The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Osama bin Laden repeatedly said that his strategy for defeating the US and driving it out of the Middle East was to bankrupt the US by suckering it into a string expensive of never ending small wars. Osama may be dead, but the US remains locked in a state of perpetual wars abroad and shrinking …
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PRINT VERSION (Memorandum to SSCI & HPSCI with Attached Post) SHORT URL FOR THIS SPECIFIC POST: http://tinyurl.com/Clapper-Steele For information. SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 How 9/11 Transformed the Intelligence Community It’s no longer about ‘need to know.’ Our guiding principle is ‘responsibility to share.’ By James R. Clapper It has been a decade since our nation suffered …
CS Note: Lightly reformatted by text unchanged and nothing added Can the United States move beyond the narcissism of 9/11? The unity brought about by the tragedy was intense but fleeting. The war on terror has been disastrous abroad and divisive at home Gary Younge, guardian.co.uk, Sunday 4 September 2011 18.00 In the immediate aftermath of …
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The new normal, era persistent conflict. A decade after the 9/11 attacks, Americans live in an era of endless war Gregg Jaffe Washington Post, September 5, 2011, p. 1 Video: The attacks of September 11, 2001 forced Americans to reevaluate their views on the nation’s security. A decade later, is the country stronger and better …
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Dana Priest and William M. Arkin 5.0 out of 5 stars 6 Stars–A Nation-Changing Public Mind Opener of a Book,September 2, 2011 I generally take a very jaundiced view of books that emerge from Washington Post columns I have already read, but this book surprised, engages, and out-performs the columns by such a leap that …
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Dick Cheney 3.0 out of 5 stars Here’s the Documented View of Others, and Then Some,August 30, 2011 At three stars–everyone deserves to tell their side of the story, I am pleased to note that this is the ONLY review that is in the middle, all others being on the extreme of blind hate or …
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All prior RECAPs plus Series CLOSED below the line. Updated 2 August 2013.
