One)
1997	US	Government	Robideau	Department of Energy Technical Information Program
1996	US	Government	Kalil (NEC)	Leveraging Cyberspace
1996	US	Government	Lucas (COSPO)	The Open Source Information System
1995	US	Government	Markowitz	Community Open Source Program Office (COSPO), Report on the Program
1995	US	Government	Peters	INADEQUATE ANSWERS: Bureaucracy, Wealth, & Mediocrity (US IC)
1994	US	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	US	Government	Devost	Digital Threat: United States National Security and Computers
1994	US	Government	Wiener	The Intelligence Community: An Outsider’s View
1993	SE	Government	Heden & Dedijer	The State of the National Intelligence and Security Community of Sweden
1992	US	Government	Cotter	NASA Open Source Intelligence Requirements & Capabilities (Slides)
1992	US	Government	Cotter	NASA Open Source Intelligence Requirements & Capabilities (Text)
1992	US	Government	Johnson	NTIS Open Source Intelligence Requirements & Capabilities
1992	US	Government	Keyworth	Government as a Customer in the Digital Age
1992	US	Government	McConnell	Planned Revisions to Circular No. A-130
1992	US	Government	Molholm	The CENDI Paradigm: How Some Federal Managers Have Organized
1992	US	Government	Mortimer	LC FRD Open Source Intelligence Requirements & Capabilities
1992	US	Government	Riddle	FBIS Open Source Intelligence Requirements & Capabilities
1992	US	Government	Steele	Information Concepts & Doctrine for the Future
1992	US	Government	Studeman	Teaching the Giant to Dance

2003/12/212009/07/30

2003 Hock (US) The Open-ness of the Open Internet

Historic Contributions, Methods & Process, Tools

Ran Hock

PLATINUM LIFETIME AWARD, Dr. Ran Hock

Dr. Ran Hock has done more than any single individual to educate both government and private sector parties with respect to the value of the deep web. He has single-handedly trained hundreds of individuals in the nuances of this major new intelligence resource base. Emphasizing individual analytic skills and common sense rather than arcane expensive and generally unproductive technologies, he represents the intersection of integrity, intelligence, and intuition in the service of all legitimate governments and organizations.

The Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) revolution began in 1988, and one could say that the Internet revolution began to sweep seriously into government in 1993 or so, that is the year that both DDCI Bill Studeman and Robert Steele both got emails and websites. Dr. Ran Hock has been “the” online access trainer of choice for the multinational audience choosing to attend the annual conferences, and the handbooks he created, new each year, have been prized references.

Below is his presentation to OSS '03 (actually just the summary), and on the right, click on the Frog to go to the current up-to-date OSINT Handbook Online that he maintains.