Center for Strategic Communication

Intended clouds and unintended consequences

[ by Charles Cameron — this post is mostly concerned with unintended consequences in foreign policy, not Berndnaut Smilde‘s intended and dramatic clouds, but hey! ] . Nimbus Sankt Peter, 2014. Artist: Berndnaut Smilde ** Obama said in an interview on Vice...

On, or Of?

[ by Charles Cameron — always trying to read with care, not always succeeding — NSA ] . Dana Milbank in WaPo yesterday: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) asked Clapper at a Senate hearing in March, “Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or...

Is 4GW Dead?: Point-Counterpoint and Commentary

4GW theory has always attracted overenthusiasts and  raging haters ever since the concept emerged way back in 1989, so debates about the merit of 4GW are nothing new; in fact, the arguments became so routine that they had largely gone sterile years ago.  After T.X....

Form is Insight: the project

[ by Charles Cameron — about the (not yet titled) book (or post-book project) i seem to be writing, which offers a grand slam intro to an array of box-free contemplative and artistic approaches to creative thinking, and hence opens fresh angles on intelligence ]...

One hand Clapping: or is the DNI a Zen Pundit?

[ by Charles Cameron — silos, motorcycles, zen and the DNI ] . . Pam Benson writing at the CNN Security blog may or may not have had anything to do with the title of her post, Spy chief gets Zen, but she’s presumably responsible for her first paragraph:...