The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
From Cave Paintings to the Internet A Chronological and Thematic Database on the History of Information and Media See source for sort options. Short Version: Circa 250 BCE Earliest Surviving Monolingual Dictionary 1938 H. G. Wells and the “World Brain” July 15, 1955 Eugene Garfield Foundation of Citation Analysis 1973 Henry Small Discovery of Citation …
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Simon Johnson, former chief economist of the IMF, lays out the political case for “Trust Busting” in the 21st Century — it is a political argument that Andrew Jackson and Teddy Roosevelt would have understood and probably approved of. Chuck A Trap Of Their Own Design Simon Johnson Baseline Scenario January 19, 2010 At this stage …
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Why Intelligence Keeps Failing (Herb Meyer) There isn’t a chance that these clowns will come up with the right answer, because they’re the problem. Simply put, the reason our intelligence service keeps failing to connect the dots is because the officials in charge don’t know how. And the blame lies squarely with President Obama — …
CNN Editor’s note: Charles S. Faddis is a retired CIA operations officer and the former head of the CIA’s unit focused on fighting terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction. The author of a recently published book about the CIA, “Beyond Repair,” Faddis is also president of Orion Strategic Services, a Maryland-based consulting firm. Phi Beta …
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The Meaning Of Al Qaeda’s Double Agent: The jihadists are showing impressive counterintelligence ability that the CIA seems to have underestimated. Wall Street Journal Reuel Marc Gerecht January 8, 2010 [safety copy of entire piece below the fold] Amid the Hysteria, A Look at What al-Qaeda Can’t Do TIME Magazine By Peter Beinart Monday, Jan. 18, …
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The Radical Legacy Of 1979 By Edward. P. Djerejian If ever one year in recent times was a catalyst for change in the broader Middle East and Muslim world, it was 1979. One ray of bright light in that year of darkness was the signing of the historic Camp David peace treaty between Israel and …
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Very important article from one of the very best reporters covering the Middle East Walking Into the Al-Qaeda Trap Touch Yemen, Get Burned By PATRICK COCKBURN December 31, 2009 Skip to End of Article: It is extraordinary to see the US begin to make the same mistakes in Yemen as it previously made in Afghanistan …
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