COPYCAT CLOUDS

Close to a month ago, a deranged individual went on a stabbing spree in Tokyo. The incident might not have been big news here but it certainly shocked the Japanese. Now, however, it appears that the Internet is full of…...
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5GW DECEPTION OPERATIONS AND THE SOVIET PRECEDENT

Deception is 5GW’s central offensive weapon—the “secret war” equivalent of the combined arms strike. Some may say this is an overstatement. Can active deception really be classified as a weapon? Our disbelief in the offensive power of deception springs from…...
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SCENARIO: SIMULACRA AND SIMULATION

THE MAN WHO WASN’T THEREA recent ThreatsWatch briefing by Steve Schippert and Nick Grace focused on the Islamic State of Iraq’s (ISI) creation of a fictional character, “Abu Omar Al-Baghdadi.” Al-Baghdadi was called into existence to put an Iraqi face…...
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THE CONSPIRATORIAL STRATEGY

IS 5GW EVOLVED CONSPIRACY? In the course of an exchange on my previous entry, Strategist raised an important point: [I]s there much difference between the 5GW organizations you describe, and good old-fashioned conspiracies against the state? As I was reading…...
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Darknet: A Model for 5GW Organization

CLOSED SOURCE WARFARE Networked insurgents and Global Guerrillas are, by definition, open source. Transnational and decentralized, they sacrifice secrecy in favor of flexibility and collaboration. They are by nature self-improving, as many users collaborating can make the organization more efficient,…...
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