BOOK: America's Great Game: The CIA’s Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East
From the 9/11 attacks to waterboarding to drone strikes, relations between the United States and the Middle East seem caught in a downward spiral. And all too often, the Central Intelligence Agency has made the situation worse. But this crisis was not a historical inevitability—far from it.
NB: If John Kerry had an Open Source Agency, he would be vastly better informed and much more effective.
ANALYSIS: 36 Signs The Media Is Lying To You About How Radiation From Fukushima Is Affecting The West Coast
ANALYSIS: Interpreting Al Qaeda — Milbank Gets It Wrong
ANALYSIS: Spinning Al Qaeda — Flawed Analysis = Bad Policy
ANALYSIS: US Intelligence Challenged by MIT on Ghouta Chemical Attack
CULTURE: Culture of Blessed Death in Mexico
CYBER: Blackberry Owns Patent to NSA's Mandated (Purchased) Backdoor RSA Algorithm
CYBER: CloudFogger Encrypts Files Before Loading to Cloud
CYBER: Coding for Ireland
CYBER: PrivateOS Against NSA Now Available
CYBER: Security Not Enough — Need Cyber Resilience
EMPIRE: CIA's 1950's 1960's Great Game in the Middle East
JUSTICE: Brussels Calls on EU to Tackle Extremism
JUSTICE: Rafik Hariri Murder Trial Begins at The Hague
LIFE: Beijing Blanketed by Poisonous Smog
LIFE: Green Spaces Have Postive Lasting Impact on Human Well-Being
LIFE: Narrating Trauma: On the Impact of Collective Suffering
SECURITY: FBI Hunt for KGB Mole
SECURITY: Russia Plans Tightest Security in Olympic History
THREAT: Global Dangers in 2014
THREAT: Hizb Allah at War in Syria: Forces, Operations, Effects and Implications
THREAT: Life under Islamists in Syria Part II
WAR: Nearly 2,900 Syrians butchered and burned to death as tool of intimidation – experts
