Comments on: Open Source Intelligence Advances http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/02/open_source_intelligence_advan.html Secrecy News from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:31:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: IN SEARCH FOR FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, SPIES TURN TO YOUTUBE, MYSPACE, BLOGS « troyspace http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/02/open_source_intelligence_advan.html/comment-page-1#comment-997 IN SEARCH FOR FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, SPIES TURN TO YOUTUBE, MYSPACE, BLOGS « troyspace Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:04:16 +0000 http://fasweb.beacontec.com/blog/secrecy/2008/02/open_source_intelligence_advan.html#comment-997 [...] speech was posted this week on SecrecyNews, the blog of the Federation of American Scientists Project on Government [...] [...] speech was posted this week on SecrecyNews, the blog of the Federation of American Scientists Project on Government [...]

]]> By: vaxen http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/02/open_source_intelligence_advan.html/comment-page-1#comment-960 vaxen Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:27:56 +0000 http://fasweb.beacontec.com/blog/secrecy/2008/02/open_source_intelligence_advan.html#comment-960 Well, the intelligence agencies, all of them, are notoriously behind the times. Anyone depending, for their life, on them is at a distinct disadvantage. Any field operator who thinks that admin knows and gives a shit is deluding themselves entirely and needs to wake up. In intelligence it is the gatherer who is not indispensable. In the agencies asymmetrical ways and means are usually not tolerated by the suits who need to toe the line. Open source is open source and open source means 'asymmetrical intelligence warfare.' Not Hierarchical, Armani suit, baloney... Well, the intelligence agencies, all of them, are notoriously behind the times. Anyone depending, for their life, on them is at a distinct disadvantage. Any field operator who thinks that admin knows and gives a shit is deluding themselves entirely and needs to wake up. In intelligence it is the gatherer who is not indispensable. In the agencies asymmetrical ways and means are usually not tolerated by the suits who need to toe the line.

Open source is open source and open source means ‘asymmetrical intelligence warfare.’ Not Hierarchical, Armani suit, baloney…

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