Tag Archives: Sam Culper III

Free Intelligence Webinar – Tuesday, 07 October

Posted on October 3, 2014 by DRenegade

by Sam Culper III I’ll be doing a free hour-long webinar on Intelligence on Tuesday, 7 October through Summer of Survival.  In this webinar, I’ll be stating the case that all preppers and patriots have the tools available to begin collecting … Continue reading →

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Join Exercise STABLE PHANTOM (Ebola Outbreak)

Posted on September 25, 2014 by DRenegade

Sam Culper III Exercise STABLE PHANTOM is the name of our effort to come together as a community and practice intelligence collection and analysis with real-world implications.  I’ve been running this blog for a number of years trying to catch … Continue reading →

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Placement, Access & Exposure

Posted on July 4, 2014 by DRenegade

by Sam Culper III The starting point of this article should be that intelligence drives the fight, and intelligence requirements drive intelligence gathering.  Without intelligence, operations aren’t prosecuted effectively.  Intelligence tells warfighters where to go, and what or who to … Continue reading →

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Why the Iraqi Civil War Matters to America

Posted on June 16, 2014 by DRenegade

by Sam Culper III Well, most of us knew it was only a matter of time.  The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), an al-Qaida affiliate, made international headlines this week as they took over Mosul and now … Continue reading →

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Tactical PSYOP: the Groundwork of Local Security

Posted on June 13, 2014 by DRenegade

by Sam Culper III Nationally, at the strategic or operational level, I think we have a good deal of pro-Liberty Psychological Operations (PSYOP) activity.  The alternative news outlets, blogs and those who leverage social media and the internet to turn … Continue reading →

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Three Steps to Improving Prepper Intelligence

Posted on June 11, 2014 by DRenegade

by Sam Culper III This blog’s readership consists mostly of Patriots and Preppers.  This growing subsection of America is the entire reason this blog exists, and I’m here to advise and enable better security for your communities and homesteads.  If … Continue reading →

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Battlefield Biometrics

Posted on June 5, 2014 by DRenegade

by Sam Culper III We’ve talked a few times before about ‘Battlefield Biometrics‘, which is law enforcement forensics applied to wartime operations.  Biometric modalities like fingerprints, irises, faces and DNA have been used to identify and arrest numerous insurgents in … Continue reading →

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Confirmation Bias Ruins Lives

Posted on June 2, 2014 by DRenegade

by Sam Culper III Confirmation bias is one of the biases humans – even intelligence analysts – are prone to make.  When we get a hunch, and we convince ourselves that a hunch is a truth, then we’re liable to be … Continue reading →

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Appalachian Redoubt from an Intelligence Perspective

Posted on May 21, 2014 by DRenegade

by Sam Culper A couple weeks ago at the NC PATCON, I moderated a very abbreviated discussion of the Appalachian Redoubt. There was some really good input, however, we didn’t get the opportunity to finish the discussion points. So I’d … Continue reading →

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Forward Observer Magazine – Spring 2014

Posted on April 3, 2014 by DRenegade

We’re putting the finishing touches on the Spring print issue of Forward Observer Magazine.  We have a great line up of writers, and Ian and I are both very proud of this issue.  If you’ve ever wanted to support a … Continue reading →

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EXERCISE POSEIDON COMPASS

Posted on March 28, 2014 by DRenegade

by Sam Culper III Here’s my initial Concept of Exercise for POSEIDON COMPASS (so we can be cool with our own named exercise). POSEIDON COMPASS Background. The Connecticut Citizens Defense League (CCDL) is organizing a gun rights rally on 05 … Continue reading →

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Targeting and Other Answers

Posted on March 24, 2014 by DRenegade

In the warfighting realm, targeting is the process through which we select people to kill/capture in order to negate their effects or disrupt their operations in the battlespace.  The CIA drone bombs a terrorist leader in Pakistan to remove a … Continue reading →

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Invasion Models in Connecticut

Posted on March 3, 2014 by DRenegade

by Sam Culper III For the benefit of quasi-academic exercise, let’s assume that the absolute worst happens in Connecticut (CT): a federal invasion.  (Although the likelihood is low right now, it could be a plausible scenario in another state for … Continue reading →

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Online Courseware

Posted on February 26, 2014 by DRenegade

In addition to developing some online courseware for Forward Observer Dispatch, I’m going to enroll in a few free online course via Coursera.  This is just one of many websites that features online courses from Yale, MIT, Stanford, and other great … Continue reading →

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Community Security Checklist

Posted on February 18, 2014 by DRenegade

by Sam Culper III

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