Review: Sudden Justice – America’s Secret Drone Wars

Chris Woods Excellent Historical Overview of the US Government’s Drone Assassination Program, November 23, 2016 This is one of three books on drone assassination that I am reviewing, the other two are Drones and the Future of Armed Conflict: Ethical, Legal, and Strategic Implications and We Kill Because We Can: From Soldiering to Assassination in …

Review: Drones and the Future of Armed Conflict – Ethical, Legal, and Strategic Implications

David Cortright, Rachel Fairhurst, Kristen Wall (eds.) Academic-Legal Perspective on the US Drone Assassination Program, November 23, 2016 This is one of three books on drone assassination that I am reviewing, the other two are Sudden Justice: America’s Secret Drone Wars (Terrorism and Global Justice) and We Kill Because We Can: From Soldiering to Assassination …

Review: We Kill Because We Can – From Soldiering to Assassination in the Drone Age

Laurie Calhoun Cultural-Ethical-Legal-Practical Indictment of US Drone Assassination Program, November 23, 2016 This is one of three books on drone assassination that I am reviewing, the other two are Sudden Justice: America’s Secret Drone Wars (Terrorism and Global Justice) and Drones and the Future of Armed Conflict: Ethical, Legal, and Strategic Implications. I was limited …

Marcus Aurelius: Canada Concerned About Illegal Liberals from US — Mass Exodus Becoming A Problem

Circulating in SOF O-6 emails, attributed to USMC Captain. Canada Concerned About Illegal Liberals from US — Mass Exodus Becoming A Problem The flood of Trump-fearing American liberals snaking across the border into Canada has intensified in the past week. The Republican presidential campaign is prompting an exodus among left-leaning Americans who fear they’ll soon …

Yoda: Stephen Hawking – 1,000 Years Deadline for Finding New Planet

Disagree, we do. Earth can be saved. Stephen Hawking just gave humanity a due date for finding another planet If humanity survives the rise of artificial intelligence, the ravages of climate change and the threat of nuclear terrorism in the next century, it doesn’t mean we’re home free, according to Stephen Hawking. The renowned theoretical physicist has …

Antechinus: Does Israel Own Trump or Is Trump Playing Israel?

Trump & Woolsey: Was There a Bait-and-Switch? In early September 2016, in a move that should have received far more attention than it did, Trump appointed former CIA director James Woolsey as his senior advisor on national security issues. Woolsey is a key member of the neoconservative Project for a New American Century (PNAC). When …

Berto Jongman: Dan Harris on Eroding Human Intelligence Collection in the US Intelligence Community — Reflections on Intelligence Reform by Robert Steele

The Consequences of Eroding Human Intelligence Collection TheCIPHERBrief, November 2, 2016 | Dan Harris The U.S. Intelligence Community’s (IC) clandestine human intelligence (HUMINT) services are experiencing an erosion of their core mission and values, with consequences to our current and future collection capability.   . . .   I believe the issue in the IC is not …