The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The longevity of Australian Indigenous oral tradition
America’s Military Power in a Steep Decline
EXTRACT
If you want to know what is wrong about the entire approach to our nation’s military needs, consider that since 2009 when Obama took office, the Pentagon’s civilian workforce has grown about 7% to almost 750,000, while active-duty military personnel have been cut by approximately 8%. At the same time, dozens of military-equipment and weapons programs have been canceled, including a new Navy cruiser, a new search-and-rescue helicopter, the F-22 first-generation fighter, the C-17 transport aircraft, missile defense and the Marine Corps’ Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle. We are not prepared to fight a war and now you know why.
As presented to the workshop on Open Power, Economics of Happiness Conference, Portland OR, on 28 February 2015.
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First one has high value maps and links.
Not the Map You’re Looking For: Nations and Borders Are Always Messy
Stop Blaming Colonial Borders for the Middle East's Problems
Below the line: Video of Daily Show take on arbitrary national borders.
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
Continue reading “Mini-Me: Stephen Slick on NCTC Lessons for CTIIC”
Western Medicine In Trouble: The Death of Informed Consent
A monumental ethical issue is hovering over the entire medical establishment in the United States that threatens its integrity and trust. The human element is being removed from the equation, replaced by computers to give us our options, and legislation to remove our choice. Somewhere in the shuffle, the individual’s informed consent was broken down, lost in the paperwork, and made irrelevant.
Continue reading “Jefferey Jaxen: Medical Informed Consent Gone”
Studies in Intelligence: A Digest of Declassified CIA Documents
For the benefit of researchers, Lawfare has reviewed and digested documents released in September of 2014 by the Central Intelligence Agency. The bulk of the materials hail from the CIA’s in-house intelligence journal, Studies in Intelligence.
We have grouped the documents in rough thematic fashion and, within each theme, by publication date where possible. (Many of the declassified items do not reflect a date or have dates and other information redacted.) Our five broad subject areas are: Intelligence Agency Leadership and Governance; Operations and Counterintelligence; Law and Oversight; Analysis; and Science and Technology. For ease of reference, each entry within each subject is accompanied by a brief summary of the document’s contents.
