Stephen E. Arnold: Carly Fiorina’s Big Bust — Barklays Bank Fraud? Bad Judgment? How Autonomy Gored HP and Its CEO

Commerce, Corruption, IO Impotency
Stephen E. Arnold
Stephen E. Arnold

Hewlett Packard Autonomy: Bank Issues Alleged

The Price of Silence on Wall Street” provides a bit of information about the role of intermediaries in the HP deal for Autonomy. I find it difficult to figure out if the bank was doing its normal sales job for a juicy deal or if the bank was doing some fancy dancing.

Here are portions of the write up I highlighted when I was out of Internet range in a far off land. There is some value to printing online article for offline reading.

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Robert Parry: Are NeoCons an Existential Threat? When Will the FBI Be Allowed to Do Its Job?

04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 06 Genocide, 07 Other Atrocities, Civil Society, Commerce, Corruption, Government, IO Deeds of War
Robert Parry
Robert Parry

Are Neocons an Existential Threat?

No one dares confront the existential question of whether the United States and the world can continue to tolerate and accommodate the neoconservatives.

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Mongoose: Evidence CENTCOM Manipulated ISIS Reports — Without DIA Leadership Knowing?

Corruption, Government, Ineptitude, Military
Mongoose
Mongoose

Analysts Said to Provide Evidence of Distorted Reports on ISIS

EXTRACT

“The senior intelligence officers are flipping everything on its head,” said one government intelligence analyst, who like others spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. The analyst said that the complaints involve the highest-ranking officials in Centcom’s intelligence unit, run by Army Maj. Gen. Steven R. Grove.

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Robert Parry: US Intel Vets Slam CIA Use of Torture and New Book “Rebuttal” That Repeats Prior Lies by CIA “Leaders” — Robert Steele Comments

07 Other Atrocities, 09 Terrorism, Civil Society, Ethics, Government, Officers Call
Robert Parry
Robert Parry

US Intel Vets Decry CIA’s Use of Torture

Torture defenders are back on the offensive publishing a book by ex-CIA leaders rebutting a Senate report that denounced the brutal tactics as illegal, inhumane and ineffective. Now, in a memo to President Obama, other U.S. intelligence veterans are siding with the Senate findings and repudiating the torture apologists.

Comment by Robert Steele Below the Fold

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Antechinus: US Intelligence Chief a Cartoon Fantasy?

07 Other Atrocities, 09 Justice, 10 Security, 10 Transnational Crime, 11 Society, Corruption, Government, Officers Call
Antechinus
Antechinus

US intelligence based on a cartoon fantasy? Is this their answer to being called old porn queens by VICE?

Spy Chief James Clapper Compares U.S. ‘Intelligence Community’ To Spider-Man

“Spider-Man is known for his precognitive ‘Spidey Sense.’ Many of our customers expect us to be clairvoyant when it comes to world events,” Clapper said.

RELATED: Berto Jongman: Dutch Teen-Ager Produces Best Map of ISIS in Syria and Has Best Direct Human and Open Source Feeds

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