Tag Archives: Sam Culper

Nonattributional Warfare

by Sam Culper III I just read an interesting article entitled, “Epic Landpower Fail,” in which the author, a US Army Major and strategy professor at West Point, makes the point that today all landpower is attributional.  What he means … Continue reading

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Executive Intelligence Summary (EXSUM) – 01 MAY 14

by Sam Culper CONFLICT. Prepare for War in the Pre-Electronic Age With the technological superiority of the US military, and with US state and regime law enforcement electronic capability potential not too terribly far behind, should FREEFOR be preparing for … Continue reading

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Set Up Your Intelligence Now

by Sam Culper The Quick Start ACE Aveighter from the MVT Intelligence Support to the Warfighter Forum asked a really great question – how do we spin up an Analysis and Control Element (ACE) in record time to respond to a time-sensitive … Continue reading

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Threat Characteristics and TO&E

by Sam Culper I hopped on WRSA this morning and saw a couple articles describing the blurred lines between military and law enforcement. A series of questions asked,   Were there “mercenaries” working for BLM at the Bundy Ranch?, Do regime agencies have … Continue reading

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The Adaptive Enemy & Adaptive Management

by Sam Culper A large part of what made fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq so difficult is (just one part of a laundry list) that the enemy observes and adapts.  After the New York Times published the article that US … Continue reading

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EXSUM – 16 APR 14

Executive Intelligence Summary (EXSUM) 16 APR 14 CULTURE. A new take on Milgram’s torture experiments. A new article from a social science publication and website investigates the infamous Milgram experiments of the 1960s.  Milgram, a scientist, conducted a series of … Continue reading

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POSEIDON COMPASS AAR

by Sam Culper Here are some notes that Poseidon Compass Connecticut (PCCT) participants have helped me compile.  More than anything, I think this was a valuable learning experience for many.  Since introducing PCCT, several of you have emailed or commented … Continue reading

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Turn: The Sam Culper Spy Ring

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POSEIDON COMPASS: INTEL REQUIREMENTS

The information below pertains to the Hartford, CT rally on April 5, 2014. From Sam Culper: We developed a good initial list of Intelligence Requirements (IR) during last night’s chat.  Below are the published Primary Intelligence Requirements (PIR; mission-critical) and … Continue reading

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The Appalachian Redoubt

 Redoubt Intelligence Flowchart  I’ll always remember former SecDef Donald Rumsfeld for a few things.  For one, he read one of my intelligence products when I was a young PFC in Afghanistan (some staff hoople head briefed it to him but … Continue reading

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Connecticut BICC/E

by Sam Culper A couple months ago, I introduced everyone to my BICC/E analytical method.  (You can learn it here.)  This method looks at adversarial realities, and then charts a way forward for developing potential COAs.  It’s a tool that informs us of … Continue reading

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Community Security Checklist

by Sam Culper III A friend suggested that I write an article about the things I’d do to prepare my community.  All talk of “action” aside, there are a handful of tasks that each of us should be doing in … Continue reading

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Judging Single Source Information

by Sam Culper III I briefly took part in a discussion on WRSA a week or two ago about the topic of single source information.  Single source information, as opposed to multiple source information, is readily available but in many cases difficult to … Continue reading

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Tarantino’s Canary Trap

From Deadspin: Learning today that his script The Hateful Eight leaked after he gave it to a small circle of actors, Quentin Tarantino tells me that he’s so upset that he has decided that he will not direct that film next. by Sam … Continue reading

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Implications of Cell Phones in Ukrainian Near-Civil War

by Sam Culper III I’ve been loosely following developments in Ukraine, and have watched protests slowly evolve into riots and then real fighting between protesters and security forces.  There’s a very real possibility that Ukraine is in a civil war.  … Continue reading

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