Tag Archives: Sam Culper III

Rural Defense Units and What Popular Opinion Tells Us

by Sam Culper III I keep reading about these ‘Rural Defense Units’ in Mexico, which are forming to protect their communities from drug cartels.  Last month, the Mexican Government passed a law authorizing the Rural Defense Units, essentially the unorganized militia numbering … Continue reading

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Syria: Beseiged Areas

by Sam Culper III I haven’t kept up to date with Syria.  So many places, so little time.  But I did come across this website, and it shows some excellent examples of how we delineate Areas of Operation (AO), Operation Boxes … Continue reading

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First Look: NSA Role In US Assassination Program

by Sam Culper III Pierre Omidyar (billionaire of eBay fame) and Glenn Greenwald (former Guardian journalist who aided the Snowden Op) launched a news media venture called First Look.  And what was their First Look? A look inside NSA cooperation … Continue reading

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Automated OSINT

by Sam Culper III In the Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) portion of a course a couple weeks ago, a student told me about a website called If This, Then That (IFTTT).  I signed up for an account, and I’d encourage … Continue reading

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The Dispatch

by Sam Culper III Here are several articles that I found interesting over the past couple weeks, along with commentary.  This will be typical news faire for Forward Observer Dispatch but with more analysis and links, and updated throughout the week.  If … Continue reading

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Blue Yellow Freedom

by Sam Culper III Here’s an interesting map of Ukraine that shows areas currently ‘held’ and challenged. Oblasts (province or state equivalent) in green are for ‘the People’. Oblasts in blue are held by the Party of Regions, a pro-Russian political party. The LSU looking oblasts are experiencing … Continue reading

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“Validated Learning” & Intelligence

by Sam Culper III I’ve been reading a great book about startups in which the author talks about validated learning.  (As an aside, each of your intelligence preparations should be treated as a startup company.  Instead of input costs you have … Continue reading

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Soup: Assorted Notes on Chapter Three, Part One

by Sam Culper III It’s been a while since I’ve written anything about Nagl’s Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife.  I have some underlined sections and notes in Chapter Three, so I’ll just begin with my thoughts there. Military as … Continue reading

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