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Summary: Work at home as an intelligece analyst
Review: Robert Steele, the maven of open source intel, explains why every citizen needs to start their own collection and analysis program. The first reason is so that she can understand the risk to herself of international crime and terrorism. The second reason is to protect her own liberty from domestic threats,private and public.
Buy this book. Think about what Steele has to say. The truth will set you free.
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Summary: Needs a filter
Review: Steele argues that with the Cold War over, asymmetric threats should be the top priority for our military, for our intelligence agencies, and for any citizen concerned with security. Fair enough. How would you reconstitute our security structure? He gets down to specifics in chapter 15, where he gives 26 rules for "the new craft of intelligence." These include an emphasis on translation of foreign sources, an emphasis on cultural intelligence (knowing your enemy), and gearing intelligence toward needs and customers vs. just following old habits and using the most ready capabilities. This book rewards the reader with many interesting ideas to consider. But Steele badly needs a filter--I feel that there are way too many bad ideas in this book relative to the few nuggets. For example, his view of the causes of terrorism owes much to Noam Chomsky--a poor source for cultural intelligence. Furthermore, some (most?) of his proposals, such as instituting a draconian military draft, are not well thought out. I think that there is reason to be concerned that we have not adjusted out thinking on military and intelligence matters to line up with current threats. But if this book is the best alternative, then we should be even more concerned.
Rating:
Summary: Needs a filter
Review: Steele argues that with the Cold War over, asymmetric threats should be the top priority for our military, for our intelligence agencies, and for any citizen concerned with security. Fair enough. How would you reconstitute our security structure? He gets down to specifics in chapter 15, where he gives 26 rules for "the new craft of intelligence." These include an emphasis on translation of foreign sources, an emphasis on cultural intelligence (knowing your enemy), and gearing intelligence toward needs and customers vs. just following old habits and using the most ready capabilities. This book rewards the reader with many interesting ideas to consider. But Steele badly needs a filter--I feel that there are way too many bad ideas in this book relative to the few nuggets. For example, his view of the causes of terrorism owes much to Noam Chomsky--a poor source for cultural intelligence. Furthermore, some (most?) of his proposals, such as instituting a draconian military draft, are not well thought out. I think that there is reason to be concerned that we have not adjusted out thinking on military and intelligence matters to line up with current threats. But if this book is the best alternative, then we should be even more concerned.
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Summary: A MUST READ
Review: THE NEW CRAFT OF INTELLIGENCE by Robert Steele is a paragon of how we as citizens in the U.S. should protect ourselves from the potential for incidents like Sept 11, 2001. Mr. Steele is highly qualified and prophetic, as proven, in his first book ON INTELLIGENCE written in 2000. This book of reference is a unique guide and should be read by every head of household who cares about his family and his country. I hope that everyone who dictates intelligence policy is paying close attention to this book and its myriad contents.
Rating:
Summary: A MUST READ
Review: THE NEW CRAFT OF INTELLIGENCE by Robert Steele is a paragon of how we as citizens in the U.S. should protect ourselves from the potential for incidents like Sept 11, 2001. Mr. Steele is highly qualified and prophetic, as proven, in his first book ON INTELLIGENCE written in 2000. This book of reference is a unique guide and should be read by every head of household who cares about his family and his country. I hope that everyone who dictates intelligence policy is paying close attention to this book and its myriad contents.
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