Event: 19 Jan, Santa Clara CA – WikiLeaks: Why it Matters. Why it Doesn’t? Daniel Ellsberg, Clay Shirky, Neville Roy Singham, Peter Thiel

WikiLeaks: Why it Matters. Why it Doesn’t? Wednesday, January 19, 2011 Speakers: Daniel Ellsberg, Former US Military Analyst Clay Shirky, Independent Internet Professional; Adjunct Professor, Interactive Telecommunications Program, New York University Neville Roy Singham, Founder and Chairman, ThoughtWorks Peter Thiel, President, Clarium Capital; Managing Partner, Founder’s Fund Moderator: Paul Jay, CEO and Senior Editor, The …

Assisi, Egypt, US Hypocrisy, Global Revolution

This is the one link to share if you wish to have a consolidated view on these topics.  The Tiny URL for this consolidated posting is http://www.tinyurl.com/Assisi-Egypt-USA. Phi Beta Iota: Egypt is a lever for the Assisi Peace Summit. 1)  Against dictators and corruption, inter-faith dialog and coordinated action is HAPPENING. 2)  The connected young …

OpenBTS Egypt — Need to Flesh Out OpenBTS USA

OpenBTS Egypt simplifing the GSM network architecture Worth a look. Activists and concerned citizens in the USA should be ramping up ham radio as well as OpenBTS and OpenMoney.  Facebook credits might be an intermediate solution.  As we saw in relation to Wikileaks with Amazon, MasterCard, and PayPal, corporations cannot be trusted to honor their …

Carthage under Siege + Revolution Tyranny RECAP

Interesting reading…. Middle East & North Africa: Carthage under Siege By Feriel Bouhafa , January 26, 2011 Foreign Policy in Focus The success of a throng of Tunisian protesters who toppled Ben Ali, the seemingly unshakable dictator, caught the world off guard. Analysts have rushed to make sense of Tunisia’s unforeseen popular revolt.  The media …

U.S. intelligence agencies ‘sharing too much’

Unbelievable….we cannot make this stuff up! U.S. intelligence agencies ‘sharing too much’ January 20, 2011 – 8:10am House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) in his office. (WTOP Photo/J.J. Green) J.J. Green, wtop.com WASHINGTON – Intelligence agencies may be ordered to limit the information they share. “When you look at information sharing, I think we …