Quote Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09 View Post
Something I have seen in the last 40 years or so of intel work and up to 2013 is one simple fact---not many intel analysts even understand they own personal biases especially military analysts.

Second thing I have learned is that there are just not many intel analysts that speak more than English these days. Especially the languages of eastern Europe.
That's where you enter the picture. The analyst back at Bowling can also read interfax or whatever garbage being regurgitated. But, it is then up to folks like us to ensure that the open source being quoted has been sufficiently scrutinized, so that "that" single-language analyst at least knows that the open source being quoted is left from center, Bravo Sierra

You, as a field reporter with 40 years of experience, should know that.

I have also asked that you out of courtesy for others herein, provide links. It's a bit cheesy to fall back on "it's in German" as if you are the only one that speaks more than one language.