UPDATED 2 November 2012 to add 450-ship Navy and other military implications of intelligence with integrity
Marcus Aurelius: CIA Panetta Memo on Presidential Authorization of Bin Laden Hit
07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, 10 Security, 11 Society, Corruption, Director of National Intelligence et al (IC), DoD, Government, IO Deeds of War, Military, Officers Call
As posted at http://cryptocomb.org/cia-
Phi Beta Iota: This may well be authentic, but it is highly suspect. A signed Presidential finding is needed for such a project, one does not undertake such initiatives without that written document, nor accept a phone call from a lesser aide as a substitute–nor should JSOG be doing anything without that written finding, certainly not on the verbal word of the CIA Director. We continue to believe that CIA created an Oswald situation, a patsy, for JSOG to kill and dump without credible forensic evidence. There is uncertainty as to whether Obama actually authorized the mission–it may have been done against his wishes as the placeholder president. We continue to believe that former Assistant Secretary of State Dr. Steve Pieczenik has it right — Bin Laden died in 2001. Our only certainty is that the truth is quite distant from the “Bin Laden Story” as told to date.
See Also:
Bin Laden Show 16: Over-Ruling the President
Bin Laden Show 08: History from 2001 Updated
Bin Laden Show: Entries 01-79 UPDATED 24 March 2012
Worth a Look: Book Reviews on Intelligence (Most)
Marcus Aurelius: US Army Chief of Staff Toes the Party Line + Meta-RECAP
Corruption, MilitaryForeign Affairs, May 1, 2012 also Army.mil
The U.S. Army In A Time Of Transition
Building a flexible force
By Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, Army Chief of Staff
After six months as chief of staff, I can see clearly that the coming decade will be a vital period of transition for the U.S. Army. The service will have to adjust to three major changes: declining budgets, due to the country's worsened fiscal situation; a shift in emphasis to the Asia-Pacific region; and a broadening of focus from counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, and training of partners to shaping the strategic environment, preventing the outbreak of dangerous regional conflicts, and improving the army's readiness to respond in force to a range of complex contingencies worldwide.
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Gary North: Cancer Lobby Winning Big — Corrupt Congress is THE Cancer
07 Health, Corruption, Government
Health and Free Trade
by Gary North
Tea Party Economist
For over 250 years, economists – even before they were called economists – have struggled to solve a problem: how to persuade people that trade really is positive and that restrictions on trade really are negative. This is one more attempt.
Let us assume that your physician informs you that you have cancer. The type of cancer that you have is invariably fatal. He utters those words that estate planning lawyers thrive on: “You should get your affairs in order.”
You go home. After thinking about your situation, you go online in search of a solution. You come across an article on a proposed new cure. There is hope. But you find that the cure is experimental. It has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The estimated cost of getting through the FDA's legal hoops is $100 million. It will take seven years.
You do not have seven years.
Do you believe in free trade in proposed cancer cures? Now you do.
What if you could sign a legal waiver taking full responsibility for your actions? What if you are willing to let the discoverer off the hook legally for any negative outcome of the treatment? Sorry, no can do. That would be illegal.
Why would it be illegal?
There is a simple reason: “Because it would reduce the power of the Food and Drug Administration.” If every Tom, Dick, and Harry were willing to sign a waiver, then the FDA could not control drugs. This degree of open entry into the health care field would enable producers of health-care to get together with customers to arrange mutually agreeable solutions.
See Also:
Dolphin: Universal Cancer Vaccine Developed
Dolphin: Cancer Cure in Canada, Big Pharma NOT Interested
Penguin: Google’s Public Destruction Heralded by Those Ignorant of Google-zilla
Advanced Cyber/IO
Google's Destruction Is Already Under Way
Business Insider, Apr. 27, 2012
The Federal Trade Commission has hired the prosecutor who got Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh the death penalty to lead its investigation into potential anti-trust violations by Google, report David Streitfeld and Edward Wyatt of the New York Times.
Her name is Beth Wilkinson.
Experts tell the Times her hiring sends “a strong signal that [the FTC is] prepared to take the Internet giant to court.”
According to Streitfeld and Wyatt, the government's concern with Google is that “Google has manipulated its search results, making it less likely that competing companies or products appear at the top of a results page.”
Phi Beta Iota: Google is light years ahead of any government, and those who think Google search is even remotely vulnerable to government intervention have no clue as to either Google's strength, or governmental ignorance. We have been calling for a center for computational mathematics for years now, but governments would rather be ignorant and unethical than effective. Yes Google has programmable search engines and yes, Google is corrupt to the bone at the top (very much like the US Government, 80-90% good people trapped in a bad system). It is not possible to understand Google without reading The Google Trilogy by Stephen Arnold.
See Also:
- Advanced Cyber/IO (820)
- Autonomous Internet (138)
DefDog: Afghan Solider Shoots NATO Soldier, US/NATO “Disingenious”
10 Security, 11 Society, DoD
This line is completely disingenuous…..shows the lack of knowledge of the Afghan people……
Afghan Special Forces Soldier Shoots US Mentor
It follows another shooting incident earlier this week
By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff
newser, Apr 27, 2012
A member of Afghanistan's elite special forces—a group that is supposed to be rigorously vetted—shot and killed an American mentor and his translator at a US military base Wednesday, before being gunned down in turn by US soldiers, Reuters reports. Another Afghan special forces soldier was killed in the crossfire as well. The Taliban immediately claimed responsibility for the shooting, but according to one Afghan general it took place “after a verbal conflict.”
Phi Beta Iota: Afghanistan has been a study in legalized crime. The USA has trained, equipped, and organized both sides for the past decade, while simultaneously taking Afghanistan opium processed into #4 heroin in Pakistan (by the Pakistani military) from 0 to 95% of the world's supply. Talk about hat tricks for the financial crime families behind the two political parties in the USA for whom no insanity is inconceivable. In comparison the 200+ other illegimate “small wars,” Afghanistan is a study in “optimal” government-induced global crime.
Mini-Me: Call to Arms Occupy 2012 Hits West Coast & Paulistas
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Huh?
CULTURE | A Call to Arms from the Author of ‘The Open-Source Everything Manifesto’
By RobertSteele – April 27, 2012
North Atlantic Books Communities
As much as I love all that it represents, Occupy is struggling. The dirty little secret of Occupy is that it is moderately organized in NYC, Chicago, Boston, and Oakland – and a mob everywhere else. The “general strike” called for 1 May is just around the corner, and the truth be told, Occupy may be about to implode for lack of leadership, focus, and financial attractiveness to the non-Occupy majority that actually shares Occupy’s anger and disdain for corruption across the public and private sectors. What I offer in this call to arms is a simple game plan that will allow Occupy to raise one billion dollars if not more, to cleanse the temples of government, and to restore the Republic.
I call on all citizens of the United States of America to coalesce around the spirit of outrage and patriotism that Occupy and the Tea Party represent. I present seven specific actions we can all take such that in November 2012 we elect an honest President and an honest Congress. Anyman can be president because all of us will be the coalition, the congress, and the committee of the whole.
This is a legal, ethical, non-violent call to arms.
Call To Arms – Paulistas, Arise And Occupy 2012
Submitted by RobertDavidStee… on Fri, 04/27/2012– 15:27
In my opinion (more about me at http://tinyurl.com/Steele2012) NOTHING Ron Paul accomplishes from WITHIN the two-party tyranny will matter. Anyone believing that is simply out of touch with reality.
A brokered convention is NOT going to EMPOWER Ron Paul and the Paulistas UNLESS the ground work is laid now–that includes all of the action items below. Anything less is Ron Paul playing dead. IMHO.
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