The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Thomas McCabe
Parameters Spring 2010
Phi Beta Iota: Just as the US Army Strategic Studies Institute found that the hollowness and ineffectiveness of the Iraqi “army” was the single most important factor in enabling the decisive rapid “victory” of the US forces in Gulf I and Gulf II, it is important to avoid placing undue emphasis on the strategic failures of Al Qaeda. They pale in comparison to the strategic failures of the US.
Setting the record straight on ‘contractor' spies
The Washington Post Spy Talk Jeff Stein
Robert Young Pelton spent years investigating counterterrorism mercenaries, so the last thing he expected was to be branded one himself.
Yet there he was on the front page of the New York Times on March 14, his color picture flanked by photos of legendary ex-CIA official Duane R. Clarridge and Michael D. Furlong, a Pentagon psychological warfare official.
The headline: “Contractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants.”
Today the Times corrected the story.
Robert Young Pelton comments:
I am happy to report that the New York Times has done the right thing and corrected their depiction of me in their recent series of articles about Afghanistan and “rogue” contractors. Although I have no personal or ethical problem with DoD contractors, information operations, intelligence activity covert operations or any other programs funded by the Department of Defense to protect our citizens here and overseas. I was not a DoD contractor nor was my company or were my employees involved in any spying, clandestine or illegal activity.
I do have a problem with the illegal use of contractors for espionage, breaking laws or stepping across clearly identified moral boundaries in the use of journalists. But I did not make these allegations, the source for the current activity (almost half a year after we were told the DoD would not be a subscriber) is a leaked memo and DoD insiders. Not my company.
Continue reading “Journal: NYT to Robert Young Pelton–Sorry, Our Bad”
Great cities are organic, spontaneous, heterogeneous, and untidy hubs of social interaction. At Burning Man 2010, we will inspect the daily course of city life and the future prospect of civilization. Prior to the event, we'll host an ongoing conversation about urban design and its impact on culture and community in the Metropol Blog Series.
Once a year, tens of thousands of participants gather in Nevada's Black Rock Desert to create Black Rock City, dedicated to community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance. They depart one week later, having left no trace whatsoever. Then they return home to embody the principles they learned year-round. Learn more about this incredible experience through our First Timers' Guide, our mission and the Ten Principles.
June 30 – Mutant Vehicles
July 1 – Art Installations
July 21 – Video/film project
July 31 – Disabled Persons Vehicles
INTELLIGENCE ONLINE is “the” single best global intelligence monitor.
Phi Beta Iota: We've been anticipating this since first pointing at Haggle and FreeNet. This is the single greatest piece of news for the public in this era. What this means is the end of toll-booths and extortion in local to global communications; it means the end of government ignorance in trying to control spectrum–we are now in Open Spectrum time. For so many reasons, all centered on conscious revolution, evolutionary activism, holistic Darwinism, non-zero, and collective intelligence, this one bit of news changes everything.
Dr. Dr. Dave Warner (PhD, MD)
Ref A: Cyber-Pass Meets Khyber Pass
Ref B: Warner to Clapper on PRT Comms
Ref C: UnityNet White Paper Final
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Earth Intelligence Network “One Call At a Time”
