Intel Briefing

Political Intelligence

by Alan J Simpson

Walking the corridors of power, or to be more effective listening to well lubricated political operatives at their watering holes, and at The National Press Club makes you realize that the average American has little, or no idea what is going on in their name, here in the Nation’s Capital. Fortunately for the politicians the average voter has a short attention span, and can be easily swayed by slick TV commercials, regardless of if they are true or not. One would believe that the intelligence community would be above all this political theater.

The role of intelligence has always been successfully when the output has been a scenario, or a picture of the situation. This uses all the technologies of intelligence gathering, analysis and surveillance of the target. When the intelligence community get’s itself into a mess is when they continue beyond presenting scenarios to politicians, and give an answer to the problem, that is they make policy decisions.

Today we see the politicians taking this dangerous trend one step further and developing their own intelligence scenarios, often fictitious, to justify their policy positions, and ultimately their actions if in power. A recipe for disaster!

The Missing WMD’s (Dec 4th, 2007)
Video Surveillance Profiling (Nov 28th, 2007)
The Annapolis Conference Fiasco (Nov 27th, 2007)
Satellite Surveillance Bonanza (Nov 17th, 2007)
Oil at $100 a Barrel (Nov 5th, 2007)
Pakistan – Bush’s Greatest Fear (Nov 1st, 2007)
Karen Hughes – Square Peg in a Round Hole (Oct 31st, 2007)
The Political Game Show (Oct 30th, 2007)
Blogs & Pharma Marketing (Oct 9th, 2007)
Pharma Marketing (Oct 8th, 2007)
Big Pharma, the New Big Tobacco (Sept. 28th, 2007)
Pharma Conference Scams (Sept 25th, 2007)
Failed Diplomacy and Protocol (Sept 24th, 2007)
Diplomacy Training for Corporate Executives (Sept 22nd, 2007)
Pharmaceutical Meetings and Political Intelligence (Sept 20th, 2007)
Universal Healthcare Will Happen (Sept 19th, 2007)
The Surge, or “Battle of the Bulge” (Sept 12th, 2007)
Fred Thompson could WIN! (Sept 11th, 2007)
Creating the Center for Corporate Diplomacy (Sept 1st, 2007)
Has “Open Source Intelligence” Arrived? (July 25th, 2007)
The Failure of “Intelligence Fusion Centers” (July 24th, 2007)
The New GeoPolitical and Energy Intelligence (June 22nd, 2007)
Global Pharma TV (June 12th, 2007)
European Pharma TV (June 8th, 2007)
Genocide over Energy and Food?? (May 23rd, 2007)
Immigration, or Importing Poverty (May 22nd, 2007)
The Politics of Energy (May 20th, 2007)
Energy Intelligence Advisors (May 11th, 2007)
The Sky Isn’t Falling (May 10th, 2007)
Legislation to Boost Wind Power in South Dakota (NR May 3rd, 2007)
Geothermal Energy on Federal Lands (NR May 1st, 2007)
DOE Announces up to $200 million for Bio Refineries (NR May 1st, 2007)
MMS Energy Plan – American Chemistry Council (NR April 30th, 2007)
NJ Senators Denounce Offshore Drilling Plan (NR April 30th, 2007)
Oil/Gas on Outer Continental Shelf (NR April 30th, 2007)
Dire Consequences of Global Warming (NR April19th, 2007)
Clean Air/Climate Change Act 2007 Introduced (NR April 19th, 2007)
Sen Carper (D-Del) Clean Air Bill (NR April 19th, 2007)
Hinchey, Shays “Energy for Our Future Act” (NR April 19th, 2007)
National Energy Policy Too Weak (NRDC) (NR April 19th, 2007)
Ethanol Policy and Animal Agriculture (NR April 19th, 2007)
CAISCO Approved (FERC) (NR April 19th, 2007)
Etiquette Training and Bored Wives (April 16th, 2007)
The Cry of Frustrated Youth (April 14th, 2007)
Protocol Training – Is it Sexist, Racist and Antiquated (April 13th, 2007)
Diplomacy and “Closing the Deal ” (April 12th, 2007)
Diplomacy Training for Students (April 11th, 2007)
Etiquette and Protocol Training (April 10th, 2007)
The Sinking Ship (April 2nd, 2007)
Entertaining the Rich and Powerful (March 30th, 2007
Corruption in Politics (March 12th, 2007)
Corporate Diplomacy, the US Safety Net (Feb. 17th, 2007)
Mourning US Diplomacy (Feb, 7th, 2007)
Private Diplomacy, the Way Forward (Feb. 6th, 2007)
Communications and Intelligence (Feb. 4th, 2007)
Military & Political Competence (Feb 2nd, 2007)
Bush’s Ground Hog Day (Jan 30th, 2007)
US Public Diplomacy in Crisis (Jan 22nd, 2007)
The Surge (Jan 17th, 2007)
President Ford (Jan. 2nd, 2007)
2006
LoveFest for Rummy (Dec. 17th, 2006)
Political Intelligence and Insider Trading (Dec. 12th, 2006)
Cinderella in Jordan (Nov. 29th, 2006)
Jewish Influence in Washington, DC (Nov. 24th, 2006)
It’s Civil War Stupid! (Nov. 22nd, 2006)
All Eyes on Democrat Committees (Nov. 21st, 2006)
Republican Voter Fraud (Nov. 18th, 2006)
Bush’s D-Day (Nov. 9th, 2006)
Disaster Communications (Oct 24th, 2006)
RoveBots Spinning “Winning” (Oct 19th, 2006)
Death Sentence for Israel (Oct.13th, 2006)
America Deserves Better (Oct. 9th, 2006)
Bush Fails to Deliver in War (Oct. 8th, 2006)
It’s Still Propaganda and Lies (Oct.7th, 2006)
Right Message or Dead Americans (Oct. 6th, 2006)
Is OSINT Hype? (Oct.6th, 2006)
Winning Hearts and Minds (Oct. 5th, 2006)
PageGate and GOP Pedophilia (Oct. 4th, 2006)
Military – Industrial Implosion Inevitable (Oct. 3rd, 2006)
Politics, Food and Tastes of the World (Sep 29th, 2006)
Analyzing Biased Political News (Sep 28th, 2006)
Predictive Intelligence (Sep 27th, 2006)
Intelligence Rubber Stampers (Sep 26th, 2006)
America is Imploding (Sep 25th, 2006)
Clinton 1 Wallace 0 (Sep 24th, 2006)
Corporate GeoPolitical Intelligence (Sep 23rd, 2006)
Freedom to Protest in the USA (Sep 22nd, 2006)
GeoPolitical War Games (Sep. 21st, 2006)
October Surprise, Invading Iran? (Sep. 20th, 2006)
Satellites, America’s Achilles Heel (Aug. 27th, 2006)
Cluster Bombs, Israel’s Terror Weapons (Aug. 26th, 2006)
America’s Image Abroad (Aug, 25th, 2006)
Corporate Political Intelligence War Games (Aug.24th, 2006)
Political Intelligence, US Industry and Attacking Iran (Aug. 19th, 2006)
Hezbollah Pulls Off Media Coup (Aug. 18th, 2006)
Israel Wins the Battles, Hezbollah the War (Aug. 15th, 2006)
The Alleged Plot to Attack Airliners (Aug. 10th, 2006)
Kiss Joey Goodbye George (Aug. 10th, 2006)
Israel and Annexing South Lebanon (Aug. 9th, 2006)
Pirates, Terrorists and Maritime Intelligence (Aug. 1st, 2006)
Hezbollah Wins New War, Israel the Old (Jul 31st, 2006)
Lebanon, the Perfect Storm (Jul 28th, 2006)
Oh George, Wake Up! (Jul 20th, 2006)
US Travel Leadership in Question (Jun 14th, 2006)
Bush Supporter, No I’m a Republican (Jun 6th, 2006)
Big Pharma and Regulation (Jun 5th, 2006)
Corrupt Politics and the Travel Industry (May 16th, 2006)
Immigration- Barbarians at the Gate (May 15th, 2006)
Saudi Arabia – Western Tourist Mecca? (May 14th, 2006)
Demolishing Bridges with Tourism (May 11th, 2006)
Politics and Culinary Tourism (May 1st, 2006)
Tourism Intelligence, Not WTTC Hype (April 14th, 2006)
Tourism Summit, Problem Not the Solution (April 11th, 2006)
Illegal Immigration and Tourism (April 10th, 2006)
World Travel & Tourism Summit 2006 (April 7th, 2006)
Limits of OSINT (Mar 27th, 2006)
Impeach Bush (Mar 13th, 2006)
They Just Don’t Get It! (Feb 21st, 2006)
Intelligence Summit 2006 (Feb. 20th, 2006)
Posturing Old Men (Jan 17th, 2006)
Countdown to War (Jan 16th, 2006)
Making a Difference (Jan 10th, 2006)
Strange Bedfellows (Jan 9th, 2006)
2005
Political Intel or Insider Trading (Dec 24th, 2005)
Military Don’t Own OSINT (Dec 23rd, 2005)
No Free Cellphones, or OSINT Computers (Dec 22nd, 2005)
OSINT It’s about Access (Dec 21st, 2005)
Exclusive and Valuable Intelligence (Dec 19th, 2005)
OSINT and The Cult of Secrecy (Dec 16th, 2005)
OSINT for States (Dec 15th, 2005)
“Goddamn Piece of Paper” (Dec 14th, 2005)
Chinese Take Away (Dec 13th, 2005)
What is China Doing? (Dec 12th, 2005)
Golden Age of Lobbying (Dec 9th, 2005)
Understanding Political Intelligence (Dec 8th, 2005)
Frightened of Leadership (Dec 7th, 2005)
Lobbyists – Biased Political Intelligence (Dec 6th, 2005)
Military Convoy Crashes Economy (Dec 5th, 2005)
Political Intelligence for Hedge Funds (Dec 3rd, 2005)
Something Stinks in Greenbelt (Dec 2nd, 2005)
Buying Good News (Dec. 1st, 2005)
Understanding Washington Power (Nov 29th, 2005)
Corruption in Washington Politics (Nov 28th, 2005)
Bombing Al Jazeera (Nov 26th, 2005)
War, Torture and Tourism (Nov 25th, 2005)
US Interrogation Flights (Nov 24th, 2005)
Let’s Cover Up Torture, Please! (Nov 19th, 2005)
Too Many Sick Spies (Nov 18th, 2005)
Cut and Run? (Nov 17th, 2005)
Vietnamization of Iraq (Nov 15th, 2005)
Window Dressing (Nov 14th, 2005)
Baby Boomers & Investments (Nov 8th, 2005)
A Royal Pain (Nov 5th, 2005)
At Long Last! (Nov. 2nd, 2005)
Tourism Marketing (Nov 1st, 2005)
Lies, More Lies, Even More Lies (Oct. 28th, 2005)
9/11 – Frightened of the Truth (Oct 14th, 2005)
United Nations – Missed Opportunities (Sept 21st, 2005)
New Orleans – Aid Offered (Sept 20th, 2005)
New Orleans – Immediate Aftermath (Sept 19th, 2005)
National Energy Center (Sept 18th, 2005)
Britain’s Fuel Crisis (Sep 12th, 2005)
New Orleans – Blinding Incompetence (Sep 1, 2005)
New Orleans – Paralyzing Washington (Aug 31st, 2005)
New Orleans, Failure of Leadership (Aug 30th, 2005)
Bush’s Oil Dilemma (Aug 27th, 2005)
The Cost of Wasted Energy (Aug 25th, 2005)
Imperial America, The Downside (Aug 15th, 2005)
How Stupid George! (Aug 14th, 2005)
An Oil Well Too Far! (Aug 10th, 2005)
PetroEuros & Invading Iran (Aug 8th, 2005)
The Iranian Nuclear Program (Aug 5th, 2005)
China, Jobs & Abortion (July 22nd, 2005)
Treason, or Politics as Usual (July 18th, 2005)
Karl Rove, Teflon or Traitor (July 2nd, 2005)
Commander in Chief, Brilliant! (July 1st, 2005)
The Draft – (Jun 13th, 2005)
Attacking Iran – (Jun 10th, 2005)
Financial Espionage – (Jun 9th, 2005)
Deep Throat – (Jun 8th, 2005)
Telesur – (Jun 2nd, 2005)
World of TV News – (Jun 1st, 2005)
Paranoia or Panic Politics? – (May 12th, 2005)
Abusing the Nation’s Trust – ( May 9th, 2005)
NSA Lied to Congress – (May 8th, 2005)
Newsrooms, WarRooms & CI – (May 7th, 2005)
Blair Sees the Light – (May 6th, 2005)
Corporate Intelligence in a Vacuum – (May 5th, 2005)
Taxes -v- Outsourcing (May 4th, 2005)
Bunker Busting Stupidity – (May 3rd, 2005)
Democrats, Gone Home – (May 2nd, 2005)
UN Reform, Be Careful! – (Apr 29th, 2005)
Politics and Radar Blips – (Apr 28th, 2005)
Enemy of the State – (Apr 25th, 2005)
Spies Cafe – (Apr 23rd, 2002)
Liberals and Socialists – (Apr 22nd, 2005)
Imperial America, King Dicky – (Apr 21st, 2005)
Trailblazer – Another Rip Off? – (Apr 20th, 2005)
The Panzer Pope – (Apr 19th, 2005)
Chinese Seek Justice – (Apr 13th, 2005)
Goodbye Diplomacy – (Apr 12th, 2005)
Oh No, Not Wolfowitz! – (Apr 11th, 2005)
Space, the Forgotten Frontier – (Apr 9th, 2005)
President Carter Snubbed – (Apr 8th, 2005)
Bloody People – (Apr 6th, 2005)
Playing Politics with Life – (Mar 24th, 2005)
EU Intel – Too Many Cooks (Mar 15th, 2005)
Competitive Intelligence, Huh! (Mar 14th, 2005)
Taiwan Free Fire Zone (Mar 12th, 2005)
Vietnamese Revenge (Mar 11th, 2005)
Too Fat to Fight (Mar 10th, 2005)
Social Security Smokescreen (Mar 9th, 2005)
Never Ending Election (Mar 8th, 2005)
Too Many Bloody “Mistakes” (Mar 7th, 2005)
Chinese Pharmaceuticals (Mar 6th, 2006)
Election 2008 – Healthcare & Pharma Costs (Mar 5th, 2005)
Obesity & National Security (Mar 4th, 2005)
Bird Flu – (Mar 3rd, 2005)
FDA Changing Spots? (Mar 2nd, 2005)
Erectile Dysfunction Epidemic (Mar 1st, 2005)
Healthcare – Ticking Time Bomb (Feb 28th, 2005)
Clinton – Is it AIDS? (Feb 25th, 2005)
The Spy on Your Desk (Feb 24th, 2005)
Funding China (Feb 23rd, 2005)
Democrats in Doldrums (Feb 22nd, 2005)
Who Can You Trust?(Feb 21st, 2005)
Negroponte, Intel Chief? (Feb 19th, 2005)
Quarterback, Yes — PM, No (Feb 18th, 2005)
Mercenaries and Private Armies (Feb 17th, 2005)
Secret Prisons (Feb 16th, 2005)
Master of Naivety Degree ( Feb. 15th, 2005)
The Overworked American (Feb. 14th, 2005)
The War in Iraq (Feb 11th, 2005)
The Ruling Classes (Feb 10th, 2005)
Tsunami or Meteorite? (Jan 11th, 2005)
The Rape of Iraq (Jan 4th, 2005)
Intelligence for Sale (Jan. 3rd, 2005)
2004
DC Doldrums (Dec.10th, 2004)
Poison Pills (Dec. 9th, 2004)
Leisure – The Last Frontier (Dec. 6th, 2004)
The Aftermath (Nov 19th, 2004)
Attacking Iran (Oct 19th, 2004)
Military Service (Oct 15th, 2004)
HR – Killing US Industry (Oct 14th, 2004)
The United Nations (Oct 13th, 2004)
Europe, Can You Trust US Owned ISP’s (Oct 12th, 2004)
The New Slave Society (Oct 11th, 2004)
President Reagan and Global Political TV (Oct 9th, 2004)
Telecommunications Intelligence (Oct 8th, 2004)
2004 Veeps Debate (Oct 5th, 2004)
Iraq – Exit Strategy (Oct 2nd, 2004)
First Presidential Debate (Oct 1st, 2004)
Bush’s Flip-Flops (Sep 30th, 2004)
Debates, or News Conferences (Sep 29th, 2004)
Once Bitten, Twice Ravaged (Sept.28th, 2004)
Prelude to World War III (Sep 27th, 2004)
Porter Goss & The CIA (Sep 24th, 2004)
Magic Kingdoms (Sep 23rd, 2004)
Missed Opportunity (Sep 22nd, 2004)
The United Nations (Sep 21st, 2004)
Capitalist War Gone Bad (Sep 20th, 2004)
Terrorist Targets (Sep 17th, 2004)
Oil Crisis Looms (Sep 15th, 2004)
The Bear is Out of Hibernation (Sep 14th, 2004)
Red Herrings (Sep 13th, 2004)
Freedom Fighters or Terrorists? (Sep 10th, 2004)
Due Process, Terrorists and Children (Sep 2nd, 2004)
Maximum Devastation (Sep 1st, 2004)
Get the Wolf! (Aug 31st, 2004)
Not War, It’s Occupation (Aug 30th, 2004)
Libel, Oil and Terrorists (Aug 27th, 2004)
Saudi Threats to US Journalist (Aug 26th, 2004)
A Can of Worms (Aug 25th, 2004)
Bush Creates Islamic Theocracy (Aug 24th, 2004)
Absolute Power Corrupts ( Aug 23rd, 2004)
Burying CIA Mistakes (Aug 22nd, 2004)
Scarce Resources (Aug 19th, 2004)
Venezuela – Oops Wrong Result! (Aug 18th, 2004)
Turf Wars (Aug 17th, 2004)
Viagra Terror Weapon (Aug 16th, 2004)
The Impossible War on Terror (Aug 14th, 2004)
Gay Honey Trap (Aug 13th, 2004)
Liberals, liberals, liberals… (Aug 12th, 2004)
Newts are for Ponds (Aug 11th, 2004)
Go Porter Goss! (Aug 10th, 2004)
Chalabi – Nice Scam! (Aug 9th, 2004)
Dirty, Disgusting Politics (Aug.8th, 2004)
Iraq – Democracy or Puppets (Aug. 7th, 2004)
UK: Europe or USA? (Aug. 6th, 2004)
Backdoor Draft (Aug.5th, 2004)
Beware the Dragon Awakes ( Aug. 4th, 2004)
The Thousand Break Point (Aug.3rd., 2004)
The Missing 9 Minutes (Aug. 2nd, 2004)
Symbols Power and Oppression (Jul. 31st)

Kerry Will End the War! (Jul. 30th.)
Forget Rainbows, Stop Terrorists (Jul. 29th)