Compilation of all NOIR White Papers

Parts 1, 2 and 3

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NOIR White Paper Part 3

NOIR White Paper Part 3

Prevention: The Missing Link for Managing Insider Threat in the Intelligence Community

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NOIR White Paper

NOIR White Paper Part 1 & 2

True Psychology of the Insider Spy  |  Proposing a New Policy for Improving National Security by Fixing the Problem of Insider Spies

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ABOUT NOIR

AN INNOVATIVE, NEW SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF INSIDER SPIES

NOIR for USA is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to educate and promote to the US Intelligence Community, policymakers and the public the NOIR concepts and ideas which are intended to improve our national security by fixing the problem of insider spies in an innovative way. Most Insider Threat management initiatives have been technology driven. While clever and useful up to a point, they are subject to the Law of Diminishing Returns and can backfire by creating a negative, distrustful workplace atmosphere. A well-motivated insider can defeat nearly any technology-based system. They will always find a way. By contrast, the NOIR proposal centers on the minds of potential or current insider threats: their psychologies, and their inner worlds. The battle must be won there. It’s time for something new: the proposed National Office for Intelligence Reconciliation (NOIR). Learn more

Factors for Reconciliation

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Rationales for NOIR Concept

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Benefits of NOIR Concept

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TACTICAL BENEFITS OF NOIR:

  • CESSATION

    Decisively stopping insider spying at much earlier stages

  • MITIGATION

    Getting more timely and thorough Damage Assessments, our greatest need from insider spies

  • EXPLOITATION

    Taking advantage of the cooperation of insider spies to work for us as doubled agents to feed disinformation, uncover other penetrations, etc

STRATEGIC BENEFITS OF NOIR:

  • PREDOMINATION

    Degrading spy-handler relationships of all adversary intelligence services, an advantage exclusive to our intelligence community, and our closest allies

  • COORDINATION

    Bridging stovepipes within the intelligence community by sharing a community-wide resourc

  • PREVENTION

    Redefining the shared meaning of insider spying so no one will want to cross that line

OTHER STRATEGIC BENEFITS OF NOIR:

  • #1

    Weakening of Spy-Handler Relationships

  • #2

    Roll Up Spy Networks Becomes More Likely

  • #3

    NOIR Promotes Readiness to Reconcile

  • #4

    Morale Improvement for Intelligence Community Agencies

  • #5

    Insider Spy Productivity Decreases in Anticipation

ANCILLARY BENEFITS OF NOIR:

  • #1

    Partially Solving the Problem of the Non-Prosecutable Spy

  • #2

    Getting Traction with Ideological, Ethnic, Religious or Psychopathic Spies

  • #3

    Smoothing the Outplacement Process When All Else Fails

  • #4

    Managing Difficult “Gray Zone” Personnel Problems

  • #5

    Creating an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) of Last Resort

Feedback about the NOIR Concept

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THE NOIR BLOG

Spies and NOIR: An Interview with David Charney

Dr. David Charney was recently interviewed by Nicole Alibayof, a TV & Film producer, journalist and documentarian, on her new Miss Producer Unfiltered Show. It was a wide-ranging, deep interview about what makes a person decide to spy, Dr. Charney’s work with different spies that led him to develop NOIR, his life beyond work and…

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Countering the Threat of Insider Spies

David Charney was a speaker at the Institute of World Politics’ Chancellor’s Council Meeting. He spoke on the topic of “Countering the Threat of Insider Spies”. Here is a video of his talk: TRANSCRIPT: Thank you thank you it’s good to be here. John Russo actually makes my life a little easier because he handled…

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Evaluating insider threat indicators and mitigation measures: A Delphi study

Dr. David Charney was part of a worldwide group of insider threat experts who were consulted for a University of Antwerp doctoral project on insider threats, which was published in April 2022. The project used the Delphi technique, which is “a widely used method of gathering group consensus from a panel of knowledgeable persons”.  The…

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DIA Podcast on Ana Montes

The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) just released a podcast focusing on the Anna Montes case and Dr. David Charney was interviewed for it. Montes was a senior DIA employee who for many years spied for Cuba. The podcast was very professionally done and worth a listen. This time Dr. Charney was paired up with Malcolm…

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SPYING

“A SOLUTION TO NOTHING”

“I am utterly amazed to find this espionage related website that accurately describes the true experiences of the spy. Reading the stages actually made me tremble as I recalled my own entry into the world of espionage and the inevitable consequences.”

—Jeffrey M. Carney, US Air Force intel specialist who spied for East Germany’s Ministry of State Security (MfS)

 

Read about the 10 Life Stages that a Spy goes through

Dr. David Charney: What Makes a Spy Tick?

Insider Spies: New Ideas to Counter the Threat