Information Peacekeeping

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Information Peacekeeping The Future of
IntelligenceThe United Nations, Smart Mobs,
the Seven Tribes

• Robert David Steele
• ltbear_at_oss.netgt
• NISA 15 Nov 02

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Abstract 1 Seven Tribes
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Abstract 2 ISO Standards

• Generic to All Tribes
• Open Source Collection
• Multi-media processing
• Analytic toolkits
• Analytic tradecraft
• Operations security
• Defensive counterintelligence
• Leadership skills
• Training culture skills

• Unique to Some Tribes
• National clandestine covert collection,
  offensive CI
• Military targeting, mobility
• Police arrest interrogation
• Business fiscal accountability
• Media attention-getting skills
• NGO humanitarian values
• Religious faith-based insights
• Ethnic blood-based insights

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Abstract 3 Multi-Lateral Sharing

• 80 of Global Intelligence Will Be Via
• Shared Collection--Open, Human, Technical
• Shared Processing--Data Entry, Translation
• Shared Analysis--Multi-cultural, indigenous
• 20 of National Intelligence Will Be Via
• Unilateral or bi-lateral secret collection
• Unilateral or bi-lateral secret analysis

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Abstract 4 Public Intelligence

• Intelligence as mixed public-private good
• Must be taught in all schools at all levels
• Public intelligence will drive public policy
• Greatest impact will be on total national
  budgets--allocations among the instruments of
  national power (less on military, more on
  diplomacy, intelligence, public health, etc.)
• Art of the long view will re-emerge.

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Abstract 5 UNODIN IP

• Will take 10-25 years
• UN DPI is a one-way road with 77 lanes
• UN in denial on all aspects of intelligence
• Goals to change how Nations spend money and how
  UN does business

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State of the Tribes Today

• National 50
• Military 40
• Business 30
• Academic 30
• Law Enforcement 20
• NGO-Media 20
• Religious 20
• We have much to do.

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Bottom-Up and Peer-to-Peer
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New Measures of Merit

• Open Source Collection
• Multi-Media Processing
• Analytic Toolkits
• Analytic Tradecraft
• Defensive Security
• Leadership
• Training
• Culture

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Sharing the Burden

• Open Source Collection, Translation, Digitization
• Distributed Processing
• LINUX/OS as new standard for all tribes
• XML Geo and open API as mandated standards
• Generic analyst toolkit
• Share leaders, training
• Create global culture

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Processing DesktopGeneric Analytic
Functionalities
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New Paradigm (1 of 2)

• OLD
• Policy Over Intelligence
• Unilateral
• Mostly Secret
• Technical Emphasis
• Collection Emphasis
• One-language filter
• Mistakes hidden
• Short-term thinking

• NEW
• Intelligence Over Policy
• Multilateral
• Mostly Public
• Human Emphasis
• Analysis Emphasis
• Multi-lingual filters
• Mistakes acknowledged
• Long-term thinking

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New Paradigm (2 of 2)

• NATIONAL
• One leader, 3 deputies
• Secret Collection
• Open Collection
• All-Source Analysis
• Unite the tribes
• Pool resources
• Serve the people

• GLOBAL
• Multi-lateral Councils
• Collection
• Processing
• Analysis
• Unite the tribes
• Regional Centers
• Serve the people

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Regional Intelligence Center
Deputy for Counterintelligence Japan
Deputy for Covert Action Thailand
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Collective Individual IntelligenceHarnessing
Distributed Citizen Intelligence
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Change in Time Focus

• 7th Generation Thinking
• Public Health
• Bacteria, Preventive Medicine
• Cultures of Violence
• Education Mental Health
• Water
• Food
• Energy
• Accountability of Leaders Over the Longer Term

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Information Peacekeeping 1Changing What We
Spend Money On

• Public intelligence can change public spending
  priorities
• Less on military, more on everything else
• Global intelligence can create global security
  forces and funds for sustaining Earth and Peace

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Information Peacekeeping 2Changing When How
We Intervene

• Public warning can change public policy
• More Prevention
• More Peacekeeping
• More Education
• More Long-Term Aid
• Less Corruption
• Less Censorship
• We have a sacred duty.

Inconvenient Warning Warning Fatigue Are
Obstacles.
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Information Peacekeeping 3Changing Who Does the
Thinking

• Public, not elites, must be the final judge of
  global security values
• Public intelligence will enable public
  understanding/action
• Berto Jongmans map is Reference A--we must all
  support him.

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Information Peacekeeping 4Changing Who Makes a
Difference How
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Information Peacekeeping 5Changing How the
World Views Intelligence

• Weekly report
• Distance learning
• Virtual library
• Expert Forum
• Shared directory
• Shared calendar
• Shared budget
• Shared plot (map)

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Information Peacekeeping 6Changing the
Strategic Focus

• Connectivity everywhere
• Content is digitized
• Coordination of standards and investments
• C4 Security across all seven tribes--public
  safety at same level as safety of secrets

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Conclusion

• The new craft of intelligence is the best hope
  for world peace through a world brain.
• A United Nations Open Decision Information
  Network (UNODIN) is a possibility.
• We work for the public. Only by educating the
  public, creating Smart Nations, can secret and
  open intelligence endeavors hope to succeed.
• Millions more will die before we get it right.
• There is no time to waste--we must start now.

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Headlines, Books, Conferences
UN INTELLIGENCE Does Not Exist, Will Not Exist,
Until Secretary General Makes Intelligence the
Second Half of the Planned Reform of the
Department of Public Information