The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
My very close friend Mike Lofgren, and Republican of the Old School, one of the smartest people I have ever met, backs out of the Capital Hill Saloon with both guns blazing. Knowing the truly dedicated people like Mike in government over the years is one of the things that made my 33 years in …
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War and Private Contractors: Can’t Live with Them, Can’t Live Without Them David Isenberg Huffington Post, 9/2/2011 EXTRACT: The number of Department of Defense (Defense), Department of State (State), and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contractor employees in Iraq and Afghanistan has varied, but exceeded 260,000 in 2010. The contractor employee count has …
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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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Updated 22 July 2019 SHORTCUT: http://tinyurl.com/Steele-Spy-Reviews A fraction–the most relevant, from Intelligence (Government/Secret) (408). Does not include Information Operations (154), Information Society (247), Information Technology (118), or Misinformation & Propaganda (242). Does not include Intelligence (Collective & Quantum) (114), Intelligence (Commercial) (90), Intelligence (Extra-Terrestrial) (24), Intelligence (Public) (326), Intelligence (Spiritual) (6), Intelligence (Wealth of Networks) …
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The Cold War Part 2, revisiting a failed strategy….. Good closing paragraph in the story…… The Pentagon’s new China war plan Despite budget woes, the military is preparing for a conflict with our biggest rival — and we should be worried This summer, despite America’s continuing financial crisis, the Pentagon is effectively considering trading two …
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