Tag Archives: Central Intelligence Agency

FaceBook acts as a de facto information gathering source for US intelligence agencies such as NSA, CIA and FBI. — [VIDEO]

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

More.

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On The Use of Prediction Markets in Information Security (CIA’s In-Q-Tel) — [LINK]

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

- Alpha version sometime in the next few months. – Conf.

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CIA now know InTrade’s prediction markets were not useful in assessing Fukushima. — [SCREENSHOT]

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

InTrade was not able to predict anything regarding the Fukushima nuclear energy plant. — [PREDICTION POST-MORTEM] –> See Jason Ruspini’s comment, by the way.

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In the last three years, America’s military and intelligence agencies have spent more than $125 million on computer models that are supposed to forecast political unrest. – [REPORT]

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Wired: Pentagon’s Prediction Software Didn’t Spot Egypt Unrest.

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Julian Assange to be indicted for a federal crime in the United States? – [VIDEO]

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Ray McGovern, a former CIA agent, defends WikiLeaks’s Julian Assange:

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Julian Assange: “So, as far as markets are concerned, I’m a libertarian, but I have enough expertise in politics and history to understand that a free market ends up as monopoly unless you force them to be free. WikiLeaks is designed to make capitalism more free and ethical.”

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

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The secret link between the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

CIA @ Wikipedia ISI @ Wikipedia Robert Baer:

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Do you have what it takes to run the CIA?

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Former CIA Deputy Director John McLaughlin: Other qualities [= other than experience in the Intelligence Community] are capacity to make decisions when there are no easy options and to take responsibility for them, situational awareness about the secondary and tertiary … Continue reading →

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What I mean by “advanced” and “retarded”

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- An event is “advanced” when it is before the others on the timeline. – An event is “retarded” when it is after the others on the timeline. – - I use the term “advanced, primary indicator” to talk about … Continue reading →

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The prediction markets deserve a fair trial.

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Niall O’Connor: Sadly, from our analysis, the impression that one gets is of a market that is spooked by poll results; driven by stale news; and heavily influenced by gossip and rumour. Questions: Could Lord O’Connor cite the name of … Continue reading →

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