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We are splitting Open Power in three to make it easier for the different constituencies to work with what particularly interests them.The original will remain focused on the Electoral Reform Act of 2015. Libertarians and those who love Alex Jones can go to http://tinyurl.com/OpenPower-Libertarian. Here is the Tiny URL for the secondary focus on the Open Source Activist Tool-Kit: http://tinyurl.com/OpenPower-Tools.
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As presented to the workshop on Open Power, Economics of Happiness Conference, Portland OR, on 28 February 2015.
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Steven Slick is former NSC Senior Director for Intelligence Programs and Reform at the White House (2005-2009).
The Intelligence Studies Essay #1: Steve Slick on Lessons that NCTC Holds for CTIIC
CTIIC: Learning from the Choices and Challenges that Shaped the National Counterterrorism Center
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The author of the below op-ed is the Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations. It is worth reading carefully, because this op-ed is well sourced, and Ambassador Khoshroo’s argument with respect to Prime Minister Netanyahu’s penchant for threat inflation can be compared to Gareth Porter’s history of Israel’s gaming to the Iranian threat.
A Response to Netanyahu From Iran’s Ambassador to the U.N.
By GHOLAMALI KHOSHROO
New York Times (Op-Ed), MARCH 3, 2015

The long history of Israel gaming the ‘Iranian threat'
Years before his recent grandstanding in Congress, Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders conjured a threat where one previously didn’t exist

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