Greg Palast: GOP Is Going to Steal 2012 Election — and No One Will Stop It or Complain

Greg Palast on How the GOP Is Planning to Steal the 2012 Election Wednesday, 12 September 2012 14:32 By Mark Karlin, Truthout | Interview Greg Palast is back with a timely new book, Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps.  In the book, which is illustrated by Ted Rall …

Steven Aftergood: Army Introduction to Open Source Intelligence – Comment by Robert Steele

AN ARMY INTRODUCTION TO OPEN SOURCE INTELLIGENCE A new U.S. Army publication provides an introduction to open source intelligence, as understood and practiced by the Army. “Open-source intelligence is the intelligence discipline that pertains to intelligence produced from publicly available information that is collected, exploited, and disseminated in a timely manner to an appropriate audience …

NIGHTWATCH: Silence of the Diplomatic Gerbils, Failure of US Intelligence & USMC

Libya:Multiple sources have reported more details on the events that led to the death of Ambassador Stephens. The details suggest this was another case of well-intentioned but misguided hubris by Americans, as to their own safety, and well-aimed and well- targeted attacks by the Muslim attackers. This appears, in fact, to have been a deliberate …

Chuck Spinney: Russian Land, Chinese Labor – The North Evolves

Interesting evolution of Russo-Chinese relations Nation Rich in Land Draws Workers From One Rich in People By ANDREW E. KRAMER The New York Times, 10 September 2012 OSTANINO, Russia — When a Chinese investor bought a farm outside this village a few years back, he was pleased enough to name it Golden Land. The soil …

Review (Guest): Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive

Bruce Schneier Robert Steele: This review is so useful that it is being cross-posted to Phi Beta Iota the Public Intelligence Blog. Both this book and its virtual sidekick, The Penguin and the Leviathan: How Cooperation Triumphs over Self-Interest completely miss the point of Statecraft as Soulcraft, of The Exemplar: The Exemplary Performer in the …

ShadowStats: USA Hyperinflation, 2014 Outside Date for Economic Collapse

SPECIAL COMMENTARY NUMBER 414 January 25, 2012 U.S. Hyperinflationary Great Depression Moves Ever Closer U.S. Government and the Federal Reserve Effectively Have Destroyed Global Confidence in the U.S. Dollar Systemic-Solvency and Economic Crises Have Not Abated Precursors to Ultimate Dollar Disaster Are in Place; 2014 Remains the Outside Timing for Same