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2013/10/102013/10/10

David Sabow: BETRAYAL – Toxic Murder of US Marines and US Government Cover-Up

02 Infectious Disease, 03 Environmental Degradation, 07 Health, 07 Other Atrocities, 09 Justice, 11 Society, Corruption, DoD, Government, Idiocy, Ineptitude, Military, Officers Call

This should be read by everyone who believes that those within the DC-BELTWAY are here to protect and represent you and your families. I can personally tell you how vicious they can be when you are about to expose them. They assassinated my brother, Colonel James e. Sabow, USMC, Jimmy. and they have tried everything on me -short of murder. They have attacked me through the IRS, my professional medical credentials, the narcotics control agency, the Social security Administration, to name a few. My representatives in my state of South Dakota (past and present) won't even talk to me after they realize what has occurred. Senators Daschle, Tim Johnson, Larry Pressler and John Thune have all have all demonstrated their cowardice and their true colors. Each and everyone of them know that Col. Sabow was murdered and most of them suspect or know why. But they all remain silent! What character!

BETRAYAL is a true story of U.S. Marines who were exposed to carcinogens, injured, and continue for fight for health care and compensation. This nonfiction account was written by two U.S. Marines who were both assigned to the most contaminated site at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, CA. Senior Marine Corps leadership were involved in murder, crime scene cover-up, narcotrafficking (cocaine, the drug of choice), the shredding of records, and the denial of injuries from exposure to deadly contaminants at both El Toro and Camp Lejeune, NC. The connection is not a square peg in a square hole, but its damn close. Thousands of veterans and their families were once stationed at El Toro, the premier Marine Corps jet fighter base closed in July 1999. Legislation to provide health care for Camp Lejeune, an active military installation, was passed in the 112th Congress. However, no veteran compensation was included in the Janey Ensminger Act. None of the veterans that served aboard these two installations were notified of their exposure to deadly contaminants when it was discovered resulting in both bases earning Superfund Cleanup Site status. Many veterans have died without ‘connecting the dots’ between their killing diseases and military service.

2013/10/092013/10/09

NATO WATCH: Afghanistan “Zero Option” and More…

Government, Military

In this July-September 2013 edition:

NATO Watch Editorial: ‘Zero Option' for Afghanistan – a realistic possibility?

Review Article: The Taliban at war: inside the Helmand insurgency, 2004–2012

News, Commentary & Reports: Afghanistan-Pakistan; Arctic Security; Arms Control; Counter-Terrorism; Cyber Security; Defence Budgets; Drones; Energy Security; Enlargement and Partnerships; Exercises; Kosovo; Libya; Mali; Maritime Security; Missile Defence; NATO Military Committee & International Military Staff; NATO-Russian Relations; Nuclear Weapons; R2P; Scottish Independence; Syria; Transatlantic Cooperation; Transparency & Accountability

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Security News from NATO Member States: Albania; Belgium; Bulgaria; Canada; Czech Republic; Estonia; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iceland; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Romania; Slovenia; Spain; Turkey, UK, USA

End Word: National Security Secrecy and the Right to Know

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NATO Watch www.natowatch.org conducts independent monitoring and analysis of NATO and aims to increase transparency, stimulate parliamentary engagement and broaden public awareness and participation in a progressive reform agenda within NATO.

2013/10/072013/10/08

Berto Jongman: NSA Utah Suffers Ten Meltdowns — Cost Plus Gov Spec + NSA Meta-RECAP

Corruption, Government, Idiocy, Ineptitude, IO Deeds of War, IO Impotency, Military

NSA data center suffers ‘meltdowns,' is delayed by a year, report says

The giant Utah facility has been dogged by electrical problems, a report says

By James Niccolai, IDG News Service

October 07, 2013 09:35 PM ET

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2013/10/06

NATO Watch: NATO and Russia to Cooperate on Syria?

08 Proliferation, Ethics, Government, Military

NATO and Russia to Cooperate on Syrian Chemical Weapon Disarmament?

By Ian Davis, NATO Watch

5 October 2013

www.natowatch.org Promoting a more transparent and accountable NATO

It is not often that we get to blow our own trumpet. But breaking news reported in the Journal of Turkish Weekly suggests that NATO and Russia have agreed to cooperate to facilitate Syria chemical disarmament. This is exactly what NATO Watch Director Ian Davis and Andreas Persbo Executive Director of VERTIC called for in an opinion piece published on 13 September. As far we can ascertain, no one else was calling for such a strategic alignment and our efforts to place the op ed in both The Guardian and New York Times fell on deaf ears. However, a senior NATO official did read it and responded favourably in a private email on 17 September.

And now it is being reported that Russia and NATO have agreed to fund and provide technical assistance to the chemical weapon disarmament process in Syria being conducted by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Emerging from an Ambassador-level session of the NATO-Russia Council in Brussels on Friday, Russian Ambassador Alexander Grushko said “the sides have agreed to pull off the task in strict keeping with Resolution 2118 of the UN Security Council and the subsequent resolution of the OPCW”. They had also agreed that the Syrian crisis can only be settled politically, through an all-embracing second Geneva conference on Syria, which should bring the Syrian government together with all rebel groups.

Disarmament personnel are expected to begin travelling to chemical-weapon facilities to disable equipment next week, according to an OPCW press release. The exact timing largely depends on developments within three OPCW subgroups charged with confirming chemical-arms declarations by Damascus, protecting auditors in the field and making ‘practical arrangements’ to inventory and dismantle the Syrian government's full chemical-warfare stockpile by the middle of next year. It is not yet clear what specific role the NATO-Russian cooperation will play in this process. The OPCW group faces an initial Nov. 1 deadline to eliminate the Assad regime's chemical-weapon production capacity.

As we said in our earlier op ed, this cooperation could be a potential game changer. Not only does this agreement offer a tentative route map out of the mess in Syria but also a broader strategic, normative and political rapprochement between NATO and Russia, as well as a re-invigorated United Nations. We await further details of the NATO-Russia agreement with interest.

2013/10/062013/10/06

Marcus Aurelius: Defense Orders Most Furloughed Players Back to Work

Military

Not sure just what this really means —

What does “most” mean?
I read the language of the law, which extremely broad and permissive.
DoJ and, of course DoD (little difference) attorneys appear to have construed the language VERY, VERY narrowly
SECDEF's memo, link highlighted, follows suit, seeming to focus on employees doing things like handing out basketballs in the gym.
Have heard nothing yet from my leadership, but suspect that Army will also take a very narrow interpretation, if for no other reason, to show that Army is tough and can press on w/o a full crew. Not at all sure they will chose to bring back the Army War Plans Division.
White House obviously benefits from narrowest possible interpretation of language because it allows them to continue focus on Republican fringe as the political terrorists they have behaved like and that Mike Lukovich documented them to be in today's cartoon “Axis of Evil 2013.”
Standing by..

Stephanie Gaskell 2:39 PM ET

Hagel Orders Most Furloughed Civilian Employees Back to Work

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2013/10/04

Maj (P) Jeff Bordin Receives Bronze Star for Green on Blue Study Leading to 80% Reduction in ISAF Deaths from Insider Attack

Cultural Intelligence, Ethics, Military

CITATION TO ACCOMPANY THE AWARD OF BRONZE STAR

TO MAJOR JEFFREY T. BORDIN, UNITED STATES ARMY

Citation:

Major Jeffrey T. Bordin, United States Army, distinguished himself by exceptionally meritorious service while deployed in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM and Overseas Contingency Operations as the Center for Army Lessons Learned Liaison Officer assigned to Afghanistan, from 11 August 2012 to 10 August 2013. Major Bordin’s unwavering leadership, dedication, professional knowledge, commitment, field research in some of the most kinetic regions in Afghanistan, and resulting recommendations were instrumental in an 80% reduction in ISAF deaths caused by insider attacks from 1 November 2012 through 1 June 2013 compared to the previous two year period. In addition he co-authored two insider threat handbooks as well as a third ANSF advisor training handbook. Through his distinctive accomplishments, Major Bordin reflected great credit upon himself, the United States Army, and the Department of Defense.

References:

Jeff Bordin: Fratricide (Green on Blue) in Afghanistan — A Crisis of Trust, A Vacuum in Understanding 1.1

Previously rejected report is now key to US effort to curb insider killings in Afghanistan

Review: Lethal Incompetence

Narrative

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2013/10/022013/10/02

Berto Jongman: NSA Whistleblower Thomas Drake Addresses European Parliament on the American Surveillance State + NSA Role in Global Assassination Program

03 Economy, 07 Other Atrocities, 09 Justice, 10 Security, 11 Society, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Idiocy, IO Deeds of War, IO Impotency, Military, Officers Call

NSA Whistleblower Thomas Drake Addresses European Parliament on the American Surveillance State

by Government Accountability Project on September 30, 2013 ( The Whistleblogger / 2013 )

Earlier today, former National Security Agency (NSA) Senior Executive Thomas Drake addressed a special Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) created by the European Parliament to investigate spying efforts by the United States and EU countries. Addressing specially-appointed Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), Drake spoke as a former NSA crypto-linguist who witnessed what he describes as a “persistent surveillance state” that was “born during the first few critical weeks and months following 9/11.”

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Drake's testimony can be read and viewed here

Drake, a whistleblower, was the subject of a federal criminal leak investigation and faced a potential 35 years under a 10-felony count indictment, including five counts under the Espionage Act. In 2011, the federal government dropped all charges against Drake.

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