** From: Roger Vleugels [email protected]****
** ** Dear intelligence specialist,**** ** ** I publish two specialist email journals which might be of interest to you. * *** They are free of charge – Interested? Mail: START FRINGE**** ** ** *Two journals* *Fringe Intelligence *gathers intelligence news from established media and outlets beyond the mainstream. The journal offers articles covering classical intelligence and counterintelligence, criminal and private espionage and more. The main focus of *Fringe Intelligence* is on forensic and operational information, and not on bureaucracy, politics and the formal/legal aspects of intelligence. *Fringe Intelligence* does not concentrate on terrorism. **** Special sections highlight NARINT, or Natural Resources Intelligence [dealing with energy, rare earth, water and climate intelligence], and Intelligence 2.0 [IT sector-generated private intelligence]. These sections look beyond jihad, cyber and other previous or present threats. **** *Fringe Spitting *publishes for freedom of information [FOI] specialists, investigative journalists and other researchers, with a special focus on FOI practitioners and requesters, news on caseload, jurisprudence, litigation, tools and trends. Space is also devoted to recently disclosed “old news” on intelligence, revealed via FOI requests. **** Taken together, the two biweekly journals contain about 100 articles per month selected from a variety of media sources. Almost all articles are internet downloads. Over 90% are in English. Less than 10% are focused on the Netherlands. The contents stand or fall with the quality of the source. **** ** ** *2,900 subscribers* In terms of circulation, both *Fringe* journals enjoy a top ranking in their sector, respectively OSINT and FOI, among the worldwide communities of independent email journals and mailing lists. **** Sixty percent of the subscribers are intelligence specialists, 25% journalists and 15% FOIA specialists. They live in 108 countries: 35% in NL, 5% in UK, 25% in US and 35% in the rest of the world. Fifteen percent of the subscribers are government employees [half of whom work in intelligence services] and 15% are employed by universities and colleges. ** ** ** ** *About the editor/publisher: Roger Vleugels* In 1986, I started my own office in The Netherlands and began working as a legal advisor and lecturer specialized in freedom of information and intelligence. In 2001, I added the publishing of the Fringe journals.**** I lecture on investigative journalism, FOI and FOIAs at journalism schools, universities and in company. I have taught students in or from Argentina, Aruba, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Iran, Ireland, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey and the UK. **** Since 1988, I have as legal advisor / acting lawyer filed for or with my clients more than 4,000 FOIA requests. Most of these clients are journalists in the Netherlands but also special interest groups, NGOs, researchers and private persons.**** As an intelligence specialist, I research and lecture on this topic. I also comment in the press, brief members of parliament and advise journalists and lawyers.**** ** ** *Surfing, searching, stringers and sources* Articles are gathered for Fringe by a small group of Dutch and foreign stringers, some of whom work covertly. Without the work of these stringers Fringe would not be possible. Additionally I do some of the gathering on my own, mainly by netsurfing and maintaining a range of subscriptions, feeds and alerts. **** Some of the more specialised sources are: Access Info Europe, AIP Bulgaria, Article 19, BeSpacific, Bigwobber, Bits of Freedom, Centre for Law & Democracy, Cryptogram, CFOI, Cryptome, EDRi-gram, EFF, EPIC, FOIANet, FreedomInfo, Geheim, Infowarrior, Intelforum, Intelligence Online, Memory Hole, Mother Jones, National Security Archive, NatoWatch, NISA, Privacy International, RCFP, Secrecy News, StateWatch, Terrorism Monitor and Wired.* *** ** ** *Subscription and contribution* Every subscription encloses both journals; and is free of charge. A voluntary contribution however is welcome. To start a subscription, mail: START FRINGE. [To stop, mail: STOP FRINGE.]**** ** ** Kind regards, **** ** ** Roger Vleugels**** ** ** + Forensic intelligence researcher**** + Lecturer and legal advisor freedom of information**** + Publisher of the Fringe journals**** ** ** -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
