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SNAKES IN THE GRASS:
Open Source Intelligence Doctrine
Robert D. Steele, OSS CEO
<[email protected]>
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Information
Superiority
OSINT Support to
Acquisition
Relevant
Information
Information
Operations
OSINT Support to
Operations Security
Information
Peacekeeping
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WAR
LONG TIME
INFORMATION
WARFARE
OPERATIONS SECURITY &
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
HERE
INFORMATION
PEACEKEEPING
INTELLIGENCE
THERE
EDUCATION
SHORT TIME
PEACE
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CIVIL CENTER OF GRAVITY
Information
Warfare
Private Sector!
Information
Peacekeeping
INFORMATION
COMMONS
Electronic Security &
Counterintelligence
Big Secret
Open Source
Intelligence
Education
Not Secret
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All-Source Intelligence
(Spies, Satellites, and Secrets)
OSINT as
Input
Information
Warfare
INFORMATION
OPERATIONS
OSINT as
Output
Information
Peacekeeping
“Don’t send a bullet where a byte will do….”
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DEFINITION
Information Peacekeeping is the active exploitation of
information and information technology--in order to peacefully
modify the balance of power between specific individuals and
groups--so as to achieve national policy objectives. The three
elements of Information Peacekeeping, in order of priority, are
intelligence (providing useful actionable information);
information technology (providing “tools for truth” which afford
the recipient access to international information and the ability
to communicate with others; and electronic security &
counterintelligence (a strictly defensive and preventive aspect
of being able to sustain Information Peacekeeping operations.
Robert D. Steele, 1994
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JOINT STAFF ISSUE AREAS
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J-1
J-2
J-3
J-4
J-5
• J-6
No OOB for refugee/POW info.
Assumes SI/TK will have it all.
No OOB for IO/IW/IP
No role in information “supply”
Not held accountable for supportability
of plans in terms of information availability
Not accountable for coalition-civil
interoperability or for ensuring that external
information can be integrated/exploited
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NEW INTELLIGENCE GAP
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Actionable Intelligence
The New
Intelligence
Gap: the
difference
between what
you can
know and
what you can
use!
TIME
OSINT is as complex as the other disciplines…
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Existing doctrine assumes RI comes from IC or other units!
Information Superiority
Information Grid
C2 Warfare
Information Operations
Information Warfare
Surveillance
Relevant Information
ISR
C4ISR
Reconnaissance
Intelligence
Information System
Computers
Communications
Command and Control
Control
Command
C4I
C4
C3
C2
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SIGINT:
What’s Missing?
Dedicated collectors,
processors, exploiters
IMINT:
Dedicated collectors,
processors, exploiters
HUMINT:
Dedicated collectors,
processors, exploiters
MASINT:
Dedicated collectors,
processors, exploiters
OSINT: ???
ALL-SOURCE
ANALYST
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COMPETING OSINT MODELS
Validated
OSINT
SI/TK
SI/TK
Selective Importation
Just Enough, Just in Time
System High/Firewall
Default to Validated OSINT
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FOUR THREAT/IO TYPES
SOLIC/LEA
UNCONVENTIONAL
LOW INTENSITY
CONFLICT AND GANG
WARFARE
HIC/MRC
STRATEGIC NUCLEAR
AND CONVENTIONAL
MILITARY WAR
INFOWAR/
ECONOMIC
ESPIONAGE
IW/ECON
INFORMATION WAR/
CRIME & ECONOMIC
ESPIONAGE
PROLIFERATION/
MIGRATION
JIHAD/
GREENPEACE
TERRORISM/
GLOBAL CRIME
MINDWAR
RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL
AND ENVIRONMENTAL
REFUGEES
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That’s it for
doctrine….now on to
the OSINT overview.