The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
When a system is so slosh with money that it does not know what its costs are, it is time to take serious action. But what do you do when no one cares? The US Air Force misreports, even to itself (and to Congress and OSD), the cost to operate and support its own aircraft. …
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John Lenczowski 5.0 out of 5 stars Long Needed Treatise, But Too Expensive,September 21, 2011 EDIT of 11 December 2011: Gene Poteat, President of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO) has an excellent review of this book in the Summer/Fall 2011 issue of Intelligencer. The following quote is from his review, it captures the …
AN AMBIVALENT WHITE HOUSE REPORT ON OPEN GOVERNMENT The White House reiterated its support for open government in a new report issued Friday afternoon. But curiously, the 33-page document on “The Obama Administration’s Commitment to Open Government” (pdf) downplays or overlooks many of the Administration’s principal achievements in reducing inappropriate secrecy. At the same time, …
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September 11: Counting the Costs to America Al Jazeera, 1 September 2011 $5 trillion, and counting Osama bin Laden spoke often of a strategy of “economic warfare” against the United States, a low-level war aimed at bankrupting the world’s economic superpower. A decade after the 9/11 attacks, it’s hard to argue that bin Laden’s strategy …
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Precedent works: Project for a New American Century Post-Event Illuminations: 2006 Endgame: The Blueprint for Victory in the War on Terror 2007 Wesley Clark interview (March 2007): “We plan to take out 7 countries in 5 years” From Niels Groeneveld at Facebook: VIDEO: 9/11 Attack or Godsend (German and British Ministers) Decision to Invade Afghanistan …
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What Has Been the Cost of the Post-9/11 Wars? Email from Winslow Wheeler This week, as the media runs its displays on America ten years after the 9/11 attacks, there will be references to the dollar costs. A figure some will use is the one trillion dollars President Obama cited as for the war in Iraq. …
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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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