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Recommended ISAF Guidance for Female Engagement Teams

January 4, 2011 by

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[The following consists of the speaking notes for a presentation delivered by Major Maria Vedder of the U.S. Army's Human Terrain System, from 23 February 2010, as a "strategic intelligence update." The original file can be accessed here as a PPT file and here as a PDF.] SPEAKING NOTES: OPTION 1 Good Morning Sir, It’s… [Read more…]

U.S. Army Starving its Civil Affairs Functions: Prefers New Age HTS, PRT’s

December 12, 2010 by

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“If the expansion of the Human Terrain System gains traction at TRADOC it could kill any efforts to develop a cultural expertise construct by the Civil Affairs community, specifically the Civil Affairs Proponent at USA JFK SWCS.  Everybody is looking to get as much money as they can for their organizations as the Defense budget… [Read more…]

The Leavenworth Diary: Double Agent Anthropologist Inside the Human Terrain System

December 5, 2010 by

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[Max Forte: The following article by John Allison, an anthropologist and former employee of the U.S. Army's Human Terrain System, offers us an inside look at the workings of HTS and its training program, adding to a growing body of insider accounts published as leaks to John Stanton's many articles, as comments on this blog… [Read more…]

Cyber Warlords Push Counterinsurgency, Social Science: Human Terrain System as a Cautionary Tale

November 9, 2010 by

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Anyone familiar with the U.S. Army’s Human Terrain System knew that it wouldn’t be long until the same principles upon which the HTS program were built would be used by the U.S. national security machinery to justify a cyber-surge of the Internet. A similar attempt was made beginning in the mid/late-1990’s by President Bill Clinton… [Read more…]

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