Chapter 1: Open Sesame
Changing the Game
Panarchy
Enter “Radical Man”
Terms of Reference
Chapter 2: Open-Source Everything
Free/Open-Source Software
Open-Source Hardware and More
Open-Source Intelligence
The Open-Source Pyramid in Detail
Chapter 3: Manifesto
Chapter 4: Philosophical Concepts
Truth, Coin of Collective Consciousness
Education
Transparency
Diversity, A Resource of Infinite Wealth
Chapter 5: Integrity, Lies, and Panarchy
Integrity
Lies As Treason
Complex Threats to Humanity and the Earth
Thirteen Big Lies
Panarchy and Resilience
Chapter 6: Whole-Systems Thinking
Complexity
Responding with Flexibility
History
The Fragmentation of Knowledge
Science and Religion
Chapter 7: Public Intelligence and the Citizen
Taking Control of the Challenge
Public Intelligence
Calculating True Costs
Doing Public Intelligence
Blogging for Public Intelligence
Participatory Democracy
Creating the World Brain and Global Game
Conclusion
Epilogue: My Conversion Experience
Weaknesses in the World of Secret Intelligence
OSINT Rises to the Challenge
The Co-Evolution of OSINT
The Role of Hackers
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About the Author
Endnotes
ROBERT DAVID STEELE is an internationally acclaimed intelligence professional with 30 years' experience as a clandestine and covert operations officer. A foremost international proponent for open-source intelligence, Steele has been a keynote speaker at many venues, including Hackers on Planet Earth, Gnomedex, L-3 Communications, the Department of State, and the Department of Homeland Security. A regular contributor to the International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, he has published five books on intelligence and information operations. His work has also appeared in TIME, Forbes, and the Journal of Conflict Resolution.
"Steele's book is a must-read, a powerful yet still pragmatic
roadmap to a new civilisational paradigm that simultaneously offers
a trenchant, unrelenting critique of the prevailing global order.
His interdisciplinary 'whole systems' approach dramatically
connects up the increasing corruption, inefficiency and
unaccountability of the intelligence system and its political and
financial masters with escalating inequalities and environmental
crises."
— Nafeez Ahmed, The Guardian
"I found it refreshing to read such a powerful and all-encompassing
approach to the eternal problem of hierarchy and how so few people
are currently determining the destiny of so many individuals on
this planet." —Peter J. Morris, Writer and Blogger
"If you have ever thought that the U.S. intelligence system is
structurally dysfunctional you will not be disappointed by Steele.
The bottom line is that if you satisfied with a status quo which
operates on the basis of "a top-heavy, opaque, centralized, and
rigidified system that misses the big picture and rewards a few at
the expense of the many," then don't read Steele's book."
—Huffington Post
"Robert Steele is about 100 times as smart and 10,000 times as
dangerous as the best of the hackers, for he is successfully
hacking the most challenging of bureaucracies, the U.S.
intelligence community, and doing it for the right reasons."
—Bruce Sterling, Wired magazine and author of Hacker Crackdown: Law
and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier
“Few have thought as deeply or imaginatively about such questions
as a super-smart former Marine and intelligence officer named
Robert D.
Steele.…”
—Alvin and Heidi Toffler, authors of War & Anti-War: Survival at
the Dawn of the 21st Century
“Robert Steele is unusual for an American … he is clearly
internationalist in his orientation. He has written a book that can
bring us together in facing our greatest enemies: ignorance,
poverty, and mistrust.”
—Rear Admiral Hamit Gulemre Aybars, Turkish Navy (Retired)
“Robert Steele’s vision for the future of intelligence is clearly
‘internationalist’ in nature. It focuses on regional partnerships …
and on the value of open source intelligence collection.”
—Rear Admiral Dr. Sigurd Hess, DE N(Ret), Former Chief of Staff,
Allied Command Baltic Approaches
“Constantly committed to truth and honesty, [his work] demonstrates
his ability to grasp the real issues and to take into account the
views and concerns of men of good will from all nations and all
cultures.”
—Admiral Pierre Lacoste, French Navy (Ret), Former Director of
Foreign Intelligence (DSGE)
“Robert Steele goes well beyond the original visions of the best of
the Directors of Central Intelligence, and has crafted a brilliant,
sensible, and honorable future for the intelligence
profession.”
—Major General Oleg Kalugin, KGB (Ret), Former Elected Deputy to
the Russian Parliament
“Over a broad canvas reflecting the changing nature of information
and information technologies, Robert Steele lays the foundation for
the future of e-intelligence.”
—Commodore Patrick Tyrrell, OBE, Royal Navy, United Kingdom
“Steele consistently has been well ahead of the pack in his
appreciation for everything from open source research to the
implications of technology … his work thrills with its insights and
ideas.”
—Ralph Peters, author of Fighting for the Future: Will America
Triumph?
“Steele’s concept is simple: Empower the citizen and private sector
to gather and analyze intelligence so that we can make informed
decisions [using] Open Source Intelligence gathering [that] is
faster, smarter, cheaper…”
—Robert Young Pelton, author of World’s Most Dangerous Places and
producer of Come Back Alive
“Robert Steele deserves our admiration and our focused attention
for bringing the idea of open source information to the fore. His
passion to serve the nation by developing this new approach … is
exemplary.”
—Lieutenant General Patrick Hughes, U.S. Army (Retired), Former
Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
“...a minefield of political and economic awakenings... a visionary
worth paying serious attention to.”
—Open Spectrum Inc.
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