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Big Ears, Little Ears: One article, three layers of blown secrecy, and how Edward Snowden proves my point
Today’s guest post is from Eric Olson, author of the Digital Water blog and a previous contributor to PLI. Well, I haven’t had much time to write here for quite a while, but the Edward Snowden affair – and more specifically this piece in the Guardian – were such a terrific display of the Digital […]
To Whom the 4th Amendment Doesn’t Apply
June 9, 2013
by Nick Selby
Guest blogger Chris Swan contributed this from the UK. Chris is Chief Technology Officer of CohesiveFT, where he focuses on product development and product delivery. After a decade as a Combat Systems Officer in the Royal Navy, Chris moved to the financial services industry where over the last 12 years he was an engineer, architect, […]
Strikeback! Commission on IP Theft Report Gets All Ronin On China
May 23, 2013
by Nick Selby
A bipartisan group that studies the effects and impacts of IP theft in the US, The Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property, has released a report outlining their findings on the scope of the issue and making policy recommendations to combat it. The most interesting proposal among several: strikeback to re-capture stolen IP […]
Weapons-Grade Stupid
May 7, 2013
by Nick Selby
Just a collection of stories from the last month or so related to zero-tolerance and weaponry in schools. We have enough problems with real guns to allow this to be taken so seriously. So, presented for your dining and dancing pleasure, ladies and gentlemen, with limited comment. He’s Got A Gun … Where? I … […]
Posted in: Education
How We Learn What We Know, to Chart What We Know
April 29, 2013
by Nick Selby
I spent an enjoyable 20 minutes today speaking with Hilary Sargent, an OSINT rock-star who had to ask me what OSINT was. That’s not to say that she didn’t know – I’m sure she did. But when I told her that it was Open Source INTelligence, and further explained the difference, say, between that and […]
Posted in: Data Mining, Education, Intel Intelligencer, Intelligence Gathering, OSINT, PLI, Police Intelligence, Training
Boston Bombing Investigation: Intel Failure? No. Bad Expectation-Setting? Oh, yeah.
April 24, 2013
by Nick Selby
This is a long post. As either Blaise Pascal, Mark Twain, Voltaire or my Uncle Sid said, I didn’t have time to make a shorter post. It ran today in CSO Magazine and will run in other outlets this week (though this version here has some footnotes). In a hurry? Here’s a summary: My conclusion is […]
Silent Circle: Mobile Encrypted Comms Get Mainstream-Easy
February 11, 2013
by Nick Selby
If you’ve never given thought to the fact that, most of the time, critical non-federal law enforcement operations are conducted by unencrypted cellular and text communications, today might be a good time to start. (A good place to start understanding the wider implications of safe and unsafe smartphone use is here). I spend a great […]
Posted in: Intelligence Led Policing
June 18, 2013
by Nick Selby
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