The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Ever since former Booz Allen Hamilton contractor Edward Snowden started revealing national Security Agency documents earlier this year there has been renewed debate about what is the proper balance between public and private sector roles and participation in the intelligence community. This is an issue, which, in recent years, has periodically come up, but has …
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Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire Protecting the Victims of the Privatization of War Over the years we have seen numerous cases of various abuses and outright crimes by private military and security contractors (PMSC). True, they don’t happen every day, and don’t reflect the actions of the vast majority of the contractors working overseas but …
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From Boox Allen to James Bond EXTRACT (CONCLUSION): Ms. Windsor’s bottom line is this: When the government forms contracts for core governmental functions, particularly in the area of national security, the consequences of problems arising under those contracts can be severe. Preventing those harms is in the United States’ interest, under the two-pronged policy of …
What Rules Should Govern US Drone Attacks? April 4, 2013 Kenneth Roth Larry Towell/Magnum Photos Drone aircraft at a US base, Afghanistan, 2011 As bits and pieces of the Obama administration’s legal justifications for its drone attacks trickle out, what is most striking is their deliberate ambiguity. The recent Justice Department “White Paper,” for example, …
The Financial Legacy of Iraq and Afghanistan: How Wartime Spending Decisions Will Constrain Future National Security Budgets Faculty Research Working Paper Series Linda J. Bilmes, Harvard Kennedy School Abstract: The Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, taken together, will be the most expensive wars in US history – totaling somewhere between $4 to $6 trillion. This …
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Givers take all: The hidden dimension of corporate culture By encouraging employees to both seek and provide help, rewarding givers, and screening out takers, companies can reap significant and lasting benefits. McKinsey & Company, April 2013 After the tragic events of 9/11, a team of Harvard psychologists quietly “invaded” the US intelligence system. The team, …
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The Rise of Big Data How It’s Changing the Way We Think About the World Kenneth Neil Cukier and Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger May/June 2013 Article Summary and Author Biography EXTRACT Big data is a resource and a tool. It is meant to inform, rather than explain; it points toward understanding, but it can still lead to …
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