Trapwire Stratfor Email 52 (Deep Web)

Re: [CT] HZ Model

Released on 2012-08-12 08:00 GMT
Email-ID 	1585896
Date 	2010-09-22 17:04:37
From 	sean.noonan@stratfor.com
To 	ct@stratfor.com
very interesting.

Fred Burton wrote:

I don't buy the 90%. Lean more towards 60-70%. I've seen outstanding
HUMINT coverages which run 180 degrees from OS, combined with SIGINT.

The other aspect is the Dark Web data mining streams now combined
w/surveillance logs AND technology like TrapWire. Neither of which very
few people see.

The high public figures are disinformation to protect sources and
methods (foreign liaison channels.)

The volumnes of granular data for example on Iran or Mexico today
out-pace the OS.


Aaron Colvin wrote:


So, since [as I understand it] upwards of 90% of all real intel comes
from OS, isn't it safe to say these non-gov guys without the TS/SCI info
could come somewhere close to the answers?

On 9/22/10 9:48 AM, Fred Burton wrote:



Agree

Having said that, studies like this are read now inside the CIA, NCTC,
FBI. Back in the day, nobody read anything other than what each other
wrote.

The challenge has always been that educational institutions and think
tanks lack the access to very valuable feeds of information primarily in
the SIGINT arena, so they lack 20-25% of the granular data.

For example, let's say the FBI is investigating HZ surveillances in
CONUS, predicated upon an intercept that indicates the go order has been
given. The think tank does not have access to either reporting stream.

Aaron Colvin wrote:



I like studies like this, but the real problem is that the focus is on
deterministic domains of "perfect" information. It's like game-theoretic
models that assume rationality. These are great to understand and read,
but, IMHO, should not be fully adhered to.

On 9/22/10 9:29 AM, Fred Burton wrote:




Well worth the read.











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