Essential elements of information

OSS 21 conference proceedings

Joint planning, operations other than war and open source intelligence

Holiday Inn Hotel, 15-17 May 2000, Washington D.C., USA. Two volumes:

Published by OSS.net, 4350 Fair Lakes Court, Va. USA, 2000


    VOLUME 1 : Primer

  1. Cover Page, contents, coat of arms
  2. EVa Irving : OSS 101
  3. InfoSphere on Internet,
  4. Robert David Steele : INTERNET: A Few Thoughts,
  5. Convenience Center (Links),
  6. Internet-Based Biographic Profile ABDUL RASUL SAYYAF,
  7. Commercial Contents Page,
  8. Sheri R. Lanza : Beyond the Internet,
  9. Mary Ellen Bates Beyond the Internet,
  10. Ron Rodriguez : (DIALOG) Beyond the Internet,
  11. Table of DIALOG versus the Internet in Terms of Content,
  12. Gray Literature Contents,
  13. Mason H. Soule and R. Paul Ryan : Gray Literature Technical Briefing by
  14. Dominic Farace : Gray Literature Not Readily Found
  15. Bonnie Klein : Gray Literature Finding the Needle in the Haystack
  16. Risa Sacks : Primary Research
  17. Diane Webb : Toolkit Graphic by Diane Webb Comments by Robert David Steele,
  18. Geospatial Contents Page,
  19. Chuck Snowden : Geospatial Intelligence Options(Slides),
  20. Chuck Snowden : Top Secret Kodak Moment in Space Shakes Global Security (Chuck Snowden Handout),
  21. Analytic Tradecraft Contents Page (No Idea Where 007 Went....),
  22. Jack Davis : Intelligence Analysis in a New Century: A Cumudgeon's View
  23. Jack Davis : A Compendium of Analytic Tradecraft Notes
  24. VOLUME II Conference proceedings

  25. Titlepage, coat of arms, Foreword and schedule
  26. Speaker biographies
  27. Brigadier General Jim Cox : CA, SHAPE, Open Source Intelligence...light musings from a non-expert,
  28. LtGen Patrick Hughes : USA (Ret), Open Sources and Intelligent Solutions,
  29. Fritz Ermarth : Open Source Intelligence: A Fresh Look at the Past and the Future,
  30. Bruce D. Berkowitz : An Alternative View on the Future of Intelligence,
  31. Robert David Steele : ONE WORLD READY OR NOT: From National Capabilities to Global Coverage Through a Virtual Intelligence Community Coordinated by NATO/PfP,
  32. Robert David Steele : Spies and Secrecy in an Open World,
  33. John T. Sullivan : A Business Perspective on Essential Overseas Information,
  34. Michael A. Sandman : Applied Human Intellect Interpreting the Data Bits,
  35. Technical : Intelligence Using Patents: Through the Fog,
  36. Dr. David A. Charters : OSINT for Peace Support Operations: Perspectives from UN Operations,
  37. Thomas Reynolds : USTRANSCOM Operations,
  38. Dr. Alexis Debat : Building Intelligence at Fifteen: The Problems and Dynamics of Informing European Defense Decisions,
  39. Kaluba Chitumbo & Jack Boureston : Nuclear Transparency Through Open Source Solutions (Slides),
  40. Kaluba Chitumbo & Jack Boureston : Nuclear Transparency Through Open Source Solutions (Text),
  41. John Crow : CA NIPC International Open Source Realities,
  42. Brigadier General Wolfgang Mueller : Some Thoughts on Open Source (Text),
  43. Brigadier General Wolfgang Mueller : Some Thoughts on Open Source (Slides),
  44. Paul Windlass-Regan UK : Open Source Intelligence Centre Update,
  45. Major General Vladimir Budzko : The Russian Viewpoint on Electronic Open Source Technologies (Abbreviated Version),
  46. Major General Vladimir Budzko : The Russian Viewpoint on Electronic Open Source Technologies (Complete Version),
  47. OSS '03 Dr. Alessandro Politi, The Birth of OSINT in Italy,
  48. Mr. Frank Asbeck : The Western European Union Satellite Centre,
  49. Frans-Jan Mulschlegel : EUROPOL's Open Sources & Documentation Unit,
  50. Major Patrick L. George : CCA, A Belgian Situation Report,
  51. Steve Edwards : Scotland Yard, Information Overload,
  52. Steve Edwards : Scotland Yard, Information Overload (Slides),
  53. Steve Edwards : Scotland Yard, Information Overload (Matching Entries),