Curveball: How US was duped by Iraqi fantasist looking to topple Saddam
Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi let imagination run wild and became main source for Colin Powell's case for war in 2003
Defector admits to WMD lies that triggered Iraq war
Admissions vindicate CIA's former Europe chief
Phi Beta Iota: The story lacks context; Powell was not duped, he knew he was lying for his party, never mind that this left his integrity in the trash can. If Curveball had not existed Dick Cheney and the Neo-Cons would have fabricated someone like him. This is a classic case of integrity failure across the board. The British, the Germans, the CIA, everyone knew this guy was a liar, but in a repeat of “reasonable dishonesty” as immortalized by Sherman Kent in talking to Sam Adams, everyone chose to let Dick Cheney get away with a massive crime against humanity and a massive crime against the American people. Integrity. Keeping your integrity matters; you pay a price in the short-run when surrounded by those without integrity, but in the long run, you honor your Oath to the Constitution and your obligations to God, country, and family. It's a challenge. See Paradigms of Failure for context–integrity is not easy. Those of us that tried to fund full-page information pages against the war and the lies supporting the war were pushed back by the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times (no doubt there were many other pushbacks). America has become a cheating culture in which “anything goes” for short-term selfish gain, without regard to the long-term consequences. Groundswell, Netroots, Smart Mobs, Wise Crowds, Generation 2.0, Youth Pirates, Everybody, all are meeting huge resistance in the near-term.
See Also:
Note: This is an eight-page list. Integrity is central to everything. We considered reducing this to a one-page list, but found the nature of the list to be provocative and therefore worth sharing for others to pick and choose within this larger than normal RECAP set.
2004 Kaplan (US) The Saudi Connection: How billions in oil money spawned a global terror network
2004 Mazzafro (US) Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and Global Issues
2004 Palmer (US) Achieving Universal Democracy by Eliminating All Dictators within the Decade
2006 Sutton (US) Global Coverage, Looking Backward, Looking Forward
2009 Homeland Security Today: Vet with a Vision
2010 Hacking Humanity & SPY IMPROV, Email, Photos, Complete Audio
2010 INTELLIGENCE FOR EARTH: Clarity, Diversity, Integrity, & Sustainability
2010 PhD Author Dissects Intelligence Reformer Robert Steele
2010: OPINION–America’s Cyber Scam
BLOWBACK, Legitimate Grievances, & Integrity Lost
Graphic: Dumber, Blunder, & Plunder
Graphic: Integrity in All Respects
Graphic: Intelligence Maturity Scale
Graphic: OSINT Support to Four Levels of Analysis
Graphic: Six Circles–Earth Intelligence Network Operational Concept
Journal: $750 Billion Wall Street Scam, Russian Anger, Chinese Intent
Journal: 9-11 Truth Movement–Hanging Fire, Still Explosive
Journal: Afghanistan & America’s Loss of Integrity I
Journal: Afghanistan & America’s Loss of Integrity II
Journal: Afghanistan as Corruption Squared
Journal: America’s Shame, Obama’s Failure
Journal: An Ethical Code for Intelligence Officers
Journal: Battle for the Soul of America
Journal: Body Count in Afghanistan
Journal: C/JCS Shines on Iran-Israel
Journal: Chicago-Style Partisan Corruption & Industrial-Era Organization Killing the USA
Journal: Chuck Spinney Flags Israel’s Use of Economic Strangulation (Genocide or Atrocity)
Journal: CIA Leads the “Walking Dead” in USA
Journal: Col Danny R. McKnight, USA (Ret) on Leadership
Journal: Continuity of Gerbil Operations
Journal: Culture of Cheating at FBI and …
Journal: Demopublicans–NO DIFFERENCE
Journal: Design Thinking for Government
Journal: Dumbest Congress Money Can Buy…
Journal: FINALLY, a C/JCS with Integrity
Journal: Five Myths Debunked–Treasury Run by Crooks
Journal: Haiti–A Special Forces Sergeant Major Reports Our National Crime Against Humanity in Haiti
Journal: Heads Will Roll (Deckchairs Will Be Re-Arranged)
Journal: How a Torture Protest Killed a Career
Journal: Hubris Loses to Angst & Reality–Every Time
Journal: Incoherence of US Government Continues…
Journal: Integrity (Truth) Coming to the Top on Banking
Journal: Integrity 101 for Presidential Aides
Journal: Integrity, Afghanistan, & The White House
Journal: Klepto-Capitalism (Legalized Looting)
Journal: Markle Foundation Focuses on Lack of Information–We Focus on Lack of Integrity
Journal: Microsoft, Cyber-Security, Syllable, & Integrity
Journal: Moody’s Loss of Integrity
Journal: New QDR–Pentagon Goes Intellectually AWOL
Journal: New York Times Lies, Ha’aretz Does Not
Journal: Obliviousness–and Lies–Kill Own’s Own
Journal: OUT OF CONTROL–The Demise of Responsible Government “Intelligence” II
Journal: Out of Touch with Reality II
Journal: Out of Touch with Reality III
Journal: Paradigm & Integrity Revolution in Medicine
Journal: Pentagon Lies, NYT Sells Out, Obama Fiddles
Journal: Pentagon’s Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) as a Metaphor for a Predictable Defense Meltdown
Journal: Politics & Intelligence–Partners Only When Integrity is Central to Both
Journal: Race, Class, Money & Truth
Journal: Reflections on Integrity
Journal: Secretary of State Lacks Intelligence Support
Journal: Senator Moves to Stop Scientific Ghostwriting
Journal: Steele on Integrity and the Secretary of Defense Specifically
Journal: The Power of ONE Person with INTEGRITY
Journal: The Truth on Iraq and Israel Must Come Out
Journal: True Cost of Afghanistan
Journal: True Cost–Israel and Palestine
Journal: Underpants Bomber Shines Light on Naked USG–Without Four Reforms, USA Locked in Place
Journal: US Corruption at the Border and at the Top
Journal: US Lacks Basic Intelligence at the Top
Journal: USG Clears Way in AF for “Thug in a Box”
Journal: USN Refuses NGF for USMC–Gap Clearly Identified by Expeditionary Factors Study in 1989
Journal: Who will trust open source security from the government? Any government?
Preconditions of Revolution in the USA Today
Reference: 1989 USMC CLIC CIA DIA Aborted Baby
Reference: Empire of Lies & Secrecy
Reference: Hacking Humanity & Open Everything
Reference: Integrity–Without it Nothing Works
Reference: Integrity–Without it Nothing Works II
Reference: Integrity–Without It Nothing Works III
Reference: Lying is Not Patriotic–Ron Paul
Reference: We Lacked the Will (on HUMINT)
Review (Guest): Government of the Shadows–Parapolitics and Criminal Sovereignty (Paperback)
Review (Guest): Integrity–Good People, Bad Choices, and Life Lessons from the White House
Review : Global Shift–How A New Worldview Is Transforming Humanity
Review: A Foreign Policy of Freedom–Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship (Paperback)
Review: A Power Governments Cannot Suppress
Review: Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth
Review: Anti-corruption: Webster’s Timeline History, 1954 – 2007
Review: Blind Into Baghdad–America’s War in Iraq
Review: Blood Money–Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq
Review: Come Home America: The Rise and Fall (and Redeeming Promise) of Our Country
Review: Corruption and Anti-Corruption–An Applied Philosophical Approach
Review: Dignity for All–How to Create a World Without Rankism
Review: Edward Lansdale’s Cold War (Culture, Politics, and the Cold War) (Paperback)
Review: Gag Rule–On the Suppression of Dissent and Stifling of Democracy
Review: Grand Theft Pentagon–Tales of Corruption and Profiteering in the War on Terror
Review: Griftopia–Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
Review: Ideas and Integrities–A Spontaneous Autobiographical Disclosure
Review: Into the Buzzsaw–Leading Journalists Expose the Myth of a Free Press
Review: Losing America–Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency
Review: Our Endangered Values–America’s Moral Crisis (Hardcover)
Review: Shooting the Truth–The Rise of American Political Documentaries
Review: State of Emergency–The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America
Review: Target Iran–The Truth About the White House’s Plans for Regime Change
Review: Tell Me No Lies: Investigative Journalism That Changed the World
Review: Tempting Faith–An Inside Story of Political Seduction
Review: The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism
Review: The Big Wedding–9/11, the Whistle Blowers, and the Cover-up (Paperback)
Review: The Cheating Culture–Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead
Review: The Deepening Darkness–Patriarchy, Resistance, and Democracy’s Future
Review: The Design of Business–Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage
Review: The Disposable American–Layoffs and Their Consequences (Hardcover)
Review: The End of Money and the Future of Civilization
Review: The Folly of War–American Foreign Policy, 1898-2005
Review: The Idea that is America–Keeping Faith With Our Values in a Dangerous World
Review: The New Pearl Harbor–Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11 (Paperback)
Review: The Swiss, The Gold And The Dead–How Swiss Bankers Helped Finance the Nazi War Machine
Review: The Trial of Henry Kissinger
Review: Wedge–The Secret War Between the FBI and CIA
Review: Why Leaders Lie–The Truth About Lying in International Politics
Review: Why the Rest Hates the West–Understanding the Roots of Global Rage (Paperback)
Review: Willful Neglect–The Dangerous Illusion of Homeland Security
Review: Wilson’s Ghost–Reducing the Risk of Conflict, Killing, and Catastrophe in the 21st Century
Search: “the central problem of our time” Steele
Search: bhopal, yes men, ethics
Search: Intelligence and the Viet-Nam War
SECRECY NEWS: Over-Classification & Whistleblowers
Strong Signals: Truth or Tyrannicide + RECAP
True Cost: Cost of food-borne illnesses is deemed much higher than earlier estimates
US Intelligence Lies to “Defer” to General Petraeus
USA National Military Strategy 2011 + RECAP
What’s Right with America? Let Me List the Books…
What’s Wrong with America? Let Me List the Books….
Worth a Look: Book Reviews on Corporate Lack of Integrity or Intelligence or Both
Worth a Look: Book Reviews on Dereliction of Duty (Other Than Defense)
Worth a Look: Citizen Intelligence on Homeland Security Waste
Worth a Look: Military Ethics in Tough Times
Worth a Look: Strong Signal–Anger in the Heartland
Worth a Look: The Golden Hour and Rebalancing the Instruments of National Power
