Robert David Steele

For other people named Robert Steele, see Robert Steele (disambiguation).

Robert David Steele
Robert David Steele
Born	(1952-07-16) July 16, 1952 New York City, New York
Occupation	Open source intelligence advocate
Political party	Independent (2016-)[1] Previous affiliations: Libertarian Party (2015-2016) Reform Party (-2015)
Website	www.robertdavidsteele.com

Robert David Steele (born July 16, 1952) is an American activist and former Central Intelligence Agency clandestine services case officer. He is known for his promotion of open source intelligence (OSINT).^[2][3] He was a candidate for the Reform Party's nomination for President of the United States in the 2012 presidential election until February 23, 2012.^[4]

Life and career

Steele was born in New York City on July 16, 1952. His father was a petroleum industry executive. He spent his first twenty years in Latin America and Asia. Steele reportedly holds a B.A. in political science from Muhlenberg College, an M.A. in international relations from Lehigh University; and an M.P.A. from the University of Oklahoma.

Steele served in the Marine Corps as an 0203 Ground Intelligence Officer. After serving 4 years he joined CIA where he served for 10 years (3 tours overseas focused on extremist and terrorist targets). He resigned CIA to accept an invitation from the Marine Corps to stand up the Marine Corps Intelligence Center.^[5]

In 2011, Steele announced his intention to receive the nomination of the United States Reform Party. In November of that year, he crafted a proposed statement called the Electoral Reform Act of 2012 and presented it to the Occupy Wall Street Electoral Reform Committee.^[6] He withdrew on February 23, 2012, citing a lack of support from other prospective third party candidates.

Steele is prominently featured in the 2007 documentary American Drug War: The Last White Hope. He also appeared in two French documentaries: Les Hackers (English translation: Hackers), on the National Geographic Channel, CIA Guerres Secretes (By William Karel) and Le Monde selon Bush (English translation: The World according to Bush by William Karel), on the television channel Paris Première.

In June 2015, Steele announced his candidacy for the 2016 presidential nomination of the Libertarian Party.^[7][8] In January 2016, he announced that had withdrawn his candidacy with the Libertarian Party.^[1]

Claims About False Flags

As a guest on Alex Jones' program on January 19, 2016, Steele asserted that the shootings in San Bernardino, California, the Charlie Hebdo attacks, and the 9/11 attacks were false flags.^[9]

Bibliography

• The Open Source Everything
• INTELLIGENCE for EARTH - Clarity, Diversity, Integrity, & Sustainability
• On Intelligence: Spies and Secrecy in an Open World
• The New Craft of Intelligence: Personal, Public, & Political—Citizen's Action Handbook for Fighting Terrorism, Genocide, Disease, Toxic Bombs, & Corruption
• Information Operations: All Information, All Languages, All the Time
• THE SMART NATION ACT: Public Intelligence in the Public Interest
• Information operations: putting the "I" back into DIME
• Peacekeeping Intelligence: Emerging Concepts for the Future

References

External links

• Official site
• Open Source Solutions Inc.