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2015/09/022015/09/10

Gareth Porter: Framing Iran for Khobar Towers — Who Benefits? Saudi Arabia & Zionist Israel UPDATE 1

04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, 09 Terrorism, Corruption, Government, IO Deeds of War, Peace Intelligence

Who Bombed Khobar Towers? Anatomy of a Crooked Terrorism Investigation

The official Khobar Towers investigation led by FBI Director Louis Freeh was precooked to arrive at the outcome that had been politically determined by the White House.
The only evidence of Saudi Shi'a involvement in the bombing was from confessions obtained by torture by Saudi secret police.
The investigation ignored compelling evidence that Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda – not Iran-supported Saudi Hezbollah” – planned and executed the bombing.

UPDATE 1: With Khobar Bomber's Arrest, Saudi Arabia Deals Blow to Iran

Phi Beta Iota: Asked about this, Gareth Porter responded: It doesn't change in the least any of the analysis in my article about the politicized investigation and conclusion by Louis Freeh and the FBI. Will the Saudis now seek to revive their accusations against the Saudi Shi'a in the Khobar Towers bombing? Perhaps so, but it is difficult to see how it would have any more credibility than it did in 1996-2001.

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2015/08/312015/08/31

Sepp Hasslberger: Need for Venture Science

Advanced Cyber/IO, Collaboration Zones, Communities of Practice

Science needs an overhaul. Research is not free, if it challenges mainstream theories. There is no money for it and no publication, so it just isn't done, except on the very fringes.

The Need for Venture Science

Over the last few years, a growing chorus of insider critics have been exposing serious flaws in the ways that scientific research is funded and published, leading some to go so far as to say,”Science is broken.”

The dysfunctions they describe include:

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2015/08/282015/08/29

Angela Borozna: Western Media on Russia — Selective, Negative, and Wrong?

06 Russia, Corruption, IO Deeds of War, Media, Peace Intelligence

The evolution of the West's negative narrative about Russia

The news on Russia became consistently negative after 2000. Positive developments inside Russia, or news regarding Russia's positive international involvements, were ignored while the negative news received immediate attention.

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2015/08/262015/08/27

Mongoose: ISIS Intelligence Manipulated?

Corruption, Government, IO Deeds of War, Military

Inquiry Weighs Whether ISIS Analysis Was Distorted

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s inspector general is investigating allegations that military officials have skewed intelligence assessments about the United States-led campaign in Iraq against the Islamic State to provide a more optimistic account of progress, according to several officials familiar with the inquiry.

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2015/08/252015/08/25

Mongoose: VICE – Spy Agencies are Like Old Porn

Advanced Cyber/IO, Collaboration Zones, Communities of Practice, Ethics

Aging porn stars….too funny.

Spy Agencies Are Like Old-School Porn — But That's Changing

By Jennifer Peters at VICE.com

EXTRACT

The traditional intelligence agencies are a lot like the old-school porn industry: they're still trying to make and sell porn like it's 1979, even though a lot of what they're selling is just hanging out online, free for anyone to download at their leisure. To stay relevant, they need to stop wasting money on producing material they or their customers can get for free and develop new ways to find, collect, and curate that sexy, sexy free intelligence information.

Read full article with links.

Robert Steele's complete answers (13 pages) below the fold.

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2015/08/252015/08/23

Sepp Hasslberger: Backfeed, Blockchain, Distributed Everything

03 Economy, 09 Justice, 11 Society, Advanced Cyber/IO, Collective Intelligence, Commercial Intelligence, Economics/True Cost

The vision is one where we can do, with direct collaboration, much of what corporations and governments do today, and we can do it better.

Backfeed wants to decentralize the Internet and help you earn what you deserve

The blockchain makes the local to global egalitarian economy possible.

2015/08/252015/08/25

Stephen E. Arnold: Sharepoint and Elasticsearch + Sharepoint Dedicated Feed from Arnold IT

Advanced Cyber/IO

The Integration of Elasticsearch and Sharepoint Adds Capabilities

By enabling Elastic’s powerful real-time search and analytics capabilities in SharePoint, enterprises will be able to optimize how they use data within their applications and portals.” “Combining Elasticsearch and SharePoint opens up a world of exciting applications for our customers, ranging from geosearch and pattern search through search on machine data, data visualization, and low-latency search,” said Jeff Fried, CTO of BA Insight.”

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Sharepoint Dedicated Feed @ Arnold IT