The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
LEAKS A “SERIOUS PROBLEM” FOR DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE Unauthorized disclosures of classified information are among “the major challenges” facing defense intelligence, Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Michael Vickers told Congress last month. Mr. Vickers is awaiting Senate confirmation to be the new USD(I), a post that was last held by James R. Clapper, who …
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LONG STRANGE JOURNEY: A WHISTLEBLOWER’S TALE In the vast literature of intelligence-related memoirs, the new book Long Strange Journey by Patrick G. Eddington stands out in several ways. Eddington entered the intelligence arena as an imagery analyst for the CIA’s National Photographic Intelligence Center. Imagery analysis is a predominately technical activity and is not normally …
Susan Maret (Author, Editor) 5 for Content, ZERO for Pricing February 25, 2011 This is an important work recommended by Berto Jongman as well as myself, but the pricing is utterly outrageous. The authors should post a copy of this work free on the Internet since the publisher has made the book unaffordable by most. …
Government Secrecy Susan Maret, Contributing Editor Emerald Group, January 2011 $164.95 shipping within 2-3 weeks Government secrecy (GS) is a significant social, political, and policy issue and often presents as a barrier to civic participation, public right-to-know, historical understanding, and institutional accountability. This volume examines GS in a variety of contexts, including comparative examination of …
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** CIA REPORTS NO PROGRESS IN CLASSIFICATION REVIEW ** CRS QUESTIONS THE OPEN GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE ** OFFICE OF THE DNI TO BE DOWNSIZED
CIA “OPEN SOURCE WORKS” ON PAKISTANI LEADERSHIP “A review of the Pakistani media during October 2010 indicates that there is less talk of imminent political change.” That is the rather pedestrian conclusion of a brief report (pdf) that was prepared last November by “Open Source Works,” a previously unknown initiative of the CIA Directorate of …
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** TIGHTENING SECURITY IN THE “POST-WIKILEAKS” ERA Phi Beta Iota: US Government (USG) has learned nothing since it took testimony in 1993 and then proceeded to ignore testimony from 1995 (Aspin-Brown), 1996 (Moynihan) through 1998 (various). 90% of what is classified should not be classified and should not be a”protected” at a cost of $15 …
