Graphic: Four National Reforms
Memoranda: Four Reforms for Public Consideration
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Information Operations Newsletter Vol 11 No 01
IO Newsletter
IO Newsletter is back…..
Short URL for all issues is http://www.oss.net/IO
ARSTRAT IO Newsletter v11 no 01.doc
Internet Work-Arounds for Egypt Et Al
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Central Asia–Failed States in the Making
07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, Communities of Practice, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Peace Intelligence, Strategy
Central Asia: Decay and Decline
International Crisis Group Report 201 3 Feb 2011
Quietly but steadily Central Asia’s basic human and physical
infrastructure – the roads, power plants, hospitals and schools and the
last generation of Soviet-trained specialists who have kept this all
running – is disappearing. The equipment is wearing out, the personnel
retiring or dying. Post-independence regimes made little effort to
maintain or replace either, and funds allocated for this purpose have
largely been eaten up by corruption. This collapse has already sparked
protests and contributed to the overthrow of a government.
James Madison: US Security Budget a Nightmare
03 Economy, 07 Other Atrocities, 10 Security, 11 Society, Budgets & Funding, Corruption, Military
Madison's Nightmare: How Much Should We Spend for National Insecurity?
Chuck Spinney, FEB 3, 2011
The Atlantic (for James Fallows)
Brother Chuck makes three key points:
1. He quotes Madison, as we have, on the importance of public knowledge as the basis for the Republic keeping the government accountable and in check.
2. He points out that the defense budget has never been audited, cannot be audited, and is both totally “out of control” and irresponsibly chaotic and grotesquely excessive.
3. He proposes regular persistent cuts in the defense budget until such time as it can actually pass an audit.
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Afghanistan, Israel, Egypt, USA–No Legitimacy
08 Wild Cards, CorruptionAnyone who thinks we ought to stay in Afghanistan and that the Afghanis want us to stay should carefully read and think about the information in this important report.
Chuck Spinney
Petraeus has a new plan to finish the war: Double down on a failed strategy
David Hastings, Rolling Stone, 02/02/11 Read long analytic article…
Phi Beta Iota: Highly recommended long article that illuminates both the lack of intelligent strategy, operations, and tactics in Afghanistan, and the lack of ethical, informed, strategic leadership in Washington.
Two more recommended items below the line…
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NIGHTWATCH on Egypt: Five Epiphanies
08 Wild Cards, EthicsEgypt: Today was the day of Epiphany. In Tahrir Square, the atmosphere changed from euphoria to fear in less than 24 hours. The anti-government demonstrators were outnumbered and surrounded by pro-Mubarak supporters, trapped. They discovered that Army tolerance of their street displays also extended to the pro-Mubarak activists. The Army showed that it was strictly neutral, supporting neither side. Soldiers said they had no orders to move. This was the first epiphany.
There were four others.
extraterrestrial Disclosures Increase….
08 Wild Cards, Advanced Cyber/IO, Cultural Intelligence, Earth Intelligence, Peace Intelligence, Secrecy & Politics of Secrecy
2 February 2011
World business leaders told flying saucers are real & extraterrestrials exist
Might Extraterrestrial Intelligence Sway Religious Beliefs?
NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers Earth-like Planets
Extraterrestrials now live among us in China and in U.S.A., newspapers report
