ADDRESS: Post Office Box 369 Voice: (703) 242-1700

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RESUME ROBERT DAVID STEELE

ADDRESS: Post Office Box 369 Voice: (703) 242-1700 Oakton, Virginia 22124 Facsimile: (703) 242-1711 Web: www.oss.net Email: [email protected] EDUCATION: Diploma (June 1987), Naval War College, Defense Studies Three year non-resident course of studies; with distinction M.P.A. (June 1987) University of Oklahoma, Public Administration Thesis on strategic and tactical national security information management M.A. (June, 1976) Lehigh University, International Studies Thesis on predicting revolution across multiple dimensions A.B. (June, 1974) Muhlenberg College, Political Science Thesis on multinational corporations and home-host country issues NATIONAL HONORS: Amazon.com reviewer rank 67 (non-fiction, national security readings) Year in Computers 2000 Microtimes 100 "unsung heroes…who created the future" (1994, 1996) Certificate of Achievement, General Defense Intelligence Program Certificate of Exceptional Achievement, Central Intelligence Agency Certificate of Special Achievement, Central Intelligence Agency Meritorious Honor Award (Group), Department of State Pi Alpha Alpha, National Honor Society for Public Administration EMPLOYMENT: Chief Executive Officer, OSS.Net—Global Intelligence Partnership (June 2003--) Chief Executive Officer, Open Source Solutions, Inc. (April 1993 – June 2003) Adjunct Faculty, Marine Corps University (mid-1990's) Senior Civilian, U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence (June 1988 – April 1993) Case Officer & Specialist, Central Intelligence Agency (August 1979 – June 1988) Infantry & Intelligence Officer, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (November 1976 – 1996) Graduate Research Assistant, Lehigh University (September 1974 – May 1976) Research Assistant, Muhlenberg College (September 1970 – May 1974) PUBLICATIONS: Provided separately. LANGUAGES: Spanish (fluent spoken, advanced written) SECURITY CLEARANCES: Top Secret active with Department of Defense, reinvestigated & renewed 2001 Codeword activated when needed, current Special Background Investigation

WORKS IN PROGRESS

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National Security Intelligence: The Asymmetric Challenge (for 2004) Business Intelligence: Combining the Long View with the Human View (for 2006) Law Enforcement Intelligence: Global Gangs Against Local Governments (for 2008) Ground Truth Intelligence: Humanitarian & Journalist Sources and Methods (for 2010) SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Peacekeeping Intelligence: Emerging Concepts for the Future (contributing editor, OSS International Press, 2003).

The New Craft of Intelligence: Personal, Public, & Political (Foreword by Senator Pat Roberts, R-KS, Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, OSS International Press), 2002 North Atlantic Treaty Organization Open Source Intelligence Handbook (Foreword by General William Kernan, Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, official publication, wrote 85% of it), 2002 "Crafting Intelligence in the Aftermath of Disaster," International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (April 2002), draft at http://www.oss.net/Papers/white/TheNewCraftofIntelligence.doc The New Craft of Intelligence: Achieving Asymmetric Advantage in the face of Nontraditional Threats (U.S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute), February 2002. "Possible Presidential Intelligence Initiatives", International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (December 2000), draft at www.oss.net/Papers/white/PresidentialIntelligence.doc On Intelligence: Spies and Secrecy in an Open World (Foreword by Senator David Boren, D-OK, now President, University of Oklahoma, AFCEA International Press first edition, OSS International Press second edition), 2000, 2002. Ranked 374 on Amazon.com before selling out after 9-11. "Muddy Waters, Rusting Buckets: A Skeptical Assessment of U.S. Naval Effectiveness in the 21st Century", accepted for publication by the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, withdrawn and published at www.defensedaily.com/reports/gonavy.htm (17 November 1999). "Presidential Leadership and National Security Policymaking", funded paper for the 10th Army Strategy Conference, April 1999, published at www.defensedaily.com/reports/securpolicy1099.htm (17 Nov 1999) and in a book by the Army War College (2000) "Relevant Information and All-Source Analysis: The Emerging Revolution" in American Intelligence Journal (Spring 1999), available at www.oss.net/Papers/white/AIJ-RelInfo.doc "First to Fight but Not Fighting Smart: A Skeptical Assessment of U.S. Marine Corps Effectiveness in the 21st Century", Marine Corps Gazette (May 1999), available at www.oss.net/Papers/white/EE21.doc “Virtual Intelligence: Conflict Avoidance and Resolution through Information Peacekeeping”, Journal of Conflict Resolution (Spring 1999), author’s draft at www.oss.net/VIRTUAL originally developed for a conference sponsored by the U.S. Institute of Peace in late 1990's. “INFORMATION PEACEKEEPING: The Purest Form of War,” in Douglas Dearth and Alan Campen, CYBERWAR: Myths, Mysteries, and Realities (AFCEA Press, June 1998) at www.oss.net/InfoPeace. “Eyes Wide Shut,” WIRED Magazine (August 1997) INTERVIEW “Intelligence Strategique aux Etats-Unis: Mythe ou Realite?” Revue Francaise de Geoeconomie (Spring 1997) “Open Sources and Cyberlaw,” Fringeware (#11, April 1997)

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“The Military Perspective on Information Warfare: Apocalypse Now,” Enjeux Atlantiques (#14, February 1997) “Creating a Smart Nation: Information Strategy, Virtual Intelligence, and Information Warfare,” in Alan D. Campen, Douglas H. Dearth, and R. Thomas Goodden (contributing editors), CYBERWAR: Security, Strategy, and Conflict in the Information Age (AFCEA, 1996) “Creating a Smart Nation: Strategy, Policy, Intelligence, and Information,” Government Information Quarterly (Summer 1996) “Reinventing Intelligence: The Vision and the Strategy,” International Defense & Technologies (December 1995), bilingual in French and English. “Private Enterprise Intelligence: Its Potential Contribution to National Security,” paper presented to the Canadian Intelligence Community Conference on “Intelligence Analysis and Assessment,” 29 October 1994. Reprinted in Intelligence and National Security (Special Issue, October 1995), and also in a book by the same name, 1996. “Reinventing Intelligence: Holy Grail or Mission Impossible?” International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (Summer 1994) “ACCESS: The Theory and Practice of Competitor Intelligence,” Keynote Speech to Chief Executive Officers and strategic planners at the 1994 Annual Conference of the Association for Global Strategic Information, Heidelberg, 14 June 1994, reprinted in Journal of the Association for Global Strategic Information (July 1994) “Corporate Role in National Competitiveness: Smart People + Good Tools + Information = Profit”, Proceedings, Society of Photo-Optical Engineers (Spring 1994) “A Critical Evaluation of U.S. National Intelligence Capabilities,” International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (Summer 1993) “E3I: Ethics, Ecology, Evolution, and Intelligence: An Alternative Paradigm for National Intelligence,” Whole Earth Review (Fall 1992) “C4I: The New Linchpin,” Proceedings (U.S. Naval Institute, July 1992) “Applying the ‘New Paradigm’: How to Avoid Strategic Intelligence Failures in the Future,” American Intelligence Journal (Autumn 1991) “Intelligence Support to Expeditionary Planners,” Marine Corps Gazette (September 1991) “Intelligence in the 1990's: Recasting National Security in a Changing World,” American Intelligence Journal (Summer/Fall 1990) SPEECHES, LECTURES, & RESEARCH SUPPORT: Invited speeches to various international conferences, invited lectures in 18 countries. Sponsor annual international conference on open source intelligence and the foremost global website on open source intelligence, www.oss.net. Advise Ph.D. and other students of OSINT pro bono.