<p>Steele has gotten past the anger and is now offering up icy-cold straight public intelligence in the public interest. A recovering spy, founder of the modern Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) movement, #1 reviewer of nonfiction as rated by readers at Amazon, and now practicing what he preaches deep in the jungles of Central America, Steele, who reads in 98 categories and is down to his last of nine lives, will answer any question on any topic for as long as it takes. The record is four hours. He may die soon, so he wants to try for six hours.</p>
<p> <strong> Robert Steele </strong> is the first public intelligence officer of the 21st Century. A recovering spy who signed the letter against torture and has generally condemned the current and past administrators of the various national intelligence elements in the USA, he has helped 90 countries get a grip on Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), and is today a pioneer of multinational, multifunctional information-sharing and sense-making. He has written a number of books, all of which will be on sale at half price on Saturday only, and is the host of three websites, http://www.oss.net (original), http://www.earth-intelligence.net (non-profit), and http://www.phibetaiota.net (front end for both and the main site for anyone interested in public intelligence of, by, and for the public. </p>