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updated 12 08 2019
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Secret Intelligence Service
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“It is easier to find those who are willing to die than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.”
– Est est facile est invenire qui promptus mori, quam ut qui dolorem pati volens in patientia.
Gaius Julius Caesar. (100 – 44 BC). Rome
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Welcome gentlewomen and men. What I want to do is broadly describe a quality of society, do this in a somewhat different way and then for us to :
Discuss this societal dynamic as it applies, in what varying extents and where at home and also abroad and there, where in particular.
Discuss this societal dynamic, that is, once it becomes embedded then as a possible foundation/precursor to both anarchy and radicalisation.
When there are those who feel that a society (ours, but not restricted to) is ‘collapsing’, who argue this and consequently posit certain ‘remedies’, often if not always in contravention of our position/s.
The French sociologist Emile Durkheim (1858 – 1917) observed what he saw and defined as the disintegrating of social bonds, i.e., the bonds that compel people and societies into collective acts of self-destruction.
He argued that when social bonds are strong, individuals achieve a healthy balance between individual initiative and communal solidarity – what he referred to as ‘life-sustaining equilibrium’. These individuals have the lowest rates of suicide. The individuals and societies most susceptible to self-destruction he argued, are those for whom these bonds, this equilibrium, has been fragmented and / or destroyed. *
* Indeed, argued as being such from a certain point of view, erroneous?
Societies then, are held together by a mesh of social bonds that do provide individuals with the sense of being a part of a collective and to engage in a project larger than the self. This collective expresses itself through certain rituals such as participation, appeals to patriotism and shared beliefs including religious beliefs.
The social bonds provide meaning, a sense of purpose, status, dignity, they offer psychological protection from impending mortality and the meaninglessness that appears with being isolated and alone.
The shattering of these bonds further plunges individuals into deep psychological distress and that leads ultimately to acts of self-annihilation.
Durkheim referred to this state of hopelessness and despair as ‘anomie’, which he defined as ‘ruleless-ness’.
The condition of anomie (and that we should discuss), even when there is no real precursor, i.e., does become accepted / internalised as a condition, a literal open door, not just for the falsity of meanings and values dictated by manipulative actors to enter in, but these meanings and values, subsequently adopted, ultimately become destructive of both the individual and collectively the state.
The condition of some kind of ‘better’ state, a utopia that only exists in a simplistic abstraction, to make the state otherwise conforming to distorted and life-destroying characteristics.
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Secret Intelligence Service
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Seminar. Harrogate. : 20 01 2019
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Secret Intelligence Service
(C-IV). Unit. London
A Simple Nomenclature
The outcome of the conflict in a situation fraught with violence is defined by psychological attitude no less, and perhaps even more so than any other factor.
Best known techniques of finding the right fighting spirit and the state of vigilance is to carefully study and use colour-coded alert.
Colour code willingness was proposed during the Second World War, subsequently modified and a few years after the war began to promote personal safety.
The first level is a psychological condition characterised by complete detachment from all that is happening around the absolute unwillingness to react to danger. In this state, a person is immersed in themselves, all the attention is absorbed in his/her own thoughts and concerns. On a scale of colour-coded state (similar to a traffic light) is defined as ‘white light’ (in the original version – green). Criminals and/or scum love to deal with those who are not ready to oppose them, because they are – easy prey.
The next higher level of readiness to repel is defined as ‘yellow light’. In this state he/she is psychologically relaxed but aware of events happening around them. He/she knows what or who is behind, notes the unusual, out of the general dynamics of the environment.
Almost any conflict preceded by some implicit signs that a person in a state of ‘white light’ will not even notice.
Is the same as one in the head burns, ‘yellow light’, certainly these signs mark as attention is drawn to the outside. It is possible that symptoms to disturb are quite harmless, but if they portend fight, he/she guards. The pnes in the ‘yellow light’ understand that if would threaten their life, he/she would do everything to prevent the sad outcome for themselves, but he/she does not know when it will happen and who will be the opponent. The main difference between the two characters is that the person is able to ‘yellow light’ drawing attention to what occurs in the immediate vicinity.
This is followed by a state of concern for specific circumstances, and it is marked ‘orange’. In this state, people have said to that any particular sign of probable clashes, and they focus on the source of the alarm. He/she not only understands they might have to use a weapon, but also are aware of the probable presence of a particular purpose. State ‘orange light’ steps closer to a decision on the use of weapons. Internally switch from ‘yellow’ to ‘orange light’ simply can not be said about the transition to the ‘orange light’ directly with ‘white’.
For example, in certain contexts we switch to the ‘yellow light’ (general alarm) on the ‘orange’ (high alarm) when approaching a high-risk zone. Perhaps we have not seen before a specific living target, but the time and the fight situation may well be revealed during the next few seconds, even if the opponent still does not show.
If in the danger zone is detected hidden people, we make the next step on the ladder of combat readiness and accordingly the decision threshold for opening fire even more reduced. This higher level is defined as the ‘red light’ and is typical for a situation where an armed conflict is very likely. We have not decided to open fire, but localised specific person/s, who can be configured to us with hostility and perhaps deserves the outcome – now everything will depend on reaction of the foe to our appearance.
Note : There is a lot more to this and will continue on the website. Link to be added.
Secret Intelligence Service
(C-IV). Unit. London
A Simple Nomenclature
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Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I) Unit. Seminar / Discussion
Harrogate. 12 08 2019
A simple statement to examine : The Brighter the Light, the Darker the Shadow. (ref; Carl Gustav Jung. 1875 – 1961)
OK and very quickly here. Social media is / can be viewed by us as a psychoanalytic platform because herein is offered the facility to free associate – a doing largely unbeknown in its capacity to reveal, vis a vis countless actors. Take a quick glance across social media and bring examples of images and their accompanying profile descriptions so that we can discuss >> what really lives / lurks / dances in glamour(?) behind these. << Note in addition the traits and qualities attributed to the propagandised images of other people who appear as ‘icons’, ‘the heroic’ and these traits and qualities (individualised) being introjected (and repeated) such that they are lived out in a fantasy life.
I think this is rather interesting in the context of, via our observances over time, the nature / quality of a person/s psyche (profile if you like) and how social media is seized by them to project an entirely (contradictory) visage. For example ; ”I smile and whirl like crazy in my bright clothes, and use others and what they say to enhance this – because I am not really this happy, secure and loving person at all. I am a hater, jealous and insecure….My projection is a weapon not only to devastate but make you cease to exist.”
Note the obvious distinction between unconscious drives and knowingly diving straight in, although the latter is not so easily stated as it does always contain elements of the former.
A simple statement to examine : The Brighter the Light, the Darker the Shadow. Carl Gustav Jung ( 1875 – 1961)
Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I) Unit. Seminar / Discussion
Harrogate. 12 08 2019
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Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I) Unit.
London 09 08 2019
From the Archive – A Note on the Research into Psychopathy. Why is this useful to us?
Psychopaths do respond normally to direct threats, such as an image of a snarling dog or large spider, but not to social threats – people in pain or distress. Ordinary people react to both.
Neuroscientists are studying the empathic responses of psychopaths. In studies involving functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), the areas of the brain associated with empathy (the ability to sense the emotions of another) do not activate in psychopaths to the same extent as do control subjects. When the neuro-biologist Harma Meffert et al at the University of Groningen explicitly instructed them to ‘feel with’ a hand that is being caressed or pushed aside, the researchers discovered that psychopaths were capable of mustering a normal response. Therefore one can surmise that when explicitly told to empathise with another, psychopaths are able to.
Another neuro-scientist Jean Decety at the University of Chicago discovered something rather similar. He gave psychopaths images of limbs in painful situations, such as a finger caught in a car door. He asked them to either ‘imagine this is happening to yourself’ or ‘imagine this is happening to another’. When psychopaths imagined that they were in such a painful situation, they displayed something very close to the typical empathic brain response – however when they imagined someone else was in that very same situation, their empathy-related brain areas did not activate very much at all.
If psychopaths have an empathy deficit, then, it is a very intriguing issue. A different way of measuring brain activation throws further light on this. Electro-encephalograms (EEGs) measure brain activation over time, as opposed to previously mentioned fMRI studies, that produce measurements of brain activity at one particular moment. EEG studies with psychopaths are revealing; their initial brain response to people in distress is largely intact. Tis is the ‘orienting response’ – the act of turning your attention onto a stimulus – in this case, another person in distress. This is associated with the sympathetic nervous system and which mobilises a defence response. This first reaction appears to be entirely involuntary in psychopaths and non-psychopaths alike. It is what happens in the later stages that is different; rather than their defensive response continuing to get stronger, and their attention becoming even more focused on the person in distress, the psychopaths’ response weakens and begins to die down…..
Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I) Unit. London 09 08 2019
From the Archive – A Note on the Research into Psychopathy
Why is this useful to us?
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Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I) Unit
Seminar 03 08 2019. Harrogate
Brexit brief : Discuss / evaluate / expand the following note
A tripolar world vision : developing over the next twenty years? I will also include the Transatlantic bloc, strengthened in some areas, and remaining amorphous in others. Not all European countries are bound to be included, but this bloc will exist based on certain common values, ideas and strategies. There will also be an arc of tension passing through Africa and parts of Asia; there, a new ideology emerging that we in the West, will find terribly threatening. Finally, geo-political and geo-strategic alliances will be created in the Eurasian space, consisting of governments coming together more so to play a significant role in the world. (BRICS, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) and so on.
Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I) Unit
Seminar 03 08 2019. Harrogate
Brexit brief : Discuss / evaluate / expand the following note
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Secret Intelligence Service
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Extract from ‘a book’ (regarding ‘recruitment’)
…..and hair on the head is not always smoothly combed – this is already enough to know something about the inner world of a person. Often the jaws are clenched – this is a true admit of inner fitness, composure and will. This is difficult to recruit, but then it is easy to work with such. For a very long time, I have been stealing my expression on his face. Especially important to me are all the details about his eyes; eyes are located widely, eyelids do not hang, small bags under eyes. Pupils move from one position to another very slowly and linger in one position for a long time. The eyelids lower slowly and just as slowly lifts them. Look long, but not always attentive. More often the sight is absent, than studying. When studying a person, special attention is paid to the muscles of the mouth in different situations: during a smile, in anger, in irritation, in relaxation. But a smile is condescending, scornful, squeamish, happy, ironic, sarcastic, there is a winner’s smile and a loser’s smile, an embarrassed smile or a threatening smile, close to a grin. And in all these situations, the muscles of the face are involved. The work of these muscles is a mirror of the soul. And these details are much more important than knowledge of his/her financial and official difficulties, although it is not bad to know……..
Secret Intelligence Service
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Extract from ‘a book’ (regarding ‘recruitment’)
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Secret Intelligence Service
(C-IV) Unit. 15 07 2019
from recent Seminars; Guerilla Warfare
Harrogate
Among the easiest ways to determine range (distance) to
objects in the field, include the following :
By eye
On the linear dimensions of objects
Apparently (legibility) objects
The angular largest known objects
The sound
By eye; this is the easiest and fastest way. The main thing in it – the fitness of visual memory and the ability to mentally set aside on the ground are well represented by a constant measure (50, 100, 200, 500 metres). Securing these standards in mind, it is easy to compare with them and
judge distances on the ground.
When measuring distances by successively delaying mental well-studied permanent measure it is necessary to remember that the terrain and local objects appear reduced in accordance with their removal, that is – at a distance of two times and the subject will appear two times less. Therefore, when measuring distances mentally-delayed segments (action areas) will decrease accordingly.
It is necessary to consider the following :
– The closer the distance, the clearer and sharper it seems to us a visible object;
– The closer the object, the more it seems;
– Larger objects appear closer to small objects at the same distance;
– The subject of a brighter colour seems closer than the subject of a dark colour;
– Brightly lit objects appear closer dimly lit, are at the same distance;
– During fog, rain, dusk, cloudy days, when saturation of air dust observed objects appear farther away than in clear and sunny days;
This is continued on the website, details to follow
Secret Intelligence Service
(C-IV) Unit.
from recent Seminars; Guerilla Warfare
Harrogate
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Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I) Unit. London
24 06 2019
The forthcoming five seminar discussions are to focus on the subject of ‘guerilla warfare’. This is intended to tempt a host of, and in varying degrees, specifically related topics.
Experiential.
Theoretical scenarios.
Guerrilla warfare : ‘irregular warfare especially as an independent unit carrying out but not limited to, harassment and sabotage’.
The briefs and discussions will be written up on the website.
Secret Intelligence Service
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Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I) Unit.
Seminar 23 06 2019
Harrogate
Recap on Defensive Counter-Information Strategies : Starting with Broad Sweep – Definitions and Context/s
Command and Control Attack: Any action against any element of the enemy’s command and control system.
Command and Control: The exercise of authority and direction by a properly designated commander over
assigned forces in the accomplishment of the mission.
Counter-Information : Actions dedicated to controlling the information realm.
>> Defensive counter-Information: Actions protecting our military information functions from the adversary. <<
Direct Information Warfare : Changing the adversary’s information without involving the intervening perceptive
and analytical functions.
Indirect Information Warfare : Changing the adversary’s information by creating phenomena that the adversary must then observe and analyse.
Information : Data and instructions.
Information Attack: Directly corrupting information without visibly changing the physical entity within which it resides.
Information Function : Any activity involving the acquisition, transmission, storage, or transformation of
information.
Information Operations: Any action involving the acquisition, transmission, storage, or transformation of
information that enhances the employment of military forces.
Information Warfare: Any action to deny, exploit, corrupt, or destroy the adversary’s information and its
functions; protecting ourselves against those actions and exploiting our own military information functions.
Military Information Function : Any information function supporting and enhancing the employment of military
forces.
Offensive counter-Information: Actions against the adversary’s information functions.
Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I) Unit.
Seminar 23 06 2019
Harrogate
Recap on Defensive Counter Information Strategies : Starting with Broad Sweep – Definitions and Context/s
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Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I) Unit. Seminar
Harrogate. 20 06 2019
Agenda : We are referring to the creating of what can be described as a ‘universal algorithm’ for conducting continuous clandestine influence operations on a global scale. This activity never stops and of course it targets the United Kingdom, and has been doing so throughout peace, crisis and war.
The tactics used (against us) in order to gain influence and ultimately destabilise, include network-oriented structures that can operate on a premise of public activism, science, art, religious belief and / or extremist views.
After observing and collecting data on whatever fault lines are perceived (invented, exaggerated) in our society, these structures I just mentioned are employed so to attack the weak points via a synchronised assault, ideally though in our case unsuccessfully, overwhelming the nation’s capability to respond to crises.
Simultaneously and importantly, at the present time, the perpetrators are pushing narratives through local, global media and social on-line networks claiming that the only way to resolve ‘problems’ is to replace the government with another one, obviously with a direct foreign support.
Think about the most recent events.
Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I) Unit. Seminar
Harrogate. 20 06 2019
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Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I). Unit. Seminar.
Harrogate. 31 05 2019
Topic : With regard to the Future State Project and what we understand as infrastructure and urbanisation. As cities are increasingly understood as sites – in both a territorial and a networked sense – through which planetary futures are being made and remade, there appears some utility in using ‘infrastructure’ as a lens onto the dynamic, open-ended, relationally-constituted and variegated process of urbanisation.
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On the one hand, as part of this ‘turn’, we have seen a growth in studies of the different kinds of infrastructure that maintains, nourishes, supports, sustains and underwrites the urban system, while, of course, being constitutive of it. On the other hand, there has also emerged a parallel discussion on infrastructure qua infrastructure, and specifically, on the ways in which the term infrastructure might itself be used most productivel infrastructure might well be ‘a productive metaphor‘for an analysis of social life. It is a collective noun that actually refers to the subordinate parts of many projects, from the built systems that move water, sewage, people, and power to components assembled under the rubrics of; security, information, health, finance, political mobilisation, and environmental management, it can also be a verb, incorporating the making, maintaining, and use of infrastructure in the reordering of world economy and city-regions.
This thinking through the different ways in which infrastructure comes to be present in cities, the nature of its relationship with urbanisation and how this might involve, and perhaps even necessitate, a rethinking of the concept itself, is the focus of the seminar discussion. The cities of the project that have have sought out infrastructural strategies of being in the world as a way to render themselves, and the nations of which they are part, globally competitive.
Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I) Unit. Seminar
Harrogate. 31 05 2019
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Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I) Unit. Seminar
18 05 2019. Harrogate
Topic : Developing Rich Pictures – When do we know a picture is sufficiently rich?
Given that what constitutes a rich picture is in constant flux and incredibly complex, and we have recourse to the 3D chart maker and other software which I can’t bring, it is still very difficult to own all of the facets.
What do you think we are most likely to miss out and why?
A rich picture can be seen as a drawing of a situation that illustrates main elements and relationships that have to be considered. It can consist of pictures, text, symbols and icons, all used to illustrate graphically the situation – with the intention of illustrating the richness and complexity….
A rich picture is a way of thinking holistically. It also builds on the fact that our intuitive consciousness communicates via impressions and symbols. Drawings can evoke and record insights into a situation.
A rich picture does see myriad relationships and connections between. It helps identifying one or more themes so to further explore and address. Rich pictures are therefore important in our pre-analysis phase.
Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I) Unit. Seminar
18 05 2019. Harrogate
Topic : Developing Rich Pictures – When do we know a picture is sufficiently rich?
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Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I) Unit. London
11 05 2019
From the Archive :
Joseph Beyrle is the only American infantryman who officially took part in battles in both the American and the Red Army on the western and eastern fronts of the Second World War.
The desire to continue to fight was so strong that after his escape from the concentration camp and crossing the front line, he continued to fight against the common enemy in the ranks of the Soviet allies, part of one of the tank battalions.
Joseph Beyrle was born in 1923 in the city of Muskegon, Michigan, and after graduating from school, in which he was probably not the last student, because he was offered to become a fellow at the University of Notre Dame, he chose to join the army, seeking to go to war, which had long been on another continent. After a special selection, Joseph was offered to serve in units in any army that were considered elite Airborne Forces, and he agreed.
Beyrle got into the 6th Parachute Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division ‘Screaming Eagles’ in the special forces unit, which specialised in reconnaissance and sabotage operations.
After special training courses that lasted nine months, he was transferred here to England, from the territory from which he flew twice on especially secret missions related to the transfer of gold to French resistance. On D-day, June 6, 1944, the landing plane, in which Beyrle flew on the next command mission, was shot down over France by the Nazis, but the paratrooper nevertheless managed to jump out of the falling side and landed safely.
Unfortunately, the connection with other paratroopers was lost, but he managed to orient himself on the ground, reach the target and execute the order given to the group, single-handedly blow up the electrical sub-station under the city of Comtes du Montté. After that, he independently conducted several more acts of sabotage in the rear areas of the German troops, and during one of them he was captured by the guard of one of the objects.
After being captured and as a prisoner of war who had previously served in a special purpose group, physically strong and trained and therefore potentially prone to insubordination, Beyrle was kept not in a general camp, but in prisons.The card issued by the Nazis and who served as a prisoner of war identity card, it will be stated that he worked as a butcher, probably so that the prison administration would pay more attention to him, as capable of resisting and not just running.
But the strict conditions of detention did not break his will to resist, and the Germans only achieved a completely opposite result …
continued on website
Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I) Unit. London
11 05 2019
From the Archive
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Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I) Unit. Seminar.
04 05 2019. Harrogate
Brief is to take the City of Manchester and analyse our project stakeholders, key actors and then map them according to their interest, impact, influence and importance.
Stakeholders; actors (persons or organisations) with a vested interest.
Identify and assess their knowledge, extent and nature of their power, interests, positions, alliances and so on.
Obviously, to focus on the city but our analysis will go beyond the city itself.
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Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I) Unit. Seminar. 27 04 2019
Harrogate
Topic : Our understanding of the nature of human – system interactions from the perspective of the theory of complex adaptive systems, including the essence of complexity, emergent properties of system behaviour and deterministic chaos.
Notes :
Human performance, more often than not, constitutes complex adaptive phenomena with emergent properties that exhibit chaotic behaviours.
With regard to what we are doing with the FUTURE STATE PROJECT therefore, we should explore the design and management of organisational / work systems in their entirety – including applications of the concepts of nonlinear dynamics to the study of human physical performance.
So to examine the effectiveness of human-centered design efforts of what is a no less than immense system of systems taking place, we should understand the applications and concepts – the theory of complex adaptive and dynamical systems.
Performance of many contemporary work systems and environments may be sensitive to the initial conditions and may exhibit chaotic system behaviours. Human-centered design of emergent human–system interactions requires application of the theories of nonlinear dynamics and complex adaptive systems.
The success of future human–systems integration efforts requires the fusion of : paradigms, knowledge, design principles, and methodologies of human factors and ergonomics with those of the science of complex adaptive systems as well as modern systems engineering.
Cybernetics.
Human activity systems
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Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I) Unit. London
11 04 2019
A NOTE ON INTERPERSONAL INFLUENCE AND POWER – THE ART OF SPYING
Note that with regard to the aforementioned ‘Interpersonal Influence and Power’, it is the case that here, we are aiming to create a very specific relationship, one where we work in a power imbalance, tipped in favour of the other. There are very specific reasons for this, which will be discussed. In order that we machinate this state, we must understand the nature of power and influence in the broad spectrum of dialogues we engage.
Further and in brief, one important point : If suspected of being found out, be the normal and calm person. Let the target be in control of the situation, and do not defend yourself. Once in the hole of being caught, the only way to get out is create doubt—the kind of doubt that benefits—in the mind of your target. If you don’t react like a traditionally manipulative person, the target will likely wonder if their assumption about you was correct. In most cases they will already feel attached and will jump on any excuse to believe you are truly a good person. Be smart, be careful, and be prepared to surprise if you find yourself discovered.
Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I) Unit. London
11 04 2019
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Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I) Seminar. 06 04 2019
Harrogate.
To discuss the Future State Project and Systems Thinking
Do design thinkers face particular challenges when seeking to intervene to improve value and outcomes in complex adaptive ecosystems such as cities, health and social care, education, energy, food production and distribution, the built and natural environment and development?
Well, in such systems, the root causes of problems and the origins of poor outcomes are often hard to identify and difficult to address due to their nested, interconnected and dynamic nature, as well as the fact that they consist of a diversity of humans, technologies and resources whose actions and effects are not wholly predictable.
When making interventions in complex adaptive systems, it is necessary to identify, engage with and satisfy the needs of multiple stakeholders. A designer seeking to create new value must understand how complex systems adapt and evolve in response to the direct and indirect interactions of all stakeholders, the different goals they have, the diversity of resources they can access and use, the outcomes they prioritise and often, the widely different (and sometimes in conflict) values they possess.
Learning about a problem from only one or two stakeholder groups risks leaving important gaps in understanding, leading to the design of partial interventions and piecemeal solutions based on incomplete evidence. Rather like the parable of the learned blind men touching an elephant, focusing on just one part of a complex system problem only ever produces limited insight (especially if you are at the tail end). Such a narrow perspective is one of the main reasons why technologies and solutions fail to become adopted, or do not achieve the hoped-for scale of implementation.
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Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I) Unit. London
Seminar topic for tonight 29 03 2019 – at Harrogate, and regarding today’s BREXIT vote in the House. There are two cardinal rules in psychological warfare. The first is to never fuel a negative perception of oneself and the second is connected to the first, and which is; never expect foreign information sources – press agencies, to present us in anything other than the negative, which is governmental policy on their part so to cover up their own failure. This is why it is fundamental we do not publically reinforce negative perceptions of ourselves, but having said that, the media, all media, is immediate and operates without mercy, the question is, given our counter-propaganda strategies, are these sufficient in their intensity, content and direction or do we need to crank the handle and shift further into what many will accuse of as being an attack mode? Remember we are referring to information war, controlling minds, nothing else. With regard to the supposed Brexit impasse, which in contravention of the fact that our adherence of and commitment to democratic principles and practices has triumphed and will continue so to do, is now being seized upon by certain parties to spin with the consequence of negatively affecting confidence in the pound, to create the illusion of social division, likewise the illusion of possible disorder – we, with our skills, have everything to gain by applying them more creatively and indeed, absolutely everything at our disposal to use. (C-I)
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Secret Intelligence Service
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Seminar. Harrogate.
24 03 2019
Topic : Transformational change – Future State Project
We should discuss the question; in the context of the project, what does being visionary mean? We should narrow it down. I have; Inspiration > Imagination > Innovation. We are engaging many issues and the one that I think is central is; what is it that compels to imagine what does not exist. A state of mind? When circumstance – moving with the flow, effectively dictates how one thinks and acts, then the compulsion to disengage appears an awkward psychological condition to define in this respect. Disengaging from how others define circumstance requires an understanding of what these definitions are and what they are intended to achieve, thereby disengaging from them in order to circumvent and tender the wholly new suggests not only nonconformity but a whole host of affectual responses. Inability to deal with the taken for granted, inability to deal with the Inadequate – when most don’t cognise it as such, inability to deal with limitation, inability to deal with social forces that are perceived by most to be out of ones control, and so on.
Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I). Unit. Seminar Harrogate.
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Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I) Unit. London
17 03 2019
Regarding the Future State Project – Extract from a discussion – Unit Principal Officer. C-I SIS :
“…. and we feel feel CONFIDENT in the assurance of the Future State Project – that if geographically confined to the Northern Powerhouse alone, constitutes the largest and fastest movement of knowledge and its application in the history of the world. So think about that and what we are charged with here – who chose us for this task. Yes, there are major developments taking place in other countries, such as; Australia and China – but the Northern Powerhouse is an all-encompassing transformational change – taking absolutely everything there is into consideration. The geographical area, though systemically not confined, does surpass the size of any US state and many countries too. The future cities (smart, data-integrated, green cities); Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds, Hull, Birmingham, constitute a collossal generation of wealth and together surpass anywhere on the planet when combined as one. This will increase incrementally. When you consider the Future State Project as unconfined to the north and begin (which we have to) on the transformation as being nation-wide, then we are really into it, quite literally. Think about this while doing mundane things and how those things are quickly becoming much less because this remit must be all of our time 24/7, in ways that we are yet to learn about and experience. Including the surprises, the unforeseen inputs and so on, along the way. We should discuss the issue of how this makes us feel; the massive responsibility, absolute committment and no less than daunting challenge, which is a simple way of describing it. A jolly splendid, team-effort, yes!”
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Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I) Unit. London
17 03 2019
Regarding the Future State Project – Extract from a discussion – Unit Principal Officer. C-I SIS :
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Secret Intelligence Service
(C-I) Unit. London
Interesting reading : Maria Yalovich-Simon Negalka. ‘How a young girl survived in Berlin.1940–1945 : AST Publisher: CORPUS; Moscow; 2018 (Published in Russian)
A remarkable book about conspiracy and survival. Maria Yalovich had to survive at the age of 19 in the heart of Nazi Germany – Berlin, being Jewish, not having any documents or sources of existence. She lasted in an illegal situation until the end of the war. During this period of time, she came into close contact with groups of people, both purposefully saving Jews, and criminal circles, sabotage groups in enterprises, and communist cells. Leaving behind the personal evaluations of the character of the events and surrounding people, it is necessary to note a very interesting factual description of the life of the Germans during those years.
Here is an extract :
Prologue, 1942. On the street it is very cold, already dark. The pub was on Wassertorstraße, in that part of Kreuzberg where I had never been before. I went in – there was not a soul in the hall. – H-hey! – I heard from the back room. In the open door I saw a woman who was sewing up a fur coat. Apparently, she absolutely did not want to interrupt her occupation and drag herself to me. He sent me here to Benno Heller. He said that we need to contact the only local waitress, a certain Felicitas. She was one of his patients. Actually, she, the so-called half-breed, was supposed to wear a yellow star, but she did not wear it. The gynecologist Heller had already attached me to different places several times, but now he warned me that this Felicitas was engaged in very dark business. He would prefer not to give me her address. Only here he doesn’t know who is able to help me. A huge, deep fear washed over me : everything in this situation and in this circle was alien to me. Nevertheless, I pulled myself together and in a few words Felicitas explained why she came. She thought for a while. Then she announced: – Invented! The Rubber Director will be here soon. In the evening, he will always read that first. Perhaps, it will be just right. Until then, she told me to stand near the counter, as if I was an ordinary visitor and I was just drinking beer. After a while, the one she called Rezinovym Direktor entered the pub. I was horrified. He was about fifty and a little old, and he moved with incredible work. Like his rubber feet. For this strange motor skills he got his nickname, and besides, as I learned later, he really was the director of a small workshop. He had a speech to match his pace. A sort of verbal mess or porridge, which he vomited only after several visits. In order to be understood, he again and again repeated the same thing in the hope that he would succeed more clearly. I was again struck by a terrible fear. A familiar doctor once told me about a patient called a stack of spinal cord, observed in her psychiatric department: these people suffered from the long-term effects of syphilis. From her, I learned that they walk, as it were, on rubber feet and cannot correctly articulate. They say not “tack”, but “private”, they correct themselves, it turns out “piatka” – just like this person who was standing right in front of me. I didn’t hear what Felicitas was discussing with him. But in hindsight, it seemed that she sold me to him for fifteen marks. She asked for twenty, he offered ten, and then they agreed on an average amount. Before me and the beerhouse with him, Felicitas poured another beer to her regulars, and said to me: – Do you come in oftentime with him…..
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Interesting reading : Maria Yalovich-Simon Negalka. ‘How a young girl survived in Berlin.1940–1945 : AST Publisher: CORPUS; Moscow; 2018 (Published in Russian)
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Useful Reading (but not for everyone)
Ref; Article : Communist Attempts to Elicit False Confessions from Air Force Prisoners of War. – Bulletin NY Academy of Medicine 33 (9), 616-625. Biderman, A. D. (1957).
Based on research on repatriated U.S. Air Force POWs captured in Korea, the Biderman article details how Communists shaped compliance and elicited false confessions. The objective of the Communists being not merely to enable the captive to confess to certain
acts but, rather, to behave as if he/she actually committed the confessed crimes. Two useful charts are provided in the article, one outlining the eight coercive methods used by the Communists, including their effects and specific forms, and another detailing the range of POW behaviours in response to coercion, from complete resistance to complete compliance.
Biderman, A. D., and Zimmer, H. (1961). The Manipulation of Human Behaviour. New York; London: John Wiley.
This now out-of-print book reviews scientific knowledge in the field of interrogation, focusing on attempts to elicit factual information from an unwilling subject. It includes the following papers :
Lawrence E. Hinkle Jr., The physiological state of the interrogation subject as it affects brain function.
Philip E. Kubzansky, The effects of reduced environmental stimulation on human behaviour – A review.
Louis A. Gottschalk, The use of drugs in interrogation;
R. C. Davis, Physiological responses as a means of evaluating information (this chapter deals with the polygraph).
Dr. Martin T. Orne, The potential uses of hypnosis in interrogation.
Robert R. Blake and Jane S. Mouton, The experimental investigation of interpersonal influence.
Malcolm L. Meltzer, Counter-manipulation through malingering.
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Useful Reading (but not for everyone)
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Counter-Terrorism Library
Re: Global terror – Emerging hotspots
It is the case that the territorial losses incurred by Islamic State stopped the group’s ability to create a Caliphate between Iraq and Syria, the group’s radical Islamist ideology still resonates in the MENA region and other parts of the world. Islamic State’s affiliate groups have spread beyond MENA into sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. No less than three existing and emerging hotspots of Islamist-inspired activity and grievance-based terrorism are identified, based on upsurges in terrorism in recent years. In their efforts to frame local and regional grievances in the broader context of global extremist narratives, terror groups such as Islamic State and Al-Qa’ida have expanded their operations into regions outside of MENA. Although Islamic State in particular have suffered territorial losses, its level of membership has hardly changed since the group’s formation in 2014, with estimates hovering around 20,000 and 30,000 affiliated fighters. It still has the capacity to carry out attacks through sleeper cells and retains a very strong online-cyber presence. In addition, the re-emergence of Al-Qa’ida affiliates and the marginalisation of nomadic Sahelian populations have increased terrorist activity throughout Africa.
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Notes for presentation
Past literature and lots of it, though an unpleasant facet of reality, does appear to reflect three historical ways in which individuals and populations with little power are made to interact with those who are in power, I mean where those in power have as their purpose the control or acquisition of information. The common element has been pain, no less – in varying extents of application :
(I) pain used as punishment
(II) pain used for religious or ideological confession
(III) pain used to elicit ‘truthful information’ and/or intelligence (unfortunately).
Actually, pain administered publicly as punishment has been used for its demonstration effect: Pain is designed to deter opposition, to control populations, and display the power of the government, or of rulers.
Individuals have been punished painfully to deter others from proscribed acts; entire groups have been executed in painful, public ways in order to maintain control over empires.
Of course, the effect of such a public spectacle has depended on the character of the viewing audience.
The public might find it simply fascinating. Some well-known examples include Aztec flaying, Roman circuses, group beheadings by Genghis Khan, and public tortures known to the Hindu dynasties in early India. It is said that Nero enjoyed watching people being slung off the city walls; the Nazis took photographs of their victims for later viewing; and drawing and quartering people as well as hanging in medieval England were accepted public spectacle.
Most recently and instructively, the number of people who try to access pictures of Abu Ghraib prisoner mistreatment numbers in the millions within 48 hours of them were posted. Similarly with posted pictures of what is left of suicide bombers (not much).
Evidently, public fascination with the infliction of pain on others is not merely an historical phenomenon.
Note, I am still working on this, so more detail soon.
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Developing the potential of subliminal messages – operational use :
Theoretically, in persuading a person to do something he/she normally or rationally would resist doing an intelligence officer can make use certain categories of psychological processes. Usually the purpose is to produce behaviour of which the individual is unaware. The use of subliminal perception, on the other hand, is a device to keep him/she unaware of the source of the stimulation. The desire here is not to keep him/her unaware of what is being done, but rather to keep him/her unaware of why it is being done, by masking the external cue or message with subliminal presentation and so stimulating an unrecognised motive.
In order to develop the subliminal perception process for use as a reliable operational technique, it would be necessary (I) to define the composition of a subliminal cue or message which will trigger an appropriate pre-existing motive, (II) to determine the limits of intensity between which this stimulus is effective but not consciously perceived, (III) to determine what pre-existing motive will produce the desired abnormal action and under what conditions it is operative, and (IV) to overcome the defences aroused by consciousness of the action itself.
As to the composition of the subliminal cue, it cannot be supposed that just any message presented close below the threshold of recognition will be translated into appropriate action. The determination of the right kind of message in terms of content, number and type of words or symbols, grouping of symbols, and so forth has been the object of a great deal of psychological experiment. There is a good deal of lore and a few rather vague principles available, but generally they concern rather trivial areas of action from the viewpoint of the intelligence officer. Since the effectiveness of the procedure depends on not arousing the person’s defence mechanisms, and since defence mechanisms are not only peculiar to each individual but hard to discover, it is difficult to specify even what is to be avoided in the composition of the subliminal cue in order not to arouse the defences.
Thresholds of recognition are variable and difficult to determine. If the intensity of the stimulus is much below an individual’s threshold it doesn’t get through to even the most automatic areas of the sensorium. But recognition thresholds vary tremendously, not only among individuals, but also in the same individual from one time to another, in accordance with physical situation, physiological condition, and above all the degree to which he/she is psychologically attuned to the particular content of the message. A normal human being is an infinitely more complex receiving instrument than any electronic gadget, and adjusting a stimulus for such a variable receiver is difficult. In most of the laboratory studies on which the current theories of subliminal perception are based there has been a long pretrial period requiring the subject’s full cooperation to zero him/her in on the subliminal signal. Such preparation is clearly not feasible for operational use. The message must therefore be transmitted on a much wider intensity band and may frequently not get through or may on the other hand penetrate to the subject’s consciousness and arouse the defenses.
I am adding more background relating to pertinent issues on the website, link forthwith.
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THE PERVERSE SPECTATOR
There is a consequence of modern media, which has been dramatised in ‘very particular ways’ via its development over the past thirty years or so, and especially by the advent of TV, cell, internet, gaming and so on.
The question is; is there even a serious attempt made with regard to the moral demands imposed upon the spectator? Are the conditions regarding the spectacle of
distant viewing brought by the media morally acceptable? Much of the latter includes atrocity – killing and blood splatter often wrapped in humour. What is meant to be achieved if the audience via the message/s placed within the media spectacle are foreign targets, thousands of miles away, when the home audience becomes a primary audience too and consequently, the horizon of collective moral ideals come under question (or should they)? But what when these debased ideals do become the norm and consequent actions are based upon them? Who is to be held accountable for what these actions achieve; the creators of these spectacles, the audience when it goes completely awry, or the political structure they exist within who could / should have foreseen it?
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24 01 2019
From our observances, reference; a conversation….A retired colonel Nikolai Vladimirovich ORLOV talking about the military intelligence of Russia, with his friends at a country bathhouse. >> Note what he says.
So this time after the steam room we drink tea on the summer terrace scanning newspapers in foreign languages.
Quote :
“The military intelligence of Russia is such a secret structure that even Western experts call it the old-fashioned way,” the interlocutor of the world of espionage……
“Why are there experts and Western journalists,” Colonel Orlov waved his hand. “Even Donald Trump incorrectly called our military intelligence when he spoke of 12 Russian spies who allegedly intervened in the US presidential election.”
“This is not your grandfather’s KGB”
takes up a foreign newspaper.
– See, what a funny headline! – he showed an article in a western newspaper and translated: – “This is not the KGB of your grandfather’s time.” I wonder how we are evaluated by our opponents?
The spay reads a few opinions.
“The activities of Russian intelligence over the past few years have become not only more energetic, but also more heterogeneous,” said former CIA director John Brennan. – This is a heterogeneous ecosystem consisting of elements that often compete with each other, and often their activities are somewhat similar to entrepreneurial … Something they do very, very well, demonstrating truly subtle working methods. Other things are not particularly impressive. ”
But another expert is trying to slander the current military intelligence of Russia. So, Rolf Mowatt Larssen, a former CIA specialist, sees a change of generations allegedly affecting Russian intelligence. “The price of switching to faster response methods and lightning-fast killings is an increase in negligence. Poor decisions have become commonplace. Older, more experienced personnel are less aware of what is happening. ”
– How does he know? – casually says Col. Orlov. – The same expert as Mark Galeotti. Listen to what this alleged expert on Russian intelligence says.
“To be honest, they do things that everyone thinks about, but they don’t, because they are too risky, politically charged, or fraught with failure. The GRU, traditionally the most enterprising and adventurous wing of Russian intelligence, now seems to be reviving again after the costly mistakes during the 2008 war with Georgia. Ukraine has become an ideal opportunity for a profitable presentation of the GRU tactics on the hidden formation of insurgent forces. Galeotti wrote.
In his opinion, this GRU had a hand in annexing Crimea in 2014 and the incident with the downed Malaysian Airlines plane, and it also interfered in US policy in 2016, and also tried to kill Russian defector Sergei Skripal in the UK in March of this year.
This is what the Norwegian journalist Magnus Newt claims,” the spy continues. “In just a few years, the GRU from an organisation that seemed to be left astern, actually turned into Putin’s most important weapon in the fight against the West.”
According to him, the organization, which bears a somewhat awkward name – the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), turned Washington? 6?……..
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Notes from Operative Field Skills : ‘Searching for a criminal in the dark’
Initially, the flashlight must be turned off. Turn it on only for the inspection of the territory. During the search, it is not recommended to cross the danger zones with the light turned on, the beam will clearly indicate to the perpetrator your location.
When an operative enters an obstacle that he/she cannot clearly see, he/she takes the weapon at the ready, lights up the obstacle, inspects for the presence of the enemy, turns off the flashlight and carefully moves to the next point.
Before turning on the lamp, point the weapon at a suspicious place.
If at inspection the corner of a wall is lit, then it is necessary to drive a beam from the bottom of the corner upwards and backwards. If you keep your arms high all the time, you can skip some important signs of a target on the floor, for example; the toe of a shoe, or even the opponent who is lying down.
If an operative encounters an adversary, then must keep him/her in a ray of light, preferably by directing to his/her face in order to make it impossible to see anything and react adequately.
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It must be remembered that after the appearance of a beam of bright light in the dark, two things will happen.
First, you will see worse in the dark. If you act on the principle of ‘illuminated, examined, turned off and moved on,’ then after turning off the flashlight, your eyes take some time to adapt to twilight or darkness.
Secondly, the enemy lurking nearby will be notified of your presence – and the surprise factor will be lost. A person who hides in a room or around the corner can use this moment to attack, and therefore, when you turn on the lamp, you must be ready to open fire every time.
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Change ahead – Quote from Alex Younger. MI6
“The era of the fourth industrial revolution calls for a fourth-generation espionage.“
“This, will see human skills complemented by the power of new technologies.”
He said that the work of the intelligence services is evolving in three major ways.
The first of these is that, as countries’ defences are “being probed on multiple fronts at the same time”, developing effective partnerships between organisations is key to national security. This will involve greater collaboration within MI6, as well as working with other agencies across intelligence and law enforcement and with overseas allies.
The second big change concerns the need to “master covert action in the data age.”
“When I joined SIS, our principal task was finding out secrets,” he added. “In a world of hybrid threats, it is not enough to know what your adversary is doing. You must be able to take steps to change their behaviour.”
The third challenge for MI6 to overcome is “the need to ensure that technology is on our side, not that of our opponents”.
“The digital era has profoundly changed our operating environment. Bulk data combined with modern analytics make the modern world transparent. But it is also a serious challenge if used against us.”
“We and our allies face a battle to make sure technology works to our advantage, not to that of our opponents. Liberal democracies should approach this with confidence, as the originators of this technology.”
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Useful in HUMINT is any study and consequent awareness of the meanings inherent within language. It is useful to do because one can focus on the relation between words, phrases and other bits of language and on how words and phrases connect to the world. Similarly how speakers of a language use the language to communicate and accomplish what they want – looking at the relationship between speaker and listener allows assumptions to be made regarding any intended message. (C-I).
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On the ‘Sniper Detection System’- Notes
Needless to say that the sniper is well prepared, not only in terms of hitting the target with the first shot, such well-trained professional is masked on the ground so that he/she cannot be detected even from a distance of several metres.
Golden Rules : ‘invisible hand’ is perfectly chosen and prepared by firing position, a whole disguise, accurate shot and then disguise, but at a different location. During the two world wars that have occurred in the twentieth century, the use of snipers tactics constantly improved, and has worked perfectly. Sniper units have been used successfully in street battles, effectively destroying the enemy manpower while remaining completely invisible. Yes, and in the field, in rough, wooded terrain, detection with the naked eye of the needle is practically impossible – the sniper can for days produce nothing to betray his/her presence, waiting for the right moment for a product shot.
It is absolutely natural that for the detection of such an opponent, no observation with binoculars and night vision devices will bring a good result, up to date, shaded optics sights do not give a visible flare. And from time to time, to monitor an area say the size of 2,000,000 square metres, a circle of radius review of 800 metres, almost unreal.
Therefore, to date, there are certain special technical means of detecting stealth professional shooters, this equipment allows high accuracy to locate camouflaged enemy snipers.
The operation of such devices and systems is based on two methods of detecting an acoustic and an optical method. Optical method is the oldest, the simplest form of it, is a visual detection, it has been used since the invention of firearms. Although the flash shot is perfectly visible to the naked eye (although a great influence play removing the firing point, the weather conditions and the element of surprise), here, in the analysis of the efficiency of detection, it is necessary to consider also a human factor. Since the flash is visible in the first, then the speed distribution, the sound comes, and when it has to have drifted bullet can anticipate the next script events. Let’s say you have not noticed the flash, to respond to the sound takes time because a bullet travels at about 900 metres per second, you have a moment to escape.
Therefore, this method is inefficient as a means of detection, you can simply do not have time to react during a shot. So when people talk about the optical detection methods have in mind, check the light of a study, distribute or reflected from the optical devices used by snipers. These devices, in the first place, of course, include the sights, binoculars and night vision devices, followed by range finders, illuminators and designators. All these devices tend to reflect or emit radiation of electromagnetic waves of a certain range on which is recorded and identified the enemy…..
Detection occurs on an analysis of the reflection from the focal plane, that is, not on the surface of the optical lens, and from the point of focus, that is, from the cornea of the eye to aim or watching enemy. Such detection systems are many, among complexes can be isolated from a series of electro-optical systems.
Such systems are well established, have a modular structure, that is, the individual elements are highlighted : a thermal imaging camera, optical camera day and night surveillance, and computing resources. Registration takes place at a certain wavelength range, the system has the ability to determine the coordinates of the enemy for a location on a map.
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