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MAJOR CONFERENCE ON THE HISTORY OF THE CIA – 29/30 APRIL 2011

“LANDSCAPES OF SECRECY: THE CIA IN HISTORY, FICTION, AND MEMORY”

VENUE: EAST MIDLANDS CONFERENCE CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7RD, UK

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS UNIQUE CONFERENCE IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Listen to top speakers, including Christopher Andrew, Nigel West, Robert Jervis and Wesley Wark at the largest ever conference on the history of the Central Intelligence Agency.  The event covers the history of Cold War espionage with famous events such as the “Bay of Pigs” and the shoot-down of the U2 spy-plane. It also covers spy-film and spy-fiction with panels discussing subjects such as Ian Fleming's portrayal of the CIA in the iconic OO7 James Bond novels.

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Bahrain, Peninsula Shield Force, Saudi-Arabia-Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Benghazi Government, New (Western) No-Fly Zone Coalition

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EXTRACT I: I walked into SXSW with a sense that the world is profoundly changing, with the change driven by forces, not by people. It felt like I was in a bubble where time and the world had frozen, a world with its own laws driven by old-school capitalism and marketing. A very pleasant world where so many hoping to attract my attention and allegiance would buy me drinks and feed me really-okay conference food. Last night Asleep at the Wheel was closing down the trade show and I saw a line of people waiting for slices of an enormous cake shaped like Texas. Texas itself is not much of a cake; a state which, like so many other political entities, is overextended and starving for cash. No icing on that cake; very little flour and egg. Mostly a need that politicians were loathe to acknowledge pre-election. Now they’re scrambling to shut down schools and end essential services. No cake there – Texas will be an economic disaster in a decade, because without great schools and a commitment to education, we won’t compete well within the global capitalist economy, if indeed there is one. Things are tough all over; toughest today in Japan, devastated by earthquake and facing potential nuclear meltdown. I heard yesterday that the Japanese at SXSW are stranded here for now, they can’t go back.

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Program as of March 2011

Phi Beta Iota: Those organizing, and those named as confirmed and invited, are the “creme de la creme” of the old regimes.   There isnt' a hacker, autonomous internet, cloud, anonymous/transparency, open anything participant in the whole lot.  And the youth–by invitation only, as if the organizers have any legitimacy among the youth….

Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Libya–Saudi narrative blames Iran, fails to produce evidence

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Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Libya, Algeria, Essay on Convergence versus Divergence Violence

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This Saturday and Sunday (at 9:00 and 9:30, respectively) C-SPAN's Book TV will run a discussion by three of the authors of The Pentagon Labyrinth: 10 Short Essays to Help You Through It.