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Madison's Nightmare: How Much Should We Spend for National Insecurity?

Chuck Spinney, FEB 3, 2011

The Atlantic (for James Fallows)

Brother Chuck makes three key points:

1. He quotes Madison, as we have, on the importance of public knowledge as the basis for the Republic keeping the government accountable and in check.

2. He points out that the defense budget has never been audited, cannot be audited, and is both totally “out of control” and irresponsibly chaotic and grotesquely excessive.

3. He proposes regular persistent cuts in the defense budget until such time as it can actually pass an audit.

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2011/02/032011/02/03

Afghanistan, Israel, Egypt, USA–No Legitimacy

08 Wild Cards, Corruption

Anyone who thinks we ought to stay in Afghanistan and that the Afghanis want us to stay should carefully read and think about the information in this important report.

Chuck Spinney

King David's War

Petraeus has a new plan to finish the war: Double down on a failed strategy

David Hastings, Rolling Stone, 02/02/11 Read long analytic article…

Phi Beta Iota: Highly recommended long article that illuminates both the lack of intelligent strategy, operations, and tactics in Afghanistan, and the lack of ethical, informed, strategic leadership in Washington.

Two more recommended items below the line…

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2011/02/03

NIGHTWATCH on Egypt: Five Epiphanies

08 Wild Cards, Ethics

Egypt: Today was the day of Epiphany. In Tahrir Square, the atmosphere changed from euphoria to fear in less than 24 hours. The anti-government demonstrators were outnumbered and surrounded by pro-Mubarak supporters, trapped. They discovered that Army tolerance of their street displays also extended to the pro-Mubarak activists. The Army showed that it was strictly neutral, supporting neither side. Soldiers said they had no orders to move. This was the first epiphany.

There were four others.

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2011/02/022011/02/03

extraterrestrial Disclosures Increase….

08 Wild Cards, Advanced Cyber/IO, Cultural Intelligence, Earth Intelligence, Peace Intelligence, Secrecy & Politics of Secrecy

2 February 2011

World business leaders told flying saucers are real & extraterrestrials exist

Might Extraterrestrial Intelligence Sway Religious Beliefs?

NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers Earth-like Planets

Extraterrestrials now live among us in China and in U.S.A., newspapers report

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2011/02/022011/02/03

Re-imagining Journalism (event + future benchmarks)

Journalism/Free-Press/Censorship, Media

Re-Imagining Journalism is a small, invitation-only summit of young journalists from a diverse cross-section of the industry. The one-day gathering seeks to explore not simply the production and delivery of news, but to delve deeply into the craft of journalism.

Ten Benchmarks for the Future of Journalism

2011/02/022011/02/02

Search: organizational intelligence 2.0

Searches

Truly crummy machine results, eventually leading to the same search responded to earlier:

Search: organizational intelligence

Since then, three key points:

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2011/02/02

WikiLeaks Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize

Advanced Cyber/IO, Communities of Practice, Counter-Oppression/Counter-Dictatorship Practices, Cultural Intelligence, Peace Intelligence

WikiLeaks Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize (Associated Press)

A Norwegian lawmaker has nominated WikiLeaks for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, saying Wednesday that its disclosures of classified documents promote world peace by holding governments accountable for their actions.

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