Could Robert Gates Create a Smart Nation as Chancellor of the Republic?
5 stars – Real potential at the intersection of education, intelligence, and research
American Herald Tribune, 3 July 2018
Robert Steele: Intelligence at a Cross Roads: To Be Or Not To Be… Review of Principled Spying by David Omand and Mark Phythian
4 Star, Intelligence (Government/Secret)
American Herald Tribune
25 June 2018
David Omand and Mark Phythian, Principled Spying: The Ethics of Secret Intelligence (Georgetown University Press, 2018), 286 pages, $32.95, ISBN-13: 978-1626165601.
Review: Facts and Fears – Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence by James Clapper
3 Star, Intelligence (Government/Secret)Grand Theft, Mass Murder, & Legalized Lies – Book Review as Epitaph
Robert David Steele
American Herald Tribune, 19 June 2018
3 stars – Errors, Lies, and Omissions
Robert Steele: The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies – Book Review
2 Star, Articles & Chapters, Intelligence (Government/Secret)The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies – Book Review
2 stars – Opens with a Lie, Goes Downhill from There
American Herald Tribune
5 June 2018
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Review: A Legacy of Spies by John LeCarre
4 Star, Fiction, Intelligence (Government/Secret)
4 Stars A Capstone Work But Only For Prior Readers
John LeCarre
This book has been over-promoted. The ga ga reviews from the fake news mainstream media led by the New York Crimes are probably paid for, and do not accurately represent the value of this book. In a nutshell, it is a good read but only for those who have read all of Le Carre's prior work and particularly the George Smiley series.
Former spies like myself, and incoming trainees, might appreciate the sprinkling of tradecraft throughout the book.
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Review (Guest): Eyes on Havana: Memoir of an American Spy Betrayed by the CIA
Intelligence (Government/Secret), Worth A Look
Book by Verne Lyon and Philip Zwerling
Review by J. Michael Springmann
THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT THE CIA
READ THIS WELL-WRITTEN BOOK!!! Why? For a reality check. Americans, even those who work for the federal government, have a distorted view of reality. Here's what one U.S. government employee said about this work: “I can't possibly believe that the United States of America would send a CIA official to Cuba to poison school children's milk.” Well, Verne Lyon worked for the CIA, that Agency sent him to Cuba, and the CIA ordered him to poison school children's milk. (See pp. 103-104 ).
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Amazon Kindle: Privatizing Covert Operations – The Most Asinine, Unconstitutional, Unethical Idea of the 21st Century (Trump Revolution Book 20)
Impeachment & Treason, Intelligence (Commercial), Intelligence (Government/Secret)
If Mike Pompeo wants to commit virtual suicide and end his prospects of being an effective Secretary of State, three recent articles document his death wish – championship of a rogue intelligence network proposed by Erik Prince and beloved by Oliver North – both arguably ripe for indictment for crimes against humanity. If this asinine, unconstitutional, unethical idea survives the week, the President will not recover.
That such as idea would even be considered suggests to me that Mike Pompeo – the honor graduate of his West Point class – has failed completely to get a grip on the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and is disqualified from any other post in the Trump Administration until he does so. It takes brains and balls to get a grip on CIA and through a revitalized CIA, the rest of the US Intelligence Community (IC). Escaping to the Department of State to herd cats and be a cocktail-sipping cookie pusher is a demotion. Pompeo needs to get a grip and demonstrate he can inspire loyalty and competence not just at CIA, but across the IC which does not now serve the President.
